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A 100% rye mash (95% rye, 5% malted rye) from New Riff, single barrel, non-chill-filtered — Kentucky-made but drinking w...
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Ash Carrington
April 10, 2026
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Sulphury, sherried and unmistakably old-school — the partial triple-distilled Benrinnes makes its case in Diageo's Flora...
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Joe Whitfield
April 10, 2026
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Heavy, sherried and meaty — the Carron malt that anchors Johnnie Walker, captured at sixteen years in its only standard ...
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April 10, 2026
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The salty, slightly herbal Buckie malt that gives Bell's its backbone — coastal Speyside in a glass.
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April 10, 2026
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Light, grassy and faintly sandalwood-scented — Glenlossie's only standard official bottling, and a textbook Haig filling...
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April 10, 2026
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A grassy, nutty Rothes malt rarely bottled as a single — the Flora & Fauna release is the only official expression most ...
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April 10, 2026
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St James's Street's oldest wine merchant turns its Classic regional range on Speyside — a soft, sherry-leaning vatting i...
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April 10, 2026
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Douglas Laing's single-cask Old Particular series turned on Glen Garioch — the historic Oldmeldrum distillery tucked int...
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April 10, 2026
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Scotland's oldest independent bottler, founded in Aberdeen in 1842, turns its cask-strength Authentic Collection on Isla...
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April 10, 2026
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The Connoisseurs Choice label — G&M's historic independent series since 1966 — turned on Caol Ila's coastal peat and lem...
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April 10, 2026
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Elgin's venerable Gordon & MacPhail opens its Discovery range with a sherry-leaning Glen Grant — orchard fruit and malt ...
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April 10, 2026
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A Wicklow grain whiskey rounded out in Spanish oloroso sherry — easy-going, nutty, and quietly likeable.
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April 10, 2026
