West Seattle Liquor & Wine

03/23/2025

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03/05/2025

Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky

Bottled at 90 proof (45% ABV), Maker’s Mark’s introductory level bourbon is a reliable workhorse whisky that can serve as either a budget-friendly daily sipper as well as a good mixer. A wheated bourbon with no age statement given, its mashbill includes red winter wheat, in place of rye, alongside the corn and malted barley.

Maker’s Mark’s classic bourbon is ideal for cocktails.

COLOR: amber/gold

NOSE: Crisp, sweet orchard fruits & cherries/red berries; caramel; light vanilla; slight citrus note; sweetness from the red winter wheat

PALATE: Initial fruity sweetness; light caramel with a hint of vanilla; prominent oak/barrel notes; hint of citrus

MOUTHFEEL: Smooth with some medium creamy viscosity

FINISH: Medium length

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If you're looking for a smooth, sweet and easy-to-drink whisky, you've found it. Maker's Mark Classic Bourbon was carefully developed by sixth-generation distiller Bill Samuels Sr. to be just that. Still made to his unique recipe, this full-flavored bourbon is subtly woody with flavors of vanilla, c...

02/21/2025

Elijah Craig Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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Distilled by Heaven Hill, Elijah Craig Small Batch bourbon has no age statement and a mashbill of 78% corn, 12% malted barley, and 10% rye. Bottled at 94 proof (47% ABV) using Kentucky limestone-rich water, the bourbon is a light copper color. According to Elijah Craig brand lore, its eponymous founder in 1789 was the first whisky distiller to age his distillate in newly charred American White Oak barrels, either because an accidental fire charred his aging barrels and he used them anyway or because he decided to age his whisky in former (charred) sugar barrels.

Elijah Craig Small Batch is a budget-friendly daily sipping and mixing bourbon with some classic bourbon aroma & flavor notes.

COLOR: Light copper

NOSE: The aroma profile is quite light. Oak/barrel notes lead; light, sweet Orchard Fruits; hints of Caramel & Vanilla; light Brown Sugar; hint of Citrus; Black Pepper (particularly at the close of a sip); light Alcohol. Adding a couple drops of water raise the Caramel & Vanilla notes.

PALATE: Oak/Barrel notes most prominent with a mix of sweet Orchard Fruits, light Caramel & Vanilla, & Black Pepper. The alcohol note is light on the palate, just like the nose. The dominant flavor note is Oak/Barrel with light sweetness in the background. Sips close with Black Pepper & some warming Alcohol heat on the palate.

I feel that my whisky palate (& more specifically my bourbon palate) has evolved & matured quite a lot since earlier this year. While this bourbon is still not my ideal flavor profile, I can see this being a good mixer for cocktails & I may keep it in mind for that purpose in the future. It wouldn’t be my first or second or third choice as a sipper, but it would be fine in a pinch.

The bourbon coats the sides of the glass well & has good viscosity.

FINISH: Fairly short.

MOUTHFEEL: Good viscosity with some legs/tears

VALUE: Good basic, introductory-level bourbon that is a serviceable, budget-friendly daily sipper & mixing bourbon for cocktails.

Elijah Craig is credited as the first distiller to age his whiskey in charred oak barrels, earning his place in history as the 'Father of Bourbon.' The charred barrel transformed the clear liquid inside into an intense amber whiskey made rich with the flavors of the wood which we now recognize as Bo...

02/21/2025

Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley Scotch Single Malt

Bruichladdich’s The Classic Laddie – Scottish Barley is produced at the distillery located in the Rinns of the island of Islay. Islay is part of the Inner Hebrides archipelago off of Scotland’s western coastline. Unlike the bulk of Bruichladdich’s releases, The Classic Laddie is unpeated. Bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV) with no added coloring and non-chill filtered, it is made from 100% organic Scottish barley grown in Inverness-shire grown near the distillery’s malting partners, Bairds. The barley is grown on single farms that change depending on the time of the year. The final product is a blend from “up to” 76 different casks “comprising” four vintages and seven different cask types. The scotch is then brought to bottling proof using three different water sources, all located within two miles of Bruichladdich – An Toran, the distillery’s own reservoir, and natural spring water. The finished spirit is a light yellow color, resembling a lightly colored apple juice or cider.

It is possible to find out more details on one’s specific bottle by entering the batch code on the bottle on the distillery’s website. My bottle is from Batch 24/011. My batch was aged in mostly first and second fill casks including those formerly used for bourbon and a variety of Spanish and French wine casks including from/for Ribero del Duero (Tempranillo), Bourdeaux Pauillac (Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, & Merlot), and Rhone (Syrah and Grenache). The ex-bourbon barrels used are sourced from Jack Daniel’s, Heaven Hill, and Jim Beam. Other batches use other types of ex-wine casks including those for Madeira, Rivesaltes, Sauternes, different sherries, and Mourvèdre.

