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A rare 18-year-old Port Ellen from 1981, bottled under Douglas Laing's Provenance label at 43% ABV — Islay scarcity in a...
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Joe Whitfield
December 8, 2025
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A 34-year-old Bowmore distilled in 1966 and bottled at natural strength through the Old Malt Cask series — a rare snapsh...
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December 8, 2025
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A 1972 vintage Ardbeg bottled at cask strength after 28 years by Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask series — a rare and genui...
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December 6, 2025
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A 27-year-old single malt from Port Ellen's final year of distillation, Cask #6101 is a finite piece of Islay history bo...
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December 5, 2025
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A 14-year-old cask-strength Caol Ila from Duncan Taylor that lets Islay's quiet giant speak at full volume. At 54.1% ABV...
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December 5, 2025
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A 1980 vintage Port Ellen at 16 years old, drawn from a single first-fill cask at 46% — a piece of Islay's closed chapte...
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December 5, 2025
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A 44-year-old Bunnahabhain from 1978, bottled by Signatory Vintage for their 35th anniversary at natural cask strength. ...
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December 4, 2025
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A 19-year-old Ardbeg from the 2001 vintage, bottled as part of the Kinship series at 47.8% ABV. A rare, age-statement Is...
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December 2, 2025
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A 32-year-old cask strength Bruichladdich from 1991, bottled by Old & Rare at 51.7% — a compelling piece of silent-era I...
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December 2, 2025
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A liquid timestamp from 1973 Islay, the Bowmore 50th Anniversary bottling is a collectors' piece with genuine romantic w...
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November 30, 2025
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Port Ellen's 5th Annual Release is 25 years of closed-distillery Islay magic at cask strength — maritime, complex, and c...
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November 30, 2025
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A 1979 vintage from Islay's lost distillery, bottled with quiet confidence by Douglas Murdoch at thirteen years old. Por...
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November 29, 2025