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Caol Ila 7 Year Old 2011 Acorn

Coming Home Caol Ila 7 Year Old 2011 Acorn

Acorn is and independent bottler from Sadako City, Saitama… Yup, that is in Japan! Their bottlings have recently become available in Holland, Germany, Australia and Taiwan. This young Caol Ila from 2011…

@markjedi1By @markjedi16 years ago 1 088

Caol Ila 8 Year Old 2011 Asta Morris

Sherry & Peat Caol Ila 8 Year Old 2011 Asta Morris

In the weeks of the release of a great Miltonduff 2011, Glentauchers 2009 and Glen Keith 1994, Asta Morris also launched another sherry matured Caol Ila. Guess what? Most retailers showed ‘sold out’…

@markjedi1By @markjedi16 years ago 1 089

Caol Ila 7 Year Old 2011 Asta Morris

Hand-in-Hand Caol Ila 7 Year Old 2011 Asta Morris

When Bert Bruyneel launches a Caol Ila, you had better get your skates on. Mostly the bottles are sold out before I even get the change to order one. This is one of those releases – albeit 580 bottles…

@markjedi1By @markjedi16 years ago 1 088

Caol Ila 22 Year Old Feis Ile 2019

#happydance Caol Ila 22 Year Old Feis Ile 2019

I had to wait for it for a little while, but thanks to a Scottish pal I was finally able to get my hands on this Feis Ile 2019 release from my favorite distillery on Islay: Caol Ila. Very refreshing to…

@markjedi1By @markjedi16 years ago 3 293

Rock Hill Farms / Single Barrel Bourbon

Mash Bill #2 Rock Hill Farms / Single Barrel Bourbon

Rock Hill Farms – named after a famous piece of farmland along the Kentucky River – is produced at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. They use Mash Bill #2, for what it’s worth. I can…

@markjedi1By @markjedi16 years ago 1 083

Jim Beam Single Barrel JB8232

Manuka, Mint & Mandarin Jim Beam Single Barrel JB8232

I have not tried that many Jim Beam – I hear little good about it and my own experience corroborates this – but a single barrel? That cannot be bad, can it? Otherwise the powers that be surely would not…

@markjedi1By @markjedi16 years ago 1 082

Jim Beam Double Oak

Two Barrels Jim Beam Double Oak

This Double Oak version from Jim Beam was launched in 2016. As the name suggests it is matured in not one, but two barrels, freshly charred.The nose is honeysweet on vanilla sugar, caramel, hint of fruit…

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Bulleit 10 Year Old Bourbon

Zesty, but soft Bulleit 10 Year Old Bourbon

Bulleit (say, ‘bullet’, like the ammunition) was marketed between 1830 and 1860 by Augustus Bulleit, but when the creator died, the brand died with him. It was revived by his great-great-grandson Tom…

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