April Fool ‘Extremely Young’ 30 yo (51,7%, The Whisky Exchange 2021, first-fill bourbon casks, 869 btl.)
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J. Bally 14 yo 2010 – Brut de Fût (53,8%, OB for Wu Dram Clan 2025, 192 btl.)
Fiji Islands 15 yo 2009 (55,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2025, ex-bourbon + Ferrand cognac + Kilchoman cask #06/18)
Velier Royal Navy – Very Old Rum 17,42 yo (57,18%, Velier +/- 2017)
HD <>H 11 yo 2013 (59%, The Roots 2025, cask #434994, 205 btl.)
Caol Ila 13 yo 2007 (55,6%, The Whisky Exchange 2021, hogshead #320247, 242 btl.)
Caol Ila 13 yo 2007 (57,8%, The Whisky Blues 2021, refill hogshead #320319, 160 btl.)
Caol Ila 12 yo 2009 (56,3%, Whisky Sponge 2022, second fill sherry butt, 374 btl.)
Caol Ila 10 yo 2012 (56,7%, Thompson Bros for Royal Mile Whiskies, dechar/rechar hogshead, 270 btl.)
Caol Ila 2010 (57%, Swell de Spirits 2022, Jamaican rum cask finish, 360 btl.)
Caol Ila 7 yo 2014 (59,1%, The Whisky Exchange 2021, hogshead #311507, 251 btl.)
A Fine Christmas Malt 19 yo (44,5%, The Whisky Exchange 2020, 1918 btl.)
A Fine Christmas Malt 16 yo (53,2%, The Whisky Exchange, hogsheads + sherry butts, 2200 btl.)
Aberlour 16 yo (53,5%, OB for TWE 2016, first-fill sherry cask #4738, 282 btl.) – 89/100
Aberlour 25 yo 1993 (54,1%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, ex-bourbon hogshead #7366, 162 btl.)
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Allt-A-Bhainne 32 yo 1991 (54,9%, OB ‘Lost in Time’ for The Whisky Exchange 2024, refill hogshead #13091, 144 btl.)
Glenlivet 32 yo 1990 (62,4%, OB ‘Lost in Time’ for The Whisky Exchange 2024, refill hogshead #27277, 132 btl.)
Ardbeg 20 yo 2000 ‘An ever-changing world of order’ (57,2%, TWE for Whisky Show 2020, bourbon barrel #1087, 247 btl.)
Ardmore 19 yo 1992 (49,3%, Single Malts of Scotland 2011, bourbon cask, 207 btl.) – 90/100
Ardnamurchan 7 yo 2014 ‘peatless’ (57,1%, Whisky Sponge 2022, release 48C, first-fill barrel, 163 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 6 yo multivintage ‘peatyish’ (53%, Whisky Sponge 2022, release 48B, 163 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 6 yo 2015 ‘heavily peated’ (57,1%, Whisky Sponge 2022, release 48A, refill barrel, 163 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 5 yo 2016 ‘April Fool’ (53,2%, The Whisky Exchange 2022)
Ardnamurchan AD/09.22 Cask Strength (58,4%, OB 2022, bourbon + sherry casks, 18.000 btl.)
Ardnamurchan AD/08:18 (59,1%, OB cask #1058 for The Whisky Exchange 2024, first-fill Oloroso sherry butt #1058, 702 btl.)
Arran 24 yo 1996 ‘Premium Cask’ (53,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, cask #757, 273 btl.)
Arran 21 yo 1996 (50,2%, The Whisky Exchange – Whisky Show 2018, 217 btl.)
Balblair 30 yo 1986 (49,5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Cask Strength’ for The Whisky Exchange 2017, refill sherry hogshead #12649, 48 btl.) – 90/100
Balblair 2005 (48,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, cask #213, 180 btl.)
Ballechin 15 yo 2003 (55%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 20th Anniversary 2019, first-fill Oloroso sherry butt #204, 482 btl.)
Ballechin 18 yo 2003 (51,3%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, refill hogshead #165, 285 btl.)
Balmenach 26 yo 1988 (51,1%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2015, hogshead #3242, 192 btl.) – 88/100
Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996 (52,8%, Douglas Laing XOP for The Whisky Exchange 2024, refill butt, 208 btl.)
BenRiach 23 yo 1984 (54,2%, OB 2008, cask #194, 214 btl.) – 87/100
Benrinnes 20 yo (50%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Time series’ 2016, bourbon cask, 280 btl.) – 85/100
Benrinnes 20 yo 1995 (51,1%, Single Malts of Scotland 2016, hogshead #9057, 281 btl.) – 87/100
Benrinnes 18 yo 1997 (52,2%, Whisky-Fässle 2016, hogshead) – 86/100
Benromach 10 yo 2010 (58,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, first-fill bourbon barrel #390, 211 btl.)
Benromach 11 yo 2014 (59,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2025, first-fill sherry hogshead #675, 299 btl.)
