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Blended Malt

Compass Box Peat Monster: A Beast in Tailcoats — John Glaser's Elegant Islay Blend from a London Kitchen

Founded in 2000 by John Glaser — an American former Johnnie Walker marketing director — from his West London kitchen. Pe...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Kilchoman Machir Bay: Islay's First New Distillery in 124 Years — Barley to Bottle on Rockside Farm - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

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Kilchoman Machir Bay: Islay's First New Distillery in 124 Years — Barley to Bottle on Rockside Farm

Founded by Anthony Wills in 2005 on Rockside Farm — the first new distillery on Islay in 124 years since Malt Mill in 19...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Benromach 10 Year Old: Reopened by Prince Charles in 1998 — Gordon & MacPhail's Old-Style Speysider with Light Peat - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

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Benromach 10 Year Old: Reopened by Prince Charles in 1998 — Gordon & MacPhail's Old-Style Speysider with Light Peat

One of the smallest distilleries in Speyside — just a single pair of stills run by a small team. Closed in 1983, purchas...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

GlenDronach 12 Year Old Original: Pure Sherry Cask Maturation — Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso Since 1826 - Scotch Review

8 Review

Single Malt

GlenDronach 12 Year Old Original: Pure Sherry Cask Maturation — Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso Since 1826

One of the few distilleries offering a core range matured entirely in sherry wood — Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso casks, non...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8 Review

Blended Scotch

Johnnie Walker Blue Label: One in Ten Thousand Casks — The Pinnacle Blend at £170

Only one in ten thousand casks is deemed worthy. Launched in 1992 as the pinnacle of the Johnnie Walker range, Blue Labe...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

9.2 Review

Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Jim Beam White Label: Seven Generations of Beam Family Bourbon — The World's Best-Selling Kentucky Straight

Seven generations of the Beam family, starting with Jacob Beam (born Johannes Bohm, a German immigrant) who sold his fir...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Extremely Rare: Scotland's Tallest Stills, 15 Years Bourbon Then 3 Years Oloroso Sherry - Scotch Review

8 Review

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Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Extremely Rare: Scotland's Tallest Stills, 15 Years Bourbon Then 3 Years Oloroso Sherry

From Scotland's tallest stills at 26 feet 3 inches — only the lightest, most elegant vapours reach the top. Fifteen year...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Tomatin 12 Year Old: The First Japanese-Owned Scotch Distillery — Once the World's Largest, Now Quietly Excellent - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Tomatin 12 Year Old: The First Japanese-Owned Scotch Distillery — Once the World's Largest, Now Quietly Excellent

Founded 1897 and expanded to 23 stills by 1974, Tomatin was once the world's largest malt whisky distillery. After liqui...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Deanston 12 Year Old: The Cotton Mill That Became a Distillery — Hydro-Powered, Unchillfiltered, Honest Highland Malt - Scotch Review

7 Review

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Deanston 12 Year Old: The Cotton Mill That Became a Distillery — Hydro-Powered, Unchillfiltered, Honest Highland Malt

A 1785 cotton mill designed by Sir Richard Arkwright, converted to a distillery in 1966 — and the only distillery in Sco...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glen Scotia 15 Year Old: Campbeltown's Haunted Distillery — Brine, Honey, and the Ghost of Duncan MacCallum - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Glen Scotia 15 Year Old: Campbeltown's Haunted Distillery — Brine, Honey, and the Ghost of Duncan MacCallum

One of only three surviving Campbeltown distilleries — from a town that once housed over thirty. Founded 1832, famously ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Cragganmore 12 Year Old: The Complex Speysider with Flat-Topped Stills and Worm Tubs — Diageo's Classic Malt - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Cragganmore 12 Year Old: The Complex Speysider with Flat-Topped Stills and Worm Tubs — Diageo's Classic Malt

The most complex of the Classic Malts — produced through unique flat-topped spirit stills (originally chopped for ceilin...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Talisker Storm: The Gathering Storm — Punchier Than the 10, an Intense NAS from Refill and Toasted American Oak - Scotch Review

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Talisker Storm: The Gathering Storm — Punchier Than the 10, an Intense NAS from Refill and Toasted American Oak

Punchier than the 10 Year Old — an NAS release from refill and toasted American oak at 45.8%. 'An intense Talisker with ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026