COLOR: light yellow

NOSE: Sweet orchard fruits (juicy apples) with citrus & honey; Sweet malt; Oak; Salinity (like a sea mist); some light caramel & vanilla; light herbal note

PALATE: Creamy & “smooth” (especially for a 100-proof); Orchard fruit-forward with citrus (like an orange); Honeyed fruitiness; Sweet malt mixed with Oak tannins; Black pepper; Caramel & vanilla; Dark caramelized sugar notes; Salinity

MOUTHFEEL: Medium to light-medium (with water drops)

FINISH: Medium (around 7-10 seconds)

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The signature style from Bruichladdich Distillery. Crafted using local barley and hand-selected casks to create a floral, elegant and crisp flavor.

02/21/2025

El Tesoro de Don Felipe – Blanco

One of the flagship tequilas produced at the La Alteña distillery, founded in 1937, El Tesoro Blanco is produced using traditional artisanal methods including using only fully ripe agaves grown on master distiller Carlos Camarena’s own agave ranch, cooking harvested agaves in stone/brick ovens, and macerating the cooked agave to extract the sugars with a tahona wheel made of volcanic stone. This tequila is double distilled using copper pot stills after open-air fermentation with agave fibers in wooden tanks before being bottled at 40% ABV using deep well water. The deep well water imparts a minerality taste to the tequila, reminiscent of drinking fresh mineral water. Importantly, La Alteña does not use additives in its tequilas.

The tequila is crystal clear and shimmers as light hits it in the glass. The aromas are a delightful mix of cooked agave, cinnamon and sweet baking spices, minerals from the deep well water, vegetal and herbal notes, and a hint of sweet, spiced vanilla. Coating the glass beautifully, the blanco brings to the palate cooked agave and sweet baking spices, a hint of sweet vanilla, a peppery bite, and a bit of fruitiness at the very end. It has an earthy character and provides a look at how tequila was traditionally made before the era of mass production. The blanco forms the basis for all of El Tesoro’s aged tequilas including the reposado, añejo, and extra añejo. Great neat, El Tesoro Blanco will also make great cocktails.

El Tesoro Blanco is available here at West Seattle Liquor & Wine.

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02/17/2025

Four Roses Bourbon

Four Roses’ standard entry-level bourbon is produced using a blend of the distillery’s ten bourbon recipes that are created using different mixes of two mash bills and five proprietary yeasts. “Mash Bill B” uses 60% corn, 35% rye, and 5% malted barley. “Mash Bill E” uses 75% corn, 20% rye, and 5% malted barley. The bourbon, like all of Four Roses’ releases, are produced using local limestone-rich water. After fermentation, the distillate is distilled using both column and doubler stills before then going for inspection to distillate holding tanks. Four Roses uses single-story rickhouses to age its bourbons in 53-gallon barrels. Four Roses entry level standard bourbon is bottled at 80 proof (40% ABV) and is aged a minimum of five years.

COLOR: Golden yellow-brown

NOSE: Aromas include prominent rye spice & oak/barrel notes with light oak tannins, orchard fruits (peach, pear, & some apple), & light caramel with vanilla.

PALATE: The flavor profile largely mirrors the nose with the addition of some floral notes. There is a sweetness to the flavors but the bourbon is not overly sweet.

FINISH: Fairly short

MOUTHFEEL: Light, only briefly coating the sides of the glass with an initially buttery/creamy/oily mouthfeel, though the finish comes quickly with the longest-lasting flavors being the oak/barrel, fruit, & spice notes.

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Four Roses Bourbon is sophisticated Bourbon with a contemporary flair and is a worldwide favorite. Enjoy this smooth and Mellow Bourbon with its long and soft finish. It has hints of pear and apple that complement its floral aromas that lead to a smooth, mellow finish complete with honey and spice.

01/18/2025

Glenlivet 14-year-old Cognac Cask Selection Scotch Whisky

Glenlivet 14 is an 80 proof (40% ABV) Speyside scotch matured first in oak barrels used to age bourbon and sherry wine. The scotch is then finished in former cognac brandy casks. It is aged for a total of fourteen years and finished for at least six months in the cognac casks. In the glass it is a deep gold color.

On the nose, the most prominent aroma was of sweet, juicy orchard fruits like apples and apricots mixed with a hint of dark cherries, raisins/figs, a very light caramel, and a hint of the malt. The fruity aromas reminded me of a fresh apple juice. The raisin/fig aroma, perhaps from the cognac cask finishing, lurked behind the orchard fruits and was mixed with some baking spices. The aroma profile reminded me a lot of the VDC’s Courage & Conviction Double Cask Reserve, which also has a very orchard fruit-forward aroma profile. Overall, I found the Glenlivet 14’s aroma profile delightful. Aside from the malt smell, its aromas reminded me a bit of a fruit liqueur. After the glass was empty and had sat for a while, there were prominent aromas of caramel and brown sugar more than the initially dominant fruitiness.

