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        <description>New tasting on Whiskyfun and other news by Serge and Angus</description>
        <copyright>Copyright 2002-2025, Whiskyfun.</copyright>
        <managingEditor>rulerealwhisky@gmail.com (Serge Valentin)</managingEditor><item>
  <title>Another small world tour of whisky</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Another-small-world-tour-of-whisky.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Domaine des Hautes Glaces 2017/2025 ‘Episteme B17P25 Gabert’ (45%, OB, single malt, France)</p>
    <p>London Distillery ‘Release No.1: a field in England’ (50%, OB, England, The Golden Union, hogshead and barrel, 973 bottles)</p>
    <p>London Rye 2018/2023 ‘Chardonnay’ (57.6%, OB, East London, England, cask #57)</p>
    <p>Smögen 11 yo 2014/2025 (60%, OB for The Whisky Blues, Sweden, cask #12, 280 bottles)</p>
    <p>Amrut 8 yo 2016/2025 ‘Triple Distilled’ (60%, OB, for LMDW, India, bourbon barrel, cask #3976, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Puni ‘Vina’ (43%, OB, Italy, Marsala, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Heiligenbergfeld 4 yo 2021/2025 (58.7%, OB, for Whisky Blibliothek, Germany, 1st fill amontillado, cask #1, 238 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kimchangsoo 2021/2025 (50.8%, OB, Korea, travel exclusive, 1st fill European oloroso sherry quarter cask, 138 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A mini verticale of indie Glen Moray</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-mini-verticale-of-indie-Glen-Moray.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Moray 15 yo 2010/2025 (57.2%, Archives, the Fishes of Samoa, barrel, cask #800570, 104 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 21 yo 2003/2025 (53%, Maltbarn, bourbon, No. 249, 181 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 1975/1986 (61.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #35.2)</p>
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  <title>A few Ardnahoe on the table</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-Ardnahoe-on-the-table.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ardnahoe 5 yo (59.1%, OB for Members of the Ardnahoe Society 2024, PX + oloroso, 3,000 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardnahoe 7 yo 2019/2026 (59.3%, OB for Switzerland, bourbon barrel, cask #572, 224 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardnahoe 5 yo ‘Cask Strength Batch #2’ (61%, OB, first fill bourbon, 2026)</p>
    <p>Ardnahoe 6 yo 2019/2025 (60.1%, OB for Switzerland, PX quarter casks, small batch, 325 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardnahoe 6 yo 2019/2026 (60.4%, OB for Switzerland, oloroso quarter casks, small batch, 683 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Today just some small extra drams of Highland Park</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-just-some-small-extra-drams-of-Highland-Park.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Highland Park 19 yo 2006/2025 (59.8%, Signatory Vintage for World of Whisky by Waldhaus, 1st fill palo cortado finish, cask #4563, 250 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 14 yo (63.8%, OB, Distillery Exclusive, refill butt, cask #6571, 638 bottles, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 20 yo 2003/2024 (54.5%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Beach Beckons, #4.384)</p>
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  <title>A couple more cognacs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-couple-more-cognacs.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Castillon ‘Le Choix de la Maison V.S.O.P.’ (40%, OB, Fine Champagne, 1960s)</p>
    <p>Larsen ‘VS’ (40%, OB, Single Grape, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>A. de Fussigny ‘Sélection’ (40%, OB, Fine Cognac, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>A. de Fussigny ‘XO’ (40%, OB, Fine Champagne, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>Marie Foucher ‘Lot 19.79 Le Prullepie’ (54.1%, Malternative Belgium, Fins Bois, 366 bottles)</p>
    <p>Prunier 1979 (53.7%, Ferrer, Collection Dame Jeanne, Petite Champagne, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘L79’ (49.1%, Swell de Spirits, Wild Card #6, Petite Champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Prunier 1969 (49.7%, Ferrer, Collection Dame Jeanne, Grande Champagne, +/-2026)</p>
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  <title>Glen Keith &amp; Macallan: times two</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Glen-Keith-Macallan-times-two.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description>
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      <p>Glen Keith 25 yo 1998/2024 (49.7%, Club Qing 'Happy Loner', cask #149567, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 191 bottles)</p>
      <p>Glen Keith 29 yo 1993/2022 (54.3%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 50th Anniversary, cask #82789, refill hogshead, 236 bottles)</p>
      <p>Macallan Special Reserve (43%, OB, mid 1980s)</p>
      <p>Macallan 1950 (43%, OB for Toshikazu Koyanagi, Japan, 1980s)</p>
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  <title>Benrinnes, nearly forty years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Benrinnes-nearly-forty-years-apart.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo (53.5%, Elixir Distillers, Macbeth Act Two, Soldier, refill sherry butt, 2400 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 1974/1987 (56.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #36.1)</p>
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  <title>Ben Nevis, IB vs OB, 27 years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Ben-Nevis-IB-vs-OB-27-years-apart.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1997/2024 (48.2%, The Collaboration, Whiskshop Neumarkt, Switzerland, 258 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 1970/1996 (53.1%, OB, cask #4534, 238 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Two wee independent Pulteney</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-wee-independent-Pulteney.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Pulteney 18 yo 2008/2026 (49.5%, Dràm Mor, cask #Z084)</p>
    <p>Pulteney 22 yo 2003/2026 (52.2%, The First Editions for dram4you, bourbon, cask #HL21992, 150 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Bizarre Tullibardine 40 years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Bizzare-Tullibardine-40-years-apart.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tullibardine 1966/1987 (52.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #28.2)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 19 yo 2006/2025 (52.5%, Thompson Bros., 194 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Ledaig, 32 years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Ledaig-32-years-apart.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ledaig Tobermory 14 yo 1973/1984 (40%, Sestante)</p>
    <p>Ledaig 19 yo 2005/2025 (65.5%, Scout Drinks, butt, cask #90002, 170 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Cognacs for Easter</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Cognacs-for-Easter.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Courvoisier ‘V.S.O.P.’ (40%, OB, Fine Champagne, USA Transportation, +/-1990)</p>
<p>Grateaud ‘V.S.O.P.’ (40%, OB, Borderies, +/-2026)</p>
<p>Richard Delisle ‘VSOP’ (40%, OB, Intense &amp; Elégant, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Château de Montifaud ‘VSOP’ (40%, OB, Petite Champagne, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Benson 6 yo 2018/2024 (53%, Whisky Picnic Bar, Taiwan brandy, ex-Deanston barrel finish, cask #185, 243 bottles)</p>
<p>Giboin 2001/2026 (58.4%, OB for Korea Brandy Society, Borderies)</p>
<p>Giboin 1998/2026 (45.5%, OB for Korea Brandy Society, Borderies, barrique, cask #G423)</p>
<p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Le Cognac de Joël - Lot N°88/82’ (49.2%, OB, Grande Champagne, 348 bottles)</p>
<p>Chollet ‘Humus Noir - Lot 19.84’ (45.1%, Malternative Belgium, Bons Bois, 99 bottles, 2024)</p>
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  <title>Tremendous bourbons like you’ve never seen, the BEST BOURBONS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Tremendous-bourbons-like-youve-never-seen-the-BEST-BOURBONS-IN-THE-ENTIRE-WORLD.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Slipknot No.9 Iowa Whiskey (45%, OB, USA, +/-2021)</p>
<p>Old Cassidy (61.5%, OB, Rare Character Whiskey Co., Kentucky Straight Bourbon)</p>
<p>Heaven Hill 15 yo 2009/2025 (61.5%, The Whisky Blues, The Milwaukee’s Club, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, barrel, cask #3448521A, 243 bottles)</p>
<p>Tennessee Bourbon 2021/2025 (55.6%, Spirit of the Day, #8, 195 bottles)</p>
<p>Old Crow ‘Traveler Fifth’ (86 proof, OB, Kentucky straight bourbon, 1960s)</p>
<p>Eagle Rare 12 yo (47.5%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Shenk’s Homestead Sour Mash (45.6%, OB, Kentucky Sour Mash, batch #L25E1902, 2,371 bottles, 2025 release)</p>
<p>Tennessee 15 yo 2011/2026 (56.4%, Wu Dram Clan, The Liquid Crew)</p>
<p>Bardstown Bourbon Company 8 yo (64.6%, OB, The Whisky Exchange exclusive, Single Barrel Bourbon, 2026)</p>
<p>Westland 9 yo (56.5%, The Whiskey Trail, Elixir Distillers, peated American single malt, first fill bourbon barrels, 817 bottles, 2025)</p>
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  <title>A Talisker Apology</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-Talisker-Apology.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Talisker 47 yo ‘Magma’ (48.8%, OB, 622 bottles, 2026)</p>
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  <title>Tasting Malt Mill, once more</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Tasting-Malt-Mill-once-more.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Malt Mill 17 yo 1959/1976 (80° proof UK, Cadenhead, Black Dumpy, green glass)</p>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A small Glenallachie pick-up</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-small-Glenallachie-pick-up.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenallachie 2015/2025 ‘The Sinteis Series Part II’ (58.2%, OB, Scottish virgin oak &amp; Oloroso)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 2007/2025 (59.1%, OB, The Whisky Exchange Exclusive, virgin oak barrel, cask #6453, 272 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 2010/2024 (62.4%, OB, Germany Exclusive, Koval bourbon barrel, cask #2470, 149 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 12 yo 2012/2025 (58.6%, Single Cask Nation, online exclusive, new toasted oak hogshead, cask #171842, 188 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 35 yo 1990/2026 (50.2%, OB)</p>
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  <title>The Time Warp Sessions, today natural Balvenie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/The-Time-Warp-Sessions-today-natural-Balvenie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Balvenie 1965 ‘Over Proof’ (2.0 over proof, Robert Watson of Aberdeen, 26 2/3 fluid ozs., +/-1975)</p>
    <p>Sideburn 29 yo 1994-1996/2026 (53%, Decadent Drams, blended malt, refill hogsheads, 201 bottles)</p>
    <p>Burnside 36 yo 1989/2025 (52.4%, C. Dully Selection, barrel, cask #2500682, 199 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Just a few more rums on the table</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Just-a-few-more-rums-on-the-table.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Sol Tarasco 4 yo (40%, OB, Mexico, Charanda rum, +/-2025)</p>
<p>O Reizinho 6 yo (52.6%, OB, Madeira, agricole, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Nine Leaves 8 yo 2017/2025 (60%, Velier, Japan, ex-Wente Red, cask #15)</p>
<p>Fiji 11 yo 2014/2025 (48%, Elixir Distillers, The Rum Trail)</p>
<p>Long Pond 18 yo 2005/2024 ‘VRW’ (64.7%, Precious Liquors Bottle Shop, Jamaica)</p>
<p>Hampden 2023/2025 ‘900-1000 gr/hlpa’ (61.7%, The Colours of Rum, Jamaica, new American oak, cask #15, 2016 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Two Old Glen Grant</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-Old-Glen-Grant2.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Grant 21 yo (45.7%, OB, decanter bottling Giovinetti import, early 1970s)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 32 yo 1965/1998 (58.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 9.24, sherry)</p>
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  <title>Happy International Whisky Day with Clynelish and some news</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Happy-International-Whisky-Day-with-Clynelish.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>King’s Legend ‘Old Special’ (no ABV statement, OB, Ainslie &amp; Heilbron, UK, blend, +/-1960)</p>
<p>Clynelish 11 yo 2014/2025 ‘Hogmanay Bottling’ (48.1%, Thompson Bros., refill hogshead, 223 bottles)</p>
<p>Clynelish 12 yo 2013/2026 (49.1%, Thompson Bros., dechar French and American oak hogsheads, 613 bottles)</p>
<p>Clynelish 12 yo 2013/2025 ‘25th Anniversary Dornoch Castle’ (50.5%, Thompson Bros., Rejuvenated Hungarian oak, cask #314380, 344 bottles)</p>
<p>Clynelish 14 yo (55.1%, Elixir Distillers, Macbeth Act Two, Servant, first fill bourbon, 1600 bottles, 2024)</p>
<p>Clynelish 11 yo 1982/1994 (66.3%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, Meregali Import)</p>
<p>Clynelish 24 yo 2001/2025 ‘A Sutherland Dram’ (48.9%, Thompson Bros., refill hogshead, 135 bottles)</p>
<p>Clynelish 31 yo 1993/2025 (47,8%, Lucky Choice &amp; Abyss Whisky Bar, bourbon barrel, cask #11085)</p>
<p>Clynelish 40 yo 1984/2025 (46.7%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Book of Kells, for T.D.M. Whisky, Minus, Casky &amp; Malt Barks, refill American hogshead, cask #4103, 122 bottles)</p>
<p>Serge in Whisky Magazine’s Hall of Fame</p>
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  <title>A few aged Bunnahabhain and an aperitif</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-aged-Bunnahabhain-and-an-aperitif.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bunnahabhain 18 yo (46.3%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 32 yo 1989/2021 (44.7%, Quaich Bar, The Islay Giants, 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead, 213 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 40 yo 1980/2020 (45.2%, Gleann Mor, Rare Find, refill sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 44 yo (42.4%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Director’s Special, butt, cask #4051, 492 bottles, 2020)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 45 yo 1980/2025 (44.2%, Whiskay, cask #91)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 45 yo 1979/2025 (46.8%, Kanpaikai &amp; The Antelope, refill sherry butt, cask #8056, 222 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Two wee Highland Parks, for completeness</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-wee-Highland-Parks-for-completeness.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Highland Park 18 yo (50.8%, Elixir Distillers, Macbeth Act Two, Young Siward, 650 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Secret Orkney Distillery 25 yo 1999/2025 (51.2%, The Whisky Agency, Wave Farewell to 2025, hogshead, 135 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Today independent Glen Grant, natural</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-independent-Glen-Grant-natural.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Grant 20 yo 2003/2024 (52.8%, WhiskySponge, exclusive for Heads & Tails Canada, 1st fill barrel, 169 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 1999/2025 (51.2%, The Whisky Agency, Wave Farewell to 2025, hogshead, 203 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Rums of all kinds, some of the highest calibre</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Rums-of-all-kinds-some-of-the-highest-calibre.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Cartavio 7 yo ‘Gran Reserva’ (38%, OB, Peru, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Abuelo 7 yo (40%, OB, Panama, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Off-Road Rhum #03.2 (44%, Vagabond Spirit, blend Cape Verde + Guadeloupe)</p>
    <p>Cuban Rum 60 yo 1964/2025 (47.7%, The Whisky Agency, Wave Farewell to 2025, 240 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chairman’s Reserve 14 yo 2009/2025 (57.5%, OB for Wu Dram Clan, St. Lucia, Master’s Selection, ex-bourbon barrel, cask #0307052009, 157 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jamaica 11 yo 2013/2025 (48%, Elixir Distillers, The Rum Trail)</p>
    <p>Hampden 2023/2025 ‘1500-1600 gr/hlpa’ (59.7%, The Colours of Rum, #73, Jamaica, bourbon, 256 bottles)</p>
    <p>New Yarmouth 32 yo 1994/2026 (58.5%, Ferrer, Collection One Cask, Jamaica)</p>
    <p>TDL 16 yo 2009/2026 (61%, Ferrer, Collection One Cask, Trinidad)</p>
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  <title>A severe case of Bennevissitis</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-severe-case-of-Bennevissitis.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2025 (43.5%, The Whisky Agency, Wave Farewell to 2025, sherry butt, 307 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996/2026 (48.1%, Scout Drinks, hogshead, cask #1558, 164 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A new little bag of odd or mixed bits and bobs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-new-little-bag-of-odd-or-mixed-bits-and-bobs.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ascent of Drams 10 yo ‘Phase One, Spark’ (49.4%, Decadent Drinks, Online Exclusive, blended malt, refill sherry hogshead, 100 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Scallywag ‘The Winter Edition’ (52.4%, Douglas Laing, Speyside blended malt, Ice Wine casks finish, 2025)</p>
    <p>Turntable ‘Track 07 - Born to be Wild’ (53%, blended scotch, 2025)</p>
    <p>The Ileach ‘Ruby Port’ (48.5%, OB, for Germany, cask #25/0032)</p>
    <p>Stocking Filler 2011/2024 (46%, Royal Mile Whiskies, blended malt)</p>
    <p>CRN57° 12 yo (43%, OB, blended malt, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>CRN57° 30 yo (43%, OB, blended malt, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>House of Hazelwood 33 yo ‘The Tops’ (51.6%, OB, Legacy Collection, blended malt, 1st and refill sherry, 523 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>House of Hazelwood 36 yo ‘Queen of the Hebrides’ (43.4%, OB, The Legacy Collection, Islay blended malt, 274 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
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  <title>Let’s soar high for the love of Talisker</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Lets-soar-high-for-the-love-of-Talisker.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Talisker 1940 (70° proof, Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, Rare Old Liqueur, sherry, mid/late 1950s)</p>
    <p>Talisker 15 yo 1979/1994 (63.2%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>Talisker 18 yo 1979/1997 (63.2%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>A Skye Whisky 22 yo 2003/2026 (47.7%, Kanpaikai & The Antelope, refill sherry cask, cask #T035)</p>
    <p>Talisker 12 yo 2011/2024 (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, Fanatical about Flavour, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Talisker 12 yo 2011/2024 (56.7%, Harmony Whisky x Lucky Choice, Refill Hogshead, cask #80018686, 108 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Another trio from Springbank</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Another-trio-from-Springbank.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 23 yo 2001/2024 (53.9%, Archives, Shells from the Bay of Caracas, 1st fill sherry butt, 66 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 25 yo 1999/2024 (54,2%, Lucky Choice & Bar Code Melbourne, refill hogshead, cask #LC369)</p>
    <p>Springbank 31 yo 1993/2024 (44.4%, Archives, Shells from the Bay of Caracas, bourbon hogshead, 50 bottles)</p>
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<title>Today: indie Glenglassaugh in sherry</title>
<link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-indie-Glenglassaugh-in-sherry.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
<p>Glenglassaugh 10 yo 2015/2025 (55.4%, The Whisky Exchange, The Zodiac Series: Pisces, oloroso hogshead, cask #68)</p>
<p>Glenglassaugh 1983/1996 (55.7%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #21.8)</p>
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<title>Rums, rums and more rums</title>
<link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Rums-rums-and-more-rums.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
<p>Botran No.15 ‘Reserva Especial’ (40%, OB, Guatemala, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Black Tot ‘Finest Caribbean Rum’ (46.2%, Elixir Distillers, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Belize 9 yo 2015/2025 (48%, The Rum Trail, Elixir Distillers, 2025)</p>
<p>Foursquare 14 yo (58%, OB for Wu Dram Clan, Barbados, bourbon barrel, 2026)</p>
<p>Australia 17 yo 2007/2025 (48%, The Rum Trail, Elixir Distillers, 2025)</p>
<p>Guyana 2004 (53.1%, Velier, 3,000 bottles, 2025)</p>
<p>Diamond 23 yo 2002/2025 (58.3%, Silver Seal for LMDW, Itinéraires, Guyana)</p>
<p>WP 2015/2025 (56.7%, The Whisky Jury, The Many Faces of Rum, refill barrel, cask #19, 238 bottles)</p>
<p>Clarendon 1995/2025 (64.4%, Swell de Spirits, V and B, Jamaica, #4, Arcade series, 165 bottles)</p>
<p>Hampden 2023/2025 ‘HLCF’ (64.6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, ex-sherry from Fundador, cask #A3, 764 bottles)</p>
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  <title>WF’s Little Duos: today Balblair OB vs IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Balblair-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
  <p>Balblair 2006/2022 (49.3%, OB, Distillery Only, refill bourbon barrel, cask #546)</p>
  <p>Balblair 17 yo 2008/2025 (56.2%, Decadent Drams, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 172 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A lovely little bunch of Macduffs of all sorts</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-lovely-little-bunch-of-Macduffs-of-all-sorts.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Macduff 26 yo 1997/2024 (47.9%, Murray McDavid, Mission Gold, oloroso + Pauillac finish, 484 bottles)</p>
<p>Macduff 18 yo 2007/2026 (48.9%, Scout Drinks, hogshead, cask #800220, 210 bottles)</p>
<p>Macduff 11 yo 2011/2023 (50%, High Spirits, Longvalley Selection, 1st fill oloroso finish, cask #900342, 404 bottles)</p>
<p>Macduff 10 yo 2006/2017 (56.5%, Single Cask Collection, bourbon, cask #101730, 309 bottles)</p>
<p>Macduff 13 yo 2011/2014 (52.8%, Valinch & Mallet, Young Masters Edition, Tokaji cask, cask #800012, 300 bottles)</p>
<p>Macduff 15 yo 2009/2024 (55.2%, Lady of the Glen, 1st fill PX finish, cask #4089, 271 bottles)</p>
<p>Macduff 16 yo 2008/2025 (62.8%, Alambic Classique, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #25015, 469 bottles)</p>
<p>Macduff 16 yo 2008/2025 (66.7%, Milroy’s, Vintage Sherry Reserve, third-fill sherry butt, cask #130900362)</p>
<p>Macduff 33 yo 1991/2024 (55.1%, The Whisky Blues, butt, cask #4587, 198 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>A little bag of seven Tormore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-little-bag-of-seven-Tormore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tormore 1992/2023 (42.5%, Malts of Scotland, Rare casks, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS 23025, 224 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tormore 29yo 1995/2025 (43.6%, Bedford Park, 1st fill oloroso hogshead, cask #20196, 153 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tormore 2009/2025 ‘Legacy’ (55.1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, Whisky Show Exclusive, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #4046, 210 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tormore 8 yo 2005/2013 (52.1%, Duncan Taylor, Dimensions, cask #80076, 138 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tormore 10 yo 2015/2025 (56.2%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill PX barrique finish, cask #2100950, 276 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tormore 9 yo 2015/2025 ‘Edition #45’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 proof, 1st fill oloroso butts & bourbon barrels)</p>
    <p>Tormore 2012/2025 ‘Legacy’ (60.8%, OB, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #921187, 230 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tormore 14 yo 1999/2014 (58%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Cask Strength, refill bourbon barrels, casks #4732 + 4733 + 4734)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today two wee peated Jura</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-two-wee-peated-Jura.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Jura 26 yo 1989/2016 (58.9%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, heavily peated, bourbon barrel, cask # 30734+35, 243 bottles)</p>
<p>Isle of Jura 17 yo (48.5%, Elixir Distillers, Macbeth, Act 2, Second Murderer, oloroso sherry hogshead, 1,200 bottles, 2025)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>The Maclean Foundation’s recent Auchroisk, plus a few others</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/The-Maclean-Foundations-recent-Auchroisk-plus-a-few-others.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Auchroisk 34 yo 1991/2025 (44.4%, The Maclean Foundation, virgin oak, cask #572002, 248 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 12 yo 2006/2018 (46%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, two hogsheads, 690 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 14 yo 2008/2023 (56.7%, Watt Whisky, Denmark exclusive, 27 months red wine cask)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 11 yo 2007/2018 (59.5%, James Eadie, first fill bourbon, cask #805594, 282 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 8 yo (60.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, European Whisky Festivals 2021, #95.47, ‘Red Bread’, 289 bottles, 2021)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 13 yo 2008/2021 (59%, Fable Whisky, Chapter 9, hogshead, cask #806196, 264 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 37 yo 1982/2019 (48.3%, Thompson Bros., refill sherry, 212 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 31 yo 1989/2020 (44.9%, Thompson Bros., ex-refill sherry puncheon, 122 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 25 yo 1996/2022 (48%, First Editions, Hunter Laing, PX sherry butt finish, USA)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 13 yo 2008/2022 (54.9%, Watt Whisky, 3 months in tawny Port, 318 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 2007/2023 (57.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, ‘Spice Surprise’, #95.100, 494 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 11 yo 2011/2023 (57.1%, Whisky is the Limit, 1st fill St.Estèphe barrique, cask #22074021, 470 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 8 yo 2010/2019 (59.7%, Brachadair, 1st fill oloroso hogshead finish, cask #79, 75 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchroisk 1996/2018 (51.8%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS18018, 267 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A couple more rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-couple-more-rums.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Planteray ‘XO 20th Anniversary’ (40%, Planteray, Barbados, 2025)</p>
<p>Captain Flint 8 yo ‘Extra’ (43%, Famille Cabanne, Guyana, cognac cask, 2025)</p>
<p>Chalong Bay ‘American Double Barrel’ (51%, OB, Thailand, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Père Labat ‘Le Rhum Soleil’ (55%, OB, Marie-Galante, agricole, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Ten Cane 17 yo 2008/2025 (55.7%, Whisky Picnic Bar + Rum & Whisky + Bar Tre, Trinidad, cask #2901, 254 bottles)</p>
<p>Caroni 24 yo 1996-2019/2024 (62.4%, Velier, Rum Paradise #6, Trinidad, heavy, cask #5619, 115 bottles)</p>
<p>Clarendon 14 yo 2011/2025 ‘MBS’ (60%, Velier, Jamaica, bourbon barrel, 172 bottles)</p>
<p>HD 2018/2025 ‘C&lt;&gt;H’ (64.3%, The Whisky Jury, Jamaica, The Ester Hunter Catch 5, bourbon barrel, cask #CH-56, 201 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Some young Knockdhu</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Some-young-Knockdhu.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>AnCnoc 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Knockdhu 10 yo 2012/2022 (54.9%, Whisky Picnic Bar, cask #11534843)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Three barrelled Imperial of similar age</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Three-barrelled-Imperial-of-similar-age.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Imperial 27 yo 1998/2025 (42.2%, Living Souls, refill bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Imperial 26 yo 1998/2025 (44.4%, Whiskyland, Decadent Drinks, refill barrel, 134 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 27 yo 1998/2025 (53%, Whisky Picnic Bar, bourbon barrel, cask #9, 120 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Three 16-year-old Craigellachie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Three-16-year-old-Craigellachie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Craigellachie 16 yo 2009/2025 (54.4%, Tri Carragh, 2nd fill bourbon barrel, 125 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 16 yo 2009/2025 (55.6%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill Madeira hogshead finish, cask #211, 306 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 16 yo 2007/2024 ‘100 proof edition #4’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, Exceptional Cask, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A few Inchdairnie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-Inchdairnie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Inchdairnie ‘Ryelaw’ (46.3%, OB, 2022)</p>
    <p>Inchdairnie ‘Strathenry’ 6 yo 2018/2025 ‘Tropical Fruit Salad’ (50%, Elevenses, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 589 bottles)</p>
    <p>Inchdairnie ‘Finglassie’ 8 yo 2017/2025 (57.9%, James Eadie, Malaga cask finish, cask #374467)</p>
    <p>Inchdairnie ‘Kinglassie’ 8 yo 2017/2025 ‘RAW Edition’ (46.3%, OB, ex-bourbon)</p>
    <p>Inchdairnie ‘Kinglassie’ 8 yo 2017/2025 ‘Double Matured’ (46.3%, OB, ex-amontillado)</p>
    <p>Inchdairnie ‘Balgothrie’ (63.4%, James Eadie, Project 1927, spirit drink, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A wee trio of Dailuaine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-wee-trio-of-Dailuaine.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dailuaine 11 yo 2014/2025 (57.9%, Lady of the Glen, recoopered US oak barrique finish, cask #309560, 262 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 15 yo 2010/2025 (54.9%, The Whisky Blues, for BAM and Barrel Malt Bar, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #302844, 258 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 16 yo 2007/2024 (57.4%, Artful Dodger, Ardbeg sherry butt finish, cask #149, 732 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Rums make a triumphant return on WF</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Rums-make-a-triumphant-return-on-WF.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Savanna ‘Le Must’ (45%, OB, La Réunion, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Maurice ‘Very Special Coffee Product’ (55.7%, Vagabond Spirits, Mauritius, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>La Palma Suave 17 yo (40.5%, Tres Hombres, Canary Islands, 2086 bottles)</p>
    <p>El Ron del Artesano 10 yo (57.6%, OB, Panama, Tobia Reserve Tinto Cask finish, cask #351-25, 150 bottles, 2026)</p>
    <p>Captain Flint 12 yo ‘Extra’ (52%, Famille Cabanne, Dominican Republic, cognac cask, 2025)</p>
    <p>Mhoba ‘Imbasha’ (61.5%, OB, South Africa, LMDW Foundations, bourbon cask, cask #WRD6, 289 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Jamaica Blend 3 yo 2022/2026 (55.4%, Fadandel, new virgin oak, cask #RUM001, 390 bottles)</p>
    <p>Long Pond 26 yo 1998/2024 (58.3%, The Whisky Blues, Jamaica, barrel, cask #10272, 143 bottles)</p>
