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Glenury Royal 1970 36 year old (Diageo Special Release)
Rare and hard to find Highly recommended, but only if you can find/afford it For the details… Glenury was built in 1825 near the Eastern Highland town of Stonehaven by a local landowner, Captain James Barclay. Illegal distilling had been rife in the area prior to the Excise Act, and in an attempt to diminish
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Tamnavulin 1993 21 years old (Hunter Laing – Old Malt Cask)
One-off, so probably no longer out there For completionists and connoisseurs For the details… Several years back, I was on a mission to try at least one whisky from every active distillery in Scotland. I never quite made it, even then (Abhainn Dearg and Daftmill eluded me), and now, with Scotland’s biggest whisky boom since
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Auchroisk 13 year old (Alistair Walker Whisky Co – Infrequent Flyers)
Very limited Worth consideration for the connoisseur For the details… Auchroisk was built in 1972 by IDV (one of the predecessors of Diageo), the parent firm of Justerini & Brooks. Never intended for solo glory, the distillery was built in a decidedly industrial style with a name unpronounceable to any other than native Gaelic speakers
