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The original no-age-statement Old Ballantruan — peated Speyside at 50%, the entry point to Tomintoul's smoky range.
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Joe Whitfield
April 10, 2026
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The peated 10 Year Old from Tomintoul, bottled at 50% and named for the Ballantruan spring that feeds the distillery.
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April 10, 2026
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A sherry-matured counterpoint to the core 16, dressing Tomintoul's gentle spirit in darker fruit and richer oak.
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April 10, 2026
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Four decades of patient Speyside maturation, from spirit distilled not long after Tomintoul's founding.
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April 10, 2026
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A rare older expression drawing on stock from the distillery's earlier decades, the 33 Year Old is Tomintoul in contempl...
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April 10, 2026
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Tomintoul's 18 Year Old extends the distillery's 'gentle dram' philosophy into older-cask territory with composed Speysi...
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April 10, 2026
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Twenty-five years of slow Highland maturation in bourbon and sherry wood — Balblair's 25 is the distillery's flagship ag...
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April 10, 2026
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Eighteen years in American oak and Spanish sherry wood gives Balblair's 18 a rich, layered Highland character — orchard ...
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April 10, 2026
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Balblair's 15 Year Old marries first-fill bourbon and Spanish oak sherry casks at 46% — a quietly confident Highland mal...
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April 10, 2026
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Brenne's flagship Estate Cask — a fruit-forward French single malt finished in Cognac barrels — drinks like banana bread...
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April 10, 2026
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The Japan-only Blanton's, distributed by Takara Shuzo, a cult bottle hunted by collectors across two continents.
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April 10, 2026
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Blanton's at barrel proof — uncut, unfiltered, typically 63-67% ABV, and the most intense single barrel bourbon from Buf...
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Sienna Blackwell
April 10, 2026
