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Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Year Old Batch 5 is a refined, age-statement Islay single malt that shows what happens when Ardbeg...
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Joe Whitfield
December 31, 2025
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Johnny Drum Black Label delivers a 12-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon at a price that most age-stated competitors can...
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December 31, 2025
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Clyde May's Alabama Style Whiskey brings a genuine regional identity to the bourbon conversation, with its apple-influen...
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December 31, 2025
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Ardnamurchan's 10 Year Old 2025 release is an honest, well-priced Highland malt bottled at a generous 46.8% ABV — a stra...
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December 30, 2025
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Rabbit Hole Boxergrail is a well-proofed Kentucky Straight Rye at 47.5% ABV that delivers honest, characterful whiskey a...
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December 30, 2025
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Redwood Empire's Lost Monarch is a 12-year-old blended straight whiskey at 45% ABV that punches well above its price poi...
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December 30, 2025
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A 32-year-old Longmorn from a single bourbon cask, bottled by Adelphi at natural strength — this is serious Speyside ped...
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December 28, 2025
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Laphroaig's 26-year-old Second Witch release delivers the rare combination of deep Islay character and decades of bourbo...
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December 27, 2025
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Loch Lomond 12 Year Old delivers a properly weighted Highland malt at 46% ABV for under twenty pounds — honest whisky at...
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December 27, 2025
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Pursuit Spirits delivers a barrel proof bourbon at a punchy 60.6% ABV with a high-rye backbone that promises spice and s...
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December 27, 2025
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Method and Madness Japanese Chestnut Cask Finish is a genuinely experimental whisky that delivers on its promise — unusu...
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December 26, 2025
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Stoll & Wolfe's 7.5 Year Old Single Barrel is a cask-strength bourbon bottled at 56.5% ABV under the Kindred Spirits lab...
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December 26, 2025