Burnside 28 yo (46%, Cadenhead’s ‘Original Collection’, bourbon casks)
Tomatin 13 yo 2011 (51,3%, Cadenhead’s ‘Chairman’s Stock’ 2025, bourbon barrel, 198 btl.)
Ben Nevis 26 yo 1999 (51,5%, Cadenhead’s ‘Chairman’s Stock’ 2025, bourbon hogshead, 186 btl.)
Miltonduff 17 yo 2008 (51,5%, Cadenhead’s ‘Chairman’s Stock’ 2025, rum barrel, 216 btl.)
Tullibardine 13 yo 2012 (54%, Cadenhead’s ‘Chairman’s Stock’ 2025, Tawny Port finish, 210 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 5 yo 2019 (60,1%, Cadenhead’s ‘Chairman’s Stock’ 2025, Oloroso hogshead, 324 btl.)
2019
Agitator 5 yo 2019 (58,4%, The Whisky Jury 2024, unpeated, first-fill wave stave cask #1024, 185 btl.)
Agitator 54 yo 2019 (58,1%, The Whisky Jury 2024, peated, first-fill wave stave cask #2058, 247 btl.)
Ben Nevis 15 yo 2010 (52,8%, Hogshead 2025, refill hogshead, 185 btl.)
Chain Pier 5 yo 2019 (54,5%, Hogshead 2025, virgin oak barrel, 259 btl.)
Teaninich 10 yo 2015 (53,8%, Hogshead 2025, first-fill Vin Santo octave, 59 btl.)
Tullibardine 10 yo 2015 (55,6%, Hogshead 2025, first-fill Vin Santo octave, 71 btl.)
Laphroaig 13 yo 2011 (57,4%, Hogshead for Spheric Spirits 2025, refill barrel, 192 btl.)
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Linkwood 10 yo ‘A Fine Christmas Malt’ (54,2%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, bourbon + sherry casks, 2696 btl.)
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Havana Club 11 yo (50%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2023, American white oak, 2400 btl.)
Ninefold 3 yo (62,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2023, bourbon cask, 207 btl.)
Renaissance 2019 (64,7%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2022, first-fill Léoville Poyferré finish#19145, 252 btl.)
HD 2018 C<>H (64,3%, The Whisky Jury ‘The Ester Hunter’ 2025, Catch #5, bourbon barrel #CH-56)
HD 2019 HGML (65,8%, The Whisky Jury ‘The Ester Hunter’ 2025, Catch #6, refill barrel #HG-ML-8, 231 btl.)
Holyrood 5 yo 2019 (57,6%, Fragrant Drops 2025, bourbon barrel #35, 256 btl.)
Campbeltown Blended Malt 8 yo 2016 (57,6%, Fragrant Drops 2025, double bourbon barrel #11, 265 btl.)
LG ‘Blended Malt’ (48,8%, The Whisky Jury 2025, Oloroso cask)
The Macallan 18 Years Sherry Oak (43%, OB 2019, Oloroso seasoned casks)
Milk & Honey 2019 – Madeira Casks (52,3%, OB ‘Art & Craft’ 2023, 2466 btl.)
Milk & Honey 2019 – Tokaji Casks (52,3%, OB ‘Art & Craft’ 2023, 1550 btl.)
Milk & Honey 2019 – White Port Casks (53,6%, OB ‘Art & Craft’ 2023, 2210 btl.)
Milk & Honey 2018 – Recioto Casks (55,10%, OB ‘Art & Craft’ 2023, 2521 btl.)
Milk & Honey Elements – Sherry Cask (46%, OB +/- 2022)
Milk & Honey Elements – Pomegranate Wine Cask (46%, OB 2022)
Milk & Honey Art & Craft – Stout Beer Cask 2019 (54%, OB 2022, 975 btl.)
Milk & Honey Belgian Drop – White Dessert Wine Cask (57,4%, OB 2022, 273 btl.)
Milk & Honey APEX – Fortified Red Wine Cask 2017 (59,4%, OB 2022)
Milk & Honey APEX – Ex-Alba Cask (53,4%, OB 2022)
Millstone 5 yo 2019 – Heavy Peated Palo Cortado (46%, OB 2024, Special #31, 2365 btl.)
Mortlach 16 yo ‘Distiller’s Dram’ (43,4%, OB 2019, L9016DM001)
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Isle of Raasay 5 yo 2019 (61,1%, The Maclean Foundation 2025, virgin Chinkapin cask #557, 246 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 40 yo 1980 (45,2%, Gleann Mór ‘Rare Find’ 2020, refill sherry casks)
Braeval 16 yo 2009 (62%, Gleann Mór ‘Rare Find’ 2025, first-fill bourbon finish #9504, 195 btl.)
Ledaig 12 yo 2011 (56,5%, Gleann Mór ‘Rare Find’ 2025, refill hogshead #6991, 345 btl.)
Annandale 6 yo 2019 (60,4%, Gleann Mór ‘Rare Find’ 2025, seasoned Oloroso barrique #14201, 334 btl.)
Shizuoka K – 3 yo 2019 (52,7%, OB for Vintage-Whisky 2023, ex-bourbon cask #497, 44 btl.)
Shizuoka W – 3 yo 2019 (53,5%, OB for Vintage-Whisky 2023, ex-bourbon cask #494, 44 btl.)
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Springbank 12 yo ‘Cask Strength’ (57,1%, OB 2019)
St. Kilian 3 yo 2019 (60,6%, The Whisky Jury 2023, peated, cask #3952, 268 btl.)
Thy 4 yo 2020 – Beechwood smoked single malt (51%, OB 2024, Oloroso sherry cask #470 + 471, 213 btl.)
Thy Caramel Malt 3 yo 2019-2021 (57,8%, OB 2024, PX + Oloroso + bourbon cask, 365 btl.)
Thy Bøg-Bourbon 2019 (58,9%, OB 2024, bourbon cask #1260)
Thy PX 2020 (58,3%, OB 2024, first fill PX sherry cask, 636 btl.)
Arran 21 yo 2001 (55,3%, OB ‘Premium Cask’ for Whisky in Leiden 2023, bourbon cask #2001/061, 145 btl.)
Glen Scotia 5 yo 2016 (56,7%, OB for Whisky in Leiden 2023, first fill Oloroso hogshead, 247 btl.)
Millstone 3 yo 2019 – Heavily Peated (51,2%, OB for Whisky in Leiden 2023, PX cask #2548, 356 btl.)
Caol Ila 9 yo 2014 (52,9%, Murray McDavid ‘Benchmark’ for Whisky in Leiden 2023, Sauternes finish, 163 btl.)