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Duncan Taylor’s first Mizunara Octave is a 14-year-old Auchentoshan, and a light Lowland spirit is built for it
The Octave Auchentoshan Mizunara is the first Japanese-oak cask Duncan Taylor has ever filled, and the whisky inside it is a 14-year-old Lowland single malt. For anyone who has quietly watched the Octave range without ever hearing much noise about it, this is the kind of release that explains why it is worth watching. The…
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Amrut whisky: the Bangalore distillery that proved India could make world-class single malt
Amrut whisky is the distillery that started it all. Based in Bangalore and family-owned since 1948, Amrut released the first Indian single malt onto the global market in 2004, and within six years its Fusion expression was ranked among the three finest whiskies in the world by Jim Murray. The house style is bold, full-bodied…
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Indian single malt vs Scotch: how do they compare?
Indian single malt vs Scotch comes down to one thing more than any other: climate. Both are made from malted barley, distilled in copper pot stills at a single distillery, and matured in oak, so on paper they are the same kind of whisky. The difference is that India’s heat ages spirit three to four…
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Eden Mill Distiller’s Cask Release #1: peated Fife whisky meets Italian Amarone in just 311 bottles
By Andreas Lykke, The Daily Whisky | 28 May 2026 | Last updated: 28 May 2026 Eden Mill from St Andrews has just launched the first release in a new series of single cask single malts – personally selected by head distiller Scott Ferguson. Distiller’s Cask Release #1 is an 8-year-old, lightly peated single malt…
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