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The Dalmore 40 Year Old (2019 bottling) is a serious Highland single malt that carries four decades of oak maturation wi...
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Duncan Cairns
October 2, 2019
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Springbank's 2019 bottling of their 25 Year Old is Campbeltown single malt at its most assured — a quarter-century of pa...
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May 25, 2019
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A cask-strength exclusive from New Riff, this 2019-vintage single barrel rye delivers bold character and genuine individ...
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March 11, 2019
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Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 011 delivers everything the standard expression promises, then turns it up to 58.6%. Bi...
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March 1, 2019
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Thomson's Heart Cut 18 is a five-year-old New Zealand single malt bottled at a confident 50.8% ABV — young but purposefu...
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February 9, 2019
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Glenwyvis 2019 Batch 1 is a confident opening statement from a community-owned Highland distillery — young at three year...
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January 1, 2019
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A young but confident Islay single malt from the Single Malts of Scotland range, this six-year-old Bunnahabhain bottled ...
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December 28, 2018
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The 2018 Classic Cut delivers Macallan's signature style at a well-judged 51.2% ABV — rich, intense, and thoroughly acco...
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December 28, 2018
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Westward's 2018 Heart Cut is an assertive, malt-driven American single malt bottled at 50% ABV. At five years old it tra...
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December 25, 2018
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Cotswolds Distillery's 2018 Heart Cut is a confident, cask-strength English single malt bottled at 54.3% ABV after five ...
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November 23, 2018
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Torabhaig's 2018 Scottish Oak single cask bottling for The Whisky Exchange delivers cask-strength confidence at 58.7% AB...
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November 23, 2018
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A cask-strength English single malt selected by Thompson Bros, this seven-year-old White Peak release is a confident, we...
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October 16, 2018
