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A 1990s White Horse bottling of Lagavulin 16 carries the weight of Islay history in every pour — classical south-shore s...
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Joe Whitfield
December 23, 2025
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Bruichladdich's 26 Year Old Stillman's Dram is a quietly authoritative Islay single malt — two and a half decades of coa...
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December 22, 2025
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A rare 19-year-old Port Ellen from 1977, bottled by Hart Brothers at a gentle 43% — a contemplative Islay malt from a di...
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December 21, 2025
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A 1957 Bowmore bottled by Hart Brothers after thirty-one years in sherry cask — a rare and genuinely compelling piece of...
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December 21, 2025
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A 36-year-old Bruichladdich from 1966, bottled as part of the Legacy series — pre-closure Islay single malt that documen...
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December 20, 2025
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A rare 27-year-old Ardbeg from 1975, bottled at cask strength by Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask series — liquid history f...
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December 20, 2025
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A cask-strength 1991 vintage Bowmore finished in port wood — 16 years of Islay character meeting dark fruit richness at ...
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December 19, 2025
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Port Ellen's 2nd Release is a 24-year-old cask strength Islay malt from 1978 — a rare, commanding whisky that carries th...
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December 19, 2025
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A single cask Ardbeg from 1974, bottled by La Reserve at 46% after eighteen years — a finite piece of Islay history from...
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December 18, 2025
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A cask-strength Committee-exclusive bottling that charts Ardbeg's own rollercoaster history in a single vatting — comple...
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December 17, 2025
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A 30-year-old cask strength Port Ellen from the Old & Rare Platinum series — a powerful, finite piece of Islay history f...
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December 17, 2025
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A cask-strength time capsule from Islay's quieter era, the Caol Ila 1975 Rare Malts bottling is twenty years of coastal ...
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December 17, 2025