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Scapa 14 Year Old is a composed and characterful Island Single Malt, bottled at a generous litre measure with fourteen y...
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Duncan Cairns
December 30, 2025
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Redwood Empire's Lost Monarch is a 12-year-old blended straight whiskey at 45% ABV that punches well above its price poi...
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Joe Whitfield
December 30, 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 1990s litre bottling of Scapa 10 Year Old from Orkney — scarce, understated, and quietly compelling. At £500 it is a c...
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December 30, 2025
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A 24-year-old single cask Benriach from 1999, selected by Gordon & MacPhail at cask strength 57.1% ABV. Genuine vintage ...
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December 30, 2025
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A 1948 Glen Grant, matured for sixty-five years in sherry cask by Gordon & MacPhail — an extraordinary piece of Speyside...
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December 30, 2025
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A 1940s bottling of Stewart's Cream of the Barley 21 Year Old is a genuine artefact of blended Scotch history — componen...
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December 30, 2025
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A 1979 vintage Speyside single malt from Berry Bros & Rudd's Exceptional Cask series, Benrinnes Cask #62 is a rare and c...
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December 29, 2025
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A 1980s bottling of Talisker 12 Year Old at 43% ABV — a collectible snapshot of Island single malt from an era the disti...
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December 29, 2025
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Kurokabegura's cask-strength new make offers a rare, unvarnished look at Japanese malt distillation before the cask has ...
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December 29, 2025
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Ardbeg 10 is benchmark Islay — uncompromising peat at 46% ABV, non-chill filtered, and priced well under £50. A consiste...
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December 29, 2025
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A 1970s Bowmore De Luxe offers a rare window into old-school Islay single malt — restrained peat, historical character, ...
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December 29, 2025