Reviews by Rating

Rating Breakdown

1-19: Disgusting – Drain pour

20-29: Poor – Forced myself to drink it

30-39: Bad – Multiple flaws

40-49: Sub-par – Many things I’d rather have

50-59: Average – Solid, ordinary

60-69: Good – Better than average

70-79: Great – Well above average

80-89: Excellent – Really quite exceptional

90-99: Incredible – An all time favorite

100: Perfect – Nothing else comes close

1-19: Disgusting – Drain pour

20-29: Poor – Forced myself to drink it

21 – Black Velvet Canadian Whisky

30-39: Bad – Multiple flaws

37 – Clark & Chesterfield Rye Whiskey

38 – Treaty Oak Ghost Hill Texas Bourbon

40-49: Sub-par – Many things I’d rather have

44 – Grangestone Single Malt Scotch – Rum Cask Finish

48 – The Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky

49 – Nikka Coffey Malt Japanese Whisky

50-59: Average – Solid, ordinary

52 – Traverse City Whiskey Co. Straight Bourbon Whiskey

54 – Angel’s Envy Finished Rye

55 – Keeper’s Heart Irish + American Whiskey

56 – Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky

57 – Bulleit Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

58 – Chicken Cock Straight Rye Whiskey

60-69: Good – Better than average

60 – Aberlour 12 Year

61 – Traverse City Whiskey Co. North Coast Rye

62 – Riverset Small Batch Rye

62 – Eagle Rare 10 Year Bourbon

64 – Frey Ranch Bottled-In-Bond Straight Rye Whiskey

65 – O.H. Ingram River Aged Straight Bourbon Whiskey

65 – New Riff Kentucky Straight Rye

66 – Roulette Straight Rye Whiskey

66 – Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch Bottled in Bond Bourbon

66 – Nelson’s First 108 Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey

67 – Kozuba 6 Year High Wheat Rye Whiskey

67 – Broken Barrel Heresy Rye Whiskey

67 – Shelter Point Double Barrel #6

67 – Smoke Wagon Straight Bourbon

68 – Glenmorangie The Quinta Ruban

68 – Smooth Ambler Old Scout 4 Year Single Barrel CS Rye

68 – Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon

68 – New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon

69 – Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey

70-79: Great – Well above average

70 – Nashville Barrel Company Small Batch Rye Batch 1

70 – Lot 40 Rye Whisky

71 – Old Ezra 7 Year Barrel Strength Bourbon

72 – Stellum Rye

72 – High West Yippee Ki-Yay Rye

74 – Driftless Glen Barrel Proof Rye (Gordon’s Pick)

74 – Lot 40 Dark Oak Rye Whisky

74 – Buzzard’s Roost Toasted Barrel Rye

74 – Nashville Barrel Company Small Batch Rye Batch 2

74 – Crown Royal Noble Collection 16 Year Rye

75 – Montgomery Distillery Sudden Wisdom 3 Year Rye

75 – Shelter Point Artisanal Single Malt

75 – The Stranger 7 Year Polish Rye Whiskey

75 – Hochstadter’s Vatted Straight Rye Whiskey (2020)

75 – Good Times Tawny Port Finish Single Barrel Rye

76 – New Riff Single Barrel Rye

76 – Shelter Point The Forbidden

76 – Stellum Bourbon Equinox Blend #1

76 – Treaty Oak 10 Year Schenley Reserve Rye

77 – Penelope Barrel Strength Bourbon Batch #6

77 – Shelter Point The Collective

77 – Gooderham & Worts 49 Wellington

77 – Traverse City Whiskey Co. Barrel Proof Rye

78 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSV (Total Wine MA 2021)

78 – Redbreast Small Batch Cask Strength Batch No. B1/19

78 – Barrell Armida

78 – Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye (2019)

78 – Old Overholt 11 Year Rye Whiskey

79 – Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered Batch 36

79 – Bomberger’s Declaration Bourbon (2021)

