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Dalmore 15 Year Old

A Highland single malt finished across three González Byass sherry cask types — unapologetically rich, sweet, and sherri...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Old Grand-Dad 114: Basil Hayden's High-Rye Ancestor at Barrel Proof — 27% Rye, 114 Proof, Fantastic Value - Bourbon Review

7.5 Review

Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Old Grand-Dad 114: Basil Hayden's High-Rye Ancestor at Barrel Proof — 27% Rye, 114 Proof, Fantastic Value

Named after Basil Hayden Sr., an 18th-century Maryland Catholic distiller who migrated to Kentucky and pioneered a high-...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenfarclas 15 Year Old: Six Generations of the Grant Family — Pure Oloroso Sherry Cask Since 1865 - Scotch Review

8 Review

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Glenfarclas 15 Year Old: Six Generations of the Grant Family — Pure Oloroso Sherry Cask Since 1865

One of the last independent family-owned distilleries in Scotland — the Grant family since 1865, now in their 6th genera...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Amrut Fusion: Jim Murray's 3rd Best Whisky in the World — Indian and Scottish Barley United at 50% in Bangalore - Indian Review

8.5 Review

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Amrut Fusion: Jim Murray's 3rd Best Whisky in the World — Indian and Scottish Barley United at 50% in Bangalore

Jim Murray awarded it 97 points in his Whisky Bible 2010, naming it the 3rd best whisky in the world — 'one of the great...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Royal Brackla 12 Year Old: The King's Own Whisky — First Distillery to Receive a Royal Warrant in 1835 - Scotch Review

7 Review

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Royal Brackla 12 Year Old: The King's Own Whisky — First Distillery to Receive a Royal Warrant in 1835

The first distillery in Scotland to receive a Royal Warrant — granted by King William IV in 1835 after he ordered Brackl...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

9 Review

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Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique: World's Best Single Malt 2015 — Subtropical Taiwan at Cask Strength

Named World's Best Single Malt Whisky at the 2015 World Whiskies Awards. From King Car Group's Kavalan Distillery in Yil...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Bushmills 21 Year Old: 400 Years of Irish Distilling — Triple Distilled, Madeira Cask Finished, Jim Murray's 95.5 - Irish Review

9 Review

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Bushmills 21 Year Old: 400 Years of Irish Distilling — Triple Distilled, Madeira Cask Finished, Jim Murray's 95.5

From the oldest registered whiskey distillery licence in the world, granted 1608 in County Antrim. Triple distilled in c...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Edradour 10 Year Old: Scotland's Smallest Traditional Distillery — What Most Make in a Week, Edradour Makes in a Year - Scotch Review

7 Review

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Edradour 10 Year Old: Scotland's Smallest Traditional Distillery — What Most Make in a Week, Edradour Makes in a Year

Scotland's smallest traditional distillery — what most distilleries produce in a week, Edradour makes in a year. Founded...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

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Ledaig 10 Year Old

Tobermory's heavily peated alter ego — maritime, industrial, and oily at 46.3%, with a cult following among peat enthusi...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Talisker 18 Year Old: Best Single Malt in the World 2007 — Mature Maritime Elegance from Skye at 45.8%

Named Best Single Malt Whisky in the World at the 2007 World Whiskies Awards. From Scotland's oldest distillery on the I...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked: Twice-Barreled at Kentucky's Oldest Distilling Site — Deeply Toasted Then Lightly Charred - Bourbon Review

8 Review

Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked: Twice-Barreled at Kentucky's Oldest Distilling Site — Deeply Toasted Then Lightly Charred

Twice-barreled: fully matured Distiller's Select is re-barreled into a second new American oak barrel that has been deep...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Nikka Coffey Grain: Masataka Taketsuru's Scottish Education — A 1963 Coffey Still Making Japan's Sweetest Whisky - Japanese Review

7.5 Review

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Nikka Coffey Grain: Masataka Taketsuru's Scottish Education — A 1963 Coffey Still Making Japan's Sweetest Whisky

Masataka Taketsuru travelled to Scotland in 1918 to study whisky-making. At James Calder distillery in Bo'ness in 1919, ...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026