Russell's Reserve 13 Year Barrel Proof Bourbon Company on Label: Wild Turkey Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Barley Proof: 114.8° Age: 13 years Further identification: NCF stated Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Private Selection Bourbon Company on Label: Wild Turkey Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Barley Proof: 110° Age: 8 years Further

think you've got a firm grip on how things work & the release cadence of some of the more allocated whiskeys What I care most about is bringing you my honest thoughts on whatever whiskey roams my way. I'm always willing to talk whiskey with fellow enthusiasts. Company on Label: Buffalo Trace Whiskey Type: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #1 (Low Rye < 10%) Proof: 125.9° Age: NAS (~8 years) Further identification: Batch 23C

tasting sessions are now long discontinued, their spirit lives on within a group of passionate and wild whiskey misfits known as the Whisky Legends—more on this in a minute, up first: Mortlach Distillery. Legends tasting, hosted by Gregory Cloyd, the Amongst the Whiskey Team (Nick Anderson & Jes Smyth, Company on Label:  Mortlach Distillery Whiskey Type:  Single Malt Scotch Whisky Mash Bill Percentages Written by: The Amongst the Whiskey Team NICK ANDERSON & JES SMYTH

Also called Glen Ord, this is a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands, the only remaining single malt scotch whisky distillery on the Black Isle. At the latest Whisky Legends tasting, hosted by Gregory Cloyd,  the Amongst the Whiskey Team (Nick Anderson Company on Label:  Ord Distillery Whiskey Type:  Single Malt Scotch Whisky Mash Bill Percentages:  100% Written by: The Amongst the Whiskey Team NICK ANDERSON & JES SMYTH

Hearty and complex, this uncut and unfiltered whiskey was drawn directly from barrels aged in warehouses Hand-selected and bottled over 125 proof, it reflects the way whiskey was produced in the days before Batch 11: 129.0° (2022) I thoroughly enjoyed Batch 10 which earned my top score and a 'Keep Amongst the Whiskey Company on Label: Old Fashioned Copper Distillery (Buffalo Trace) Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages The empty glass smells of rich barrel funk, amaretto, newspaper and Kentucky rack house dust.

Company on Label: Buffalo Trace Whiskey Type: Wheated Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Buffalo

Beam Whiskey Type: Blended Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Blend Proof: 128.2° Age: 4 (Blend of 4 year old bourbon, 6 year old rye + malt whiskeys, and 13 year old corn whiskey) Further identification Beam Whiskey Type: Blended Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Proof: 118.8° Age: 8 (Blend of 8 year Kentucky rye, 13 year Canadian Rye and 40 year Canadian corn whiskey) Further identification: 4 year Kentucky brown rice bourbon, 7 year bourbon, and 8 year Kentucky rye) Further identification:

Fun story about this one, a few local whiskey heads got to go down to Kentucky with Ken Gordon to do As we were thieving samples from the cask and lining up all these amazing whiskies, based on our noses Weaver @IronDram, Jen Regan @ChasingBourbon, and Erich Oliveira @TheBourbonDen, and my good friend and Kentuckian Company on Label: Four Roses Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 75% Corn, 20% Rye, 5% Malted I just cleared my throat a bit and it made the whiskey still lingering in my mouth almost taste like

Mayor Pingree 6 Year Red Label Company on Label: Valentine Distilling Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Date 01.20.21; NCF Mayor Pingree 5 Year Red Label Single Barrel Company on Label: Valentine Distilling Whiskey Rainbow Liquor store pick; NCF Mayor Pingree 13 Year Black Label Company on Label: Valentine Distilling Whiskey identification: Barrel No 5 Mayor Pingree Red Label Small Batch Company on Label: Valentine Distilling Whiskey

This is an organic whisky that is all done "seed-to-spirit" from the farm. The whisky is aged in French Limousin oak and Cognac casks. I've even dropped my 'e' for this one! Company on Label: Brenne Whisky Whiskey Type: French Single Malt Whisky Mash Bill Percentages: 100% of I would really love to experience all of the distillation smells this whisky goes through. Rating: 4/5 Experiences like this are why I love whiskey so much.

For the curious whiskey enthusiast... We're bringing out the big guns today. Company on Label: Heaven Hill Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 78% Corn, 10% Rye, 12% That slight nuttiness is one of my favorite characteristics in whiskey, personally. Beginning in Irish whiskey before expanding into bourbon, rye, and beyond, he has long been taking the resonance in the patient conveyance of an honest whiskey review.

James Saunders has been making big waves in the whiskey world by bringing a really great palate to the whiskey sourcing table. I co-founded with my good friend Derek Laverriere (@bourbondipity_ on IG) to pick great barrels of whiskey Company on Label: New England Barrel Company Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 75% Corn, 21% I do think this is a point that James is trying to make in a lot of his barrels and blends - good whiskey