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The gentle giant of Islay — unpeated, sherry-influenced and quietly coastal. Proof that Islay isn't all peat reek.
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Joe Whitfield
April 10, 2026
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Two decades in oloroso sherry casks from one of Speyside's last family-owned distilleries.
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April 10, 2026
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The grain distillery that quietly powers Hibiki, finally bottled solo — light, honeyed and astonishingly elegant.
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Ash Carrington
April 10, 2026
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Suntory's modern blend uniting Yamazaki, Hakushu and Chita — built from the ground up for the Japanese highball and name...
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April 10, 2026
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The NAS Hakushu — fresher, greener and a touch smokier than the 12, and arguably the finest highball whisky on Earth.
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April 10, 2026
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Suntory's mountain malt — lightly peated, granite-water fresh, and tasting like a walk through a Japanese cedar forest a...
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April 10, 2026
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Shinji Fukuyo's NAS answer to soaring Yamazaki demand — a sherry-forward, mizunara-kissed Yamazaki built for the modern ...
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April 10, 2026
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The 1984 release that proved Japan could match Scotland — the mizunara-touched malt that won ISC Gold and changed global...
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April 10, 2026
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100% certified organic Scottish barley, traceable from field to cask — Bruichladdich's purest statement of provenance.
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April 10, 2026
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Five years old and snarling — Ardbeg unleashes its youngest core expression as a peat-smoke pup with claws.
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April 10, 2026
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From Scotland's northernmost distillery, a sherry-led 15 housed in the world's first ceramic-coated whisky bottle.
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April 10, 2026
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From Islay's oldest licensed distillery (1779), matured in the legendary seafront No.1 Vaults — peat smoke wrapped in ho...
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April 10, 2026