Rating Scheme: 95-100 & 90-94
Scotland
~ Speyside Single Malt
• 90 BenRiach Septendecim 17 year old, 46%, $80
^ Focus on Mortlach
• 93 Mortlach 18 year old, 43.4%, £180/500 ml
• 90 Mortlach Rare Old, 43.4%, £55/500 ml
• 90 Mortlach Special Strength, 49%, £75/500 ml
~ Campbeltown Single Malt
• 90 Springbank 21 year old 2014 release, 46%, £182
~ Single Malt
^ Focus on Classic Malts Triple Matured
• 93 Cragganmore Triple Matured Edition, 48%, £80
~ Highland Single Malt
• 94 Brora 40 year old Single Cask 1972 Vintage, 59.1%, £7,000
• 90 Glenmorangie Companta, 46%, $99
^ Focus on Glen Deveron
• 90 Glen Deveron 30 year old, 40%, £250/700 ml
~ Blended Whisky
• 95 Compass Box The Peat Monster 10th Anniversary Special Cask Strength Bottling, 54.7%, $120
• 95 The Last Drop 50 year old, 50.9%, $4,000
• 94 The John Walker, 40%, $3,500
~ Blended Malt Whisky
• 93 Johnnie Walker Odyssey, 40%, $1,100
!!!Editor's Choice
• 96 Booker's 25th Anniversary Bourbon Batch No. 2014-1, 65.4%, $100
***Value Pick
• 93 Evan Williams Single Barrel (Barrel No. 1) 2004, 43.3%, $27***
United States
~ Bourbon
• 90 High West A Midwinter Night's Dram (Act 1), 49.3%, $80
^ Focus on Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection
• 91 Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection Rye 115, 45%, $47/375 ml
• 91 Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection Rye 125, 45%, $47/375 ml
^ Focus on Orphan Barrel Whiskeys
• 90 Barterhouse 20 year old, 45.1%, $75
~ Rye
• 90 Redemption Barrel Proof Rye Batch 3, 61%, $70
^ Focus on 100% Ryes
• 91 Lock Stock & Barrel 13 year old, 50.65%, $100
• 90 WhistlePig The Boss Hog 12 year old, 67%, $150
Canada
• 92 Crown Royal XO, 40%, $45***
Ireland
~ Single Pot Still
• 91 Green Spot, 40%, $50***
~ Single Malt
• 90 Bushmills Rum Cask #10623, 43%, $125
Flavored Whisky
• 92 Orangerie, 40%, $45***
Beer***
• 91 Allagash Saison, 6.1%, $11/4-pack
• 91 Harviestoun Ola Dubh 16, 8%, $9/11.2 oz
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***$50 or less, Rating Scheme 80-89
Scotland
~ Blended Whisky
• 86 Grand Macnish 12 year old, 40%, $25
• 82 Grand Macnish Sherry Cask 15 year old, 40%, $35
~ Single Grain Whisky
• 85 Signatory (distilled at Cameronbridge) 1995, 43%, £26
United States
~ Bourbon
• 89 Jim Beam Single Barrel, 47.5%, $35
• 88 Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Commemorative Edition, 46.5%, $35
• 87 BeanBall Bourbon, 50%, $45
• 80 J.R. Ewing Private Reserve 4 year old, 40%, $35
~ Rye
• 85 Redemption White Rye, 46%, $20
• 81 Jack Daniel's Rested Tennessee Rye, 40%, $50
^ Focus on 100% Ryes
• 85 Jefferson's 10 year old Batch 18, 47%, $40
~ Craft Whiskey
• 87 Coppersea Raw Rye, 45%, $50
• 84 McKenzie Rye, 45.5%, $40
• 83 John Myer Rye, 45%, $45
• 83 Thistle Finch Rye, 40%, $32
• 82 Catoctin Creek Mosby's Spirit, 40%, $38
• 80 John Myer Wheat, 45%, $45
Flavored Whisky
• 83 Sapling Vermont Maple Rye Whiskey, 35%, $40
• 82 Celtic Honey Liqueur, 30%, $22
• 82 The Knot, 50%, $24
***$50 or less, Rating Scheme 90-94
~ Duplicated from Above ~
***Value Pick
• 93 Evan Williams Single Barrel (Barrel No. 1) 2004, 43.3%, $27***
Canada
• 92 Crown Royal XO, 40%, $45***
Ireland
~ Single Pot Still
• 91 Green Spot, 40%, $50***
Flavored Whisky
• 92 Orangerie, 40%, $45***
Beer***
• 91 Allagash Saison, 6.1%, $11/4-pack
• 91 Harviestoun Ola Dubh 16, 8%, $9/11.2 oz
