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A quartet of OB Balvenie and IB Burnside

Balvenie 12 yo ‘Golden Cask’ (43%, OB, +/-2024)
Balvenie 15 yo ‘Madeira Cask’ (43%, OB, +/-2024)
Sideburn 31 yo 1992–1993/2025 (53.6%, Decadent Drams, Decadent Drinks, 1st fill and refill bourbon, 461 bottles)
Burnside 35 yo 1989/2025 …

Old Clynelish is back on the tasting table

Clynelish 12 yo (43%, OB for Di Chiano, light vatting, short golden cap, early 1970s)
Clynelish 12 yo (43%, OB for Di Chiano, dark vatting, short golden cap, early 1970s)
Clynelish 27 yo 1965 (51%, Scotch Malt Sales, Japan, 500ml, +/-1992)

Isle of Jura OB vs. IB

Jura ‘Islander’s Expression No.3 Cabernet Sauvignon cask’ (40%, OB, 2024)
Isle of Jura 2009/2024 (50.1%, Caora, No.13, refill barrel, cask #90103514)

100 years apart, today indie Glenlivet: 2024 vs. 1924

Glenlivet 17 yo 2007/2024 (64.7%, Signatory Vintage, Horsemen & Archangels, Kirsch Import, Archangel No.4, 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt, 1109 bottles)
Smith’s Glenlivet 1924 ‘Superior Liqueur Whisky’ (John Harvey & Sons, Bristol)
G…

A few rums to get ready for the arrival of summer

Longueteau 3 yo ‘Souvenir La Tradition’ (45%, OB, Guadeloupe, agricole, +/-2024)
Dillon 5 yo (43%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)
Clément 7 yo 2016/2024 (54.5%, OB for Drinks & Spirits, Martinique, agricole)
Caribbean Premium Rum 1…

Glen Spey young and old

Glen Spey 9 yo 2015/2025 (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof Edition #37, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt)
Glen Spey 29 yo 1995/2024 (54.1%, Maltbarn, The 26, sherry cask, 42 bottles)

A little Linkwood quartet

Linkwood 11 yo 2013/2024 (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, recharred hogshead, casks #301827, 301830, 301834)
Linkwood 11 yo 2013/2024 (54.8%, Dràm Mor, refill French oak oloroso hogshead, cask #900162, 325 bottles)
Linkwood 10 yo 2013/2024 …

A handful of sprightly young Glen Scotias

Glen Scotia 8 yo 2016/2024 (59.1%, The Maclean Foundation, first fill bourbon barrel, 210 bottles)
Glen Scotia 9 yo (56.2%, OB, Campbeltown Malts Festival 2024, first fill bourbon and fino sherry finish)
Glen Scotia 1992/2012 (40%, Samarol…

Today young indie Balblair

Balblair 10 yo (46%, Living Souls, ex-Limousin oak Cognac finish, 2024)
Balblair 12 yo 2011/2024 (53.4%, Valinch & Mallet, Young Masters Edition, 2nd fill oloroso, cask #800197, 331 bottles)
Balblair 20 yo 1990/2011 (54.2%, Friends of …

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