    <p>Monymusk 25 yo 2000/2025 (53.5%, Thompson Bros., Jamaica, 126 bottles)</p>
    <p>HD 2019/2025 ‘HGML’ (65.8%, The Whisky Jury, Jamaica, The Ester Hunter Catch 6, refill barrel, cask #HG-ML-8, 231 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 41 yo 1983/2025 (55.1%, The Colours of Rum & Absolutely Nuts, Jamaica, This Time No Colours, Edition No.1)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Benthreeach</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Benthreeach.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benriach 15 yo 2008/2023 'Summer' (51.9%, The Whisky Exchange 'The Seasons', hogshead, cask #47387)</p>
    <p>Benriach 31 yo (53.1%, Elixir Distillers 'Macbeth Act I - The Thanes', bourbon barrels, 650 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 28 yo 1997/2025 (58%, Auld Alliance '15th Anniversary', 59 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Young Tamnavulin in red wine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Young-Tamnavulin-in-red-wine.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tamnavulin ‘Port Cask Edition’ (40%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tamnavulin 10 yo (46%, Living Souls, ex-Chianti wine cask, 2025)</p>
    <p>Whisky and Red Wine</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A new Highland Park craze, part three</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-new-Highland-Park-craze-part-three.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Old Orkney 21 yo 1999-2003/2024 (52.9%, Decadent Drinks, bodega sherry butt and refill hogshead, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Old Orkney 20 yo 1997-2005/2025 (55.5%, Whiskyland, Decadent Drinks, refill and 1st fill sherry hogsheads, 332 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 8 yo (43%, De Young’s, +/-2000)</p>
    <p>Secret Orkney 21 yo 1999/2021 (54.7%, PK Spirits, Four Seasons, sherry cask, 68 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Orkney Distillery (HP) 25 yo 1999/2025 (50.9%, Wu Dram Clan, American oak hogshead, cask #120)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 37 yo 1966/2003 (41.3%, Duncan Taylor Peerless, cask #4644, 135 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 20 yo 1966/1986 (86° US Proof, Duthie for Corti Bros., USA)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 16 yo 1970/1986 (53%, Intertrade, 258 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A new Highland Park craze, part dos</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-new-Highland-Park-craze-part-dos.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Orkney (HP) 14 yo 2010/2024 ‘Edition #30’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Old Orkney 19 yo (52%, Decadent Drinks, refill hogsheads married in 3rd fill butt, 375 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Whitlaw 2003/2025 (46.6%, The Whisky Jury, refill hogshead, cask #981, 268 bottles)</p>
    <p>Pride of Orkney 12 yo (57%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, twist cap, 1980s)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 33 yo 1974/2009 (44.8%, OB, The Ambassador’s Cask #3, cask #9035, 372 bottles)</p>
    <p>Orkney Island Distillery 25 yo 1999/2025 (51.5%, Scotch88 &amp; Scyfion, Ukrainian Troyanda Karpat Barrique from Château Chizay, cask #Z20/07061, 187 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>About twenty Highland Park, split over three sessions</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/About-twenty-Highland-Park-split-over-three-sessions.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Highland Park 8 yo (70°proof, OB, James Grant for Hepburn & Ross, Malt Scotch Whisky, UK, cork stopper, +/-1970)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 8 yo (70°proof, OB, Gordon & MacPhail, Scotch Malt Whisky, UK, +/-1975)</p>
    <p>An Orkney Distillery 12 yo 2006/2019 (48%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Elixir Distillers, US exclusive, Parcel No.1)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 9 yo 2015/2025 (50%, The Cooper’s Choice, The Golden Cut Collection, Malaga finish, 342 bottles)</p>
    <p>Old Orkney 15 yo ‘Auld Reekie‘(48.5%, Decadent Drinks for Royal Mile Whiskies, sherrywood, 396 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Whitlaw 10 yo 2015/2025 (56.9%, Brothers in Malt, refill sherry butt, cask #22, 550 bottles)</p>
    <p>Single Malt Scotch Whisky from Orkney 8 yo 2016/2025 (57.5%, Cadenhead, Enigma, bourbon barrels, 888 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Young Tamdhu in wine vs old Tamdhu al natural</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Young-Tamdhu-in-wine-vs-old-Tamdhu-al-natural.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tamdhu 9 yo 2015/2025 (50%, The Cooper’s Choice, Golden Cut Collection, Marsala finish, cask #044, 396 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 10 yo 2013/2024 (57.9%, Infrequent Flyers, Pedro Ximenez puncheon finish, cask #800069, 698 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu-Glenlivet 13 yo 1981/1995 (59.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 20 yo 1981/2002 (56.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #8.32)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Twelve cognacs, with a strong thought for the producers</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Twelve-cognacs-with-a-strong-thought-for-the-producers.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Courcel ‘VS’ (40%, OB, Fine Cognac, 2025)</p>
    <p>Larsen ‘T.V.F.C.’ (40%, OB, Fine champagne, +/-1990)</p>
    <p>Larsen ‘Aqua Ignis’ (42.3%, OB, Cognac, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Château de Montifaud ‘Napoléon’ (40%, OB, Petite Champagne, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Château de Montifaud 2006/2026 (43%, OB, Petite Champagne)</p>
    <p>Seguinot ‘Réserve de la Famille’ (40%, OB, Grande Champagne, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Du Peyrat 2011/2025 ‘Folle Blanche’ (45.6%, OB, Fins Bois, 823 bottles)</p>
    <p>Richard Delisle ‘XO’ (40%, OB, Grande Champagne, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Lot 88’ (43.8%, Art Malts, The Vintage Reserve, Grande Champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Grande Champagne Lot 97 ‘Le Frimas’ (53.9%, Malternative Belgium, 2025)</p>
    <p>Delamain ‘TV RES Founder’s Reserve’ (44.8%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Strictly Confidential ‘Secret #1’ (62%, Navigate World Whisky, Unspecified Spirit, French oak cask, 100% South African aged, 160 bottles, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Ben Nevis, a short catch-up session with a wee trio</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Ben-Nevis-a-short-catch-up-session-with-a-wee-trio.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 6 yo 2018/2025 (50%, Spirits Beast, ex-peated refill sherry, cask #149, 360 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 2013/2024 (53.1%, The Maltman, refill sherry butt, cask #3344, 407 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 26 yo 1997/2023 (50.9%, Whisky Lockhart, sherry butt, cask #116, 78 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A new little trip from Tasmania to the Netherlands</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-new-little-trip-from-Tasmania-to-the-Netherlands.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Collington Mill ‘El Sol’ (46%, OB, Tasmania, ex-sherry barrel, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Carpathian Single Malt ‘Peated’ (46%, OB, Romania, bourbon, cask #2975, 321 bottles, 2024)</p>
<p>Ondjaba ‘Classic’ (46%, OB, Namibia, triple-grain, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Säntis ‘Edition Kamor’ (48%, OB, Switzerland, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Kinglake 2019/2022 ‘In the Blood’ (61%, OB, Australia, batch #1TB2, 76 bottles)</p>
<p>Starward 2017/2024 ‘Botrytis Cask’ (48%, OB, Australia)</p>
<p>Millstone 9 yo 2016/2025 (54.2%, Dràm Mor, Netherlands, PX butt, cask #B0309, 688 bottles)</p>
<p>Millstone 27 yo 1998/2025 ‘Special #38’ (48.58%, OB, Netherlands, oloroso, 467 bottles)</p>
<p>Millstone 20 yo 2005/2025 (48.8%, OB, Netherlands, virgin American oak, cask #693, 135 bottles, 2025)</p>
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  <title>More secrets and blended malts</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/More-secrets-and-blended-malts.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Secret Speyside 24 yo 1997/2022 (50.3%, Thompson Bros., refill barrels, 540 bottles)</p>
    <p>St Bridget’s Kirk ‘Solera Batch #5’ (48.5%, Hannah Whisky Merchants, blended malt, fino-oloroso finish, 2025)</p>
    <p>Living Souls 3 yo (46.15%, Thompson Bros. x Living Souls, blended Scotch, 2025)</p>
    <p>Secret Highland 35 yo 1985/2020 (47.4%, Mancarella for Scotch 88 Ukrainian Whisky Community, cask #13, hogshead, 88 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Avon 15 yo (57%, Gordon & MacPhail for Sestante, +/-1985)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside 45 yo 1979/2025 (50.3%, The Whisky Blues, refill bourbon hogshead, cask #12312, 91 bottles)</p>
    <p>House of Hazelwood 47 yo (43.7%, OB, Charles Gordon Collection, blended malt, 137 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside 49 yo 1975/2025 (43.8%, The Whisky Blues, refill bourbon hogshead, cask #8165, 86 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A few Dornoch for our peacefull enjoyment</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-Dornoch-for-our-peacefull-enjoyment.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dornoch 4 yo 2019/2024 (52.2%, OB, PX octave, cask #187, 89 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 5 yo 2017/2023 (54.5%, OB for Whiskyfun’s 21st Anniversary, 1st fill bourbon octave, cask #49, 63 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 4 yo 2019/2024 (58.6%, OB, for Germany, ex-bourbon, cask #180, 103 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 6 yo 2018/2024 (52.5%, OB, ex-bourbon, cask #59, 77 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 5 yo 2018/2023 (57.4%, OB, refill bourbon, cask #124, 167 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 7 yo 2018/2025 (56.5%, OB, 1st fill bourbon octave, cask #111, 83 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 5 yo 2019/2024 (56.2%, OB, for Hideo Yamaoka, 1st fill rye octave, cask #170, 82 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 5 yo 2017/2023 (59.2%, OB, for Caora, 1st fill bourbon octave, cask #8, 94 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch (63.4%, James Eadie, Project 1927, spirit drink, 2025)</p>
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  <title>A little trio of official Tomintoul</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-little-trio-of-official-Tomintoul.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tomintoul ‘Tawny Port Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, Small Batch, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul ‘White Port Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, Small Batch, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul 14 yo 2011/2025 (63.5%, OB for SG60, bourbon barrel, cask #3482, 247 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Nine superb Armagnacs to lift our spirits</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Nine-superb-Armagnacs-to-lift-our-spirits.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Château Saint-Aubin 4 yo (âge 4) (43%, OB, Bas-Armagnac, 2025)</p>
    <p>Château de Millet 5 yo ‘VSOP’ (42%, OB, Bas Armagnac, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Cloud & Clet ‘XO’ (40%, OB, Bas-Armagnac, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Château Arton 2015/2026 ‘La Flamme’ (47.6%, OB, Haut-Armagnac)</p>
    <p>Domaine d’Espérance ‘VS’ (52.5%, OB, Bas Armagnac, 2024)</p>
    <p>Château Le Courréjot 2005/2024 (55%, Hootch, Ténarèze, cask #64, 98 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine d’Espérance 2006/2025 ’Folle Blanche’ (50.5%, OB, Bas-Armagnac, cask #51)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Danis 39 yo 1985/2025 (47.1%, Armagnac.de, Ténarèze, cask #40, 2026)</p>
    <p>Bas-Armagnac 1963/2025 (45.8%, The Antelope, cask #DB1021, 73 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A non-alcoholic whisky that doesn’t pretend to be whisky</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-non-alcoholic-whisky-that-doesnt-pretend-to-be-whisky.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Giffard ‘Woody Malt N°02’ (0%, OB, +/-2026)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Two Isle of Raasay, or cherries vs pumpernickel</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-Isle-of-Raasay-or-cherries-vs-pumpernickel.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Isle of Raasay 2021/2025 (48%, OB, France exclusive, matured in red Bourgogne)</p>
    <p>Isle of Raasay (60.9%, OB for Kirsch Import, Awakening Series, for Whisky Live Germany, PX sherry quarter cask, cask #21/1231)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A Balvenie and a Balvy</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-Balvenie-and-a-Balvy.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Balvenie 10 yo 'Founder's Reserve' (40%, OB, Germany, +/-2005)</p>
    <p>Balvy 35 yo 1989/2025 (52%, The Whisky Jury, blended malt, refill hogshead, cask #681R, 278 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Eight Tullibardine, for glory and for flavour</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Eight-Tullibardine-for-glory-and-for-flavour.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tullibardine ‘500 Sherry Finish’ (43%, OB, +/-2021)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 30 yo 1993 (47.9%, The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore, 222 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 13 yo 2012/2025 (54%, Cadenhead, Chairman’s Stock, hogshead)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 11 yo 2013/2025 (53%, Decadent Drams, 2nd-fill sherry hogshead, 242 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 10 yo 2015/2025 (55.6%, Hogshead Import, 1st fill vinsanto octave, 71 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 9 yo 2015/2025 ‘Edition #44’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 proof, 1st and 2nd fill oloroso butt)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 10 yo 2015/2025 (44.1%, Jean Boyer, Gifted Stills, hogshead, 392 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 6 yo (54.9%, Dràm Mor, cask #19000022, finished in 1st fill oloroso hogshead, 336 bottles, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>The return of Royal Brackla on WF</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/The-return-of-Royal-Brackla-on-WF.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Royal Brackla 13 yo 2011/2025 (56.9%, Lady of the Glen, 1st fill tawny port finish, cask #1315, 159 bottles)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 13 yo 2012/2025 (57.2%, Watashi Whisky, refill sherry octave, cask #574490)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 16 yo 2008/2025 (58.2%, Signatory Vintage, Symington’s Choice, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #2, 676 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A neat little trio of Redbreast</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-neat-little-trio-of-Redbreast.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Redbreast 12 yo ‘Cask Strength Batch B1/12’ (58.6%, OB, single pot still, 2012)</p>
    <p>Redbreast 27 yo ‘Batch B1/2019’ (54.6%, OB, single pot still, 2019)</p>
    <p>Redbreast 27 yo ‘Batch B2/2019’ (53.5%, OB, single pot still, 2019)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Some quality cognacs and other fine eaux-de-vie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Some-quality-cognacs-and-other-fine-eaux-de-vie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Gautier *** (40%, OB, Fine Cognac, +/-1985)</p>
    <p>Lhéraud ‘Lot 90 + 20 yo’ (49.4%, The Spirit Traveller, No.07, Petite Champagne, 1475 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Tiffon ‘Hors d’Âge The X-mas Unicorn’ (44.9%, Swell de Spirits, Borderies, Field Trip #08, 2026)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Lot 70’ (58.2%, The Whisky Blues, Grande Champagne, 219 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Tree of Life ‘Lot n°46’ (49.5%, Whiskay, Fins Bois, 120 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Vallein Tercinier ‘Grande Rue 34’ (42%, OB, bottled in 2014)</p>
    <p>Huo Shao Yun (53%, Huangshan H&amp;S Wine Estate, China, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Ferme 1719 2023 (71.3%, Authentic Spirits, Eau-de-vie de Grande Champagne, high-ester)</p>
    <p>Philippe Schaeffer 1982/2022 (49.3%, Authentic Spirits, Fine d’Alsace)</p>
    <p>Zind Humbrecht 1996/2019 (62%, Amateur Spirits, eau-de-vie de vin)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A Ben Nevis Solera, seven-by-seven, part 5</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Ben-Nevis-Solera-seven-by-seven-part-5.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 1996/2025 (45.7%, The Whisky Jury, refill hogshead, cask #1648, 260 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 1996/2025 (48.2%, The Whisky Jury, 6th Anniversary, refill hogshead, cask #348649, 270 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 1996/2025 (54.6%, The Whisky Jury for The Antelope, refill hogshead, cask #1354, 187 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1997/2025 (48.1%, Sansibar, Jens’s Personal Choice, refill sherry cask, cask #11, 198 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2023 (51.4%, The Whisky Blues, refill hogshead, cask #1333, 196 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2024 (51.8%, East Village Company, Whisky Maniac, sherry butt, 72 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A Ben Nevis Solera, seven-by-seven, part 4</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Ben-Nevis-Solera-seven-by-seven-part-4.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 11 yo 2012/2024 (54%, Brothers in Malt, octaves, 289 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 6 yo 2019/2025 (55%, The Whisky Exchange, Caoineag the Weeping Spirit, sherry butts, casks #416 & 423, 666 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 13 yo 2011/2025 (56.6%, Le Gus’t, hogshead, cask #289, 303 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 26 yo 1998 (43.2%, Lady of the Glen, Rare Cask, refill hogshead, cask #176, 276 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2025 (44.8%, Casky & One or Two, hogshead, Two Cities, One Spirit, cask #953, 256 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2023 (47.9%, The Whisky Blues, hogshead, cask #1638, 267 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 1996/2025 (47.3%, Malts of Scotland for The Whisky Dreamers FPC, bourbon hogshead, cask #Mos 25013, 188 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A Ben Nevis Solera, seven-by-seven, part 3</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Ben-Nevis-Solera-seven-by-seven-part-3.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 10 yo ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ (58.3%, La Maison du Whisky, Artist #15, 1st fill sherry finish, cask #202, 655 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 2018/2025 (46%, Whisky Live Paris Edition, 1st fill oloroso butt, cask #209, 856 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 1998/2025 (48.3%, The Whisky Jury, refill hogshead, cask #1562, Belgium Exclusive, 92 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2024 (52.8%, Douglas Laing Xtra Old Particular for The Whisky Exchange, refill butt, 208 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 1998/2025 (54.3%, Liquid Art, cask #1560, 140 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 1997/2024 (53.3%, Delia’s Whisky Shop and The Whisky Agency, Christmas Series 2024)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2024 (49.6%, The Antelope & Kanpaikai, refill hogshead, cask #1324, 192 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A Ben Nevis Solera, seven-by-seven, part 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Ben-Nevis-Solera-seven-by-seven-part-2.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 10 yo 2014/2025 (48%, Wilson & Morgan Barrel Selection, Signature, sherry, cask #178/179)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 2013/2025 (54.7%, Taste Still by Corman Collins, Blurred Lines, 1st fill oloroso, 234 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 2018/2025 (58.7%, Bedford Park, 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #3148, 311 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 12 yo 2012/2025 (56.4%, Single Cask Nation, 1st fill heavy char hogshead, cask #170023, 241 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 52 yo 1973/2025 (40.1%, Thompson Bros., two refill hogsheads)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996/2025 (48.5%, The Whisky Firm, bourbon hogshead, cask #406, 186 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2024 (48.6%, Maltbarn, The 26, bourbon)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A Ben Nevis Solera, seven-by-seven</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-Ben-Nevis-Solera-seven-by-seven.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996/2025 (48.9%, Royal Mile Whiskies, cask #408, 227 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 25 yo 1999/2024 (51.2%, Liquid Treasures for The Antelope Macau, refill bourbon hogshead, 232 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2025 (51.8%, Milroy’s, hogshead, cask #1583)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 15 yo 2010/2025 (52.8%, Hogshead Import, refill hogshead)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 12 yo 2012/2025 (53%, Decadent Drams)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 11 yo 2013/2025 (58.6%, Dramfool, bourbon barrel, cask #551, 205 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 13 yo 2001/2014 (52.6%, Whisky-Doris, The Nose Art, bourbon hogshead, cask #1289, 131 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>No rum today, two wee Auchentoshan instead</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/No-rum-today-two-wee-Auchentoshan-instead.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Auchentoshan 9 yo 2016/2025 ‘Waiting for the Sun’ (46%, Uncharted Whisky Co., 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #UC0149, 617 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchentoshan 13 yo 2011/2025 (60.6%, Single Cask Nation, Online Exclusive, 4-month in 2nd fill peated bourbon barrel, cask #160463, 198 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Lowland 11 yo (57.1%, Dràm Mor, refill oloroso sherry hogshead finish, cask #105, 324 bottles, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Dallas Dhu vs Glen Albyn</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Dallas-Dhu-vs-Glen-Albyn-dist.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dallas Dhu 18 yo 1977/1995 (59.7%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, USA)</p>
    <p>Glen Albyn 42 yo 1980/2023 (51.1%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, The Dram Takers, Book of Kells label, refill sherry puncheon, 75 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A few Glen Scotia and wine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-Glen-Scotia-and-wine.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Scotia ‘Double Cask’ (46%, OB, Bordeaux red wine cask finish, 2025)</p>
    <p>Glen Scotia 12 yo (46%, OB, 1st fill bourbon, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Glen Scotia 10 yo 2015/2025 (53.3%, Thompson Bros. for The Whisky Exchange, tawny Port, 317 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Scotia 10 yo 2014/2025 (55.9%, The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show exclusive, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #1961, 226 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Scotia 8 yo 2016 (56.5%, Lady of the Glen, Tawny Port finish, cask #892-4, 231 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Scotia 1992/2003 (62.1%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Cask series, refill sherry hogshead, cask #89.92)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Storm and fury: seven Breton whiskies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Storm-and-fury-seven-Breton-whiskies.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Eddu 'Carnet de Voyages – fûts de Bordeaux’ (46%, OB, France, 1,500 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Eddu 'Carnet de Voyages – fûts de la Vallée du Rhône Nord’ (46%, OB, France, 1,560 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Glann ar Mor 2014/2025 (55.3%, Kirsch Import, Journal des Kirsch, bourbon barrel, cask #20025, 224 bottles)</p>
    <p>Armorik 11 yo 2013/2025 (60.2%, OB, France, LMDW Itinéraires, bourbon barrel, cask #4076, 209 bottles)</p>
    <p>Armorik Yeun Elez 5 yo (59.6%, OB, for LMDW Itinéraires, ex-sherry hogshead, cask #8280, 329 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Kornog ‘Taouarc’h an Hanv’ (58.7%, OB, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 263 bottles, 2012)</p>
    <p>Kornog 2018/2025 (56.9%, OB, selected by Wu Dram Clan, bourbon barrel, cask #01861, 229 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A quartet of young Torabhaig</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-quartet-of-young-Torabhaig.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Torabhaig ‘Sound of Sleat’ (46%, OB, Legacy Series, Chapter No.4, 2025)</p>
    <p>Torabhaig 2018/2023 ‘Club Reserve Release No.5’ (60.7%, OB, Barbados rum barrel, cask #1056, 293 bottles)</p>
    <p>Torabhaig 7 yo 2018/2025 (56.7%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill bourbon, cask #1160, 241 bottles)</p>
    <p>Torabhaig 7 yo 2018/2025 (60.4%, Hannah Whisky Merchants, Samhain Series, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #1137, 215 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Four Glen Elgin and a hint of wood</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Four-Glen-Elgin-and-a-hint-of-wood.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Elgin 16 yo 2009/2024 (56.1%, The Whisky Blues, STR barrel, cask #801780, 236 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 29 yo 1995/2025 (44.6%, The Whisky Blues, refill hogshead, cask #3256, 254 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 13 yo 2012/2025 (56%, Watashi Whisky &amp; Le Sens, 1st fill Sauternes barrique, cask #806484)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 17 yo 2007/2025 (57.5%, Single Cask Nation, double maturation in oloroso hogshead, cask #173287, 230 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Topping up with a bit more sugarcane spirit</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Topping-up-with-a-bit-more-sugarcane-spirit.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Depaz ‘VSOP’ (45%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Dominican Republic 17 yo 2018/2025 (60.8%, La Maison du Whisky, Flag Series, Collection Itinéraires, Madeira cask, cask #DR08MD01, 225 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bellevue 2016/2025 (64.3%, Bedford Park, Marie-Galante, bourbon barrel, cask #417, 236 bottles)</p>
    <p>Réunion 2019/2025 (67.7%, Bedford Park, bourbon barrel, cask #42, 255 bottles)</p>
    <p>TDL 22 yo 2003/2025 (57.5%, The Antelope, Trinidad, refill barrel, cask #R002, 220 bottles)</p>
    <p>Monymusk 27 yo 1998/2025 ‘MMW’ (60.1%, Thompson Bros., Jamaica, 174 bottles)</p>
    <p>Monymusk 24 yo 2000/2024 (62%, The Whisky Blues, Jamaica, barrel, cask#13908, 148 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Two Celebratory Highland Park</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-Celebratory-Highland-Park.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Highland Park 8 yo (70 proof, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, dark vatting, -/+ 1978)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 1971/1985 (56%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 4.4)</p>
    <p>Highland Park NAS 'Saint Magnus' (100 proof, OB, early 1970s)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Just three old Glenfiddich</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Just-three-old-Glenfiddich.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenfiddich 15 yo ‘Solera Reserve’ (40%, OB, pure single malt, +/-2002)</p>
    <p>Glenfiddich 8 yo (43%, OB, ‘Straight Malt’, Gancia, Italy, +/-1970)</p>
    <p>Glenfiddich 1979/1993 (46%, Moon Import, The Sails in the Wind)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A quintet of independent Mortlachs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-quintet-of-independent-Mortlachs.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Mortlach 10 yo 2014/2025 ‘Small Batch Edition #15’ (48.2%, Signatory Vintage, 1st fill PX hogshead finish)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 19 yo 2005/2024 (52%, Decadent Drams, bourbon barrel, 181 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 17 yo 2007/2025 (56.9%, Signatory Vintage, Symington’s Choice, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt finish, cask #202, 680 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 18 yo 1975 ‘Auchindoun’ (61.3%, The Whisky Connoisseur, cask #6249, +/-1992)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 59 yo 1965/2024 (44.1%, Gordon & MacPhail, The Dram Takers, Book of Kells label, refill American hogshead, 63 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 21 yo 2003/2025 (58.3%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange, Bourbon Cask series, cask #800225, 186 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Tasting six rather unpredictable American whiskies and bourbons</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Tasting-six-rather-unpredictable-American-whiskies-and-bourbons.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tasting six rather unpredictable American whiskies and bourbons.</p>
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<item>
  <title>A quartet of magnificent Pulteneys</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-quartet-of-magnificent-Pulteneys.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Pulteney 17 yo 2008/2025 (49.8%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill Maker’s Mark finish, cask #Z082, 295 bottles)</p>
    <p>Pulteney 23 yo 2002/2025 (57.2%, Decadent Drams, refill barrel, 176 bottles)</p>
    <p>Pulteney 25 yo 2000/2025 (53.9%, Casky’s Finest Selection and The Antelope, refill barrel, cask #100239)</p>
    <p>Old Pulteney 1970/1988 (56%, Sestante, 75cl)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Caol Ila in Utter Chaos, Part 4 and last</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Caol-Ila-in-Utter-Chaos-Part-4-and-last.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Caol Ila 16 yo 1982/1998 (43%, Signatory, cask #1770-71, 896 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 10 yo 2015/2025 (57.1%, Wilson & Morgan, Barrel Selection, 100 proof, 1st fill oloroso sherry finish, casks #302640-41-42-43, 1055 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 15 yo 2010/2025 (56%, C. Dully Selection, bourbon hogshead, cask #17752, 266 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 13 yo 2011/2024 ‘Wunderkammer’ (57.3%, Morisco Spirits, 1st fill oloroso, cask #58211, 307 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 1978/1992 (64.8%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #53.5)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 22 yo 1974/1997 (54.4%, Signatory Vintage, cask #1974/46, 310 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 12 yo 1992/2005 (46%, Duncan Taylor, Whisky Galore)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 30 yo 1995/2025 (50.9%, The Antelope & Kanpaikai, Dollar Cat #2, refill hogshead, cask #809708, 168 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 32 yo 1992/2024 (51.8%, Whiskyland, Chapter Five, refill hogshead, 210 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 40 yo 1984/2025 ‘Something in the Water’ (51.3%, La Maison du Whisky, Artist #15, refill hogshead, cask #8484006286, 99 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A selection of assorted and varied rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-selection-of-assorted-and-varied-rums.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Fortin ‘Guarani’ (40%, OB, Paraguay, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Saint James ‘Nectar du Maître de Chai’ (40%, OB, Martinique, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Yellow Snake (40%, Island Signature, Rum Terroirs, Jamaica, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Neisson ‘Profil Équilibre Carole Aurore Assemblage Mizunara’ (52.5%, OB, Martinique, agricole, LMDW Itinéraires, 2025)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 8 yo ‘Old Bajan Numéro 6’ (59.1%, Les Frères de la Côte, 950 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Providence 3 yo 2022/2025 (52.4%, OB, Port au Prince Distillery, La Maison & Velier, Haiti)</p>
