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Deanston's 2002 vintage is a quietly impressive twenty-year-old Highland malt. Matured in organic American oak and bottl...
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Joe Whitfield
January 12, 2026
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A 1968 vintage Glen Garioch from a single sherry cask, bottled at natural strength after 29 years. A serious Highland wh...
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January 10, 2026
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A 1973 Highland vintage bottled by Gordon & MacPhail to mark a centenary occasion, the Balblair 1973 Centenary Reserve i...
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January 10, 2026
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A rare 1982 Brora from the distillery's final year of production, vatted from two casks and bottled by Chieftain's at a ...
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January 9, 2026
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A 1966 Highland vintage bottled by Gordon & MacPhail under their Connoisseurs Choice label, this Lochside is a genuine p...
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January 9, 2026
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A 1983 vintage Clynelish bottled at 50% by Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask series after twenty-four years in cask #3555 — ...
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January 9, 2026
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A 29-year-old cask-strength Highland malt from the Rare Malts Selection, distilled in 1970 and bottled at a commanding 5...
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January 9, 2026
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A cask-strength Highland malt from a distillery that fell silent in 1983, the Brora 1982 Rare Malts 20 Year Old is a ser...
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January 9, 2026
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A composed Highland ten-year-old from a 1992 vintage, independently bottled by Tanners Wines at 45% ABV. Quiet authority...
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January 9, 2026
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A 43-year-old single cask Highland matured in a PX puncheon, bottled at natural strength. Genuine rarity backed by subst...
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January 9, 2026
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A 1977 cask-strength Highland malt from the demolished North Port distillery, bottled by the SMWS in 1993. Irreplaceable...
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January 6, 2026
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Glenmorangie's 18 Year Old Infinita is a composed, elegant Highland malt that justifies both its age statement and its p...
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January 6, 2026