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Today Macallan 2 x NAS and 1961

Macallan ‘Green Meadow’ (40.2%, OB, The Harmony Collection, travel retail, +/-2023)
Macallan ‘Vibrant Oak’ (44.2%, OB, The Harmony Collection, 200th Anniversary, 2024)
Macallan-Glenlivet 15 yo 1961 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Pure Highland Ma…

A wee Cognac verticale spanning 50 years

Hine ‘Homage to Thomas Hine’ (40%, OB, Grade Champagne, +/-2025)
Jean-Luc Pasquet 8 yo 2015/2024 (57.8%, C. Dully Selection, Grande Champagne, folle blanche, cask #338, 214 bottles)
Domaine du Chêne ‘XXO d’avant 1992’ (48.4%, Art Malts, Bo…

A new trio of Glendullan

Singleton of Glendullan ‘Classic’ (40%, OB, Sweet Vibrancy, 1l, +/-2024)
Glendullan 11 yo 2012/2024 ‘100 Proof Edition #32’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 1st fill oloroso butt)
Glendullan 12 yo 2011/2024 (59.8%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Glens & Va…

A trio of very young, slightly mad Aberfeldy

Aberfeldy 9 yo 2014/2023 (59.7%, OB, Exceptional Cask Series, bourbon and Scottish oak finish, casks #590005–590009, 1152 bottles)
Aberfeldy 10 yo 2013/2023 (58.7%, Signatory Vintage, Archangel No.3, Kirsch Import, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt…

Three little Glendronachs, perfectly cooked up

Glendronach ‘Ode to the Valley’ (46.2%, OB, The Master’s Anthology, sherry and Port casks, 2024)
Glendronach ‘Ode to the Embers’ (48.4%, OB, The Master’s Anthology, sherry and smoke, 2024)
Glendronach ‘Ode to the Dark’ (50.8%, OB, The Mast…

Rums, always more rums

El Supremo 8 yo (40%, OB, Paraguay, +/-2024)
Mhoba ‘Select Reserve’ (48%, OB for Navigate World Whisky, South Africa, Bourbon cask, batch #2023B02, 300 bottles, +/-2023)
La Mauny ‘VSOP’ (40%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)
Vieux Sa…

Bowmore Part Three

Bowmore 27 yo 1973/2000 (50.5%, Blackadder ‘Raw Cask’ for Heartland, USA, hogshead, 244 bottles)
Bowmore 23 yo 1972/1995 (54.7%, The Whisky Connoisseur ‘Cask Master Selection No.2’, cask #909)
Bowmore 1969/1978 (58%, OB for Fecchio & Frass…

A quartet of OB Balvenie and IB Burnside

Balvenie 12 yo ‘Golden Cask’ (43%, OB, +/-2024)
Balvenie 15 yo ‘Madeira Cask’ (43%, OB, +/-2024)
Sideburn 31 yo 1992–1993/2025 (53.6%, Decadent Drams, Decadent Drinks, 1st fill and refill bourbon, 461 bottles)
Burnside 35 yo 1989/2025 …

Old Clynelish is back on the tasting table

Clynelish 12 yo (43%, OB for Di Chiano, light vatting, short golden cap, early 1970s)
Clynelish 12 yo (43%, OB for Di Chiano, dark vatting, short golden cap, early 1970s)
Clynelish 27 yo 1965 (51%, Scotch Malt Sales, Japan, 500ml, +/-1992)

Isle of Jura OB vs. IB

Jura ‘Islander’s Expression No.3 Cabernet Sauvignon cask’ (40%, OB, 2024)
Isle of Jura 2009/2024 (50.1%, Caora, No.13, refill barrel, cask #90103514)

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