Tag: 59.1% ABV

Rating 8/ 10
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Barrell Whiskey American Vatted Malt 2021 59.11%

Nose: Banana bread, nutritional yeast, cedar plank, meringue.

Palate: Banana bread with chocolate chips, olive oil, wintergreen, warm cedar, chewing tobacco, sasparilla, almost with hints of rye bread

Rating: 8 (Ryan) 7 (Shane) / 10 – what a wild ride. Barrel continues to truly impress me. Bottle details available at https://whiskeyhuntaustralia.com/products/barrell-craft-spirits-american-vatted-malt-750ml-59-11

Rating 2/ 10
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Glenallachie 2009 12 Year Premier Cru Classé #1040 59.1% for Denmark Batch 4

Nose: Red velvet cake, plums, cloves.

Palate: Sulfur, very astringent and tannic, black tea, plum.

Rating: 2 / 10 – ouch

Rating 4/ 10
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Glenallachie 2011 9 Year Port Pipe #7858 59.1% Franconian Edition 2021 Germany

Nose: Sugar frosting, grape jolly rancher

Palate: Strong bazooka joes grape gum, mild sulfur note.

Rating: 4 / 10 – meh

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Aberlour 1997/2018 20 Year 1st Fill Sherry Cask #9057 59.1%

Nose: Butterscotch, cedar, touch of sulfur

Palate: Caramel, lemon peel, mongo white tea, sulfur.

Rating: 5 / 10 – too dirty sulfur for me but it’s an exciting pour.

Rating 9/ 10
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Savanna 2007 10 Year Collection Grand Arôme Chai Humide Cask #339 59.1%

Nose: Snapple was a fucking revolution. Kiwi strawberry liquid crack. And somehow they convinced our high school that having juice vending machines was healthy, so while there wasn’t soda on campus, you could get as much peach iced tea or juice hybrids as you had quarters. The explosive spicy nose of ginger chews. I have a full on therapeutic reaction to that smell as someone who suffers motion sickness. Even the smell is enough to make me perk up and feel better. I had a friend mention cumin and he is soooo right. This has such a great lassi bent.

Palate: How do you get such subtlety at this potency? A gorgeous gorgeous palate. Mango sticky rice and coconut sorbet. Tart yogurt and cardamom. With a drizzle of honey on it.

Rating: 9 / 10 – This is stunning. jeeeez.