Author: thedailywhisky
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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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Rosemaund Director’s Cut: the third 10-year English single malt is the first one you can actually buy
Rosemaund Farm has released The Director’s Cut, its third 10-year-old English single malt and the first bottling you can buy outright rather than win in a ballot. It is limited to 3,000 individually numbered bottles at 47% ABV, priced at £126 for 70cl, and went on sale on 1 September 2026 through rosemaund.com and selected…
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Sagamore Bottled in Bond Straight Rye: an 8-year-old, 100% Maryland-made rye that finally shows what Baltimore has been maturing
Sagamore Bottled in Bond Rye is a new national release from the Baltimore distillery, rolling out across the US from 1 September 2026. Officially named Sagamore Bottled in Bond Straight Rye Whiskey, it was distilled at Sagamore’s own Baltimore distillery in spring 2018, aged eight years, and bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV) to the…
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Four Roses 2026 Limited Edition Small Batch: a 23-year-old bourbon anchors the 19th edition
A 23-year-old bourbon in a small batch blend is rare. Four Roses has put one at the heart of its 2026 Limited Edition Small Batch, and it lands on 10 October. This is the 19th edition of the distillery’s most-watched annual release, bottled at barrel strength and non-chill filtered at 109.2 proof, which works out…
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Octomore 17 Series: Bruichladdich’s Chromatic Signatures reach 132.1 PPM
Bruichladdich has just released the Octomore 17 Series, and the headline number belongs to 17.3: 132.1 PPM, one of the most heavily peated single malts the distillery has ever bottled. This is the annual moment peat drinkers wait for, and the 17 Series arrives under a new banner, Chromatic Signatures, with three core five-year-old Islay…
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The Dalmore Madeira Cask Edition: three ultra-aged single malts finished in Blandy’s Madeira casks
The oldest whisky The Dalmore has ever put into its Cask Curation Series is a 45 year old, and it closes the series for good. The Dalmore has released the Cask Curation Series: The Madeira Cask Edition, the fourth and final chapter of the collection it began in 2023. It is a set of three Highland…
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GlenDronach Boynsmill House Edition: claret casks join the sherry for the distillery’s 200th anniversary
For a distillery whose whole identity is built on Spanish sherry, adding a French red wine cask is a statement. That is exactly what GlenDronach has done for its 200th birthday. The GlenDronach Boynsmill House Edition is a 14-year-old Highland single malt released for the distillery’s 200th anniversary in 2026. It keeps GlenDronach’s signature oloroso…
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