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Blended Malt

Compass Box Flaming Heart: Peated Blended Malt Pioneer — French Oak Meets Islay Smoke at 48.9%

Limited-edition peated blended malt first released 2006 — the first whisky to combine Scotch aged in new French oak with...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 12: PX and Oloroso at Full Power — Annual Sherry Bomb at 58.2% - whisky Review

8.5 Review

Single Malt

GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 12: PX and Oloroso at Full Power — Annual Sherry Bomb at 58.2%

No-age-statement annual cask strength sherry release from Highland distillery. Matured in Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sher...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old: The Family-Owned Sherry Bomb at £45 — Six Generations of Grants - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Glenfarclas 12 Year Old: The Family-Owned Sherry Bomb at £45 — Six Generations of Grants

Speyside, owned by the Grant family — one of the few remaining independent family-owned distilleries. Matured in Oloroso...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Bowmore 30 Year Old: Three Decades from Islay's Oldest — 2,580 Bottles Worldwide at Cask Strength - whisky Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Bowmore 30 Year Old: Three Decades from Islay's Oldest — 2,580 Bottles Worldwide at Cask Strength

Distilled 1989, matured 30 years in sherry hogsheads and bourbon barrels. Only 2,580 bottles globally. Premium Islay lux...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Highland Park 25 Year Old: 100/100 at the 2013 Ultimate Spirits Challenge — Premium Aged Orkney Sherry - whisky Review

9.5 Review

Single Malt

Highland Park 25 Year Old: 100/100 at the 2013 Ultimate Spirits Challenge — Premium Aged Orkney Sherry

Premium aged Orkney single malt, matured in ex-sherry and bourbon casks. Awarded 100/100 at the 2013 Ultimate Spirits Ch...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Mortlach 16 Year Old Distiller's Dram: The Beast of Dufftown's 2.81x Distillation at 43.4% - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Mortlach 16 Year Old Distiller's Dram: The Beast of Dufftown's 2.81x Distillation at 43.4%

'The Beast of Dufftown,' famed for its 2.81-times distillation. Matured in refill and first-fill American and European e...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Talisker 30 Year Old: Three Decades of Skye — Mellowed Pepper into Oceanic Grandeur - whisky Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Talisker 30 Year Old: Three Decades of Skye — Mellowed Pepper into Oceanic Grandeur

Isle of Skye's flagship aged statement, annual limited release, refill American oak. Diageo's prestige Talisker, capturi...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Bowmore 25 Year Old: Quarter Century from Islay's Oldest — Sherry-Meets-Smoke Maturity at 43% - whisky Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Bowmore 25 Year Old: Quarter Century from Islay's Oldest — Sherry-Meets-Smoke Maturity at 43%

Islay's oldest distillery (1779). Matured in a marriage of North American bourbon and Spanish sherry casks for a quarter...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenrothes 25 Year Old Soleo Collection: The Andalusian Sun in a Bottle — First-Fill Sherry Flagship at 43% - whisky Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Glenrothes 25 Year Old Soleo Collection: The Andalusian Sun in a Bottle — First-Fill Sherry Flagship at 43%

Speyside, matured exclusively in sherry-seasoned oak casks (high proportion first-fill). 'Soleo' references the Andalusi...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenfiddich 30 Year Old: Three Decades from Dufftown — American Bourbon and Spanish Oloroso at 43% - whisky Review

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Glenfiddich 30 Year Old: Three Decades from Dufftown — American Bourbon and Spanish Oloroso at 43%

Premium aged Speyside from the world's biggest-selling single malt distillery. Three full decades in a marriage of Ameri...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenfarclas 8 Year Old: The £38 Family Speysider — Direct-Fired Stills, Spanish Oak Sherry from 1865 - whisky Review

7 Review

Single Malt

Glenfarclas 8 Year Old: The £38 Family Speysider — Direct-Fired Stills, Spanish Oak Sherry from 1865

Entry-level expression from family-owned (Grant family, six generations) Speyside distillery. Introduced 2011. Like all ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Aberlour Casg Annamh: 'Rare Cask' in Gaelic — Triple Cask Speyside Sherry Bomb at 48% - whisky Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Aberlour Casg Annamh: 'Rare Cask' in Gaelic — Triple Cask Speyside Sherry Bomb at 48%

Name means 'rare cask' in Gaelic. Small-batch Speyside matured in three cask styles — Spanish oak Oloroso sherry butts (...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026