Single Malt

Bruichladdich Debuts Organic Barley 16-Year-Old

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The good news is that Islay-based distillery Bruichladdich has released a 16-year-old single malt whisky using organically-farmed barley, the bad news is that it is only available via global travel retail (GTR) venues. Bruichladdich [aka Laddie] Organic Barley 16-Year-Old was made with 100% organically grown barley from Mid Coul Farm in Inverness, Scotland – organically […]

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Games For Long Evenings With A Glass Of Scotch

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We all know video games as a good way to relax or have fun. If you’re looking for the former, you’ve come to the right place. Imagine a quiet evening, a dimly lit room, a well-aged scotch, and only one thing missing – the right game to complement this mood. But any title won’t do, …

Port Askaig Reveals Trio Of Whiskies

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Islay-based Port Askaig has revealed a trio of new limited releases – a non-age statement cask-strength single malt and two age-statement expressions, 15- and 25-year-olds. Port Askaig Cask Strength Single Malt #02-2024 was bottled at 59.1% alcohol by volume [118.2 proof] and is said to impart notes of espresso coffee, dark chocolate, lemon and Islay […]

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Isle of Harris Unveils New Hearach Malt

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Scottish distiller Isle of Harris has launched their new The Hearach of Château Biac, a single malt Scotch whisky born from a unique partnership with the winemakers of the much-loved Château Biac in Bordeaux. Crafted by the same dedicated local team behind the distillery’s acclaimed inaugural single malt, The Hearach of Château Biac presents an …

Kavalan Debuts Lan For The Rest Of The World

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Taiwan-based Kavalan Distillery has released Lan, their first whisky created specifically with the rest of the world in mind, as it will be destined for the export market. Kavalan Lán is so named as a nod to Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan where the Kavalan Distillery was born in 2005 and where they released their […]

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“Islands in the Sound, that is what we are…”

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Or something along those lines anyway. Sorry, Kenny and Dolly. Anyway… let’s dig into a neat little duo from Whisky Sponge. There was a vision here: release a single cask bottling from both beloved Hebridean islands, Islay and Jura. A bottling that was naked in spirit and cask dressing, matured entirely on its respective island, […]

Tobermory Installs 27 Year Old In Hebridean Series

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Isle of Mull-based Tobermory Distillery has released a 27-year-old single malt Scotch whisky as the fifth and final installment in their Hebridean Series, the 2021 series in which each bottle of the sherry-casked series features a different aspect of Tobermory’s island home – the 27-year-old highlighting the island’s 13th-century Duart Castle, which overlooks the Sound […]

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Bushmills Private Reserve 2025 Arrives For St. Patrick’s Day

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By Richard Thomas St. Patrick’s Day falls on Monday the 17th this year, so the party will begin on the preceding weekend. But the trickle of new Irish Whiskeys began entering the market in February, to get the word and the product out in time for the emerald holiday. So it is with the latest …

Kavalan Reveals 15 Year Old

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Taiwanese distillery Kavalan has released their first-ever single malt whisky with an age statement – the limited edition Kavalan 15-Year-Old 2025 Edition – which is unveiled as part of the distillery’s Time Exploration series that marks the moment when Kavalan and Taiwan began whisky production on March 11, 2006. Kavalan 15-Year-Old 2025 Edition was matured […]

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Glenmorangie Gives Lasanta An Age Promotion

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Glenmorangie has given their sherry-finished Lasanta single malt whisky a three-year age promotion, raising its age statement from 12 to 15 years old, after adding three more years to the aging process for the single malt from 2010. Glenmorangie Lasanta 12/15 Years Old was initially matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, bottled […]

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