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The Benromach 2005 Peat Smoke is a super whisky. It is only eight years old, but full of flavour.
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These young Tamdhu's by Van Wees are a good example of why age doesn't always matter.
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The prevailing notion is that grain whisky needs to be old to be good. But might that also be because most grain whisky probably doesn't mature in the best casks? This Strathclyde received a finish in a very active sherry cask, making it a highly enjoyable whisky.
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How about Ledaig? This heavily peated whisky produced at Tobermory distillery is gaining a lot of popularity, especially these young-ish sherry matured expressions.
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To commemorate the opening of Gatwick Airport's new North Terminal later this month, Highland Park has teamed up with World Duty Free to release a single cask bottling.
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Always go with your first impression, it usually pays off during the Blind Tasting Competition. For me at least.
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To be honest, I'm not particularly fond of grain whiskies. Yes, there are some delicious examples, but generally speaking the flavour profile of grain whiskies is very narrow, offering not nearly the amount of diversity you'll find in single malts.
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There's so much to like about Balblair. The distillery is beautiful, their use of vintages instead of ages (or NAS) is laudable, and they don't chill-filter or colour their whisky.
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To me, Bunnahabhain often works best in a refill-sherry cask, but this refill-bourbon cask release from Douglas Laing should provide a nice opportunity to explore the Bunnahabhain spirit.
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Never a dull moment with Craigellachie, a distillery that produces one of the more interesting spirits in Scotland.
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This is only the second set of releases from the independent label of The Whisky Exchange — a Ledaig 2004, Glenburgie 1998 and heavily-sherried Laphroaig 1998.
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Michiel Wigman's Croftengea 2005 15 Years was bottled as part of his They Inspired series, featuring Catherine the Great.