    <p>Clarendon Estate 12 yo (56.8%, Dràm Mor, Jamaica, cask #1814, 307 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>New Yarmouth 15 yo 2009/2025 (59.8%, Bedford Park, Jamaica, bourbon, cask #1, 221 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caroni 27 yo 1998/2025 (57.6%, The Colours of Rum for Absolutely Nuts, This Time No Colours, Edition No.2, Trinidad, 91 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Closed Highlanders by Angus</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Closed-Highlanders-by-Angus.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Secret Highland 35 yo 1985/2020 (47.4%, Mancarella for Scotch 88 Ukrainian Whisky Community, cask #13, hogshead, 88 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caperdonich 23 yo 1980/2004 (58%, Cadenhead 'Authentic Collection', bourbon hogshead, 252 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dallas Dhu 18 yo 1977/1995 (59.7%, Cadenhead 'Authentic Collection' for USA)</p>
    <p>Convalmore 14 yo 1981 (61%, Whisky Connoisseur, cask #1150)</p>
    <p>Banff 23 yo 1976/2000 (54.5%, Signatory Vintage 'Silent Stills' for USA, cask #2250, 245 bottles)</p>
    <p>Brora 13 yo 1982/1995 (60.4%, Cadenhead 'Authentic Collection')</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Caol Ila in Utter Chaos, Part 3/4</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Caol-Ila-in-Utter-Chaos-Part-3-4.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Caol Ila 16 yo (40%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail for Sestante, 75cl, +/-1985)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 12 yo 2012/2025 (52.3%, James Eadie, Distilleries of Great Britain &amp; Ireland, recharred American oak hogshead, cask #313104, 314 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 15 yo 2007/2023 (53.4%, Sansibar for Casa de Vinos Whisky Abbey Festival, bourbon cask, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 16 yo 2008/2025 (54.8%, Liquid Treasures and The Whisky Fair, Barbados rum barrique finish, Love &amp; Peace series, 274 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 12 yo 2013/2025 (54.5%, Signatory Vintage for LMDW Plume, Itinéraires, sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 13 yo 2012/2025 (53.1%, Decadent Drams, first fill sherry hogshead, 212 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 15 yo 2009-2010/2025 (57.1%, Decadent Drams, first fill sherry hogshead, 252 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 14 yo 2010/2024 (55.9%, The Whisky Blues, ex-Jamaican rum JMWP barrel, cask #318192, 217 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 13 yo 2010/2023 (55.4%, Whisky Age, refill barrel, cask #319312, 220 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 12 yo 1982/1994 ‘Cask Strength’ (62.4%, The Cooper’s Choice, VA.MA Italy)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Caol Ila in Utter Chaos, Part 2/4</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Caol-Ila-in-Utter-Chaos-Part-2-4.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Caol Ila 8 yo (48%, Wilson & Morgan, Quercus Alba, 2024)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 17 yo 2007/2024 (49%, Cut Your Wolf Loose, refill bourbon hogshead, 285 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 8 yo 2016/2025 (44.3%, Jean Boyer, Gifted Stills of Scotland, barrel, 653 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 2017/2024 (46%, Signatory Vintage for Intercaves, 2nd fill Barbaresco finish, cask #67583)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 12 yo 2010/2023 (56.4%, Whisky Age, refill barrel, cask #319311, 209 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 1984/2000 (59.8%, Gordon & MacPhail, CASK, cask #6098-6101)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 1984/1996 (50%, Moon Import, Dovr-Toutes-Mares)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 17 yo 2008/2025 (57.5%, Fadandel, ex-bourbon quarter cask, cask #314559)</p>
    <p>Port Askaig 16 yo 2008/2025 (54.2%, Elixir Distillers for LMDW Itinéraires)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 24 yo 1974/1998 (53.3%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #53.32, 325 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Caol Ila in Utter Chaos, Part 1/4</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Caol-Ila-in-Utter-Chaos-Part-1-4.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Caol Ila 14 yo 2011/2025 (58.7%, Best Dram, 1st fill red wine barrique, cask #900098, 279 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 14 yo 2011/2025 (53.5%, The Stillman’s De, 1st fill marsala, cask #900113, 290 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Askaig 10 yo 2014/2025 (57.8%, Elixir Distillers, for Kirsch Import, toasted barrel, cask #1033)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 'Distillers Edition 2023' (43%, OB)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 10 yo 2014/2024 ‘Edition #28’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 proof, 1st fill & refill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 4 yo 2019/2023 (61.4%, Milroy’s Soho Collection, 1st Fill Rivesaltes, casks #309863+ 309880)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila, 10 yo 2015/2025 (58.3%, Lady of the Glen, refill ruby Port finish, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 17 yo 2001/2019 (57.9%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, for Shinanoya Tokyo, refill American hogshead, batch #19/063, 247 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 30 yo 1980/2011 (58.8%, Wilson & Morgan, Barrel Selection, bourbon, cask #4688, 196 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 12 yo 1982/1995 ‘Cask Strength’ (60%, The Cooper’s Choice, VA.MA Italy)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Indie Strathmill, 47 and 12 years old</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Indie-Strathmill-47-and-12-years-old.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Strathmill 47 yo 1974/2021 (41.5%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, The Dram Takers, Book of Kells, refill American hogshead, 50 bottles)</p>
    <p>Strathmill 12 yo 1992/2005 (63.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon barrel, 216 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Hillside vs sparring partner</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Hillside-vs-sparring-partner.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Hillside (Glenesk) 25 yo 1969/1995 (61.9%, OB, Rare Malts)</p>
    <p>Glencadam 13 yo 2012/2025 (53%, Decadent Drinks, Decadent Drams, refill barrel, 282 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>A few rums to get through the snow and storms</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-rums-to-get-through-the-snow-and-storms.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Mount Gay ‘XO Triple Cask Blend’ (43%, OB, Barbados, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 13 yo 2007/2021 (62.1%, The Colours of Rum, Barbados, No.10, cask #14, 328 bottles)</p>
    <p>Spanish Heavy Rum 18 yo ‘Long Fermentation’ (59.2%, C. Dully Selection, 214 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Cuban 46 yo 1978/2025 (57.5%, The Whisky Blues, ex-Islay STR barrels, cask #2315303, 268 bottles)</p>
    <p>Navy Blend (57.1%, Famille Ricci and RumX, blend, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>1989 Cragganmore twenty years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/1989-Cragganmore-twenty-years-apart.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Cragganmore-Glenlivet 16 yo 1989/2005 (58.6%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, butt, 678 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cragganmore 36 yo 1989/2025 (51.8%, Whiskyland, Decadent Drinks, refill hogshead, 158 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Today indie Glen Ord</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-indie-Glen-Ord.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Ord 11 yo 2012/2024 ‘100 proof Edition 22’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 1st fill bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Glen Ord 16 yo 2008/2024 (53.7%, Artful Dodger, bourbon hogshead, cask #305072, 295 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>A Speyburn trio</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-Speyburn-trio.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Speyburn ‘Bordeaux Red Wine Cask’ (40%, OB, Traveller Exclusive, 2025)</p>
    <p>Speyburn 10 yo 2014/2025 ‘Super-Dupper Lemony’ (50%, Elevenses, refill bourbon hogshead, 361 bottles)</p>
    <p>Speyburn 18 yo (46.5%, Living Souls, first fill bourbon barrel, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Little Duos, two official Jura</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Little-Duos-two-official-Jura.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jura 14 yo (40%, OB, American Rye Cask, 2025)</p>
    <p>Jura 16 yo (43%, OB, bourbon barrel, travel retail, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Two rare vintage Port Ellens of very high strength</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-rare-vintage-Port-Ellens-of-very-high-strength.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Ellen 17 yo 1980/1997 (61.8%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 15 yo 1977 (63.6%, Sestante, +/-1992)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>The rums are back on the table as 2026 begins</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/The-rums-are-back-on-the-table-as-2026-begins.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Havana Club ‘Iconica Seleccion de Maestros’ (45%, OB, Cuba, triple barrel aged, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Dos Maderas ‘Atlantic’ (37.5%, Williams & Humbert, blend, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Rh05 (65.4%, Zero Nine Spirits, Cyberpunk series, Jamaica and Belize, 200 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Fiji Islands 15 yo 2009/2025 (55.1%, Planteray for The Whisky Exchange, Kilchoman cask)</p>
    <p>Haiti 50 yo 2004/2024 (58.6%, Malt, Grain & Cane for 20th anniversary Bar Lamp Ginza, 159 bottles)</p>
    <p>SVN 2003/2025 (61.3%, Vagabond Spirit, Silva Collection, La Réunion, 240 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 15 yo (50%, OB, Jamaica, 2025)</p>
    <p>HD 1997/2025 ‘C&lt;&gt;H’ (59.6%, The Whisky Jury, The Many Faces of Rum, Jamaica, refill barrel, cask #1, 195 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 2023/2025 ‘HLCF’ (83.4%, The Colours of Rum, Pure Rum, 60 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jamaica 5 yo 2018/2024 ‘LROK’ (67.5%, Flensburg Rum Company for Kirsch Import and Sea Shepherd, first fill oloroso hogshead, 311 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Whisky and Terroir part three, plus two Glen Moray</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Whisky-and-Terroir-part-three-plus-two-Glen-Moray.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Moray 17 yo 2007/2025 (53.1%, Murray McDavid, Benchmark, Kentucky bourbon barrels, casks #5844+48+51, 582 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray Glenlivet 22 yo (58%, Moon Import, first series, sherry wood, 600 bottles, early 1980s)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Whisky and Terroir part two, plus two Banff</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Whisky-and-Terroir-part-two-plus-two-Banff.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Banff 1975/2013 (44.4%, The Face to Face Spirit Company, Jack Wiebers & Andrew Prezlow, bourbon cask)</p>
    <p>Banff 23 yo 1976/2000 (54.5%, Signatory Vintage, Silent Stills, cask #2250, 245 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Happy New Year with Angus, whisky and terroir, plus two special Springbanks</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Happy-New-Year-with-Angus-whisky-and-terroir-plus-two-special-Springbanks.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 35 yo 1989/2024 (47.8%, Signatory Vintage, Symington’s Choice, refill oloroso sherry butt, cask #14/03/1, 345 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 27 yo 1969/1997 (52.7%, Signatory Vintage, sherry butt, cask #2380, 520 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>A vertical lineup of 21 Karuizawa, none of which had ever graced our glasses before</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-vertical-lineup-of-21-Karuizawa-none-of-which-had-ever-graced-our-glasses-before.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Karuizawa 1999-2000/2015 'Asakusa Hong-An-Qi Temple' (59.5%, OB, batch 2)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1999-2000/2016 'The back of Fuji from the Minobu river' (59.7%, OB, batch 6)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1999-2000/2017 'Cellar Book' (61.4%, OB, LMDW, Geisha Label, refill sherry cask, 324 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1999/2011 'Vintage' (58.9%, OB, Number One Drinks for LMDW, sherry butt, cask #867)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1999/2016 'Geisha in Sherry Blossom' (58.6%, OB, sherry, cask #895, 320 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 30 yo 1987/2017 'Aqua of Life' (57.5%, OB, sherry butt, cask #2253, 292 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 30 yo 1984/2015 (57.7%, OB, Artifices Series by Warren Khong, LMDW, sherry, cask #5410)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 29 yo 1983/2013 (54.3%, OB, Noh Label, bourbon cask, cask #8552, 130 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 29 yo 1983/2013 (59.4%, OB, Noh Label, sherry hogshead, cask #5322, 205 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1983/2014 'White Samurai' (59.1%, Number One Drinks, for Specialty Drinks, sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1981/2011 'Vintage' (56.6%, OB, for LMDW, cask #7924)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1981/2013 'Black Label' (60.3%, OB, 1st fill sherry cask, cask #6056, 348 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 31 yo 1981/2013 (56%, Noh Label, sherry butt, cask #155, 595 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1981/2014 'Black Samurai' (63.4%, Number One Drinks for Specialty Drinks, sherry cask, cask #4943, 119 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 35 yo 1981/2016 'Eight Headed Dragon' (54.4%, OB, sherry, cask #171, 530 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 35 yo 1981/2016 'Snow Scenes The Tale of Genji' (57.2%, OB, sherry cask, cask #7427, 208 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 39 yo 1974/2013 'Vintage' (57.2%, OB, Number One Drinks, ex-sherry, cask #6409, 169 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1972/2011 'Vintage' (63.3%, OB, Number One Drinks, sherry butt, cask #7038, 523 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1970/2012 'Vintage' (64.5%, OB, Number One Drinks, ex-sherry cask 450 litres, cask #6177, 312 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 42 yo 1969/2012 'Vintage' (61.3%, OB, Number One Drinks, ex-bourbon cask, cask #8183, 400 litres)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 50 yo 1965/2016 'Japonism Edition' (62.4%, OB, LMDW 60th Anniversary, ex-bourbon and sherry, casks #8636 and #2372, 60 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few Laphroaigs on this penultimate day of the year</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-Laphroaigs-on-this-penultimate-day-of-the-year.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laphroaig 12 yo (46%, OB, American oak barrels, travel retail, 2025)</p>
    <p>Leapfrog 13 yo 2011/2025 (54.4%, Murray McDavid, Benchmark, bourbon barrels, casks #85290+91+92, 687 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 11 yo 2014/2025 (57.5%, The Single Malts of Scotland for LMDW Itinéraires, refill hogshead, cask #1414000224, 359 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 13 yo 2011/2025 (57.4%, Hogshead Imports, Exclusive Release, refill barrel, 192 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 19 yo 1987/2006 (52.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #29.54, ‘Tulips in a coal cellar’)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 33 yo ‘Donald Johnston’ (43.8%, OB, Strong Characters, sherry finish, 2024)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 31 yo 1993/2025 (42.4%, C. Dully Selection, hogshead, cask #6793, 197 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 34 yo 1991/2025 (48.3%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, refill hogshead, 182 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 32 yo 1992/2024 (52.7%, Quaich Bar, Singapore Exclusive, The Islay Giants, cask #3845, 283 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Old young Convalmore versus a recent old Convalmore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Old-young-Convalmore-versus-a-recent-old-Convalmore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Convalmore 14 yo 1981 (61%, The Whisky Connoisseur, cask #1150, +/-1995)</p>
    <p>Convalmore 39 yo 1984/2024 (51.1%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, The Recollection Series #3, refill sherry hogshead, cask #1733, 108 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>It's Cognac Day</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/It-s-Cognac-Day.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Courvoisier ‘XO’ (40%, OB, +/-1985)</p>
    <p>Borderies ‘Lot #78’ (44.5%, Spirit of the Day #7, 186 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>La Fût-sée ‘Lot 91’ (49.2%, WV Baker & Cie, Bons bois, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>French Brandy 30 yo 1993 (40.3%, Casa de Vinos for Flower Drum 50th Anniversary)</p>
    <p>Cognac Hors d’Âge (47.8%, Decadent Drams, Fine champagne, 116 bottles)</p>
    <p>François Peyrot ‘Lot 62 Heritage’ (44.5%, OB for Passion for Whisky, cask #147, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Lot 85’ (50.36%, Distilia, the Virtues, selected by Rob Bauer, Petite champagne, 168 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Daniel Bouju ’41-51 yo’ (52.1%, C. Dully Selection, batch 5, Grande champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Leyrat ‘Domaine de chez Maillard Napoléon’ (42%, OB, Fine cognac, +/-1980)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Continuing adventures with Laphroaig</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Continuing-adventures-with-Laphroaig.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo (40%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 'Laudable' 15 yo 1985/2000 (50%, Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask, 318 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 1983/1999 (43%, MacKillop’s Choice, Moon Import, cask #1711)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 1989/2002 (47%, OB for the retirement of Iain Henderson, 24 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 21 yo 1995 (59.0%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 29.196 ‘A Mermaid’s Tale’, refill barrel, 192 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 19 yo 1987/2006 (52.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 29.54 ‘Tulips in a coal cellar’, refill barrel, 261 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 12 yo 1984/1996 (59.9%, Cadenhead ‘Authentic Collection’)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo (43%, OB, Hiram Walker US import ‘B182’, -/+ 1995)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo (43%, OB, Hiram Walker US import, 75cl, -/+ 1990)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo (45% / 90 US proof, OB, Regal Brands US import, 750ml, late 1980s)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo (90 US proof, OB, Regal Brands US import, 750ml, rotation 1988)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo (45%, OB, Buckingham Wile US import, 750ml, rotation 1989)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo ‘Unblended’ (90 US proof, OB, Julius Wile US import, 750ml / 25.4 fl oz, screw cap, -/+ 1980)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo ‘Islay Malt Scotch Whisky’ (No ABV stated, OB, -/+ 1970)</p>
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  <title>A Festive Glenlochy duo, official vs indie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Festive-Glenlochy-duo-official-vs-indie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenlochy 25 yo 1969/1996 (62.08%, OB, Rare Malts, USA)</p>
    <p>Glenlochy 44 yo 1979/2024 (53.2%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, The Recollection Series #3, refill American oak hogshead, cask #3312, 124 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A Brora quartet for our Christmas</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Brora-quartet-for-our-Christmas.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Brora 21 yo 1982/2003 (46%, First Cask, Direct Wines Ltd., cask #281, 276 bottles)</p>
    <p>Brora 30 yo 1981/2012 (50%, Chieftain’s, Ian Macleod, butt, cask #1525, 553 bottles)</p>
    <p>Brora 18 yo 1983/2001 (52.9%, Signatory Vintage, Silent Stills, cask #40, 294 bottles)</p>
    <p>Brora 18 yo 1981/1999 (58.3%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #61.9, 305 bottles)</p>
    <p>A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas Whisky 16 yo 2009/2025 (55%, The Whisky Exchange, Highland single malt, 1st fill oloroso sherry butts, casks #31+32, 1,367 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A bouquet of Macallan for this Christmas Eve</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-bouquet-of-Macallan-for-this-Christmas-Eve.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Macallan 'A Night on Earth the First Light’ (43%, OB, 2025)</p>
    <p>Speyside 15 (M) 2009/2025 ‘Small Batch Edition #18’ (48.2%, Signatory Vintage, 1st fill and refill oloroso sherry butts)</p>
    <p>Macallan 20 yo 2004/2025 ‘Speymalt’ (58.9%, Gordon & MacPhail for La Maison du Whisky, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #22606607, 330 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macallan 23 yo 2001/2025 ‘Speymalt’ (58.3%, Gordon & MacPhail for La Maison du Whisky, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #23602102, 340 bottles)</p>
    <p>The Dark Side of the ‘M’ 20 yo 2005/2025 (61.1%, La Maison du Whisky, The Dark Side of the Moon, Artist #15, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #44H, 331 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macallan ‘Private Eye’ (40%, OB, 5,000 bottles, 1996)</p>
    <p>Macallan 1961 (80° UK proof, Campbell Hope & King, Rinaldi Italy, sherry wood, 75 cl, +/-1976)</p>
    <p>Macallan 34 yo 1967/2002 (41.8%, Hart Brothers, Finest Collection)</p>
    <p>Aberlogie (Macallan) 20 yo 1973 (59.3%, Arthur J A Bell, The Whisky Connoisseur, sherry, cask #8138, +/-1993)</p>
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  <title>Balvenie, official vs secret indie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Balvenie-official-vs-secret-indie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Balvenie 12 yo 2012/2025 (47.2%, OB, A Collection of Curious Casks, European Oak Montilla Wine Seasoned, cask #18515)</p>
    <p>Speyside 29 yo 1988/2017 (49.7%, Le Gus’t, Selection XI, Blended Malt, hogshead, cask #403, 262 bottles)</p>
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  <title>WF's Little Duos, today North Port (Brechin)</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-North-Port-Brechin.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>North Port 19 yo 1970 ‘Very Rare’ (40%, Sestante, 75cl, +/-1989)</p>
    <p>North Port 42 yo 1981/2024 (50.9%, Gordon & MacPhail, The Recollection Series #3, cask #2072, 132 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Six notable Ténarèze and quite a few Bas-Armagnacs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Six-notable-Tenareze-and-quite-a-few-Bas-Armagnacs.html
</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Domaine de Séailles 2001/2025 (51.8%, Swell de Spirits, Wild Card Series, Ténarèze, cask #69)</p>
    <p>Domaine Séailles 23 yo 2001/2025 (53.4%, armagnac.de, Ténarèze, cask #70)</p>
    <p>Hontambère (Pouchégu) 25 yo 2000/2025 (55.6%, Hontambère for RAC Spirits, Ténarèze, cask #D10, 100 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bas-Armagnac Colombard 34 yo 1991/2025 (58.9%, Landier & Vingtier for C. Dully Selection, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Château de Laubade 35 yo 1989/2025 ‘Early Landed Bas Armagnac’ (59.1%, Milroy’s of Soho, Colombard Reserve)</p>
    <p>Château de Campagne d’Armagnac 1988/2025 (50.4%, Marquis de Montesquiou, Oxygène, Bas-armagnac)</p>
    <p>Aurian 36 yo 1988/2024 (42.6%, The Roots, Bas-armagnac, barrique #19)</p>
    <p>Pébérère 1985/2025 (46.7%, Le Passeur, Ténarèze, cask #208)</p>
    <p>Bas-Armagnac 45 yo (43.4%, Decadent Drams, Decadent Drinks, 179 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Dartigalongue 1976/2025 (45.3%, OB, for Festival de l’Armagnac 2026)</p>
    <p>Pébérère 1976 ‘Le Gers Majeur’ (49.6%, Malternative Belgium, Ténarèze, cask #115, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Château Garreau 1976/2025 (50.1%, The Whisky Jury, Bas-armagnac, release #129, cask #24, 249 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Famous Glenfarclas: A Three-Way Battle</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Famous-Glenfarclas-A-Three-Way-Battle.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenfarclas-Glenlivet 15 yo (57%, OB, Pinerolo for Edward Giaccone, 75cl, early 1970s)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 21 yo (51.5%, OB, Pinerolo import for Edward Giaccone, bottled 1974)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 30 yo 1964/1995 (54.1%, Signatory Vintage, cask #4996, sherry butt, 480 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Two heavy peaters from Campbeltown</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Two-heavy-peaters-from-Campbeltown.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longrow 21 yo (46%, OB, Limited Release, 2023)</p>
    <p>Kilkerran ‘Heavily Peated Batch 13’ (58.6%, OB, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today Ballindalloch</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Ballindalloch.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ballindalloch 2015/2025 ‘The Castle’ (50%, OB, The Novel, The Castle, 1st &amp; 2nd Fill Bourbon, 2,400 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballindalloch 2016/2024 (61.8%, OB, for Austria, bourbon barrel, cask #233)</p>
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  <title>One last solera session, fearlessly</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/One-last-solera-session-fearlessly.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Symington’s 10 yo (46%, Signatory Vintage, blended Scotch, sherry and bourbon, 2025)</p>
    <p>Coachbuilt (46%, OB, blended Scotch, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Fable Blend 5 yo ‘The Fiendish King’ (46.5%, Pendulum Spirits, Batch 4, 2022, 9,000 bottles)</p>
    <p>House of Hazelwood 36 yo ‘The Lowlander’ (45.9%, OB, The Legacy Collection, American oak, 432 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>House of Hazelwood 56 yo ‘The Long Marriage’ (48.7%, OB, blended Scotch, The Charles Gordon Collection, American oak hogshead, 288 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>The Antiquary ‘De Luxe’ (43.5%, OB, blended Scotch, Wax & Vitale, Italy, 75cl, 1960s)</p>
    <p>Black Friday 15 yo ‘2023’ (54.2%, The Whisky Exchange)</p>
    <p>Avon 9 yo 2016/2025 (51.5%, Milroy’s Soho Selection, hogshead, blended malt)</p>
    <p>Scottish Glory (40%, OB, blended Scotch, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Queen Anne 12 yo ‘Light De Luxe Whisky’ (43%, Hill Thompson, Giovinetti, 75cl, +/-1975)</p>
    <p>Glen Mavis (43%, OB, Italy, blended Scotch, +/-1970)</p>
    <p>John Haig ‘Gold Label’ (No ABV mention, Liqueur Scotch Whisky, Haig & Haig, Markinch, spring cap, 1936)</p>
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  <title>New aged Glen Grants with 30 years between them</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/New-aged-Glen-Grants-with-30-years-between-them.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Grant 30 yo 1994-1995/2025 (46.8%, Decadent Drinks, WhiskyLand, barrels, 360 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 59 yo 1966/2025 (51.1%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Year of the Fire Horse, refill sherry hogshead, 88 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Time Warp Sessions, two Longmorn</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Time-Warp-Sessions-two-Longmorn.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longmorn 17 yo 2007/2024 (46.6%, Delias Whiskyshop and The Whisky Agency, Christmas Series, barrel)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 28 yo 1996/2025 (54.2%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, refill hogshead, 155 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn-Glenlivet 1963/1983 (56.2%, The Gillies Club, Australia, Pure Malt, cask #3445)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Last rum session of the year</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Last-rum-session-of-the-year.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Labourdonnais ‘XO’ (42%, OB, Mauritius, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Rivière du Mât 'Cuvée 1886' (42%, La Réunion, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Dictador 23 yo 1999/2022 ‘Parrafo I’ (43%, OB, Colombia, Borbon, 310 bottles)</p>
    <p>Uitvlugt 26 yo 1998/2024 (51.6%, Silver Seal, Demerara, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Neisson 8 yo ‘L’Empyreumatique’ (50.8%, OB, for LMDW Itinéraires, Martinique, 2025)</p>
    <p>Vieux Sajous 5 yo 2020/2025 (59.5%, La Maison & Velier, Haiti, clairin)</p>
    <p>New Yarmouth 2014 (69%, Bedford Park, Jamaica, cask #8, 240 bottles)</p>
    <p>Vale Royal 2006 (65%, Velier, Jamaica, cask #17, 180 bottles)</p>
    <p>Long Pond 6 yo 2019/2025 ‘STCE’ (60%, Velier, Art Series, Anedu Edozie, bourbon cask, cask #124, Jamaica, 204 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 1 yo ‘&lt;&gt;H’ (52%, OB, La Maison & Velier, The 8 Marks Collection, Jamaica, ex-bourbon, 20cl, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today indie Allt-A-Bhainne</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-indie-Allt-A-Bhainne.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Allt-A-Bhainne 16 yo 2008/2025 (63.4%, Milroy’s Vintage Sherry Reserve, third-fill sherry butt, cask #80900249)</p>
    <p>Allt-A-Bhainne 28 yo 1997/2025 (58.8%, Scout Drinks, Taiwan, hogshead, cask #3498, 127 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A nice little shipment of ten recent Springbanks before Christmas</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-nice-little-shipment-of-ten-recent-Springbanks-before-Christmas.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 25 yo 1999/2025 (54.4%, Kanpaikai Japan and The Antelope, refill hogshead, cask #800369E, 177 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 25 yo 1999/2025 (42.2%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, refill hogshead, 229 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 30 yo 1994/2025 (44.8%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drams, refill hogshead, 238 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 28 yo 1997/2025 (44.6%, Whisky Business, The Inventors, Alexander Graham Bell, hogshead, cask #332, 88 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 30 yo 1994/2025 (45.5%, The Auld Alliance, 15th Anniversary, cask #91)</p>
