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Cladach, from Diageo's 2018 Special Releases, is a cask-strength blended malt at 57.1% ABV that delivers on its coastal ...
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Duncan Cairns
October 10, 2018
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Starward's 2018 Heart Cut is a cask strength Australian single malt that punches confidently at £62.50. Young but self-a...
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March 15, 2018
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A confident young Highland single malt bottled at 46.5% ABV, the Glenwyvis 2018 Batch 2 proves that character and craft ...
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February 7, 2018
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Annandale's 2018 Double Oak Cask 511 delivers cask strength Lowland character at a fair price. A confident, full-proof s...
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February 5, 2018
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A 39-year-old Port Ellen bottled at cask strength for the Untold Stories series — a serious, composed Islay single malt ...
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February 4, 2018
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White Peak's Wire Works 2018 is a cask-strength English single malt bottled at seven years old and 52.4% ABV — an honest...
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January 27, 2018
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A 1983 vintage from the Glenfarclas Family Casks series, Cask #28 delivers over three decades of Speyside sherry-cask ma...
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January 9, 2018
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The Dalmore 40 Year Old (2017 bottling) is a genuinely rare Highland single malt that rewards serious contemplation. At ...
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December 21, 2017
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The Inchdairnie Kinglassie Double Matured 2017 is a thoughtfully crafted eight-year-old Lowland single malt that punches...
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December 5, 2017
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A 32-year-old single malt from Speyside's silent Convalmore distillery, released in Diageo's 2017 Special Releases. A ra...
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November 26, 2017
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Kavalan's Solist Vinho Barrique 2017 is a cask strength Taiwanese single malt that makes a persuasive argument for the n...
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November 11, 2017
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A rare cask-strength official bottling from Teaninich, one of the Highlands' most underrated distilleries. At 17 years o...
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November 5, 2017
