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Bourbon

Four Roses Single Barrel: One of Ten Recipes at 100 Proof — 35% Rye Mashbill OBSV with Delicate Fruit and Cream

Four Roses uses 2 mashbills and 5 yeast strains to create 10 unique bourbon recipes — the Single Barrel uses OBSV: 60% c...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Bowmore 12 Year Old: The Balanced Islay — Smoke and Sweetness in Perfect Equilibrium from Islay's Oldest Distillery - whisky Review

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Single Malt

Bowmore 12 Year Old: The Balanced Islay — Smoke and Sweetness in Perfect Equilibrium from Islay's Oldest Distillery

Islay's oldest distillery (established 1779) producing the most balanced Islay single malt — not as peaty as Ardbeg or L...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask: Apple Pie and Sherry Comfort from Speyside — American Oak Meets Spanish Sherry - whisky Review

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Single Malt

Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask: Apple Pie and Sherry Comfort from Speyside — American Oak Meets Spanish Sherry

Double-matured in American oak and sherry oak casks — orange peel, chocolate, caramel, and honey with soft sherry. A lux...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

7 Review

Bourbon

Bulleit Bourbon: The High-Rye Frontier — 28% Rye Mashbill Creating a Bold, Spicy Character with a Satiny Finish

The high-rye frontier bourbon — 68% corn, 28% rye, 4% malted barley. The unusually high rye content gives Bulleit its bo...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Aberfeldy 12 Year Old: The Golden Dram — Highland Honey, Heather, and Butterscotch Without a Whisper of Smoke - whisky Review

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Single Malt

Aberfeldy 12 Year Old: The Golden Dram — Highland Honey, Heather, and Butterscotch Without a Whisper of Smoke

The Golden Dram — celebrated for its signature honeyed sweetness. Matured in ex-bourbon and refill oak, producing warm h...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Wild Turkey 101: Jimmy Russell's Favourite — 101 Proof of Kentucky Tradition Since the 1940s - whisky Review

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Bourbon

Wild Turkey 101: Jimmy Russell's Favourite — 101 Proof of Kentucky Tradition Since the 1940s

Legendary Master Distiller Jimmy Russell — 60+ years at the helm — 'didn't change a damn thing' about this pre-Prohibiti...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenmorangie The Original 10 Year Old: Scotland's Tallest Stills — Twenty-Six Feet of Highland Elegance - whisky Review

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Single Malt

Glenmorangie The Original 10 Year Old: Scotland's Tallest Stills — Twenty-Six Feet of Highland Elegance

Scotland's tallest stills — twenty-six feet of copper ensuring only the lightest, purest spirit vapours reach the top. A...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Oban 14 Year Old: The West Highland Crossroads — Where Sweet Meets Smoke on Scotland's Atlantic Coast - whisky Review

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Single Malt

Oban 14 Year Old: The West Highland Crossroads — Where Sweet Meets Smoke on Scotland's Atlantic Coast

The West Highland crossroads — where the Highlands meet the sea, sweet meets smoke, and fruity meets maritime. Fourteen ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

9 Review

Single Pot Still

Redbreast 12 Year Old: The Definitive Single Pot Still — Malted and Unmalted Barley Triple-Distilled at Midleton

The definitive expression of Irish Pot Still whiskey — malted AND unmalted barley triple-distilled in copper pot stills ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Nikka From The Barrel: The Best Japanese Whisky You Can Actually Buy — 51.4% Marriage of Yoichi and Miyagikyo - whisky Review

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Blended

Nikka From The Barrel: The Best Japanese Whisky You Can Actually Buy — 51.4% Marriage of Yoichi and Miyagikyo

The best Japanese whisky you can both find and afford — a marriage of malt from Yoichi Distillery and grain from Miyagik...

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Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

7 Review

Blended Malt

Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt: Three Speyside Malts in One — Glenfiddich, Balvenie, and Kininvie from William Grant

Three Speyside single malts — Glenfiddich, Balvenie, and Kininvie — blended into one accessible, cocktail-friendly malt ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Lagavulin 16 Year Old: The Benchmark Islay — Slow Fermentation, Slow Distillation, Long Maturation, Double Gold - whisky Review

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Single Malt

Lagavulin 16 Year Old: The Benchmark Islay — Slow Fermentation, Slow Distillation, Long Maturation, Double Gold

The benchmark Islay dram — established 1816, everything is slow at Lagavulin: 55-75 hour fermentation, 5-hour first dist...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026