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Single Malt

Glenmorangie The Original 10 Year Old: Scotland's Tallest Stills — Twenty-Six Feet of Highland Elegance

Scotland's tallest stills — twenty-six feet of copper ensuring only the lightest, purest spirit vapours reach the top. A...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Oban 14 Year Old: The West Highland Crossroads — Where Sweet Meets Smoke on Scotland's Atlantic Coast - Scotch Review

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Single Malt

Oban 14 Year Old: The West Highland Crossroads — Where Sweet Meets Smoke on Scotland's Atlantic Coast

The West Highland crossroads — where the Highlands meet the sea, sweet meets smoke, and fruity meets maritime. Fourteen ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

9 Review

Single Pot Still

Redbreast 12 Year Old: The Definitive Single Pot Still — Malted and Unmalted Barley Triple-Distilled at Midleton

The definitive expression of Irish Pot Still whiskey — malted AND unmalted barley triple-distilled in copper pot stills ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Nikka From The Barrel: The Best Japanese Whisky You Can Actually Buy — 51.4% Marriage of Yoichi and Miyagikyo - Japanese Review

9 Review

Blended

Nikka From The Barrel: The Best Japanese Whisky You Can Actually Buy — 51.4% Marriage of Yoichi and Miyagikyo

The best Japanese whisky you can both find and afford — a marriage of malt from Yoichi Distillery and grain from Miyagik...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

7 Review

Blended Malt

Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt: Three Speyside Malts in One — Glenfiddich, Balvenie, and Kininvie from William Grant

Three Speyside single malts — Glenfiddich, Balvenie, and Kininvie — blended into one accessible, cocktail-friendly malt ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Lagavulin 16 Year Old: The Benchmark Islay — Slow Fermentation, Slow Distillation, Long Maturation, Double Gold - Scotch Review

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Single Malt

Lagavulin 16 Year Old: The Benchmark Islay — Slow Fermentation, Slow Distillation, Long Maturation, Double Gold

The benchmark Islay dram — established 1816, everything is slow at Lagavulin: 55-75 hour fermentation, 5-hour first dist...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Macallan Double Cask 12 Year Old: Sherry-Seasoned Oak from Two Continents — The Gateway Speyside - Scotch Review

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Single Malt

The Macallan Double Cask 12 Year Old: Sherry-Seasoned Oak from Two Continents — The Gateway Speyside

Aged in two types of sherry-seasoned oak — American and European — creating a whisky that bridges the richness of tradit...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Talisker 10 Year Old: Maritime Pepper and Campfire Smoke from the Isle of Skye at 45.8% - Scotch Review

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Single Malt

Talisker 10 Year Old: Maritime Pepper and Campfire Smoke from the Isle of Skye at 45.8%

The classic peppery maritime single malt from the only distillery on the Isle of Skye — campfire-like peat smoke, salt, ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8 Review

Bourbon

Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon: The Flagship That Launched a Bourbon Empire — Low-Rye Mashbill #1

The flagship that launched Kentucky's most talked-about distillery — mashbill #1 believed to be 75% corn, 10% rye, 15% b...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour: The Bridge Between Styles — Floral, Sweet, and Gently Smoky from Orkney - Scotch Review

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Single Malt

Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour: The Bridge Between Styles — Floral, Sweet, and Gently Smoky from Orkney

The bridge between all the main styles of Scotch — simultaneously floral, sweet, and gently smoky. Matured predominantly...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Jameson Irish Whiskey: Triple-Distilled at Midleton — The World's Best-Selling Irish Whiskey - Irish Review

7 Review

Blended Irish

Jameson Irish Whiskey: Triple-Distilled at Midleton — The World's Best-Selling Irish Whiskey

The world's best-selling Irish whiskey — a blend of traditional pot still whiskey and column-distilled grain whiskey, tr...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

Bourbon

Maker's Mark Bourbon

The wheated bourbon that defined a category — soft, sweet, and unfailingly consistent, from Kentucky's most distinctive ...

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Sienna Blackwell April 10, 2026