    <p>Springbank 20 yo (53.5%, OB for SG60, Singapore 60th Anniversary, 2025)</p>
    <p>Springbank 20 yo (54.6%, Best Dram, Kirsch Import Awakening Series, Whisky Live Germany, 1st fill oloroso hogshead, 107 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Springbank 17 yo 1996/2013 (54.2%, Hunter Laing, Old & Rare, Platinum, sherry butt, 270 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 27 yo 1997/2025 (50.3%, Milroy’s Vintage Reserve Black, 1st fill Port barrique, cask #931)</p>
    <p>Springbank 33 yo 1990/2024 (44.5%, The Capitol Kempinski Hotel, Singapore, 180 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Just a few more Clynelish, already in the Christmas spirit</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Just-a-few-more-Clynelish-already-in-the-Christmas-spirit.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Clynelish 18 yo ‘Waxen Sun’ (51.6%, OB, Special Release 2025, refill casks)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 24 yo 2001/2025 (51.8%, Milroy’s Vintage Highland Reserve, hogshead, cask #235, 164 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 35 yo 1990/2025 (42.7%, Signatory Vintage, Symington’s Choice, bourbon barrel, cask #3476, 95 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Indie Aberlour, old vs recent</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/indie-Aberlour-old-vs-recentndie-Aberlour-old-vs-recent.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Aberlour-Glenlivet ‘As We Get It 100°Proof’ (57.3%, JG Thompson, Ian Macleod, Pure Malt, Cask Strength, +/-1990)</p>
    <p>Aberlour 10 yo 2014/2025 (58.9%, James Eadie, first fill European oak oloroso sherry finish, cask #378484, 362 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Another solera session, trying anything Scottish</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Another-solera-session-trying-anything-Scottish.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Long John ‘Special Reserve’ (OB, blended Scotch, +/-1970)</p>
    <p>Culzean Castle (40%, Prestonfield House for National Trust of Scotland, Scotch Whisky, +/-1990)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch 1980/2025 (47.1%, WhiskyBusiness for HM The King of Bhutan, 100 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch 24 yo 1999/2023 (44.1%, Hogshead Imports, refill sherry butt, 329 bottles)</p>
    <p>James Eadie’s Trademark X ‘100° Proof’ (57.1%, James Eadie, blended Scotch, 1,800 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Maiden’s Blend 25 yo (44.5%, Vintage Bottlers, sherry, cask #8 2025)</p>
    <p>Something in The Water ‘Symbiosis’ (50.6%, Artist #15 by LMDW & Elixir Distillers, blended Islay malt, cask #2418120292, 282 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A few rums from the French islands and quite some cognac</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-rums-from-the-French-islands-and-quite-some-cognac.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Endemic ‘Dark Original’ (43%, OB, Seychelles, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Isautier 5 yo (40%, OB, La Réunion, blended rhum agricole and traditionnel, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>La Favorite 2024 ‘Cuvée No.2’ (53.7%, Les Frères de la Côte, Martinique, agricole, 1,400 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Bologne 7 yo 2014/2022 (54.9%, Velier, Flora Antillarum, Cuvée Luca Gargano, Guadeloupe, agricole, cognac cask, 1,000 bottles)</p>
    <p>Savanna 20 yo 2005/2025 ‘Grand Arôme’ (57.5%, Planteray, La Réunion, for LMDW Itinéraires)</p>
    <p>Neisson 2021/2025 ‘Full Proof Cognac Cask’ (58.9%, OB, Martinique, LMDW Itinéraires, ex-cognac, agricole, 570 bottles)</p>
    <p>J.Bally 2010/2025 (53.8%, OB for WDC, Martinique, agricole, bourbon barrel, 192 bottles)</p>
    <p>J.Bally 2009/2025 (62%, OB, Martinique, agricole, for Kirsch Import Germany, Awakening Series, American oak, 192 bottles)</p>
    <p>Savanna 17 yo 2001 ‘Grand Arôme’ (51%, OB, La Réunion, The Very Rare Casks, Cellar 3, cask #537, 300 bottles, +/-2018)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Raasay, Loch Lomond and Ledaig</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Raasay-Loch-Lomond-and-Ledaig.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Raasay 2018/2025 (60.4%, OB 'Draamers' Cask #3', 1st fill bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Raasay 2019/2023 Distillery Exclusive (52%, OB, 1st fill American oak ex-Manzanilla sherry hogsheads, 2500 bottles)</p>
    <p>Inchmurrin 11yo 2011/2022 (58%, Dram Mor, cask #2996, refill barrel, 225 bottles)</p>
    <p>Inchfad 5 yo 2017/2022 (58.2%, Watt Whisky, refill hogshead, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Croftengea 18 yo 2007/2025 (52.1%, The McSandforthe Whiskyclub and Billy's Whisky Barrel, ex-rum barrel)</p>
    <p>Ledaig 28 yo 1993/2021 (54.1%, Gordon & MacPhail 'Connoisseur's Choice', cask #703, refill sherry butt, 517 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ledaig 17 yo 2006/2023 'Autumn' (55.4%, The Whisky Exchange 'Seasons', sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Ledaig 19 yo 2005/2025 (65.5%, Scout Whiskies, cask #900002, butt, 130 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Classic Glen Moray OB vs wild IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Classic-Glen-Moray-OB-vs-wild-IB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Moray 15 yo (40%, OB, Bourbon & Sherry cask, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 18 yo 2007/2025 (57.2%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Odyssey, Muscat finish, 186 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>More whiskies from the rest of the world including our 22000th</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/More-whiskies-from-the-rest-of-the-world-including-our-22000th.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tchankat ‘Fumé’ (43%, OB, France, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Kyrö ‘Sauna Stories N°2’ (51%, OB, Finland, 2025)</p>
    <p>Kwun Cheung 5 yo ‘Peated’ (56.8%, OB, China, single malt, 2025)</p>
    <p>Broken Bones ‘Twis’ (46%, OB, Slovenia, 2025)</p>
    <p>London Distillery Company ‘Renascence’ (58%, OB, England, refill barrels and 1st fill sherry, 410 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Thy 4 yo 2020/2024 ‘Limited Edition’ (51%, OB, Denmark, oloroso, casks #470-471, 213 bottles)</p>
    <p>Myken 10 yo ‘First 10 Years’ (47%, OB, Norway, 1st fill bourbon, 565 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Amrut ‘Lightly Peated’ (60%, OB, India, for LMDW Singapore, 15th Anniversary, ex-bourbon, +/-2022)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today Daftmill</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Daftmill.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Daftmill 2012/2025 ‘Summer Batch Release’ (46%, OB, first fill bourbon, 5,250 bottles)</p>
    <p>Daftmill 2011/2025 (58.9%, OB, LMDW Itinéraires, oloroso sherry cask, cask #101/2011, 300 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Whiskies from France to the Southern Hemisphere</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Whiskies-from-France-to-the-Southern-Hemisphere.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bows 2021/2025 (45.5%, Version Française by La Maison du Whisky, French oak cask, cask #B106, 206 bottles)</p>
    <p>Northmaen ‘Cuvée 1110’ (48%, OB, France, batch 1/2021, 1,000 bottles)</p>
    <p>La Roja ‘Silencio N°1’ (56.4%, OB, Switzerland, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Old Sey Wisky 10 yo ‘The Family Reserve’ (43%, OB, La Buse, Seychelles, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Thomson ‘Manuka Wood Smoke’ (46%, OB, New Zealand, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>The Gospel Straight Rye Whisky (45%, OB, Australia, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Sullivan’s Cove 25 yo 1999/2025 (47.8%, OB, Australia, American Oak second fill, cask #HH0010)</p>
    <p>Sullivan’s Cove 25 yo 1999/2025 (47.6%, OB, Australia, American Oak ex-bourbon, cask #HH0056)</p>
    <p>Hellyers Road 10 yo 2014/2025 ‘The Narrow Road’ (58.1%, La Maison du Whisky Ex-Libris, Itinéraires, Australia, oloroso sherry cask, cask #14129.09, 141 bottles)</p>
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<item>
  <title>A merry bunch of Glen Garioch</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-merry-bunch-of-Glen-Garioch.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Garioch 11 yo 2011/2023 (52.5%, Acla Selection, Classic, barrel, cask #2744)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 7 yo 2015/2023 (53.8%, Acla Selection, 10th Anniversary, cask #5124, 239 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 14 yo 2011/2025 (50.1%, Single Cask Nation, 1st fill bourbon hogshead, cask #160444, 197 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 2015/2023 (53.5%, Swell de Spirits, Wild Nature Series, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #5078, 353 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 16 yo 2009/2025 (61.3%, Scout Drinks, Taiwan, barrel, cask 657, 130 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 12 yo 2012/2025 (53.6%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill Madeira finish, cask #1002, 129 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 12 yo 2011/2023 (52.2%, DramCatcher, cask #4909, 72 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 14 yo 2010/2024 (53.1%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 165 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 21 yo 2003/2024 (53.9%, OB for Wu Dram Clan, 1st fill oloroso, cask #808, 681 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 29 yo 1988/2022 (46.2%, Thompson Bros., refill hogshead, 99 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch over 30 yo 1992/2023 (57.9%, Artist #13 by LMDW, hogshead, cask #3068, 227 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 12 yo 2011/2024 (54.5%, James Eadie, UK exclusive, 1st fill oloroso finish, cask #374455, 175 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Benromach time at WF</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Benromach-time-at-WF.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benromach 10 yo 2014/2025 (58.3%, OB for LMDW Itinéraires, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #893, 304 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Mosset 8 yo 2016/2025 (59.5%, Watashi Whisky, refill sherry octave, cask #120000348B)</p>
    <p>Benromach 16 yo 2009 ‘Super Tuscan Wine Cask’ (58.2%, OB, first fill super Tuscan wine, cask #582, 272 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benromach 22 yo 2003/2025 (55%, OB for Wu Dram Clan, first fill bourbon and sherry, 1076 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benromach 22 yo 2002/2025 (57.2%, OB for LMDW Itinéraires, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #970, 157 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A lovely little bag of Ardbeg</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-lovely-little-bag-of-Ardbeg.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ardbeg 15 yo ‘Anthology The Beithir’s Tale’ (46%, OB, 2025)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 15 yo 1973 (46%, Moncreiffe, Meregalli Import, +/-1988)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 15 yo 2009/2025 (54.5%, Brave New Spirits, Cask Masters for Hong Kong Festival, 1st fill Rivesaltes barrique, cask #26001, 308 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 15 yo 2009/2024 (50.8%, PK Maltroom, ‘Four Seasons’, sherry butt, 82 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 16 yo 2008/2024 (58.3%, Casky Hong Kong & The Antelope Macau, Ferry Ticket Return Way, refill sherry cask, cask #80060213, 201 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 25 yo 2000/2025 ‘Something in the Water’ (55.4%, Artist #15 by La Maison du Whisky, oloroso sherry butt, cask #1100000016, 224 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 21 yo 1976/1997 (49.2%, Adelphi, cask #453, 180 bottles)</p>
    <p>Red Bag 4 yo 2020/2025 (61.2%, Dramfool’s Middle Cut, red wine barrique, cask #54, 282 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kildalton 14 yo 2009/2024 (52.1%, Casky, Hong Kong Neon Light City, hogshead)</p>
    <p>Kildalton 15 yo 2009/2024 (53.4%, Harmony Macau, Four Towers Series II, refill hogshead, cask #1233, 163 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kildalton 22 yo 2003/2025 (53.6%, Whiskyland, Decadent Drinks, 2nd fill barrel, 247 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kildalton 21 yo 2003/2025 (51.3%, The Whisky Jury, second fill bourbon, cask #11124, 276 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 15 yo (46%, Cadenhead, dumpy, 75cl, +/-1980)</p>
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<item>
  <title>It’s time to savour Clynelish once again</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Its-time-to-savour-Clynelish-once-again.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>This is not a Blend 2015/2025 (50%, Compass Box, LMDW Itinéraires, single malt, bourbon barrel, 2025)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 9 yo 2015/2025 (53.5%, Adelphi, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #51261, 215 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 17 yo 2008/2025 (56.3%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, LMDW Itinéraires, 1st fill bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Candlekitty 15 yo 2010/2025 (55%, Decadent Drams, Decadent Drinks, refill barrel, 254 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 1993/2022 (49.6%, Càrn Mòr, for The Whisky Exchange, Celebration of the Cask, bourbon barrel, cask #11080, 125 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 9 yo 2012/2021 (60.4%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 1st fill bourbon, #26.184, ‘Lychee Scented Candles’, 231 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 24 yo 1972/1997 (61.3%, OB, United Distillers Rare Malts)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 28 yo 1996/2025 (49.9%, Casky Hong Kong and Kanpaikai, refill bourbon hogshead, cask #11444, 171 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 21 yo 1992/2014 (51.6%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, bourbon hogsheads, 592 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few drops of Champagne</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-drops-of-Champagne.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Marnier-Lapostolle V.S.O.P. (40%, OB, Fine Champagne, 1970s)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Très Vieille Fine Champagne L.54Y’ (46.6%, OB, Confluences, 566 bottles)</p>
    <p>JC Saunier ‘Lot 75’ (44%, Authentic Spirits, Grande Champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Fine Champagne ‘Hors d’Âge’ (47.8%, Decadent Drams, Decadent Drinks, 116 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>François Voyer ‘Le Baladeur Lot 79’ (50.4%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Delamain & Cie ‘Le Rossignol Lot 62’ (54.4%, Malternative Belgium, Petite Champagne, cask #755, 198 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bache-Gabrielsen ‘Founder’s Edition Lot 57’ (46.8%, OB, Grande Champagne, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Godet 29 yo (43.2%, OB, Borderies, cask #FB2311, 2025)</p>
    <p>Prunier ‘XO’ (49.1%, Swell de Spirits, On Tour #09, Cognac Festival Bordeaux 2025, Petite Champagne)</p>
    <p>François Voyer ‘La Gardienne Lot 19.14’ (44.9%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Remembering Dick Beach</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Remembering-Dick-Beach.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Miltonduff 35 yo 1961/1996 (53.4%, Signatory Vintage, #51, 189 bottles)</p>
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<item>
  <title>A small trio of very old Glenburgie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-trio-of-very-old-Glenburgie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenburgie 17 yo 1999/2017 (55.7%, OB, The Distillery Reserve Collection, first fill barrel, cask #6237, 210 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenburgie 50 yo 1975/2025 (40.5%, Brave New Spirits, Cask Masters, American bourbon hogshead, 108 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenburgie 59 yo 1964/2023 (52.9%, Gordon & MacPhail, Private Collection, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #260, 141 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenburgie-Glenlivet 28 yo 1962/1991 (57.8%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today old Benriach plus apéro</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-old-Benriach-plus-apero.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benriach-Glenlivet 12 yo 2012/2025 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, hogshead)</p>
    <p>Benriach 18 yo 2007/2025 (49.8%, Fadandel, refill hogshead, cask #700193, 109 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 36 yo 1976/2013 (42.6%, OB, refill hogshead, cask #3042, 173 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 42 yo 1966/2008 (43.9%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, hogshead, cask #1019, 175 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A small expedition in America, Part 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-expedition-in-America-Part-2.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ironclad Bourbon Whiskey (95 Proof, OB, Straight bourbon whiskey, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Jimmy Rack ‘Cask Strength’ (61.15%, OB, Tennessee straight rye whiskey, Batch 01, 2023)</p>
    <p>Willett 8 yo (59.1%, OB, Family Estate, LMDW Foundations, Single Barrel Bourbon, cask #18632, 2024)</p>
    <p>Willett 3 yo ‘OG Wheat’ (60.3%, OB, Family Estate, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Single Barrel Bourbon, cask #9847, 2025)</p>
    <p>Willett 11 yo ‘Black Forest’ (65.1%, OB, Family Estate, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Single Barrel Bourbon, cask #5256, 2025)</p>
    <p>Willett 10 yo (59.5%, OB, Family Estate, Single rye whiskey, LMDW Singapore, cask #2408, 166 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Willett 7 yo (54%, OB, Family Estate, Single barrel rye, Wu Dram Clan & Kirsch, cask #2612)</p>
    <p>Tennessee Sour Mash 20 yo (46.6%, Artful Dodger, barrel, cask #20, 179 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Old Potrero 8 yo 2016/2024 ‘The Valley of the Moon’ (65.8%, LMDW, Ex-Libris, cask #OP 3/16-10, 211 bottles)</p>
    <p>Koval Rye (55%, OB for Navigate World Whisky, cask #6508, 210 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Boulder Spirits 5 yo ‘Peated Malt’ (68.35%, OB for Navigate World Whisky, cask #1548, 222 bottles, 2023)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A small expedition in America on this Armistice Day</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-expedition-in-America-on-this-Armistice-Day.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jack Daniel’s ’Oloroso Sherry Cask’ (45%, OB, American single malt, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Indiana Bourbon 8 yo 2015/2024 (49.2%, Wu Dram Clan, The Liquid Crew, straight bourbon whiskey, barrel proof)</p>
    <p>Rowan’s Creek ‘Small Batch’ (50.05%, OB, straight Kentucky bourbon, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>SirDavis (44%, OB, American rye, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tennessee Bourbon Whisky 21 yo 2003/2025 (41.5%, Cadenhead, Enigma, 822 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tennessee Whiskey 21 yo 2003/2025 (48.3%, Wu Dram Clan, The Liquid Crew, barrel #19, 109 bottles)</p>
    <p>MGP Distillery 7 yo 2017/2025 (56.3%, Milroy’s Soho Selection, Indiana rye whiskey, American oak hogshead)</p>
    <p>FEW ‘Rye Bottled in Bond’ (50%, OB for Navigate World Whisky, Straight Rye Whiskey, 2023)</p>
    <p>Heaven’s Door ‘Double Barrel Whiskey’ (50%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Westland 10 yo 2014/2024 (60%, Single Malt Dreams, 1st fill Tennessee whiskey barrel, cask 1115, 210 bottles)</p>
    <p>Westland 8 yo 2015/2024 (60%, Single Malt Dreams, 1st fill Port barrel, 248 bottles)</p>
    <p>Yellowstone ‘108 Proof’ (54%, OB, Single Malt, USA, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Willett 10 yo 2013/2024 (67.7%, OB, Family Estate, LMDW Foundations, Single Barrel Bourbon, cask #6684, 84 bottles, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few crazy Mortlach</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-crazy-Mortlach.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Mortlach 16 yo ‘Distiller’s Dram’ (43.4%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 25 yo (46%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Distillery Label, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 30 yo 1995/2025 (47.3%, Kanpaikai Japan &amp; The Antelope Macau, Dollar Cat, refill sherry hogshead, cask #803457, 187 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 35 yo 1989/2025 (44.2%, Artist #15 by LMDW, The Dark Side of the Moon, 2nd fill sherry butt, cask #S-28607, 250 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 19 yo 1975/1995 (59.9%, The Whisky Connoisseur, Cask Master Selection No.1, cask #6261)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Rum, and more rum</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Rum-and-more-rum.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Foursquare 8 yo (41%, Tres Hombres, Barbados, 4,296 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Oliver &amp; Oliver 15 yo (48.5%, Tres Hombres, Dominican Republic, 2025)</p>
    <p>Panama 14 yo 2010/2024 (50%, Arturo Makasare by C’Rhum, Cask Collection)</p>
    <p>Trelawny 2014 ‘&lt;&gt;H’ (56%, C’Rhum by Corman-Collins, Jamaica, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Jamaican Rum (64.9%, Swell de Spirits, On Tour #8, for Limoges Spirits Festival, Jamaica, 87 bottles)</p>
    <p>Navy Island Jamaica (57%, Navy Island, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Hampden 7 yo 2018/2025 ‘HGML’ (60%, La Maison &amp; Velier, Magnum series #3)</p>
    <p>Hampden 8 yo 2017/2025 ‘&lt;H&gt;’ (60%, La Maison &amp; Velier, Magnum series #3)</p>
    <p>Hampden 9 yo 2016/2025 ‘LROK’ (60%, La Maison &amp; Velier, Magnum series #3)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A top-notch trio of old Taliskers</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-top-notch-trio-of-old-Taliskers.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Talisker 30 yo 1993/2024 (60.4%, OB, Cask of Distinction, for Gourmet Pool, cask #ZL01, 459 bottles)</p>
    <p>Talisker 34 yo 1989/2023 (48.7%, OB, Cask of Distinction, for Jimmy Chen, refill American oak hogshead, cask #2816, 201 bottles)</p>
    <p>Talisker 44 yo ‘Forests of the Deep’ (48.8%, OB, 1,997 bottles, 2022)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Tormore 2002 vs 1992</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Tormore-2002-vs-1992.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tormore 2002/2025 ‘Legacy Casks’ (48.5%, OB, Elixir Distillers, LMD Itinéraires, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #1443, 140 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tormore 31 yo 1992/2024 (40.1%, Milroy’s Vintage Reserve, hogshead, cask #101180)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Dailuaine, Act II</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Dailuaine-Act-II.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dailuaine 2012/2024 (48.9%, The Firkin Whisky Co., oloroso and amontillado, cask #SC37)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 13 yo 2008/2022 (46%, Hepburn’s Choice, sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 12 yo 2011/2023 (52.1%, The Whisky Exchange, Seasons: Autumn, rejuvenated hogshead, cask #316960)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 2012/2022 (57.1%, Malts of Scotland, Corona Edition, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS 22024, 269 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 13 yo 2012/2025 (55.1%, Dràm Mor, refill bourbon, cask #301327, 157 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 10 yo 2013/2024 (57.1%, Royal Mile Whiskies, cask #311621, 314 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 15 yo 2009/2024 (57.4%, Wilson & Morgan, Barrel Selection, PX sherry hogshead finish, cask #310719, 302 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 10 yo (46%, James Eadie, first fill bourbon and refill hogshead, casks #307072 + 313778, 754 bottles, 2021)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 12 yo 2010/2023 (55.5%, James Eadie, cask finish, UK exclusive, cask #369627, 325 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 14 yo 1979 ‘The Auchtertyre’ (59.7%, The Whisky Connoisseur, The Robert Burns Collection, cask #8965, 5cl, +/-1993)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Dailuaine: Time to Catch Up</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Dailuaine-Time-to-Catch-Up.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dailuaine-Glenlivet 12 yo 2013/2025 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, bourbon hogsheads)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 10 yo (48.3%, James Eadie, oloroso sherry hogshead, 2024)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 2011/2024 (59%, The Whisky Jury, first fill bourbon, cask #800376, 204 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 21 yo ‘Marbled Treasures’ (54.3%, OB, Special Releases 2025, fully matured in Spanish ex-sherry, 2025)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 8 yo 2016/2024 (57.9%, Watashi Whisky, bourbon, cask #3010248, 95 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 12 yo 2011/2024 ‘Ashish Basnet’ (53.1%, The Whisky Exchange, Whisky Show 2024)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 16 yo 2007/2024 (55.8%, Scyfion, Calvados cask finish, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 12 yo (53.3%, ProtectUASea, 1st Fill Tennessee Whiskey, cask #300648, 69 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 13 yo 2011/2024 (53.5%, Cooper’s Choice, Port Wood finish, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 11 yo 2012/2023 (58.8%, Watt Whisky, refill sherry butt, 552 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 12 yo 2012/2025 (57.7%, Fadandel, 1st fill oloroso hogshead, cask #300650, 62 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dailuaine 30 yo 1995/2025 (55.5%, Kanpaikai & The Antelope, refill hogshead, cask #803066, 143 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Another two or three Craigellachies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Another-two-or-three-Craigellachies.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Craigellachie 11 yo 2013/2024 (60.6%, Lady of the Glen, refill butt, recharred cask finish, cask #30080, 215 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 14 yo 2009/2023 (53.4%, Whiskyfacile, Black Cat series, hogshead, cask #90305000, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 41 yo 1980/2021 (46%, OB, Exceptional Cask Series, refill hogsheads, casks #2036, 2038, 2040, 2043, 402 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>More rums, with thoughts for Jamaica</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/More-rums-with-thoughts-for-Jamaica.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Naga 12 yo ‘Kingdom of Siam Edition’ (40%, OB, Thailand, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Thailand 8 yo 2016/2025 (61%, La Maison du Whisky, Flag Series, Itinéraires, 253 bottles)</p>
    <p>Saint Lucia 21 yo 2004/2025 (58.3%, La Maison du Whisky, Flag Series, Itinéraires, 199 bottles)</p>
    <p>Montebello (52.7%, Les Frères de la Côte, Guadeloupe, agricole, ex-bourbon, 730 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Mourant 21 yo 2003/2024 (44.6%, C’Rhum by Corman Collins, Guyana)</p>
    <p>T.D.L. 14 yo 2010/2025 (67.3%, The Colours of Rum, LMDW Itinéraires, Trinidad)</p>
    <p>Travellers 2008/2023 (68.1%, Swell de Spirits, Belize, Private Garden #5, for Caves Deymier)</p>
    <p>Jamaican Blend #13 (64.7%, Swell de Spirits & Rums of Anarchy, 100 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Hampden 2013/2025 ‘&lt;&gt;H’ (59%, The Roots x The Antelope, 205 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 'Great House Distillery Edition 2025' (57%, OB, Jamaica)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF's Little Duos, today indie Deanston</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-indie-Deanston.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Deanston 11 yo 2014/2025 (49.7%, Lady of the Glen, Samhain Series, 1st fill PX quarter cask, cask #300223, 158 bottles)</p>
    <p>Deanston 27 yo 1997/2025 (50.4%, Decadent Drinks, Decadent Drams, refill hogshead, 251 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Solera Session: another series full of blends</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Solera-Session-another-series-full-of-blends.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ye Auld Toun 12 yo (86 proof, OB, John Gillon &amp; Co., Edward &amp; Edward, Italy, 4/5 quart, 1970s)</p>
    <p>Dewar's 8 yo 'Portuguese Smooth' (40%, OB, blended scotch, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Woven 'Hemisphere' (51.4%, OB, world blend, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Compass Box 'Brulée Royale' (49%, OB, blended Scotch, 2025)</p>
    <p>Black Bull 18 yo (50%, OB, blended Scotch, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Johnnie Walker 'Blue Label Ice Chalet' (43%, OB, blended Scotch, 2024)</p>
    <p>Johnnie Walker 'Blue Label Elusive Umami' (43%, OB, blended Scotch, 1l, 2023)</p>
    <p>MacPhail's 40 yo (46%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, single malt, +/-2025)</p>
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  <title>Glenfarclas is back on WF, with all due fanfare</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glenfarclas-is-back-on-WF-with-all-due-fanfare.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenfarclas 8 yo (40%, OB, Pure Malt, Saccone & Speed London, 75cl, +/-1980)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 2014/2025 'Easter Edition' (46%, OB, Germany, sherry casks, 3000 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenlitigious 12 yo 2012/2025 (50%, Decadent Drinks, Decadent Drams, 2nd fill sherry hogshead, 218 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 11 yo 2011/2023 (56.5%, North Star Spirits, oloroso sherry butt, 402 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 12 yo '105' (60%, OB, Germany exclusive, sherry, 4,200 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 20 yo 2004/2024 (56%, OB for Tiffany's New York Bar Hong Kong and OBE Whisky, refill sherry hogshead, cask #2032, 108 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 'Passion' (46%, OB, sherry casks, 6,000 bottles, 2014)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 2012/2024 'Vintage' (46%, OB, Trinity Vintage Series, sherry)</p>
    <p>Speyside 21 yo (55.3%, Oxhead Whisky, oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #4593, 195 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas-Glenlivet 15 yo (57 G.L., OB, All Malt Unblended, Pinerolo for Edward Giaccone, 75cl, early 1970s)</p>
    <p>Ballindalloch 2016/2024 (60.8%, OB, for Germany, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #4, 265 bottles)</p>
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<item>
  <title>A new little malty journey around the world</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-new-little-malty-journey-around-the-world.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Trésor Légendaire (44%, Marcel Cabelier, sherry, vin jaune finish, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Uberach 2005/2025 (47.9%, LMDW Version Française, Banyuls cask, 251 bottles)</p>
    <p>Agitator 'Chestnut Cask' (43%, OB, Sweden, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Archie Rose x Whisky Abbey (50%, Single Malt Australian Whisky, 2024)</p>
    <p>Thy 'PX and Oloroso' (49.5%, OB, Denmark, 2024)</p>
