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A 31-year-old Laphroaig from 1974, matured in sherry casks and bottled at 49.7% ABV — this is Islay history in a glass, ...
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Joe Whitfield
March 19, 2026
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A 1968 Bowmore matured for 34 years and bottled by Hart Brothers at a natural 40.2% — an Islay malt where decades of pat...
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March 18, 2026
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A 34-year-old Bowmore from 1970, matured in a single sherry butt and bottled at cask strength by Signatory — this is Isl...
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March 18, 2026
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A 1966 Laphroaig bottled by Signatory from cask #560 after thirty years — a rare window into an older, vanished style of...
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March 18, 2026
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A 19-year-old sherry-casked Port Ellen from the Old Malt Cask series — silent distillery spirit bottled at 50% ABV, wher...
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March 16, 2026
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A 1973 vintage Ardbeg bottled by Gordon & MacPhail after thirty years in cask — old-school Islay peat shaped by remarkab...
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March 15, 2026
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A 35-year-old cask strength Bunnahabhain from 1965, matured in sherry oak on the shores of Islay — rare, composed, and g...
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March 15, 2026
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Kilchoman's 11 Year Old 100% Islay sherry cask release is a quietly confident Islay single malt — farm-grown barley, flo...
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March 14, 2026
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A 1969-vintage Islay drawn from a single cask and bottled at 43.4% by Duncan Taylor after 32 years — a rare document of ...
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March 14, 2026
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A 1980s Lagavulin 16 in the old White Horse Distillers livery — a litre of pre-Classic Malts Islay history that rewards ...
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March 13, 2026
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A rare 1967 Ardbeg aged thirty years in a single dark Oloroso sherry cask, bottled at cask strength by Signatory — liqui...
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March 12, 2026
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A 1973 vintage Islay whisky from Bowmore's storied Loch Indaal warehouses, drawn from two casks and bottled at a compose...
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March 12, 2026