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Double Barrel Highland Park x Bowmore 10 Year, Douglas Laing

Review by: Whiskery Turnip Distillery: Bowmore & Highland Park. Bottler: Douglas Laing. Region: Scotland/Blended Malt. ABV: 46%. Age: 10 Years. Bottled in 2009. Cask type: Oak. Nose: Maritime and mellow, wispy smoke, heather, pepper, gentle brine, slightly mineral and metallic, sea shells. Palate: Light-bodied with mild industrial notes, more tropical citrus, maritime brine, wispy smoke,…

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Glendullan 22 (2002) The Whisky Blues

Review by: Raygun Glendullan is most often found as part of the Singleton brand, which excites approximately no one at all. However, I’ve found the small number of IBs I’ve had good to excellent. Makes one wish the OBs weren’t so horribly butchered, but what can you do? Reviewed from a bar pour. Rested about 10 minutes. Distillery: Glendullan   Bottler: The Whisky Blues    Region/style:…

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Glen Scotia 10 (2013) Distillery Exclusive

Review by: Raygun Typically outshone by Springbank and Kilkerran, and I suppose with reason. I’ve found Glen Scotia inconsistent. Victoriana is nice and I’ve had a couple of good IBs. The yearly limited releases haven’t generally made a huge impression on me, certainly not enough to pursue a bottle. This is the first distillery exclusive I’ve tried. Matured entirely in a rum barrel, which is not…

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Jura 12 Year

Review by: dustbunna Distillery: Jura. Bottler: Distillery bottling. Region: Islands (Jura), Scotland. ABV: 40%. Age: 12 years. Bottled in 2022. Cask type: American oak ex-bourbon casks, finished in Oloroso sherry casks. Price: Gift, goes for $45-50 USD locally for 750mL. Color added. Chill-filtered. Bottle open across approx. 7 months, notes taken leisurely across that period. Bold…

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Roaming Road Panama 20 Year

Review by: The Auditor Review #1345; Rum #648 This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. This rum was distilled on a column still from molasses at an unknown distillery in Panama, aged for 20 years in ex-bourbon, then bottled with no additives…

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Blackadder Raw Cask Fiji 9 Year 2009

Review by: The Auditor Review #1344; Rum #647 Blackadder is a European independent bottler known for their Raw Cask series, which usually includes bits of sediment in the bottle (also present in this sample bottle). This rum was distilled at South Pacific Distilleries, aged in Europe before being bottled at cask strength with no additives from a single cask. Distillery: South Pacific…

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Ardnahoe Inaugural Release (blind)

Review by: Raygun A group of us put together a little homemade Advent calendar. Been a while since Christmas, but life happens. I’m now in the midst of posting a few reviews from that collection. This one threw me for a loop. Clearly peated and tasted like Islay, but even though I briefly considered Ardnahoe, I thought it was too unlikely. Should have been more open to the unexpected. Ardnahoe…

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Cobrafire Evil Force

Review by: The Auditor Review #1343; Brandy #72 This brandy was distilled from baco and folle blanche grapes this is a blend of six different casks distilled by Domaine D’Esperance on an 8-Plate Armagnac column still.  It then aged for between 6-22 years in Mauvezin-d’Armagnac, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France and bottled at cask strength with no additives. Distillery: Domaine…

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Unnamed Orkney [Highland Park] 17 Year (2006) Ultimate van Wees

Review by: dustbunna Distillery: Highland Park (undisclosed but c’mon, we all know.) Bottler: Ultimate van Wees. Region: Islands (Orkney), Scotland. ABV: 46%. Age: 17 years. Distilled in 2006. Bottled in 2023. Cask type: Refill Oloroso sherry butts. Price: €65 EUR for 700mL. Natural Color. Non-chill-filtered. Bottle open across approx. 6 months, notes taken leisurely across that period.…

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William Hinton Comemoracao 600 Años

Review by: The Auditor Review #1342; Rum #646 This Rhum Agricole comes from the island of Madeira, and was released to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the discovery of the island in 1419. This rum was made from fresh pressed cane juice with wild yeast on a column still and bottled at 59% with no additives. Distillery: William Hinton Bottler: William…

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Mortlach 19 (2005) Decadent Drams

Review by: Raygun I know plenty of people swear by Mortlach in sherry, but I may be one of the minority who prefers it in bourbon. So this should be my jam, a nice bourbon-aged Mortlach from Decadent Drinks. Gotta admit I don’t quite follow their different labels: Whisky Sponge, Whiskyland, etc. In any case, this is a Decadent Drams release. Reviewed from a sample. Rested about 15…

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Monymusk Overproof

Review by: The Auditor Review #1341; Rum #645 Here we have a new to me rum, Monymusk overproof from the Clarendon distillery in Jamaica. This rum is a blend of pot and column distillation from molasses and bottled, like the other great Jamaica overproofs, at a hefty 63% with no additives.   Distillery: Clarendon Bottler: Clarendon Region:  Jamaica Still: Pot &…

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Lost Lantern Flame 2023 American blended malt (blind)

Review by: Raygun A blend of mesquite-smoked single malts from Santa Fe Spirits in New Mexico and Whiskey Del Bac in Arizona, bottled by American independent bottler Lost Lantern. According to their marketing copy, it aims to capture the experience of sitting around a fire on a dark night. Thanks to dustbunna for the sample. Initially sampled blind, with additions after the reveal in italics.…

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Alambique Serrano Single Cask #21: La Sociedad

Review by: The Auditor Review #1340; Rum #644 This is another bottling of rum from Alambique Serrano, that brand the bottles rum from the Krassel brothers distillery in Mexico. This rum comes from the Java sugar cane varietal, distilled in a pot still, was aged in Virgin French Oak casks, and bottled at cask strength with no additives. This was selected for and bottled by The Florida Rum…

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Craigellachie 23 Year (1999) Exceptional Cask Series for Binny’s

Review by: dustbunna Distillery: Craigellachie. Bottler: Distillery bottling. Region: Speyside, Scotland. ABV: 55.1%. Cask strength. Age: 23 years. Distilled in 1999. Bottled in 2022. Cask type: Oloroso sherry cask. Price: $110 USD for 233mL (bottle split, full price $330 USD for 700mL.) Natural Color. Non-chill-filtered. Bottle open across approx. 9 months, notes taken leisurely across…

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Sutherland 5 Thompson Brothers 2024 (blind)

Review by: Raygun A group of us put together a little homemade Advent calendar. Been a while since Christmas, but life happens. Have a few reviews from that collection to organize and post. Thompson Brothers have done a few of these blends, made entirely of malts from the Sutherland area. That doesn’t mean much to me, but maybe if you’re Scottish it does. Some are older, but this is one of the…

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Diplomatico Distillery Collection #3

Review by: The Auditor Review #1339; Rum #643 Here we have another bottling form Diplomatico, well known for the divisive (and not looked well upon to put it mildly) by me bottling the Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva. This is a bottling of their rum that is 100% from their pot still from molasses. It aged for 8 years in ex-bourbon before being bottled with, allegedly, no…