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A rare 1975 vintage Ardbeg bottled by Douglas Laing at full cask strength after 24 years, this is Islay history in a gla...
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Joe Whitfield
September 24, 2025
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A single cask eighteen-year-old from one of Islay's most storied closed distilleries, Port Ellen 1976 Cask #4776 is a pi...
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September 24, 2025
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A rare 21-year-old Ardbeg from 1976, drawn from a single Adelphi cask at natural strength — an authentic piece of Islay ...
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September 24, 2025
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Bowmore's 30 Year Old Sea Dragon Ceramic is three decades of Islay patience in a collectible ceramic decanter — composed...
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September 23, 2025
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A rare 1980s bottling of Lagavulin 16 from the White Horse Distillers era — a pre-Classic Malts time capsule from Islay'...
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September 23, 2025
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A 1980 vintage Port Ellen bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 1997 — a genuine piece of closed-distillery history from Islay...
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September 23, 2025
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Bruichladdich's 16 Year Old First Growth Cuvée D is a confident marriage of Islay coastal spirit and Pessac-Léognan wine...
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September 23, 2025
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A sherry-matured 1981 vintage from Islay's silent Port Ellen distillery, bottled at 18 years old through the Provenance ...
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September 21, 2025
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A 1972-vintage Islay malt matured for 29 years in sherry cask and bottled by Douglas Laing at a natural 48.4% — the Ardb...
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September 20, 2025
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Bunnahabhain's 2025 cask strength 21 Year Old is a quietly confident Islay malt bottled at a full 53.1% ABV — serious, l...
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January 11, 2025
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Kilchoman's 2024 Port Cask Matured edition brings Islay peat and Portuguese oak together at a confident 50% ABV — a farm...
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December 5, 2024
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Bowmore's 2023 Aston Martin Masters Selection is a 22-year-old Islay single malt bottled at a commanding 51% ABV — unmis...
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December 30, 2023