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A wee basket of rums

Carupano 6 yo ‘Reserva Especial’ (40%, OB, Venezuela, +/-2021)Ron La Progresiva de vigia ’13’ (41%, OB, Cuba, +/-2021)Diamond 18 yo 2003/2021 (54.2%, Wealth Solutions, The Colours of Rum, Guyana, cask #32, 242 bottles)Port Mourant 2010/2021 (61.2%, Mil…

Seven Scapa plus a bonus

Waitrose Millennium Single Malt Whisky 21 yo (40%, Waitrose, bottled 1999)Scapa 8 yo (70 proof, Gordon & MacPhail, late 1970s)Scapa 12 yo (40%, OB, 1990s)Scapa 10 yo 2006/2017 (59.2%, OB ‘Distillery Reserve Collection’, cask #2173, 1st fill sherry butt…

Another bag of grains

Dumbarton 20 yo (52%, Dram Mor, cask #211894, 306 bottles)North British 30 yo 1991/2021 (49%, The Golden Cask for The Whisky Barrel, bourbon barrel, cask #CG001, 115 bottles)North British 30 yo 1991/2021 (49%, The Golden Cask for The Whisky Barrel, bou…

Wee duets, today Craigellachie

Craigellachie 15 yo 2006/2021 (48.5%, Decadent Drinks, Equinox & Solstice, 1st fill sherry hogshead)Craigellachie 13 yo 2007/2021 (61.9%, Alister Walker Infrequent Flyers, Tiger’s Finest Selection, Asia exclusive, Madeira finish, cask #1827, 299 bottles)

Rums of all nations. Almost

Cihuatan ‘Xaman XO’ (40%, OB, El Salvador, +/-2021)Admiral Rodney ‘HMS Royal Oak’ (40%, OB, St. Lucia, +/-2021)Foursquare 11 yo 2010/2022 (45%, Samaroli, for The Whisky Barrel 15th anniversary, Trinidad, cask #16, 330 bottles)Black Tot ‘Master Blender’…

Wee duets, today Macduff

Macduff 12 yo 2008/2020 (55.1%, Campbeltown Whisky Company, The Electric Coo Series, sherry butt)Macduff 13 yo 2007/2021 (56.7%, Alister Walker Infrequent Flyers, Selected by Or Sileis, PX sherry hogshead, cask #1805, 285 bottles)

Three Swedish Sm?gen and a blend

Smogen 8 yo 2013/2021 (56%, OB, Sweden, heavily peated optic barley, 2478 bottles)Smogen 9 yo 2011/2021 (60%, OB, Sweden, super heavily peated, white oak puncheon, cask #59/2011, 911 bottles)Smogen 2012/2022 (59.6%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Nordic Casks #2,…

A flash verticale of middle-aged Glen Grant

Glen Grant 24 yo 1998/2022 (51.1%, Chapter 7, bourbon hogshead, cask #6454, 254 bottles)Glen Grant 23 yo 1998/2021 (52.7%, The Whisky Agency, sherry hogshead, 273 bottles)Glen Grant 24 yo 1995 + 1997 (49.8%, WhiskySponge, refill barrel and refill hogsh…

Yet another wee trip around the globe

Armorik ‘Yeun Elez Jobic’ (46%, OB, France, +/-2022)Armorik ‘Sherry Cask’ (46%, OB, France, +/-2022)Santis 7 yo 2014/2021 (64.9%, OB, Switzerland, for Whisky Picnic Bar Taiwan, old beer cask, cask #2132, 84 bottles)Lough Gill 17 yo 2004/2021 ‘Athru Sin…

New-wave Japan

Chichibu ‘London Edition 2021’ (51.5%, OB, for The Whisky Exchange, 1859 bottles)Chichibu 2012/2021 (55.6%, OB, for La Maison du Whisky, 65th Anniversary, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #1884, 187 bottles)Chichibu 2015/2021 (59.5%, OB for The Whisky E…

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