Today Glengoyne OB vs IB
Glengoyne 24 yo ‘White Oak’ (47.8%, OB, 1st fill bourbon and virgin oak, 2024)
Glengoyne 16 yo 2007/2023 (52.5%, Asta Morris, sherry, cask #AM124, 249 bottles)
6 new cats from the West Coast of Alba
Isle of Harris ‘The Hearach’ (46%, OB, batch 16, 2024)
Ardnahoe ‘Infinite Loch’ (50%, OB, bourbon and oloroso, 2024)
Nc’nean 2020+older/2024 ‘Cask Strength MN21’ (59%, OB, 5,021 bottles)
Isle of Raasay 5 yo ‘Unpeated’ (61.4%, OB, Na Si…
New Bowmore 21 PX Sherry and indie friends
Bowmore 21 yo ‘Sherry Oak Cask’ (46.8%, OB, 2024)
Bowmore 26 yo 1997/2023 (50.1%, The Whisky Blues, butt, cask #64, 317 bottles)
Bowmore 20 yo 2004/2024 (54.5%, Islay Sponge, Part V, refill hogshead, 183 bottles)
Bowmore 20 yo 2004/202…
A few recent Laphroaigs including the lauded new 18
Laudable 1985/2000 (50%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask, 303 bottles)
Laphroaig 18 yo (48%, OB, ex-bourbon, 2024)
Laphroaig 10 yo ‘Original Cask Strength Batch 16’ (58.5%, OB, Dec 22)
Laphroaig 36 yo (40.2%, OB, The Archive Collection, s…
It’s grand and grander Cognac Sunday at WF
Frapin ‘Extra’ (40%, OB, Grande Champagne, +/-2024)
Famille Cabanne ‘Lot no.100’ (46.2%, The Whisky Jury, 100th release, Grande Champagne, 199 bottles)
Les Grandes Jouberteries ‘Lot 65’ (49.5%, Authentic Spirits, Fins Bois, +/-…
Inchgower and Tamdhu Times Two
Inchgower 13 yo 2009/2023 (58.5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseur’s Choice’, cask #803988, refill sherry hogshead, 241 bottles)
Inchgower 23 yo 1998/2022 (52.3%, Club Qing for Bar Salavador, #9994, bourbon barrel, 141 bottles)
Tamdhu 50 yo …
Quick, a few Aultmore
Aultmore 9 yo (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, first fill bourbon and refill barrels, 1119 bottles, 2024)
Aultmore 11 yo 2013/2024 (55.4%, Lady of the Glen, hogshead and rum cask finish, cask #300445, 272 bottles)
Aultmore 17 yo 2007/2024 ‘…
Two artistic extremes of Glenturret
Ruadh Mhor 11 yo 2010/2021 (52.6%, WhiskyJace, Art Edition, 1st fill sherry cask)
Ruadh Mhor 11 yo 2011/2023 (54.9%, WhiskyFacile, refill bourbon hogshead, 335 bottles)
Glenturret ‘1953 24 Hours Winner’ (42.3%, OB, Jaguar C-Type 70th Anniv…
Fettercairn in great numbers
Fettercairn 16 yo (46.4%, OB, 2023)
Fettercairn 2014/2022 ‘Warehouse 2 Batch 004’ (48.8%, OB, bourbon and Hungarian oak)
Fettercairn 2014/2023 ‘Warehouse 14 Batch 001’ (51.2%, OB, bourbon and Scottish beer)
Fettercairn 10 yo 2011/2021 (47.5%, Car…
Today some of the craziest recent Lagavulin
Lagavulin 31 yo 1991/2023 (45.6%, OB, Cask of Distinction, for GourmetPool, fresh-charred American oak hogshead, cask #6498, 213 bottles)
Lagavulin 18 yo ‘Iain’s Farewell Dram’ (58.7%, OB, 2nd fill manzanilla, 212 bottles, 2023)