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While the USA traditionally allows freedom and creativity in whisky production, Balcones adheres to Scottish tradition with its Texas single malt. With the use of 100% malt, particularly Golden Promise, and a maturation period of four years, this whisky promises a US malt with a Scottish soul.
Port Askaig is a ferry harbour on the Scottish island of Islay. Bottlings under the name are independent bottlings from various distilleries on the whisky island. In principle, you are forced to do a blind tasting without a resolution. Blogs and forums contain hints and guesses, but nobody really knows which distillery you have in your glass.
A highly exciting cask selection was made for the Isle of Raasay Batch R02. Single malts from first fill ex-rye whiskey, virgin Chinkapin oak and first fill Bordeaux red wine casks were married together. Some were initially filled with peated, others with unpeated New Make before being bottled after around 3 years.
Balcones Baby Blue is made from roasted baby blue corn and is matured for a time that is probably well under two years. Although exact details of the ageing time are not available, it is assumed that the whisky is aged in barrels for at least six months. The use of small casks and the unique Texas climate significantly characterise the character of this corn spirit.
The Wolfburn Distillery is one of the youngest distilleries in Scotland and has made a name for itself for its exciting whiskies since it was founded in 2013. The Wolfburn Love Potion is a marriage of Oloroso sherry hogsheads and full bourbon casks, bottled at 46%.
The Isle of Raasay Core Batch R0.01 is an exciting addition to the distillery's portfolio. With a double award at the Scottish Whisky Awards, the team shows that they can produce outstanding whisky.
The colour of this whisky is inviting and speaks for its maturity. The 12/2006 - 04/2022 bottling has a quota of 9,000 bottles and is not at all as rare as we are used to from bottles from the Springbank distillery. Nevertheless, the price is - well... Fortunately it has come back a little over the last few months.
This small batch single malt whisky from Israel was matured in ex-bourbon casks and then aged for six months in pomegranate wine casks. A type of cask that we have never come across before.
Glenlivet is globally renowned and enjoys massive popularity among both connoisseurs and beginners alike. In the distillery's lineup, there's a Travel Retail expression, which, one might aptly say, is likely targeted towards impulse buyers at airports. The Distiller's Reserve has matured without an age statement in three types of casks. Sherry and American Oak are familiar to us. However, the label doesn't disclose what exactly is meant by "Traditional Oak."
The Gilors Sherry Duett from the Henrich distillery is a marriage of a PX sherry cask and an Oloroso sherry. After maturing for 7 years, it is bottled at 46.4% strength.
As the name suggests, this single malt from the Taiwanese Kavalan distillery was matured in ex-bourbon casks - more precisely in first fill ex-bourbon casks. The Solist series is Kavalan's product range for cask strength bottlings.
The Fettercairn Warehouse Releases are small batches from the distillery's traditional warehouses in the Scottish Highlands. In the third batch from Warehouse 2, 'Ex-bourbon casks (57%), rum casks (16%) and French red wine barriques (27%) were married together.