    <p>Penderyn 15 yo 2010/2025 (56.8%, OB, LMDW Itinéraires, Wales, bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Rampur 9 yo 2016/2025 (57.5%, OB, LMDW Itinéraires, India, bourbon barrel, cask #2411)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A little quartet of Lagavulin, some rather secretive</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-little-quartet-of-Lagavulin-some-rather-secretive.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Lagavulin 12 yo 'Grain &amp; Embers' (56.5%, OB, Special Release 2025, refill, PX and oloroso-seasoned casks)</p>
    <p>South Coast Islay Malt 15 yo 2008/2024 (51.8%, Liquid Treasure for The Antelope, Macau, refill hogshead, cask #L0845A)</p>
    <p>South Coast Islay Malt 18 yo 2007/2025 (56.6%, The Antelope and Kanpaikai, refill hogshead, cask #L0701A)</p>
    <p>Lagavulin 31 yo 1991/2022 (53.4%, OB, Casks of Distinction for Jimmy Chen, cask #P5C3, 119 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Some more rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-more-rums.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Takamaka 'Pti Lakaz Batch #3' (45.1%, OB, Seychelles, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Ron Bodega 6 yo 'Batch 001' (46%, OB, Scotland, 2025)</p>
    <p>Père Labat 5 yo 2017/2022 (46%, Tres Hombres, Marie-Galante)</p>
    <p>Very Fine Old Rum from Cuba 30 yo 1993/2024 (49.6%, Delia's Whiskyshop and The Whisky Agency, barrel, Christmas 2024)</p>
    <p>Cabeza Llena 1948/2025 (49.1%, La Maison & Velier, Cuba)</p>
    <p>Martinique 7 yo 2017/2025 "MMLF" (65.4%, Rum de Luxe, Wild Series, cask #14, 258 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 2020/2025 'HGML' (63.3%, OB, Awakening Series, Germany, bourbon, cask #277, 193 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 4 yo 2021/2025 'DOK' (60%, La Maison & Velier, Magnum Series #3)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>The Time Warp Sessions, today young Glen Grant</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Time-Warp-Sessions-today-young-Glen-Grant.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Grant 12 yo (75° proof, Moray Bonding Co, UK market, 1960s)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 'Exploration No.1' (48%, OB, limited edition, rum cask finish, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A new quintet of Pulteney</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-new-quintet-of-Pulteney.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Old Pulteney 2006/2024 (51%, OB, exclusive to Germany, cask #2101, 204 bottles)</p>
    <p>Old Pulteney 2006/202 (52.2%, OB, for Kirsch Import, cask #1454, 270 bottles)</p>
    <p>Old Pulteney 2006/2022 (53.4%, OB, for Kirsch Import, cask #740, 252 bottles)</p>
    <p>Old Pulteney 11 yo 2013/2025 (53%, Decadent Drams, 1st fill bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Old Pulteney 38 yo (49.8%, OB, China exclusive, Spanish oak oloroso sherry-seasoned butt, 630 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A new small trio from Port Ellen, with a 9 years old and the new 200th Anniversary</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-new-small-trio-from-Port-Ellem-with-a-9-years-old-and-the-new-200th-Anniversary.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Ellen 1979/1988 (65.3%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #43.2)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 23 yo 1978/2002 (60.9%, Signatory Vintage, sherry, cask #5265, 464 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 42 yo 1983/2025 (56.4%, OB, 200th Anniversary, 150 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Ten Blair Athol at full gallop</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Ten-Blair-Athol-at-full-gallop.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Blair Athol 12 yo (80°proof, OB, Pure Malt, +/-1975)</p>
    <p>Blair Athol 8 yo (80° proof, OB, Highland Malt, UK market, early 1960s)</p>
    <p>Blair Athol 15 yo 2009/2025 (46%, Royal Mile Whiskies, small batch, French oak, 633 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blair Athol 12 yo 2013/2025 (51.6%, Tri Carragh, 1st fill Port barrique, 174 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blair Athol 16 yo 2007/2024 (55.1%, The Whisky Exchange, Seasons: Winter, oloroso sherry)</p>
    <p>Blair Athol 13 yo 2009/2023 (51.7%, Whisky Picnic Bar and T.S.M.C., hogshead, 282 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blair Athol 12 yo 2009/2021 (58%, Timeless & Tasty, Whiskies & More 7th Anniversary, bourbon hogshead)</p>
    <p>Blair Athol 11 yo 2014/2025 (59.2%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, for LMDW, hogshead, cask #308672, 277 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blair Athol 38 yo 1986/2025 (51.5%, One8Nine, 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #20078, 122 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blair Athol 9 yo 2014/2024 '100 proof' (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, Kirsch Import, 1st fill oloroso butt)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Indie Royal Brackla</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Indie-Royal-Brackla.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Royal Brackla 13 yo 2011/2024 (48.5%, Thompson Bros., refill butt, 727 bottles)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 11 yo 2013/2024 (53.6%, Fable Whisky, Hesperus, hogshead, cask 301779, 314 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Cognac is back with some knack</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Cognac-is-back-with-some-knack.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Otard *** Spécial (40%, OB, +/-1960)</p>
    <p>Vallein Tercinier 'Lot 94' (48.1%, Through the Grapevine, LMDW, Fins Bois, 90 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Kirsch Import Awakening Series, Grande Champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Vallein Tercinier 'Lot 78' (48.4%, OB, Kirsch Import Awakening Series, Grande Champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Grosperrin 'N°67' (40.6%, OB, Héritage, Petite Champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet 'Lot 63' (45.6%, Through the Grapevine, LMDW, Grande Champagne, 90 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Grosperrin 'N°45' (52.2%, OB, Héritage, Fins Bois, 166 litres, 2025)</p>
    <p>Grosperrin 'N°39' (45.5%, OB, Héritage, Grande Champagne, 118 litres, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A Brace of Bladnoch</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Brace-of-Bladnoch.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bladnoch 23 yo 2001/2024 (49.2%, OB for Hedonism Wines, Amontillado sherry cask, 317 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bladnoch 33 yo 1988/2022 (54.1%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail 'Connoisseur's Choice' for Kensington Wine Market, cask #2107, refill sherry hogshead, 53 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF's Little Duos, today Glen Ord</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Glen-Ord.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>The Singleton of Glen Ord 17 yo 'Into the Blue' (55.5%, OB, Special Releases 2025, second fill ex-sherry and mezcal finish)</p>
    <p>Glen Ord 12 yo 2012/2025 '100 proof Edition #43' (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 1st fill bourbon barrel)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A solo tasting, Roseisle</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-solo-tasting-Roseisle.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Roseisle 14 yo 'Harmonic Grace' (55.9%, OB Special Releases 2025, refill and rejuvenated casks)</p>
    <p>Aldunie (Kinninvie) 26 yo 1997/2023 (52.6%, The Whisky Blues, barrel, cask #2032, 155 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A cracking stash of M&amp;H</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-cracking-stash-of-M-H.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>M&H 2019/2022 'Ex-Rye Casks' (56.7%, OB, APEX, Israel, 2,111 bottles)</p>
    <p>M&H 2019/2023 'Madeira Wine Casks' (52.3%, OB, Art &amp; Craft, Israel, 2,466 bottles)</p>
    <p>M&H 2018/2022 'Pomegranate Wine Casks' (57.4%, OB, APEX, Israel, 3,049 bottles)</p>
    <p>M&H 2019/2023 'Tokaji Wine Casks' (52%, OB, Art &amp; Craft, Israel, 1,550 bottles)</p>
    <p>M&H 2019/2023 'White Port Casks' (53.6%, OB, Art &amp; Craft, Israel, 2,210 bottles)</p>
    <p>M&H 'Hartman's Cigar Blend' (50%, OB, Israel, virgin oak, PX and bourbon, 2024)</p>
    <p>M&H 2019/2023 'Recioto Wine Casks' (55.1%, OB, Art &amp; Craft, Israel, 2,210 bottles)</p>
    <p>M&H 'Jerusalem Mountains' (55.4%, OB, APEX Terroir, Israel, 3,285 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>M&H 'Dead Sea' (57.4%, OB, APEX Terroir, Israel, 5,609 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>M&H 'Sea of Galilee' (56.2%, OB, APEX Terroir, Israel, 3,001 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>M&H 'Negev Desert' (54.2%, OB, APEX Terroir, Israel, 2,194 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>M&H 2020/2023 (67.2%, OB, for Whisky Picnic Bar, Israel, Private Cask Selection, Dead Sea ex-bourbon cask, cask #2020-2156, 148 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today indie Balblair</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-indie-Balblair.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Balblair 14 yo 2011/2025 (53.1%, Dràm Mor, PX quarter cask finish, cask #9026, 76 bottles)</p>
    <p>Balblair 18 yo 1990/2008 (58.7%, Riegger’s Selection, hogshead, cask #160)</p>
    <p>Balblair 1999/2016 (48.1%, OB, for Single Malt Club China, cask #1709, 498 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>More remarkable blends and secrets</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/More-remarkable-blends-and-secrets.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Scallywag 'Noir' (52.8%, Douglas Laing, Speyside blended malt, 2025)</p>
    <p>Timorous Beastie 'Phantom Smoke' (54%, Douglas Laing, Highland Blended Malt, 3,000 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>House of Hazelwood 33 yo (57.3%, OB, The Legacy Collection, blended grain, 291 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Sutherland Blended Malt (47.9%, Thompson Bros., blended malt, Limburg 2024 exclusive, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch Whisky 19 yo 2005/2025 (45.1%, Fadandel, Whisky Fair 2025, refill sherry butt, cask #91)</p>
    <p>Enigma 40 yo (44.5%, Cadenhead, Highland single malt, bourbon hogsheads, 636 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Old Perth 21 yo 'Macallan & Highland Park' (43.6%, Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers, blended malt, oloroso sherry casks, 2025)</p>
    <p>Couvreur 2016 'Garden Party Edition 2024' (51%, Michel Couvreur, for Au Jardin Vouvrillon, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>The Bastard No.2 14 yo 2009/2024 (62%, The Whisky Dudes, blended malt, refill butt and fresh Madeira finish)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A selection of rums to ease us into winter</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-selection-of-rums-to-ease-us-into-winter.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Carùpano 12 yo 'Reserva Exclusiva' (40%, OB, Venezuela, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Ampov 2022/2025 (45%, OB, Cambodia, Ex-Cognac cask, batch #2)</p>
    <p>Papa Rouyo 'Viraj' (52.9%, OB, LMDW Itinéraires, Guadeloupe, agricole, ex-sherry, 2025)</p>
    <p>Planteray 15 yo 2010/2025 'Haiti' (40.5%, Planteray, for LMDW, cognac finish, cask #Rime F2-13, 258 bottles)</p>
    <p>HD 2014/2024 '&lt;&gt;H' (56.8%, The Whisky Jury, The Ester Hunter catch 1, Jamaica, refill barrel, 165 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 8 yo 2017/2025 '&lt;&gt;H' (67.9%, OB, Jamaica, bourbon barrel, cask 44, 229 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Six Glen Garioch of all kinds</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Six-Glen-Garioch-of-all-kinds.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Garioch 11 yo (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, 2025)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 11 yo 2011/2022 (53.4%, Whiskyjace, Art Edition No.7, barrel)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 11 yo 2011/2023 (53.2% Hidden Spirits for Rudder, Japan, cask #GG1123, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 267 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glengarioch 13 yo 2011/2025 (52.5%, James Eadie, Distilleries of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st fill European oak Oloroso finish, cask #374456, 592 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 15 yo 2010/2025 (53.3%, Wu Dram Clan, for Whisky Live Hamburg, oloroso sherry butt, cask #5611, 191 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 29 yo 1968 (55.4%, OB, for the US, Distillery Archive, hogshead, cask #617, +/-1997)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>WF's Little Duos, today Glen Moray 10 yo</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Glen-Moray-10-yo.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Moray 10 yo 2014/2024 'Tequila Cask Finish' (55.2%, OB, Warehouse 1)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 10 yo 2014/2025 (57.1%, Decadent Drams, Decadent Drinks, 2nd fill sherry hogshead, 297 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 31 yo 1990-1991-1992/2025 (50.5%, WhiskyLand Chapter Seventeen, Decadent Drinks, refill hogsheads, 223 bottles, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>WF's Little Duos, today indie Cardhu</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-indie-Cardhu.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Cardhu 10 yo 2013/2023 (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, refill hogshead, cask #DL18175, 367 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cardhu (Cardow) 13 yo 1987/2000 (56.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 312 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Three Glenlivet plus two, including a prestigious last-minute guest</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Three-Glenlivet-plus-two-including-a-prestigious-last-minute-guest.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Speyside (GL) 16 yo ‘Edition 7’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof, 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead, 2024)</p>
    <p>Speyside (GL) 16 yo ‘Edition 8’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof, 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead, 2025)</p>
    <p>Glenlivet 28 yo 1976/2005 (57.5%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, refill but, cask #4310, 384 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenlivet 25 yo (43%, OB, The Sample Room Collection, PX &amp; cognac, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Glenlivet 85 yo 1940/2025 'Artistry in Oak' (43.7%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, first fill American oak transport sherry butt, cask #336, 125 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Thirteen Craigellachie, backwards</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Thirteen-Craigellachie-backwards.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Craigellachie 10 yo 2014/2024 (58.9%, James Eadie, cask finish, refill PX hogshead finish, cask #373077, 267 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 16 yo 2007/2023 (53.1%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 333 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 16 yo 2008/2024 (59.9%, Alambic Classique, Special Vintage Selection, sherry cask, cask #24021, 192 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 20 yo 2005/2025 (58.3%, Decadent Drams, Decadent Drinks, refill hogshead + 1st fill sherry, 251 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 16 yo 2008/2024 (66.7%, Milroy's Vintage Sherry Reserve, second-fill sherry butt, cask #80900934)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 12 yo 2013/2025 (60.5%, Lady of the Glen, refill oloroso butt + oloroso finish, cask #300805, 332 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 16 yo 2009/2025 (55.2%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill Madeira hogshead finish, cask #205, 303 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 13 yo 2009/2023 (51.5%, DramCatcher, hogshead, cask #5005)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 15 yo 2009/2024 (54.2%, Whisky Age, ex-Caol Ila hogshead, cask #305228, 283 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 11 yo 2012/2023 (52.9%, Tri Carragh, palo cortado barrique, 298 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 2015/2024 (48.1%, Cask Masters, 1st fill Larose-Trintaudon barrique, cask #166, 320 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie-Glenlivet 18 yo 2006/2025 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, refill oloroso hogsheads)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 37 yo (46.75%, OB, Small Batch, 3,012 bottles, 2022)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Just a few more rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Just-a-few-more-rums.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ron Quorhum QRM 'Sistema Solera 15' (40%, OB, Dominican Republic, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>XM 12 yo 'Special' (40%, OB, Guyana, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Burdekin 'Vintage Cane Spirit' (40%, OB, Australia, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Burdekin 'Coral Sea Strength' (54%, OB, Australia, 600 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 11 yo 2009/2022 (64.4%, The Colours of Rum, Barbados, N°9, bourbon cask, cask #22, 282 bottles)</p>
    <p>Monymusk 10 yo 2012/2013 'MDR' (57.20%, Rest & Be Thankful for South Africa, Navigate World Whisky, Jamaica, 2 hogsheads, 719 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 5 yo 2019/2024 'LROK' (60.5%, Habitation Velier, ex-sherry)</p>
    <p>TDL 33 yo 1991/2025 (58.4%, Decadent Drams, Trinidad, 168 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Glenmorangie with extra-wood and wine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glenmorangie-with-extra-wood-and-wine.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenmorangie ‘A Tale of Spices’ (46%, OB, 2025)</p>
    <p>Westport 21 yo 2003/2024 (51.8%, Decadent Drams, 217 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Two Fettercairns and French pink oak</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Two-Fettercairns-and-French-pink-oak.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Fettercairn 'Vanguard 1st Release' (46.3%, OB, 2025)</p>
    <p>Fettercairn 29 yo 1995/2025 'Vanguard' (48.3%, OB, 99 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF's Little Duos, today Talisker 10 and SR</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Talisker-10-and-SR.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Talisker 10 yo (45.8%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Talisker 14 yo (53.9%, OB, Special Releases 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>The return of Bladnoch on WF</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-return-of-Bladnoch-on-WF.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bladnoch 'Dragon Series II -The Spirit' (48.3%, OB, Rare Release, 1st fill and refill bourbon casks, 2,000 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Bladnoch 'Dragon Series III -The Casks' (49.9%, OB, Rare Release, 1st fill sherry and bourbon, 2,000 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Bladnoch 11 yo '2024 Release' (46.7%, OB, bourbon)</p>
    <p>Bladnoch 1990/2014 (53.9%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #50.55, 'High Class Luxury', refill bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Bladnoch 35 yo 1990/2025 (54.2%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, refill barrel, 212 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>A couple of Irish never hurt anyone</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-couple-of-Irish-never-hurt-anyone.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>West Cork 'Thin Lizzy' (40%, OB, Irish, bourbon, double-char, 2022)</p>
    <p>Red Spot 15 yo (46%, OB, Irish single pot still, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Bushmills 14 yo 'Malaga Cask Finish' (40%, OB, Irish single malt, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Jameson 23 yo (55.1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, Irish blend, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ardara '2025 Edition' (46%, OB, Irish single malt, 2025)</p>
    <p>Teeling 17 yo (56.5%, OB, American Express Private Cask, cognac cask, cask #16578, 2022)</p>
    <p>Teeling 'Pineapple Rum Cask' (49.2%, OB, 18,000 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>Turntable 'Collaboration Drop #2' (52%, OB, blend, 2024)</p>
    <p>Paddy Milestone 13 yo 2011/2024 (54.4%, The Duchess, oloroso hogshead, cask #801396)</p>
    <p>Green Spot 10 yo 2013/2025 (56.6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, bourbon cask, cask #239852, 237 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cooley 22 yo 2002/2024 (53.9%, The Whisky Blues, barrel, cask #2227, 126 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cooley 2001/2025 (50.4%, The Whisky Jury, bourbon, cask #2659, 149 bottles)</p>
    <p>Teeling 24 yo (51.5%, OB for The Nectar, 10th Anniversary, sherry, cask #6766, 270 bottles, 2016)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few rums to warm us up</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-rums-to-warm-us-up.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ron Quorhum QRM '30 Aniversario Solera' (40%, OB, Dominican Republic, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Matusalem 'Gran Reserva Original - Solera 15' (40%, OB, Dominican Republic, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Ampov 2023/2025 (45%, OB, Cambodia, ex-Porto cask)</p>
    <p>Long Pond 15 yo 2007/2023 'Queen Nanny' (57.1%, Precious Liquors, Jamaica, cask #5, 134 bottles)</p>
    <p>Liberia &amp; Thailand Blend (55.8%, The Whisky Jury, The Duo Chapter 3, 390 bottles)</p>
    <p>Monymusk 24 yo 2000/2024 (62%, The Whisky Blues, Jamaica, barrel, cask #13908, 148 bottles)</p>
    <p>Le Galion 'Rhum Grand Arôme' (54%, Poh! Spirits, Martinique, ex-eau-de-vie-de-vin cask, 2025)</p>
    <p>Papalin 5 yo 'Jamaica High Esters' (57%, Velier, Jamaica, 2024)</p>
    <p>Hampden 1 yo 2023/2025 'C&lt;-&gt;H Pedro Ximenez' (61.7%, The Colours of Rum for Catawiki, Jamaica, cask #146, 75 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Two old Talisker plus alliterative bonus</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Two-old-Talisker-plus-alliterative-bonus.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Talisker 1954/1966 (70 proof, Berry Brothers & Rudd)</p>
    <p>Talisker 1959 (70 proof, Gordon & MacPhail, -/+ 1970)</p>
    <p>Old Tobermory Scotch Whisky (OB, John Hopkins & Co. Ltd, -/+ 1920s)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Today Glenlochy vs Convalmore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Glenlochy-vs-Convalmore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenlochy 1979/2012 (46%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Rare Old, refill sherry hogshead, Lot No R0/12/04, 460 bottles)</p>
    <p>Convalmore 1978/1993 (63.5%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #83.4)</p>
    <p>Convalmore 28 yo 1977/2005 (57.9%, OB, 3,900 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF's Little Duos, today Aberfeldy</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Aberfeldy.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Aberfeldy 12 yo 2013/2025 (52.5%, James Eadie, Distilleries of Great Britain &amp; Ireland, bourbon cask, 644 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aberfeldy 10 yo 2014/2025 (55.5%, Milroy's Soho Selection, dechar-rechar hogshead)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few indie Auchentoshan</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-indie-Auchentoshan.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Auchentoshan 1998/2024 (43.4%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS 24011, 166 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchentoshan 2000/2022 (52.9%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, bourbon barrel, cask #MoS 22040, 183 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchentoshan 26 yo 1997/2024 (47.3%, The Whisky Blues, refill barrel, cask #101749, 135 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchentoshan 2007/2024 (54.1%, Maltbarn, sherry cask, 172 bottles)</p>
    <p>Auchentoshan 1999/2024 (52.1%, The Whisky Agency, barrel, 149 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF's Little Duos, today grandiose old indie Cragganmore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-grandiose-old-indie-Cragganmore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Cragganmore 20 yo 1985/2006 (53.5%, Weiser, bourbon cask)</p>
    <p>Cragganmore 18 yo 1966 (52.2%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, old brown label, +/-1984)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A mini verticale of Strathmill</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-mini-verticale-of-Strathmill.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Strathmill 13 yo 2011/2025 (55.6%, James Eadie, WhiskyBrother exclusive, Cask Finish, cask #373081, 249 bottles)</p>
    <p>Strathmill 28 yo 1996/2025 (55.3%, Halcyon Spirits, oloroso sherry, cask #2053, 132 bottles)</p>
    <p>Strathmill 32 yo 1992/2024 (48.8%, Maltbarn, The 26, sherry)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>It’s a cognac kind of Sunday, taking us from 1993 back to 1946</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Its-a-cognac-kind-of-Sunday-taking-us-from-1993-back-to-1946.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Prince H. de Polignac ‘*** Prince Hubert’ (40%, OB, driven cork, +/-1960)</p>
    <p>Camus ‘Napoléon’ (40%, OB, La Grande Marque, +/-1975)</p>
    <p>Navarre 1993/2025 (48.4%, OB for Authentic Spirits, Grande Champagne)</p>
    <p>Prunier 1991/2025 (59.8%, Art Malts, Vintage Reserve, Petite Champagne)</p>
    <p>La Chaleur ‘Lot 79’ (54%, Malternative Belgium and Art Malts, Grande Champagne, 2022)</p>
    <p>Laurichesse ‘Lot 75 - Le Lion Sage’ (50.4%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 396 bottles)</p>
    <p>François Voyer ‘Lot 46’ (48.3%, OB, Grande Champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Le Temps Retrouvé ‘Lot 46’ (49.5%, Passion for Whisky, Fins Bois, 252 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Famille Cabanne ‘Lot 79’ (62.5%, OB, Bons bois, 256 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Le Cognac de Charles 'L.98' (52.7%, Jean-Luc Pasquet, Petite champagne, 648 bottles, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>13 Ballechin to celebrate 200 years of Edradour</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/13-Ballechin-to-celebrate-200-years-of-Edradour.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ballechin 18 yo 2003/2022 (48.5%, Whisky Sponge, refill sherry butt, No47, 353 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 18 yo 2003/2021 (51.3%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, refill hogshead, cask #165, 285 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 18 yo 2004/2022 (49.7%, OB, Port Cask Matured, cask #202, 257 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 16 yo 2005/2022 (57%, Whisky Sponge, exclusive for Edradourian Knights, 2nd fill Sauternes barrique, cask #337, 238 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 14 yo 2007/2021 (56%, OB for Les Amis du Cask, 40 months Vouvray matured, cask #801, 298 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 14 yo 2008/2022 (61%, OB, Grand Arôme Cask Matured, cask #226, 480 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 16 yo 2005/2022 (54.4% Dramcatcher, 2nd fill sherry hogshead, cask #342, 255 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 12 yo 2012/2025 (57.2%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection for LMDW Itinéraires, 1st fill oloroso butt, cask #421, 564 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 12 yo 2013/2025 (48.2%, OB for LMDW Itinéraires, 1st fill Monbazillac hogshead, cask #802, 355 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 12 yo 2013/2025 (48.2%, OB for LMDW Itinéraires, 1st fill Jurançon hogshead, cask #810, 341 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 10 yo 2013/2023 (57.7%, OB, LMDW New Vibrations, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #20, 223 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 15 yo ‘Second Secret Edition’ (48.5%, Whisky Sponge, 121 bottles, 2021)</p>
    <p>Ballechin 2010/2022 (59.1%, OB for Navigate World Whisky, 2nd fill Marsala, cask #288, 255 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>All the extremes of Talisker</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/All-the-extremes-of-Talisker.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Talisker 'Skye' (45.8%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Talisker 'Storm' (45.8%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Talisker 'The Wild Blue 2025 Edition' (48.2%, OB)</p>
    <p>Talisker 14 yo 2011/2025 (54.8%, Douglas Laing Old Particular for LMDW Itinéraires, refill hogshead, cask #19975, 227 bottles)</p>
    <p>Talisker 1957 (53.5%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Natural Cask Strength, +/-1975)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Around the world once more</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Around-the-world-once-more.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>BM Signature 15 yo (46%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Armorik 11 yo 2013/2025 (51.4%, Spirit Paradise, France, refill bourbon peated, cask #4075, 96 bottles)</p>
    <p>Belgian Single Malt 3 yo (46%, Bottles & Legends, Race 2, Belgium, single malt, 400 bottles)</p>
    <p>Lanchals ‘Batch 1’ (43%, OB, Belgium, 2024)</p>
    <p>Slyrs ‘Bavarian Malt Whisky’ (46%, OB, Germany, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>St. Kilian 2020/2024 ‘Ex Champagner vin clair’ (60.9%, OB, Germany, cask #5473)</p>
    <p>Myken 5 yo 2016/2021 (57.15%, OB for Three Whiskyteers, Norway, sherry cask, cask #R035, 64 bottles)</p>
    <p>Teerenpeli 10 yo (58.5%, OB, Finland, Port cask, cask #19072011B, 379 bottles, 2021)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A second little mix of slightly mysterious malts and blends</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-second-little-mix-of-slightly-mysterious-malts-and-blends.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Coleburn Selection 12 yo ‘Batch #2’ (46%, Aceo, blend, PX Sherry & Port casks, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Peallach 2015/2024 (56.1%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon barrel, cask #MoS 24009, 250 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blended Malt 18 yo 2007/2025 (45.3%, Liquid Treasures, Love & Peace series, 2nd fill oloroso sherry butt, 545 bottles)</p>
    <p>Nc Noch Organic Blended Malt 5 yo (45.5%, Thompson Bros., 377 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Isle of Skye 21 yo (40%, OB, Blended Scotch, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Woven ‘Experience 15 Shindig’ (45.8%, OB, blended Scotch, 2023)</p>
    <p>Speyside 26 yo 1991/2018 (48.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 324 bottles)</p>
    <p>TB/BSW 6 yo (46%, Thompson Bros., blended Scotch, 366 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Peated Highland 19 yo 2004/2023 (48%, Hogshead Imports, refill barrel, 295 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>More blends and secret droplets from Scotland</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/More-blends-and-secret-droplets-from-Scotland.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Parkmore Selection 6 yo (46%, Aceo, bourbon cask finish, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>World Peat Highball Premix 8 yo (5%, Decadent Drams, bourbon barrel, 2025)</p>
    <p>Delta Cephei II 8 yo 2013/2021 (56.2%, Scotch Universe, 1st fill ruby Port wine barrique)</p>
    <p>Secret Highland 2013/2023 (52.4%, Whiskyjace, Edition #8, bourbon hogshead)</p>
