Bottle Raiders – Review: Lost Lantern 2025 Single Cask #2: Andalusia Whiskey Co. Peated Texas Single Malt Finished in a Tequila Cask

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Nose: Killer nose: herbaceous, earthy and sweet. Powerful, medicinal peat leads, with some light, smooth agave notes in tow. Graham cracker, mint, honey.

Taste: Bright palate with lots of agave character at the forefront. Light peat fills in on the sides and back of the tongue. Rosemary, bubblegum, cinnamon, vanilla, dark chocolate-coated mint and a bit of tannin.

Finish: Some heat on the finish, which is long, concluding with cane sugar, mint leaves, eucalyptus, bubblegum, clove, tangerine and some subtle earthy peat that’s very welcome among the sweeter notes. I’d love more peat influence, to be frank. The sweetness really hangs around on the finish and is a bit overbearing.

Overall: This is a sweet, bright whiskey. The peat influence is pretty restrained, and the tequila finish isn’t overwhelmingly domineering in the way tequila finishes often are. There are a lot of moving parts in this expression, and the balance is impressive. It is held back, though, by the intensely saccharine finish. The sweetness is a bit too much, lingers and is out of place. If that could be dialed back, it would allow more focus on that subtle peat, which is the part of the pour that really sings, especially on the finish. All things considered, this is a good and complex but flawed single malt.

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