This 21 year old single malt was distilled at Cooley right around the turn of the millennium.

An (essentially) unpeated Islay whisky, which spends its life maturing in sherry casks.

The mashbill, which is printed right on the front label, consists of 51% wheat, 37% corn, and 12% malted barley.

The 'entry level' Van Winkle whisky.

The pinnacle of the Redbreast whisky range: Redbreast 27 Year, a high-aged single pot still Irish whisky.

Instead of adding backset from a previous rye mash to this batch of rye whisky, they added single malt backset.

Backset refers to liquid that is held back from a prior mash and added to a later one.

While that first fill sherry influence could add some dark fruits, the wood spice element might be a bit more mild than a European oak cask.

This Glen Fohdry titled 'Fion Frangach' is a non-age stated single malt that employs a double maturation.

The spirit spent 5 years in a first fill Spanish oak Oloroso sherry cask - quite a long finishing period.

A Canadian whisky-style take on an American wheated bourbon.

Lochlea uses unpeated distillate in their whiskies, but for their Ploughing Edition, they created a peated whisky through the use of peated casks.

The Harvest Edition of Lochlea's limited edition Seasonal Releases celebrates the end of summer, when barley is harvested for use in the following year's whisky production.

Fallow in farming terms refers to unsown land, which is not used for planting in a given season.

The age of the bourbon here is similar to most other Booker's releases: 7 years, 7 months, and 8 days, in this case.

In theory, some of this whisky could have been up to 21 years old if the bottling year was close to 2017.

In 2024, to both celebrate their 10th anniversary and benefit local charities, New Riff released a limited bottling called 'Headliner.'

This whisky is a blend of two Islay single malts, Laphroaig and Caol Ila, with each distillate making up roughly 50% of the vatting.

This pick was aged for 9 years before bottling, and it comes with a hefty cask strength of 66.25% ABV.

Warehouse K seems to be a popular pick for 'favorite warehouse' from Old Forester.