    <p>Speyside Region 25 yo 1993/2018 (51.7%, Whisky-Fässle, sherry cask)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch 29 yo 1995/2025 (44.1%, St Bridget’s Kirk, refill butt)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch Whisky ‘Ninety-Nine & One’ (46.3%, Living Souls, ‘Mostly Heavily Peated’, bourbon & sherry, 2024)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch Whisky 40 yo ‘Batch #2’ (45.1%, Living Souls, refill sherry butt, 514 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 27 yo 1997/2025 (55.6%, Murray McDavid, The Peat Chronicles, for Germany, 229 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Contrasting styles in the Lowlands: old Littlemill versus St. Magdalene</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Contrasting-styles-in-the-Lowlands-old-Littlemill-versus-St-Magdalene.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>St Magdalene 1982/2001 (40%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Rare Old)</p>
    <p>Littlemill 25 yo 1966/1992 (53.5%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Malternatives: only high-class Armagnacs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Malternatives-only-high-class-Armagnacs.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Domaine de Balous 10 yo 2014/2025 (53.3%, Decadent Drams, Bas-armagnac, selected from Château Garreau, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine Cutxan 18 yo 2006/2025 (51.9%, L’Encantada for Armagnac Festival 2025, Bas-armagnac)</p>
    <p>Domaine Pouy 25 yo 1998/2024 (58.7%, The Colours of Rum, Up Spirits Club, No2, Ténarèze, cask #93, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Bellair 23 yo 1998/2025 (59.2%, L’Encantada for Armagnac Festival 2025, Bas-armagnac, cask #78)</p>
    <p>Pouchégu 30 yo 1995/2025 (54.8%, Hontambère, Ténarèze, cask #B4, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine de l’Auzoue 31 yo 1991/2025 (55.6%, L’Encantada for Armagnac Festival 2025, Ténarèze, cask #16)</p>
    <p>Domaine Lous Mouracs 1982/2025 (51.9%, L’Encantada for Liquid Art, Ténarèze, cask #601, 89 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Celebrations and old bottles</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Celebrations-and-old-bottles.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenlivet 15 yo (100 proof, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, securo cap, bottled early 1960s)</p>
    <p>Glenlivet 1945 (100 proof, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, securo cap, bottled early 1960s)</p>
    <p>Glenlivet 27yo 1954-1981 (46%, Cadenhead Dumpy, sherry)</p>
    <p>Balblair 8 yo (100 proof, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, securo cap, bottled early 1960s)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>We're setting off around the world again</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/We're-setting-off-around-the-world-again.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Armorik ‘Small Batch Chouchenn’ (46%, OB, France, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Eddu 21 yo 2003/2025 ‘Graal #2’ (46%, OB, cognac cask, cask #08001, 365 bottles)</p>
    <p>The Nine Springs 3 yo ‘Triple Cask Batch 10’ (46%, OB, Germany, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Peak Side 7 yo (60%, OB, Switzerland, sherry cask, cask #1, 160 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Millstone 2018/2025 ‘Unpeated No.3’ (54.1%, OB for Kirsch Import, Netherlands, Dutch Windmills Collection, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #18B251, 614 bottles)</p>
    <p>Millstone 2018/2025 ‘Heavily Peated No.5’ (54.1%, OB for Kirsch Import, Netherlands, Dutch Tulip Collection, 1st fill PX sherry butt, cask #17B089, 628 bottles)</p>
    <p>Smögen 10 yo 2014/2025 (59.1%, WDC, Sweden, 1st Fill Four Roses barrel, cask #13, 198 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Forres Face-Off: Benromach vs Dallas Dhu</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Forres-Face-Off-Benromach-vs-Dallas-Dhu.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benromach 20 yo 2003/2023 (57.7%, OB for LMDW Singapore exclusive, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #48, 189 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dallas Dhu 50 yo 1971/2021 (59.2%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Private Collection, refill American oak hogshead, cask #694, 56 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A wee trio of independent Longmorns</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-wee-trio-of-independent-Longmorns.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longmorn 11 yo (48.5%, Decadent Drinks, Equinox & Solstice Spring 2025 edition, 1st Fill Barrel)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 16 yo 2008/2025 ‘An Old Giant’ (53%, The Dramming Lads, hogshead + 1st fill oloroso quarter, 121 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 16 yo 2008/2025 (53.4%, Maltbarn, sherry cask, 177 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Ten Macallans, both official and independent ones</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Ten-Macallans-both-official-and-independent-ones.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Macallan ‘Jing’ (43.9%, OB, The Harmony Collection, 2024)</p>
    <p>Macallan ‘Classic Cut 2025’ (50.6%, OB)</p>
    <p>Speyside (M) 15 yo 2009/2025 ‘Small Batch Edition #19’ (48.2%, Signatory Vintage, 1st &amp; 2nd fill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Speyside (M) 15 yo 2009/2025 ‘Small Batch Edition #18’ (48.2%, Signatory Vintage, 1st &amp; 2nd fill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Speyside (M) 14 yo 2010/2025 ‘Small Batch Edition #16’ (48.2%, Signatory Vintage, 1st &amp; 2nd fill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Speyside (M) 18 yo 2005/2024 (57.7%, Signatory Vintage for World of Whisky Waldhaus 25th Anniversary, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #17/A106#35, 642 bottles)</p>
    <p>Marketing Malt 16 yo 2008/2024 (53%, Decadent Drinks, first fill sherry hogshead, 349 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside (M) 30 yo 1993/2024 (49.7%, Casky Hong Kong, Finest Selection, 7th Anniversary, sherry hogshead)</p>
    <p>Macallan 30 yo 1988/2021 (58.3%, Gourmet Pool, Germany, hogshead, cask #7394, 61 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macallan 18 yo 1975/1993 (54.4%, Wilson &amp; Morgan, Barrel Selection, hogshead, cask #8880, 248 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today two Glenallachie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-two-Glenallachie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenallachie 2014/2025 ‘Sinteis Series Part 1’ (57.8%, OB, virgin Chinquapin oak & PX cask)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 15 yo 2009/2025 (65.6% Signatory Vintage, Symington’s Choice, 1st fill oloroso, cask #900864, 570 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 13 yo 2011/2025 (61.8%, OB for Tiffany’s New York Bar and Whisky Lovers Hong Kong, oloroso hogshead, cask #805001, 355 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few more rums to try and hold on to summer</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-more-rums-to-try-and-hold-on-to-summer.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Blue Mauritius 'Gold' (40%, OB, blend, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Samai ‘Kampot Pepper’ (41%, OB, Cambodia, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Havana Club 'Especial' (37.5%, OB, Cuba, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Luisita ‘Casa’ (58%, OB, Philippines, small batch, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Marie-Galante 23 mo 2022/2024 (59.7%, Spirit of the Day, agricole, 262 bottles)</p>
    <p>South Africa 4 yo 2019/2024 (59.7%, La Maison du Whisky, Flag Series, agricole, 270 bottles)</p>
    <p>Monymusk 24 yo 1999/2024 ‘MPG’ (57.4%, Rest & Be Thankful for Navigate World Whisky South Africa, 283 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today, Glen Spey</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Glen-Spey.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Spey 11 yo 2013/2025 (57.7%, James Eadie, Cask Finish, cask #373070, 221 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cask Nation, 1st fill American oak oloroso hogshead</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A small selection of independent Glenglassaugh</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-selection-of-independent-Glenglassaugh.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenglassaugh 13 yo 2011/2024 ‘Peated’ (52.8%, Milroy’s Soho Selection, 1st fill palo cortado hogshead)</p>
    <p>Glenglassaugh 12 yo 2011/2023 (55.3%, Milroy’s Soho Selection, 1st fill PX)</p>
    <p>Glenglassaugh 10 yo 2014 (58.6%, Alister Walker’s Infrequent Flyers, Sauternes hogshead finish, cask #2369, 309 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Two Kilkerran from Glengyle</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Two-Kilkerran-from-Glengyle.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Kilkerran ‘Heavily Peated Batch 12’ (58.4%, OB, 2025)</p>
    <p>Kilkerran 17 yo 2007/2024 (54.8%, OB, 20th anniversary opening of Glengyle Distillery, refill sherry hogshead, 244 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>World Whiskies, Session 4,567,126</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/World-Whiskies-Session-4567126.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Domaine des Hautes Glaces 'Epistémé R15C25 carré' (47%, OB, France, Rye, 666 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Armorik 12 yo 2011/2024 (55%, OB, France, LMDW Foundations, refill bourbon barrel, cask #926, 280 bottles)</p>
    <p>Indri 2018/2025 ‘Peated Oloroso’ (58.5%, OB, India, for Germany, cask #33, 564 bottles)</p>
    <p>Säntis 12 yo 2012/2024 (59.3%, OB, for Whisky Picnic Bar Taiwan, Switzerland, ex-sherry, cask #718, 146 bottles)</p>
    <p>Johnett 2012/2024 (47.9%, OB, Switzerland, Pinot Noir, 281 bottles)</p>
    <p>Morris of Rutherglen ‘Signature’ (40%, OB, Australia, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>St. Kilian ‘Judas Priest Invincible Shield’ (47%, OB, Germany, 7,850 bottles, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Today two secret Lowlanders</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-two-secret-Lowlanders.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Distilled at a Lowland Distillery 9 yo 2013/2023 (56.5%, Watt Whisky, ruby port finish, Taiwan exclusive, 314 bottles)</p>
    <p>Lowland Single Malt 11 yo 2013/2025 (57.5%, Cadenhead, Enigma, refill oloroso finish, 1,590 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few rums to make summer last a little longer</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-rums-to-make-summer-last-a-little-longer.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Oliver’s Exquisito 1995 (40%, OB, Dominican Republic, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Don Papa ‘Alon’ (40%, OB, Philippines, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Havana Club (48%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, Cuba, barrel no.111968, 165 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dictador 22 yo 1999/2021 ‘Episodio 1’ (43%, OB, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Port cask, 903 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jamaica Single Cask Rum 9 yo 2015/2024 '&lt;&gt;H' (65%, Dr Whisky, Hong Kong, 90 bottles)</p>
    <p>Isautier 2011/2024 (59.4%, Swell de Spirits, Wild Series, Réunion, agricole, ‘RVA’, 316 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 2009/2024 (58.9%, The Wild Parrot, Jamaica, LMDW Foundations, Bog Estate mark)</p>
    <p>Monymusk 17 yo 2007/2024 (52.3%, Art Malts, MariGold Series, Jamaica)</p>
    <p>Jamaica Single Cask Rum 10 yo 2014/2024 ‘&lt;&gt;H’ (66.4%, Dr. Whisky, Jamaica, 114 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>New Springbank 5yo plus sparring partner</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/New-Springbank-5yo-plus-sparring-partner.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 5 yo '100 proof' (57.1%, OB, 2025)</p>
    <p>Springbank 5 yo 1993/1998 (61.2%, Adelphi, cask #324)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>More Tamnavulin and more wine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/More-Tamnavulin-and-more-wine.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tamnavulin ‘Red Wine Cask Edition – Spanish Grenache Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Tamnavulin 13 yo 2011/2024 ‘Moscatel Port Pipe’ (51.2%, Cut Your Wolfe Lose, 470 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Glenfiddich again, 16 vs 30</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Glenfiddich-again-16-vs-30.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenfiddich 16 yo ‘Aston Martin’ (43%, OB, American oak, 2025)</p>
    <p>Glenfiddich 30 yo ‘XXX’ (40%, OB, +/-2005)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A quartet of Nc’Nean matured in active casks</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-quartet-of-NcNean-matured-in-active-casks.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Nc'Nean 'Huntress 2025 Lemon Meadow' (48.5%, OB, 5,729 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Nc’Nean 6 yo 2018/2024 (57.1%, Watt Whisky, STR cask, 282 bottles)</p>
    <p>Nc’Nean 2020/2025 ‘AON Amarone’ (59.3%, OB, Kirsch Import, cask # 20-676, 486 bottles)</p>
    <p>Nc’Nean 2017/2025 ‘AON Calvados’ (60.1%, OB, Kirsch Import, cask # 17-520, 343 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Another short selection of recent Glen Ord</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Another-short-selection-of-recent-Glen-Ord.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Ord 8 yo (48.5%, Decadent Drinks, Equinox &amp; Solstice Summer 2025 edition)</p>
    <p>Glen Ord 11 yo 2012/2024 (56.4%, Milroy’s Soho Selection, bourbon barrel, cask # 800243)</p>
    <p>Glen Ord 12 yo 2012/2025 ‘Edition #46’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof, 1st fill bourbon barrels)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Eight more secret whiskies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Eight-more-secret-whiskies.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenlaird 12 yo ‘Batch #1’ (48%, Tri Carragh, Stravaig Spirits, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Big Peat 2010/2025 ‘Feis Isle 2025’ (50%, Douglas Laing, refill hogshead)</p>
    <p>Wormtub 10 yo ‘Batch 5’ (56.1%, Atom Brands, sherry cask finish, 2024)</p>
    <p>Nectar Grove ‘Madeira Finish’ (46%, Wemyss Malts, blended malt, limited edition, 3,000 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Timorous Beastie ‘The Cheese Cellar Collection No. 03’ (46%, Douglas Laing, Moscatel finish, 4,200 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>The Perspective Series No.1 21 yo (43%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, blended Scotch, 6,300 bottles, 2019)</p>
    <p>Extra-Groovy Spirit Blend 1969–2017/2023 (40.1%, Thompson Bros., blended Scotch)</p>
    <p>Pride of Strathspey 1959–1960/1986 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>A few Speysides from Speyside’s</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-Speysides-from-Speyside-s.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Spey ‘Trutina’ (46%, OB, bourbon casks, 18,000 bottles, 2016)</p>
    <p>Spey ‘Fumare Cask Strength Batch 2’ (60.4%, OB, bourbon barrels, 1,500 bottles, 2019)</p>
    <p>The Speyside Distillery 9 yo 2015/2024 (54.1%, Truth & Consequences, refill + 1st fill bourbon, cask #1620R, 244 bottles)</p>
    <p>The Speyside Distillery 9 yo 2014/2024 (56.9%, Hogshead Import, 1st fill vin santo octave, 72 bottles)</p>
    <p>Speyside Distillery 21 yo 1996/2018 (51.5%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, sherry butt, cask #DL 12614, 215 bottles)</p>
    <p>Speyside Distillery 32 yo 1991/2023 (49.2%, Maltbarn, The 26, sherry cask, 38 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Clynelish plus two secret ones</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Clynelish-plus-two-secret-ones.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Clynelish 17 yo 2008/2025 (53.1%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange, bourbon cask series, bourbon barrel, cask #800073, 186 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 28 yo 1996/2025 (49.9%, Casky Hong Kong & Kanpakai Japan, Finest Selection, refill bourbon hogshead, cask #11444, 171 bottles)</p>
    <p>Distilled in Sutherland 5 yo (47.9%, Thompson Bros. for Whisky Fair Limburg 2024, blended malt, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Highland Distillery 14 yo 2010/2024 (51.7%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams for the Wicked Whisky Compagnie, Belgium, PX hogshead)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Three Glen Elgin finished in more difficult sherry</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Three-Glen-Elgin-finished-in-more-difficult-sherry.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Elgin-Glenlivet 12 yo (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, 2025)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 12 yo (52.7%, James Eadie, Distilleries of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Malaga wine finish, cask #373074, 257 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 11 yo 2014/2025 (57.3%, Lady of the Glen, Amontillado Finish, cask #800982, 236 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Glendullan once more</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glendullan-once-more.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glendullan 15 yo 2009/2025 (55.5%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead finish, cask #11, 338 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glendullan 22 yo 2002/2024 (54.1%, The Whisky Blues, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #10908, 198 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Glenmorangie NAS vs Westport sherry</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glenmorangie-NAS-vs-Westport-sherry.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenmorangie ‘Triple Cask Reserve’ (40%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Westport 21 yo 2003/2025 (53%, Decadent Drams, sherry wood, 228 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Lindores Abbey</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Lindores-Abbey.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Lindores Abbey ‘The Cask of Lindores II’ (49.4%, OB, bourbon cask, 2023)</p>
    <p>Lindores Abbey ‘Thiron 2024’ (49.4%, OB)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Some Glenallachie and quite a bit of sherry</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-Glenallachie-and-quite-a-bit-of-sherry.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenallachie 12 yo ‘Sauternes Wine Cask Finish’ (48%, OB, 6,000 bottles, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 14 yo 2007/2022 (64.9%, Signatory Vintage for Waldhaus am See, Animal Edition No.2, first fill sherry butt, cask #900164, 538 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 9 yo 2014/2024 (58.6%, Best Dram, 1st fill PX sherry hogshead, cask #9900214, 315 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 14 yo 2008/2023 (54.1%, Duncan Taylor, Single Cask Collection, sherry, cask #30900803, 628 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 2008/2022 (64.7%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Kirsch Import Germany, sherry butt, cask #80901090, 598 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 30 yo ‘Batch 4’ (49.1%, OB, cask strength, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Glengoyne</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Glengoyne.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glengoyne 18 yo (43%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Glengoyne 1972/2013 (46.8%, Malts of Scotland, Angel’s Choice, bourbon barrel, cask #MoS 13009, 124 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Some more Tormore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-more-Tormore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Tormore 10 yo ‘Toasted Barrels’ (48%, OB, Blueprint Cask Program, 1,500 bottles, 2025)</p>
<p>Tormore 13 yo 2011/2024 (54.3%, The Whisky Cask Company, oloroso finish, 221 bottles)</p>
<p>Tormore 33 yo 1990/2023 (49.8%, Brave New Spirits, Cask Masters, 190 bottles, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #1989)</p>
<p>Tormore 31 yo 1992/2024 ‘For Mankind’ (45.4%, The Whisky Barrel, Apollo 11 55th anniversary, 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #1036, 263 bottles)</p>
<p>Tormore 33 yo 1992/2025 (53.7%, Whiskyland, chapter 12, 157 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Balvenie and Burnside</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Balvenie-and-Burnside.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Burnside 28 yo 1996/2025 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection)</p>
<p>Balvenie 19 yo ‘A Revelation of Cask and Character’ (47.5%, OB, The Balvenie Stories, European oak sherry, 2023)</p>
]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A small selection of cognacs and armagnacs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-selection-of-cognacs-and-armagnacs.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Domaine de l’Arlot 2007/2025 (51%, Authentic Spirits, fine de Bourgogne)</p>
<p>Hontambère 1988/2025 (44.3%, POH!, Ténarèze)</p>
<p>Domaine Lous Mouracs 1986/2025 (47.3%, L’Encantada for German Armagnac Festival 2025, Ténarèze)</p>
<p>Garreau 36 yo 1988/2025 (45.9%, Liquid Treasures for Korea Brandy Society, Bas-armagnac)</p>
<p>Laubade 23 yo 2001/2025 (50.7%, Grape of the Art, Bas-armagnac, cask #90, 251 bottles)</p>
<p>Domaine d’Espérance 23 yo 2001/2025 (49.7%, The Colours of Armagnac, Bas-armagnac, No.1, cask #71, 210 bottles)</p>
<p>Pierre de Segonzac ‘XO La Rencontre Lot90’ (40%, Art Malts, Grande Champagne, 2024)</p>
<p>Camus ‘Célébration’ (40%, OB, La Grande Marque, 1970s)</p>
<p>Otard ‘X.O.’ (40%, OB, cognac, +/-1980)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little duos, today Amarone vs. Madeira</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-duos-today-Amarone-vs-Madeira.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glencadam ‘Reserva de Madeira’ (46%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glencadam ‘Riserva di Amarone’ (46%, OB, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Today Laphroaig twice crazy</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Laphroaig-twice-crazy.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laphroaig ‘Elements L 3.0’ (55.3%, OB, 2025)</p>
    <p>Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 30 yo 1993/2024 (48.2%, Casky Finest Selection & Revel Hibiki, refill barrel)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today young Pulteney ex-bourbon</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-young-Pulteney-ex-bourbon.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Old Pulteney ‘Harbour’ (40%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Pulteney 13 yo 2012/2025 (58.9%, Lady of the Glen, refill barrel, cask #800134, 241 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Four Glen Grants, three aged 30 years and one old 12</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Four-Glen-Grants-three-aged-30-years-and-one-old-12.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Grant 12 yo (43°GL, OB for Armando Giovinetti, Italy, 75cl, +/-1970)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 29 yo 1995/2024 (45.6%, Signatory Vintage for Wu Dram Clan, bourbon barrel, cask #88198, 1996 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 30 yo 1994–1995/2025 (46.6%, Decadent Drinks, Whiskyland, Chapter 14, 360 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 30 yo 1994/2024 (57.5%, Milroy’s 60th Anniversary, bourbon barrel, cask #10045)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Isle of Raasay including the Macleans</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Isle-of-Raasay-including-the-Macleans.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Isle of Raasay 3 yo 2001/2024 (50.7%, OB, Quercus Humboldtii Virgin Columbian Oak)</p>
    <p>Isle of Raasay 5 yo 2019/2025 (61.1%, The Maclean Foundation, charity bottling, release 3, cask #557, 246 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Rums from Brazil to Trinidad</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Rums-from-Brazil-to-Trinidad.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Casa Engenho 8 yo (43%, OB, Brazil, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>William Hinton ‘Smoked Rum’ (40%, OB, WH Club, Madeira, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Penny Blue 15 yo 2009/2024 ‘Ex-Whisky’ (60%, OB, Mauritius, LMDW Foundations, cask #206, 94 bottles)</p>
    <p>The Outlaw Rum Co. 2019 ‘Flagship’ (40%, OB, Trinidad, cask #001)</p>
    <p>Cuban Rum 50 yo 1973/2024 (51.9%, Whiskydudes, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #88191, 128 bottles)</p>
    <p>El Ron del Artesano 2007 (57.4%, OB, Panama, oloroso sherry cask, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Boulet de Canon ‘1’ (46%, Compagnie des Indes, blend, +/-2015)</p>
    <p>Trinidad Distillers Limited 16 yo 2008/2025 (63.9%, The Colours of Rum, Up Spirits Club #3, Trinidad, 231 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 10 yo 2004/2024 ‘MBS’ (60%, LMDW Foundations, Magnum series #2, Jamaica)</p>
    <p>Caroni 25 yo 1998/2024 ‘HTR’ (59.2%, Swell de Spirits, Private Garden, Intercaves Limoges)</p>
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<item>
  <title>Today, we're setting off around the world again</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-we-re-setting-off-around-the-world-again.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tchankat ‘Classique’ (43%, OB, France, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Eddu 'Carnet de Voyages – fûts de Bourgogne’ (46%, OB, France, 650 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tanaka (40%, OB, Vietnam, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>The Chuan (40%, OB, China, Pure Malt, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Amber Lane 4 yo 2020/2024 (61%, Truth & Consequence, Australia, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #94, 107 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hellyers Road 21 yo ‘Peated’ (52.5%, OB, Australia/Tasmania, cask #20FO5c01, 2025)</p>
    <p>Spirit of Yorkshire 6 yo 2018/2025 (57.1%, Decadent Drams, England, 2nd fill ex-Islay Barrel, 249 bottles)</p>
    <p>Nantou Omar 2015/2024 (53.8%, OB for HNWS, The Antelope & Kanpakai, Taiwan, virgin oak, cask #01180385, 187 bottles)</p>
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<item>
  <title>Secret Orkneys and Highland Park</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Secret-Orkneys-and-Highland-Park.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Orkney Single Malt 18 yo 2006/2024 (53.2%, Whisky Spirits for Whisky Time Frankfurt 2025)</p>
    <p>Orkney 11 yo 2013/2025 (63.6%, Lady of the Glen, 1st fill bourbon, cask #10001, 203 bottles)</p>
    <p>Orkney (HP) 14 yo 2010/2024 ‘Edition #30’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Secret Orkney 14 yo 2010/2024 ‘Edition #23’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof, 1st & 2nd fill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Orkney 10 yo 2013 (57%, The Whisky Exchange, Seasons: Winter, sherry hogshead)</p>
    <p>Secret Orkney 17 yo 2004/2022 (53.1%, Whisky-Doris, 20th Anniversary, sherry butt, cask #13, 240 bottles)</p>
    <p>Old Orkney Malt 25 yo 1999/2025 (50.3%, Decadent Drinks, HHD + sherry butt)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>It’s Highland Park’s turn, back on WF</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Its-Highland-Parks-turn-back-on-WF.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Highland Park ‘The Dolphins 2nd Release’ (40%, OB, 2018)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 21 yo ‘2024 Release’ (46%, OB)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 2013/2024 (65.5%, OB, Ten Years of the Highland Park Appreciation Society, first fill European oak sherry puncheon, cask #3655, 663 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park ‘Cask Strength Release No.4’ (64.3%, OB, 2023)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 19 yo 2004/20254 (54.7%, Duncan Taylor, Single Cask Collection, sherry cask, cask #50171094, 311 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 2015/2024 (58.3%, Swell de Spirits, Pop’ Series, for Inter Caves France, first fill tawny porto butt, cask #560, 424 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 10 yo 2014/2024 (51.5%, The House of McCallum, Auld Alliance, bourbon and Margaux, cask #279, 343 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 18 yo (57.1%, Dràm Mor, 5th birthday release, refill hogshead, cask #3535, 292 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 18 yo 2006/2024 (59.2%, C. Dully Selection, bourbon hogshead, cask #3571, 232 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A wee duo, or perhaps is it a trio of Daftmill</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-wee-duo-or-perhaps-is-it-a-trio-of-Daftmill.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Unnamed Farm Distillery in the Heart of the Kingdom of Fife 2023-2024/2024 (63.4%, James Eadie, Project 1927, spirit drink)</p>
    <p>Daftmill 2009/2025 (55%, OB for Aquavitae, bourbon cask, casks #03+055/2009, 362 bottles)</p>
    <p>Daftmill 2011/2024 (56.3%, OB for the Milano Whisky Festival, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #094-98-99/2011, 615 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Six Broras – or nearly – for Whiskyfun's 23rd anniversary</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Six-Broras-or-nearly-for-Whiskyfuns-23rd-anniversary.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Brora 23 yo 1981/2005 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Un-Chillfiltered Collection, refill sherry butt, cask #05/372, 314 bottles)</p>
    <p>Brora 23 yo 1981/2005 (46%, Chieftain’s Choice, sherry butt, cask #1514, 846 bottles)</p>
    <p>Brora 1981/2004 (58.2%, The Dalriada Whisky Co., Modern Masters of Scotland, for Japan, butt, 239 bottles)</p>
    <p>Brora 13 yo 1982/1995 (60.4%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 5 yo (43%, OB, Di Chiano, long golden cap, Italy, +/-1970)</p>
    <p>Brora 25 yo 1977/2002 (56.5%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 61.12 'Honey, porridge, peat and iodine')</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Even more rums on WF, including a 1834, for our 23rd anniversary</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Even-more-rums-on-WF-incuding-a-1834-for-our-23rd-anniversary.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jamaica Rum 1834 (+/-40%, M.E. Bellows‘ Son of New York via The Colours of Rum, Guyana)</p>
    <p>Banqero ‘Copper’ (40%, OB, Switzerland, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Rivière du Mât ‘Grande Réserve’ (40%, OB, La Réunion, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Mhoba ‘Bourbon Cask’ (48%, OB, Navigate World Whisky, South Africa, 300 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Fiji 23 yo 2001/2024 (51%, Planteray for LMDW Foundations, Prestige Cellar, 258 bottles)</p>
    <p>A Panama Distillery 2004/2017 (61.6%, L’Esprit, cask #BB 71, 256 bottles)</p>
    <p>South Pacific Distillery 21 yo 2001/2023 (47.3%, The Colours of Rum, Fiji, cask #17, 222 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 17 yo 2004/2022 (57.1%, Precious Liquors, Jamaica, cask #433877)</p>
    <p>Enmore 1991/2024 ‘KFM Versailles’ (48.3%, The Colours of Rum for LMDW Foundations, Guyana)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 15 yo 2007/2022 ‘Early Landed’ (57.1%, Rum Sponge, Jamaica, refill barrel, 262 bottles)</p>
