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Kentucky Straight Rye

Woodford Reserve Rye: Triple Distilled Kentucky Rye — 53% Rye Through the Same Historic Versailles Stills

Made using the same triple-distillation process as Woodford Reserve Bourbon — copper pot still, column still, then pot s...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old: The Revived Spot Whiskey — Malaga, Bourbon, and Sherry Triple Cask at Midleton - Irish Review

8.5 Review

Single Pot Still

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old: The Revived Spot Whiskey — Malaga, Bourbon, and Sherry Triple Cask at Midleton

The revived Spot whiskey — Yellow Spot was discontinued mid-20th century and brought back in 2012. Part of Mitchell & So...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year Old: Port Pipe Finished — Scotland's Tallest Stills Meet Ruby Port from the Douro - Scotch Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year Old: Port Pipe Finished — Scotland's Tallest Stills Meet Ruby Port from the Douro

'Quinta Ruban' means 'ruby port' in Gaelic. Aged 10 years in ex-bourbon casks through Scotland's tallest stills (5.14m),...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt: Named After Japan's Whisky Father — Yoichi Peat Meets Miyagikyo Elegance - Japanese Review

7.5 Review

Blended Malt

Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt: Named After Japan's Whisky Father — Yoichi Peat Meets Miyagikyo Elegance

Named after founder Masataka Taketsuru, whose family owned a sake brewery dating to 1733. He trained as a chemist, trave...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Craigellachie 23 Year Old: The Last of the Meaty Speysiders — Worm Tubs, Sulphur, and 23 Years of Patience - Scotch Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Craigellachie 23 Year Old: The Last of the Meaty Speysiders — Worm Tubs, Sulphur, and 23 Years of Patience

The last of the 'meaty' Speysiders — built 1891 by Peter Mackie and Alexander Edward at the confluence of the Rivers Spe...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

anCnoc 12 Year Old: The Hill of Knockdhu — A Forgotten Highland Distillery Rebranded for the Modern Age - Scotch Review

7 Review

Single Malt

anCnoc 12 Year Old: The Hill of Knockdhu — A Forgotten Highland Distillery Rebranded for the Modern Age

Produced at Knockdhu Distillery, established 1894 in Knock, Aberdeenshire — renamed 'anCnoc' (Gaelic for 'the hill') in ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Speyburn 10 Year Old: The Diamond Jubilee Distillery — Charles Doig's Pagoda Design, Workers Without Windows, £25 Value - Scotch Review

7 Review

Single Malt

Speyburn 10 Year Old: The Diamond Jubilee Distillery — Charles Doig's Pagoda Design, Workers Without Windows, £25 Value

Founded 1897 in Rothes by John Hopkins & Company. Designed by the legendary Charles Doig, the architect who created the ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

WhistlePig 10 Year Old: 100% Rye at 100 Proof — Dave Pickerell's Vermont Farm Whiskey - Rye Review

8 Review

Straight Rye

WhistlePig 10 Year Old: 100% Rye at 100 Proof — Dave Pickerell's Vermont Farm Whiskey

100% rye mashbill, 100 proof, 10 years. Founded by Raj Bhakta on Vermont farmland in 2007, with legendary Dave Pickerell...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Hibiki 17 Year Old: The Discontinued Masterpiece — Suntory's 24-Faceted Bottle of Japanese Harmony - Japanese Review

9 Review

Blended Whisky

Hibiki 17 Year Old: The Discontinued Masterpiece — Suntory's 24-Faceted Bottle of Japanese Harmony

Discontinued in 2018 due to soaring demand outstripping aged stock — one of the whisky world's most lamented losses. Mar...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Lagavulin Distillers Edition: Pedro Ximénez Sherry Meets Islay Peat — Double Matured Since 1997 - Scotch Review

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Lagavulin Distillers Edition: Pedro Ximénez Sherry Meets Islay Peat — Double Matured Since 1997

Part of Diageo's Classic Malts Distillers Edition series, released annually since 1997. Double matured — first in ex-bou...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

9 Review

Bourbon

Maker's Mark Cask Strength

Maker's Mark uncut and unfiltered — everything the standard does well, amplified to cask strength with concentrated cher...

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Sienna Blackwell April 10, 2026

Tullibardine 228 Burgundy Cask Finish: Highland Malt Meets Chassagne-Montrachet — Pinot Noir Barriques from Burgundy - Scotch Review

7 Review

Single Malt

Tullibardine 228 Burgundy Cask Finish: Highland Malt Meets Chassagne-Montrachet — Pinot Noir Barriques from Burgundy

Highland malt finished in 228-litre Burgundy Pinot Noir barriques from Château de Chassagne-Montrachet — the '228' refer...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026