February 24, 2021
Michter's Whiskey Tasting
Average of 25 scores
Michter's American Whiskey
Nose: 21.42
Palate: 21
Finish: 21.25
Balance: 21.46
Total: 85.13
Michter's Sour Mash Whiskey
Nose: 21.46
Palate: 21.21
Finish: 21.25
Balance: 21.38
Total: 85.30
Michter's Bourbon Whiskey
Nose: 21.96
Palate: 22
Finish: 21.71
Balance: 21.79
Total: 87.46
Michter's Rye Whiskey
Nose: 22.04
Palate: 21.54
Finish: 21.5
Balance: 21.71
Total: 86.79
Shenk's Sour Mash Limited Edition 2020 Whiskey
Nose: 22.54
Palate: 22.13
Finish: 21.92
Balance: 21.92
Total: 88.51
Bomberger's Bourbon Limited Edition 2020 Whiskey
Nose: 22.76
Palate: 22.81
Finish: 22.52
Balance: 22.67
Total: 90.76
Michter's 10 Year Bourbon Whiskey
Nose: 22.7
Palate: 22.39
Finish: 22.48
Balance: 22.7
Total: 90.27
Michter's 10 Year Rye Whiskey
Nose: 22.44
Palate: 22.68
Finish: 22.72
Balance: 22.6
Total: 90.44
February 10, 2021
Rye Tasting
Average of 21 scores
Castle & Key Restoration Rye
Nose: 20.38
Palate: 20.86
Finish: 19.95
Balance: 20.24
Total: 81.43
MB Rowland Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
Nose: 22.14
Palate: 21.19
Finish: 21.05
Balance: 21
Total: 85.38
Pinhook 4 Year Rye - Westport Whiskey & Wine Store Pick
Nose: 20.19
Palate: 20.86
Finish: 20.52
Balance: 20.9
Total: 82.47
Wild Turkey Rare Breed Barrel Strength Rye
Nose: 21
Palate: 21.43
Finish: 21.71
Balance: 21.52
Total: 85.66
NULU 7 Year Rye Whiskey - Party Source Store Pick
Nose: 21.38
Palate: 21.71
Finish: 21.86
Balance: 22.05
Total: 87
Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye Whiskey
Nose: 22.57
Palate: 22.90
Finish: 22.86
Balance: 22.62
Total: 90.95
SMWS RW3.1 'Big, bold, fruity and spicy' NY Distilling 7 Year Rye
Nose: 22.48
Palate: 22.57
Finish: 22.57
Balance: 22.71
Total: 90.33
January 27, 2021
Westland American Single Malt
Average of 21 scores
Westland American Single Malt Whiskey - American Oak
Nose: 21.19
Palate: 21.38
Finish: 21.24
Balance: 21.19
Total: 85
Westland American Single Malt Whiskey - Sherry Wood
Nose: 21.71
Palate: 21.48
Finish: 21.24
Balance: 21.33
Total: 85.76
Westland American Single Malt Whiskey - The Peated
Nose: 21.33
Palate: 21.57
Finish: 21.81
Balance: 21.71
Total: 86.42
Westland American Single Malt Whiskey - Garryana 2019 Edition 4/1
Nose: 21.71
Palate: 22
Finish: 21.86
Balance: 21.9
Total: 87.47
Westland American Single Malt Whiskey - Garryana 2020 Edition 5/1
Nose: 21.81
Palate: 22.14
Finish: 22.1
Balance: 22.14
Total: 88.19
Westland American Single Malt Whiskey - Single Cask 2781 - New York Exclusive
Nose: 22.62
Palate: 22.81
Finish: 22.19
Balance: 22.62
Total: 90.24
January 20, 2021
A Campbeltown Celebration
Average of 16 scores
Glen Scotia 14 Year Campbeltown Festival 2020 Bottling
Nose: 22.07
Palate: 22.53
Finish: 22.4
Balance: 22.73
Total: 89.73
SMWS 93.128 'Smoke and smugglers' Glen Scotia 17 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 21.80
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.80
SMWS 93.140 'Bacon on a bonfire' Glen Scotia 17 Year Tasting Panel Experience
Nose: 22.6
Palate: 22.67
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 91.27
Springbank 12 Year Cask Strength
Nose: 21.94
Palate: 22.56
Finish: 22.44
Balance: 22.75
Total: 89.69
Springbank 12 Year Burgundy Cask
Nose: 22.81
Palate: 22.63
Finish: 22
Balance: 22.44
Total: 89.88
Springbank 14 Year Bourbon Wood
Nose: 22.88
Palate: 23.44
Finish: 23.44
Balance: 23.5
Total: 93.26
SMWS 27.113 'What a song and dance' Springbank 26 Year
Nose: 23.19
Palate: 23.56
Finish: 23.31
Balance: 23.81
Total: 93.87
December 30, 2020
American Whiskey
Average of 26 scores
Kyro Malted Rye Whisky
Nose: 20.21
Palate: 20.58
Finish: 20.83
Balance: 20.88
Total: 82.50
Penelope Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Rose Finish
Nose: 20.23
Palate: 20.35
Finish: 20.19
Balance: 20.58
Total: 81.35
Elijah Craig Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Toasted Barrel Finish
Nose: 21.42
Palate: 20.62
Finish: 20.38
Balance: 20.85
Total: 83.27
Knob Creek 12 Year Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Nose: 21.20
Palate: 21.04
Finish: 21.69
Balance: 21.81
Total: 85.74
SMWS RW2.1 American Rye Whiskey 'Out of the ordinary - in a very good way!'
