Author: thedailywhisky
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Living Souls just released six new whiskies, from a £67 Tamnavulin to a 50-year-old Carsebridge grain
Living Souls whisky has arrived in a six-bottle drop, and the range is the story: a 15-year-old Speyside malt you can buy for under £70 sits alongside a half-century-old grain from a distillery silent for over forty years. In between there is a peated Islay 21, a sherry-finished Glen Moray, a tropical 27-year-old Dumbarton grain,…
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Decadent Drinks’ August release: the first independent Daftmill and a 34-year-old Dufftown lead a six-bottle drop
Decadent Drinks’ August release has landed, and it is an unusually wide spread: six bottles running from a 41-year-old Ardmore down to a pair of sherried 19-year-olds. Two of them come under the Whiskyland banner, and those are the two we would put in front of you first: a 34-year-old Dufftown and, the headline of…
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Filliers Master Distiller Mizunara Cask: a Belgian single malt finished in Japan’s rarest oak, and just 393 bottles of it
The Filliers Master Distiller Mizunara Cask is a Belgian single malt finished for two years in rare Japanese Mizunara oak, released by Filliers Distillery in Bachte-Maria-Leerne, East Flanders. It is a single cask limited to 393 bottles worldwide. Filliers describes it as silky and refined, with coconut, vanilla, ripe apricot, tropical fruit and sandalwood, the…
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Buchanan’s Coconut: Diageo adds a coconut and citrus flavour to the Buchanan’s line
Buchanan’s Coconut is a new coconut and citrus flavoured Scotch spirit drink from Diageo’s Buchanan’s brand, now a permanent addition to the range. It takes the caramel and vanilla character of Buchanan’s blended Scotch and layers on coconut and citrus, landing at 35% ABV (70 proof) in a 750mL bottle. The suggested price is US$29.99,…
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Chivas Regal 16 Charles Leclerc: inside the SE!ZE showdown with Hikaru Nakamura at Monza
On the eve of the Italian Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc did not spend his Monza warm-up in a simulator. He spent it across a board from Hikaru Nakamura, one of the sharpest minds in world chess. The two met on 1 September 2026 at the Chivas Regal Arena of Mastery, a live one-off staged in…
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The Borders Distillery names David King senior strategic advisor as its first single malt nears launch
The Borders Distillery David King has joined the Hawick distillery as senior strategic advisor, just weeks before it releases its first single malt Scotch whisky. King brings more than 30 years in premium spirits, with senior roles at Edrington, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Anchor Brewers & Distillers and Gordon & MacPhail. He joins to support…
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Glengoyne Scottish Oak: the Oak Masters’ Series turns to oak that grew five miles from the distillery
The Oak Masters’ Series has spent the last two years travelling the world for rare wood, from American white oak to Japanese mizunara. For its latest release, Glengoyne looked about five miles up the road. Glengoyne Scottish Oak is a 17-year-old Highland single malt matured first in a combination of refill bourbon and refill sherry…
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Benromach 12 Years Old: a permanent all first-fill Sherry single malt joins the core range
Benromach’s core range has always leaned on two cask types at once. The 10, 15 and 21 Years Old each marry first-fill Sherry with first-fill bourbon. The new Benromach 12 Years Old does something the permanent range has not done before: it is matured exclusively in first-fill Sherry casks. It launches on 3 September 2026 at £45,…
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Old Forester and Alpha Industries made a distiller’s jacket, and it lands with the 2026 Birthday Bourbon
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2026 is here, and for the first time the release arrives with a jacket. Not a branded merch piece thrown onto a webshop, but a full collaboration with Alpha Industries. The jacket is built on Alpha’s N-1 deck-jacket silhouette with cotton construction and a garment-washed finish, priced at $250 and available…
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Murray McDavid Islay Exclusive Release: six Islay single malts for the bottler’s 32nd year
The Murray McDavid Islay Exclusive Release is a six-bottle collection of Islay single malts, launched to mark the independent bottler’s 32nd anniversary. It spans two of the company’s ranges: the core Benchmark tier (a 5-year-old Bunnahabhain Mòine, an 11-year-old Caol Ila and a 14-year-old Leapfrog) and the prestige Mission Gold tier (a 17-year-old Ardbeg, an…
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