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Gun Fighter (Golden Moon), American Rye – Double Cask Port Finish, 50%

Review #936 (2023) This is aged for a minimum six months in new American oak casks, and then finished in used French oak casks that previously held California port-style wine.…

Gun Fighter (Golden Moon), American Bourbon – Double Cask Port Finish, 50%

Review #935 (2023) This is aged for a minimum six months in new American oak casks, and then finished in used French oak casks that previously held California port-style wine.…

Borders Malt & Rye (WS:01), 40%

Review #934 (2023) This is the first edition in the “Workshop Series” and is a Blended Scotch (63.8% grain whisky and 36.2% Single Malt), but with all the whisky from…

Glen Flagler 5 yo, Rare All-Malt Scotch, 40%

Review #933 (2023) This is a 100% Pot Still whisky. I’m not convinced that this is a single malt – it might just be a blended malt – but that…

Macallan 29 yo (1985/2015), SMWS 24.128, 51.1%

Review #??? (2015) It is called ’Posh ladies on the prom!’ and only 209 bottles were made from a Refill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead. Lots of peppermint (like After Eight) on the…

Macallan 16 yo (1989/2005), A.D. Rattray, 51.3%

Review #127 (2015) This from the ‘Individual Cask Bottling’ and is from a hogshead. It is from cask number 3492 and only 248 bottles were made. The smell is light…

Travel log #1 – Clydeside Distillery 2023

Glasgow, a city renowned for its industrial talent, has carved out a name for itself in the world of whisky. One distillery that stands proudly on the banks of the…

Slyrs, 51 Fifty-One, 51%

Review #255 (2016) This is a mix of three different types of casks. Sherry, Port and Sauternes to be precise. A funny mix in the smell. Sweet and fruity and…

Slyrs, Sherry Edition No 3, 46%

Review #254 (2016) This whisky is finished in Pedro Ximenez Sherry Casks. If you know the difference, flavor wise, between Oloroso and PX casks, this is the first thing you…

Invergordon 46 yo (1966/2012), A.D. Rattray, 51.9%

This is a single cask from the series “Individual Cask Bottling”. It comes from a Bourbon hogshead with the cask number #5, and only 228 bottles were made. Heavy on…