Nose: 20.35
Palate: 20.77
Finish: 20.54
Balance: 20.58
Total: 82.24
SMWS B6.1 American Bourbon Whiskey 'Ginger-spiced sponge'
Nose: 20.96
Palate: 21.85
Finish: 21.81
Balance: 21.81
Total: 86.43
SMWS 142.1 American Single Malt Whiskey 'Made in New York, New York'
Nose: 21.56
Palate: 21.62
Finish: 21.31
Balance: 21.35
Total: 85.84
December 9, 2020
Ex-Red Wine Finish & First Fill Sherry
Average of 19 scores
SMWS 9.174 'Strawberry Jalapeno Ice Cream' - Glen Grant 15 Year
Nose: 22.42
Palate: 22.16
Finish: 21.89
Balance: 21.74
Total: 88.21
SMWS 66.161 'Chateau du pork scratching' Ardmore 13 Year
Nose: 22.37
Palate: 21.89
Finish: 21.32
Balance: 21.68
Total: 87.26
SMWS 95.37 'Adventurous African safari' Auchriosk 7 Year
Nose: 21.89
Palate: 21.74
Finish: 21.37
Balance: 21.32
Total: 86.32
SMWS 7.237 'Nutty by nature' - Longmorn 12 Year
Nose: 22.00
Palate: 22.37
Finish: 22.37
Balance: 22.21
Total: 88.95
SMWS 7.233 'A syrupy sweet tale of romance' - Longmorn 13 Year
Nose: 21.95
Palate: 22.37
Finish: 22.32
Balance: 22.37
Total: 89.01
SMWS 30.111 'Inferno Toffee Pudding' - Glenrothers 12 Year
Nose: 22.63
Palate: 22.58
Finish: 22.68
Balance: 22.63
Total: 90.52
November 4, 2020
Bruichladdich
Average of 13 scores
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie
Nose: 21.17
Palate: 22.17
Finish: 22.00
Balance: 22.08
Total: 87.42
Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2010
Nose: 20.75
Palate: 21.25
Finish: 21.08
Balance: 21.25
Total: 84.33
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2010
Nose: 21.58
Palate: 22.08
Finish: 22.17
Balance: 22.17
Total: 88.00
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Year
Nose: 22.31
Palate: 22.08
Finish: 21.92
Balance: 22.31
Total: 88.62
Bruichladdich Octomore 11.1
Nose: 23.54
Palate: 22.92
Finish: 23.00
Balance: 23.23
Total: 92.69
Bruichladdich Octomore 10 Year
Nose: 22.38
Palate: 22.77
Finish: 22.77
Balance: 22.85
Total: 90.77
October 28, 2020
Rum Finish and Single Cask Rum
Average of 15 scores
Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve
Nose: 19.46
Palate: 20.92
Finish: 20.15
Balance: 20.69
Total: 81.22
Balvenie 14 Year Caribbean Cask
Nose: 20.92
Palate: 21.00
Finish: 21.23
Balance: 21.38
Total: 84.53
SMWS 9.172 "Quantum endramglement" Glen Grant 15 Year
Nose: 21.21
Palate: 22.43
Finish: 22.50
Balance: 22.14
Total: 88.28
SMWS 112.51 "Funky irie feeling" Loch Lomond 15 Year
Nose: 21.64
Palate: 21.57
Finish: 21.00
Balance: 21.50
Total: 85.71
SMWS R2.11 "Goat farms, esters and vinyl funk" Guyanese 16 Year Rum
Nose: 20.07
Palate: 21.53
Finish: 20.93
Balance: 20.60
Total: 83.13
SMWS R1.5 "A little extravagant" Jamaican 12 Year Rum
Nose: 20.27
Palate: 20.13
Finish: 20.40
Balance: 20.00
Total: 80.80
SMWS R8.7 "The volcanic spirit" Nicaraguan 14 Year Rum
Nose: 22.07
Palate: 22.60
Finish: 22.40
Balance: 22.53
Total: 89.60
October 14, 2020
Single Cask Nation
Average of 15 scores
Single Cask Nation Stones of Stenness 19 Year Orkney
Nose: 21.67
Palate: 22.07
Finish: 21.80
Balance: 22.27
Total: 87.81
Single Cask Nation Milk & Honey 2 Year
Nose: 21.13
Palate: 21.67
Finish: 21.27
Balance: 21.07
Total: 85.14
Single Cask Nation Blended Malt 10 Year
Nose: 21.60
Palate: 22.07
Finish: 21.20
Balance: 21.00
Total: 85.87
Single Cask Nation Aultmore 8 Year
Nose: 20.93
Palate: 21.53
Finish: 21.33
Balance: 21.53
Total: 85.32
Single Cask Nation Aultmore 30 Year
Nose: 21.93
Palate: 22.2
Finish: 21.87
Balance: 22.27
Total: 88.27
Single Cask Nation Ruadh Mohr 10 Year
Nose: 21.93
Palate: 22.13
Finish: 22.13
Balance: 21.93
Total: 88.12
September 23, 2020
Feis Ile 2020 Tasting
Average of 18 scores
Bunnahabhain 10 Year Old Particular
Nose: 21.65
Palate: 21.29
Finish: 21.35
Balance: 21.41
Total: 85.70
Caol Ila 16 Year Festival Release
Nose: 21.53
Palate: 21.41
Finish: 21.06
Balance: 21.29
Total: 85.29
Lagavulin 20 Year Festival Release
Nose: 22.76
Palate: 22.47
Finish: 22.47
Balance: 22.71
Total: 90.41
SMWS 3.314 Bowmore 15 Year 'Loungecore stave exoticism'
Nose: 23.12
Palate: 22.94
Finish: 22.18
Balance: 23.29
Total: 91.53
SMWS 29.270 Laphroaig 8 Year 'Collateral Drammage'
Nose: 21.76
Palate: 21.76
Finish: 21.29
Balance: 21.18
Total: 85.99
Laphroaig Cairdeas 2020 Festival Release
Nose: 21.88
Palate: 22.12
Finish: 22.06
Balance: 22
Total: 88.06
Port Charlotte 16 Year Festival Release
Nose: 22.44
Palate: 22.78
Finish: 22.56
Balance: 22.33
