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Two little indie Knockdhu

Knockdhu 17 yo 2006/2023 (46%, Hunter Laing, Hepburn’s Choice, refill hogshead, 360 bottles)
Knockdhu 10 yo 2013/2024 (52.3%, The Maltman, hogshead, cask #128, 295 bottles)

Summer isn’t over yet, here are some more rums

Botran 15 yo ‘Reserva Especial’ (40%, OB, Guatemala, +/-2023)
Chairman’s Reserve ‘Original’ (40%, OB, St. Lucia, +/-2023)
Pusser’s Rum ‘Gunpowder Proof’ (54.5%, OB, Guyana, +/-2023)
Hooded Skunk Rum (58%, OB, Denmark, +…

Old bottles and new(ish) distilleries

Ardnamurchan 2018/2024 (59.1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, cask #1058, 1st fill sherry butt, 702 bottles)
Ardnamurchan 2017/2023 (59.7%, Berry Brothers & Rudd ‘The Pioneers’, cask #374, sherry hogshead, 302 bottles)
Daftmill 15 yo 2007/202…

Two Royal Lochnagar and Their Blend

John Begg ‘Blue Cap’ (43%, OB, blend, +/-1955)
Royal Lochnagar 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2023)
Royal Lochnagar 10 yo ‘The Manager’s Dram’ (57.2%, OB, European oak, 2006)

A few independent Royal Brackla

Royal Brackla 11 yo 2006/2018 (55.2%, North Star Spirits, refill bourbon hogshead, 296 bottles)
Royal Brackla 15 yo 2008/2024 (54.9%, Lady of the Glen, refill barrel, cask #6787, 232 bottles)
Royal Brackla 2009/2023 (57.2%, Or Sileis, hogs…

Old Tigers, a Farewell or a Celebration?

Glenugie 18 yo 1959/1977 (80° UK proof, Cadenhead, black dumpy, 26 2/3 Fl.Ozs)
Banff 15 yo 1964/1979 (80° UK proof, Cadenhead, black dumpy, 26 2/3 Fl.Ozs)
Millburn 1974 (56.3%, The Classic Whisky Guild, +/-2002)
Dallas …

Just three Glenkinchie

Lowland Distillery 9 yo 2014/2024 (48%, Hogshead Imports, refill hogshead, 442 bottles)
Lowland Distillery 11 yo 2012/2023 (58.8%, The Whisky Exchange, The Seasons, refill hogshead, cask #3478)
Glenkinchie 15 yo ‘The Manager’s Dram’ (60.1%…

Three Glenfarclas, one OB, one secret, one IB

Glenfarclas 2013/2023 (59.8%, OB for The Taste of Whisky 10th Anniversary, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #768, 290 bottles)
Censored Speyside Distillery 16 yo ‘Adventures in the Meadow’ (54.7%, Brave New Spirits, The WhiskyHeroes, bourbon hog…

A few more rums for this Sunday

Jamaican Rum 2023/2024 ‘>1,200 esters gr/hlpa’ (64.3%, The Spirit Traveller, 1st fill Austrian red wine, 1,347 bottles)
Papa Rouyo 1 yo 2022/2023 (56.7%, Habitation Velier, Guadeloupe)
Papalin 10 yo ‘Réunion’ (50%, Velier, L…

Stoking the Whiskyfun Caol Ila pages

Caol Ila 11 yo 2012/2023 (48%, Elixir Distillers ‘The Single Malts of Scotland Reserve Casks’, four refill butts)
Caol Ila 9 yo 2013 (57.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.457 ‘Coal shards on clotted cream’, Oloroso sherry finish)
Caol Ila …

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