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Ballantine's Finest in Queen livery — the same reliable blend at a fair price, wrapped in genuinely appealing collector ...
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Joe Whitfield
September 24, 2025
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Old Smuggler is an unpretentious, historically rooted blended Scotch that delivers honest drinkability at a fair price p...
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September 22, 2025
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A 1940s blended Scotch with a genuine 10-year age statement from the respected Edinburgh merchant house Findlater, Macki...
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September 22, 2025
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Pig's Nose is a well-made Speyside-led blend from Ian Macleod Distillers that delivers honest, smooth drinking at a fair...
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September 21, 2025
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Nikka from the Barrel delivers a 40 year old blended whisky at cask strength and under fifty quid — a combination that s...
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September 21, 2025
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The 2025 Rahul Mishra limited edition wraps Johnnie Walker's flagship blend in haute couture packaging at a designer pri...
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March 9, 2025
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Nikka's 2025 World Blended Whisky is an ambitious, well-crafted premium release bottled at a confident 48% ABV. At £1,26...
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February 18, 2025
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Nikka's 90th anniversary world blend is a confident, ambitious release that justifies its prestige positioning — a genui...
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December 17, 2024
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Hibiki Harmony's 2021 Limited Edition Design commands a collector's premium at £750, wrapping Suntory's impeccably balan...
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December 4, 2021
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A cask-strength collaboration between Chichibu and Komagatake that rewards patience and attention — two of Japan's most ...
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March 16, 2021
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Ballantine's 40 Year Old 2018 release is a bold statement in ultra-premium blended Scotch — four decades of patient cask...
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October 17, 2018