Total: 90.11
September 9, 2020
Teeling Whiskey Tasting
Average of 18 scores
Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey
Nose: 20.19
Palate: 20.25
Finish: 20.56
Balance: 20.56
Total: 81.56
Teeling Single Grain Irish Whiskey
Nose: 20.44
Palate: 20
Finish: 19.88
Balance: 20.44
Total: 80.76
Teeling Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Nose: 21.06
Palate: 21.06
Finish: 21.44
Balance: 21.25
Total: 84.81
Teeling Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Nose: 21.22
Palate: 20.89
Finish: 20.78
Balance: 20.83
Total: 83.72
Teeling Brabazon Series III Irish Whiskey
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22.11
Balance: 22.06
Total: 88.17
Teeling Single Cask Chestnut
Nose: 22
Palate: 22.56
Finish: 22.5
Balance: 22.5
Total: 89.56
August 26, 2020
Kaiyo Whisky Tasting
Average of 15 scores
Kaiyo Japanese Mizunara Oak
Nose: 20.6
Palate: 19.33
Finish: 20.4
Balance: 20.67
Total: 81.00
Kaiyo Japanese Mizunara Oak Cask Strength
Nose: 20.2
Palate: 20.27
Finish: 20.53
Balance: 20.00
Total: 81.00
Kaiyo 7 Year The Single
Nose: 21.07
Palate: 21.07
Finish: 20.73
Balance: 20.73
Total: 83.60
Kaiyo The Sheri 2nd Edition
Nose: 21.53
Palate: 22.33
Finish: 22.00
Balance: 21.93
Total: 87.79
Kaiyo The Peated 2nd Edition
Nose: 21.5
Palate: 21.57
Finish: 21.64
Balance: 21.5
Total: 86.21
August 2, 2020
Track Tasting
Average of 13 scores
Deanston 18 Year Bourbon Finish
Nose: 21.46
Palate: 22.15
Finish: 21.92
Balance: 22.31
Total: 87.84
SMWS Beachcomber 7 Year Blend
Nose: 21.54
Palate: 21.69
Finish: 21.31
Balance: 21.54
Total: 86.08
Old Pulteney 21 Year Gordon & MacPhail
Nose: 22.15
Palate: 22.15
Finish: 21.46
Balance: 22
Total: 87.76
Highland Park 24 Year Gordon & MacPhail
Nose: 21.92
Palate: 22.69
Finish: 21.77
Balance: 22.31
Total: 88.69
Glengoyne 20 Year Old Particular
Nose: 21.46
Palate: 21.69
Finish: 21.85
Balance: 21.69
Total: 86.69
SMWS 66.162 Ardmore 13 Year
Nose: 22.15
Palate: 22.31
Finish: 21.54
Balance: 21.62
Total: 87.62
SMWS 68.34 Blair Athol 10 Year Festival Release
Nose: 22.77
Palate: 22.77
Finish: 23.23
Balance: 22.31
Total: 91.08
July 15, 2020
Kilbeggan & Tyrconnell
Average of 21 scores
Kilbeggan Rye Irish Whiskey
Nose: 20.71
Palate: 20.33
Finish: 19.62
Balance: 19.86
Total: 80.52
Kilbeggan Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Nose: 19.62
Palate: 20.29
Finish: 20.1
Balance: 20
Total: 80.01
Tyrconnell 10 Year Port Finish Single Malt
Nose: 21.19
Palate: 20.71
Finish: 20.19
Balance: 21.14
Total: 83.23
Tyrconnell 10 Year Madeira Finish Single Malt
Nose: 22.81
Palate: 21.48
Finish: 21.48
Balance: 21.38
Total: 87.15
Tyrconnell 10 Year Sherry Finish Single Malt
Nose: 21
Palate: 21.24
Finish: 21.33
Balance: 21.29
Total: 84.86
July 8, 2020
Dusty Bourbons
Average of 19 scores
Uncle Nearest 100 Proof
Nose: 20.44
Palate: 21.19
Finish: 21.31
Balance: 21.31
Total: 84.25
Old Fitzgerald Prime Bourbon
Nose: 20.06
Palate: 19.59
Finish: 19.18
Balance: 19.76
Total: 78.59
Wild Turkey 1994 Tradition
Nose: 21.35
Palate: 21.65
Finish: 21.53
Balance: 21.41
Total: 85.94
Wild Turkey 8 Year Japanese Release 1980s
Nose: 22.11
Palate: 21.89
Finish: 21.39
Balance: 21.67
Total: 87.06
Wild Turkey 8 Year USA Release 1965
Nose: 22.06
Palate: 21.89
Finish: 22.33
Balance: 22.11
Total: 88.39
Wild Turkey 12 Year Japanese Release 1990s
Nose: 22.32
Palate: 22.84
Finish: 22.42
Balance: 22.63
Total: 90.21
Maker's Mark Limited Edition 1995 Japanese Release
Nose: 22.58
Palate: 22.37
Finish: 21.63
Balance: 22.21
Total: 88.79
June 24, 2020
Speyside Tasting
Average of 18 scores
Aberlour A'Bunadh Alba
Nose: 21.94
Palate: 22.22
Finish: 22.22
Balance: 22.28
Total: 88.66
SMWS 54.80 'Banana Mexicana' Aberlour 12 Year
Nose: 22.17
Palate: 23.22
Finish: 21.61
Balance: 22
Total: 89.00
Cadenheads Miltonduff 11 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 20.28
Finish: 19.89
Balance: 20.22
Total: 81.39
SMWS 1.217 'Mezzalunas at dawn' Glenfarclas 8 Year
Nose: 24.11
Palate: 22.44
Finish: 21.78
Balance: 22.28
Total: 90.61
SMWS 44.118 'Get your castanets clacking' Craigellachie 16 Year
Nose: 22.33
Palate: 22.33
Finish: 22.5
Balance: 22.61
Total: 89.77
SMWS 44.117 'Happiness is a warm bung' Craigellachie 8 Year
Nose: 21.78
Palate: 22.61
Finish: 22.39
Balance: 22
Total: 88.78
SMWS 36.171 'A smooth ride' Benrinnes 22 Year
Nose: 22.56
Palate: 23.06
Finish: 22.78
Balance: 23.39
Total: 91.79
