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An incredible Glendronach duo
Glendronach 21 yo ‘2025 Edition’ (48%, OB, sherry cask matured) Glendronach 56 yo 1968/2025 ‘Bicentennial’ (44.9%, OB for Glendronach’s Bicentenary, sherry, 200 bottles, 2026)
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Some cognac again
Courvoisier ‘VS’ (40%, OB, blend, +/-1985) Château de Montifaud ‘VS’ (40%, OB, petite champagne, +/-2025) Richard Delisle ‘VS’ (40%, OB, blend, +/-2025) Larsen ‘Viking Ship’ (40%, OB, grande and petite champagne, +/-2025) Famille Cabanne ‘A.100’ (46.6%, Old Master Spirits, Grande Champagne, 2026) Famille Duluc ‘Lot 70’ (46.1%, Authentic Spirits, Grande Champagne, ugni blanc, 2026) Fins Bois ‘Lot 45’ (58.2%, Malternative Belgium, Asia-Pacific exclusive, 96 bottles, 2025) Peyrot ‘V.61 A.64’ (43.8%, Old Master Spirits, Grande Champagne, 2026)
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Two top-level indie black Glenlivets, 35 years apart
Glenlivet 18 yo 1972/1990 (54.9%, Cadenhead, black dumpy, 75cl) Speyside (GL) 16 yo ‘Exceptional Cask #7’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof series, 1st fill oloroso hogshead, 2024)
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A new Talisker mini-verticale
Talisker 33 yo 1992/2026 (60.1%, OB, Rare Series, 331 bottles) Talisker 27 yo 1989/2016 (51.6%, Whisky Lovers Hong Kong, for Rex Tong, hogshead, cask #912, 138 bottles) Talisker 39 yo 1987/2026 (51.4%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill sherry butt, cask #22601101, 300 bottles)
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Bruichladdich 2010 versus 1969
Bruichladdich 13 yo 2010/2024 ‘release 9.1’ (63%, Dramfool’s Jim McEwan Signature Collection, premier grand cru supérieur Sauternes barrique, cask #2339, 236 bottles) Bruichladdich 15 yo 1969/1985 (54%, Gordon & MacPhail for Intertrade & Turatello)
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Strathmill 1988
Strathmill 37 yo 1988/2026 (45.1%, Sansibar & The Whisky Agency, hogshead) Strathmill 36 yo 1988/2024 (46.6%, Anchor & The Elysian 8th Anniversary, hogshead, cask #795)
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Rosebank and some maths
Rosebank 1979/1991 (58.5%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #25.3) Rosebank 34 yo 1991/2025 (53.1%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, First-Fill Bourbon Barrel)
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Two not-so-secret Speysiders in sherry
Blended Malt 25 yo 2000/2025 (51.2%, C. Dully Selection, sherry butt, cask #12, 200 bottles) Marketing Malt 20 yo 2005/2025 (57.1%, Decadent Drams, Speyside single malt, 1st fill European oak sherry butts, 612 bottles)
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Glenmorangie new 15 vs old 25
Glenmorangie 15 yo ‘The Lasanta’ (43%, OB, bourbon & sherry, +/-2026) Glenmorangie 25 yo ‘Quarter Century’ (43%, OB, +/-2012)
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Some Benriach at random
Benriach 31 yo (53.1%, Elixir Distillers 'Macbeth Act I - The Thanes', bourbon barrels, 650 bottles, 2023) Benriach 31 yo 1995/2026 (49.6%, Maltbarn, sherry cask, 130 bottles) Benriach 55 yo 1966/2021 (51.2%, Gordon & MacPhail, The Dram Takers, refill American hogshead, cask #607, 52 bottles) Benriach 17 yo 2007/2024 (53.7%, Timeless & Tasty, 90 bottles) Benriach 18 yo 2007/2025 (49.8%, Fadandel, refill bourbon hogshead, cask #700193, 109 bottles) Benriach 13 yo 2010/2023 (63.4%, Milroy’s Soho Selection, American oak hogshead) Benriach 13 yo (58.6%, Adelphi for The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show, first fill PX, cask #38, 234 bottles, 2025)
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Miltonduff 2008–1964 by Cadenhead
Miltonduff-Glenlivet 15 yo 2008/2024 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, bourbon) Miltonduff-Glenlivet 30 yo 1964/1994 (50.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)
