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Bushmills 21 Year Old: 400 Years of Irish Distilling — Triple Distilled, Madeira Cask Finished, Jim Murray's 95.5

From the oldest registered whiskey distillery licence in the world, granted 1608 in County Antrim. Triple distilled in c...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Edradour 10 Year Old: Scotland's Smallest Traditional Distillery — What Most Make in a Week, Edradour Makes in a Year - whisky Review

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Edradour 10 Year Old: Scotland's Smallest Traditional Distillery — What Most Make in a Week, Edradour Makes in a Year

Scotland's smallest traditional distillery — what most distilleries produce in a week, Edradour makes in a year. Founded...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

Single Malt

Ledaig 10 Year Old

Tobermory's heavily peated alter ego — maritime, industrial, and oily at 46.3%, with a cult following among peat enthusi...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Talisker 18 Year Old: Best Single Malt in the World 2007 — Mature Maritime Elegance from Skye at 45.8%

Named Best Single Malt Whisky in the World at the 2007 World Whiskies Awards. From Scotland's oldest distillery on the I...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked: Twice-Barreled at Kentucky's Oldest Distilling Site — Deeply Toasted Then Lightly Charred - whisky Review

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Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked: Twice-Barreled at Kentucky's Oldest Distilling Site — Deeply Toasted Then Lightly Charred

Twice-barreled: fully matured Distiller's Select is re-barreled into a second new American oak barrel that has been deep...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Nikka Coffey Grain: Masataka Taketsuru's Scottish Education — A 1963 Coffey Still Making Japan's Sweetest Whisky - whisky Review

7.5 Review

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Nikka Coffey Grain: Masataka Taketsuru's Scottish Education — A 1963 Coffey Still Making Japan's Sweetest Whisky

Masataka Taketsuru travelled to Scotland in 1918 to study whisky-making. At James Calder distillery in Bo'ness in 1919, ...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

Compass Box Peat Monster: A Beast in Tailcoats — John Glaser's Elegant Islay Blend from a London Kitchen - whisky Review

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Compass Box Peat Monster: A Beast in Tailcoats — John Glaser's Elegant Islay Blend from a London Kitchen

Founded in 2000 by John Glaser — an American former Johnnie Walker marketing director — from his West London kitchen. Pe...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Kilchoman Machir Bay: Islay's First New Distillery in 124 Years — Barley to Bottle on Rockside Farm - whisky Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Kilchoman Machir Bay: Islay's First New Distillery in 124 Years — Barley to Bottle on Rockside Farm

Founded by Anthony Wills in 2005 on Rockside Farm — the first new distillery on Islay in 124 years since Malt Mill in 19...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Benromach 10 Year Old: Reopened by Prince Charles in 1998 — Gordon & MacPhail's Old-Style Speysider with Light Peat - whisky Review

7.5 Review

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Benromach 10 Year Old: Reopened by Prince Charles in 1998 — Gordon & MacPhail's Old-Style Speysider with Light Peat

One of the smallest distilleries in Speyside — just a single pair of stills run by a small team. Closed in 1983, purchas...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

GlenDronach 12 Year Old Original: Pure Sherry Cask Maturation — Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso Since 1826 - whisky Review

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GlenDronach 12 Year Old Original: Pure Sherry Cask Maturation — Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso Since 1826

One of the few distilleries offering a core range matured entirely in sherry wood — Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso casks, non...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Johnnie Walker Blue Label: One in Ten Thousand Casks — The Pinnacle Blend at £170 - whisky Review

8 Review

Blended Scotch

Johnnie Walker Blue Label: One in Ten Thousand Casks — The Pinnacle Blend at £170

Only one in ten thousand casks is deemed worthy. Launched in 1992 as the pinnacle of the Johnnie Walker range, Blue Labe...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

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

9.2 Review

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