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A rare 27-year-old single malt from the Isle of Arran's earliest days, bottled at cask strength by Vintage Bottlers. At ...
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February 7, 2026
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Tomintoul's Merlot Cask Finish is a well-priced Speyside single malt that uses its red wine wood influence to genuine ef...
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February 7, 2026
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Highland Park 1967 is a rare Orkney single malt with roughly twenty-four years of maturation, offering serious provenanc...
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February 7, 2026
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A 2000s bottling of Glen Ord's 12 Year Old Highland single malt — quietly impressive, malt-driven, and increasingly coll...
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February 7, 2026
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Aber Falls Sherry Cask is a Welsh single malt that punches well above its modest price tag, offering sherry cask richnes...
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February 7, 2026
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A 1990-vintage Bowmore aged thirty years in a single Oloroso sherry cask, bottled at natural strength for the East Asian...
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February 7, 2026
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Loch Dhu 10 Year Old is a genuinely unique Speyside single malt that has earned its cult following — a collector's piece...
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February 7, 2026
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Shizuoka Contact S is a cask-strength three-year-old Japanese single malt that punches well above its age statement. At ...
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February 7, 2026
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Laphroaig Four Oak is a well-constructed NAS Islay single malt that uses four cask types to build layered complexity aro...
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February 7, 2026
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Thomson Quercus Alba is a single cask, single malt bottled at a sensible 46% ABV, letting American white oak maturation ...
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February 7, 2026
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A 34-year-old Campbeltown single malt from Springbank's 1969 vintage, bottled by Douglas Laing for the Old Malt Cask ser...
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February 7, 2026
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Aberfeldy 12 is a dependable, honeyed Highland single malt that punches above its weight at £48.50 — approachable enough...
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February 7, 2026