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Undisclosed Speyside 16 yo ‘Black Friday’ (54,6%, The Whisky Exchange 2017, sherry butt, 582 btl.)
Orkney Islands 18 yo ‘Black Friday‘ (54,6%, Elixir Distillers 2018, 1400 btl.)
Speyside 21 yo ‘Black Friday’ (53,1%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, 1800 btl.)
Speyside Single Malt ‘Black Friday’ 22 yo (49,2%, The Whisky Exchange 2021)
Islay Single Malt 16 yo ‘Black Friday’ (53,2%, The Whisky Exchange 2022, 2000 btl.)
Glenkinchie – Lowlands Single Malt 15 yo ‘Black Friday’ (54,2%, The Whisky Exchange 2023)
Highlands Single Malt 16 yo ‘Black Friday’ 2008 (53,8%, The Whisky Exchange 2024, 800 btl.)
Bladnoch 16yo 1992 (46%, Single Malts of Scotland 2009, bourbon hogshead, cask #2694, 375 btl.) – 85/100
Bowmore 19 yo 1998 (48,8%, The Whisky Agency for The Whisky Exchange 2018, sherry butt)
Bowmore 21 yo 2001 (51,6%, Douglas Laing XOP for The Whisky Exchange 2022, refill sherry butt, DL16464, 514btl.)
Bowmore 15 yo 2001 (55,6%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2017, hogshead #20117, 233 btl.)
Bowmore Bw5 (50,2%, Elements of Islay 2015, 50 cl) – 90/100
Bruichladdich 13 yo 2002 (52,7%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2016, Micro provenance, bourbon cask #12/214, 240 btl.) – 86/100
Bruichladdich 18 yo 2004 (61,8%, OB ‘Cask Evolution Exploration’ for The Whisky Exchange 2023, first-fill Sauternes cask #1518, 234 btl.)
Bruichladdich Br2 (49,3%, Elements of Islay 2011, 50 cl) – 83/100
Bunnahabhain 32 yo 1990 – Single Cask (54,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2023, Oloroso sherry butt #7815, 537 btl.)
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Caol Ila 31 yo 1983 (48,1%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2015, hogshead #5294, 255 btl.) – 89/100
Caol Ila 19 yo 2001 (57,6%, Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Exchange 2021, first-fill bourbon barrel #308900, 192 btl.)
Caol Ila 14 yo 2005 (54,5%, Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Exchange 20th Anniversary 2019, refill sherry hogshead #19/051, 142 btl.)
Caol Ila 15 yo 2005 (57,5%, Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Exchange 2021, refill sherry hogshead #301507, 266 btl.)
Caol Ila 11 yo 2010 (58,2%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2021, refill sherry butt #316662, 558 btl.)
Caol Ila 11 yo 2010 ‘Nobody ever sailed past me’ (58,1%, Whisky Facile 2021, refill sherry butt #316624, 515 btl.)
Caol Ila 7 yo 2014 (59,1%, The Whisky Exchange 2021, hogshead #311507, 251 btl.)
Caol Ila Cl7 (58,5%, Elements of Islay 2014, 50 cl) – 87/100
Caol Ila Cl8 (55,2%, Elements of Islay 2017, bourbon barrels, 50cl)
Caperdonich 21 yo 2000 (56,9%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2021, hogshead #29485, 256 btl.)
Chichibu 2011 (59,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 20th Anniversary 2019, ex-Coedonado beer cask #3301, 224 btl.)
Chichibu 2012 (60,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2019, refill hogshead #2089, 349 btl.)
Chichibu London Edition 2021 (51,5%, OB for The Whisky Show 2021, peated + unpeated, bourbon barrels, 1859 btl.)
Chichibu 2015 (59,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, bourbon cask #5262, 233 btl.)
Chichibu 2014 (59,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, IPA beer cask #11049, 261 btl.)
Chichibu 2014 (59,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, Chibidaru quarter cask #3508, 119 btl.)
‘A fine Christmas Malt’ 17 yo (58,7%, The Whisky Exchange 2018, Oloroso sherry butts, 1800 btl.)
Linkwood 10 yo ‘A Fine Christmas Malt’ (54,2%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, bourbon + sherry casks, 2696 btl.)
Clynelish 28 yo 1982 (43,1%, Single Malts of Scotland 2011, hogshead #3985, 175 btl.) – 89/100
Clynelish 23 yo 1995 (55,4%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2019, refill sherry butt #11252, 550 btl.)
Clynelish 21 yo 1995 (54,7%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2017, refill sherry butt #8676, 544 btl.)
Clynelish 18 yo 1996 (55,5%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2015, refill sherry butt #6509, 606 btl.) – 86/100
Clynelish 21 yo 1996 (52%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2018, refill sherry butt #11390, 517 btl.)
Clynelish 14 yo 2005 (51,8%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ for TWE 20th Anniversary 2019, refill sherry hogshead, 224 btl.)