    <p>TDL 22 yo 2002/2025 (56.1%, The Whisky Jury, The Many Faces of Rum, Trinidad, refill barrel, cask #16, 229 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Six Dornoch single casks</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Six-Dornoch-single-casks.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dornoch 6 yo 2018/2024 (50.2%, OB, cask #67, 1st fill bourbon octave, 77 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 6 yo 2017/2024 (55.2%, OB, cask #22, 1st fill bourbon octave, 69 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 6 yo 2018/2024 (55.8%, OB, cask #82, bourbon octave, 80 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 6 yo 2018/2024 (56.3%, OB, cask #94, 1st fill bourbon octave, 93 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 7 yo 2017/2024 (56%, OB, cask #38, 1st fill bourbon octave, 74 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 5 yo 2019/2024 (60.7%, OB for The WhiskyFind 10th Anniversary, cask #160, ex-Islay quarter cask, 164 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Indie Allt-A-Bhainne in a duo</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Indie-Allt-A-Bhainne-in-a-duo.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Allt-A-Bhainne 7 yo 2016/2024 (61.7%, DH Global Spirits, 1st fill oloroso octave, cask #1031738C, 57 bottles)</p>
    <p>Allt-A-Bhainne 27 yo 1995/2024 (52.6%, Milroy’s, Vintage Reserve, 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A variety of very different Bowmores on the table, till '69</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-variety-of-very-different-Bowmores-on-the-table-till-69.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bowmore 21 yo ‘Aston Martin’ (51.4%, OB, Master’s Selection Edition 4, 2024)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 26 yo 1997/2023 (51.1%, The Whisky Agency, 15th anniversary, The Perfect Dram, barrel, 124 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 2002/2025 (58.2%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, for The Whisky Dreamers, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS25014, 146 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 30 yo 1990/2020 (53.7%, Kingsbury for Club Qing, hogshead, cask #3971)</p>
    <p>Largiemeanoch 20 yo 1974 (50.6%, The Whisky Connoisseur, Arthur J.A. Bell, cask #2087, +/-1995)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 36 yo 1969/2006 (44.0%, Duncan Taylor, Peerless, cask #6090, 233 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Glenfiddich at both ends</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glenfiddich-at-both-ends.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenfiddich 12 yo ‘Our Original Twelve’ (40%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Glenfiddich 31 yo ‘Grand Château’ (47.6, OB, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Deanston, we have a problem</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Deanston-we-have-a-problem.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Deanston 17 yo 2002/2020 ‘Organic PX Finish’ (49.3%, OB, 3,102 bottles)</p>
    <p>Deanston 15 yo ‘Tequila Cask Finish’ (52.5%, OB, 2023)</p>
    <p>Deanston 17 yo 2008/2025 (50.3%, The Whisky Agency, ruby Port barrel, 164 bottles)</p>
    <p>Deanston 2008/2023 (60.2%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, the Midnight Series, refill butt, cask #DL1854, 662 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A little trio from Dufftown</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-little-trio-from-Dufftown.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Singleton of Dufftown 12 yo ‘Luscious Nectar’ (40%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Singleton of Dufftown 18 yo ‘Sublimely Smooth’ (40%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Dufftown-Glenlivet ‘Over 8 Years Old’ (80° proof, OB, Arthur Bell for Sposetti Genoa, cork stopper, 1960s)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few more rums, some extreme</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-more-rums-some-extreme.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dictador 16 yo (40%, OB, Colombia, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>TDL 2006-2008/2024 ‘Harmony’ (57%, Vagabond Spirits for Takumi Spirit, ex-bourbon, Trinidad)</p>
    <p>Saint James 12 yo 2010/2023 (45%, La Maison & Velier, Magnum Series #2, Alex Webb Edition, Martinique, agricole)</p>
    <p>T.D.L. 8 yo 2016/2025 (67.5%, The Colours of Rum, ex-bourbon, Trinidad, cask #4, 314 bottles)</p>
    <p>HD 9 yo 2015/2025 ‘DOK’ (68.9%, The Colours of Rum, Jamaica, Edition #17, cask #2, 297 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 1 yo 2023/2025 ‘Oloroso’ (62.3%, The Colours of Rum for Catawiki, Jamaica, cask #135, 75 bottles)</p>
    <p>HD 15 yo 2009/2025 ‘DOK’ (55.9%, The Whisky Jury, The Ester Hunter, Jamaica, refill cask, cask #3, 173 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Old Laphroaig for my 40th plus suitable aperitifs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Old-Laphroaig-for-my-40th-plus-suitable-aperitifs.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Grant 1948/1960 (70 proof, Berry Brothers, bottled 1960)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 27 yo (100 US proof, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Esquin Import for USA, securo cap, c1963)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo (43%, OB, litre, c1988)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky' (40%, OB, Rossi Import, cork, 75cl, late 1980s)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Unblended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky' (43%, OB, Japanese Import, cork, late 1980s)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Unblended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky' (40%, OB, UK market, screw cap, c1985)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Unblended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky' (43%, OB, Rossi Import, screw cap, -/+ 1985)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Unblended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky' (43%, OB, St Raphael Import, France, screw cap, c1984)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Unblended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky' (43%, OB, Seager's Australian Import, screw cap, -/+ 1985)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Unblended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky' (43%, OB, South Africa import, screw cap, -/+ 1985)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Unblended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky' (90 US proof, OB, Buckingham Wile import, USA, screw cap, early 1980s)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Islay Malt Scotch Whisky' (43%, OB, Rossi Import, screw cap, 1970s)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A mini selection of seriously boosted Brackla</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-mini-selection-of-seriously-boosted-Brackla.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Royal Brackla 10 yo 2014/2024 (46%, James Eadie, first fill barrel and refill butt, casks #1598-303564, 1155 bottles)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 10 yo 2014/2025 (48.2%, Signatory Vintage, Small Batch Edition #17, first fill sherry PX hogshead finish)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 22 yo ‘Exceptional Cask - Tokaji’ (53%, OB, casks #50,000-50,004, 1380 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A Fettercairn trio, formerly Old Fettercairn</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Fettercairn-trio-formerly-Old-Fettercairn.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Fettercairn 14 yo (47%, OB, ex-bourbon, travel retail, 2024)</p>
    <p>Fettercairn 17 yo (47%, OB, travel retail, 2024)</p>
    <p>Fettercairn 28 yo (42%, OB, first fill bourbon, +/-2024?)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A small sack of grains</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-sack-of-grains.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Girvan 33 yo 1991/2024 (46.0%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, barrels)</p>
    <p>North British 32 yo 1991/2024 (46.6%, Whisky for Leiden, first fill bourbon, cask #264532, 185 bottles)</p>
    <p>Invergordon 18 yo 2006/2024 (62.3%, Wilson & Morgan, sherry, cask #446)</p>
    <p>Butterscotch & Vanilla & Toast & a Generation 30 yo (40%, Atom Brands, blended grain, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Compass Box ‘Hedonism 2024’ (43%, Compass Box, blended grain, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 7746 bottles)</p>
    <p>Strathclyde 20 yo (52.9%, James Eadie, Distilleries of Great Britain & Ireland, 1st and 2nd fill marsala hogsheads, 364 bottles)</p>
    <p>Girvan 9 yo 2015/2024 (59.3%, Single Cask Nation, 1st fill bourbon hogshead finish, cask #193413, 280 bottles)</p>
    <p>Strathclyde 34 yo 1989/2023 (51.1%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, oloroso hogshead finish, 366 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Dundas 24 yo 1999/2024 (51.8%, Whisky Age, hogshead, cask #711825, 247 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Today peace, love and Tullibardine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-peace-love-and-Tullibardine.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tullibardine 13 yo 2012/2025 (53.5%, Liquid Treasures, The love and peace series, 1st fill palo cortado quarter cask, 117 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 12 yo 2012/2024 (55.8%, Alister Walker’s Infrequent Flyers, virgin oak finish, cask #804984, 227 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Ex-Saladin box Glen Albyn and fitting guest</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Ex-Saladin-box-Glen-Albyn-and-fitting-guest.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Albyn 10 yo (43%, OB, ‘Pure Highland Malt’, UK, bottled by John E. McPherson of Leith, clear glass, 75cl, +/-1970)</p>
    <p>Ord 24 yo 1962/1987 (46%, Cadenhead, Aberdeen, black dumpy, 75cl)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few more rums, though not all of them are malternatives</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-more-rums-though-not-all-of-them-are-malternatives.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>A.H. Riise ‘Family Reserve Solera 1838’ (42%, OB, Virgin Islands, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Clairin Le Rocher 41 mo 2019/2022 (49.10%, The Navigator, Haiti, cask LR17 JD-2-V2)</p>
    <p>Diamond 2014/2025 ‘Port Mourant’ (53.6%, The Whisky Jury, The Ester Hunter catch 3, Guyana, bourbon, cask #5, 280 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Mourant 15 yo 2010/2025 (54.3%, Spirit of the Day, Guyana, bourbon, cask #5)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 24 yo 1999/2023 ‘JMM’ (53.4%, The Whisky Blues, Jamaica, barrel, cask #1, 238 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 8 yo 2016/2024 ‘&lt;&gt;H’ (65%, Rest &amp; Be Thankful, LMDW Foundations, Jamaica)</p>
    <p>Hampden 1 yo 2023/2025 ‘Fino’ (61.9%, The Colours of Rum for Catawiki, cask #147, 75 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Young Glen Scotia for CMF</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Young-Glen-Scotia-for-CMF.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Scotia 9 yo ‘Heavily Peated’ (54.3%, OB, Campbeltown Malts Festival 2025, Ribera del Duero finish)</p>
    <p>Glen Scotia 8 yo 2014–2016/2025 ‘Glen Toon’ (57.1%, Decadent Drams for Campbeltown Malts Festival 2025, 1st fill hogshead and barrel, 430 bottles)</p>
    <p>Campbeltown Blended Malt 9 yo 2014/2023 (54.3%, Whiskyfacile, Black Cat, sherry hogshead, cask #23, 96 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Some Aberfeldy and some red wine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-Aberfeldy-and-some-red-wine.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Aberfeldy 15 yo ‘Finished in Bolgheri Red Wine Casks’ (46%, OB, Red Wine Cask collection, batch #2924/B, 2024)</p>
    <p>Aberfeldy 18 yo ‘Finished in Sangiovese Red Wine’ (46%, OB, Red Wine Cask collection, batch #2924/A, 2024)</p>
    <p>Aberfeldy 10 yo 2014/2024 (60.7%, Fragrant Drops, refill bourbon barrel, cask #252, 207 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Five Linkwood B and one Linkwood A</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Five-Linkwood-B-and-one-Linkwood-A.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Linkwood 9 yo 2015/2025 (50%, Elevenses Whisky, Fairgound Delight, refill bourbon hogshead, 694 bottles)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 8 yo 2016/2024 (57.8%, Fragrant Drops, oloroso quarter casks, casks # 29791-29792, 294 bottles)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 10 yo 2013/2023 (57.1%, The Whisky Exchange, Seasons: Spring, refill bourbon barrels, cask # 307180)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 15 yo 2009/2025 (56.2%, Signatory Vintage, Symington’s Choice, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #8, 683 bottles)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 16 yo 2008/2025 (58.7%, Signatory Vintage, The Whisky Exchange exclusive, Bourbon Cask Series, cask # 800064, 174 bottles)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 12 yo 1959 (43%, OB, for Samaroli Silvano, 2 litres, +/-1971)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Middle-aged Longmorn OB vs IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Middle-aged-Longmorn-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longmorn 18 yo (48%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 17 yo 2007/2024 (43.8%, Whisky-Doris, barrel, 132 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Rums of all kinds, in the shade</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Rums-of-all-kinds-in-the-shade.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Isautier 10 yo (40%, OB, La Réunion, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Papalin 6 yo (54 .1%, Velier, Haitian blend, pot still only, ex-sherry, 2023)</p>
    <p>Agitator ‘Chestnut Reserve’ (40%, OB, Sweden, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Savanna 2019/2024 (63%, The Nectar of The Daily Drams, for LMDW, La Réunion, finished in ex-Pineau des Charentes)</p>
    <p>MacNairs ‘Exploration Jamaica Rum’ (46%, Glenallachie, Jamaica, peated, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 29 yo 1995/2025 ‘EMB’ (61.5%, The Colours of Rum, Jamaica, N°16, 148 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 1 yo 2023/2025 ‘Madeira’ (62.2%, The Colours of Rum, Edition Green for Catawiki, Jamaica)</p>
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  <title>New old Irish and old old Irish</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/New-old-Irish-and-old-old-Irish.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Waterford ‘Heritage Goldthorpe’ (50%, OB, 6,500 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Waterford ‘Biodynamic Cuvée Luna’ (50%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>John Power &amp; Son 'Gold Label' (70 proof, OB, 1970s)</p>
    <p>Old Comber 7 yo (70 proof, OB, 1960s)</p>
    <p>Dunville's Special Liqueur Whisky 'Three Crowns' (70 proof, OB, c1920s)</p>
    <p>Samuel Gelston's 28 yo Single Malt Irish Whiskey (49.1%, OB, bourbon casks)</p>
    <p>Red Spot 31 yo 1991 (57.6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, cask #50768, bourbon barrel with marsala finish, 516 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>WF’s Little duos, today AnCnoc OB vs IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-duos-today-AnCnoc-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>AnCnoc ‘Peatheart Batch 3’ (46%, OB, 2023)</p>
    <p>Knockdhu 11 yo 2013/2024 (52.9%, Valinch & Mallet, Young Masters, cask #45, 339 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today a fairly stupid session</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-a-fairly-stupid-session.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ardnamurchan 2017/2025 ‘Mezcal Cask Release’ (55%, OB, 4968 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardnahoe ‘Bholsa’ (50%, OB, oloroso, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Williamsons, as if they were falling from the sky, part 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Williamsons-as-if-they-were-falling-from-the-sky-part-2.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Williamson 10 yo 2014/2024 (57.1%, Whisky Sponge, hogshead, Laphroaig butt finish, 100 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 16 yo 2006/2023 (51.5%, Casky & The Antelope, barrel, Ferry Ticket Series 1, cask #800128, 198 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 7 yo 2014/2021 (48%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Reserve cask, Parcel No.1, USA exclusive)</p>
    <p>Williamson 9 yo 2012/2022 (60.5%, Whisky Picnic Bar Taiwan, Just Dram It, refill butt, cask #SI 2022-02, 267 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 17 yo 2006/2023 (58.7%, The Whisky Blues, barrel, cask #800135, 193 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 12 yo 2010/2023 (54.2%, The Whisky Agency for Taiwan, refill sherry hogshead, cask #4795, 118 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 12 yo 2010/2023 (54.2%, Morisco Spirits, refill sherry butt finish, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 11 yo 1992/2004 (57.8%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask Advance Sample for Alambic Classique Germany, refill butt, cask #1080)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>So, many Williamsons, as promised and as if they were falling from the sky</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/So-many-Williamsons-as-promised-and-as-if-they-were-falling-from-the-sky.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laphroaig 16 yo (48%, OB, 1st fill bourbon, 11,500 bottles, 2019)</p>
    <p>Williamson 12 yo 2010/2023 (58.4%, A.D. Rattray for WhiskyFacile, refill bourbon barrel, 156 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 15 yo 2006/2021 (58.4%, Dickson So & Mandy Ng, barrel, cask #800133, 208 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 10 yo 2013/2023 (52.3%, Jack Wiebers, Old Train Line, sherry hogshead, 239 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 10 yo 2012/2023 (48.9%, North Star Spirits, Obscurities & Curiosities, sherry hogshead, 63 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 12 yo 2012/2024 (59%, Berry Bros. & Rudd for LMDW, Foundations, hogshead, cask #226, 278 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 14 yo 2010/2024 (61%, Whisky Age, 2nd fill oloroso quarter cask, cask #1038, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Williamson 16 yo 2006/2023 (57.5%, The Whisky Blues, Mid-Autumn Festival, barrel, cask #800136, 209 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A stroll in new Japan, Part 3</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-stroll-in-new-Japan-Part-3.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Chichibu 2015/2023 ‘Edition 2023’ (53%, OB, 540 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 2014/2023 (59.5%, OB, for The Whisky Exchange, The Cyborg Trilogy, Beer cask Imperial stout IPA, cask #11043, 236 bottles)</p>
    <p>Saburomaru 2021/2024 ‘V Heavily Peated’ (48%, OB, Japan)</p>
    <p>Saburomaru 2020/2024 ‘IV’ (60.9%, OB, for Abyss Whisky Bar Hong Kong, Japan, bourbon barrel, cask #200158, 179 bottles)</p>
    <p>St. Kilian ‘Mizunara’ (54%, OB, Germany, 2023)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Rum, and yet more rum</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Rum-and-yet-more-rum.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>A.H. Riise ‘Non Plus Ultra Ambre d’Or Excellence’ (43%, OB, Virgin Islands, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>J. Bally 1999-2006-2007 ‘Cuvée Art Déco’ (43.5%, OB, Conquête, batch #2, Martinique, agricole, 6,000 bottles, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 12 yo 2008/2021 (60.8%, The Colours of Rum, Barbados, No.12, bourbon cask, cask #26, 244 bottles)</p>
    <p>Beenleigh 8 yo 2015/2023 (60%, Velier, Australia, Alex Webb Edition, Magnum Series #2, bourbon)</p>
    <p>Fiji 2006/2024 (72.5%, Dos Deliquentes, FRC & WDC, bourbon, 256 bottles)</p>
    <p>Diamond 13 yo 2011/2024 ‘PM’ (59.7%, Swell de Spirits, for V&B, Guyana, Arcade series, bourbon, 348 bottles)</p>
    <p>Enmore 30 yo 1994/2024 (46.2%, The Whisky Blues, Guyana, barrel, cask #70, 171 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 13 yo (61.6%, Secret Cask, Ramseyer’s, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A stroll in new Japan, Part 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-stroll-in-new-Japan-Part-2.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tenjaku ‘Pure Malt Sherry Cask’ (43%, OB, Japan, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Shindo Distillery 3 yo 2022/2025 (56%, OB, Casky exclusive, Mahjong Series ‘East’, mizunara butt, cask #10254)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 2014/2021 (60.10%, LMDW Singapore 15th Anniversary, Flowers series #1, refill bourbon barrel, cask #3874, 218 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 8yo 2016/2025 (63.3%, Salud Spirits, 7even Gods of Fortune, Jurojin, bourbon barrel, cask #5726, 157 bottles)</p>
    <p>Miyagikyo 13 yo 1999/2012 (61.9%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, refill butt, #124.3, All the Complexities of Summer, 509 bottles)</p>
    <p>Saburomaru ‘The Sun’ (48%, OB, Final World Blend, 2022)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A stroll in new Japan, Part 1</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-stroll-in-new-Japan-Part-1.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Enso (40%, OB, Japan, Blended Whisky, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tenjaku ‘Pure Malt’ (43%, OB, Japan, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Ichiro’s Malt & Grain ‘20th Anniversary’ (48%, OB, World blended whisky, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ichiro’s Malt & Grain ‘Allegro’ (60%, Spirits of Salud, Symphonie, cask #14915, 240 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ichiro’s Malt & Grain ‘Allargando’ (59.2%, Spirits of Salud, Symphonie, cask #12132, 267 bottles)</p>
    <p>Shindo Distillery 3 yo 2022/2025 (56%, OB, Casky exclusive, Mahjong Series ‘4 Circles’, bourbon barrel, cask #177)</p>
    <p>Saburomaru 2020/2024 ‘IV Highland Peat’ (48%, OB, Japan, The Emperor, bourbon, 12,500 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Some rather old Laphroaigs and secret Islay, part 3</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-rather-old-Laphroaigs-and-secret-Islay-part-3.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laphroaig 12 yo 1984/1996 (59.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>Secret Islay 34 yo 1989/2024 (51.8%, The Whisky Jury, Fifth Anniversary, refill bourbon, cask ref #LP89-2, 248 bottles)</p>
    <p>An Islay Distillery 30 yo 1993/2024 (52.7%, Abyss x AquaVitae, Synergy Collection #001, bourbon barrel, cask #4406888, 140 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Islay 30 yo 1993/2023 (52.7%, The Whisky Jury, refill barrel, cask ref #199323, 231 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Islay Distillery 33 yo 1990/2024 (52.3%, Whisky Picnic Bar, Emblem 07, bourbon barrel, cask #4404322, 110 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 1966/1997 (49.6%, Dun Eideann, Signatory Vintage for Divo Switzerland, cask #1095, 280 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Some rather old Laphroaigs and secret Islay, part 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-rather-old-Laphroaigs-and-secret-Islay-part-2.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laphroaig 1983/1999 (43%, MacKillop’s Choice, Moon Import, Italy, cask #1711)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 25 yo 1998/2023 (54.8%, OBE, Club Bâtard, 198 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 26 yo 1998/2025 (57%, Whiskyland, Chapter 10, 212 bottles)</p>
    <p>An Islay Distillery 24 yo 2000/2025 (51.8%, Maltbarn, sherry cask, 175 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 26 yo 1998/2024 (56.8, Douglas Laing, Xtra Old Particular, The Queen & King Black Diamond Collection, refill sherry hogshead, cask #DL18841, 191 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 25 yo 1998/2024 (54.2%, Jon Tung ‘Noah's Ark’, cask #8612, sherry hogshead, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 31 yo 1993/2024 (52.4%, Abyss Synergy Collection, #002, barrel, cask #4406887, 109 bottles)</p>
    <p>Big Peat’s Finest Distillery on Islay 13 yo 2010/2024 (62.4%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, for Whisky Picnic Bar Taiwan, refill butt, cask #DL18001, 611 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Some old Laphroaig and secret Islay</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-old-Laphroaig-and-secret-Islay.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laphroaig ‘Càirdeas Lore Cask Strength’ (59.6%, OB, Feis Ile 2025)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 30 yo ‘2024 Release’ (45.8%, OB)</p>
    <p>Alambic's Special Islay Malt 1991 1991/2023 (41.9%, Alambic Classique, Rare &amp; Old Selection, cask #23012, refill sherry butt, 349 bottles)</p>
    <p>Islay Single Malt 32 yo 1991/2024 (49.4%, Wein&amp;Whisky, bourbon barrel, cask #4404742, 244.5 bottles)</p>
    <p>Islay Single Malt 32 yo 1991 (49.8%, C. Dully Selection for Aqua Vitae Taiwan, bourbon barrel, cask #4402740, 258 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Islay 32 yo 1990/2022 (51.3%, The Whisky Blues, barrel, cask #904404365, 247 bottles)</p>
    <p>Islay (LA) 34 yo 1990/2025 (51.7%, Signatory Vintage for WuDramClan, bourbon barrel, cask #4342, 221 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>The return of the rums this June</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-return-of-the-rums-this-June.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Don Papa ‘Gayuma’ (40%, OB, Philippines, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Dictador 24 yo 1996/2020 ‘Capitulo I’ (44%, OB, Colombia, sherry cask, cask #ExSH-548, 900 bottles)</p>
    <p>Braud & Quennesson ‘Signature du Chai Double Essence’ (49%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>TDL 2023/2024 (55.6%, The Whisky Jury, Trinidad, cask #10, 272 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jamaican Rum 14 yo 2010/2025 (52.9%, Fadandel, refill barrel, cask #4, 254 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caroni 25 yo 1998/2024 (62.8%, The Whisky Blues, Trinidad, STR barrel, cask #2290, 202 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 22 yo 2000/2023 (44.3%, Rum Sponge, Jamaica, 146 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden Estate 'Pagos Batch 3' (52%, OB for LMDW and Velier, Jamaica, sherry, 2024)</p>
    <p>Caroni 1999/2024 (63.9%, Silver Seal, LMDW Foundations, Trinidad, cask #184, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 20 yo 2004/2025 ‘Fidelitas’ (55%, La Maison & Velier, Barbados)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Another little bag of unknown malts and sometimes incongruous blends</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Another-little-bag-of-unknown-malts-and-sometimes-incongruous-blends.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dewar’s 8 yo ‘French Cask Smooth’ (40%, OB, blended Scotch, apple spirit cask finish, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Velvet Fig (46%, Wemyss Malt, blended malt, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Milroy’s Heavily Peated 13 yo (48%, Milroy’s, 60th anniversary, Jamaican rum barrels, 2024)</p>
    <p>Seaweed & Aeons Digging & Fire 18 yo (40%, Atom Brands, peated Highland, 2022)</p>
    <p>The Huntly 27 yo 1996/2024 (52.8%, Duncan Taylor, The Single Cask Collection, blended malt, cask #227408, 220 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 8 yo (41.5%, Kirk & Bright, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch 25 yo 1999/2024 (44.3%, C. Dully Selection, sherry butt, cask #24, 639 bottles)</p>
    <p>St Bridget’s Kirk ‘N.A.S. Solera Batch #4’ (48.5%, Hannah Whisky Merchants, fino/oloroso finish, 142 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A small bag of unknown malts</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-bag-of-unknown-malts.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Distilled in the Speyside 13 yo (56.7%, A Dream of Scotland, 1st fill sherry butt, 596 bottles, 2020)</p>
    <p>Speyside Region 43 yo 1973/2017 (52.1%, The Whisky Agency for Water of Life Japan, cask #8)</p>
    <p>A Highland Distillery 12 yo 2011/2023 (59.1%, Watt Whisky, Denmark exclusive, bourbon barrel, 246 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Single Malt 22 yo 1996/2018 (54.7%, C. Dully Selection, refill bourbon barrels, cask #CDI18, 342 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Highland Distillery 14 yo 2008/2022 (44%, Acla Selection, 10th Anniversary, sherry butt #452, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Peated Highland Single Malt 19 yo 2004/2023 (48%, Hogshead Imports, refill barrel)</p>
    <p>Speyside Blended Malt (45%, Samaroli, bourbon, 810 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Chez Lion (46%, Compass Box, bespoke release, blended scotch, 1710 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Highland Malt 38 yo 1983/2021 (51.4%, Maltbarn, The 26, #2, sherry cask)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today Glenkinchie OB vs IB ex-sherry</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Glenkinchie-OB-vs-IB-ex-sherry.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenkinchie ‘Distillers Edition’ (43%, OB, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Glenkinchie 16 yo 2008/2025 (51.9%, The Whisky Agency, sherry hogshead, 300 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Three French and three Chinese malts</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Three-French-and-three-Chinese-malts.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bellevoye ‘Triple Malt Finition Grand Cru’ (43%, OB, blended malt, France, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Moon Harbour ‘Dock 3’ (45.8%, OB, France, single malt, 2023)</p>
    <p>Vilanova ‘Rivesaltes Finish’ (49%, OB, LMDW Foundations, cask #396, 2024)</p>
    <p>Goalong ‘Single cask’ (46.5%, OB, China, bourbon whiskey cask, cask #51L306, 370 bottles)</p>
    <p>The Chuan ‘Travel Retail’ (48.6%, OB, China, Pure Malt, 2025)</p>
    <p>The Chuan ‘Distillery Only’ (61.3%, OB, China, cask #003, hand-filled May 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Tamnavulin ex-wine OB vs IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Tamnavulin-ex-wine-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tamnavulin ‘Red Wine Cask Edition – French Cabernet-Sauvignon Finish’ (40%, OB, +/-2021)</p>
    <p>Tamnavulin 11 yo 2013/2025 (57.4%, James Eadie, Exclusive to Germany, first fill European oak oloroso butt, cask #373071, 315 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Today we're having a few more cognacs and armagnacs just for fun</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-we're-having-a-few-more-cognacs-and-armagnacs-just-for-fun.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Camus ‘Grand V.S.O.P.’ (40%, OB, La Grande Marque, cognac, +/-1980)</p>
    <p>Camus ‘V.S. de Luxe’ (40%, OB, cognac, +/-2000)</p>
    <p>Maison Prunier 1992/2024 (56.4%, Art Malts, The Vintage Reserve, bons bois)</p>
    <p>Garreau 32 yo 1992/2025 (52.6%, Liquid Treasures, Bas-armagnac, Collection du Chai Doré, Bar Arrangé 5th Anniversary, Korea)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet 29 yo (49.9%, OB for Balkan Whisky Club, 28 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Mouréou 1988/2025 (45.8%, Authentic Spirits, Bas-armagnac)</p>
    <p>Marquestau 25 yo 1998/2024 (51.7%, Grape of the Art, Bas-armagnac, cask #225, 310 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hontambère 45 yo 1980/2025 (45.4%, OB, Selected by RAC Spirits, Ténarèze, cask #A10, 80 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aurian 1930 (42.5%, OB, selected by Spheric Spirits, armagnac, bonbonne #D8)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today Caperdonich 30 years old</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Caperdonich-30-years-old.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Gone Grant 30 yo 1994/2024 (51.5%, Whiskyland, Decadent Drinks, Chapter 9, second-fill barrel, 215 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caperdonich 30 yo 1994/2025 (52.6%, The Whisky Cask, sherry cask)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Glen Garry vs. St. Magdalene</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glen-Garry-vs-St-Magdalene.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Garry ‘Finest Scotch Whisky’ (John Hopkins &amp; Co, 1950s-1960s)</p>
