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Tamnavulin without wine
Tamnavulin 10 yo 2015/2026 (55.4%, Lady of the Glen, hogshead, cask #301041, 290 bottles) Tamnavulin 34 yo 1991/2026 (48.7%, WhiskyLand, 1st fill sherry hogshead, 208 bottles)
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Two Midleton Very Rare against Two Bushmills
Midleton Very Rare 2003/2025 (58.3%, OB, Irish, Cask Circle, M&C Private Cask Selection, 1st fill bourbon, cask #20139) Midleton Very Rare 2001 (56.2%, OB, Irish, Cask Circle, M&C Private Cask Selection, 1st fill rum cask, cask #65877, 83 bottles, +/-2025) Bushmills 34 yo 1991/2025 (46.2%, The Whisky Blues & Abyss, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #11534, 137 bottles) Bushmills 33 yo 1991/2025 (49%, Whisky Pacific, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #11537, 183 bottles) Redbreast 20 yo ‘Small Batch’ (60%, OB, The Whisky Exchange, third-fill oloroso sherry cask, 2026)
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A small bag of cat-approved rums
Prata Alambique Magnifica 2 yo (38%, Cadenhead, Brazil, Cachaça, Malternatives Release, +/-2020) Renaissance 2016/2024 ‘Bordeaux Clouded Leopard’ (66.5%, OB, Taiwan, cask #19136, 90 bottles) Tahiti 2017/2023 (57%, S.B.S., French Polynesia, bourbon cask, cask #1423, 277 bottles) Papalin 5 yo ‘High Esters Overproof’ (57%, Velier, Jamaica, 2025) Cuban Rum 33 yo 1992/2025 (59.8%, The Antelope, cask #9207) HPDN 2000/2023 ‘LROK’ (48.6%, Precious Liquors for The Auld Alliance, Jamaica, cask #86, 219 bottles)
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Young Bladnoch for the summer
Bladnoch 8 yo ‘American oak red wine’ (46,7%, OB, The Galloway Collection, double cask, 2025) Bladnoch 7 yo 2018/2025 (58.8%, OB for Quaich Bar, oloroso hogshead, cask #735, 319 bottles)
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Old bottlings of Springbank
Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB, black label, early 1990s) Springbank 1966/1987 (59.9%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #27.5)
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Pointless tastings: two official Glenfarclas
Glenfarclas 46 yo 1954/2000 (43%, OB, 1193 bottles) Glenfarclas 50 yo 1963/2013 (43%, OB, sherry, cask #174, 136 bottles)
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Dalmore OB vs IB
Dalmore 17 yo (42%, OB, +/-2025) Dalmore 11 yo 2012/2023 (55.6%, Hart Bros., first filled Burgundy)
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Fifteen jonge and oude jenever from the Netherlands
Hartevelt Prima (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, the Netherlands) Hooghoudt Dubbele Graan Jenever (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherland) Henkes (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherlands) Ketel1 (35%, OB, Graanjenever, The Netherlands) Bokma (35%, OB, Jonge Graanjenever Rond, The Netherlands) Goblet (35%, OB, Jonge Graanjenever, The Netherlands) Boomsma (35%, OB, Jonge Graanenever, The Netherlands) Floryn (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherlands) Bokma (35%, OB, Jonge Graanjenever Vierkant, The Netherlands) Rutte & Zn (35%, OB, Oude Simon Graanjenever, The Netherlands) Hoppe (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherlands) Verhoeven (35%, Jonge Graanjenever, The Netherlands) Bokma ‘Oude Friesche Genever’ (38%, OB, Graanjenever, The Netherlands) Blankenheym & Nolet (38%, OB, Oude Jenever, The Netherlands) Zuidam Oude Genever 12 yo 2011/2023 (38%, OB, The Netherlands, oloroso sherry, 636 bottles)
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Independent Balblair
