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Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 016 delivers the full, uncut Islay experience at 58.5% ABV. At under seventy quid, it's...
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Joe Whitfield
December 18, 2025
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A pre-closure Brora 1982 bottled by Douglas Laing at cask strength after nineteen years in sherry wood. At £1,200 it com...
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December 18, 2025
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The 2006 bottling of Midleton Very Rare is a collectible Irish blend from before the category's global boom — modest on ...
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December 18, 2025
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Yoichi's 10 Year Old single malt is a bold, smoke-tinged Japanese whisky with real character and depth. At 45% ABV and £...
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Duncan Cairns
December 18, 2025
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A 32-year-old Speyside from the closed Mosstowie distillery, bottled by Gordon & MacPhail at 46% ABV. A rare and serious...
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December 18, 2025
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A compelling piece of mid-century London Dry history, Gosford Bot.1950s is a 42% ABV time capsule from the 1950s that re...
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December 18, 2025
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Glenfiddich's 50 Year Old Simultaneous Time is a monument to patience — a Single Malt Speyside of extraordinary maturity...
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December 18, 2025
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Glenfiddich's Perpetual Collection Vat 1 brings a solera-inspired vatting concept to an accessible Speyside single malt,...
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December 18, 2025
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A 1980s-bottled Highland single malt that offers a genuine window into how Scotch used to taste — honest, restrained, an...
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December 18, 2025
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A single cask Ardbeg from 1974, bottled by La Reserve at 46% after eighteen years — a finite piece of Islay history from...
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December 18, 2025
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Johnnie Walker Black Label remains one of the most dependable blended Scotch whiskies on the market. At £32.25 for a 12-...
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December 18, 2025
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A 1950-distilled Glen Grant, matured for 57 years in a single sherry cask by Gordon & MacPhail. A rare and contemplative...
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December 18, 2025