Clynelish 21 yo ‘Art of Whisky Distilling’ (56,1%, Elixir Distillers 2017, ex-bourbon hogshead, 251 btl.)
Clynelish 37 yo (46%, The Whisky Exchange 10th Anniversary 2009) – 92/100
Craigellachie 15yo 1994 (46%, Single Malts of Scotland 2009, cask #5901, 325 btl.) – 84/100
Croftengea 15 yo 2006 (52,6%, The Whisky Exchange 2021, hogshead #341, 280 btl.)
Inchfad 16 yo 2005 (52,2%, Thompson Brothers 2021, Pedro Ximénez hogshead finish, 300 btl.)
Croftengea 9 yo 2008 (54,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, refill hogshead #272, 289 btl.)
Dad’s Dram – Blended Malt (56%, The Whisky Exchange 2024, 963 btl.)
Dailuaine 12 yo 2011 (53,1%, The Whisky Exchange for Whisky Show 2024, hogshead)
Ben Nevis 10 yo 2013 (60,2%, The Whisky Exchange for Whisky Show 2024, sherry butt #1276)
Caol Ila 15 yo 2008 (53,2%, The Whisky Exchange for Whisky Show 2024)
Dalmunach 6 yo ‘Wulver’ (60%, OB ‘Scottish Mythical Creatures’ for The Whisky Exchange 2022)
Edradour 12 yo 2005 (61,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, first-fill Oloroso butt #131, 567 btl.)
Elements of Islay ‘Peat & Sherry’ (56,8%, Elixir Distillers for The Whisky Exchange 2019, 400 btl.)
Elements of Islay – Peat (59,3%, Speciality Drinks 2015) – 84/100
Emerald Isle 24 yo 1991 (52,6%, Speciality Drinks 2016, cask #8507) – 91/100
Family-owned Distillery 15 yo (51,3%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Time series’, 271 btl.) – 87/100
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Glen Elgin 12 yo (49,6%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, bourbon barrel, 306 btl.)
Imperial 21 yo (46,8%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, refill hogshead, 294 btl.)
Highland single malt 18 yo (48,4%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, refill hogshead, 276 btl.)
Caol Ila 10 yo (51,2%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, refill hogshead, 294 btl.)
Foursquare Criterion (56%, OB ‘Exceptional Cask Selection’ for The Whisky Exchange 2017, 2000 btl.)
Foursquare Hereditas 14 yo (OB ‘Private Cask Selection’ for TWE 2019, blended rum, bourbon + sherry cask, 2520 btl.)
The Gastronomy Selection – Blended Malt 37 yo (51,3%, The Whisky Exchange 2023, 1021 btl.)
Glen Grant 22 yo 2000 (57,1%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2022, first-fill sherry butt finish #1, 686 btl.)
Glentauchers 13 yo 2009 (64,1%, Signatory Vintage Un-Chillfiltered for The Whisky Exchange 2022, first-fill sherry butt #900314, 649 btl.)
Glen Keith 26 yo 1993 (56,6%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange ’20th Anniversary’ 2019, hogshead #82779, 217 btl.)
Glen Keith 29 yo 1993 (54,3%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2022, hogshead #82789, 236 btl.)
Linkwood 25 yo 1997 (56,3%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2022, hogshead #7581, 212 btl.)
Ledaig 17 yo 2005 (65,2%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2022, refill sherry butt #90040, 460 btl.)
Glen Moray 28 yo 1990 (51,4%, The Whisky Agency for The Whisky Exchange 2018)
Glen Moray 2008 (52,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 20th Anniversary 2019, first-fill American oak cask #613, 186 btl.)
Glen Moray 8 yo (57,8%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Time series’ 2016, 251 btl.) – 87/100
Glen Scotia 12 yo 2007 ‘Grand Tour single cask’ (54,6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2019, first-fill bourbon cask #204, 209 btl.)
Glen Scotia 10 yo 2015 ‘Dawny Port’ (53,3%, Thompson Brothers for The Whisky Exchange 2025, Tawny Port cask finish, 317 btl.)
GlenAllachie 18 yo 2007 (59,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2025, virgin oak barrel #6453, 272 btl.)
GlenAllachie 14 yo 2009 (60,3%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2024, sherry butt #900609, 261 btl.)
Glenburgie 23 yo 1995 (57,5%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange ‘20th Anniversary’ 2019, ex-bourbon hogshead #6585, 272 btl.)
Glenburgie 28 yo 1996 (54,8%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ for The Whisky Exchange 2024, refill bourbon barrel #5816, 147 btl.)
GlenDronach 26 yo 1993 (51,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2019, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #6853, 722 btl.)
