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Single Pot Still

Redbreast 21 Year Old: The Pinnacle of Pot Still Irish Whiskey — Jim Murray's Irish Whiskey of the Year, 21 Years of Patience

Probably the most awarded Irish whiskey in history. Jim Murray's Irish Whiskey of the Year and World's Best Pot Still Wh...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Four Roses Small Batch Select: Six of Ten Recipes at 104 Proof — Non-Chill Filtered, Jim Rutledge's Legacy Extended - whisky Review

8 Review

Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Four Roses Small Batch Select: Six of Ten Recipes at 104 Proof — Non-Chill Filtered, Jim Rutledge's Legacy Extended

Four Roses uniquely combines 2 mashbills with 5 proprietary yeast strains, yielding 10 distinct recipes. Small Batch Sel...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Nikka Coffey Malt: 100% Malted Barley Through a Column Still — The Whisky That Shouldn't Exist, But Does Beautifully - whisky Review

8 Review

Malt Whisky

Nikka Coffey Malt: 100% Malted Barley Through a Column Still — The Whisky That Shouldn't Exist, But Does Beautifully

Column stills are designed for grain whisky — running 100% malted barley through one is rare worldwide. But Nikka does i...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak: Easter Elchies House — Exclusively Sherry Seasoned European Oak Since 1824 - whisky Review

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak: Easter Elchies House — Exclusively Sherry Seasoned European Oak Since 1824

The most iconic expression from the world's most valuable single malt brand. Matured exclusively in hand-picked European...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride: Best Spirit in the World — Orkney Heather Peat and Sherry Since 1798 - whisky Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride: Best Spirit in the World — Orkney Heather Peat and Sherry Since 1798

Named Best Spirit in the World by F. Paul Pacult's Spirit Journal. The most northerly Scotch whisky distillery, founded ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Writer's Tears Copper Pot: Ireland's Lost 'Champagne' Whiskey Revived — Single Pot Still and Single Malt, No Grain - whisky Review

7 Review

Irish Blend (Pot Still + Malt)

Writer's Tears Copper Pot: Ireland's Lost 'Champagne' Whiskey Revived — Single Pot Still and Single Malt, No Grain

A recreation of a lost 19th-century style — 60% single pot still and 40% single malt, no grain whiskey whatsoever. The o...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

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Single Malt

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

Laphroaig at 48%, matured in smaller quarter casks for extra vanilla and spice — all the medicinal peat, wrapped in a wa...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Hakushu 12 Year Old: Suntory's Forest Distillery in the Japanese Alps — Green, Herbal, and Lightly Peated at 700m Altitude - whisky Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Hakushu 12 Year Old: Suntory's Forest Distillery in the Japanese Alps — Green, Herbal, and Lightly Peated at 700m Altitude

Suntory's forest distillery in the Japanese Southern Alps — built in 1973 by Keizo Saji, Suntory's second Master Blender...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Reserva Rum Cask Finish: From Havana Reserve to Reserva — 21 Years Then Caribbean Rum Barrels - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Reserva Rum Cask Finish: From Havana Reserve to Reserva — 21 Years Then Caribbean Rum Barrels

Originally launched in 2002 as 'Havana Reserve' using Cuban rum casks, renamed due to US trade embargo concerns. Twenty-...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Knob Creek 12 Year Old: Booker Noe's Pre-Prohibition Vision Aged to Perfection — 100 Proof Small Batch Bourbon - whisky Review

8.5 Review

Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Knob Creek 12 Year Old: Booker Noe's Pre-Prohibition Vision Aged to Perfection — 100 Proof Small Batch Bourbon

Booker Noe — Jim Beam's grandson, Master Distiller from 1960 — created Knob Creek in 1992 as part of his pioneering Smal...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Starward Nova: Australian Red Wine Barrel Whisky — Melbourne's 'Four Seasons in One Day' from David Vitale - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Starward Nova: Australian Red Wine Barrel Whisky — Melbourne's 'Four Seasons in One Day' from David Vitale

Founded 2007 by David Vitale, mentored by Australian whisky godfather Bill Lark. Vitale's breakthrough: maturing whisky ...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Sazerac Rye 6 Year Old: America's First Cocktail — From Peychaud's Apothecary to Buffalo Trace at 90 Proof - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Straight Rye

Sazerac Rye 6 Year Old: America's First Cocktail — From Peychaud's Apothecary to Buffalo Trace at 90 Proof

Named after America's first cocktail. In 1838, Creole apothecary Antoine Peychaud mixed brandy, absinthe, and his propri...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026