June 10, 2020
Penelope Bourbon Tasting
Average of 18 scores
Penelope Bourbon
Nose: 19.61
Palate: 19.61
Finish: 18.88
Balance: 19.77
Total: 77.87
Penelope Bourbon Barrel Strength
Nose: 20.77
Palate: 21.05
Finish: 20.61
Balance: 20.88
Total: 83.31
Penelope Bourbon Oloroso Sherry Finish
Nose: 20.72
Palate: 21.16
Finish: 20.72
Balance: 20.72
Total: 83.32
Penelope Bourbon PX Sherry Finish
Nose: 21.22
Palate: 21.38
Finish: 21.16
Balance: 23.44
Total: 87.20
May 13, 2020
Clyde May's Tasting
Average of 23 scores
Clyde May's Original Alabama Style Whiskey
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 81.12
Clyde May's Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Nose: 19
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 79.44
Clyde May's Straight Rye Whiskey
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 79.42
Clyde May's Special Reserve 110 Proof
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88
Clyde May's Cask Strength Alabama Style Whiskey
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 82.91
Clyde May's Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 85.14
April 15, 2020
American Whiskey
Average of 21 scores
High Wire Distilling Revival Rye
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84
Michter's Toasted Barrel Sour Mash
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.90
St. George's Baller Single Malt
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 21
Balance: 20
Total: 81.86
Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond Bourbon
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 21
Total: 85.71
Maker's Mark RC6 Limited Release
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.62
Westward Astor Pick Single Malt
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.95
Larceny Barrel Proof
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.10
April 1, 2020
SMWS Releases for April
Average of 15 scores
SMWS 26.132 Clynelish 9 Year 'Krupnik and amaretti'
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 85.27
SMWS 93.120 Glen Scotia 14 Year 'Cocoa and coal'
Nose: 22
Palate: 21
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 84.13
SMWS 59.59 Teaninich 10 Year 'Spock's earwax'
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 85.67
SMWS 1.215 Glenfarclas 15 Year 'Formidable chocolate'
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 87.47
SMWS 28.43 Tullibardine 11 Year 'Muscle-toned heft and punch'
Nose: 22
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.80
SMWS 53.310 Caol Ila 10 Year 'Kippers in slippers'
Nose: 21
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 82.47
March 4, 2020
SMWS Releases for March
Average of 27 scores
SMWS 71.66 Glenburgie 7 Year 'Farmyard feedback loop'
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 79.56
SMWS 55.57 Royal Brackla 10 Year 'Digging up ginger'
Nose: 18
Palate: 20
Finish: 19
Balance: 18
Total: 76.04
SMWS 6.32 Macduff 12 Year 'Knickerbockers at a wedding'
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 80
SMWS 72.79 Miltonduff 11 Year 'Chocolate Bourbons'
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.48
SMWS 44.116 Craigellachie 8 Year 'Pirate ship in a storm'
Nose: 17
Palate: 17
Finish: 18
Balance: 17
Total: 69.79
SMWS 46.84 Glenlossie 17 Year 'Sipping from a velvet Tardis'
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 85.58
SMWS 93.119 Glen Scotia 11 Year 'Charcoal in a honeypot'
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 85.64
SMWS 16.42 Glenturret 9 Year 'Top note of covfefe'
Nose: 22
Palate: 21
Finish: 22
Balance: 21
Total: 85.90
February 19, 2020
The Whisky Hoop Independent Bottlings
Average of 19 scores
Talisker 6 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 81.79
Arran 16 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 89.00
Clynelish 23 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 90.11
Glendronach 22 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.74
Tobermory 11 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 87.26
Bunnahabhain 4 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.32
January 8, 2020
Single Cask Irish Whiskey Tasting
Average of 15 scores
Red Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.73
Writers Tears Mizunara Cask Finish
Nose: 22
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 86.40
Clonakilty Single Grain Single Cask Bourdeaux Finish