GlenDronach 17 yo 1995 (56,6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2013, Pedro Ximenez puncheon #4682, 631 btl.) – 84/100
Glenfarclas 21 yo – 95° Proof (54,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021)
Glenfarclas 15 yo – 100° Proof (54.2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021)
Glenfarclas 25 yo ‘London Edition’ (50,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 20th Anniversary 2019, Oloroso sherry casks)
Glenglassaugh 31 yo 1978 (44,6%, The Whisky Exchange 10th Anniversary 2009) – 89/100
Glenlivet 36 yo 1981 (47,6%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2018, sherry butt #12, 702 btl.)
Glenlivet 33 yo 1981 (52,2%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2015, refill sherry hogshead #9468, 154 btl.) – 89/100
Glenlivet 33 yo 1981 (51%, Signatory Vintage for TWE 2015, refill sherry hogshead #9464, 175 btl.) – 91/100
Glenlivet 15 yo 2003 (59,4%, Gordon & MacPhail for TWE 2018, refill bourbon barrel, 176 btl.)
Glenturret 14 yo 2004 (55,1%, Gordon & MacPhail for TWE 2018, refill sherry hogshead 18/083, 296 btl.)
Glenlivet 12 yo 2007 (66,3%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange, first-fill sherry hogshead #900171, 309 btl.)
Glenlivet 12 yo 2007 (54,1%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2019, first-fill sherry hogshead #900216, 329 btl.)
Glenlivet 13 yo 2007 (65,3%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2020, first-fill sherry butt #900243, 625 btl.)
Glenrothes 30 yo 1989 (41,9%, Single Malts of Scotland 2019, hogshead #18177, 92 btl.)
Glenrothes 30 yo 1989 (48,5%, Single Malts of Scotland 2019, hogshead #18166)
Glenrothes 26 yo 1989 (53,8%, The Single Malts of Scotland 2016, refill hogshead #8172) – 87/100
Glenrothes 30 yo 1986 (61,4%, Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Show Old & Rare 2017, refill bourbon barrel #20235, 62 btl.) – 90/100
Glenrothes 27 yo (51,1%, Elixir Distillers 2017, 204 btl.)
Glentauchers 22 yo 1997 (46,6%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2019, bourbon cask #4163, 125 btl.)
Glentauchers 21 yo (47,1%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2020, Batch #8, 803 btl.)
Glentauchers 21 yo 1997 (54,5%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, bourbon barrel #403, 182 btl.)
Green Spot 10 yo 2013 (56,6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2025, bourbon barrel #239852, 237 btl.)
Hakushu 20 yo 1989 (62%, OB 2009 for The Whisky Exchange, sherry butt #9O 50021) – 90/100
Hampden 2023 HLCF (64,6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2025, Fundador sherry cask #A3, 764 btl.)
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.)
Highland Park 13yo 1995 (46%, Single Malts of Scotland 2009, cask #470 & #471, 770 btl.) – 81/100
Highland Park 16 yo 1999 (56,6%, Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Exchange 2016, first-fill bourbon barrel #4260) – 88/100
Highland Park 17 yo 2001 (54,9%, Gordon & MacPhail for TWE 20th Anniversary 2019, first-fill bourbon barrel, 163 btl.)
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Imperial 20yo 1995 (50,8%, Signatory Vintage ‘Un-Chillfiltered’ for The Whisky Exchange 2016, hogshead #50252, 232 btl.) – 87/100
Imperial 25 yo 1995 (50,1%, The Whisky Exchange 2021, bourbon barrel #7845, 165 btl.)
Inchmoan 12 yo 2007 (54,9%, OB for TWE 20th Anniversary 2019, refill bourbon hogshead #96, 289 btl.)
Invergordon 44 yo 1972 (46,7%, Cave Aquila ‘A Knight’s Dram’ 2017, cask #20, 60 btl.)
Invergordon 43 yo 1973 “The Gaper” (47,7%, Boogieman 2017, barrel, cask #31, 66 btl.)
Invergordon 44 yo (51,6%, The Whisky Exchange for Whisky Show 2018, hogshead, 268 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 24 yo 1993 (48,2%, The Whisky Agency for The Whisky Exchange 2018, bourbon barrel)
Irish single malt 27 yo 1990 (51,3%, The Whisky Agency & The Whisky Exchange 2017, bourbon barrel, 150 btl.)
Jameson 23 yo Small Batch (55,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2024, cask #108882-10885)
Karuizawa 1980 (61,6%, OB for Speciality Drinks 2015) – 89/100
Karuizawa 1982 (46%, first fill bourbon cask #8497) – 88/100
Karuizawa 1983 ‘Nepal Appeal’ (59%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2014, sherry cask #3557, 50 btl.) – 93/100
Karuizawa 29 yo 1984 (56,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2013, first fill sherry cask #3663, +/- 250 btl.) – 91/100
Karuizawa 1984 (64,5%, The Whisky Exchange 2012, first fill sherry cask #4021) – 90/100
Karuizawa 50 yo – Marriage 1965 & 1972 (54,8%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Cabinet’ 2024, 50 btl.)
