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 …

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Clynelish 14 year old

Widely available Highly-ish recommended For the details… Located in the northeastern coastal Highland village of Brora, Clynelish (pronounced to rhyme with “wine” and “leash”) was built by the Marquess of Stafford in 1819. He later became the Duke of Sutherland, and was instrumental in the Highland clearances, which forced tenant farmers off the land to …

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Ardnamurchan AD 03.21:02

Similar expressions are fairly widely available Highly recommended For the details… Ardnamurchan is one of the newer distilleries in Scotland, part of a general distilling and building boom in the industry. Located on the remote Ardnamurchan peninsula along Scotland’s west coast, Ardnamurchan is roughly due west of Fort William, and northwest of Oban.  It was …

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Mortlach – The Wee Witchie – 12 year old

Fairly wide availability Decent, but not great For the details... The Speyside town of Dufftown was once known as Mortlach. The town’s first legal distillery, founded in 1823, took that earlier name as its namesake. Over the years, as distilling boomed on Speyside, numerous other distilleries joined Mortlach in the town, leading to the saying …

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Annandale Man o’Sword – Founders’ Selection

Somewhat hard to find Recommended For the details... Annandale is part of a renaissance of whisky-making in the Scottish Lowlands. The complex regulatory history of Scotch whisky meant that the Lowlands ended up being the forgotten whisky-making region. Malt whisky was made in the Lowlands, but the region was better known for industrial grain distilling …

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