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Kythe Distillery lights the fire: a new Perthshire distillery is distilling over burning logs again
Kythe Distillery is a new single malt Scotch whisky distillery at Hills of Bendochy Farm near Blairgowrie in Highland Perthshire, and it has now started production. Founded by Angus MacRaild, Jonny McMillan and Aaron Chan, Kythe sets out to recreate the character of mid-20th century Highland malt. Its defining feature is a 6,000-litre wash still…
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Kingsbarns Cambo Collection: a new annual series begins with an autumn-themed 10 Year Old from STR casks
The Kingsbarns Cambo Collection is a new series of annual limited-edition Lowland single malts from Kingsbarns Distillery near St Andrews in Fife, each release exploring a different side of the Cambo Estate where the distillery sits. The First Edition is a 10 Year Old matured in STR (shaved, toasted and re-charred) casks, bottled non-chill filtered…
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Johnnie Walker Blue Label Indian Festive Blend: a new blend built for the spice-laden table
The Johnnie Walker Blue Label Indian Festive Blend is a limited edition blended Scotch whisky created by Master Blender Dr Emma Walker for India’s festive season. Unlike last year’s Rahul Mishra collaboration, which dressed Blue Label in a new design, this is a new blend, built to sit alongside Indian cuisine with notes of cardamom,…
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Aberlour 21 and 25 Year Old: we tasted Speyside’s new sherried pair at Whisky Live Paris
Aberlour 21 and 25 Year Old Single Batch are the oldest permanent expressions the Speyside distillery has ever released. Both made their debut at Whisky Live Paris in September 2026, where we tasted them. The 21 Year Old is bottled at 48% ABV from American oak and sherry oak casks. The 25 Year Old is…
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Gordon & MacPhail Anniversary Releases: four Speyside single casks, one for every decade from 1966 to 1996
Four single casks, four decades and four distilleries within about ten miles of Elgin. The Gordon & MacPhail Anniversary Releases are cask strength Speyside single malts, each named for its year of distillation: 1966 from Longmorn (first-fill sherry butt, 46% ABV, 30 bottles), 1976 from Glen Grant (refill American hogshead, 42% ABV, 50 bottles), 1986…
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Dalmore Portfolio Series 2026: an Aberdeen-born street artist takes on three Bordeaux-finished Highland malts
A street artist known for murals the size of a building has just designed packaging you can hold in one hand. The Dalmore Portfolio Series 2026 is the third and final chapter of the distillery’s art collaboration with V&A Dundee, and this year the artwork comes from Aberdeen-born muralist KMG, who built her designs from…
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Highland Park Between You and I: Laila Gohar’s two 17-year-olds split Orkney into bright and smoky
Highland Park Between You and I returns for its second edition as a collaboration with New York artist Laila Gohar, and it comes as two different 17-year-old single malts. The global release (47.5% ABV) spent 11 years in refill casks before a finish in active, unseasoned new American oak, and it leans towards orange blossom,…
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Glenmorangie 50 Years Old: the distillery’s oldest-ever whisky arrives in 149 one-of-a-kind porcelain vessels
Glenmorangie 50 Years Old is the oldest whisky the Highland distillery has ever bottled. It was distilled in the mid-1970s from some of the last barley malted on Glenmorangie’s own floor maltings. It matured first in bourbon hogsheads and first-fill Oloroso sherry butts, then spent a final 25 years married in a single refill hogshead…
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Compass Box This is a 10-Year-Old Whisky: every drop is exactly ten years old, and the label tells you so
Compass Box This is a 10-Year-Old Whisky is a limited-edition blended malt Scotch in which every component is exactly ten years old. The recipe is printed in full: 66.5% Clynelish, 20.2% peated Ardnamurchan and 13.3% unpeated Ardnamurchan, all from first-fill bourbon casks. It is bottled at 50.5% ABV, natural colour and non-chill filtered, in 3,610…
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Aberargie Golden Promise and Laureate: two barley varieties, one distillery, and a genuine side-by-side experiment
Aberargie Golden Promise Laureate is the pairing that opens the distillery’s new Expressions series, and it’s built to be tasted side by side. Both are Lowland single malts from the Morrison family’s farm distillery near Perth, bottled at 48.2% ABV, non-chill-filtered and natural colour. Golden Promise is 100% Golden Promise barley matured in 68% first-fill…
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