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[Islay] Whisky Characteristics - A Primer

Islay. A small island off the west coast of Scotland, around 3,000 people on it, and the whisky output punches well above that. The reason is peat. That smoke you instantly think of w...

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[Islay] Whisky Characteristics - A Primer

[Sherry] Arran Sherry Cask The Bodega Cask Strength Review

When you think sherry cask whisky, a handful of names show up first. Macallan, Glendronach, Aberlour A’bunadh. Arran Sherry Cask, “The Bodega,” fits the same shelf. Full maturation in...

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[Sherry] Arran Sherry Cask The Bodega Cask Strength Review

[Peated] Lagavulin 16 Years Tasting Review (Strong Rec)

My first Islay was Lagavulin. It was whisky, sure - but one sip in and it felt like sitting next to a bonfire on a beach somewhere. First reaction was “wait, is this right?” Two or th...

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[Peated] Lagavulin 16 Years Tasting Review (Strong Rec)

[Blended] Dewar's 12 Years Review

Dewar’s 12 Years quietly broke my prejudice against blended Scotch. Smooth, clean, and far more composed than the entry-level price suggests. Double aging isn’t just marketing.

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[Blended] Dewar's 12 Years Review

[Speyside] The Glenlivet 18 Years Review

Glenlivet 12 is everywhere - everyone passes through it once. The 15 French Oak is interesting enough with its creme brulee edge to come back for. The 18 I kept putting off. “Spending...

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[Speyside] The Glenlivet 18 Years Review

[Tennessee] Jack Daniel's Single Barrel 100 Proof Review

I drink mostly Scotch, but every so often I pivot over to American whiskey. Different headspace, different kind of sweetness. Almost everyone knows the name Jack Daniel’s, but most kn...

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[Tennessee] Jack Daniel's Single Barrel 100 Proof Review

[Sherry] Aberlour A'bunadh Batch 84 Review

Once you step into cask strength, it’s hard to step back out. Full proof, no filtration. Aberlour A’bunadh holds a special spot in that world - cask strength matured exclusively in Ol...

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[Sherry] Aberlour A'bunadh Batch 84 Review

[Islay] Bunnahabhain 12 Years Review

Bunnahabhain 12 is the odd one out on Islay - the distillery that built its house on unpeated malt. Where Laphroaig and Lagavulin go all-in on peat, Bunnahabhain leans on sherry casks...

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[Islay] Bunnahabhain 12 Years Review

[Sherry & Light Peat] Benromach 10 Year Review (Great Value)

Benromach 10. One of the only Speyside distilleries still using light peat - 10 to 12ppm. Feels distinctly different from the typical Macallan or Glenlivet Speyside profile. Peat does...

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[Sherry & Light Peat] Benromach 10 Year Review (Great Value)

[Speyside] Balvenie 12 Years DoubleWood Review

Balvenie 12 Years DoubleWood shows up on beginner whisky lists all the time. At first I thought that made it a little too obvious. Then I poured a glass again and, well, the recommend...

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[Speyside] Balvenie 12 Years DoubleWood Review

[Single Malt] Macallan 12 Year Sherry Oak Review

Macallan is usually the first name people hear when they get into whisky. “Rolls-Royce of single malts” sounds overblown until you actually try the 12 Sherry Oak. First-time reaction ...

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[Single Malt] Macallan 12 Year Sherry Oak Review

[Blended] Royal Salute 21 Years Signature Blend Review

Royal Salute 21 Years. Every component spirit in the blend is aged a minimum of 21 years. Not a casual bottle to pick up at this tier, but open one and it clicks pretty fast why the t...

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[Blended] Royal Salute 21 Years Signature Blend Review

[Bourbon] Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Review

Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel is the bourbon the Russell family at Wild Turkey - Jimmy and Eddie - hand-pick themselves. 110 proof (55%), non-chill filtered. From the first sip, car...

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[Bourbon] Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Review

[Blended] Dewar's Double Double 21 Years Review

The name on Dewar’s Double Double 21 Years spells out the process: blended twice, aged twice, across four stages. The nose hits the second you pour, and the 21-year age carries real c...

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[Blended] Dewar's Double Double 21 Years Review

[Japanese] Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt Review

The first Japanese whisky I tried after years of only drinking Scotch arrived as a gift from a friend, and it caught me off guard. My first thought was just how did Japan pull this of...

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[Japanese] Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt Review

[Speyside] Glenfiddich 15 Years Solera Review

Glenfiddich is the brand that pulled me into single malt in the first place. When I started out with whisky and kept typing “what is single malt” into search bars, Glenfiddich came up...

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[Speyside] Glenfiddich 15 Years Solera Review

[Sherry] Glenfarclas 15 Years Review

Back when I was getting into sherry cask whisky, someone told me “if you want value in sherry, go Glenfarclas.” The name was unfamiliar and the bottle design looked plain, so I was sk...

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[Sherry] Glenfarclas 15 Years Review

[Sherry] GlenAllachie 15 Year Review (Highly Recommended)

The 10 Year Cask Strength hooked me first. The 15 pulls in a completely different direction. Where the 10 CS is a flavor explosion, the 15 is more of a hug. Butterscotch, toffee, hone...

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[Sherry] GlenAllachie 15 Year Review (Highly Recommended)

[Sherry] GlenAllachie 10 Years CS Batch 12 Review

GlenAllachie 10 Years Cask Strength Batch 12. 59.7% ABV, non-chill filtered, no color. Cask makeup shifts batch to batch, so practically every release is limited. Batch 12 leans heavi...

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[Sherry] GlenAllachie 10 Years CS Batch 12 Review

[Single Malt] Glenmorangie The Nectar 16 Years Review

My first Glenmorangie was the 10 Original, back when I was just starting out. My first reaction was that whisky could be this light and clean. Then I tried Nectar D’Or and the whole p...

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[Single Malt] Glenmorangie The Nectar 16 Years Review

[Sherry] GlenDronach 12 Years Original Review (Old Bottling)

I got into sherry cask whisky a while back, and the bottle that started it was GlenDronach. Back when I was still figuring out what I liked, somebody told me “if you want to understan...

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[Sherry] GlenDronach 12 Years Original Review (Old Bottling)

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