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 80.20
Redbreast Gordon's Single Cask
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 22
Balance: 23
Total: 90.00
Teeling Handfill Single Cask Sherry
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 85.60
December 18, 2019
Blind Bottled In Bond Tasting
Average of 27 scores
Early Times Bottled In Bond
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 20
Total: 81.70
JTS Brown Bottled In Bond
Nose: 21
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 80.52
Colonel EH Taylor Small Batch Bottled In Bond
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.15
Barton's 1792 Bottled In Bond
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 81.00
George Dickel Bottled In Bond
Nose: 19
Palate: 19
Finish: 19
Balance: 20
Total: 76.48
Old Grand Dad Bottled In Bond
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 80.04
November 6, 2019
SMWS November Releases
Average of 21 scores
SMWS 64.111 - Mannochmore 8 Yr
Nose: 19
Palate: 20
Finish: 19
Balance: 19
Total: 76.90
SMWS 44.114 - Craigellachie 12 Yr
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.38
SMWS 9.167 - Glen Grant 23 Yr
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 86.14
SMWS 16.39 - Glenturret 18 Yr
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 84.48
SMWS 73.114 - Aultmore 17 Yr
Nose: 18
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 77.33
SMWS 10.176 - Bunnahabhain 11 Yr
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 88.86
October 23, 2019
Irish Luxury Tasting
Average of 20 scores
Redbreast 21 Year
Nose: 23
Palate: 22
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 91.25
Teeling 24 Year
Nose: 23
Palate: 23
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 92.35
Celtic Cask 27
Nose: 23
Palate: 23
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 92.35
Cadenhead's Cooley 11 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.75
The Irishman Cask Strength
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.35
Dingle Founding Father's The Palace Bar
Nose: 23
Palate: 23
Finish: 22
Balance: 23
Total: 90.67
September 11, 2019
Coastal Scotland Tour
Average of 17 scores
Talisker Distillery Exclusive
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 86.28
Wolfburn From The Stills
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 19
Balance: 20
Total: 81.72
Ardnamurchan 2 Year Warehouse Selection
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 85.22
Longmorn 13 Year Single Cask
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.76
Highland Park 18 Year Cask Strength
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 23
Balance: 24
Total: 93.06
Ledaig 21 Year Port Pipe Finish
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.35
August 14, 2019
Annual Club Dinner - Cask Finishes
Average of 24 scores
Writers Tears Florio Marsala Cask Finish
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 22
Balance: 21
Total: 84.75
Sagamore Spirit Port Finished Rye
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 22
Balance: 21
Total: 83.92
Highland Park Twisted Tattoo 16 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.23
Bardstown Bourbon's Phifer Pavitt Reserve
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.83
Limestone Branch Yellowstone 2018 Limited Edition
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 81.00
July 28, 2019
Track Tasting
Average of 10 scores
Dingle Single Malt Irish Whiskey Batch #4
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 86.10
Barton's 1792 Full Proof Bourbon - Gordon's store pick
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.10
Balblair 2005 Single Cask - Gordon's store pick
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 85.60
The Macallan Edition #4
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.22
The Glenlivet Enigma
Nose: 21
Palate: 23
Finish: 23
Balance: 22
Total: 88.44
Kavalan Ex-Bourbon Single Cask - Gordon's store pick
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 89.11
June 26, 2019
Feis Ile 2019
Average of 18 scores
Bunnahabhain 17 Year Sauternes Finish Feis Ile 2019
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 90.17
Bowmore 15 Year Ex-Bourbon Feis Ile 2019
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.00
Laphroaig Cairdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength Feis Ile 2019
