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Hampden Estate 8 Year Old

Hampden Estate 8 Year OldSingle Traditional Pot Still Jamaican Rum46% ABV / RRP £70.00 Jamaica’s Hampden Estate Distillery – based in Trelawny, has long been revered by aficionados for producing rums that are unapologetically bold, brimming with character and deeply rooted in the island’s distinctive pot-still tradition. Hampden Estate 8 Year Old is certainly no […]

Glasgow 1770 Ruby Port Cask Finish

Glasgow 1770 Ruby Port Cask FinishSingle Malt Scotch Whisky55% ABV / RRP £57.00 There’s an undeniable energy around the Glasgow Distillery – an almost tangible momentum that has been building since they reignited the city’s whisky-making flame in 2014. In a relatively short time, they have carved out a space that is unmistakably their own: […]

Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon (2025)

Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon has been a personal favorite since I first started researching and writing about Wild Turkey.
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Chestnut Farms

More and more “ house bourbons ” or “ store bourbons ” are coming to market, it’s Costco’s Kirkland brand, Liquor Barn’s Flatboat series , Binny’s Clark & Sheffield  lineup, or today’s selection – Chestnut Farms  – there is a common thread – they’r…

Russell’s Reserve Single Rickhouse CNE

As if Wild Turkey needed to introduce another 2025 limited release after the sheer impressiveness of Master’s Keep Beacon (my current choice for “Whiskey of the Year”), yet here we are welcoming the fourth edition of the Russell’s Reserve Single Rickho…

Master’s Keep Beacon

Everyone has their favorite Master’s Keep. For some it’s the elegance of the eponymous inaugural release, for others it’s the complexity of Decades. For me, Revival, Unforgotten, and the 17-year Bottled in Bond have long traded places as the top three….

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