Author: thedailywhisky
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Tobermory & Ledaig Tasting in London: Rare Casks, 27 Year Gems & Unforgettable Stories
In March 2026 we joined a Tobermory and Ledaig tasting at Melody Whisky Bar in London, hosted with Juliean and Dawn from the Isle of Mull distillery. The lineup ran from a Tobermory 21 Year Old up to a 27 Year Old, alongside rare cask samples: a 29-year-old Tobermory 1996 finished in Sauternes (45.4% ABV)…
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The Ultimate Heathrow Terminal 2 Duty Free Whisky Dilemma: You Can Only Pick One
Stuck in Heathrow Terminal 2 duty free with only one whisky to choose? From Laphroaig 33 to Midleton 24, here are the best bottles you might find and the hardest decision you’ll make. A Dangerous Place for Whisky Lovers: Heathrow Terminal 2 Duty Free ✈️🥃 If you’ve ever passed through Heathrow Terminal 2 duty free, you’ll…
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Decoding the SMWS whisky codes: what the numbers mean, plus the full distillery list
Every bottle from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) is labelled with a code such as 29.273 instead of a distillery name. The first number is the distillery: 29 is Laphroaig. The number after the dot is the cask: the 273rd single cask the Society has bottled from that distillery. SMWS hides the name on…
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The Whisky Shop: inside the UK’s largest specialist retailer, and whether it’s worth your money
The Whisky Shop has been selling Scotch since 1992, and somewhere along the way it quietly became the biggest specialist whisky chain in the country. Twenty-three shops, boutiques in Paris and Cannes, and more than 2.5 million people through the doors every year. That scale is the whole story here, and it cuts both ways.…
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Whisky Live Paris 2026: what Europe’s biggest whisky show is actually like, and how to do it right
Whisky Live Paris is the largest whisky and spirits tasting event in Europe, held every September at La Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris. The 2026 edition runs 26 to 28 September, with two public days followed by a trade day, in the same 16,000 m² hall that drew over 24,500 visitors in 2025.…
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Sotheby’s Whisky & Spirits: inside the auction house that sold the £2.19m Macallan
Sotheby’s Whisky & Spirits is the auction house’s dedicated rare-spirits department and the current market leader for collectible whisky. It runs live auctions, timed online sales and private sales across London, New York, Hong Kong and Paris, handling everything from vintage Macallan and Brora to Japanese Karuizawa and rare bourbon. It holds the world record…
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Just Whisky Auctions: the monthly online auction where sellers pay 0% commission
Just Whisky Auctions made one decision that sets it apart from most whisky auction houses: it takes nothing from the seller at all decided to take nothing from the seller at all. Sellers pay 0% commission and a flat £7.50 per bottle, and that single decision is the main reason the platform keeps turning up…
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The Grand Whisky Auction: how to buy and sell rare whisky online, and what it actually costs
The Grand Whisky Auction is an online whisky auction house based in the Highlands of Scotland, running monthly auctions of rare and collectible bottles to a global pool of buyers and sellers. It focuses on rare Scotch but regularly lists Japanese malts, bourbon, and limited editions from names like Macallan, Dalmore, and Yamazaki. Buying and…
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Whisky Hammer: how the Aberdeenshire auction house became a global home for rare and collectable whisky
Whisky Hammer is an online whisky auction house based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, founded in 2015 by brothers Daniel and Craig Milne. It runs monthly auctions of rare, limited-edition, and collectable bottles, with bids arriving from more than 80 countries. Buyers pay 12.5% commission on the hammer price; sellers currently pay 0% commission plus a £6…
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Scotch Whisky Auctions: how the world’s biggest online whisky auction site actually works
If you have ever chased a discontinued Macallan, a closed-distillery Port Ellen, or a Japanese bottle that vanished from shelves a decade ago, the secondary market is where you end up. And for a huge share of that trade, the road leads to one place in Glasgow. Scotch Whisky Auctions is the largest dedicated online…
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