Review: Cambus 40 Years Old Limited Edition 2016
At last we come to the final bottle in the series of ten 2016 Diageo Special Releases. For the third time ever, Diageo has included a single grain whisky in the series, this time going with Cambus, which was closed in 1993. This 40 year old bottling is the oldest official distillery bottling ever released.…
Review: The Bitter Truth Drops & Dashes Bitters Lineup
For its tenth anniversary, Germany’s The Bitter Truth has released a series of four limited-edition bitters, each packaged in novelty bottles and including a removable dropper attachment. (Of note: I had a significant issue with stoppers spontaneously popping out of the bottles, so pay attention.) The bitters are themed around the core components of Bitter Truth’s bitters…
Review: Brora 38 Years Old Limited Edition 2016
When Diageo includes old Brora — which was shuttered in 1983 — in its Special Release series, it’s a cause for celebration. Like Port Ellen, this one fortunately makes a regular appearance on the roster, and with this 38 year old expression, the oldest release of the 15 bottlings in the series, we get the…
Review: Allagash Curieux and Hibernal Fluxus 2016
It’s time for something old and something new from Allagash, the Portland, Maine-based producer of some of the country’s most coveted craft brews. Allagash Curieux – This was Allagash’s first barrel-aged beer, which starts with its Tripel Ale and goes from there for eight weeks into bourbon barrels. The aged beer is then blended back with…
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Review: Port Ellen 37 Years Old Limited Edition 2016
Though the Islay distillery closed in 1983, Diageo cranks out a Port Ellen Special Release every year. This is the 16th installment of the whisky. Distilled in 1978 and aged for 37 years, it is also the oldest Port Ellen ever released… and likely the most expensive, too. As is common, this release is a vatting…
Review: Firemans Brew IPA
L.A.-based Firemans Brew is back with its first new beer in over a decade. Being that this is a California brewery, it’s only fitting that it’s an IPA, made with Cascade, Columbus, Chinook and Galena hops. A touch maltier than many IPAs, it has a distinct but mild mushroom note on the nose, tempered with a bit of…
Review: Linkwood 37 Years Old Limited Edition 2016
Diageo hasn’t put out a Special Release bottling of Speyside’s Linkwood in eight years (and only one other one before that), and for 2016 it’s got a doozy: 37 years old, distilled in 1978. The whisky was aged in a mix of refill American oak hogsheads and refill European oak sherry butts. A clear standout…