Karuizawa 11yo ‘Spirit of Asama’ (48%, The Whisky Exchange 2012, vatting) – 82/100
Karuizawa 11yo ‘Spirit of Asama’ (55%, The Whisky Exchange 2012, vatting) – 85/100
Kavalan 7 yo 2011 (57,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 20th Anniversary 2019, rum cask M111104011A, 151 btl.)
Kavalan 6 yo 2012 (53,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, Vinho Cask, W120614028, 180 btl.)
Kavalan ‘Selection’ Sherry Cask (57,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2016, Oloroso sherry butt #S100125026A, 526 btl.) – 90/100
Kilchoman 13 yo 2007 (53,9%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, first-fill bourbon cask #197, 204 btl.)
Kilchoman 10 yo 2007 (58,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2017, sherry butt #401, 599 btl.)
Kilchoman 8 yo 2012 ‘Mezcal finish’ (52,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, single cask #828, 223 btl.)
Kilchoman 8 yo 2012 ‘Tequila finish’ (53,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, single cask #824, 247 btl.)
Kornog 6 yo 2016 (60,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2023, refill Pedro Ximénez sherry butt, 668 btl.)
Lagavulin 31 yo 1991 (49,2%, OB ‘Casks of Distinction’ for The Whisky Exchange 2022, first-fill Pedro Ximénez sherry hogshead #P5D4, 264 btl.)
Lagavulin ‘Lg8’ 2006 (59,5%, Elements of Islay 2018, two bourbon barrels)
Laphroaig 20 yo 1996 (50,6%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Masterpieces’ 2016, PX cask, 516 btl.) – 90/100
Laphroaig 13yo 1996 (46%, Single Malts of Scotland 2009, cask #1983, 280 btl.) – 85/100
Laphroaig 16 yo 1998 (59,9%, Signatory Vintage for TWE 2015, refill sherry butt #700389, 585 btl.) – 88/100
Glenburgie 21 yo 1998 (55,4%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, bourbon hogshead #900888, 254 btl.)
Ledaig 13 yo 2005 (57,4%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, sherry butt #622, 622 btl.)
Laphroaig 21 yo 1998 (54,4%, The Whisky Exchange 2019, Oloroso sherry cask #117, 322 btl.)
Laphroaig Lp6 (51,3%, Elements of Islay 2015, 50 cl) – 87/100
Ledaig 12 yo ‘Present Future’ (58,4%, The Whisky Exchange for Whisky Show 2018, sherry butt, 637 btl.)
Ledaig 25 yo 1997 (57,2%, Douglas Laing XOP for The Whisky Exchange 2023, refill hogshead DL16830, 171 btl.)
Linkwood 24 yo 1997 (56,6%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2021, hogshead #7566, 225 btl.)
Clynelish 17 yo 2008 (53,1%, Signatory Vintage ‘Bourbon cask series’ for The Whisky Exchange 2025, barrel #800073)
Linkwood 16 yo 2008 (58,7%, Signatory Vintage ‘Bourbon cask series’ for The Whisky Exchange 2025, barrel #800064)
Mortlach 21 yo 2003 (58,3%, Signatory Vintage ‘Bourbon cask series’ for The Whisky Exchange 2025, barrel #800225)
Loch Lomond 13 yo 2006 (56,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2019, refill American oak cask #196, 266 btl.)
Longmorn 39yo 1969 (57,7%, Gordon & MacPhail for TWE 2009, cask #5305) – 91/100
Braes of Glenlivet 31 yo 1992 (50,7%, OB ‘Lost in Time’ 2023, first fill barrel #111566, 60 btl.)
Longmorn 30 yo 1993 (54,4%, OB ‘Lost in Time’ 2023, second fill hogshead #56087, 180 btl.)
Braeval 28 yo 1995 (62,6%, OB ‘Lost in Time’ 2023, first fill barrel #79775, 132 btl.)
Glen Keith 31 yo 1992 (47,5%, OB ‘Lost in Time’ 2023, first fill barrel #29851, 168 btl.)
Miltonduff 20 yo 2003 (49%, OB ‘Lost in Time’ 2023, first fill barrel #63397, 192 btl.)
Glentauchers 33 yo 1990 (51,9%, OB ‘Lost in Time’ 2023, refill barrel #5218, 108 btl.)
Macduff 21 yo 2003 (58%, Berry Bros. & Rudd for The Whisky Exchange 2024, sherry butt #900025, 358 btl.)
Mars Komagatake 7 yo 2017 (57%, OB ‘Sumo series’ for The Whisky Exchange, bourbon barrel #2001, 168 btl.)
Midleton 20 yo 1991 (54,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2012, first fill bourbon cask #48750, 205 btl.) – 91/100
Millstone 12 yo 2010 (53,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2022, Pedro Ximénez sherry butt #B237)
Millstone 26 yo 1996 (42,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2022, Oloroso sherry cask #4152, 233 btl.)
Millstone 5 yo 2017 (54,7%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2022, Oloroso sherry cask #170444, 315 btl.)
