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Last year I found a bunch of these 375ml bottles of 2003 Jim Beam 8 Year at a corner store and scooped them up. This bourbon is like a great dive bar in a glass, best way I can think to describe it. Love it. Cheers! We have a winner. A solid average age, cask strength ABV, excellent and approachable complexity, and I picked it up on sale to boot. Slàinte! This stuff was dark and broody and I loved every sip. Among the few whiskies I’ve bought a back up of since getting out of the back-up habit. This final pour is of that back up, so, farewell Laphroaig Cairdeas 2024. It’s been a lovely stormy ride. Sláinte!

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Little Book Chapter 3: The Road Home (with some Booker’s 2018-04 on the side)
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Little Book Chapter 3: The Road Home (with some Booker’s 2018-04 on the side)

LITTLE BOOK CHAPTER 3: THE ROAD HOME 2019 Limited Release MASH BILL – Undisclosed (rumored 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% malted … Continue reading Little Book Chapter 3: The Road Home (with some Booker’s 2018-04 on the side)

Invergordon 31 Year Single Grain Scotch
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Invergordon 31 Year Single Grain Scotch

INVERGORDON SINGLE GRAIN SCOTCH cask strength single barrel bottled for K&L (2018) MASH BILL – Undisclosed (single grain scotch) PROOF … Continue reading Invergordon 31 Year Single Grain Scotch

Jefferson’s Reserve
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Jefferson’s Reserve

JEFFERSON’S RESERVE Very Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey MASH BILL – Unknown (rumored 60% corn, 30% rye, 10% malted barley) … Continue reading Jefferson’s Reserve

Flight: Three Whiskeys From Home Base Spirits
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Flight: Three Whiskeys From Home Base Spirits

HOME BASE BOURBON Batch 11 (2019) blended from three New American Oak 30-gallon barrels, all Medium Char #3 MASH BILL … Continue reading Flight: Three Whiskeys From Home Base Spirits

Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year + an Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year bottle kill!
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Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year + an Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year bottle kill!

OLD RIP VAN WINKLE 10 YEAR 2016 Bottling  MASH BILL – Buffalo Trace Wheated Mash Bill PROOF – 107 AGE … Continue reading Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year + an Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year bottle kill!

Interview: Ali and Sam Blatteis / Home Base Spirits
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Interview: Ali and Sam Blatteis / Home Base Spirits

My first encounter with Home Base Spirits was a batch of their namesake bourbon, which I picked up in 2016 … Continue reading Interview: Ali and Sam Blatteis / Home Base Spirits

Comparison: Blanton’s Single Barrel / Blanton’s Straight From The Barrel
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Comparison: Blanton’s Single Barrel / Blanton’s Straight From The Barrel

BLANTON’S SINGLE BARREL Barrel #1587 bottled 9/12/18 MASH BILL – Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #2 (high-rye) PROOF – 93 AGE … Continue reading Comparison: Blanton’s Single Barrel / Blanton’s Straight From The Barrel

Good story. But is it good whiskey?
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Good story. But is it good whiskey?

Truthiness and the Ethics of Marketing plus new notes on Bertie’s Bear Gulch Bourbon Whiskey is known for its stories, … Continue reading Good story. But is it good whiskey?

Old (and I mean old) Grand Dad 86
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Old (and I mean old) Grand Dad 86

OLD GRAND DAD 86 Bottled in 1997 MASH BILL – 63% corn, 27% rye, 10% barley PROOF – 86 AGE … Continue reading Old (and I mean old) Grand Dad 86

Revisiting: Tom’s Foolery Cask Strength Bourbon
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Revisiting: Tom’s Foolery Cask Strength Bourbon

TOM’S FOOLERY CASK STRENGTH BOURBON K&L Single Barrel #121 (2019) MASH BILL – 56% corn, 25% rye, 19% barley PROOF … Continue reading Revisiting: Tom’s Foolery Cask Strength Bourbon

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