Balblair 17 yo 2008/2026 (53%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 86 bottles) Balblair 21 yo 1990/2011 (57.9%, The Gillies Club Australia, 34th bottling, cask #169, 300/582 bottles)
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A few blends picked at random
Johnnie Walker ‘Blonde’ (40%, OB, blended Scotch, +/-2026) Dewar's 8 yo 'Caribbean Smooth' (40%, OB, blended scotch, +/-2025) Grant’s Stand Fast (no ABV, OB, blended Scotch, twist cap, +/-1965) Ainslie’s King’s Legend ‘Old Special’ (40%, OB, blended Scotch, M. Di Chiano, long twist cap, +/-1970) Blended Scotch 12 yo (53%, Decadent Drams, refill sherry hogshead, 295 bottles, 2025) Coachbuilt 18 yo (48%, blended Scotch, 3,000 bottles, 2024) Soho Selection 30 yo 1994/2025 ‘VAT #3’ (49.5%, Milroy’s, peated cask, blended Scotch) Blended Scotch 26 yo ‘Kung Hei Fat Choy’ (45%, Lucky Choice & Friends, sherry butt, cask #6962024, +/-2025)
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Glenlochy 29 vs 43 yo
Glenlochy 29 yo 1970/2000 (57.2%, Signatory Vintage ‘Silent Stills’, cask #3359, 248 bottles) Glenlochy 43 yo 1979 (53.6%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill American hogshead, 2023-2026)
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A few Smögen from Sweden
Askeim 8 yo ‘Batch No.2’ (57.2%, OB, Sweden, +/-2026) Smögen 15 yo (55.7%, OB, Sweden, batch #L001, bourbon barrels, 2025) Smögen 12 yo 2014/2026 ‘100 proof’ (57.1%, OB, Sweden, bourbon & sherry) Smögen 12 yo 2013/2025 (58.3%, Casky, the Antelope & Cask le Sens, first fill PX hogshead, cask #5 :2, 274 bottles) Smögen 11 yo 2014/2025 (60%, OB for The Whisky Blues, Sweden, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #12, 280 bottles)
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Two Caol Ila 1983s bottled 30 years apart
Caol Ila 1983/1996 (59.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #53.15) Caol Ila 42 yo 1983/2026 (56.4%, OB, Rare Series, refill American oak hogshead and European oak puncheons, 318 bottles)
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Just a few cognacs and armagnacs
Castillon ‘V.S.O.P.’ (40%, OB, cognac, Fine Champagne, +/-1975) A de Fussigny ‘2050’ (40%, OB, 2024) Domaine d’Embidoure ‘XO’ (42%, OB, armagnac, +/-2025) Château Hontambère 2014/2026 (54.5%, OB, for Le Blog à Roger, Ténarèze, folle blanche, cask #H1, 100 bottles) Vallein-Tercinier 2020/2025 (64.3%, Piacere Rinato, Fins Bois) Michelet 2018/2025 ‘Lot nr. 18’ (64.9%, Piacere Rinato, Grande Champagne) Baron de Sigognac 1973 (46.2%, Old Master Spirits, bas armagnac, +/-2026) Guillaume Duluc ‘Napoléon’ (70%, Authentic Spirits, Grande Champagne, +/-2026)
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Three cracking Benromach plus probably another one
Benromach 2003/2025 ‘Small Batch Edition #1’ (56%, OB, first fill bourbon and sherry) Benromach 2002/2025 (55.6%, OB, for Wisedrink China, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #365, 150 bottles) Benromach 48 yo 1976/2025 (43.8%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, first fill sherry hogshead) Glen Mosset 11 yo 2014/2026 (55.9%, Le Gus’t, hogshead, cask #1018, 298 bottles)
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Four or five whiskies from the Far East
Tsingtao ‘Year of the Loong’ (40%, OB, China, single malt, bourbon & Mongolian oak, 2024) Sadhana 2006/2019 (43%, OB, Tibet, single malt) Vê Dê Di ‘Distiller’s Choice’ (43%, OB, Viet Nam, single malt, sherry, bourbon & new American oak) The Chuan ‘Small Batch NO. D15’ (46.8%, OB, Pure Malt, China, finished in PX, 2025) Kimchangsoo 2021 (52.7%, OB, Korea, peated, 1st fill amontillado, 498 bottles, +/-2026) Daiking ‘Cask Strength’ (54.2%, OB, China, Black Ink wine cask, +/-2026)
