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A fifteen-year-old single-cask Ardbeg finished in a Rivesaltes wine cask, delivering the distillery's coastal peat chara...
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Joe Whitfield
January 5, 2026
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A sherry-casked Caol Ila from 1997, hand-selected by the distillery manager and bottled at a commanding 58% ABV — this M...
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January 5, 2026
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A 34-year-old Bowmore from 1971, matured in sherry casks and bottled at 51% ABV — a rare and commanding Islay single mal...
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January 2, 2026
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A cask-strength time capsule from Islay's quieter giant — the Caol Ila 1978 Rare Malts bottling delivers 23 years of unc...
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January 1, 2026
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A cask-strength Port Ellen from 1982, bottled by Douglas Laing for the Plowed Society at a formidable 61.1% ABV — this 2...
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January 1, 2026
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Ardbeg's Supernova SN2014 Committee Release is Islay peat at its most intense and unapologetic — a cask strength collect...
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December 31, 2025
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A 1967 Laphroaig bottled at natural cask strength by Signatory after 27 years — a rare, contemplative Islay single malt ...
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December 31, 2025
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A rare single sherry cask Ardbeg from 1976, released at the Islay Festival in 2002 at full cask strength — a brooding, u...
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December 31, 2025
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A 28-year-old Lagavulin from Diageo's Prima & Ultima collection, bottled at a composed 50.1% ABV — a single cask stateme...
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December 30, 2025
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A rare 40-year-old Caol Ila released for the 50th Islay Whisky Festival, bottled at a confident 49.5% ABV. At £1,700 it'...
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December 29, 2025
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A thirty-one-year-old Lagavulin from sherry cask, bottled at natural strength as part of the Casks of Distinction series...
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December 29, 2025
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A rare centenary bottling marking Bruichladdich's first hundred years on Islay, this 15-year-old is a collector's piece ...
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December 29, 2025