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Single Malt

Aberlour 16 Year Old Double Cask: Bourbon Sweetness Meets Sherry Richness — Speyside's Dual Personality at 40%

Double cask matured in ex-bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry butts. A step up from the 12, with noticeably more depth an...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Arran 14 Year Old: The Sole Distillery on Arran — Bright, Fruity, Crowd-Pleasing Island Malt at 46% - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Arran 14 Year Old: The Sole Distillery on Arran — Bright, Fruity, Crowd-Pleasing Island Malt at 46%

From the sole distillery on the Isle of Arran, established 1995. Non-chill filtered, natural colour, 46%. Matured in ex-...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

7.5 Review

Blended Grain

Compass Box Hedonism: John Glaser's First Creation — The Blended Grain That Started a Revolution

John Glaser's debut release (2000) — the first-ever premium blended grain Scotch whisky. Blends grain whiskies from Came...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Glengoyne 21 Year Old: 100% First-Fill Sherry, No Peat, Scotland's Slowest Stills — Double Gold SF 2018 - whisky Review

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Glengoyne 21 Year Old: 100% First-Fill Sherry, No Peat, Scotland's Slowest Stills — Double Gold SF 2018

100% first-fill and refill European oak Oloroso sherry casks, completely unpeated, from Scotland's slowest stills. 21 ye...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Hibiki Japanese Harmony: Suntory's Answer to the 12 Year Old Shortage — Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Chita in Balance - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Blended Whisky

Hibiki Japanese Harmony: Suntory's Answer to the 12 Year Old Shortage — Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Chita in Balance

Launched 2015 to replace the discontinued Hibiki 12 due to stock shortages from surging global demand. A blend drawing f...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

Single Malt

Dalmore 18 Year Old

Dalmore at eighteen years — the cask programme fully realised in 30-year-old González Byass Matusalem oloroso, rich and ...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Talisker 25 Year Old: A Quarter Century of Skye — Maritime Peat and Pepper at Its Most Refined - whisky Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Talisker 25 Year Old: A Quarter Century of Skye — Maritime Peat and Pepper at Its Most Refined

A quarter century of maritime peat and pepper from Skye's only distillery. Part of Diageo's annual Special Releases and ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

GlenAllachie 15 Year Old: Billy Walker's Sherry Masterclass — Christmas Cake in a Glass at 46% - whisky Review

8.5 Review

Single Malt

GlenAllachie 15 Year Old: Billy Walker's Sherry Masterclass — Christmas Cake in a Glass at 46%

Billy Walker's sherry masterclass — Pedro Ximénez, Oloroso, and virgin oak casks. 'Like a fudgy spiced Christmas cake.' ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Monkey Shoulder Smokey Monkey: The Peated Triple Malt — Speyside Smoke for Cocktail Lovers at 40% - whisky Review

7 Review

Blended Malt

Monkey Shoulder Smokey Monkey: The Peated Triple Malt — Speyside Smoke for Cocktail Lovers at 40%

The peated extension of Monkey Shoulder — Speyside single malts (Balvenie, Glenfiddich, Kininvie) with added peated malt...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Highland Park Cask Strength Release No.1: Orkney's Heather Peat Unleashed — Sherry Oak at 63.3% - whisky Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Highland Park Cask Strength Release No.1: Orkney's Heather Peat Unleashed — Sherry Oak at 63.3%

Highland Park's first cask strength release (2020). Matured in sherry-seasoned American oak, hand-selected by Master Whi...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve: The Clynelish Backbone — Silky, Honeyed, Controversial NAS Replacement - whisky Review

7 Review

Blended Scotch

Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve: The Clynelish Backbone — Silky, Honeyed, Controversial NAS Replacement

Launched 2012 as a NAS replacement for the discontinued Gold Label 18 Year Old — a controversial move. Built around the ...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Hazelburn 10 Year Old: Springbank's Triple-Distilled, Unpeated Third Identity — Campbeltown Elegance at 46% - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Hazelburn 10 Year Old: Springbank's Triple-Distilled, Unpeated Third Identity — Campbeltown Elegance at 46%

The third identity from Springbank — triple-distilled and completely unpeated. Named after a lost Campbeltown distillery...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026