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Distillery Whiskey Type: Finished Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: The 'Carl T.' blend of Starlight's 3 & 4 grain

If you read my last two Buffalo Trace single barrel reviews feel free to skip this section! Before we get into another one of these - I'd like to say the usefulness of most single barrel reviews store being reviewed (if it is anywhere near you), or look for high level trends to see if chasing single Check out your local Kappy's for single barrel picks and let them know I sent you!

The 2021 release of the PX edition from Redbreast was my top Irish whiskey I tried this past St. Patrick's Day & it also earned my top review score - (Just wow. One of my favorites.)! I'd like to thank local whiskey guru Alan Starr for giving me a sample of this for review. I was excited to see the bottle being re-distributed this year as I was only able to secure one bottle of it last year. It seems to be coming out in higher volumes around me at time of writing, so I thought I'd give it a try and possibly taste it against my 2021 release I happen to still have handy. So without further ado - let's get into it! Company on Label: Pernod Ricard (Distilled at Midleton Distillery) Whiskey Type: Finished Irish Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: 100% Malted and Unmalted Barley Proof: 92° Age: NAS Further identification: This is a 2022 re-release of the Iberian Series collaboration from Redbreast that first released in late 2021; it is initially matured in both bourbon and oloroso sherry casks before spending another 12-22 months in Pedro Ximénez hogsheads seasoned at the Páez Lobato cooperage in Jerez. Nose: Pleasant confectioners sugar immediately hits my nose from the very beginning - something the first release did quite well was really deliver on that sweet dessert characteristic so this is promising. It has the traditional Midleton oily, viscous, creamy nose feel for certain. Plum, fig and a mixed berry parfait characteristic jump out at me. After a sip the oak characteristics begin to show up more pronounced, and with that brings more rich caramel. Wow, as the glass gets closer to empty the vanilla notes begin to really shine. Lovely aromas all throughout on this one. I get some delicious honey sweetness on the back end of long inhales. The empty glass smells of nutmeg, creamy caramel, damp dirt and light, floral honey. Palate: My first sip is cherry upfront which then fades into a tart orange peel and lovely vanilla frosting. Another sip shows off decadent crème brûlée and sweet toffee. Traditional Irish shortbread cookie comes across moist, rich and coating. There's a lovely, lovely mouth coating and a decent linger for the lower proof here. A larger sip and swish shows off the earthy tones I was missing here that I remembered the earlier release having. My last sip is all creamy caramel. The linger is on the shorter side with a yummy creamy vanilla and coffee bean sitting in the back of my mouth. Rating: 5/5 (Just wow. One of my favorites.) Further thoughts compared to the 2021 release: The nose is very much on par between the two with the 2022 release perhaps leaning a touch even sweeter than the 2021, which is an incredible feat in it's own right. The 2021 does feel like it has a bit more nuanced complexity going on though. On the palate I find the 2021 to be more verdant, earthy and coating than the 2022. The 2021 has the longer linger of that two, but it is very, very close and I'm being quite picky here trying to find differences. I do think these releases are about even - they just don't seem to be aligning to the same evolution timeline in the glass. I do think the 2021 release is better overall - but hopefully that is just because that bottle is 2/3rds gone and the 2022 release is something close to a fresh crack. Thank you for the chance to try this before I go grab a bottle or two for myself Alan!

Whisky Details Company on Label:   Nc'nean Whisky Type:  Single malt Scotch whisky Mash Bill Percentages

Before we get into this - I'd like to say the usefulness of most single barrel reviews really ends at store being reviewed (if it is anywhere near you), or look for high level trends to see if chasing single

It's a distillery that certainly isn't new to the robust single malt scotch scene (say that three times But like Clynelish, Inchgower also produces limited-release single malt bottlings, often through independent following of malt-manic enthusiasts who can be found waxing poetic  over the power of this unique single Company on Label:  Inchgower Whiskey Type:  Single malt scotch whisky Mash Bill Percentages:  100% malted This is a wonderful single malt whisky.

I have not found a single bottle of this release nor have I tried it before! Maybe another single barrel will do better if I ever luck into trying a different warehouse or floor.

This particular release is named after Citation, a horse trained by Ben A. I've mainly explored single barrels up in this age range, so I inherently worry a bit that blindly blending

When a whiskey enthusiast comes across a truly special single barrel of bourbon, it can be a magical mash bill (min 51% corn) Proof:  129.35° Age:  10 years Further identification:  This is King's Leap, single Brook Hill is rightfully earning a place amongst the stars with single barrels like this hitting the

Whiskey) combines traditional, Scottish-style double copper pot distillation (the method used to distill single malt whiskey for centuries) with innovative, Southern-style grain in distillation. At its most basic, the  science  of distillation requires only water, yeast, flame, and grain (or, in We believe much remains uncharted in the craft of distilling spirits—new grain profiles, new distillation malted rye Proof:   112.8° Age:  NAS Further identification:  Barrel # 544 is a single barrel pick

Found North does their single barrel program a little different than most. Found North describes their process on their website, saying: Our single barrel program captures the precision inherent in blending Canadian whisky and the magic of selecting and bottling single barrels oak types and different char levels to create varying flavor profiles and a distinct style for each single Our program therefore allows us to be particular about the starting point of our single barrels, while

American single malt whiskey releases continue to burst onto the scene at an alarming rate. But what is American single malt to begin with? The generally accepted definition is a whiskey that’s distilled at a single distillery in America from Enter Redwood Empire with their own take on American single malt: Foggy Burl. become available for blending, expect to see more and more of their whiskeys center around the 100% grain-to-glass