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 85.44
Lagavulin 19 Year Feis Ile 2019
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 90.94
Caol Ila 22 Year Feis Ile 2019
Nose: 23
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 89.33
Octomore Event Horizon Feis Ile 2019
Nose: 23
Palate: 23
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 93.17
June 19, 2019
Kentucky Finds!
Average of 20 scores
Four Roses Small Batch Select
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 86.70
Limestone Branch 100% Malted Rye
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.30
Wilderness Trail Cask Strength Rye
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 80.45
Peerless 3YR Rye Single Barrel "Orange Blossom"
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.15
Michters Fort Nelson Reserve Rye
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 22
Balance: 23
Total: 89.20
Pinhook Justin's House of Bourbon Pick
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.16
William Heavenhill 12 Year
Nose: 23
Palate: 24
Finish: 23
Balance: 24
Total: 94.13
April 10 & 25, 2019
For Peat's Sake
Average of 26 scores
Glenfiddich Fire & Cane
Nose: 21
Palate: 20
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 82.27
Ancnoc Cutter
Nose: 19
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 81.69
Kaiyo The Peated
Nose: 19
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 79.19
Port Charlotte 10 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 86.81
SMWS 10.118 'Enthralling pink and peat intensity' Bunnahabhain 10 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.35
March 27, 2109
SMWS Vertical Tasting - Glen Grant
Average of 16 scores
SMWS 9.147 'Cocktails in a coalmine'
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.00
SMWS 9.148 'Mustard, custard and musk'
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 83.06
SMWS 9.155 'Witches' night'
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 86.63
SMWS 9.152 'Mindful savouring'
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.69
SMWS 9.150 'Thyme well spent'
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 89.25
February 6 & 13, 2019
Japanese Whisky Tasting
Average of 27 scores
Yamazaki 12 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 81.19
Hakushu 12 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 82.56
Hibiki Japanese Harmony Masters Select
Nose: 19
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 78.56
Nikka Tsuru
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.30
Ichiro's Malt Mizunara Wood Reserve
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 84.78
Mar Komagatake Limited Edition 2018
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 80.89
Akashi Eigashima Sake Cask 3 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 21
Balance: 20
Total: 81.52
Nikka From The Barrel
Nose: 19
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 20
Total: 81.22
Kaiyo Cask Strength
Nose: 19
Palate: 19
Finish: 19
Balance: 19
Total: 75.67
January 9 & 23, 2019
Great Bourbons
Average of 30 scores
Weller 12 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.50
Old Ezra 7 Year Barrel Strength
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 20
Total: 82.53
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch #11, Spring 2016
Nose: 23
Palate: 23
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 91.17
SMWS B5.1 “Sheer Brilliance” – Dickel 13 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 85.50
Wild Turkey ‘Revival’
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.43
December 5, 2018
Luxury Tasting
Average of 16 scores
Craigellachie 23 Year
Nose: 23
Palate: 23
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 92.19
Distiller’s Art Bunnahabhain 27 Year
Nose: 23
Palate: 24
Finish: 24
Balance: 23
Total: 93.63
Bruichladdich Private Single Cask 9 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.44
Edradour Single Cask 14 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 23
Balance: 22
Total: 89.19
Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique
Nose: 23
Palate: 23
Finish: 24
Balance: 23
Total: 92.94
October 24 & November 28, 2018
Tour of Scotland 2018
Average of 19 scores
Balblair ’91 – 27 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.79
