Review #254 - Redbreast PX Edition
Midleton's addition of PX here could add more of those syrupy dark fruits to the flavor palette.
Review #253 - Redbreast Tawny Port Cask Edition
Initial maturation takes place in the ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks that are customary for the brand, before finishing occurs in tawny port hogsheads.
Review #252 - Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton
This is a triple-distilled single pot still Irish whisky from Midleton, bottled under the Green Spot label from Mitchell and Son.
Review #251 - Shortcross Inaugural Release Single Malt
Their inaugural release came in late 2021, and it bears a 2016 vintage, giving it an age statement of 5 years.
Review #250 - SMWS Distillery 64 Rare Release 'Luscious Velvet' - Mannochmore 15 Year
Created from several casks from distillery 64, the Society's code for Mannochmore, in celebration of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival in 2023.
Review #249 - McCarthy's 6 Year Oregon Single Malt
This was the original American single malt, dating back more than 25 years.
Review #248 - Old Pulteney 12 Year (c. 2000 bottling)
We can't pinpoint the date exactly, but we believe that this was bottled around the year 2000, meaning the distillate might come from the late 1980s.
Review #247 - Old Pulteney 12 Year
On paper, this looks like the classic entry-level single malt: price between $40 and $50, 12 year age statement, a bottling strength of 40% ABV.
Review #246 - Whistlepig 10 Year Small Batch Rye
While Whistlepig is based in Vermont, the whisky that they source comes from other locations - Alberta, Canada, for this 10 year blended small batch rye.
Review #245 - Old Pulteney 21 Year
Far up the Eastern coast of the Northern Scottish highlands, you can find Pulteney distillery residing in the town of Wick.
Review #244 - Colkegan Cask Strength Single Malt
The distillery is located in the desert, where temperatures can be extreme; they utilize climate-controlled warehouses to maintain consistency in the product.
Review #243 - Baker's 7 Year Single Barrel
Named for Baker Beam (one of the Beam family members), bourbon for the Baker’s brand is distilled at the Clermont facility
Review #242 - Yamazaki 12 Year
This spends time aging in American, Spanish, and Japanese oak.
Review #241 - Master of Malt Cambus 30 Year (1991 Vintage)
Cambus, a closed distillery, created grain spirit up until 1993, so this bottling contains spirit from the last couple of years of production.
Review #240 - Kilkerran 16 Year
Glengyle gives us the quality specs: 46% ABV for the strength, and there's no artificial coloring or chill filtration used.
Review #239 - SMWS 7.267 'Nomad's Tent Vibe' - Longmorn 12 Year
Considering that strength after 12 years of evaporation, this may be a barrel that was filled at still strength.
Review #238 - Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch C923
The first Elijah Craig Barrel Proof with an age higher than the older 12 year standard.
Review #237 - Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch B523
Batch B523, the second batch from 2023, bottled in May, was aged for 11 years and 5 months before bottling.
Review #236 - Bowmore 12 Year
Bowmore was established in 1779, so we're approaching the brand's 250th anniversary.
Review #235 - Benromach 2010 Organic 5 Year
Organic production - quite an intensive process, as it adds more restrictive requirements to every part of the whisky-making process.