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Extreme rums all round

Duquesne 5 ans ‘Rhum Vieux’ (40%, OB, Martinique, +/-1985)
Père Labat ‘Sélection’ (59%, Les Frères de la Côte, Marie-Galante, 760 bottles)
Full Circle ‘8 Nation Blend’ (61%, Raising Glasses, full proof, 2025)
Salvador 20 yo 2006/2026 ‘…

A small trio of splendid Blair Athol

Blair Athol 14 yo 2011/2026 (56.1%, Fadandel, 1st fill bourbon hogshead, cask #308030, 114 bottles)
Blair Athol 28 yo 1998/2026 (52.8%, Decadent Drams, 160 bottles)
Blair Athol 34 yo 1991/2026 (50.8%, OB, Rare Series, sherry ex-European oak plus PX-se…

A small trio of splendid Blair Athol

Blair Athol 14 yo 2011/2026 (56.1%, Fadandel, 1st fill bourbon hogshead, cask #308030, 114 bottles)
Blair Athol 28 yo 1998/2026 (52.8%, Decadent Drams, 160 bottles)
Blair Athol 34 yo 1991/2026 (50.8%, OB, Rare Series, sherry ex-European oak plus PX-se…

Today indie Glencadam

Glencadam 14 yo 2011/2026 (56.2%, Single Malt Nation, 1st fill American oak oloroso hogshead, cask #180531, 155 bottles)
Glencadam 1985/2010 (55.4%, Malts of Scotland for Interwhisky Frankfurt, bourbon hogshead, cask #3990, 245 bottles)

Benromach, Côte-Rôtie vs Golden Promise

Benromach 12 yo 2014/2026 ‘Contrast Côte-Rôtie Wine Cask’ (46%, OB)
Benromach 13 yo ‘Golden Promise Barley Edition’ (46%, OB, exclusive for The Whisky Club, Australia, first fill sherry cask, 2026)

A new quartet of Clynelish

Clynelish 10 yo 2015/2026 (52.8%, The Whisky Exchange, Zodiac series, Virgo, cask #51246, 255 bottles)
Clynelish 12 yo 2013/2026 (52.4%, Lucky Choice & Oxhead Whisky, Time’s Telling, hogshead, cask #334328, 160 bottles)
Clynelish 25 yo…

Burnside versus Sideburn

Teaspooned Side-Burn 35 yo 1989/2025 (51.1%, Thompson Bros., for Dornoch Castle, refill wood, cask #Bal.001, 333 bottles)
Burnside 35 yo 1989/2025 (51.6%, Oxhead Whisky & Lucky Choice, Dram-addicts, hogshead, cask #577, 136 bottles)

Today a few rums to celebrate the end of the heatwave

Belize ‘XO’ (40%, Fair, +/-2025)
Demerara ‘Solera No.14’ (40%, Rum Nation, Guyana, +/-2024)
Saint James 2005/2022 ‘Les Éphémères Lot n°5’ (51.8%, OB, Martinique, agricole, 5,006 bottles)
Pur Jus de Canne 2018/2023 ‘Rh07 Cuvée So Rhum’ (60.8%, Antilles…

Indie Deanston

Deanston 8 yo 2017/2025 (53.1%, Decadent Drams, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 247 bottles)
Deanston 16 yo 2009/2025 (56.3%, The Whisky Blues, hogshead, cask #300845, 171 bottles)

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