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Miltonduff is one of the old distilleries, operational since 1824 (or even before that, albeit illegaly). It is one of the malts that gives body and character to blends like Ballantine's, Teacher's, Old…

Macduff, founded in 1962, is one of Scotland’s youngest distilleries. It was built specifically to produced enough malt for the famous blend of Willam Lawson’s. But she also markets her malt as single…

This Ardbeg was distilled in 1975 and bottled by Wilson & Morgan in 2002 as a 26-year old in their 'Anniversary Selection' series. Apart from this information I have not been able to find out much more…

A lot of new Highland park releases lately , and this is yet another one. Basically this is a US release called ‘Full Volume’, a single malt distilled in 1999 and matured exclusively in first-fill ex…

Octomore Farm 2009 [private cask bottling] DECEMBER 6, 2017GAL GRANOV 0A few days ago, I met a bunch of good friends, who appreciate good whisky for our monthly dramming session which happens to take…

This single cask of peated BenRiach is part of the Single Cask Release Batch #13. The malt was finished on an oloroso sherry butt. It has a lovely dark color. Almost 600 bottles were released at cask…

Single Malts of Scotland is a subsidiary of Specialty Drinks, owner Sukhinder Singh who is also the strong man behind the London company The Whisky Exchange. This bottle was already released in 2008, but…

This BenRiach is part of the Single Cask Release Batch #13. Almost 700 bottles strong, but you know that a sherry puncheon is quite a big cask. The whisky matured for 16 years.The nose is surprisingly…

Premium Spirits, the former Belgian importer under the stewardship of the always charming Claudia Hamm, selected this bourbon cask matured Benriach, which yielded 220 bottles at cask strength. Sweet malt…

Premium Spirits is the former Belgian importer of BenRiach. So it comes as no surprise that from time to time a cask is bottled for them. This port cask yielded 274 bottles at cask strength. The copper…