The best of the best barrels would sit in personal collections, being sipped off for the next hundred years Straight rye whiskey Mash Bill Percentages:  Undisclosed Indiana rye mash bill Proof:  132° Age:  11 years

Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Barley Proof: 101° Age: NAS (around 8-9 years

barely legal rye mash bill, this ultra-aged whiskey boasts a similar scarcity to the Eagle Rare 17 year Bill Percentages: Buffalo Trace Low Rye Mash Bill (Assumed/Estimated at 51% rye) Proof: 90° Age: 18 years Sipping near the bottom of the glass finally delivers something for me to chew on. This year's release struggles to put forth as much depth and character as previous years. 2020 and some

I purchased and recently freshly opened both batch 10 and 11. ) Proof: Batch 9: 130.3° Batch 10: 127.3° Batch 11: 129.0° Age: NAS (supposedly 6-8 years) Further identification Batch 10: The brightest and fruitiest of the three glasses on the nose. year. some towards more sweeter profiles rather than just in-your-face proof which was more of my jam last year

sherry butts and Sicilian Marsala wine casks Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Proof: 92° Age: 15 years Oloroso Sherry casks Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed malted and un-malted barley Proof: 92° Age: NAS (~10 years) Further identification: 2020 purchase in a Redbreast trio sample pack Red Spot Flash Review:

I first began discussing this concept when I wrote my review of this year's Jack Daniel's 10 year batch Blending a once-per-year batch gives Fletcher plenty of opportunity to work to satisfy the shifting tides So which way will batch 2 of the 12 year go? from 2023 compared to the 10 year—I can see a marked improvement on the nose and palate. This year's offering (batch 2) is much more refined, nuanced, and sweet without being cloying.

Half-knowing it wasn't going to live up to the hundreds of other whiskeys available to me that year, year pick. I've also reviewed Lot "B" and Old Rip Van Winkle from the same year. If you made me rank them, I'd order them thus: Old Rip Van Winkle - Aged 10 Years (Scored 4.5) Van Winkle Special Reserve Lot "B" - Aged 12 Years (Scored 4) Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve - Aged 15 Years (

you've been reading my website for any amount of time, you know I'm a fan of the Shenk's release from Michter's While it has evolved and changed from year to year, it remains a consistently great addition to my whiskey The Michter's website states the 2025 release "is an expression made with a good amount of rye. With this year's release using the toasted French oak, a bolder, lingering spice emerges balanced by I love to see open air seasoning durations creeping up in terms of multiple years, rather than needing

With the whiskey boom slowly dipping after a herculean presence the last few years, Goliaths like Brown-Forman With locally grown grains, a double pot distilled process, and barrels made from three-year-air-dried Mash Bill Percentages:  57% corn, 25% wheat, 5% German rye, 13% malted barley Proof:  124 ° Age:  6 years

The goal of the challenge was to have 10 people taste the sample blind and try to identify the brand, A little smoke in this older oak; maybe 10-12 years. Barrell Craft Spirits Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Proof: 112.86° Age: 5 years (Blend of: 25% 5 year, 30% 10 year, 35% 14 year, and 10% 16 year... which would produce a weighted average of 10.75 years) Further identification: This Private Release B24A blend comes from Amelia Liquors, and

First aged in a vanilla toasted barrel and finished for nearly a year in a maple bourbon barrel, I think Type:  Rye Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages:  66% rye, 22% corn, 12% malted barley Proof:  126 ° Age:  6 years

I find a lot of the same aromas as I found in a bottle of pre-fire Elijah Craig 23 year. I chose to compare this to an open bottle of 2020 Old Rip Van Winkle 10 year as my benchmark for this ; the 10 year has a gorgeous perfumed floral tone that comes across syrupy. The palate is a delectable old fashioned profile that instantly outclasses the Pappy 23 year by leaps I'll take the 10 year all day over the 23 year and I believe the scores for each accurately reflect that