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Independence Day Whiskey Special

July 4, 2018July 22, 2018 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

No regular Whiskey Wednesday review post this week. Instead we’ll post the results of a recent Whiskey tasting at Julio’s. Note these are tasting level scores and don’t fully cover the whiskies in depth.

Ardbeg 10yr C

Ardbeg An Oa B+

Ardbeg Uigaedail B-

Laphroaig Lore A

Laphroaig Cairdeas A-

Auchentoshan 18yr B+

Glendalough 7yr Irish Single Malt B

Glendalough 13yr Irish Single Malt A+

Ohishi Brandy Cask C

Fukano 12yr C+

Port Askaig A-

Balvenie 14yr Caribbean B-

Balvenie 14yr Peat Week B

Balvenie 21yr Port Wood A

Dalwhinnie 15yr B-

Lagavulin 8yr C-

George Dickel Rye B-

Crown Royal Bourbon Mash C+

Bulleit Ryhe B-

Bearcat Bourbon w/ Espresso D-

Bearcat Bourbon w/ Orange Peal C+

Sprinkbank 10yr C+

Springbank 12yr Cask Strength B-

Springbank 15yr B-

Stranahan’s C-

Stranahan’s Sherry D-

Stranahan’s Diamond Peak B-

Tin Cup B

Tin Cup 10yr B+

Old Camp B

Red Bush D

Bushmill’s 21yr C-

Sexton B

Wild Turkey Longbranch Kentucky Straight Bourbon 750mL

June 20, 2018June 3, 2018 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

We’ve had a few years to reconsider the Wild Turkey brand and if we were willing to try them again (what’s a minor 7 and a half years anyway), and thankfully this smaller batch version aged with mesquite (weird) actually manages to pull off an atually good whiskey this time.

John Barr Blended Scotch Whisky 750mL

June 6, 2018June 3, 2018 BuffaloJern 7 Comments

Hey! Are you in the market for a shit blended scotch that’s trying to act like it’s not a plastic bottle bitch? Are you ready for the Evan Williams to the Jack Daniels of the Johnnie Walker Blended scotch world? Then look no further friends because once you were lost, now you are found. Although on second thought maybe looking further is a much better idea.

Stroudwater Bourbon Whiskey 750mL

May 9, 2018May 6, 2018 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

If you are a devout daily reader of this site, you may have noticed that this is a spirit on a Wednesday and that a beer review happened yesterday. This is because HBR is undergoing a new change to stymie the onslaught of whiskey taking up so much of the review space for spirits. We’ll now do Whiskey on Wednesday every other week, and leave Monday for all other spirits. Meaning your monthly spirit reviews just jumped from 4 to 6! With that let’s get into the whiskey.

Dr Mcgillicuddy’s Irish Whiskey 750mL

April 30, 2018April 29, 2018 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

Well folks this week is Cinco de Mayo, and if like you us you make a social statement about mixing up 2 holidays that seem to be effectively reasons to get drunk – well here’s the Irish Whiskey to do that job. Not that it really does anything else beyond cause inebriation, because this is not the redemption story we were all hoping for.

Glendalough Double Barrel Irish Whiskey 750mL

April 23, 2018April 29, 2018 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

Cinco de Mayo approaches, but fear not we’ll have a proper Irish Whiskey review in time as is usual for our policy. (Although we did miss a Tequila review on St Patrick’s). This was tried initially as part of a Whiskey Weekend at the incomparable Julio’s. We felt it necessary based on some of the wording and awards they had claimed and take them down a peg.

Bowmore 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL

April 9, 2018April 29, 2018 BuffaloJern 1 Comment

Leave it to Bowmore to take the common wisdom of ‘oh if it’s been 15 years it’s likely mellow’ and turn it into a fire-breathing monster that reminds you that the other thing you get when maturing a spirit for 15 years is the sheer power of that time.

Old St. Andrews Fireside 12 Yr. Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL

March 12, 2018April 28, 2018 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

We close out the Old St. Andrews line going from a whiskey as warm as a fire, to one named for the fireside. This is the older 12-year version, but the aftertaste might surprise you.

Editor’s Note: We apologize for the clickbait opening, the writer has been fired.

Old St. Andrews Club House Scotch Whisky 700mL

March 5, 2018April 28, 2018 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

Continuing our coverage of Old St. Andrews (we promise there’s something in the works so we can keep reviewing as many whiskies as we do, while not supplanting everything else) we move from the 10 Year to the Clubhouse. Another blend, but without a year, meaning there are some young bucks in this one.

The Dalmore 12 Yr Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL

December 25, 2017December 3, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

The Dalmore has always been in the peripheral vision when a Glenfiddich review comes up, but it’s here for a slightly odd reason. Namely the recent movie release of Kingsman 2, of which the first film had a mention of a special version of the Dalmore Whisky – which is how we end up here.

(Happy Christmas btw folks!)

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