Review #311 - Booker's 2021-04 'Noe Strangers Batch'
This batch, the last from 2021, is named the 'Noe Strangers Batch.’
Review #310 - Lagg Inaugural Release Batch 2
Batch 2, like the others, is not chill filtered, and there's no artificial coloring added, either.
Review #309 - Indri Trini
Meaning 'three wood,' this Trini bottling is a combination of spirit that was aged in three types of casks.
Review #308 - Bird Dog Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Bird Dog Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is produced by Western Spirits, based in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Review #307 - Campbeltown Loch Blended Malt
Springbank distillery created this modern iteration of the Campbeltown Loch blended malt by combining all five single malt brands from the region's three distilleries.
Review #306 - New Riff 8 Year Bourbon
New Riff's first attempt at a widely-available 8 year bourbon - unlike most of the distillery's whiskies, this is not bottled-in-bond.
Review #305 - Russell's Reserve 11 Year Private Barrel Selection - Wiseguy Lounge Pick 'Recreational Cough Syrup'
This pick was selected by the Wiseguy Lounge, a small chain of speakeasy-style bars.
Review #304 - Waterford Single Farm Origin - Rathclogh Edition 1.1
After leaving Bruichladdich, Mark Reynier took his ideas of terroir in whisky into the realm of Irish whisky, founding Waterford Distillery in 2016.
Review #303 - McCarthy's 6 Year PX Sherry Cask Finish Single Malt
Pedro Ximenez sherry is sweeter and juicier, generally speaking, so we're expecting a heavy emphasis on red fruits.
Review #302 - McCarthy's 6 Year Oloroso Cask Finished Single Malt
Clear Creek Distillery produces the McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt with a few different cask finishes.
Review #301 - Ellington Reserve 8 Year Rye
Like a lot of whiskies in this price category, strength is an entry-level 40% ABV (80 proof).
Review #300 - ImpEx 1993 Springbank 25 Year
After such a long maturation, only 135 bottles were left in the cask at a strength of 47.5% ABV.
Review #299 - Laphroaig 16 Year
Laphroaig is often a distillate that, when matured to a higher age, becomes more subtle, retaining some smokiness but also adding softer flavors.
Review #298 - Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch A122
This carried a standard 12 year age statement, like all of the batches had in the few years preceding 2023.
Review #297 - Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch A121
Elijah Craig uses a bourbon mashbill that consists of 78% corn, 12% malted barley, and 10% rye.
Review #296 - Ballechin 12 Year Burgundy Cask Matured
Ballechin was actually a neighboring distillery near Edradour, but it was closed in the 1920s, during Prohibition.
Review #295 - Bardstown Collaboration Series: Amrut
The minimum age in this blend is 8 years, giving it an 8 year age statement, but the average age of the whisky inside is roughly 10 years.
Review #294 - SMWS 16.56 'Distill My Peating Heart' - Glenturret 12 Year
Heavily peated Glenturret spirit - something seen occasionally in their official bottlings, though they also produce a lot of unpeated whiskies.
Review #293 - SMWS 1.265 'Oma at the Cinema' - Glenfarclas 9 Year
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) aged this in a first fill ex-bourbon cask, but only for 9 years.
Review #292 - Knob Creek 12 Year Bourbon
The 12 year release - somewhat widely available, and it comes at a reasonable price.