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A 1998 Bunnahabhain finished in Manzanilla sherry cask and released for Feis Ile 2023 — coastal, dry, and structurally e...
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Joe Whitfield
November 30, 2023
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A 33-year-old Bunnahabhain from Hunter Laing's Kinship series, bottled at a confident 48.8% — this is Islay at its most ...
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November 9, 2023
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Port Askaig's 2023 release of their 17 Year Old is a confident, cask-strength Islay malt that trades youthful aggression...
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October 22, 2023
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Kilchoman's Fino Sherry Cask 2023 pairs Islay peat with the bone-dry minerality of fino sherry wood — a genuinely distin...
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October 19, 2023
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A 33-year-old Caol Ila from Hunter Laing's Kinship series — three decades of Islay character distilled into something co...
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February 23, 2023
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Lagavulin's 2023 Special Release takes the beloved cask-strength 12 Year Old and finishes it in tequila casks — a bold g...
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January 1, 2023
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The 2022 Lagavulin 12 Year Old Special Release delivers cask strength Islay peat at 57.3% ABV with real conviction — pow...
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November 21, 2022
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A 20-year-old cask strength Ardbeg distilled in 2000 and bottled exclusively for The Whisky Show 2020 — old Islay peat a...
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January 25, 2020
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Lagavulin's 2002 Distillers Edition pairs sixteen years of Islay peat smoke with Pedro Ximénez sherry cask finishing — a...
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December 20, 2018
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A forty-year-old Islay single malt from Bunnahabhain's quieter corner of the island, bottled at a gentle 41.9% ABV — com...
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November 20, 2018
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The 2018 Lagavulin 12 Year Old Special Release is cask strength Islay at its most unapologetic — 57.8% of raw coastal po...
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February 18, 2018
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Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 009 is big, uncompromising Islay whisky at 58.1% ABV — the kind of dram that takes your...
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November 26, 2017