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
