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Bowmore Mashmen’s Selection
WHEN I FIRST STARTED CHATTING ABOUT WHISKY ONLINE circa 2000 it was mostly all warm and fuzzy: a relative few of us starry-eyed ingénues asking questions or gushing to likeminded innocents about our...
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Yamazaki 18 Year Old
IT SEEMS NOT SO LONG AGO THAT YAMAZAKI 18 YEAR OLD was the best whisky in the world, but I have to admit that I have a hard time keeping up with these accolades. I do remember that I first sampled it...
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Talisker Port Ruighe
THERE’S A SATISFACTION TO BE HAD IN KNOWING YOURSELF and your own tastes and having that confidence unshaken by popular opinion. Be forewarned that port finished whiskies are often polarizing, and this...
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Auchentoshan American Oak
GIVEN THE PLETHORA OF ‘NO AGE STATEMENT’ single malt Scotches flooding store shelves, there are two attitudes one can take, the more strident being to boycott whiskies that don’t come clean about their...
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The Glenlivet 12 Year Old
LIKE MOST WHISKY FANS I LOOK FORWARD TO ENDING A LONG, DREARY WEEK dram in hand, but unlike many who dive head first into some obscure single cask bottled at 63.7% abv, my own preference is to...
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Yoichi ‘Peaty and Salty’ 12 Year Old
WHILE SINGLE MINDED’S FOCUS IS ON AFFORDABLE, READILY AVAILABLE whiskies, it would be disingenuous to deny the allure of elusive, rarely seen bottles, and like any self-respecting aficionado I relish...
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Caol Ila Feis Ile 2013
IT FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT TIME TO OPEN THIS GENTLY SHERRIED CAOL ILA: not only does this special release bottled for the 2013 edition of Feis Ile pair beautifully with Easter chocolates, but tickets for...
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