The Basics: Do I recommend it?: Yes. It’s good (but not great). Availability: Widespread. ABV: 43%) Presentation: Unspecified. General information: Finished in Caribbean rum casks. Bottling type: Proprietary Character: Fruity and honeyed. Score: 85/100 The details: Balvenie takes its name from a nearby ruined castle. It was built in 1892 by William Grant, building on …
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Wilderness Trail Wheated Single Barrel Bourbon
The Basics: Do I recommend it?: Yes, very highly! Availability: Fairly wide? A little hard to say. ABV: 50% Presentation: Unchillfiltered and natural color General information: Mashbill 64% corn, 24% wheat, 12% malted barley Bottling type: Proprietary Character: Sweet, soft, fruity and herbal. Score: 94/100 The details: Wilderness Trail was founded in 2013 in the …
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Arran 14
The Basics: Do I recommend it?: Yes! Availability: Alas, it is no more. ABV: 46% abv Presentation: Unchillfiltered and natural color General information: n/a Bottling type: Proprietary (discontinued) Character: Cereal, light, fruity and citric. Score: 91/100 The details: Arran has a long history of farm distilling. When farm distilling was effectively outlawed in the 18th …
Wolfburn
The Basics: Do I recommend it?: Yes, although you’d probably need to spring for its slightly rebranded version, Northland. Availability: Specialty retail. ABV: 46% Presentation: Unchillfiltered General information: n/a Bottling type: Proprietary Character: Fresh, hot, and faintly maritime. Score: 85/100 The details: The town of Thurso is about as far north as you can go …
Oban 14
The Basics: Do I recommend it?: It’s fine. Availability: Widespread. ABV: 43% Presentation: Unspecified General information: n/a Bottling type: Proprietary Character: Fresh and maritime. Score: 79/100 The details: Oban is one of the smaller distilleries in the vast Diageo portfolio. Its whisky, one of the original six in the classic malts range, has always been …
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