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Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Jim Beam White Label: Seven Generations of Beam Family Bourbon — The World's Best-Selling Kentucky Straight

Seven generations of the Beam family, starting with Jacob Beam (born Johannes Bohm, a German immigrant) who sold his fir...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Extremely Rare: Scotland's Tallest Stills, 15 Years Bourbon Then 3 Years Oloroso Sherry - whisky Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Extremely Rare: Scotland's Tallest Stills, 15 Years Bourbon Then 3 Years Oloroso Sherry

From Scotland's tallest stills at 26 feet 3 inches — only the lightest, most elegant vapours reach the top. Fifteen year...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Tomatin 12 Year Old: The First Japanese-Owned Scotch Distillery — Once the World's Largest, Now Quietly Excellent - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Tomatin 12 Year Old: The First Japanese-Owned Scotch Distillery — Once the World's Largest, Now Quietly Excellent

Founded 1897 and expanded to 23 stills by 1974, Tomatin was once the world's largest malt whisky distillery. After liqui...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Deanston 12 Year Old: The Cotton Mill That Became a Distillery — Hydro-Powered, Unchillfiltered, Honest Highland Malt - whisky Review

7 Review

Single Malt

Deanston 12 Year Old: The Cotton Mill That Became a Distillery — Hydro-Powered, Unchillfiltered, Honest Highland Malt

A 1785 cotton mill designed by Sir Richard Arkwright, converted to a distillery in 1966 — and the only distillery in Sco...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glen Scotia 15 Year Old: Campbeltown's Haunted Distillery — Brine, Honey, and the Ghost of Duncan MacCallum - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Glen Scotia 15 Year Old: Campbeltown's Haunted Distillery — Brine, Honey, and the Ghost of Duncan MacCallum

One of only three surviving Campbeltown distilleries — from a town that once housed over thirty. Founded 1832, famously ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Cragganmore 12 Year Old: The Complex Speysider with Flat-Topped Stills and Worm Tubs — Diageo's Classic Malt - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Cragganmore 12 Year Old: The Complex Speysider with Flat-Topped Stills and Worm Tubs — Diageo's Classic Malt

The most complex of the Classic Malts — produced through unique flat-topped spirit stills (originally chopped for ceilin...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Talisker Storm: The Gathering Storm — Punchier Than the 10, an Intense NAS from Refill and Toasted American Oak - whisky Review

7 Review

Single Malt

Talisker Storm: The Gathering Storm — Punchier Than the 10, an Intense NAS from Refill and Toasted American Oak

Punchier than the 10 Year Old — an NAS release from refill and toasted American oak at 45.8%. 'An intense Talisker with ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Old Pulteney 12 Year Old: The Maritime Malt from Wick — Coastal Salt and Green Apples from Scotland's Most Northerly Town - whisky Review

7 Review

Single Malt

Old Pulteney 12 Year Old: The Maritime Malt from Wick — Coastal Salt and Green Apples from Scotland's Most Northerly Town

The maritime malt — from Wick, the historic fishing town on Scotland's far northeast coast. Entirely bourbon cask-mature...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Lagavulin 8 Year Old: The 200th Anniversary That Became Permanent — Alfred Barnard's 'Exceptionally Fine' at 48% - whisky Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Lagavulin 8 Year Old: The 200th Anniversary That Became Permanent — Alfred Barnard's 'Exceptionally Fine' at 48%

Released for Lagavulin's 200th anniversary in 2016, now permanent core range. Alfred Barnard called an 8-year Lagavulin ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenfiddich 15 Year Old Solera: The Oak Vat That Hasn't Been Emptied Since 1998 — Sherry, Bourbon, and Virgin Oak - whisky Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Glenfiddich 15 Year Old Solera: The Oak Vat That Hasn't Been Emptied Since 1998 — Sherry, Bourbon, and Virgin Oak

Three cask types — sherry, bourbon, and virgin oak — married in a solera vat that hasn't been fully emptied since 1998. ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Ardbeg Wee Beastie 5 Year Old: The Rawest, Smokiest Ardbeg — Young Peat at 47.4% Non-Chill-Filtered - whisky Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Ardbeg Wee Beastie 5 Year Old: The Rawest, Smokiest Ardbeg — Young Peat at 47.4% Non-Chill-Filtered

Ardbeg set out to make the rawest, smokiest expression possible — five years in ex-bourbon and Oloroso sherry butts at 4...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

7 Review

Blended Scotch

Robert Burns Blended Scotch: The Bard's Budget Blend — High Arran Malt Proportion with Peaty Hints

The blended partner to Arran's Robert Burns Single Malt — a high proportion of Arran malt with grain whisky. Refreshingl...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026