Bruichladdich

Port Charlotte Islay Barley Heavily Peated Islay Single Malt

9.3

Excellent with peat, iodine and a ton of hard candy. I drank most of it neat and added some water to the last bit. Sorry I did that as it just dumbed down everything. — 23 days ago

Bruichladdich

Octomore 10.3 Aged 6 Years Islay Barley

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.8

Suuuuuuuper peaty Octomore but in a good way. Loooooved it. — 2 years ago

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Bruichladdich

The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley Unpeated Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Naoki Kondo

8.9

Basic nonpeated Islay single malt. I feel simple malt aroma and taste with aggressive sea salt on tongue. It shots my mouth but goes away very quickly. — 4 years ago

Soshi, Ichiro and 1 other liked this

Dogfish Head Brewery

Olde School Barley Wine

Gregory Fulchiero

9.4

Whoah ! Aged several years this is like a mellow tawny port. Raisins, prune, toffee, and tobacco. Put some of these away in your cellar and forget about them. — 5 years ago

Chris liked this

Stieglbrauerei

Stiegl Goldbrau Lager

9.5

Stiegl is a very fine brewery based in Salzburg, Austria, with a tradition of brewing since 1492. Stiegl means small steps, and this superb lager is worth drinking slowly to savour. Bright, light, and smooth with a classic bread and light hopped taste. — 10 months ago

Fiorano (Boncompagni Ludovisi)

Principe di Venosa Vino da Tavola White Blend 1992

Josh Morgenthau

8.9

Look at that color. Color of mushroom stock. And some of the smell and flavor. Also, barley tea and walnuts. Super oxidized. But surprisingly fresh on the palate, with bright acid. Sherried, long finish. Like three minutes of sherry-like finish. This is an oddball but delicious. One of three bottles I have in the cellar and one of the others is clearly not oxidized (actually looks like white wine) so I didn’t have high expectation for this bottle but it turned out to be tasty and enjoyable if you like this sort of thing. Don’t wait any longer though! — 3 years ago

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ESF

Excellent pull!

Josh Morgenthau

@ESF thanks! I’ve actually never tried a young bottle, but now I’d love to. Bought these as they’re my fiancée Emily’s birth year, and this is the last night of birthday week :)

Severn Goodwin

Awesome!! 👍

Wilderness Trail

Bottled In Bond Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Michael Meyer

9.3

Finally...a small batch artisanal bourbon producer in Kentucky that hasn’t sold out or taken the easy road to market (like sourcing from MGP). Wheated, bonded, and improved thru modern science. Better than Pappy for 1/10th the cost. — 5 years ago

Severn, Ron and 2 others liked this

Lapis Luna

North Coast Red Wine Blend

Melissa Scofield

9.0

Good. Dark. Strong. Velvety. Smokey. Quick reaction time. Warm. Wind down wine — 2 years ago

Brauerei Heller Bamberg

Aecht Echlenferla Rauchbier Marzen

9.2

This was enjoyable. Smokey aroma, and then a nicely balanced dark beer with a smokey flavour created through the malted barley being kilned over a fire of beechwood logs.

This is, as the brewery says, a traditional German approach to brewing beer, but for all my years living in Germany I had not had a Rauchbier. More needed please bartender... — 2 years ago

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