The Ha’Penny Original Irish Whiskey
Tasting notes:The Ha’Penny Original Irish Whiskey’s nose evokes the alcohol of my youth: carbolic acid on skinned knees and trips to my uncle’s liquor cabinet. [...]
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The Single Cask Nation Stones of Stennes 13 Year Old (57.4%)
Tasting notes:The nose on Single Cask Nation’s Orkney offering, the Stones of Stenness 13 Year Old, opens like the Wings of Desire flapping, which unleashes the Lacquer [...]
The W. L. Weller “Old Weller Antique 107” Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (older style bottling)
Tasting notes:The Old Weller Antique 107 opens coyly, hiding the power within, giving hints only of a candle scented by anise and balsam collected from Myroxylon [...]
The Pearse Founder’s Choice 12 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Tasting notes:The nose on the Pearse Founder’s Choice 12 Year Old opens with 12 year old panpipes made from Cat O’Nine tails—meaning, Ms. Catherine O’Nine’s [...]
The Winchester Rye
Tasting notes:The Winchester Rye opens, reluctantly. Is it worth the wait? You be the judge: My first impression is that now I know what rye would smell like if it were a [...]
The Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day of Dark Barley
Tasting notes:The Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day of Dark Barley nose opens up like finding a prune cocoon under the full moon. You consult your Wiccan book of blessings to see to [...]
The Ensign Red Blended Canadian Whisky
Tasting notes:The Ensign Red Fine Canadian Whisky nose opens with a succulent aroma like a spider web must smell to a fly. One of us–nerd alert!–noted that in [...]
Crown Royal Noble Collection: French Oak Cask Finish Canadian Whisky
Tasting notes:The Crown Royal Noble Collection, French Oak Cask Finish, 40% abv, nose opens with herb-infused cream. The cream is clotted cream made from milk from a cow [...]
The Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Special Release
Tasting notes:The Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Special Release opens aggressively with smoked bacon, smoked pork belly, and lightly-charred chunks of cloven ham cubes. But [...]
The Carsebridge 48 Year Old 2018 Special Release
Tasting notes:The Carsebridge 48 opens like the cedar chest holding the bridal trousseau; it’s woody, resistant to moths, and filled with lacy, racy, sensible undertones. [...]
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