Here’s the special 40+ bottle list for the Whiskey Circus tasting event

Aug 18, 2023

The bottle list has been released for the Whiskey Circus tasting-fundraiser.AP

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Organizers of the second annual Whiskey Circus tasting-fundraiser have released the list of bottles that are up for grabs.

The benefit for A Special Wish Foundation of Northeast Ohio includes whiskey tastings and raffles Saturday, April 1, at The Madison.

Admission is $85 and includes 10 half-ounce pours of 50 different whiskeys offered, heavy appetizers, raffles and whiskey seminars. Attendees can buy $20 raffle tickets at the event.

Last year's event sold out.

The Rare Whiskey Raffle will include the following bottles:

• 1792 Bottled in Bond Winking Lizard Edition

• Angels Envy Bourbon

• Angels Envy Rye

• Bernheim Wheat Whiskey

• Bird Dog 7 Year

• Bird Dog Straight Bourbon

• Buffalo Trace Winking Lizard Edition

• Calumet Farm 15 Year

• Calumet Farm 16 Year

• Calumet Farm 8 Year

• Calumet Farm Small Batch

• Dublin Mercantile Irish Whisky WL Edition

• Eagle Rare 17 Year

• EH Taylor Barrel Proof

• EH Taylor Single Barrel

• Evan Williams 1783

• Four Roses 2020 Small Batch Barrel Strength

• Four Roses 2022 Limited Edition Small Batch

• Four Roses Bourbon

• Four Roses Single Barrel

• Four Roses Small Batch

• Four Roses Small Batch Select

• George Dickel 15 Year WL Edition

• Kentucky Owl Confiscated

• Kentucky Owl Japanese Blend

• Kentucky Owl St. Pat's Edition

• Larceny

• Larceny Barrel Proof

• Myers Rum aged in Sazerac Rye Barrels WL Edition

• New Riff Malted Rye 6 Year

• Old Fitzgerald 9 Year

• Old Forester Barrel Proof Winking Lizard Edition

• Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 23 Year

• Remus Repeal Reserve

• Restoration Rye

• Rip Van Winkle 10 Year

• Tom's Foolery Cask Strength Bourbon Winking Lizard Edition

• Weller 12 Year

• Weller CYPB

• Weller Single Barrel

• Woodinville Bourbon

• Woodinville Moscatel Bourbon

• Woodinville Straight Rye

The 10-year-old non-profit chapter grants wishes of individuals under age 21 who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness or disease.

The Madison is at 4601 Payne Ave., Cleveland.

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