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Recent Port Ellens, IB vs OB

Port Ellen 45 yo 1980/2025 (57.6%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill American oak hogshead)
Port Ellen 46 yo 1978/2025 ‘Prism’ (57.8%, OB, refill hogshead then refill American oak puncheon, magnum and miniatures)

Glen Spey again

Glen Spey 11 yo 2014/2026 (57.4%, Spirit of Scotland, Jas. Gordon, refill bourbon barrel, cask #802954, 244 bottles)
Glen Spey 18 yo 2007/2026 (57.4%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #4, 662 bottles)

A few tequilas to help us through the heatwave

Patron ‘Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, 100% agave, for the USA, +/-2020)
Curado ‘Cocido’ (40%, OB, Tequila blanco, +/-2025)
G4 ‘Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023)
Cenote ‘Cristalino Anejo’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023)
Cenote ‘Green Orange’ (40%, OB, t…

Today, some excellent indie Pulteney

Pulteney 12 yo 2013/2006 (55.1%, Single Cask Nation, bourbon barrel, cask #180903, 220 bottles)
Old Pulteney 19 yo 2006/2025 (50.2%, Malts of Scotland for HNWS Taiwan 20th Anniversary, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS25029, 206 bottles)

Braeval aka Braes of Glenlivet

Braeval 9 yo 2016/2026 (60.5%, Spirit of Scotland, Jas. Gordon, refill bourbon barrel, cask #205570, 239 bottles)
Braeval 16 yo 2010/2026 (62.7%, Tri Carragh, 2nd fill red wine octave, 92 bottles)
Braeval 36 yo 1989/2025 (51.6%, WhiskyLand, refill hog…

Official Balvenie and indie Burnside

Balvenie 12 yo 2012/2025 (47.3%, OB, A collection of Curious Casks, Montilla Wine Seasoned Cask)
Burnside 35 yo 1989/2025 (53%, Archive, barrel, blended malt, cask #2500727, 268 bottles)

Tamnavulin without wine

Tamnavulin 10 yo 2015/2026 (55.4%, Lady of the Glen, hogshead, cask #301041, 290 bottles)
Tamnavulin 34 yo 1991/2026 (48.7%, WhiskyLand, 1st fill sherry hogshead, 208 bottles)

Two Midleton Very Rare against Two Bushmills

Midleton Very Rare 2003/2025 (58.3%, OB, Irish, Cask Circle, M&C Private Cask Selection, 1st fill bourbon, cask #20139)
Midleton Very Rare 2001 (56.2%, OB, Irish, Cask Circle, M&C Private Cask Selection, 1st fill rum cask, cask #65877, 83 bott…

A small bag of cat-approved rums

Prata Alambique Magnifica 2 yo (38%, Cadenhead, Brazil, Cachaça, Malternatives Release, +/-2020)
Renaissance 2016/2024 ‘Bordeaux Clouded Leopard’ (66.5%, OB, Taiwan, cask #19136, 90 bottles)
Tahiti 2017/2023 (57%, S.B.S., French Polynesia,…

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