Flavor wise, on the palate the initial fruity sweetness transformed into more dark red fruits like dark cherries with a hint of spiced figs/raisins, reminiscent to me of a fig newton, more than the apples/apricots/orchard fruits on the nose. The maltiness, which came across to me as a light smokiness on the back breath/exhale after taking a sip, followed prominently after the initial fruity sweetness. There was a lingering heat and malty flavor on the back palate after the swallow. The sip was less sweet than the nose suggested and was actually quite drying in the mouth. I could taste the oak/wood influence and there was a slight oak tannin bitterness as I swallowed a sip, but it was not unpleasant. Instead, the bitter notes balanced out the initial sweetness. I didn’t get strong caramel notes on the palate and the slight hint of vanilla I did pick up reminded me more of a vanilla extract rather than pure vanilla.

01/10/2025

El Tesoro Blanco Tequila

Produced at distillery La Alteña (NOM 1139) and overseen by one of the modern tequila world’s top master distillers, Carlos Camarena (a fifth-generation agave farmer and tequila producer), El Tesoro Blanco is a high quality, traditionally made, and always reliable workhorse tequila that makes for both a delicious daily sipper and an excellent mixer.

Made with brix (sugar) rich 100% Blue Weber agave from Jalisco’s Highlands, the blanco is produced using stone/brick ovens, extraction of the sugars (aguamiel) using a traditional 2-ton volcanic tahona stone wheel, open-air fermentation in wooden tanks with agave fibers added for extra flavor, double distillation in a copper pot still, and deep well water. It is bottled at 80 proof (40% ABV), which is at or near the distillation proof.

COLOR: Crystal clear & shimmering (like pure water)

AROMA PROFILE: Sweet Cooked Agave & Baking Spices (including Cinnamon & Nutmeg); Minerals from the deep well water; Citrus; a hint of sweet Spiced Vanilla; a light Vegetal/Herbal note

PALATE: Sweet Cooked Agave & Baking Spices (including Cinnamon & Nutmeg); Fruity notes including Citrus; a Vegetal/Herbal note; Black Pepper; a hint of sweet Spiced Vanilla; Earthy

MOUTHFEEL: Viscous & full; Creamy/Oily/Buttery; Silky smooth

FINISH: Medium

VALUE: Easy to find, high quality, & always reliable blanco tequila for sipping & cocktails

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01/05/2025

How Water Type Affects Tequila Production & Flavor Profiles

Master distiller Felipe Camarena, owner of distillery El Pandillo (NOM 1579), one of the best tequila producers, changes flavors using a mix of water types in different tequilas. He uses rain water, mineral-rich deep well water, & natural spring water from the distillery's estate for different brands El Pandillo produces.

So G4 doesn't taste like Terralta which doesn't taste like Volans.

He even switches it up between different expressions within the same brand, like G4, his house brand.

The regular 80 proof blanco uses a mix of natural local spring & rain water but the Madera Blanco uses deep well water, is 90 proof, & rests in pine vats. G4's 108 proof blanco usually doesn't rest in those vats, but they've just released some bottles that are a blend of no-wood rested & 30% pine vat rested.

All of this affects the final flavor profiles.

01/03/2025

COCKTAIL SERIES – Modified (Shaken) Ranch Water

*2 to 3 ounces of blanco/plata tequila of choice (which one you choose will affect the finished product; You can use less tequila if you like.

*1.5 to 2 ounces of fresh lime juice (to taste)

*100% Blue Agave nectar to taste

*Sparkling mineral water (whichever brand you prefer)

Shake all of the ingredients well (but not too long) in a cocktail shaker with ice.
Serve in a tumbler or other type of glass (as you prefer) over fresh ice and enjoy.

Shaking the ingredients briefly but vigorously combines them much more seamlessly and makes for a more enjoyable cocktail.

01/01/2025

COCKTAIL SERIES – Cranberry Bourbon Sour

-2 ounces of bourbon
-2 ounces of unsweetened cranberry juice
-1 ounce Cointreau or Triple Sec
-1.5 ounces of fresh lime or lemon juice
-Dash of 100% Blue Agave nectar (or Simple Syrup)
*Shake with ice.

12/20/2024

Feeling naughty or nice this holiday season? Either way, we’ve got a wine for you! 🍷 Join us this Friday, 12/20 at West Seattle Liquor and Wine for a free tasting — because why not be a little of both? 😉

12/10/2024

"Join us this Friday at West Seattle Liquor & Wine for a FREE tasting event! 🍸🥃 Explore a curated selection of smooth liqueurs and bold whiskeys—perfect for expanding your collection or discovering a new favorite! 🥂✨ Don’t miss out!

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11/29/2024

📢 Important Announcement 📢

Our business will be CLOSED on December 1st for inventory. We appreciate your understanding as we take this time to update our stock and improve our services for you!

We will reopen on [next business day] and look forward to serving you then.

Thank you for your continued support! 🙏

09/05/2024

Free Friday Tasting...this week Bruichladdich Distillery - Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, starting at 4pm and 10% off items sampled!

08/26/2024

Ahoy mateys, we landed some new Navy strength rums!