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Single Malt

Loch Lomond 12 Year Old

Loch Lomond's breakthrough expression — triple-cask matured, gently peated, and one of the best values in Scotch whisky ...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

9 Review

Single Malt

Longrow Peated

Springbank's fully peated expression — 50ppm of sooty Campbeltown peat, double-distilled and bottled at 46% without chil...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Bushmills Black Bush: 80% Malt in a Blend — The Dark Side of the World's Oldest Licensed Distillery - whisky Review

7 Review

Blended Irish

Bushmills Black Bush: 80% Malt in a Blend — The Dark Side of the World's Oldest Licensed Distillery

From the world's oldest registered distillery licence (1608). An unusually malt-rich blend — up to 80% triple-distilled ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

7 Review

Single Malt

Tyrconnell Single Malt: Named After the 100/1 Racehorse — Double Distilled Irish from the Cooley Peninsula

Named after a legendary racehorse that won the 1876 Queen Victoria Stakes at 100/1 odds, owned by the Watt family who al...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

Single Malt

Tobermory 12 Year Old

Mull's unpeated island malt at twelve years — stone fruit, citrus, and maritime freshness from Tobermory's colourful har...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Balcones '1' Texas Single Malt: America's First Texas Whisky — Founded Under a Bridge in Waco, Pot-Distilled at 53%

Founded 2008 in Waco, Texas by Chip Tate — under a bridge in a former welding shop. America's first Texas whisky distill...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Woodford Reserve Rye: Triple Distilled Kentucky Rye — 53% Rye Through the Same Historic Versailles Stills - whisky Review

7 Review

Kentucky Straight Rye

Woodford Reserve Rye: Triple Distilled Kentucky Rye — 53% Rye Through the Same Historic Versailles Stills

Made using the same triple-distillation process as Woodford Reserve Bourbon — copper pot still, column still, then pot s...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old: The Revived Spot Whiskey — Malaga, Bourbon, and Sherry Triple Cask at Midleton - whisky Review

8.5 Review

Single Pot Still

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old: The Revived Spot Whiskey — Malaga, Bourbon, and Sherry Triple Cask at Midleton

The revived Spot whiskey — Yellow Spot was discontinued mid-20th century and brought back in 2012. Part of Mitchell & So...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year Old: Port Pipe Finished — Scotland's Tallest Stills Meet Ruby Port from the Douro - whisky Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year Old: Port Pipe Finished — Scotland's Tallest Stills Meet Ruby Port from the Douro

'Quinta Ruban' means 'ruby port' in Gaelic. Aged 10 years in ex-bourbon casks through Scotland's tallest stills (5.14m),...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt: Named After Japan's Whisky Father — Yoichi Peat Meets Miyagikyo Elegance - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Blended Malt

Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt: Named After Japan's Whisky Father — Yoichi Peat Meets Miyagikyo Elegance

Named after founder Masataka Taketsuru, whose family owned a sake brewery dating to 1733. He trained as a chemist, trave...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Craigellachie 23 Year Old: The Last of the Meaty Speysiders — Worm Tubs, Sulphur, and 23 Years of Patience - whisky Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Craigellachie 23 Year Old: The Last of the Meaty Speysiders — Worm Tubs, Sulphur, and 23 Years of Patience

The last of the 'meaty' Speysiders — built 1891 by Peter Mackie and Alexander Edward at the confluence of the Rivers Spe...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

anCnoc 12 Year Old: The Hill of Knockdhu — A Forgotten Highland Distillery Rebranded for the Modern Age - whisky Review

7 Review

Single Malt

anCnoc 12 Year Old: The Hill of Knockdhu — A Forgotten Highland Distillery Rebranded for the Modern Age

Produced at Knockdhu Distillery, established 1894 in Knock, Aberdeenshire — renamed 'anCnoc' (Gaelic for 'the hill') in ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026