Tonight I'm enjoying a glass of Stranahan's Cask Strength Single Malt. This is a single barrel offering selected for @cheersliquor and is bottled at cask strength, 55.62% ABV. I previously reviewed and enjoyed another single barrel offering of Stranahan's bottled at 47%, so I knew I had tovtry the next step up. Purchased at @cheersliquor while visiting family in Colorado Springs for $54.99 and that seems to be a good price in the cask-strength single-barrel market these days. No information on age, filtering, or coloring is provided on the bottle. My detailed thoughts and rating below: ⠀ ⠀ 🥃 Stranahan's Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt - 55.62% ABV ⠀ Nose: Apples. Brown sugar. Pie crust. Bright spices, like cinammon an peppermint. ⠀ Taste: A complex mix of holiday baking spices, fruity sweetness, a good mix of oak, black pepper, and some heat! Really delicious and bold stuff. Great for a warm night. The palate is much more robust than the nose, which is more nuanced. The oak adds is drying and intense on the palate, but still feels appropriate. The texture is silky and the finish is quite long, leaving your mouth tingling and warm. Compared to the Stranahan's bottle I reviewed previously, this is much spicier and more oak influenced. Additionally, the the texture here is less oily than the previous bottle, but that could be partially due to the ABV. Overall, this is another great single barrel by Stranahan's and it makes more an absolutely delcious wintertime drink (it was 70 deg F here in San Diego today, but still). Cheers to Stranahan's and cheers to Cheers! ⠀ Current rating: 87/100