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From the small Tromie-side distillery near Kingussie, the core 12 Year Old is a quietly assured Speysider matured in ex-...
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Joe Whitfield
April 10, 2026
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Eighteen years of J&B's heart malt from the banks of the Spey, bottled by season rather than by age alone.
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April 10, 2026
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The first new Highland distillery of the twentieth century, Sir Albert Richardson's 1958 modernist statement in stone.
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April 10, 2026
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Eighteen years of the other great Ballantine's malt, distilled on the site of Pluscarden Abbey's medieval brewery.
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April 10, 2026
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The old Stonehaven distillery founded by Captain Robert Barclay, licensed to use the Royal prefix in the 1830s, silent s...
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April 10, 2026
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Three decades of patience from the triple-distilled Lowland beauty on the Forth and Clyde Canal, silent since 1993 and o...
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April 10, 2026
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A Diageo Special Release drawn from casks laid down before the silent stills of Port Ellen fell quiet in 1983 — smoke te...
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April 10, 2026
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The 2024 Ardbeg Day Committee Release — a sherry-cask driven expression bottled at cask strength for the faithful.
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April 10, 2026
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The inaugural release of Ardbeg's Anthology series — a 13-year-old Islay malt finished in ex-Sauternes casks.
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April 10, 2026
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Two decades in bourbon then an Oloroso finish produce an elegant, if restrained, flagship for William IV's favoured dist...
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April 10, 2026
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The first distillery granted a Royal Warrant brings eighteen years and a triple-cask finish to its quiet, fruit-forward ...
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April 10, 2026
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Diageo's youngest Speyside distillery steps forward with its first official bottling, a cask strength 12 year old from t...
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April 10, 2026
