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Four Roses Single Barrel - Barrel StrengthWarehouse:MW Barrel: 50-4N Mashbill: OBSVAge: 8yrs 4monthsI loved the 50% FRSB so I found a retailer in Nashville that carried the full strength version! Of…

This is a preview of a blog entry I’m hoping to post tomorrowI always thought Wild Turkey was the drink of choice for those who were the real life incarnation of the slack-jawed yokel Cletus from The…

This one is a new(ish) expression of Highwood's Ninety 20 expression, called "Decades of Richness" (for some reason? Maybe an anniversary?) I believe it's distilled from corn, but if I'm wrong let me…

Well, I'm just coming off of a week's vacation, and I got so busy with travel, seeing friends, stuff around the house, bleh bleh bleh that I never got to any whisky reviews. While in Boston I picked up…

This whisky has been around for a few years now, always staring at me, begging me to give it a chance. Being into hoppy beers, this bottle intrigued me, but I was never willing to give it the shelf…

This special edition from Kilchoman has matured on red wine casks from the Douro region in Portugal, best known for its port wines. It is the first time that Kilchoman used this type of cask for matur…

At a nice Kilchoman tasting back in May 2017, James Wills brought a cask sample at cask strength from a Kilchoman that was maturing on a red wine cask. It was some sort of avant-premiere of the Kilchoman…

In May 2017 I had the good fortune to taste a cask strength sample from one of the casks that was to become part of this new Kilchoman 2009 Vintage Release. After several months in the marrying tun, the…

I took part in a lovely Kilchoman tasting led by the always funny James Wills, son of Kilchoman founder Anthony. He had brought a little something special for the occasion: a cask sample from a cask that…

I was pleasantly surprised with the two new releases by Belgian bottler Brachadair, who previously treated us to some great single casks: Arran, Braeval, Clynelish, Laphroaig, Linkwood and Mortlach. His…