HIRSCH THE DEPARTURE Released 2025 MASH BILL – 100% malted barley PROOF – 98 AGE – 6 years 9 months … Continue reading Hirsch The Departure – a new American Single Malt from the Old Potrero folks
OLD POTRERO CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Limited Release (2024) MASH BILL – unstated 2011 Anchor Steam Christmas Ale PROOF – 100 AGE … Continue reading Old Potrero San Francisco Christmas Spirit 12 Year Whiskey
Back in Fall 2022 I wrote up some notes on a handful of autumnal whiskeys that for me conjure the … Continue reading More Fall Whiskey Faves
OLD POTRERO SINGLE BARREL RESERVE Barrel #E14/6 (2024) MASH BILL – 100% malted barley PROOF – 115.84 AGE – 17 … Continue reading Old Potrero Single Barrel Cask Strength Rye – aged 17+ dang years!
OLD POTRERO HOTALING’S WHISKEY single barrel bottled in bond release, bottle 191 of 246 (2021) MASH BILL – 100% malted … Continue reading Bottle Kill: Old Potrero Hotaling’s Whiskey – aged 17 years
There are some bottles that impact our whiskey journey more than others. For me, these are whiskeys that maybe opened … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 8: Turning-Point Bottles Pinned To My Journey’s Map
Whiskey fans sometimes refer to a flavor note they call “funk.” What is that? This descriptor often gets applied to … Continue reading What’s the funk?
To call late autumn or even winter a “rainy season” in San Francisco, where I live, may once have been … Continue reading Five Rainy Day Whiskeys – to sip, not save!
OLD POTRERO HOTALING’S WHISKEY single barrel bottled in bond release, bottle 77 of 225 (2013) MASH BILL – 100% malted … Continue reading Comparison: Two Hotaling’s Single Malt Bottled in Bond Rye Whiskeys – aged 18 and 17 years
OLD POTRERO STRAIGHT RYE single barrel #10 selected by K&L (2020) MASH BILL – 100% malted rye PROOF – 124.86 … Continue reading Comparison: Two Old Potrero Single Malt Ryes – a Cask Strength Store Pick and the 18 Year Bottled in Bond!
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