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Benriach's Malting Season First Edition is a compelling return to floor-malted craft at a fair price. At 48.7% and £99.9...
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Duncan Cairns
November 8, 2012
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GlenAllachie's 9 Year Old Cuvée Wine Cask Finish is a well-crafted Speyside single malt that balances vinous richness wi...
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November 4, 2012
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A cask-strength Speyside single malt finished in Rioja casks with an undercurrent of peat smoke — the Glen Moray 2012 Wa...
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October 30, 2012
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A 13-year-old Jura matured in Oloroso sherry and bottled at cask strength by James Eadie — honest, well-priced island ma...
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October 21, 2012
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A young, cask-strength Pulteney from independent bottler Hidden Spirits — raw, coastal, and full of distillery character...
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March 19, 2012
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The Macallan Diamond Jubilee, bottled in 2012 at a commanding 52% ABV, is a rare and serious Speyside single malt that j...
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March 16, 2012
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A 13-year-old cask strength Inchgower from independent bottler Watt Whisky — an underappreciated Speyside distillery giv...
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March 15, 2012
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A 10-year-old German single malt that makes a credible case for continental whisky at a premium price point. The Freud D...
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March 1, 2012
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GlenAllachie's 2012 cuvée wine cask finish is a smart, well-priced Speyside single malt that pairs thoughtful cask manag...
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February 26, 2012
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A nine-year-old English single malt matured in virgin oak with peated malt, The English 2012 Smokey Virgin is a bold and...
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February 19, 2012
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A cask strength Highland single malt from Glen Garioch, independently bottled by Single & Single after a decade in bourb...
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February 17, 2012
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A cask-strength Caol Ila from Signatory's 100 Proof range, this 13-year-old Islay single malt delivers honest, full-stre...
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February 11, 2012
