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Two Kornog from Bretagne
Kornog (46%, OB, France, Brittany, +/-2026) Kornog 8 yo 2018/2026 (58.4%, Amateur Spirits, France, Brittany, 1st fill bourbon barrel)
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A small gathering of Glen Garioch
Glengarioch 18 yo 1975/1994 (46.3%, Cadenhead, Original Collection) Glen Garioch 31 yo (54.6%, Elixir Distillers 'Macbeth Act One: The Thanes', four bourbon barrels, 600 bottles, 2023) Glen Garioch 52 yo 1973/2026 (53.8%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, 1st fill sherry butt, 240 bottles) Glen Garioch 13 yo 2012/2026 (49.7%, Villa Konthor and The Whisky Agency, ruby Port barrique) Glen Garioch 13 yo 2011/2025 (57.8%, Watashi Whisky, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #3732)
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Recent Port Ellens, IB vs OB
Port Ellen 45 yo 1980/2025 (57.6%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill American oak hogshead) Port Ellen 46 yo 1978/2025 ‘Prism’ (57.8%, OB, refill hogshead then refill American oak puncheon, magnum and miniatures)
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Gordon & MacPhail Strathislas, distilled twenty years apart
Gordon-MacPhail-Strathislas-distilled-twenty-years-apart.html Strathisla 27 yo 1997/2024 (55.7%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, for HNWS 19th Anniversary, Taiwan, refill American hogshead, cask #47798, 224 bottles)
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Glen Spey again
Glen Spey 11 yo 2014/2026 (57.4%, Spirit of Scotland, Jas. Gordon, refill bourbon barrel, cask #802954, 244 bottles) Glen Spey 18 yo 2007/2026 (57.4%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #4, 662 bottles)
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A few tequilas to help us through the heatwave
Patron ‘Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, 100% agave, for the USA, +/-2020) Curado ‘Cocido’ (40%, OB, Tequila blanco, +/-2025) G4 ‘Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023) Cenote ‘Cristalino Anejo’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023) Cenote ‘Green Orange’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023) Corazon ‘Expresiones Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, Buffalo Trace barrel, +/-2022) Vivir ‘Anejo’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023) Teremana ‘Blanco Small Batch’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2025) Curado ‘Blue Weber’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023) Villa Lobos ‘Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2024) Curado ‘Cupreata’ (40%, OB, tequila, blanco, +/-2023) Cascahuin ‘Los Convidados Edicion Especial’ (47%, Swell de Spirits, tequila, 2025)
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Today, some excellent indie Pulteney
Pulteney 12 yo 2013/2006 (55.1%, Single Cask Nation, bourbon barrel, cask #180903, 220 bottles) Old Pulteney 19 yo 2006/2025 (50.2%, Malts of Scotland for HNWS Taiwan 20th Anniversary, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS25029, 206 bottles)
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Braeval aka Braes of Glenlivet
Braeval 9 yo 2016/2026 (60.5%, Spirit of Scotland, Jas. Gordon, refill bourbon barrel, cask #205570, 239 bottles) Braeval 16 yo 2010/2026 (62.7%, Tri Carragh, 2nd fill red wine octave, 92 bottles) Braeval 36 yo 1989/2025 (51.6%, WhiskyLand, refill hogshead, 143 bottles)
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Official Balvenie and indie Burnside
Balvenie 12 yo 2012/2025 (47.3%, OB, A collection of Curious Casks, Montilla Wine Seasoned Cask) Burnside 35 yo 1989/2025 (53%, Archive, barrel, blended malt, cask #2500727, 268 bottles)
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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)