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An independent bottling from Elixir's Single Malts of Scotland label, showing Glentauchers at eighteen years and a sensi...
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Joe Whitfield
April 10, 2026
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The Flora & Fauna 12 remains the standard-bearer for Strathmill, a light Speysider of admirable composure.
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April 10, 2026
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A quarter century of quiet maturation in Speyside stock, the oldest regular expression the distillery offers.
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April 10, 2026
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The Master Reserve is Knockando's considered statement at twenty-one, a sherried Speysider of polite manners and quiet d...
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April 10, 2026
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A Speyside of quiet disposition, matured chiefly in first-fill European oak to a deeper register than the younger Knocka...
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April 10, 2026
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A 12-year-old release at 96 proof — graceful, balanced, and unfolding like a slow conversation by candlelight.
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April 10, 2026
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A 12-year-old single-day release at 104 proof — dense with charred oak, dried fig, and the slow burn of cinnamon embers.
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April 10, 2026
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The 2020 release marks 150 years of Old Forester with a 10-year-old bourbon bottled at 98 proof — toasted oak, baked app...
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April 10, 2026
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The annual hand-filled distillery exclusive released for the Islay Jazz Festival each September — variable in detail, co...
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April 10, 2026
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An annual cask-strength fixture of Diageo's Special Releases since 2002 — younger, fiercer Lagavulin from refill America...
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April 10, 2026
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Lagavulin's standard 16 given a finishing turn in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks — heavier, sweeter, and arguably the most d...
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April 10, 2026
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Caol Ila stripped of its peat and given seventeen years in oak — an Islay distillery in plain clothes, courtesy of Diage...
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April 10, 2026