Singleton Glen Ord 14 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.47
Gordon & MacPhail Glenturret 14 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.74
The Arran Wee Double
Nose: 19
Palate: 20
Finish: 19
Balance: 19
Total: 77.58
Aberlour Hand-Fill Sherry 13 Year
Nose: 22
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 85.37
Tomatin Hand-Fill Pedro Ximenez 16 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 86.79
September 5 & 12, 2018
Scotch Malt Whisky Society Blind Tasting
Average of 11 scores
SMWS 100.14 – Strathmill 12 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.09
SMWS 73.98 – Aultmore 17 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 20
Balance: 22
Total: 84.82
SMWS 36.145 – Benrinnes 20 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.55
SMWS 39.130 – Linkwood 26 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 84.27
SMWS 26.121 – Clynelish 13 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.36
SMWS 112.27 – Loch Lomond 13 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 84.55
August 8, 2018
Annual SWC Dinner – BBQ & Bourbon
Average of 24 scores
Barton’s 1792 Full Proof – Loch & Key Pick
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 89.17
Weller Special Reserve
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 85.33
Rebel Yell Single Barrel 10 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.21
David Nicholson Reserve
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 85.28
Michter’s Toasted Barrel Rye
Nose: 23
Palate: 22
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 90.12
July 28, 2018
Track Tasting
Average of 9 scores
Aberlour A-Bunadh (Batch 62)
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 82.11
Glengoyne Cask Strength
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.33
Benromach (Gordon’s Single Cask)
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84
The Macallan, Edition #3
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 23
Total: 86.89
The Glenlivet Code (5 scores)
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 23
Balance: 23
Total: 88
March 14 & 28, 2018
2017 Award Winners
Average of 28 scores
Glenmorangie Astar
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.74
Redbreast 12 Cask Strength
Nose: 22
Palate: 23
Finish: 22
Balance: 23
Total: 88.93
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof (Batch B517)
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 86.26
Kentucky Owl 11 Year Rye
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 86.58
January 31, 2018
Oyster-Paired Whiskey Dinner at Henry Street Taproom
Average of 13 scores
Talisker Distiller’s Edition 2015
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 84.69
Glenmorangie Nectar D’or
Nose: 21
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 82
Teeling Single Cask Carcavelos
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 85
Jefferson’s Ocean-Aged Small Batch Bourbon
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 86
Oban 14
Nose: 22
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 85.85
December 13, 2017 & January 3, 2018
Blend Tasting & Workshop
Average of 16 scores
Chivas Regal 18 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 79.33
Johnny Walker Blade Runner Limited Edition
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 82.33
Compass Box The Lost Blend
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 82.40
The Exclusive Blends 1991 Edition 21 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 86.27
November 1, 2, 21, & 24, 2017
Scotch Malt Whisky Society Tasting
Average of 22 scores
SMWS 41.89 ‘Tarte Flambe’ Dailuaine 12 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 80.36
SMWS 37.83 ‘An odyssey of flavor’ Cragganmore 12 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 81.18
SMWS 55.31 ‘Sparkling, lively and playful’ Royal Brackla 17 Year
Nose: 19
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 80.05
SMWS 36.114 ‘Tap-dancing tongue teaser’ Benrinnes 13 Year
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 80.59
SMWS 54.42 ‘A washing day in Spring’ Aberlour 9 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 20
Finish: 19
Balance: 20
Total: 80.77
SMWS 46.45 ‘A two-way street’ Glenlossie 23 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 20
Total: 83.05