Millstone rye 10% 2004 (58,6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2014, cask #667) – 86/100
Miltonduff 20 yo 1999 (50,7%, The Whisky Exchange 2020, hogshead #5015, 222 btl.)
Mortlach 18 yo 1998 (55,8%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2016, sherry finish, cask #5, 681 btl.)
Mortlach 12 yo 2008 (57,1%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2020, first-fill bourbon barrel #800109, 177 btl.)
Mount Gay ‘Select Blend’ 7 yo (54%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, American oak barrels, 2400 btl.)
Nc’Nean 7 yo 2017 (60,1%, OB for Kirsch Import 2025, Calvados cask #17-520, 343 btl.)
Nc’Nean 7 yo 2017 (60,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2025, Calvados cask #17-519, 342 btl.)
Nc’Nean 4 yo 2020 (59,3%, OB for Kirsch Import 2025, Amarone cask finish #20-676, 486 btl.)
New Zealand 29 yo 1988 (55,3%, New Zealand Malt Whisky Co for The Whisky Exchange 2017, cask #47, 206 btl.)
New: 20 Whiskies that changed the world / The Macallan Harmony Collection / Wolfburn No.182
New whisky releases: Ardbeg 8 Years / Benromach 2010 for The Whisky Exchange / Glenmorangie Tuiga 25 Years
New Ardmore 30 Years, Royal Lochnagar 30 Years and Suntory Ao
Arrrrrrrdbeg / The Whisky Exchange single casks / Glenlivet 12 Years Illicit Still / The Epicurean – Edinburgh edition
Balvenie Stories: The Edge of Burnhead Wood // Elements of Islay Peat & Sherry – TWE exclusive // Tomatin 1977
New whisky releases: Clynelish 16 Year Old (Four Corners of Scotland) / Equilibrium 10 Years (WhiskySponge) / Kilchoman 2007 single cask for The Whisky Exchange / Tamdhu 2003 single cask #7196
Clynelish Distillery Exclusive // Christmas Malt 2019 (The Whisky Exchange) // Gordon & MacPhail Christmas bottlings
New and upcoming whisky releases: Coleburn 1972 (G&M) / Benromach 45 Years / Signatory TWE exclusives / Hepburn’s Choice makeover
GlenDronach single casks Batch #17, new TWE exclusives, Oban Old Teddy and more
New and upcoming releases from Glenfarclas, Compass Box, GlenAllachie and Alistair Walker
Glenfarclas 15 Years 100° Proof / 21 Years 95° Proof The Whisky Exchange released a pair of Glenfarclas exclusives. […]
Glenlivet & Aberlour Cellar Collection / Scapa Single Cask Vintage Editions Chivas Brothers has released some of its […]
Bowmore 2001 (Douglas Laing XOP for The Whisky Exchange) The Whisky Exchange released a Bowmore 2001 which was bottled by […]
Karuizawa Emerald Geishas for TWE & Karuizawa 1964 for WealthSolutions
Kavalan Vinho Barrique 2012 (TWE exclusive) A cask strength Kavalan distilled in June 2012 and aged entirely in […]
New and upcoming whisky from The Whisky Exchange, Bruichladdich, Hunter Laing and Deanston
Laphroaig 28 Years The new release in the series of limited editions from Laphroaig (check my review of […]
Longmorn 16 Year Old // Longmorn 23 Year Old // Macallan Double Cask // Macallan Edition N°2 // The Whisky Exchange releases
New whisky releases: Redbreast 19 Years (TWE), Halcyon Macallan 30, Craigellachie 27 + 30 Years, Bowmore & Aston Martin 2023, Berry Bros 2023 Summer releases
Redbreast 1989 Port Cask & Highland Park 2003 for TWE / Bowmore 30 Years / Glenallachie Virgin Oak / Tomatin 2006 Fino
The Secret Speyside Collection // GlenAllachie Wood finishes // The Whisky Exchange 20th Anniversary
Teeling 27 Year Old – Whisky Exchange exclusive The Whisky Exchange has just bottled a Teeling 27 Year […]
Whisky news: The Ester Hunter, The Seasons: Summer (TWE), Berry Bros. Glens & Valleys, Aberfeldy 39 Years Exceptional Cask
Speyside Malt 1973 + Irish Malt 1989 (TWA) // Whisky Show bottlings // Tomatin 30 Years // Karuizawa 1999-2000
New whisky releases: Velvet Fig 25 Year Old // Inchmurrin 2010 + Whistlepig 10 Years for TWE // Wolfburn Batch 155
Whisky news from The Whisky Agency, Game of Thrones, Compass Box and more
New whisky (and cognac) releases this week from The Whisky Jury, The Whisky Exchange and Tobermory.
Whisky news: X by Glenmorangie / Benriach Malting Season / Glencraig 1975 G&M / Whisky Exchange bottlings
The Whisky Exchange / Speciality Drinks are working overtime. We’ve had new Signatory exclusives, then a new […]
Old Pulteney 2004 (50,9%, OB for TWE 20th Anniversary 2019, ex-bourbon barrel #221, 246 btl.)
