The Virginia Whiskey Tournament 2025 is on! Every year, Phill runs the Virginia Whiskey Tournament and every year we see more and more ASMW in the lineup. We’ll tell you about the tournament, taste through some samples, and hopefully help you choose who to vote for!

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• Find Phill and the Virginia Whiskey Tournament at the Ranger’s Respite: https://www.instagram.com/rangersrespite

There are a couple of cases of our McCarthy’s 6.71 Year Rum Cask Single Barrel pick remaining. We expect it will be sold out soon, so if you’re thinking about buying it, now’s the time!

• Buy this pick: https://www.hrdspirits.com/mccarthys-rum-single-barrel
• More info: https://demitastes.com/2025/03/03/mccarthys-6-71-year-rum-cask-barrel-pick-only-a-few-cases-left/
• Original Announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUL9nEnIvsE&list=PLlkfHesWUpl7ikDZK7JUvD9TokKYC-rYw
• On site interview with the distiller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIYPVxPfY-U
• Our review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6IC5D-khjE&list=PLlkfHesWUpl7ikDZK7JUvD9TokKYC-rYw

• Buy our glencairns! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIxRxNT_WdJx0gedh0Nuh4RtXLUo5WxbBtmlp4yk9me8IZ9A/viewform
• Single Malt Frontier: https://www.instagram.com/singlemaltfrontier
• Doug: https://www.instagram.com/demitastes and https://demitastes.com/
• The Whiskey Lodge Discord: https://discord.gg/KQGkBmtzPT
• Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/AmericanSMW
• ASMW reviews and more: https://maltrunners.com

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