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A pre-Royal Warrant 1990s bottling of Laphroaig 10 that offers a window into the distillery before the single malt boom ...
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Joe Whitfield
November 18, 2025
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The final chapter in Ardbeg's peat-pushing Supernova series, the SN2015 Committee Release is a cask-strength Islay malt ...
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November 16, 2025
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A rare 1966 Islay single malt matured for 29 years in sherry cask, the Caol Ila Centenary Reserve is a composed, unhurri...
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November 14, 2025
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A genuinely rare 1975 Islay single malt from oloroso sherry wood, Cask 4704 carries decades of Atlantic warehouse ageing...
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November 13, 2025
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A sherry-casked Port Ellen from 1982, bottled at 50% ABV by Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask series — a rare meeting of coa...
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November 13, 2025
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Bruichladdich's Stillman's Dram 27 Year Old is patient Islay whisky at its finest — coastal, composed, and worth every m...
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November 12, 2025
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A 1968 single cask Bowmore that spent thirty-five years maturing on Islay — rare, singular, and built for serious contem...
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November 12, 2025
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A 1974 vintage Ardbeg drawn from first-fill cask #4380 after nineteen years on Islay — old-school peated malt with the w...
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November 12, 2025
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A 27-year-old cask strength Port Ellen from Douglas Laing's Old & Rare Platinum series — a piece of closed-distillery Is...
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November 11, 2025
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A 1983 Port Ellen bottled by The Cooper's Choice at 13 years old — a measured, approachable piece of Islay history that ...
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November 11, 2025
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Port Ellen's 6th Annual Release is a 27-year-old cask-strength ghost from a distillery that closed in 1983 — maritime Is...
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November 10, 2025
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The misspelt Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength is a collector's piece with serious whisky credentials — 57.3% ABV, no dilution,...
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November 10, 2025