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Speyside Distillery Spey 12 Year Old: The Tiny Distillery Few Have Heard Of — Just Two Stills Near Drumguish

From the small Speyside Distillery near Drumguish/Kingussie — just two stills, founded 1990. Matured in ex-bourbon casks...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Talisker Skye: The Softer Side of the Island — NAS in Toasted American Oak at 45.8% - Scotch Review

7 Review

Single Malt

Talisker Skye: The Softer Side of the Island — NAS in Toasted American Oak at 45.8%

NAS Island single malt launched 2015, named after the Isle of Skye where Talisker is the island's oldest distillery (183...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old: The Sherry Bomb That Was a US Secret — Family-Owned 100% Oloroso at 43% - Scotch Review

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old: The Sherry Bomb That Was a US Secret — Family-Owned 100% Oloroso at 43%

Family-owned Glenfarclas (J&G Grant since 1865), matured exclusively in ex-Oloroso sherry casks. Originally a US/travel ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Bushmills Original: Ireland's Reliable Entry-Level Blend — 1608 Heritage at £20 - Irish Review

7 Review

Blended Irish

Bushmills Original: Ireland's Reliable Entry-Level Blend — 1608 Heritage at £20

Triple-distilled blend from County Antrim's Old Bushmills Distillery (licensed 1608). Combines malt whiskey aged in ex-b...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glen Garioch 12 Year Old: Scotland's Most Easterly Highland Malt — 1797 Heritage at a Robust 48% - Scotch Review

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Single Malt

Glen Garioch 12 Year Old: Scotland's Most Easterly Highland Malt — 1797 Heritage at a Robust 48%

Distilled at Oldmeldrum near Aberdeen since 1797 — one of Scotland's oldest operating distilleries and its most easterly...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Penderyn Madeira: Wales' First Modern Single Malt — Faraday Single-Still and Madeira Cask at 46%

The flagship 'house style' of Wales' first single malt distillery since the 19th century. Aged in ex-bourbon barrels the...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Oban Little Bay: NAS in the Smallest Casks — Maximum Wood Contact from Diageo's Tiniest Distillery - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Oban Little Bay: NAS in the Smallest Casks — Maximum Wood Contact from Diageo's Tiniest Distillery

NAS West Highland release from tiny Oban distillery. Married in the smallest casks the distillery has — 200-litre refill...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Kavalan King Car Conductor: The Orchestral Taiwanese — Multiple Casks Harmonised at 46% - World Review

7 Review

Single Malt

Kavalan King Car Conductor: The Orchestral Taiwanese — Multiple Casks Harmonised at 46%

Named for the orchestral 'conductor' harmonising multiple cask types: bourbon, sherry, and wine. NAS. Taiwan's subtropic...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Bushmills 12 Year Old: Triple Cask with Marsala Finish — The New 2022 Core Range Addition from 1608 - Irish Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Bushmills 12 Year Old: Triple Cask with Marsala Finish — The New 2022 Core Range Addition from 1608

New 2022 permanent core range addition filling the gap between 10 and 16. Triple-distilled from 100% unpeated barley. Tr...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Dalmore King Alexander III - Scotch Review

8.2 Review

Single Malt

Dalmore King Alexander III

Dalmore's six-cask masterpiece — bourbon, oloroso, Port, Madeira, Marsala, and Cabernet Sauvignon producing a whisky of ...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Nikka Days: The Japanese Highball Whisky — Light, Charming, Refreshing from Yoichi and Miyagikyo - Japanese Review

7 Review

Blended Whisky

Nikka Days: The Japanese Highball Whisky — Light, Charming, Refreshing from Yoichi and Miyagikyo

Launched 2018 from Nikka's Miyagikyo and Yoichi distilleries. Designed specifically for easy-drinking and highballs — no...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie: Islay's Unpeated Icon — Scottish Barley, Iconic Blue Bottle, 50% - Scotch Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie: Islay's Unpeated Icon — Scottish Barley, Iconic Blue Bottle, 50%

Bruichladdich's flagship: unpeated, NAS, 100% Scottish barley. Non-chill filtered, no added colour. Iconic teal-blue bot...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026