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Wemyss Malts: Blooming Gorse & Flaming Feast

August 20, 2019 by Chris +

Wemyss Malts have added two more blended malts to their Family Collection range, and in keeping with previous releases ‘Vanilla Burst’ and ‘Treacle Chest’, they’ve named each of the new expressions after their respective key [...]

Jameson Triple Triple

August 19, 2019 by Chris +

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That’s not a typo. The double ‘triple’, or ‘Triple Triple’, if you will, refers firstly to Jameson’s triple distillation regime, and secondly to the three types of casks used to create their newest release, the… erm… Triple [...]

Glendronach Single Cask Batch 17

August 8, 2019 by Chris +

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Yes, it’s that time of year again when Glendronach release a range of heavily sherried (or port-ed) single cask whiskies. Remarkably, we’re on to Batch 17 and this time, the brand have divvied up their single cask offering [...]

Glenfiddich Rare Collection Cask No 20050

August 7, 2019 by Chris +

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Fifty years ago, in 1969, the single malt market was very different from the one of today. For starters, single malt whisky was barely marketed outside of the UK, blends ruled the market with even greater dominance than they [...]

Benriach Single Cask Batch 16

August 5, 2019 by Chris +

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It’s the height of summer, therefore it’s that time of year when Benriach release an annual batch of single cask whiskies. Last year was impressive, with a mix of peated unpeated whiskies in the seventeen-strong range, along [...]