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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
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The cask-strength sibling to the standard 12, released within Diageo's annual Special Releases as a louder, more saline ...
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April 10, 2026
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A vanishingly rare cask from the year before Caol Ila was demolished and rebuilt — old-style Islay distillate of histori...
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April 10, 2026
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A cask-strength bottling of one of the great unsung Speysiders, long prized as a top-dressing for White Horse blends.
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April 10, 2026
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A long-aged cask-strength outing for the gentle Lowlander from East Lothian.
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April 10, 2026
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A cask-strength airing for the most complex of Speysiders, drawn from refill American oak.
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