February 17, 2022
Glass Revolution Imports
Average of 15 scores
Waterford Biodynamic Luna
Nose: 21.29
Palate: 21.5
Finish: 21.57
Balance: 21.5
Total: 85.86
Waterford The Cuvee
Nose: 21.43
Palate: 21.71
Finish: 21.93
Balance: 21.64
Total: 86.71
Murray McDavid's Safe Haven 6 Year
Nose: 21.93
Palate: 22.27
Finish: 22.33
Balance: 22.33
Total: 88.86
Murray McDavid's Dailuaine 12 Year
Nose: 21.8
Palate: 22.47
Finish: 22.47
Balance: 22.47
Total: 89.21
Amrut Aatma Fino Cask
Nose: 22.5
Palate: 22.57
Finish: 22.07
Balance: 22.07
Total: 89.21
Blackadder Sherry Snake Edition 1
Nose: 22.14
Palate: 23.14
Finish: 22.79
Balance: 22.57
Total: 90.64
Blackadder Peat Reek Islay Whisky
Nose: 22.27
Palate: 23
Finish: 22.87
Balance: 22.6
Total: 90.74
February 10, 2022
What's New? - February Edition
Average of 8 scores
Fukano Japanese Whisky Edition 2021
Nose: 21.125
Palate: 21.25
Finish: 21.25
Balance: 21.25
Total: 84.88
Blackadder's Puff Adder Blended Malt
Nose: 20.5
Palate: 21
Finish: 20.75
Balance: 20.25
Total: 82.5
Cadenhead's Craigellachie 12 Year
Nose: 20.125
Palate: 21.5
Finish: 21.125
Balance: 21.125
Total: 83.88
Breckenridge 105 Proof Bourbon
Nose: 21.125
Palate: 21.375
Finish: 21.125
Balance: 21.125
Total: 84.75
Sagamore Spirit's 8 Year Rye
Nose: 21.5
Palate: 22.25
Finish: 21.625
Balance: 21.75
Total: 87.13
Omar Taiwanese Whisky - Bourbon Cask
Nose: 21
Palate: 21.43
Finish: 21.14
Balance: 21.29
Total: 84.86
January 25, 2022
Burns Night 2022
January 18, 2022
What's New? - January Edition
January 6, 2022
Bourbon New Year!
December 15, 2021
Exceptional Scotch
December 8, 2021
Kentucky Single Barrel Bourbon Store Picks
November 8, 2021
The Lost Distilleries
October 27, 2021
Smoke Festival
October 13, 2021
Judgement of Westland
October 6, 2021
Stauning Danish Whisky Tasting
September 29, 2021
Mars Japanese Whisky Tasting
September 15, 2021
Kentucky Rye Smackdown
September 1, 2021
Annual Club Dinner
August 19, 2021
Luxury Bourbon Tasting
August 1, 2021
Saratoga Track Tasting
July 14, 2021
Single Barrel Bourbon Smackdown
June 30, 2021
A Speyside Celebration
June 2, 2021
Kentucky Craft Whiskey Tasting
May 26, 2021
Highlands Luxury Tasting
May 12, 2021
Bourbon & Rye Tasting
April 28, 2021
Islay Whisky Tasting
April 14, 2021
Sagamore Spirits Whiskey Tasting
March 31, 2021
Starward Australian Whisky Tasting
March 16, 2021
Irish Whiskey Dinner
March 10, 2021
Tomatin Vertical Tasting
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
