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New England Barrel Company is an awesome new start up rapidly gaining steam across the country; they This is a fresh off the truck release from the New Hampshire Liquor Outlet - it is a single barrel picked Percentages: 75% Corn, 21% Rye, 4% Malted Barley Proof: 113.9° Age: 5 years Further identification: This is a single

I love a good single barrel collaboration! Further identification: Lot # 13L21 was sampled on 7/14/2022 for Liquor Junction to consider for a single

The Knob Creek 25th Anniversary Single Barrel release commemorated the 2017 milestone of 25 years of special product that features Dad’s preferred ‘uncut and unfiltered’ style, combined with my passion for single Let's find out how this single barrel offering came out! Your mileage may vary given this is a single barrel product. Company on Label: James B. The mouth feel wisps around like a flame with some spice tingling from the middle of the tongue towards

I'm back on the Willett train again tonight - quite fitting for the trendy #WillettWednesday movement Corn, 13% Rye, 15% Malted Barley Proof: 119.2° Age: 8 years Further identification: This is a Dion's single Bright oak, paper and vanilla mingle gently on a deeper inhale. Another sip builds in a touch of lemon peel, tingling bright vanilla and sweet kiwi frozen yogurt. This is truly a delight to sip on; the sweet fruit mingle perfectly as a well aged barrel should.

The Irish itch struck me tonight! My good friends Gloria and PJ recently gifted me a bottle of this so it was fresh on my mind. I gave the website a quick search for Irish and amazingly I haven't given this bottle the spotlight it deserves... so we will rectify this tonight. This has traditionally ranked fairly high on my Irish scale when I've done head to heads, but we'll give it a 'reset button' and a fair shake in a fresh glencairn (I had to switch from the glass I took home from Ireland, as the nose felt distinctly muted compared to what I am used to on a glencairn glass). Let's dive in. Company on Label: Pernod Ricard (Distilled at Midleton Distillery) Whiskey Type: Irish Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: 100% Malted and Unmalted Barley Proof: 80° Age: 12 Years Further identification: This is a readily available flagship release from the Redbreast line; it's a traditional Midleton triple distilled Irish whiskey 'matured in the finest oak casks' Nose: Up front there's a silky traditional sugar cookie on the nose. There's big confectioner's sugar alongside vanilla and flashes of fun, funky oak. Light cherry skins dance on the surface of the liquid below. There's a chocolate-laden crispy wafer aroma that I'm really loving. Soft hints of caramel and toffee elegantly lift up on deeper inhales. There's a sweet floral perfume aroma that really draws my attention in. The lightness that the low proof gives off here is actually a positive for me; it's a bit tantalizing and it reminds me of the uncertainty of young love. It really embodies one of the most perfect Irish aroma whiskey profiles I think anyone could craft. As much as I love my high proof bourbons, this nosing experience delivers the perfect medley of soft almond, jackfruit, and lemon forward Fresca (the old recipe). It takes me back to big family backyard barbecues in the Summers when I was a kid. I think it's time for a sip. Coming back to the nose after having a few sips I find that the oak aromas are much more prevalent as they give off a soft level of refinement you typically will get out of this age statement region. I find small flashes of leather, black pepper and level, earthy undertones. I can't ignore the sweet fruit medley and floral notes in the background but they're rather non-descript or secretive as I may have alluded to earlier. There's a faint bourbon characteristic to the oak I find late in the glass, but it's not trying too hard to be something it's not. There's hints of smoke, mossy earth and a faint metallic characteristic near the bottom of the glass. The empty glass smells of rose petals, grenadine and faint charcoal. Palate: Immediately on the palate I find a lovely creamy texture that hits my tongue. Those beautiful pot stills produce such lovely oily, rich, viscous mouth feels. It carries hints of grapefruit, caramel butter bars and chocolate puff pastries. Another sip unlocks big flashes of sherry, ripe dark cherry, and an enrichment of the chocolate pastry-style dessert flavors. The linger feels short but I think that's more of a deceiving artifact of the low proof as the caramel, minty grapefruit and confectioners sugar continue to dance around on the taste buds for quite some time without any of the sensation indicating that you may be consuming alcohol here. I continue to find the feeling of being around loved ones as I sip through this glass. Perhaps it's just me being a touch nostalgic with the style of whiskey that first captured my attention, but I'm certainly not looking to get rid of this glass any time soon. The linger is incredibly long as the mouth coating sticks with you allowing for a little sip to really go a long way. As I get lower in the glass the creamy caramel and sugar cookie notes really ramp up in intensity and some of the more nuanced fruit fall by the wayside. This feels like a great glass to savor and share one of, but might not draw you in for a 2nd or 3rd pour necessarily. My last taste is a larger sip and swish. With that I find troves of caramel, bits of molasses, a soft sizzle of lemon, and a pervasive wave of vanilla toffee cookies. Lovely, lovely all the way through - this is an exceptionally crafted Irish whiskey. Rating: 5/5 This is one of my all time favorite Irish whiskeys. It is also just an unbelievable value and exudes marvelous elegance every step of the way. I have a Redbreast 21 I have yet to crack open and it's very clear that that bottle is going to have some really big shoes to fill. I want to thank Gloria and PJ again for gifting me a bottle of this! You chose damn well!

Letting this rest a while reveals some really nice butterscotch which smells a lot like a Weller Single

Recently announced as the recipient of the World’s Best Irish Single Malt 2021 (21 years and older). Company on Label: Teeling (Cooley) Whiskey Type: Single Malt Irish Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: 100%

These things have pretty steep price points today, so being informed on your single barrel selections Barley Proof: 131.8° Age: 8 years Further identification: This is New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlet single A touch of lemon peel zest tingles the nostrils. Silky vanilla weaves its way through the glass. I've never had a single distillery produce so many single barrels that taste incredibly alike before.

How do single barrel picks compare? together to make a cohesive and consistent flavor profile, single barrels are just single components If you want to read the full review of each single barrel, click the link at each title! Dion's Single Barrel #491 Where the flagship was consistent, this one was flashy. Kappy's Single Barrel #021 This is a great example of a single barrel that ended up falling short compared

Come 2025, Saunders hopes to highlight more distilleries in their single-barrel program (like Green River thought in mind that he wants to be as transparent as possible about who he is representing in the single the core blends of New England Barrel Company, as well as limited releases, experimental batches, and single This single barrel rye release, selected for Liquor Junction, sold out within hours and has garnered Percentages: 95% corn, 5% rye Proof:  131.04 ° Age: 11.5 years Further identification:  This is a single

Their dark-as-night and proofed-to-the-moon small barrel single barrel releases are garnering some awesome Single barrel reviews however, are a bit of a double edged sword... in existence, so take this snapshot with a grain of salt, or regard it in a way that attempts to distill traditional while defying convention, using Scottish copper pot stills, open fermentation, and local grains Plaza Package Single Barrel Review Nose: Creamy sweet tart aromas show up here.

The best way I can describe it is incredibly robust, where previous experiences with Four Roses single The last sip of the glass is quite smooth - with lemon tea, Earl Gray vanilla, chocolate, butterscotch and allspice all mingling well in waves.