Old Pulteney 2004 (62,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, first-fill sherry butt #128, 612 btl.)
A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas Whisky (50,5%, The Whisky Exchange 2022, 1500 btl.)
A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas Whisky (52,5%, The Whisky Exchange 2023, sherry casks, 1800 btl.)
A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas Whisky 15 yo 2008 (54,8%, The Whisky Exchange 2024, sherry casks)
A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas Whisky 16 yo 2009 (55%, The Whisky Exchange 2025, first-fill Oloroso butts #31 + 32, 1367 btl.)
With the current rate of the British Pound, I decided to place an order at The Whisky Exchange, which has a huge choice of current as well as older bottlings. Not to forget their excellent range of Single Malts of Scotland releases.
Penderyn 10 yo 2015 (58,3%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2025, bourbon cask #276, 221 btl.)
Port Askaig, a new brand by Speciality Drinks / The Whisky Exchange
Port Askaig 19 years ‘Cask strength’ (50,4%, Speciality Drinks 2012) – 87/100
Port Askaig 25y (45,8%, Whisky Exchange 2009) – 88/100
Port Askaig 30 years ‘Cask strength’ (51,1%, Speciality Drinks 2012) – 90/100
Port Askaig ‘Cask Strength’ (57,1%, Whisky Exchange 2009) – 82/100
Port Askaig ‘Harbour’ 19 yo (45,8%, Speciality Drinks 2011) – 86/100
Enmore REV 29 yo 1994 (45,8%, The Colours of Rum 2023, cask #27, 157 btl.)
Long Pond CRV 2009 (42,6%, Plantation for The Whisky Exchange 2019, Tokaji finish, 198 btl.)
Zuidam 10 yo (52,8%, FRC ‘Dutch Windmill Collection’ 2023, virgin oak cask #1546, 184 btl.)
Rhum J.M. 9 yo 2014 (48,6%, OB for Kirsch Import 2023, American oak char level 5 #210098, 252 btl.)
Rhum J.M. 8 yo 2015 (53,3%, OB for Wu Dram Clan 2023, American oak + French oak, 294 btl.)
Caroni 24 yo 1998 ‘Tortuga #3’ (58,1%, Precious Liquors 2023, Mizunara finish #2092, 154 btl.)
TDL + Foursquare 2006 (58,8%, Zero Nine Spirits ‘Cyberpunk’ 2023, 200 btl.)
Varela Hermanos 40 yo (59,7%, Fruitful Spirits 2024, cask #82-009, 270 btl.)
JMC 15 yo 2007 (64,3%, The Whisky Blues 2022, hogshead #18, 248 btl.)
Hampden DOK 3m 2023 (63,14%, Colours of Rum for German Rum Festival 2024, PX + Oloroso + bourbon casks, 60 btl.)
Long Pond 17 yo 2005 (66,1%, The Whisky Blues 2023, barrel #8, 259 btl.)
SDS x Los Convidados Satvrnal High Esters rum 2023 (64%, Swell de Spirits 2023, 1000 btl.)
Highland Park 19 yo 2003 (51,8%, Maltbarn ‘The 26 #5’ 2022, bourbon cask, 48 btl.)
Auchentoshan 24 yo 1998 (52,6%, Thompson Brothers 2022, two refill barrels, 321 btl.)
Clynelish 10 yo 2011 (59,1%, The Whisky Exchange, bourbon barrel #800293, 205 btl.)
Nc’Nean AON 4 yo 2018 (57,1%, OB for Kirsch Import 2022, STR red wine cask #18-294, 309 btl.)
Williamson 12 yo 2010 (56,1%, The Whisky Firm 2022, sherry butt #143, 150 btl.)
Croftengea 14 yo 2007 (54,9%, Oxhead Classic Casks 2021, refill hogshead #52, 259 btl.)
Supersonic – Mach 3 – 2013 (55%, North Star Spirits 2021, sherry butts, 777 btl.)
Glen Moray 14 yo 2007 (52,4%, Dramcatcher 2022, bourbon barrel #6211, 54 btl.)
Ardmore 12 yo 2009 (51,4%, Dramcatcher 2022, hogshead #2624, 30 btl.)
Bunnahabhain ‘Staoisha’ 8 yo 2013 (59,1%, The Whisky Blues 2022, first fill barrel #838, 246 btl.)
Red Spot 31 yo 1991 (57,6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2023, Marsala cask #50768, 516 btl.)
Redbreast 30 yo 1989 (57,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2020, ex-bourbon + Port cask #38635, 444 btl.)
Redbreast 25 yo 1997 (57,6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2024, Cream sherry butt #14143, 534 btl.)
Redbreast 20 yo – Small Batch (60%, OB 2026, third-fill Oloroso sherry casks)
Rosebank 21 yo ‘Jealousy’ (52,5%, Speciality Drinks ‘The Roses’ 2015, 695 btl.)
