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Fords Gin Officers Reserve Gin Maiden Voyage No.1

A revelation in the aged gin category where less(time) is actually more in the impact. Please bury me with a supply of this.

Rating: 10
Value: 9

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Apple Country AppleJack Aged 5 Years

An exciting addition to Apple Countries Apple Jack portfolio.Proof that upstate New York can make decent apple brandy.

Rating: 5
Value: 5

Three Cord Bourbon

Type: Blended, Small Batch

Inoffensive, not in a bad sense just a bit simple. light in complexity and finish. Might be a gateway bourbon for people trying to develop a taste for brown spirits.

Rating: 7
Value: 6

Lakeward Spirits Wild Gin

A very earthy herbal gin in the Genever style. Almost a Fernet gin

Rating: 8
Value: 9

Lakeward Spirits Evergreen Gin

Type: Hand-Crafted New World Gin, New York State

Overall The Lakeward Spirits Evergreen Gin reminds me of a Vieux Systeme Genever with the lovely grain base expression of the distillate.

Rating: 8
Value: 8

Papas Pilar Platinum Blonde Rum Limited Edition

Type: Blended, Rhum Industrial

Very flavorful, complex and nicely structured, and not overly sweet. Just the way we like our blondes – of any kind.

Rating: 8
Value: 7

Flower City Gin

Type: New World

Flower City Gin is a lovely blend of price and quality. Enough juniper to satisfy, without being overdone. Local gin quality at a mass produced price.

Rating: 8
Value: 9

Last Shot Distilling Bourbon Whiskey Batch 14 30 Gallon Barrel Release

Damn fine for such a young whiskey.

Rating: 9
Value: 8

Gin No.1 By Detroit City Distillery

An interesting and refreshing take on a London Dry Gin. Differently not your mothers’ old gin, but not so weird that you can’t recognize it AS a gin. Definitely recommend seeking it out!

Rating: 8
Value: 9

Breaking & Entering Bourbon Whiskey

Type: Blend

Breaking & Entering Bourbon is a Juvenile Delinquent, with lots of promising showing but a bit of a lightweight

Rating: 8
Value: 7

Dubonnet Rouge ( The NEW Dubonnet Rouge Version 2018 )

Much improved and cleaner taste than the previous incarnation. Highly recommend for a number of tasty cocktails or even by itself

Rating: 8
Value: 7

Don Q Piña Flavored Rum

Type: Organic, Rhum Industrial

If you are looking for a pineapple flavored white rum, this is it. Both flavor and price point are outstanding

Rating: 9
Value: 10

Cold Spell Intense Mint Whiskey

If you love sweet drinks you will love this. Do not want to imagine what the hangover would be like. Mint Whiskey Sugar Bomb.

Rating: 2
Value: 6

Stolen Whiskey

Type: Smoked

Nice 11-year-old corn whiskey base with an infusion of smoke and toasted oak stave that can be a very much love it or hate it proposition.

Rating: 7
Value: 6

Deadwood Rye Whisky

Type: Rye

Interesting if not overly great young rye whiskey. Nice example of an early type of rye but not overly complex because of it.

Rating: 6
Value: 7

Stolen Rum

A bit of a horror show of a rum, I don’t personally get it

Rating: 5
Value: 6

The Funk Jamaican Rum

Type: Pot Still, Rhum Industrial

Great, classic type of rum and cheap too boot! Fun, complex and odd, just the way we like them!

Rating: 8
Value: 9

Dead Wood Bourbon Whisky

A young, cheap and decently made whiskey, just not a lot of age to it.

Rating: 6
Value: 7

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof 127 Proof Batch B517

Type: Barrel Proof

Damn fine Bourbon and Favorite of the Elijah Barrel Proof releases so far!

Rating: 9
Value: 10

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof 124.2

A damn manly yet gentlemanly bourbon.

Rating: 8
Value: 8

Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 2004 (2014 Release)

Type: Single Barrel, Vintage

Much heavier in all departments than former releases. Could almost believe it was a Scotch…

Rating: 8
Value: 8

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