Whisky Reviews

  Laphroaig 16, 35cl, 43% abv.This travel retail, half size bottle was part of Laphroiag's 200th Anniversary releases which also include the 15, ...

  Black Snake, Blackadder, Vat No. 2 Third Venom, b.2016, Oloroso Cask Finished, 178/486, 59.8% abv.Solera system, but bartender has no idea what...

  Glenfarclas 8 year, 2008, Cask Hand Selected by The Whisky Hoop, Cask No. 443, 59.5% abv.Nose: super intense sherry, coughed on my first 2 whif...

  Lagavulin, Bottled Especially to Celebrate Islay Jazz Festival 2016, 4553/6000, 54.5% abv.Supposedly a vat with a majority of 15 year matured i...

  Whoop & Holler, 28 years, Orphan Barrel, 42% abv.Bartender wanted to show me something "oaky". Guess I'm in for a ride. This is the 9th rel...

  Hancock's President's Reserve, Single Barrel, 44.45% abv.This bottle is named after Captain Hancock Lee, co-founder of Leesburg, Kentucky, USA ...

  Balcones True Blue 100, 2016, batch is illegible, 50% abv.Balcones is a craft distillery out of Waco, Texas, USA and is famous for producing ag...

  Parker's Heritage Collection 24 year, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 50% abv.The 2016 10th edition in the PHC is a 24 year old bottled-in-b...

  Lagavulin, Bottled Especially to Celebrate Islay Jazz Festival 2017 Jazz Festival, 2196/6000, 57.6% abv.Matured in refill american hogshead and...

  Bowmore 23, Port Cask Matured, 1989-2013, 12,000 bottles, 50.8% abv.Nose: light sweetness, light raisins which get steonger with time. Honey an...

  Eigashima Sakura 4, 2010-2015, Cask Ref: 61391, 245/400, 58% abv.Matured in an ex-Shochu cask for 3 years and finished in red wine casks for on...

  Karuizawa 12, Blend of 31 to 12 Year Whiskies, 40% abv.Says it won IWSC Gold on the label. In my last post I offered a semi-summary of the comp...