Whisky Reviews

  Bunnahabhain 38, 1972-2011, Sestante Collection, Silver Seal, 2/131, 46% abv.Sestante was a famous Italian Scotch importer that like most Itali...

  Tomatin 39, 1976-2015, The Whisky Hoop, Cask no. 31, 084/190, 47% abv.This was taken as a mystery shot. Only got more details after notes and g...

  William Larue Weller, b.2017, 64.1% abv.The story goes that William Larue Weller was the first distiller to use wheat instead of rye in the mas...

  Thomas H. Handy Sazerac, 6 years, b.2015, 63.45% abv.According to cocktail historians (yeah they exist), the original Sazerac cocktail was a co...

  Parker's Heritage, 11 years, Barrel No. 5027262, 61% abv.The 2017 11th release in the PHC is supposedly from Parker’s “favorite rickhouse locat...

  Galaxy Express 999, Speyside Region Malt, 18 years, 1998-2017, Sherry Butt No. 1027, 235/239, 52.7% abv.The label depicts an anime back in the ...

  Port Ellen, 1980-1996, Cask, Gordon & MacPhail, Cask Nos. 5097, 5099, 5100, 63.6% abv.Nose: filtered water (i.e. mineral-ly, calcium, magne...

  Mars Komagatake 29, 1988-2017, Shinanoya Private Bottling 10th Anniversary, Cask No. 480, 60% abv.The Bottle Features the “Dragon” from Shinshu...

  Longmorn, 1964-2015, Gordon & MacPhail,  43% abv.This is a ~50 year old G&M licensed bottling! Longmorn comes from Gaelic, "Lhanmorgund...

  Karuizawa 32, bottled for Shinanoya, Sherry Cask No. 4380, 118 bottles, 55.4% abv.Nose: a sherry with toast, boiled purple grape juice, biscuit...

  Glenfarclas, The Family Casks, 1979, Bottled for Shinanoya, Hogshead Cask No. 8798, 263 bottles, 50.9% abv.Nose: toast/vanilla, some grapes. St...

  Glenallachie - Glenlivet 23, 1992-2016, Cadenhead Small Batch, Bourbon Hogshead, 198 bottles, 48.6% abv.After Billy Walker left the BenRiach Di...