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A 21-year-old private oloroso cask Ardbeg bottled at natural strength — a rare collision of Islay peat and deep sherry i...
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Duncan Cairns
January 3, 2026
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Knob Creek 9 Year Old delivers a full-proof, properly aged Kentucky Straight Bourbon at a price that's hard to argue wit...
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Joe Whitfield
January 3, 2026
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A 26-year-old Clynelish from Diageo's prestigious Prima & Ultima Fourth Release, bottled at 52% ABV. A serious Highland ...
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January 3, 2026
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Royal Salute's £20,000 tribute to the coronation of King Charles III is a collector's blended Scotch bottled at a comman...
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January 3, 2026
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A rare 37-year-old single cask Speyside from 1976, finished in bourbon wood and bottled at a natural 44.2% ABV. At £2,00...
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January 3, 2026
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Tomintoul's 14 Year Old is an honest, well-priced Speyside single malt bottled at a proper 46% ABV. Elegant rather than ...
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January 3, 2026
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A 1950s spring cap bottling from the long-lost Bulloch Lade blending house, this is drinkable Scotch history at a proof ...
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January 3, 2026
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Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve in its glass set edition is a polished, honeyed blend that knows exactly what it wants...
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January 3, 2026
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The Lakes Equinox is a confident, craft-led English single malt bottled at 46.6% with no age statement — a serious whisk...
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January 3, 2026
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A 1982 single cask Brora bottled at 46% after twenty-one years is Highland whisky history in a glass. At £1,250, cask #2...
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January 3, 2026
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Shindo Experimental 01 is a bold, cask-strength Japanese single malt that rewards curiosity — a genuine statement of amb...
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January 2, 2026
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A confident English single malt shaped by Bordeaux red wine cask maturation, bottled at 46% ABV. Dartmoor delivers genui...
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January 2, 2026