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Young Bladnoch for the summer

Bladnoch 8 yo ‘American oak red wine’ (46,7%, OB, The Galloway Collection, double cask, 2025)
Bladnoch 7 yo 2018/2025 (58.8%, OB for Quaich Bar, oloroso hogshead, cask #735, 319 bottles)

Dalmore OB vs IB

Dalmore 17 yo (42%, OB, +/-2025)
Dalmore 11 yo 2012/2023 (55.6%, Hart Bros., first filled Burgundy)

Fifteen jonge and oude jenever from the Netherlands

Hartevelt Prima (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, the Netherlands)
Hooghoudt Dubbele Graan Jenever (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherland)
Henkes (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherlands)
Ketel1 (35%, OB, Graanjenever, The Netherlands)
Bokma (35%, OB, Jonge G…

Independent Balblair

Balblair 17 yo 2008/2026 (53%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 86 bottles)
Balblair 21 yo 1990/2011 (57.9%, The Gillies Club Australia, 34th bottling, cask #169, 300/582 bottles)

A few blends picked at random

Johnnie Walker ‘Blonde’ (40%, OB, blended Scotch, +/-2026)
Dewar’s 8 yo ‘Caribbean Smooth’ (40%, OB, blended scotch, +/-2025)
Grant’s Stand Fast (no ABV, OB, blended Scotch, twist cap, +/-1965)
Ainslie’s King’s Legend ‘Old Special’ (40…

Glenlochy 29 vs 43 yo

Glenlochy 29 yo 1970/2000 (57.2%, Signatory Vintage ‘Silent Stills’, cask #3359, 248 bottles)
Glenlochy 43 yo 1979 (53.6%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill American hogshead, 2023-2026)

A few Smögen from Sweden

Askeim 8 yo ‘Batch No.2’ (57.2%, OB, Sweden, +/-2026)
Smögen 15 yo (55.7%, OB, Sweden, batch #L001, bourbon barrels, 2025)
Smögen 12 yo 2014/2026 ‘100 proof’ (57.1%, OB, Sweden, bourbon & sherry)
Smögen 12 yo 2013/2025 (58.3%, Cask…

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