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The Single Cask Nation Invergordon 45 Year Old 1974 Single Grain Whisky

January 26, 2021

Tasting notes:The nose on the Single Cask Nation Invergordon 45 Year Old 1974, 46.9abv opens with—holy crap! This is 45 years old???? And a grain whisky????? Let’s try [...]

The Bib & Tucker 10 Year Old Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey

January 20, 2021

Tasting notes:Imagine kittens bursting from a box, only it’s rye instead of kittens and the bottle instead of a box–such is the first hit of the nose. Then comes [...]

The Lordly Blended Whisky

January 18, 2021

[This product of France is a blend of Scottish and French whiskies finished in Cognac casks.] Tasting notes:We start with the stopper. Because that’s where it all [...]

The M&H (Milk & Honey) Classic Single Malt Whisky

January 13, 2021

Tasting notes:The nose of the Milk and Honey Classic Cask opens with an industrial, yet warm cedar, undertone. The dominant, robust, unctuous overtone is Half-and-Half [...]

The Bib & Tucker 12 Year Old Single Barrel Select Bourbon Whiskey

January 7, 2021

Tasting notes:The nose of the Bib & Tucker 12 Year Old Single Barrel Select Bourbon Whiskey whirls around my upper sinus region like a hand-carved and painted [...]

An Impostor on Domestic Soil: Stephen visits Får North Spirits

January 2, 2021

Summer before last, when COVID-19 wasn’t yet a thing, my wife and I drove up to Hallock, Minnesota to visit Michael Swanson and Cheri Reese at Får North Spirits. Only [...]

The Ben Nevis 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (previous era branding)

December 29, 2020

Tasting notes:The nose opens with a whisper of pickle juice, thrown on a fire and evaporated–or perhaps 24-hour turkey brine cast into a buttered skillet. There’s [...]

The Bib & Tucker 6 Year Old Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey (Batch 22)

December 20, 2020

Tasting notes:This noses up nicely with corn, honey, magnolia blossoms, and perfume. A touch of wood and…is it a whiff of cultured butter sitting out in the sun, in [...]

The Redemption High Rye Bourbon

December 4, 2020

Tasting notes:The Redemption High Rye Bourbon nose opens emphatically—but stress-free—with the vegetal herbaceousness of rye grain that’s been sifted through a green [...]

The Warenghem Roof Rye Double Maturation French Whisky (46% abv)

December 3, 2020

Tasting notes:They say that in the land of blind nosing, the one nostril man is king. [Stephen: No. No one says this.] I mention this because my left [...]

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