Scapa 19 yo 2003 (56,7%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2022, first-fill American oak)
Strathisla 15 yo 2007 (60,3%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2022, first-fill American oak)
Old Perth 12 yo 2004 (43,9%, Morrison & MacKay 2017, single cask, bottling No. 1, 666 btl.)
Blair Athol 28 yo 1988 (54,5%, Signatory Vintage 2016, refill sherry butt #6843, 567 btl.)
Glenrothes 19 yo 1997 (51,8%, Whisky-Fässle 2016, sherry butt)
Ledaig 10 yo 2007 (54,8%, Claxton’s for Anverness 2017, bourbon hogshead + Oloroso octave #1715AV1-700641)
Strathisla 36 yo 1979 (46,0%, Signatory Vintage 2016, refill butt + 74 months Oloroso finish #1536, 262 btl.)
Glenrothes 20 yo 1997 (51,3%, The Whisky Agency for The Whisky Exchange 2017, sherry butt, 360 btl.)
Speyside Single Malt 32 yo 1989 (51,3%, Thompson Brothers for The Whisky Exchange 2022, refill barrel, 255 btl.)
Springbank 23 yo 1992 (52,2%, Elixir Distillers ‘Masterpieces’, refill sherry cask, 339 btl.)
Springbank 24 yo (51,7%, Elixir Distillers 2017, 160 btl.)
Stoisha 4 yo 2014 (60,3%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 20th Anniversary 2019, dechar / rechar hogshead #10590, 290 btl.)
Starward 7 yo 2012 (59%, OB for TWE 20th Anniversary, 2nd fill Apera cask, 220 btl.)
Strathisla 40 yo 1977 (48,5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Book of Kells’ for The Whisky Exchange 2017, refill American oak hogshead #387, 191 btl.)
Talisker Pure Malt Whisky (80° Proof, OB +/- 1960)
Teeling 29 yo 1991 (52,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, single rum cask #10568)
Teeling 27 yo 1991 (49,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, sherry cask #6838, 180 btl.)
Teeling 27 yo 1991 (44,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2019, rum cask #10678)
Benriach 15 yo 2008 (51,9%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Summer’ 2024, hogshead #47387)
Ardmore 26 yo 1997 (50,3%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Summer’ 2024, hogshead #901299)
Lowlands Malt 11 yo 2012 (58,8%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Summer’ 2023, refill hogshead #3478)
Dailuaine 12 yo 2011 (52,1%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Autumn’ 2023, rejuvenated hogshead #316960)
Ledaig 17 yo 2006 (55,4%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Autumn’ 2023, butt #16)
Caol Ila 9 yo 2014 (52,1%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Autumn’ 2023, first fill bourbon barrel #808)
Linkwood 10 yo 2013 (57,1%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Spring’ 2023, refill bourbon barrel #307180, 485 btl.)
Glentauchers 10 yo 2013 (58,6%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Spring’ 2023, barrel #800435)
Caol Ila 9 yo 2014 (59,9%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Spring’ 2023, first-fill bourbon hogshead #831)
Blair Athol 16 yo 2007 (55,1%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Winter’ 2024, Oloroso sherry butt #4259, 485 btl.)
Orkney 10 yo 2013 (57%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Winter’ 2024, sherry hogshead #7, 312 btl.)
Laphroaig 8 yo 2015 (66%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Seasons – Winter’ 2024, sherry hogshead #203, 305 btl.)
The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show 2011 (London)
Thomson Saison (53,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, cask #39, 277 btl.)
Ben Nevis 22 yo 1996 (51,6%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Magic of the Casks’ 2019, refill sherry butt #1465, 519 btl.)
Caol Ila 9 yo 2009 (58,7%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Magic of the Casks’ 2019, Gonzalez & Byass cask #316103, 308 btl.)
Imperial 23 yo 1995 (45,2%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Magic of the Casks’ 2019, third-fill bourbon barrel #7896, 125 btl.)
Speyside Malt 45 yo 1973 (45,1%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Magic of the Casks’ 2019, refill sherry butt #6, 549 btl.)
Whistlepig 10 yo ‘single barrel’ (59,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, cask #4177, 132 btl.)
Glenglassaugh 10 yo 2015 (55,4%, The Whisky Exchange ‘The Zodiac’ 2025, second-fill Oloroso hogshead #68, 241 btl.)
Dailuaine 5 yo 2020 (61%, The Whisky Exchange ‘The Zodiac’ 2025, first-fill Pedro Ximénez butt #312947, 489 btl.)
Ardmore 16 yo 2009 (55,4%, The Whisky Exchange ‘The Zodiac’ 2025, barrel #708023, 244 btl.)
Bunnahabhain Staoisha 12 yo 2013 (55,4%, The Whisky Exchange ‘The Zodiac’ 2025, Oloroso hogshead #128, 335 btl.)