Rating 6/ 10
Glendronach 8yr 43% 1970s
Nose: Climbing Chalk, chamomile
Palate: Carob malt ball, slightly mineral.
Rating: 6 / 10 – lovely old spirit
Category: Scotch
Rating 6/ 10
Bruichladdich 18 Years 2024 release
Nose: Some strange funk on the nose, along with white peaches
Palate: White wine cask notes, hints of peat
Rating: 6 / 10 – too rushed for good notes but nice pour. Keeping it anyways so I remember.
Rating 6/ 10
Bruichladdich 30 Years 1991/2023 45.2% for Sansibar
Nose: Cider, cider. Pear skins.
Palate: Beautiful clean bourbon cask. Carambola. Pear drops. Grapefruit. Honey. Stilton cheese
Rating: 6 / 10 – elegant, tasty but not something I’d chase for the age / price.
Rating 8/ 10
Bruichladdich 2012/2023 2nd fill rivesalt 10 Years (nearly 11) 61.4% for FoB
Nose: Leeks and potato soup, flash fried pimiento de padrón, portobello and hint of mole spices (cumin, cocoa, red chile powder, and cinnamon), mustiness
Palate: Big thick fruity wine notes, balsamic, stewed prunes, cherry concentrate, leather, coffee grounds, big tannin punch on the finish like chewing on a cinnamon stick
Rating: 8 / 10 – What a freaking wallop. This is shockingly good.
Rating 7/ 10
Bruichladdich 20 Years 2003 Micro Provenance Port Hogshead (2nd Fill) Cask 1293 54.4% for “Mary McGregor”
Nose: Mexican hot chocolate, pipe tobacco, puer, cascara
Palate: Slightly salty and umami. The weird sour funk of Umeboshi. Limestone. Potting soil. Black forest cherry cake.
Rating: 7 / 10 – a big complex profound full metal pour. Raise your glass.
Rating 6/ 10
Rhinns 11 Years 2011/2023 59.3% for Svenska Eldvatten
Nose: Cinnamon honey stick, warm cinnamon roll, salt sea air, distant neighbors chimney with dry maple
Palate: Sea salt and toffee, chai spices, celery salt
Rating: 6 / 10 – quite nice frankly, but need to try it on a fresh palate.
Rating 5/ 10
Littlemill 1992/2015 23 Year 57% for Kierzek-Berlin (KzB)
Nose: Champagne/sherry vinegar, grapefruit, organic Cheerios.
Palate: Mignonette vinegar. Sweet n sour. Stale stick of Juicy fruit gum. Peach gummy rings, packing tape and cardboard.
Rating: 5 / 10 – the most acceptable of the three sister casks, but I’m not looking to lick my way through a major shipping service.
Rating 5/ 10
Littlemill 1992/2015 23 Year 53.8% for Whiskybroker
Nose: Butterscotch cream frosting, oats, honestly smells like a wort, browned butter, pot de creme, banana
Palate: Hay, buttered popcorn, banana marshmallows, warming spices, cinnamon latte.on the finish something slightly unpleasant. Envelope glue and wet cardboard.
Rating: 4 (Ryan) 5 (Shane) / 10 – it’s pretty solid until the finish… then I wish it would just finish
Rating 4/ 10
Littlemill 1992/2014 21 Year 52.9% for The Whisky Mercenary
Nose: Perfumy, packing tape, pistachios and cardamom, patchouli, animal crackers, plain meringue – those huge ass ones you get half way through before you realize, that is just way too much sugar, cereal milk
Palate: That first time you have middle eastern or central american treats that use different sugars and flavors… pistachios and cardamom indeed, reminds me of grape nuts. And cedar. Lots of cedar and sandalwood. I feel like I just made out with a hippie.
Rating: 3 (Ryan) 4 (Shane) / 10 – different, but not in a good way
Rating 6/ 10
Aberlour-Glenlivet 1959 Centenary Decanter Bottled 1979 40%
Nose: Honeycomb / beeswax, butterscotch, pumpernickel, dunnage.
Palate: Old paper, licking an envelope, barley sugar, hint of oak
Rating: 6 / 10 – elegant and gentle but has lost a lot of oomph
Rating 6/ 10
Aberlour 17 Year “Ne Me Quitte Pas” 1990/2008 Cask CO-65 LMDW 52.7%
Nose: Spearmint, lime, redvines
Palate: Lime zest frosting, copper penny, cinnamon, guarapo
Rating: 6 / 10 – a fine vibrant bottle
Rating 6/ 10
Aberlour 12 Dumpy “Pure Malt” (late 60s – early 80s) 40%
Nose: Strawberry stems, wax paper, machine shop
Palate: Cream toffee, honey nut crunch type cornflakes, waxy
Rating: 6 / 10 – gentle, old school
Rating 6/ 10
Aberlour 2011/2021 10 Year Ruby Port for Cadenheads 55.7%
Nose: Blackberry, cedar, flat coke
Palate: Blackberry cobbler, pink peppercorn, plums, cranberry jam, sour cola bottles
Rating: 6 / 10 – this is totally my jam at first, but then it dropped a tiny touch. But what a fun mix.
Rating 6/ 10
Aberlour 1988/2013 25 Years 50.9% for Douglass Laing
Nose: Fresh cut grass, fresh spruce forest, chamomile and honey.
Palate: Catnip, lavender cookies, fresh cracked pepper, honey simple syrup, orange pith
Rating: 6 / 10 – fun and different
Rating 8/ 10
Aberlour 100 Proof 1L 57.1 (blends from 1994-1997)
Nose: Dried dates, coffee beans, plums maraschino cherries.
Palate: Leather and oak hit, espresso coffee bean, luxardo cherries.
Rating: 8 / 10 – this is just exactly what I love from whisky.