Two Kornog from Bretagne
Kornog (46%, OB, France, Brittany, +/-2026)
Kornog 8 yo 2018/2026 (58.4%, Amateur Spirits, France, Brittany, 1st fill bourbon barrel)
A small gathering of Glen Garioch
Glengarioch 18 yo 1975/1994 (46.3%, Cadenhead, Original Collection)
Glen Garioch 31 yo (54.6%, Elixir Distillers ‘Macbeth Act One: The Thanes’, four bourbon barrels, 600 bottles, 2023)
Glen Garioch 52 yo 1973/2026 (53.8%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, …
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)
Gordon & MacPhail Strathislas, distilled twenty years apart
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Strathisla 27 yo 1997/2024 (55.7%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, for HNWS 19th Anniversary, Taiwan, refill American hogshead, cask #47798, 224 bottles)
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)