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Clynelish from nought to 42 yo
Clynelish 0 yo (62.9%, Milroy’s, Soho Selection, New Make Spirit, 2026) Clynelish 23 yo 2002/2025 (51%, Thompson Bros. for HNWS Taiwan 20th Anniversary, refill barrel, cask #238, 172 bottles) Kittenish 25 yo 2000/2025 (52.8%, The Whisky Blues, ex-Caol Ila refill hogshead, cask #1426, 294 bottles) Clynelish 42 yo 1983/2026 (49.5%, OB, Rare Series, refill American oak hogshead, 160 bottles) Secret Highland 14 yo 2008/2023 (53.4%, Acla Selection, Classic Series, sherry hogshead, cask #194553, 180 bottles)
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Today indie Dallas Dhu
Dallas Dhu 26 yo (44.5%, Cadenhead, black dumpy, late 1980s) Dallas Dhu 50 yo 1971 (43.7%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, Refill American Hogshead, +/-2022-2026)
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Ardbeg under different names, and 30 years apart
Kildalton 22 yo 2003/2025 (53.3%, The Whisky Blues and PK Spirits, 2nd fill bourbon barrel, 249 bottles) Ardbeg 1973/1992 (56.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #33.14) An Islay Kildalton Distillery 22 yo 2003/2026 (53.4%, Abyss & HNWS, Synergy Collection, bourbon barrel, cask #118, 251 bottles) Ardbeg 15 yo 2009/2025 (54.5%, Lucky Choice & Mateo Art, first fill Rivesaltes barrique, cask #90341, 90 bottles)
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A few more rums and quite a wee mess
Bayou ‘Reserve Rum’ (40%, OB, USA, +/-2025) Spinnaker 8 yo 2016 ‘LFCH’ (61.2%, Jamaica, +/-2025) Mainland Rum 10 yo 2015 (70.1%, Superlative Spirits, USA, California, K&L exclusive, virgin white oak, +/-2026) Easy Peasy ‘Exotic Blended Rum’ (51%, Swell de Spirits, 1,400 bottles, +/-2025) Clarendon 27 yo 1995/2023 (64.7%, Distilia x Rhum Attitude x Bar Lamp Tokyo) A French Antilles Distillery 2017/2024 (57.6%, Bedford Park, 225 bottles) Jamaican Rum 18 yo (49.3%, Decadent Drams, 2025)
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Glenugie vs Glenury
Glenugie 15 yo 1977/1993 (63.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #99.3) Glenury Royal 1970/2026 (62.4%, OB, Rare Series, 232 bottles)
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Just a few Bowmore with highs and lows
Bowmore 2005/2026 (48.8%, The Whisky Agency, Made for Friends, refill sherry hogshead, 269 bottles) Bowmore 8 yo (43%, OB, Sherriff’s, Emmepi Italy, +/-1975) Bowmore 18 yo 2007/2026 (50.3%, Boogieman Whisky Society, Gentle Giant, bourbon hogshead, 90 bottles) Bowmore 18 yo 2007/2026 (54.1%, Wu Dram Clan, bourbon barrel, cask #6358) Bowmore ‘Voyage’ (56%, OB, Port Casked, 2000)
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Some Japanese malts, completely at random and all over the place
Yamazaki 18 yo ‘Mizunara 2025 Release’ (48%, OB) Mars Tsunuki 2021/2025 (58%, OB for AF Trade & Tiffany’s New York Bar, PX sherry hogshead, cask #T2378, 259 bottles) Chichibu Distillery II (55.5%, OB, bourbon, 2025) Shindo ‘Experimental 02’ (48%, OB, 2026) Shindo 2022/2025 (62%, OB, for AF Trade, Dram Good Stuff & Courser of Woodland, Hong Kong, Mizunara, cask #10255) Sakurao 2020/2026 (60%, OB, for Hong Kong and Macau, first fill Marsala, cask #7158, 253 bottles) Sakurao 2021/2025 (62%, OB, for Bar Buonasera HK, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #6147, 207 bottles) Miyagikyo 10 yo (45%, OB, for France, 2025)
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Two young Glen Grant
Glen Grant 15 yo (50%, OB, bourbon, +/-2026) Glen Grant 8 yo (100°proof, Gordon & MacPhail, 75.7cl, 1970s)