80-89: Excellent – Really quite exceptional

80 – Ardbeg Uigeadail

80 – Barrell Bourbon Batch 32

81 – Michter’s Barrel Strength Rye Whiskey (2021 Release)

81 – The Senator 6 Year Barrel Proof Rye

82 – Barrell Seagrass

82 – Mammoth Infinity Whiskey – Tippin’s Market Custom Blend

82 – Rare Character Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey (Gordon’s Pick)

82 – Barrell Rye Whiskey Batch 003

82 – Penelope Straight Rye Whiskey Tokaji Cask Finish

82 – Glengoyne 21 Year

83 – Copper & Cask “Melted Eye” Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey

83 – Talisker Distillers Edition (2008 – 2018)

83 – Oceanside Distillers Steinmetz Rye Whiskey

83 – Deanston 11 Year SV Cask Strength 2008 66.7%

83 – Old Potrero Private Barrel Cask Strength Malted Rye Whiskey (Gordon’s Pick)

83 – Little Book Chapter 2: Noe Simple Task (2018)

84 – A Midwinter Night’s Dram Act 7 Scene 2

84 – Glendronach 15 Year Revival

84 – The Exclusive Malts: Speyside 25 Year (Glenlivet) 1992 – Cask No. 140883

84 – Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond 9 Year Bourbon Spring 2020

85 – Springbank 12 Year Cask Strength Batch 19

85 – Balvenie 15 Single Barrel Sherry Cask

85 – Found North Cask Strength 16 Year Rye Whisky Batch 001

85 – Lot 40 Cask Strength Third Edition (2019)

86 – Thomas H. Handy Straight Rye Whiskey (2015)

87 – Nashville Barrel Co. 8 Year Barrel Proof Rye

87 – Caol Ila 12 Year SV Cask Strength 2006 56.7%

87 – Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch B520

87 – Found North Cask Strength 16 Year Canadian Whisky Batch 002

87 – Springbank 15 Year (2014 Bottling)

87 – Bunnahabhain 18 Year

88 – Lagavulin 12 Year Cask Strength (2017 Release)

88 – Whistlepig Single Barrel Gordon’s “Lost and Found” 13 Year MGP Rye

88 – Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 6 Year Rye – Gordon’s Pick #2409

89 – WhistlePig The Boss Hog V: The Spirit of Mauve

89 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSF (Garfield’s 2022)

89 – Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel – Barrel Proof Rye 2020 Special Release

89 – Stagg Jr. Batch 12

89 – Rabbit Hole Founder’s Collection Cask Strength Boxergrail Rye

90-99: Incredible – An all time favorite

90 – Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Strength Bourbon OBSQ (Kappy’s 2021)

90 – Glen Moray 1994 Sherry Cask Finish

90 – Old Potrero Single Barrel Reserve 17 Year Cask Strength Rye Whiskey (K&L Wines Pick)

90 – High West Rocky Mountain Rye 16 Year (2020)

90 – Redemption 10 Year Barrel Proof Rye

90 – Kentucky Owl 10 Year Rye Whiskey Batch 3

90 – Glenrothes 20 Year SV Cask Strength 1997 54.5%

90 – Longrow Red 13 Year Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon

91 – Lock Stock & Barrel 18 Year Straight Rye Whiskey

91 – Bunnahabhain 11 Year 2008 Manzanilla Cask

91 – Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year Bourbon (2019)

92 – WhistlePig The Boss Hog VII: Magellan’s Atlantic

92 – George T. Stagg 2019

93 – Lot 40 Cask Strength 11 Year Rye Whisky (2018)

94 – James E. Pepper 15 Year Barrel Proof Rye

94 – Hochstadter’s Family Reserve 16 Year Rye

98 – Redemption “The Ancients” 18 Year Rye Whiskey

100: Perfect – Nothing else comes close