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Royal Salute's 52 Year Old Time Series release is a £24,000 monument to the art of blending aged Scotch — genuinely rare...
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Joe Whitfield
October 3, 2025
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Royal Salute's peated 21-year-old blend is a confident, smoke-threaded luxury Scotch that proves premium blending can ho...
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October 3, 2025
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Compass Box's 25th Anniversary Flaming Heart is a confident, full-strength celebration of what independent blending can ...
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October 2, 2025
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James Eadie's Trade Mark X 100 Proof delivers cask-strength blended Scotch at an almost absurdly competitive £39.95 — a ...
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October 2, 2025
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A pre-war spring cap bottling of Black & White that serves as both a collector's piece and a genuine window into 1930s b...
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October 2, 2025
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Chivas Regal's 18 Year Old Margaux Wine Cask finish is a confident premium blend bottled at a punchy 48% ABV in a full l...
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October 1, 2025
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Old Parr's Winter expression is a blended Scotch with genuine personality — richer and more considered than most at this...
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October 1, 2025
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Dunhill Old Master is a confidently premium blended Scotch at 43% ABV that trades on blending craft over age statements....
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September 28, 2025
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A 1970s bottling of Bell's Extra Special that drinks like a masterclass in old-school blending — rich, composed, and qui...
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September 27, 2025
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Old Parr Seasons Autumn is a polished, confident blended Scotch at 43% ABV that delivers genuine quality, though the £19...
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September 26, 2025
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Ballantine's 17 Year Old is a quiet masterclass in blended Scotch — nearly two decades of maturation delivering polished...
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September 25, 2025
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The J & B 25 Year Old Replica Bottle is a compelling argument that blended Scotch, given time and serious stock, can sta...
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September 25, 2025