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Our Top 5 American Single Malts as of 2025: 5: Jack Daniel's Twice Barreled Special Release American Toasted bread, melted butter, creamy fig, and blackberry tart are all complex nuances you'll find sipping Westward Milestone 2 is expertly crafted by Miles Munroe from a 21-barrel solera blending strategy. It's perhaps the closest proper production scale project to the Amongst the Whiskey infinity barrel project Westward American Single Malt Bottled-in-Bond  ($99.95) Redwood Empire Foggy Burl ($99) Westward Single Barrel

I am admittedly up against a short window of review time, so I'll get right into tasting and keep todays Faint hints of cherry skins can be made out from the heavy blanket of barrel influence. Barrel funk continues to be the driving force of the remaining liquid. Another sip accelerates particles of cherry blossom, honeysuckle and freshly buttered toast onto my taste Now that I am not tasting the 10 year and the 12 year alongside each other, I am finding way more similarities

Having tasted some of the original Geo. T. I've tasted quite a few years of Stagg, and they are, for the most part, some of the best bourbon I've I've often used it as my toast pour; when I need to really celebrate an occasion, we bust out the Stagg The mouthfeel is pervasive, tingly, sweet, and creamy—everything I like in a barrel proof bourbon. This glass tastes like fall.

The master blender is responsible for the care and curation necessary to bring together various barrels It's an intentional gathering of what is needed to make whiskey, so that each barrel is a provision for Roasted cinnamon and baking spices reveal themselves deep in the nose. Palate: My first taste follows the nose, with a surprising mouthfeel of silk. They blended a flavorful bourbon at a proof point typically known to be "watered-down" in taste.

First, let's explore the whiskey I chose for my Gold Rush: a single barrel selection of Blanton's Gold Single barrel selections of whiskey are not a new phenomenon. Taylor single barrels have been the talk of the town for the last decade. Single barrel selections of Blanton's Gold are a relatively new offering, however. was selected by Wyman's Liquors in Leominster, MA; it was dumped on 2-26-2025 from barrel 28, stored

I'm certainly curious to know and am equally curious to explore a blend of bourbon barrels and, in a nod to AJ's moonshining roots, cane mash bill barrels as well. Distillery Whiskey Type:  Blended bourbon whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: A blend of 50% corn, 50% cane (barrels 200 & 234) and 96% corn, 3% rye, 1% malted barley (barrel 160) Proof:  103.6 ° Age:  5 years Further identification:  This limited-edition 10th Anniversary Blend combines two five-year barrels and will

The barrels in the E.H. Taylor Jr. The second floor is an outstanding aging floor for older barrels. The ricks are very tight, making it slow and difficult to put in new barrels. Overall I'd say this tastes like a really unique riff on Taylor Single Barrel. If you made me rank them, I'd put this just a tiny notch above Single Barrel.

Their rickhouses, though likely plumbed deeply during the pandemic-era boom in barrel picks, remain full of aging whiskey—over 2 million barrels, with more on the way . solemn honor and duty of current master distiller Conor O'Driscoll to craft a great blend using the barrels rickhouses stocked up for future generations, though I think they have enough to spare with the 277 barrels The barrels selected were filled in August and September of 2005, where they sat for 19 long years on

, 12% Malted Barley Proof: 101° Age: NAS (~8-9 years) Further identification: Bottled 07/06/20 from barrel no 1516, stored in Warehouse A on Rick no 40 Wilderness Trail Single Barrel Settlers Select Rye Company Percentages: 33% Corn, 56% Rye, 11% Malted Barley Proof: 106° Age: 4 years Further identification: Barrel No. 16B21U, Bottle 179 of 250; NCF stated Eagle Rare Single Barrel Store Pick Company on Label: Buffalo Mint and lemon tea Very botanical tonight; would possibly pair up well with a gin Eagle Rare Single Barrel

the time when I was gearing up to open it, I asked myself a simple question: Does ultra-rare whiskey taste Hirsch 16 year—also known as "the greatest bourbon you'll never taste." Some of those old low-and-slow practices are still in action today at Michter's, such as their low barrel Let's see how this year's expression tastes. Rich macchiato tones fill the nostrils before layers of toasted walnut, leather, and graham cracker bolster

About Nc’nean: Nc’nean is an award winning independent, organic whisky distillery on the west coast of Nc’nean matures its whisky on site in ex-bourbon, sherry and scraped, toasted, and re-charred ex-red first available in September of 2024 at an MSRP of $120; the maturation casks used are 66% scraped, toasted Palate:  My first taste reveals a surprisingly cacophonous flavor explosion: peach, pear, and currant Sipping later in the glass shows off a well put together whisky, one that doesn't boast nearly as much

aromas of dried candied fruit and caramelized pecans to balance the robust flavors of rich oak and barrel char that intensify the tasting experience. : 14 years Further identification: This was a one-time release from late 2019; it is a blend of MGP barrels The empty glass smells of vanilla, confectionary sugar, grassy molasses, and lightly toasted oak. Creamy mouth feel with a barrel full of vanilla forward char.