SMWS 48.74 ‘Coffee kisses and lucky tatties’ Balmenach 10 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 20
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 82.29
SMWS 73.79 ‘Hopped-Up!’ Aultmore 16 Year
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.81
October 11 & October 25, 2017
Islay Exclusives
Average of 25 scores
Lagavulin Jazz 2017 Distillery Exclusive
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 82.04
Ardbeg An Oa
Nose: 19
Palate: 18
Finish: 18
Balance: 19
Total: 73.84
Caol Ila 2017 Distillery Exclusive
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.00
Laphroaig Brodir Travel Exclusive
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.52
Bunnahabhain Feis Ile 2017 Moine Port Pipe Finish
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.32
Kilchoman Single Cask Rum Finish Distillery Exclusive
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.32
Bowmore Warehousemens Selection
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 88.48
Port Charlotte Valince, Cask Exploration 16
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 85.42
Port Charlotte Valince, Cru Claret Finish
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 81.00
September 13, 2017
World Whiskey Dinner
Average of 30 scores
Kavalan Single Cask Ex-Bourbon Cask Strength
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.97
Paul John Classic Cask Strength
Nose: 19
Palate: 19
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 77.21
Mackmyra 1st Edition
Nose: 18
Palate: 18
Finish: 19
Balance: 19
Total: 74.17
New Zealand Whisky Co 24Yr
Nose: 22
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 87.03
Domaine De Hautes Glaces
Nose: 20
Palate: 18
Finish: 18
Balance: 18
Total: 73.72
June 14 & June 28, 2017
Kentucky Bourbon & Rye
Average of 32 scores
Old Bardstown Bottled In Bond
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 19
Total: 78.09
Maker’s Mark Private Select – Bill Samuels, Jr. Edition
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 80.19
Old Fitzgerald 12 Year Old
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 85.31
Wild Turkey Masters Keep ‘Decades’
Nose: 21
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 81.09
Angel’s Envy Rye
Nose: 22
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.77
May 10 & May 24, 2017
Scotch Malt Whisky Society Tasting
Average of 23 scores
SMWS 7.133 “A Bag Of Boiled Sweets” Longmorn 12 Year Old
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 79.83
SMWS 39.110 “Builders At Breaktime” Linkwood 14 Year Old
Nose: 20
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 82.78
SMWS 121.89 “Sweet As A Nut” Arran 16 Year Old
Nose: 20
Palate: 22
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.48
SMWS 44.65 “Subtle Complexity” Craigellachie 24 Year Old
Nose: 22
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 85.17
April 12 & April 26, 2017
Scotch Islands Tasting
Average of 28 scores
Arran Smuggler’s Series: The Illicit Stills, Volume I
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 80.61
Arran Smuggler’s Series: The High Seas, Volume II
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 21
Total: 80.68
Montgomerie’s Rare Select Tobermory 21 Year Old
Nose: 19
Palate: 20
Finish: 19
Balance: 20
Total: 77.89
Talisker 18 Year Old
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 22
Total: 84.64
Gordon & MacPhail Highland Park 15 Year Old Cask Strength
Nose: 21
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 84.86
February 15 & March 1, 2017
Rye Whiskey Tasting
Average of 27 scores
Ironweed Rye
Nose: 17
Palate: 18
Finish: 19
Balance: 19
Total: 73.22
Colonel E.H. Taylor Straight Rye
Nose: 19
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 79.63
Michter’s Barrel Strength Rye
Nose: 19
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 79.70
Redemption Rye 8 Yr Barrel Proof
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 21
Balance: 20
Total: 80.81
High West Midwinter Night’s Dram
Nose: 21
Palate: 22
Finish: 22
Balance: 22
Total: 85.81
December 14, 2016
Islay Tasting
Average of 13 scores
Bowmore Devil’s Cask, Batch III
Nose: 19
Palate: 18
Finish: 18
Balance: 18
Total: 72.62
Kilchoman 100% Islay, 4th Edition
Nose: 17
Palate: 17
Finish: 16
Balance: 17
Total: 67.62
Ardbeg Perpetuum
Nose: 20
Palate: 20
Finish: 20
Balance: 20
Total: 79.92
Laphroaig Lore
Nose: 19
Palate: 21
Finish: 21
Balance: 21
Total: 83.54