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A few indie Blair Athol and various wines
Blair Athol 14 yo 2009/2024 (55.3%, James Eadie, re-charred hogshead, cask #307364, 307 bottles) Blair Athol 12 yo 2011/2024 (53.9%, James Eadie, for the UK, Cask Finish, refill oloroso hogshead, cask #369682, 244 bottles) Blair Athol 11 yo 2014/2026 (54.7%, Lady of the Glen, amontillado finish, cask # #303402, 214 bottles) Blair Athol 14 yo 2010/2025 (55.6%, Berry Bros. for Kirsch Import, Awakening Series, PX finish, cask #303337, 269 bottles) Blair Athol 11 yo 2013/2024 (55.4%, Watashi Whisky, Okane, 2nd fill Madeira, cask #311957C, 60 bottles) Blair Athol 10 yo (51.8%, Elixir Distillers, Macbeth, Act One, Household Series, Bloody Sergeant, bourbon and red wine, 2,800 bottles, 2023) Blair Athol 10 yo 2014/2024 (56.6%, Lady of the Glen, 1st fill bourbon, cask #302915, 220 bottles)
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A tasting of three Ardbeg eras
Ardbeg 1973/1988 (57%, R.W. Duthie & Co., Samaroli, 20th Anniversary, 540 bottles) Ardbeg 33 yo 1991/2024 (52.6%, Signatory Vintage, Symington’s Choice, first fill oloroso butt, cask #02/53/1, 398 bottles) Kildalton 16 yo 2008/2025 (52.1%, The Whisky Agency, Wave Farewell to 2025, butt, 223 bottles)
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A pair of Benromach 2014s matured in first-fill sherry casks
Benromach 2014/2024 (60.4%, OB for Whiskysite Netherlands, fist fill sherry hogshead, cask #624, 303 bottles) Benromach 2014/2025 (59.1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, first fill sherry hogshead, cask #675, 299 bottles)
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Just a few more rums, some funny
Miracielo ‘Reserva Especial’ (38%, OB, Guatemala, +/-2025) Santiago de Cuba 11 yo (40%, OB, Cuba, +/-2025) Mainland Rum ‘Barrel Number 01’ (80.5%, OB, USA, virgin white oak, 30 bottles, 2025) Bielle 2014/2025 (53.5%, Swell de Spirits and Passion Rhums Bielle, Marie-Galante, #19, 300 bottles) Barbados 18 yo 2006 (48%, Elixir Distillers, The Rum Trail, ex-bourbon, 500 bottles, 2025) Beenleigh 16 yo ‘Yowie’ (68.3%, Raising Glasses, Heavy Metal Edition, Australia, 324 half bottles, +/-2026) Savanna 17 yo ‘RumX’ (68.7%, OB, La Réunion, grand arôme, cognac then armagnac casks, cask #991, 445 bottles, 2026) Vieux Casimir 8 yo 2018/2026 (50.8%, Velier, Haiti, clairin, ex-Caroni cask)
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Longmorn 2009 vs 1964
Longmorn 1964/2014 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, licensed label, first fill sherry hogshead, cask #1036) Longmorn 15 yo 2009/2025 (55.8%, The WhiskyFind for HNWS 20th Anniversary, bourbon barrel, cask #334, 186 bottles)
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Let’s try to treat our Bennevissitis with three 1996s
Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996/2026 (42.3%, The Wealth Spirit, hogshead, cask #1398, 250 bottles) Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996/2026 (47.6%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 152 bottles) Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2025 (49%, The Wealth Spirits & Milroy’s of Soho ‘Future Legends’, hogshead #758, 120 bottles) Ben Nevis 21 yo 2022/2024 (56.1%, Signatory Vintage for Waldhaus World of Whisky, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #327, 560 bottles)
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Mortlach 2006 vs 1969
Mortlach 18 yo 2006/2025 (56%, The First Editions, for HNWS Taiwan, refill hogshead, cask #HL21494, 126 bottes) Mortlach 22 yo 1969/1991 (50.5%, Cadenhead, Black Dumpy)
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Just a few more whiskies from around the world
