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Suntory's 2024 Tsukuriwake series isolates the prized Mizunara oak influence in this eighteen-year-old Yamazaki single m...
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Duncan Cairns
September 30, 2024
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Port Askaig's 2024 release of their 15 Year Old delivers well-aged Islay character at natural strength and a fair price....
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September 20, 2024
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Port Askaig's Cask Strength Small Batch 2 delivers bold, uncompromising Islay character at 59.1% ABV, and at under sixty...
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September 19, 2024
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A fifteen-year-old Speyside single malt bottled exclusively for the 2024 Spirit of Speyside Festival, the Spey 2008 deli...
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May 4, 2024
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A cask-strength 12-year-old Dailuaine selected by Liz Lock for Whisky Show 2024 — robust Speyside character at 53.1% ABV...
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March 13, 2024
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A cask-strength independent bottling of Dailuaine, one of Speyside's unsung workhorses, selected for The Whisky Show 202...
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March 13, 2024
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Suntory's Tsukuriwake Cask Collection 2024 offers four distinct 18-year-old single malts at 48%, each showcasing a diffe...
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March 12, 2024
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Kilchoman's 2024 Sauternes Cask release pairs Islay peat-smoke with French dessert wine casks at a robust 50% ABV. A con...
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March 6, 2024
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A 15 year old cask-strength Caol Ila selected by Jason Vaswani for The Whisky Show 2024, bottled at 53.2% ABV — a mature...
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February 23, 2024
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Benromach's Contrasts: High Enzyme 2012 is a Speyside single malt that intervenes at the mash tun rather than the wareho...
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February 20, 2024
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The Dalmore Cask Curation Series 2024 is a £35,000 trio of Highland single malts that rewards patient, comparative tasti...
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February 8, 2024
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Chichibu's London Edition 2024 is a confident, cask-strength Japanese single malt that justifies much of its £350 asking...
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February 7, 2024
