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Port Ellen's 17th Release is a 37-year-old ghost distillery Islay malt bottled at a commanding 51% ABV — a finite piece ...
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Joe Whitfield
February 19, 2017
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The 2017 Lagavulin 12 Year Old Special Release delivers cask strength Islay peat at its most elemental — raw, coastal, a...
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January 20, 2017
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The 16th annual release from Diageo's legendary closed distillery, this 37-year-old cask strength Port Ellen is a powerf...
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January 10, 2016
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The 2015 Lagavulin 12 Year Old Special Release delivers cask-strength Islay character at a commanding 56.8% ABV — raw, c...
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December 1, 2015
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A cask-strength Caol Ila from James Eadie, matured in rare Palo Cortado sherry casks for eleven years. At 56.2% and £72....
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December 27, 2014
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A cask-strength independent bottling from North Star that captures Bunnahabhain's coastal, waxy character at full volume...
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December 23, 2014
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Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 006 is uncompromising Islay peat at 58% ABV — a muscular, unapologetic dram that reward...
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October 20, 2014
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A twelve-year-old cask-strength expression from Bunnahabhain's peated Staoisha line, bottled for The Whisky Exchange's Z...
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October 16, 2013
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A cask strength Islay single cask from Berry Bros & Rudd, marrying eleven years of coastal peat with oloroso sherry rich...
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October 12, 2013
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Port Ellen's 13th Annual Release is a 34-year-old cask-strength Islay single malt from a distillery that closed in 1983 ...
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September 25, 2013
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A ten-year-old heavily peated Islay malt finished in Syrah wine casks and bottled at cask strength, Port Charlotte SYC:0...
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February 19, 2013
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The Lagavulin 1996 Distillers Edition is Islay at its most generous — peat smoke woven through Pedro Ximénez sherry rich...
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September 26, 2012