Warenghem 2019/2026 ‘Silvae’ (46%, Version Française, LMDW) TER 5 yo ‘Lignum’ (40%, OB, Italy, triple wood cask aged, 2025) Beverbach ‘Tequila Cask Finish’ (43%, OB, Germany, +/-2024) La Roja ‘Melquiades Lot #2’ (44.6%, OB, Switzerland, +/- 2025) Ki One 2021/2025 (57.1%, OB, The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show exclusive, Korea, new American oak, cask #21-0200, 243 bottles) Millstone 11 yo 2014/2025 (51.1%, Decadent Drams, Netherlands, 1st fill ex-bodega PX sherry hogshead, 320 bottles) Taichung 2013/2023 ‘Sorghum’ (55.5%, OB, Taiwan, bourbon, cask #12131328, 92 bottles) Nantou 6 yo 2018/2025 (57.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Taiwan, ‘Thrills, gills and skills with grills’, 1st fill bourbon barrel, #138.28, 180 bottles) Penderyn 20 yo 2004/2024 (59%, OB, LMDW Foundations, Wales, bourbon barrel, cask #37, 115 bottles)
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A cheerful bunch of thirteen Chichibu in no particular order
Chichibu 7 yo 2017/2025 ‘Code’ (65.8%, Spirits of Salud, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #8274, 180 bottles) Chichibu ‘Paris Edition 2025’ (50.5%, OB, for La Maison du Whisky, Edition Asakusa, 2,484 bottles) Chichibu 7 yo 2017/2025 (65.4%, OB for LMDW, Itinéraires, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #8282, 176 bottles) Chichibu 7 yo 2017/2025 (61.4%, OB for LMDW, Itinéraires, Yoshiya Hongo, cider cask, cask #14329, 219 bottles) Chichibu ‘The Ultimate Spirits’ (51%, OB for the Whisky Hoop Japan, 391 bottles, 2023) Chichibu 2015/2025 (58%, OB, mizunara heads quarter cask, for Rudder & Club Qing, Hong Kong, cask #16865, 176 bottles) Chichibu 2010/2018 (62.2%, OB, Number One Drinks, mizunara hogshead, cask #1000, 278 bottles) Chichibu 10 yo 2014/2025 (62.3%, OB for LMDW, Itinéraires, Yoshiya Hongo, oloroso sherry, cask #10416, 246 bottles) Chichibu 8 yo 2016/2024 (63%, OB for Rudder, mizunara heads hogshead, cask #5826, 195 bottles) Chichibu 2018/2025 (62.2%, OB for Spirits Shop' Selection Taiw
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Third and final spring session of our cognacs
Baron Otard ‘V.S.O.P.’ (40%, OB, Fine Champagne, +/-1975) A. de Fussigny ‘Supérieur’ (45%, OB, Fine Champagne, +/-2025) Delamain & Cie 1985/2026 ‘Les Tarins Verts’ (51%, Malternative Belgium, Petite Champagne) Petite Champagne ‘Lot 19.70 La Signature’ (51.2%, Malternative Belgium, 167 bottles) François Voyer ‘Lot 19.60’ (48%, Malternative Belgium, private bottling, 42 bottles, 2026) Prunier ‘Lot 23’ (57.2%, Ferrer, Collection Dame-Jeanne, Grande Champagne, +/-2026)
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Ardmore Times Four
Ardmore 25 yo 1997 (48.6%, Elixir Distillers, The Single Malts of Scotland) Ardmore 26 yo 1997/2024 (50.3%, The Whisky Exchange 'Seasons', cask #901299, de-char, re-char hogshead) Ardmore 25 yo 1997/2023 (50.1%, Gordon & MacPhail 'Connoisseur's Choice' for Kensington Wine Market, cask #5564, refill sherry hogshead, 232 bottles) Ardmore 20 yo 1992/2013 (51.3%, The Auld Alliance, refill barrel, 218 bottles)
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Another small world tour of whisky
Domaine des Hautes Glaces 2017/2025 ‘Episteme B17P25 Gabert’ (45%, OB, single malt, France) London Distillery ‘Release No.1: a field in England’ (50%, OB, England, The Golden Union, hogshead and barrel, 973 bottles) London Rye 2018/2023 ‘Chardonnay’ (57.6%, OB, East London, England, cask #57) Smögen 11 yo 2014/2025 (60%, OB for The Whisky Blues, Sweden, cask #12, 280 bottles) Amrut 8 yo 2016/2025 ‘Triple Distilled’ (60%, OB, for LMDW, India, bourbon barrel, cask #3976, 120 bottles) Puni ‘Vina’ (43%, OB, Italy, Marsala, +/-2025) Heiligenbergfeld 4 yo 2021/2025 (58.7%, OB, for Whisky Blibliothek, Germany, 1st fill amontillado, cask #1, 238 bottles) Kimchangsoo 2021/2025 (50.8%, OB, Korea, travel exclusive, 1st fill European oloroso sherry quarter cask, 138 bottles)
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A mini verticale of indie Glen Moray
Glen Moray 15 yo 2010/2025 (57.2%, Archives, the Fishes of Samoa, barrel, cask #800570, 104 bottles) Glen Moray 21 yo 2003/2025 (53%, Maltbarn, bourbon, No. 249, 181 bottles) Glen Moray 1975/1986 (61.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #35.2)