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Single Malt

The Macallan Double Cask 12 Year Old: Sherry-Seasoned Oak from Two Continents — The Gateway Speyside

Aged in two types of sherry-seasoned oak — American and European — creating a whisky that bridges the richness of tradit...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Talisker 10 Year Old: Maritime Pepper and Campfire Smoke from the Isle of Skye at 45.8% - whisky Review

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Single Malt

Talisker 10 Year Old: Maritime Pepper and Campfire Smoke from the Isle of Skye at 45.8%

The classic peppery maritime single malt from the only distillery on the Isle of Skye — campfire-like peat smoke, salt, ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8 Review

Bourbon

Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon: The Flagship That Launched a Bourbon Empire — Low-Rye Mashbill #1

The flagship that launched Kentucky's most talked-about distillery — mashbill #1 believed to be 75% corn, 10% rye, 15% b...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour: The Bridge Between Styles — Floral, Sweet, and Gently Smoky from Orkney - whisky Review

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Single Malt

Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour: The Bridge Between Styles — Floral, Sweet, and Gently Smoky from Orkney

The bridge between all the main styles of Scotch — simultaneously floral, sweet, and gently smoky. Matured predominantly...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Jameson Irish Whiskey: Triple-Distilled at Midleton — The World's Best-Selling Irish Whiskey - whisky Review

7 Review

Blended Irish

Jameson Irish Whiskey: Triple-Distilled at Midleton — The World's Best-Selling Irish Whiskey

The world's best-selling Irish whiskey — a blend of traditional pot still whiskey and column-distilled grain whiskey, tr...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

Bourbon

Maker's Mark Bourbon

The wheated bourbon that defined a category — soft, sweet, and unfailingly consistent, from Kentucky's most distinctive ...

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Sienna Blackwell April 10, 2026

9 Review

Single Malt

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

The world's most polarising single malt — medicinal, peaty, and Royal Warrant-holding Islay whisky at its most uncomprom...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

7 Review

Single Malt

Glenfiddich 12 Year Old: The World's Best-Selling Single Malt — Orchard Fruits and Honey from Speyside Since 1887

The world's best-selling single malt Scotch — matured in ex-bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks at the distillery William G...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old: Bourbon Barrels Finished in Sherry Casks — The Speyside Gateway - whisky Review

8 Review

Single Malt

The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old: Bourbon Barrels Finished in Sherry Casks — The Speyside Gateway

The pioneering double-matured single malt — aged in ex-bourbon barrels and hogsheads, then finished for nine months in e...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Ardbeg 10 Year Old: The Peat Archetype — Islay's Smokiest Distillery at 46% Non-Chill-Filtered - whisky Review

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Single Malt

Ardbeg 10 Year Old: The Peat Archetype — Islay's Smokiest Distillery at 46% Non-Chill-Filtered

One of the world's peatiest and smokiest single malts — started in the early 18th century on the south coast of Islay, n...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.5 Review

London Dry

Portobello Road No. 171 London Dry Gin

Born above a Notting Hill pub and now produced in a purpose-built distillery, Portobello Road No. 171 is a London Dry of...

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Joe Whitfield April 9, 2026

8 Review

Genever

Bobby's Schiedam Dry Gin

A Dutch-Indonesian fusion that bridges genever tradition with Southeast Asian aromatics — Bobby's is unlike anything els...

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Ash Carrington April 9, 2026