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Green Spot Single Pot Still
Distiller Score 93
The aroma is that of vanilla cream, toffee, and toasted cereal. The palate moves more into the fruit category with under ripe banana, red apples, and berries. As you continue to smell and taste, the whiskey opens up to show more sherried notes such as walnuts and orange peels.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Jameson Crested Ten
Distiller Score 89
A sweet, desserty nose full of stewed red fruits, honey, vanilla, and rosewater. In the mouth, there's pepper and toffee, along with vanilla, apricots, white chocolate, and mint. Those fruit and vanilla notes really assert themselves during a pleasant, lingering finish.
Reviewed by Keith Allison
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Powers John's Lane Release 12 Year
Distiller Score 93
There is a gentle sweet cereal nose mixed with caramel and honey. As you taste, you'll find a major vanilla presence along with lots of wood and baking spices. Rich and chewy with a slightly slick and sweet finish, it is nice to see Powers adding this bottling to their collection.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Knappogue Castle 14 Year Twin Wood
Distiller Score 89
The aroma of the whiskey is full of dark honey and toasted cereal with the palate moving towards orchard fruits, vanilla, and coconut. The wood spices are relatively mild as the fruit from the sherry seems to saturate it. The whiskey is rich and has a satisfying finish.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Greenore Single Grain 8 Year
Distiller Score 88
The nose is fairly fragrant with sweet corn, but also includes freshly sliced green apples, coconut, and gentle wood spices. The vanilla picks up a bit more on the palate which starts off silky, but finishes on the oily side. There is a nice tangy quality to the dram that has you salivating for another sip.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Bushmills 12 Year Single Malt
Distiller Score 88
Creamy vanilla pudding and waxy honey lead off on the nose, along with lemon curd, peanuts, tart lingonberries, and champagne vinegar. The palate is soft upfront, and features dark chocolate covered raspberries, walnuts, quince paste, and figs. There's a clear Marsala wine influence, along with oak and cocoa powder, on a short finish.
Reviewed by Jake Emen
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Dunville's Very Rare 10 Year
Distiller Score 86
The whiskey is quite tropical on the nose, with bananas and coconut blended with lemon, stewed red fruits, and a bit of crème brûlée. The taste is big on dark red fruit and pepper, with a hint of biscuits. The sherry asserts itself near the end, adding a spicy mocha note. Finish is dry and short.
Reviewed by Keith Allison
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Teeling Single Grain Whiskey
Distiller Score 92
The aroma is much like that you'd find in your hot breakfast cereal with a small amount of char smoke. Red raspberries and banana bread is found, but the intensity is on the low side. On the palate, you'll find a fairly full whiskey with flavors much like the aroma with a little vanilla cream and a hint of mint. The finish is on the dry side, but the fruit factor is not as intense as you might expect.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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The Quiet Man 8 Year Single Malt
Distiller Score 86
It has a distinctively tropical nose, full of flowers, fruit, toasted coconut, and oak. In the mouth, there's a lot of cereal grain and malt, along with oak spice, vanilla, papaya, banana, and a bit of sawdust. Orange bitters join in during a medium finish. Overall, a light and pleasant whiskey.
Reviewed by Keith Allison
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Teeling Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Distiller Score 85
As one can imagine with a blend consisting of all wine cask aged whiskeys, it tastes very oaky with cashew nuts and vanilla. The influence of the various wines contribute strong fruity notes of apricot, mango and tart berries as well as floral Earl Grey tea notes. It's a bit overly complicated (in Yiddish "ongepotchket') and sweet for everyday drinking, but it has a pleasant, smooth finish and would work well as a dessert accompaniment.
Reviewed by Amanda Schuster
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Tyrconnell 10 Year Madeira Cask Finish
Distiller Score 91
The wine finish has provided for a salty and fruit filled nose with pears and baked apples. The palate is slick with sweet fruit and chewy malt and the finish is filled with cinnamon.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Method and Madness Garryana Oak Finish
Distiller Score 86
Fresh grain and hay lead on the nose, followed by vanilla pudding, milk chocolate, and baked lemon curd pie. The palate is somewhat thin and constrained, with toffee, cloves, fruit jam and macerated blackberries, ginger, and white pepper. On a short finish, find coffee grounds, custard, candied orange slices, and bitter greens.
Reviewed by Jake Emen