As opposed to most American whiskies, which are mashed using a sour mash process, this rye is made using a sweet mash process, which does not involve adding additional ingredients from previous batches.

New Riff's 6 year old Malted Rye, which has a mash bill consisting of 100% malted rye grain.

Hailing from The Bard Distillery, this bourbon is a continuation of the original 13 year Cinder & Smoke bourbon bottling, which drew widely positive reviews.

A highland stalwart, the 12 year single malt from Aberfeldy. Founded in 1896 and now owned by Bacardi via John Dewar & Sons, this distillery produces a sizeable amount of spirit, with a capacity of 3.4 million liters of pure alcohol per annum.

The third and last Spicy and Sweet bottle we'll be tasting in this series is from Balmenach, specifically an 8 year old bottled at a cask strength of 60.6% ABV.

Another hard-to-find distillate, and another Diageo brand which can occasionally be found in independent bottlings, Dailuaine is another distillery that contributes greatly to the Johnnie Walker blends.

Linkwood distillery, one in the Speyside region that is owned by Diageo, does not generally produce a core range of distillery bottlings.

Glenmorangie's spirit is also known in the community for taking on finishing casks relatively well, so we're hoping for a cohesive, mature experience.

This bourbon is finished in port casks, so we'll be looking for some of those sweet dark fruit flavors along with the classic bourbon notes.

Dalmore's Port Wood Reserve, coming in at a solid 46.5% ABV.

With a mashbill of 51% rye (the minimum allowed), 37% corn, and 12% barley, we wouldn't be surprised if this has some flavor overlap with the 101 Bourbon.

A wheat whisky from Backbone - how will the cask strength ABV battle the softer wheat grain character?

Glen Scotia Victoriana also has the distinction of winning the category of Best Single Malt Scotch Whisky in the 2022 Online Scotch Whisky Awards (OSWAs).

Springbank's entry level heavily peated bottle, the Longrow Peated - we can expect a quality presentation and some characterful spirit.

From Glengyle, we have the Kilkerran Heavily Peated, specifically the 5th batch in our bottle. This is supposed to represent their abilities when making a foray into smoky barley.

The 1920 'Prohibition Style' refers to the bottling practices during Prohibition, when all whisky was to be bottled at a certain proof.

Blanton's, one of the most hyped yet still semi-obtainable bourbons on the market, started back in the mid-1980s.

We're looking at the 2020 Dalwhinnie Distiller’s Edition bottling, which was distilled in 2005 and underwent double maturation, likely employing ex-bourbon and ex-Oloroso sherry casks.

Distilled in 2009, this was bottled in 2019 at the distillery's usual 45.8% ABV, with no statements about added coloring or chill filtration, as per usual with Diageo.

One of those double-maturation Distiller’s Editions from Diageo, this one is rich for a strength of 43% ABV.