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A single cask Ardbeg from 1976, bottled at cask strength exclusively for Committee members — a rare and unrepeatable pie...
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Joe Whitfield
October 3, 2025
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A 30-year-old cask strength Port Ellen from Douglas Laing's Old & Rare Platinum series — finite, coastal, and carrying t...
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October 2, 2025
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A rare independent bottling of 1972-vintage Ardbeg, aged 28 years and bottled at cask strength by Douglas Laing. At £3,5...
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October 1, 2025
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A 32-year-old Bunnahabhain from the Old & Rare series that rewards patience and quiet attention — unhurried Islay at its...
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September 30, 2025
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A 1967 vintage Bruichladdich aged thirty-two years in a single first-fill cask — Islay whisky from an era and a distille...
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September 28, 2025
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A cask-strength time capsule from a shuttered Islay legend. Port Ellen 1978 at twenty years old is raw, concentrated, an...
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September 27, 2025
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A 1967 Bruichladdich, thirty-two years in sherry wood, bottled by Signatory from a single cask — this is old Islay at it...
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September 27, 2025
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Bruichladdich's 25 Year Old Stillman's Dram is a quarter-century of unpeated Islay character bottled at a confident 45% ...
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September 26, 2025
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Laphroaig at 39 years old is a rare and contemplative proposition — the Wall Collection's 'Rope' bottling trades the dis...
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September 26, 2025
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A ceremonial 30-year-old Bowmore from the distillery's acclaimed 1980s era, bottled to mark a royal visit. At £4,500 and...
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September 26, 2025
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A 1992 vintage Caol Ila bottled at cask strength after thirty-two years by Whiskyland — rare, composed Islay spirit that...
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September 25, 2025
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The final chapter of Bowmore's legendary Black trilogy, this 31-year-old 1964 vintage is Islay at its most transcendent ...
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September 25, 2025