The empty glass smells of ocean-washed rocks, cooling barbeque coals, and the inside of a Little Debbie

Now that we've had some time to let the excitement of a new release die down a little, where does this

Anyway, I've been meaning to do this rye face-off for a little while.

well satisfied from the sip as my first glass of the day, though the finish could certainly linger a little

For a little background on The Balvenie Distillery, you may be surprised to learn that this Speyside as fuel for further fermentation that will result in the creation of alcohol that we are ultimately looking produced the first whisky in the 18th-century mansion called the 'Balvenie New House' in 1893 and never looked

This would be up near my very top favorites if the spice factor was a little more toned down, but I know

Definitely a little mossy/earthy funk happening here. Maybe a higher malt content.

the glass, trying to find the real big tones to this, but everything is coming off quite light and in little

Found North does their single barrel program a little different than most. They took a blend of some exceptionally aged whiskeys and filled that blend into 18 different finishing

Perhaps it was a little extra time in my hot car, or something else I flubbed with proper whiskey storage understand the inputs that cause the outputs - hence this study - so bare with me as we nerd out a little Sometimes an input will look significant on a main effects plot but that might just be because of how To investigate this we look at the interaction plot for the data set. Here we are looking for lines that cross each other and lines that are parallel.

Well I did so because yesterday was a little on the hotter side and I had lower proof on my mind, but As such, my penchant for barrel proof bourbon seems to also have come back and I found myself looking It took the better part of an hour to get here but it's so fun to see things evolve like this.

Plum, macerated red grape, cinnamon, blackberry, and red velvet cake all do a happy little dance in the I look forward to tasting more from this distinguished craft distillery.