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This is a Stranahan's Single Barrel Cask Strength pick by Red Dog Wine and Spirits in Franklin, TN. Stranahan's is an American single malt based in Denver. This bottle is 112 proof and comes from barrel…

Today’s entry is a mini of Balblair 1997 (bottled 2013), in the old bottling style with the embossed vine on the glass.The colour is a light gold. On the nose the dominant note is lemon meringue pie with…

Elijah Craig bourbon is named in honor of (wait for it) Reverend Elijah Craig (shocking, I know), who was a Baptist preacher and entrepreneur in what was Virginia, circa 1789. Kentucky gained statehood…

There's not a lot of information about this bourbon online other than some bourbon people raving about its great quality-to-price ratio. Hey, I'm a sucker for a good bargain, so when I got the chance to…

There's been a lot of whisky today - I spent a few hours doing my judicial duties for the World Whiskies Awards, rating sixteen different Canadian whiskies on a Zoom call with my fellow jurists. So my…

I had been looking forward to getting my hands on a bottle of this for a while. It's one of those that nearly everyone likes, with some well-respected reviewers gushing in their praise. Bottle is half…

Owned by LVMH, this Highland is said to be the best-selling single malt in Scotland (whatever that means.) At just 10 years old, it pours very, very light yellow (no fake coloring, that's a good thing…

Day 7 of the KWM 2020 Whisky Advent Calendar is Aberfeldy 12 Year Old, which I not only reviewed before (though many years ago), but also had some in October during the Spirit of Toronto Online Master…

Nose: dried herbs. A bit earthy. Oak char, and some sweet spices, mainly cinnamon. Stewed apples. A complex nose combining bourbon and rye characteristics. Some exotic Indian spices start coming up with…

Surprisingly, I've never reviewed this well-known Irish peated malt, though I've always liked it. I did bad review of their now-defunct NAS Turf Mor expression many years ago, but never the standard…