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Compass Box Juveniles is a confident, well-crafted blended malt that honours its namesake Parisian wine bar with approac...
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Joe Whitfield
March 20, 2026
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Adelphi's Cargill series goes cross-hemisphere with this Ardnamurchan and Cardrona fusion — a cask-strength blended malt...
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March 14, 2026
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Elements of Islay Fireside is a confident, well-assembled Islay blended malt bottled at a proper 54.5% ABV. At £83.25 it...
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March 14, 2026
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A well-balanced, approachable blended malt with a compelling Antarctic backstory. Shackleton delivers honest, easy-drink...
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March 7, 2026
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Fable's 7 Year Old Blended Malt Batch 1 is a confident debut — bottled at a proper 46.5% with no shortcuts, it delivers ...
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March 7, 2026
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The London Distillery Company's Golden Union #1 is a confident English blended malt bottled at 50% ABV — a well-priced s...
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March 6, 2026
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Compass Box Canvas is a well-constructed blended malt Scotch bottled at a proper 46% ABV. At £79.95 it asks a fair price...
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March 4, 2026
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Douglas Laing's Yula Chapter One is a 20-year-old island-influenced blended malt bottled at cask strength — a serious, w...
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March 1, 2026
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A fifty-year-old blended malt from 1971, bottled at a commanding 49.5% ABV. At £1,250, it offers genuinely rare vintage ...
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March 1, 2026
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Compass Box's 35-year-old cask strength farewell to the 'vatted malt' designation is a bold, historically significant bl...
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February 28, 2026
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Ichiro's Malt MWR brings mizunara oak influence to a well-crafted Japanese blended malt at 46.5% ABV — distinctive, care...
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February 26, 2026
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Douglas Laing's Highland blended malt punches above its weight at £36.50, delivering 46.8% of unchill-filtered substance...
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February 25, 2026