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videoBottle Royal 2025: The Final Contender (Springbank Local Barley)
It's time to unleash the final contestant... 00:00 Tim's silly intro 00:22 Main Video 15:00 The Ranking
videoBottle Royal 2025: The Ninth Contender (Craigellachie by Berry Brothers and Rudd)
We finally have a dedicated video producer.
videoBlind Tasting December: Entry 12
The old 'I've got one of these open already' play.
videoBenromach Single Cask (2025 DramFest New Zealand Edition)
Amongst the many joys of DramFest (New Zealand's bi-annual whisky festival) is the exclusive releases bottles just for the event. This ten year old cask from Benromach is one of the more stunning ones. 10:49 Scores
videoBlind Tasting December: Entry 11
One can't go wrong with a whisky this right. Absolutely sumptuous.
videoBottle Royal 2025: The Eighth Contender (Caol Ila by Adelphi)
Anything in an Adelphi bottle was always going to be a threat. But a sherry hogshead matured Islay... my goodness. 00:00 Tim's silly intro 00:57 Main segment 10:17 The ranking
videoBottle Royal 2025: The Tenth Contender (Kilkerran 17 Years Old)
The oldest whisky to enter the tournament by some margin, and just about the oldest Kilkerran one could get their hands on to boot. 00:00 Tim's silly intro 01:37 Main video 12:23 The ranking
videoTo Friends Passed On.
It's been a long ten years here at The Single Malt Review, here's to some now absent friends that shared it with us.
videoTasting some really 'really' old whisky
There's old whisky, and there's old whisky. This is the latter.
videoBottle Royal 2025: The Final Podium
One last chance to change our minds before the order is made absolute...
videoWe found an extremely cursed bottle of whisky (and tasted it)
All whisky ages well. Not so all bottles.... 00:00 Intro 01:17 The Dreadful Reveal 03:48 Tasting
videoBottle Royal 2025: The Eleventh Contender (Benromach 'DramFest 2025')
Cask strength Benromach, a full 14 years, and an increasingly rare first fill sherry hogshead. We're going to need to clear some room on the podium. 00:00 Tim's silly intro 00:36 Actual video 07:53 The Ranking 11:17 Way too long silly outro....
videoBlind Tasting December 2025: Entry 8
The technology may be faltering, but the tasting is not!
videoBlind Tasting December 2025: Entry 9
Welcome to the whisky rock we live under. 10:19 The Reveal
videoBlind Tasting December 2025: Entry 10
This whisky doesn't (quite) smell like napalm in the morning, but I like it for the same reason.