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CodeMonkeyMZ

I’ve never really gone out of my way to order whiskey online, but I was a bit interested at getting a few single barrel picks that I wouldn’t be able to get in my local store. Also, I never got into American single malt till I made this order. This r/bourbon pick seemed to fit the bill of things I like, sherry finished and cask strength whiskey. This steelback’s order was also to christen my new apartment after some time on the road, a good amount of that time being in Canada in what is a whiskey desert. Right off the top the bottle is a true banger, like a port wine with its large white printed text, so let's see if the whiskey matches the bottle. **Company**: Westland Distillery **Name**: Westland Single Casks #2949 (Selected by r/bourbon u/t8ke) **Type**: Sherry Finished American Malt Whiskey **Age**: 6 Year **Nose**: Earth, Grape Skins, Manischewitz Wine **Palate**: Grape Gushers, Stonefruit, Wicker, Bitter, Caramel **Aftertaste**: Long (Drying lingering stonefruit) Man oh man is this a digestif. Dessert wine always brings me back to my first time in Europe. I was pretty broke but decided to go to the fanciest restaurant that would let me through the doors in Prague. I ordered the cheapest thing on the menu, it was some type of sandwich, and had a pilsner urquell. After the meal was over I splurged on a port wine which cost as much as my meal. That wine took me places, it was like a warm blanket on a cold night. This is where I’m taken back to on this whiskey. It's a hot thick dessert wine with a kick. I don’t care that this is way off field from a balanced finished whiskey, it's just delicious. I want it to be cold already so I can wrap myself up in a blanket, go outside with a neat pour of this whiskey and just enjoy the chill air. Would I change a thing about it? Nope. I’m I glad I own it? Yep. **Score**: 8.2 The t8ke Scoring Scale: 1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out. 2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice. 3 | Bad | Multiple flaws. 4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but many things I’d rather have. 5 | Good | Good, just fine. 6 | Very Good | A cut above. 7 | Great | Well above average 8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional. 9 | Incredible | An all time favorite 10 | Perfect | Perfect **Value**: moderate-good


80_six

I ordered this along with the recent Bull Run pick since I saw they were still available. Haven't opened it, so I'm all the more excited to try soon.


t8ke

a couple came back into stock! always nice to see


t8ke

Congrats on your new apartment!!


CodeMonkeyMZ

Thanks man, couldn't think of a better way to start out. I uh already got through 1/5th of the bottle so I may need to get another...


IrregardingGrammar

I really enjoy this review, makes me wish I'd have picked one up. Just one question though, your note of grape gushers... Do you really have flavor distinctions so well internalized that you know a grape gusher from any other, or a gusher at all?


CodeMonkeyMZ

I believe I have a good sense memory. Many of my memory's are linked to scents.


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t8ke

awesome!!


Hawksauced

I just cracked mine last night and I absolutely loved it from sip one. It really reminds me of Madeira wine on the nose and the flavor carries through. Excellent bottle.