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Collective Review: Tobermory 28 (1994) Royal Mile Whiskies

Review by: Maltrunners Raygun’s Introduction: This Tobermory came from Royal Mile Whiskies, a well-known shop in Edinburgh located appropriately enough on the Royal Mile. They’ve done occasional bottles under their own label for a while now, but seem to have stepped up the number of those starting in 2023. This full review features a summary of what we found, a group score, and our individual…

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Collective Review: Kavalan Solist Moscatel

Review by: Maltrunners Raygun’s Introduction: Been nearly a year since our last collective review. Where does the time go? Once again, a purchase from Taiwan. I had a small pour of Solist Moscatel at a tasting at a Kavalan shop years ago, where I got to try most of the higher-end sherry casks. It was one of my favorites, but at the time around $275, which I felt to be a bit much. However, when a…

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2023 Year in Review

Maltrunners came together this year as a bit of a lark. Something a few of us had discussed on and off, but never quite got going. Then in June of this year, we finally decided to do it. We set up this little site as a home for our reviews and to share them with interested readers. In slightly over six months, that’s added up to over 1600 posts. There’s a lot more to come, both with archiving old…

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2023 Year in Review

Maltrunners came together this year as a bit of a lark. Something a few of us had discussed on and off, but never quite got going. Then in June of this year, we finally decided to do it. We set up this little site as a home for our reviews and to share them with interested readers. In slightly over six months, that’s added up to over 1600 posts. There’s a lot more to come, both with archiving old…

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Westward 4 Year Cognac Cask Finished

Review by: DemiTastes For #ASMWAdvent2023 Day 13. Literally while I was in the back yard fawning over and photographing the Clear Creek Apple Brandy 15 Year in late November, another delicious package arrived: Westward’s quarterly club bottle, hot off the presses! I opened and poured this almost right away and had notes written by Dec. 3, but somehow stalled out simply on waiting to put a…

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Westland Flagship ASMW 2020 vs 2023

Review by: DemiTastes For #ASMWAdvent2023 Days 11-12. (I’m still a little late of course but I’m catching up.) My apologies in advance for the length of this review; this pair of reviews took me on quite an adventure through queries to the producer, some personal experiments, optimization efforts for the quality of this side-by-side and the removal of bias, and a trip through my years-old notes…

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Westland Library Tasting "Festive Finishes"

Review by: DemiTastes For #ASMWAdvent2023 Days 6-10. — Yep, I’m a little late. I actually tasted these on Wednesday the 6th and had planned on posting them right away and then having a few days to go about other business. Instead I didn’t have any time to post until today, so now I’m playing catch-up. On Wednesday, December 6th, I attended an event at Westland Distillery called a Library…

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Copperworks 4 Year Single Cask #364 Queen's Run

Review by: DemiTastes For #ASMWAdvent2023 Day 5. When I heard that Copperworks had bottled a Queen’s Run release I planned a visit to the distillery at my first availability. I’d never tried something this like before and it sounded super interesting. For this release, Copperworks distilled a Queen’s Run and barreled it for 4 years and 3 months, now releasing the result as a single cask. A…

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Copperworks 3 Year Release 048 New Oak and Manzanilla

Review by: DemiTastes For #ASMWAdvent2023 Day 4. When I visited Copperworks Kenmore on Sunday I got to try Release 048 which was new to me. I’ve heard of at least one previous release which incorporated a small amount of Manzanilla sherry, which got rave reviews for being sweet and nutty and still very much Copperworks. Per Copperworks’ website: “Crafted from the same whiskey used in Release…

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Copperworks 3 Year Release 047

Review by: DemiTastes For #ASMWAdvent2023 Day 3. Copperworks crafted this release from a total of 13 casks. 4 casks were filled with their Five Malt recipe and nine casks were filled with their Baronesse Pale Malt distillate. Per Copperworks’ website: “All the casks were new American Oak, char #2 from Canton Cooperage, with a mix of 24-month and 36-month seasoned staves. The Five Malt casks…

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Westward 3 Year Cavatica Stout "Two Malts" Single Barrel Special Release

Review by: DemiTastes For #ASMWAdvent2023 Day 2. This release was a Single Barrel Selection, an Exclusive Release to Westward Club members. I wasn’t a club member when it was released and by the time I joined, this was sold out. For that reason, during my visit to Westward in 2022, I had specifically requested ahead of time wanting to taste and discuss this expression. I love a good stout, and…

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Westward 3 Year Sourdough Whiskey Single Barrel Special Release

Review by: DemiTastes For #ASMWAdvent2023 Day 1. At my first visit to Westward in 2022 as a media guest (they called me a “blogger”, which is basically accurate) they graciously brought out for me their last open non-archive bottle of Sourdough Whiskey because I had indicated interest in the production process of that one during the tour. Trying this expression was on my wishlist but I felt it…

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Killowen 5 Year Batch 01 "Signature Rum and Raisin Inspired"

Review by: DemiTastes Thanks to my friend and Irish Whiskey lover, The Pawn, for this sample. (Bottle photo borrowed from The Pawn.) Killowen is a pretty new Irish distillery located just across the Carlingford Lough from the County Louth, which is home of the Cooley Distillery. They value producing whiskey with an authenticity tied to old style traditional production, including poitin as well…

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Westland 3 Year Solum Edition 1

Review by: DemiTastes I was ridiculously excited to get my hands on this release (and I remain ridiculously excited to see a release at some point which combines elements of Colere, Garryana, and Solum, but I digress). Solum was released in March 2023, but due to a conflict I missed the release party and only ended up buying a bottle of this a few months later, in May, at a event which previewed…