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identification: Pact 9 is the 2023 release from Blood Oath; it comes in a light wooden box Nose: Deep age and barrel The empty glass smells of damp soil, toasted oak and cherry pipe tobacco. If you're on the hunt for the best tasting whiskeys in the world, this blend is definitely not that.

contains whiskey that has been matured for a full 12 year period in three oak cask types: American bourbon barrels The Malaga cask brings an exotic sweet note to the whiskey making it a truly delightful taste experience The empty glass smells of toasted oak, bourbon-level caramel, pecans and bread pudding.

The 11 year I won in a raffle from being part of the 1940 Barrel Society at Kappy's. The empty glass smells of powerful vanilla, creamy caramel laced oak, toasting bread (specifically the toast I ate in Berlin, Germany many years ago for some reason...), and sweet honey. This one had a smooth vanilla coffee bean rise up alongside roasted almonds. I really love both of these pours and hope you enjoy yours if you get to taste them!

With locally grown grains, a double pot distilled process, and barrels made from three-year-air-dried staves, they stand by their motto: "premium grain, premium stills, premium barrels." For this review, I had the pleasure of exploring a single barrel straight bourbon whiskey. After a taste, I am pleased to find barrel funk. The linger is a bit metallic in taste, which may be the smoked corn at play.

Keep in mind this NY-1 batch may taste significantly different than another batch, given how small the barrel mixing lots are with this release. identification: This is the 2021 release of Release #7, Batch NY-1; this group of releases is comprised of 2-3 barrel Wow, fantastic toasted marshmallow builds now. Good barrel char to this, which is listed as a #4 char on the bottle label.

York grain, distilled to no more than 160 proof, and aged a minimum of two years in charred, new oak barrels I recently connected some errant dots—after sipping a single barrel pick of Kings County from Liquor The multiple award-winning Empire Rye Batch 7, released in 2023, is the last batch not to be barreled of our Empire Rye—our first with a three-year age statement—our annual releases will be bottled at barrel The finish brings in that wonderful barrel funk I love about Kings County, a damp oak sweeping in for

Having gone to the distillery to pick a single barrel twice now, there was no time in which a wheated discussions with some of Willett's incredibly small team, I've gathered that a majority of the good barrels Coming back to the nose shows off subtle barrel funk and more caramel tones. Great barrel funk proliferates late in the glass. If the Barrell Craft Spirits motto rings "blended to never blend in," one might describe this release

Special Reserve, Weller Antique 107, Weller Full Proof, Weller 12 Year, Weller C.Y.P.B. and Weller Single Barrel Undisclosed wheated mash bill Proof:  125.8° Age:  12 years and 6 months (a blend of 12-14 year old barrels yearly release letter: Nose:  Upon first lifting the glass to my nose, I find the rich, old, funky barrel The feeling is that of thick, rich quality, reminiscent of a bygone era of traditionally lower barrel The wheated mash bill feels a bit washed out in all the barrel influence from this 12-14 year old barrel

While I can't host an extravagant 2023 BTAC tasting this year, I do have a full bottle of this years I opened it to raise as a toast after I tagged into a really nice 8 point, 180 pound buck in Massachusetts A toast to an amazing day in the woods When I'm not sharing, hunting or hiking, I do still write at length At last taste, I find underripe cherry, black pepper, and a grainy bite of milk chocolate. TL;DR: Not BT's finest work, but still a special bottle for raising a toast or talking over Rating:  

Instagram review night: I definitely get the high malt bourbon banana note that's prevalent on the single barrels I mixed the @spiritanimalsociety bourbon barrel pick with the @massbourbonalliance wheated bourbon pick It's certainly malty and that Metze Malt special sticks to your taste buds fairly strongly. It reminds me a bit of the aroma of the 8 year Willett high corn bourbon from barrel #6061. It's paired well with a toasted vanilla note.

Deep vanilla barrel char, a hallmark of Heaven Hill bourbon, is woven deeply into the fabric of the glass A tinge of barrel funk suggests the whiskey spent plenty of time pushing in and out of the barrel staves Returning from a sip I continue to find lovely, classic bourbon barrel aromas. The empty glass smells of roasted almonds, oily cashews and savory tomato paste. Again contrasting to the nose - I find no hallmarks of exceptional aging present outside of the much lighter

Barrels were filled on December 29th, 2005, from a mash bill of 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley Bernheim Distillery: the world’s largest independent, family-owned Bourbon distillery, producing 1,300 barrels continue raising the bar of bourbon with their limited edition offerings as more of their 10+ million barrels available now at an MSRP of $300 Nose: Upon lifting the well-rested glass to my nose, I find a distinct barrel this 17 year to be more in line with some of the vintage Heaven Hill releases (think old Elijah Craig barrel