    <p>St. Magdalene 1965/1991 (40%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, ‘Old Map Label’, 75cl)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A wee trio of peated Glenturrets</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-wee-trio-of-peated-Glenturrets.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenturret 10 yo ‘Peat Smoked 2024 release’ (48.4%, OB)</p>
    <p>Ruadh Mhor 2011/2024 (52.7%, Malt Universe, China, Modern Time, refill hogshead, cask #25, 367 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ruadh Maor 2011/2024 ‘Jack the Ripper’ (55.6%, Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS 24016, 313 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>The Return of the Glentauchers Part 5</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Return-of-the-Glentauchers-Part-5.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glentauchers 10 yo 2011/2022 (62.6%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Kirsch Import exclusive, sherry butt, cask #900247, 492 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 15 yo 2008/2023 (59.6%, DH Global Wine, Connoisseurs Dram, 1st fill amontillado, cask #900337, 339 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 13 yo (54.8%, Morisco Spirits, Marble Collection, oloroso sherry, 2022)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 13 yo 2009/2022 (53.8%, Whiskyjace, Art Edition #5, bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 10 yo 2013/2023 (58.6%, The Whisky Exchange, The Seasons: Spring, barrel, cask #800435)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 1996/2018 (52.3%, Or Sileis, Legends, The Arthurian Tales, bourbon, cask #618, 199 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 20 yo 1996/2016 (49.1%, Single Cask Collection, bourbon barrel, cask #3620, 173 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 21 yo 1975/1997 (55.69%, Signatory Vintage, cask #8888, 306 bottles)</p>
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<item>
  <title>The Return of the Glentauchers Part 4</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Return-of-the-Glentauchers-Part-4.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glentauchers 15 yo 2008/2022 (46%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Distillery Label)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 25 yo 1997/2022 (49.1%, Single Malt Dreams, bourbon barrel, cask #3870, 165 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 14 yo 2009/2023 (54.4%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 155 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers-Glenlivet 10 yo 2009/2019 (59.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 330 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 24 yo 1996/2020 (49.7%, Asta Morris, bourbon, cask #AM139, 186 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 11 yo 2013/2024 (57.2%, Hogshead Imports for Chichibu Whisky Matsuri 2025, refill barrel)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 19 yo 2002-2005/2024 (57.1%, Decadent Drams, 1st fill bourbon and 1st fill sherry, 138 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 17 yo 2005/2023 (55%, Whisky Sponge for La Maison du Whisky, Decadent Drinks, New Vibrations, 1st fill sherry, cask #900402, 300 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A few cognacs and armagnacs just for fun</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-cognacs-and-armagnacs-just-for-fun.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Remy Martin ‘V.S.O.P. Qualité du Centaure’ (40°, OB, Fine Champagne, +/-1965)</p>
    <p>Cognac ‘Lot 74’ (40.64%, Malternative Belgium for Passion for Whisky, 2024)</p>
    <p>Darroze ‘Domaine de Busquet’ 1999/2025 (49.5%, Journal des Kirsch, Kirsch Import, bas-armagnac)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet 53 yo ‘Lot 71’ (55.5%, Maltbarn, grande champagne, 2025)</p>
    <p>Domaine Saint Martin 1992/2025 (54.5%, Le Passeur, bas armagnac, cask #63)</p>
    <p>Armagnac du Collectionneur 1870/1986 (42.8%, Ryst-Dupeyron)</p>
    <p>Marc de Gewurztraminer 1976/2016 (63.1%, Léonard et Olivier Humbrecht à Turckheim, 370 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jean Fillioux 1965-1970/2025 (45.3%, Journal des Kirsch, Kirsch Import, Cognac Grande Champagne, 162 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Two quick Caol Ila</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Two-quick-Caol-Ila.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Caol Ila 17 yo 2006/2023 (55.1%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 204 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 31 yo 1983/2014 (48.7%, Signatory Vintage, hogshead, cask #5300, 248 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>The Return of the Glentauchers Part 3</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Return-of-the-Glentauchers-Part-3.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glentauchers 23 yo 1997/2021 (53.2%, The Single Malts of Scotland, barrel, cask #401, 157 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 10 yo 2014/2025 (61.8%, Alambic Classique, 1st fill Bordeaux red wine barrel, cask #25011, 294 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 15 yo 2009/2025 (54.6%, Whisky Age, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #800647, 233 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 2008/2024 (51.7%, Liquid Art, 10th Anniversary, sherry oak, 96 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 25 yo 1996/2022 (51.8%, The Whisky Cask Company, Torres Red Wine, cask #2007847, 197 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 12 yo 2012/2024 ‘100 Proof Edition #18’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 18 yo 2002-2005/2023 (53%, Whisky Sponge, 1st fill sherry butt and 1st fill bourbon barrel, 250 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 12 yo 2010/2023 (56.3%, Milroy’s, Soho Selection, 1st fill manzanilla hogshead finish, cask #11125, 251 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 8 yo 2009/2017 (52.5%, Asta Morris, Timeless & Tasty, Whisky & More, Hong Kong, 90 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Tamdhu OB vs IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Tamdhu-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tamdhu ‘Quercus Alba Distinction Batch 1’ (48%, OB, 2021)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 16 yo (51.4%, A Dream of Scotland, Space Girls, 1st fill ruby Port finish, 268 bottles, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Glen Ord once more</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glen-Ord-once-more.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Ord 14 yo 2009/2023 (49.2%, James Eadie, for the Ensign Ewart, refill hogshead, cask #310777, 152 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Ord 10 yo 2012/2023 (60%, Animal Spirits, ‘When Days Are Cold 1’, 3rd Anniversary, barrel, cask 200260, 232 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A mini verticale of Glen Grant from the 1930s up to 1998, in no particular order</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-mini-verticale-of-Glen-Grant-from-the-1930s-up-to-1998-in-no-particular-order.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Grant 26 yo 1998/2024 (53.5%, The Whisky Agency, hogshead, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 8 yo (70° Proof, Gordon Graham &amp; Co. Aberdeen, 1930s)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant-Glenlivet 23 yo 1964/1988 (46%, Cadenhead, Aberdeen)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 1948/1960 (70°proof, Berry Bros. &amp; Rudd, 3, St. James’s St.)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 70 yo 1954/2025 'Mr George Legacy Final Edition' (50.5%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, first fill sherry puncheon, cask #1823, 130 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Strathisla</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Strathisla.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Strathisla 2009/2024 (46%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Distillery Label)</p>
    <p>Strathisla 22 yo 2001/2023 (50.4%, The Whisky Blues, STR barrel, cask #28944, 191 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Eight rums for this lovely first Sunday in June</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Eight-rums-for-this-lovely-first-Sunday-in-June.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>J.Bally 7 yo (45%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Dominican Republic 11 yo (55%, Jean Boyer, Rum Bullion, 2025)</p>
    <p>El Salvador 17 yo 2006/2024 (54.9%, Valinch & Mallet, The Spirit of Art)</p>
    <p>Isautier 16 yo 2005/2022 (65%, Velier, La Réunion, rhum traditionnel, 546 bottles)</p>
    <p>Very Fine Old Caribbean Rum distilled in Cuba 56 yo 1968/2024 (49.7%, The Whisky Agency, Cuba, barrel, 145 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cuban Rum 76 yo 1948/2025 (48.9%, Chapter 7 Ltd, Spirit Library for Figee Fine Goods Switzerland, 108 bottles)</p>
    <p>Worthy Park 8 yo 2015/2023 (64%, OB for the Whisky Exchange, Jamaica, calvados finish)</p>
    <p>Jamaican Rum 18 yo 2007/2025 ‘WP’ (56%, Liquid Treasures, Love & Peace Series)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Our remote Feis Ile 2025, today at Ardbeg</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Our-remote-Feis-Ile-2025-today-at-Ardbeg.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ardbeg 1974/2006 (48%, OB, bourbon, cask #4547, 133 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 13 yo 1975/1988 (54.2%, Gordon & MacPhail, Special Selection, Intertrade, 543 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Islay 2009/2023 (52.5%, The Roots, hogshead, 179 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kildalton 15 yo 2009/2024 (52.2%, The Whisky Cask, sherry cask)</p>
    <p>Secret Islay 14 yo 2009/2023 (49.3%, DramCatcher, hogshead, cask #1201)</p>
    <p>Islay Single Malt 15 yo 2009/2024 ‘Supernova’ (57.5%, Connoisseurs Dram, 1st fill oloroso sherry, cask #200000114, 422 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Our remote Feis Ile 2025, today at Bunnahabhain</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Our-remote-Feis-Ile-2025-today-at-Bunnahabhain.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bunnahabhain 21 yo ‘Port Wood Finish’ (48.1%, OB, 272 bottles, 2013)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 20 yo 2004/2024 (61%, Signatory Vintage for LMDW, Foundations, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, cask 800190, 510 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 31 yo 1991/2023 (45.4%, Casky, Finest Selection Series I, 5th Anniversary, hogshead, cask #5400)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 15 yo 2008/2024 (54.6%, Duncan Taylor, Single Cask Collection, sherry, cask #38551198, 711 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Our remote Feis Ile 2025, today at Kilchoman</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Our-remote-Feis-Ile-2025-today-at-Kilchoman.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Kilchoman 11 yo 2012/2024 ‘Legacy’ (54.5%, OB, LMDW Foundations, bourbon barrel, cask #623)</p>
    <p>Kilchoman 10 yo 2013/2023 ‘100% Islay’ (55.5%, OB, Kensington Wine Market, ScotchGuy’s 20th Anniversary, bourbon, 243 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kilchoman 14 yo 2006/2021 (59.1%, OB, for Mikhail Selivanov, bourbon, cask #123, 209 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Our remote Feis Ile 2025, today at Bowmore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Our-remote-Feis-Ile-2025-today-at-Bowmore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bowmore 14 yo ‘Bordeaux cask Finish’ (43%, OB, travel exclusive, 2024)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 16 yo ‘Ruby Port cask Finish’ (43%, OB, travel exclusive, 2024)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 19 yo ‘Pinot Noir cask Finish’ (43%, OB, travel exclusive, 2024)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 16 yo 1985 (50%, Silver Seal, sherry wood, 480 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Our remote Feis Ile 2025, today at Laphroaig and Port Ellen</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Our-remote-Feis-Ile-2025-today-at-Laphroaig-and-Port-Ellen.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo (43%, OB, ‘Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky’, cork, 1l, +/-1990)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo ‘Càirdeas Cask Favourites’ (52.4%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Cask Strength Batch 17' (58.3%, OB, Nov 23)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig ‘Elements L 2.0’ (59.6%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 2013/2024 (61.9%, LMDW Artist#14, Rothes Glen, bourbon, cask #132162, 237 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 11 yo (53.8%, Dràm Mor, Fifth Anniversary, refill bourbon barrel, cask #26976, 300 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 8 yo 2015/2024 (66%, The Whisky Exchange, The Seasons, Winter, hogshead)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 1970/1986 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail for Meregali Import, Italy, Celtic label)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 39 yo 1982/2022 (53.9%, Douglas Laing for DH Global Wine, China, Xtra Old Particular, The Black Series, refill butt, cask #DL16283, 120 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Our remote Feis Ile 2025, today at Caol Ila</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Our-remote-Feis-Ile-2025-today-at-Caol-Ila.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Caol Ila 2013 (43%, Signatory Vintage, Very Cloudy, La Maison du Whisky, Navigate World Whisky, two hogsheads, 710 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 9 yo 2014/2023 (59.9%, The Whisky Exchange, Seasons: Spring, first-fill bourbon barrel, cask #831)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila ‘Smoking Sherry’ (55.5, The Cooper’s Choice, oloroso sherry butt finish, vat #233, 762 bottles, 2021)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 11 yo 2013/2025 (56.6%, Lady of the Glen, refill hogshead, cask #319952, 123 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 15 yo 1980 (40%, Sestante, +/-1995)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 21 yo 1974/1996 (43%, Dunn Eideann, Signatory Vintage for Donato, Italy)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Our remote Feis Ile 2025, today at Bruichladdich</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Our-remote-Feis-Ile-2025-today-at-Bruichladdich.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bruichladdich 2003/2025 (56.7%, Caora, refill barrel, cask #132, 273 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bruichladdich 33 yo 1991/2024 (41.5%, Sansibar, Fazzino series, bourbon hogshead, 233 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bruichladdich 22 yo 1965 (48.8%, OB, Riserva Veronelli, Rinaldi import, Italy, 2400 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Our remote Feis Ile 2025, today at Lagavulin</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Our-remote-Feis-Ile-2025-today-at-Lagavulin.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Secret Islay 9 yo 2013/2023 (53.9%, Whisky Picnic Bar and Cuckoo, hogshead, cask #13000581)</p>
    <p>Steel Cookers Railway 6 yo ‘Tripple Cask’ (62.1%, Jack Wiebers Whisky World, bourbon, sherry and wine, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Two Dalwhinnie, vintage vs. NAS</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Two-Dalwhinnie-vintage-vs-NAS.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dalwhinnie 2004/2019 'Distiller's Edition' (43%, OB, D.SA.313)</p>
    <p>Dalwhinnie 'Distiller's Edition' (43%, OB, 2022)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Tastings de la Muerte: Glentauchers Part Two</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Tastings-de-la-Muerte-Glentauchers-Part-Two.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glentauchers 10 yo 2010/2020 (46%, Hepburn’s Choice, Hunter Laing, wine barrels, 581 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 2005/2019 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Distillery labels)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 21 yo 1992/2014 (52.7%, Duncan Taylor, Dimensions, cask #6045, 283 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 22 yo 1997/2020 (48.1%, The Whisky Baron, Renaissance, bourbon barrel, cask #3884, 124 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 8 yo 2013/2021 (62.6%, Franco Gasparri, The Art Collection, refill bourbon, Caol Ila finish, cask #800550, 221 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 6 yo 2014/2020 (53.9%, Boogieman Import, Scottish Warrior, 199 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 8 yo 2012/2021 (61.3%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #63.75, 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel, ‘Ett Tropiskt Party I Svenskt Norrsken’, 238 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers-Glenlivet 12 yo 2007/2019 (60.0%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, hogshead, 252 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 21 yo 1997/2019 (54.5%, The Whisky Exchange, barrel, cask #402, 182 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 27 yo 1996/2024 (51.1%, The Antelope Macau & Kanpakai Japan, refill barrel, cask #8003966, 181 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Tastings de la Muerte: Glentauchers</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Tastings-de-la-Muerte-Glentauchers.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glentauchers 15 yo 2008/2023 (46%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Distillery Label)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 7 yo 2014/2021 (51.7%, SingleMalt.pl, PX sherry octave, cask #142)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 16 yo 2008/2024 (46%, Royal Mile Whiskies, sherry butt, cask #900255, 885 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 23 yo 2000/2023 (55.8%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice for Kensington Wine Market, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #16602001, 329 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 33 yo 1993/2024 (51.9%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, Lost in Time, refill American oak barrels, cask #5218, 108 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers-Glenlivet 14 yo 2009/2023 (50%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 264 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glentauchers 11 yo 2011/2023 (51.5%, Club Qing, Kraken Go with the Flow, fino hogshead, cask #800436, 179 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A Germanic little trio of new Braeval</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Germanic-little-trio-of-new-Braeval.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Braeval 10 yo 2014/2025 (65.4%, Alambic Classique, Bordeaux red wine barrel, cask #25012, 266 bottles)</p>
    <p>Braeval 16 yo 2009/2025 (50.9%, The Whisky Agency, tawny Port barrique, 280 bottles)</p>
    <p>Braes of Glenlivet 30 yo 1994/2024 (48.9%, Maltbarn, ‘The 26’, bourbon cask, 51 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Today Macallan 2 x NAS and 1961</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Macallan-2-x-NAS-and-1961.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Macallan ‘Green Meadow’ (40.2%, OB, The Harmony Collection, travel retail, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Macallan ‘Vibrant Oak’ (44.2%, OB, The Harmony Collection, 200th Anniversary, 2024)</p>
    <p>Macallan-Glenlivet 15 yo 1961 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Pure Highland Malt, Co. Import, Italy)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A wee Cognac verticale spanning 50 years</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-wee-Cognac-verticale-spanning-50-years.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Hine ‘Homage to Thomas Hine’ (40%, OB, Grade Champagne, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet 8 yo 2015/2024 (57.8%, C. Dully Selection, Grande Champagne, folle blanche, cask #338, 214 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine du Chêne ‘XXO d’avant 1992’ (48.4%, Art Malts, Bons Bois, Series of Art 6, L’Or de Jo, barrique, casks #7100–7108, 2024)</p>
    <p>Voyer ‘Lot 85’ (53.7%, Grape of the Art, Grande Champagne, 295 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘L.53.y Le Cognac de Limburg Whisky Fair 2025’ (51.4%, OB, Confluences, Fine Champagne, 1 bottle)</p>
    <p>Héritage ‘Lot 74’ (44.7%, Authentic Spirits, Grande Champagne, 2024)</p>
    <p>La Prenellerie ‘Lot 73’ (52.6%, Authentic Spirits, Bons Bois, 2025)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet 52 yo 1972/2025 (54.5%, Maltbarn, Grande Champagne)</p>
    <p>Rémi Landier ‘Lot 72-73-74 Les Champs Fruités’ (50.13%, Malternative Belgium, Fins Bois, 350 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Les Grandes Jouberteries ‘Lot 65’ (49.6%, Authentic Spirits, Fins Bois, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A new trio of Glendullan</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-new-trio-of-Glendullan.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Singleton of Glendullan ‘Classic’ (40%, OB, Sweet Vibrancy, 1l, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Glendullan 11 yo 2012/2024 ‘100 Proof Edition #32’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 1st fill oloroso butt)</p>
    <p>Glendullan 12 yo 2011/2024 (59.8%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Glens & Valleys, hogshead, cask #310542, 292 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A trio of very young, slightly mad Aberfeldy</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-trio-of-very-young-slightly-mad-Aberfeldy.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Aberfeldy 9 yo 2014/2023 (59.7%, OB, Exceptional Cask Series, bourbon and Scottish oak finish, casks #590005–590009, 1152 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aberfeldy 10 yo 2013/2023 (58.7%, Signatory Vintage, Archangel No.3, Kirsch Import, 1st fill oloroso sherry butts, 1343 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aberfeldy 10 yo 2014/2024 (60.7%, Fragrant Drops, refill bourbon, cask #252, 207 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Three little Glendronachs, perfectly cooked up</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Three-little-Glendronachs-perfectly-cooked-up.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glendronach ‘Ode to the Valley’ (46.2%, OB, The Master's Anthology, sherry and Port casks, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glendronach ‘Ode to the Embers’ (48.4%, OB, The Master's Anthology, sherry and smoke, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glendronach ‘Ode to the Dark’ (50.8%, OB, The Master's Anthology, Pedro Ximenez sherry, 2024)</p>
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  <title>Rums, always more rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Rums-always-more-rums.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>El Supremo 8 yo (40%, OB, Paraguay, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Mhoba ‘Select Reserve’ (48%, OB for Navigate World Whisky, South Africa, Bourbon cask, batch #2023B02, 300 bottles, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>La Mauny ‘VSOP’ (40%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Vieux Sajous 5 yo 2019/2024 (58.3%, La Maison & Velier, clairin, Haiti)</p>
    <p>Old Navy Rum ‘2024 edition’ (57%, Silver Seal, 1430 bottles)</p>
    <p>TDL 14 yo 2009/2024 (51.3%, Valinch & Mallet, The Spirit of Art, Trinidad, 330 bottles)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 17 yo 2006/2024 (56.8%, Valinch & Mallet, The Spirit of Art, Barbados, cask #103, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Worthy Park 6 yo 2017/2023 (54%, OB, Exclusive to The Whisky Exchange, Jamaica, bourbon cask)</p>
    <p>Worthy Park 2006 (57.6%, Rum of the World, Kirsch Import & Eye for Spirits, Jamaica, cask #WP06WP35, +/-2020)</p>
    <p>Hampden 2023/2024 ‘C&lt;&gt;H’ (64.1%, LMDW Foundations, Jamaica, ex-peated whisky cask, cask #775, 285 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Bowmore Part Three</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Bowmore-Part-Three.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bowmore 27 yo 1973/2000 (50.5%, Blackadder 'Raw Cask' for Heartland, USA, hogshead, 244 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 23 yo 1972/1995 (54.7%, The Whisky Connoisseur 'Cask Master Selection No.2', cask #909)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 1969/1978 (58%, OB for Fecchio & Frassa, sherry, cask #6638, 75cl)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 1969/1978 (58%, OB for Fecchio & Frassa, sherry, cask #6639, 300 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A quartet of OB Balvenie and IB Burnside</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-quartet-of-OB-Balvenie-and-IB-Burnside.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Balvenie 12 yo ‘Golden Cask’ (43%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Balvenie 15 yo ‘Madeira Cask’ (43%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Sideburn 31 yo 1992–1993/2025 (53.6%, Decadent Drams, Decadent Drinks, 1st fill and refill bourbon, 461 bottles)</p>
    <p>Burnside 35 yo 1989/2025 (53.8%, Le Gus’t, fino cask, cask #3912, 310 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Old Clynelish is back on the tasting table</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Old-Clynelish-is-back-on-the-tasting-table.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Clynelish 12 yo (43%, OB for Di Chiano, light vatting, short golden cap, early 1970s)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 12 yo (43%, OB for Di Chiano, dark vatting, short golden cap, early 1970s)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 27 yo 1965 (51%, Scotch Malt Sales, Japan, 500ml, +/-1992)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Isle of Jura OB vs. IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Isle-of-Jura-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jura 'Islander's Expression No.3 Cabernet Sauvignon cask' (40%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Isle of Jura 2009/2024 (50.1%, Caora, No.13, refill barrel, cask #90103514)</p>
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  <title>100 years apart, today indie Glenlivet: 2024 vs. 1924</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/100-years-apart-today-indie-Glenlivet-2024-vs-1924.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenlivet 17 yo 2007/2024 (64.7%, Signatory Vintage, Horsemen &amp; Archangels, Kirsch Import, Archangel No.4, 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt, 1109 bottles)</p>
    <p>Smith’s Glenlivet 1924 ‘Superior Liqueur Whisky’ (John Harvey &amp; Sons, Bristol)</p>
    <p>Glenlivet 17 yo 2006/2023 (54.8%, Signatory Vintage for Tiffany’s New York Bar and A.P.E. Hong Kong, first fill sherry butt, cask #900795, 153 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A few rums to get ready for the arrival of summer</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-rums-to-get-ready-for-the-arrival-of-summer.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longueteau 3 yo ‘Souvenir La Tradition’ (45%, OB, Guadeloupe, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Dillon 5 yo (43%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Clément 7 yo 2016/2024 (54.5%, OB for Drinks & Spirits, Martinique, agricole)</p>
    <p>Caribbean Premium Rum 12 yo (44%, The Duchess, Marine Life, 2024)</p>
    <p>Sipper’s Rum ‘Batch 1’ (49%, The Whisky Jury, blend, refill wood, 2025)</p>
    <p>Beenleigh 2014/2024 (64.2%, Transcontinental Rum Line for The Whisky Exchange, Australia, cask #AU14SB01, 400 bottles)</p>
    <p>Very Fine Old Caribbean Rum from La Morita Caribena 58 yo 1967/2025 (50.8%, The Whisky Agency, barrel, 359 bottles)</p>
    <p>Diamond 23 yo 2001/2025 ‘SWR’ (48.9%, The Rum Cask, Guyana)</p>
    <p>Skeldon 27 yo 1978/2005 ‘SWR’ (60.4%, Velier, Guyana, 3 barrels, 688 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Glen Spey young and old</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glen-Spey-young-and-old.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Spey 9 yo 2015/2025 (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof Edition #37, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
    <p>Glen Spey 29 yo 1995/2024 (54.1%, Maltbarn, The 26, sherry cask, 42 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A little Linkwood quartet</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-little-Linkwood-quartet.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Linkwood 11 yo 2013/2024 (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, recharred hogshead, casks #301827, 301830, 301834)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 11 yo 2013/2024 (54.8%, Dràm Mor, refill French oak oloroso hogshead, cask #900162, 325 bottles)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 10 yo 2013/2024 ‘Edition #19’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage ‘100 Proof’, 2nd fill oloroso sherry butts)</p>
    <p>Linkwood-Glenlivet 17 yo 1978/1995 (55.5%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, sherrywood matured)</p>
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<item>
  <title>A handful of sprightly young Glen Scotias</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-handful-of-sprightly-young-Glen-Scotias.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Scotia 8 yo 2016/2024 (59.1%, The Maclean Foundation, first fill bourbon barrel, 210 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Scotia 9 yo (56.2%, OB, Campbeltown Malts Festival 2024, first fill bourbon and fino sherry finish)</p>
    <p>Glen Scotia 1992/2012 (40%, Samaroli, first fill sherry, cask #4, 600 bottles)</p>
    <p>Campbeltown Distilleries 8 yo 2016/2024 (48%, Hogshead Imports, 1st fill barrel, 318 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Toon 11 yo 2012 (53%, Whisky Sponge, Campbeltown Malts Festival 2024 exclusive, 1st fill bourbon hogshead, 225 bottles)</p>
    <p>Images of Campbeltown (53%, Malts of Scotland, Davaar Lighthouse, cask #MoS 24015, 285 bottles)</p>
    <p>Campbeltown Blended Malt 7 yo 2017/2024 (57.1%, Watt Whisky, barrel, 246 bottles)</p>
    <p>Campbeltown Single Malt 32 yo 1992/2024 (45.8%, Vintage Bottlers, Secret Series #4, 60 bottles)</p>
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  <title>The Time Warp Sessions, today Longrow IB vs. OB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Time-Warp-Sessions-today-Longrow-IB-vs-OB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longrow 17 yo 1990/2007 (56.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #114.6, ‘A Dragon’s Dram’, 583 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longrow ‘100° Proof Batch 1’ (57.1%, OB, refill bourbon and refill pinot noir, 2025 release)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Kilkerran from Glengyle</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Kilkerran-from-Glengyle.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Kilkerran 16 yo (46%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Kilkerran ‘Heavily Peated Batch 11’ (57.9%, OB, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today is a great Cognac Sunday</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-is-a-great-Cognac-Sunday.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Symphonie des Terroirs N°2 ‘L.40Y’ (48.8%, OB, Jean-Luc Pasquet, Confluences, 255 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Le Cognac d’Annick L.92’ (45.9%, OB, Grande Champagne, 152 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Pierre de Segonzac ‘Lot 76’ (47.2%, Art Malts, Le Grand Final, Grande Champagne, dame-jeanne #D80, 2025)</p>
    <p>Gousseland ‘Lot 72 La Dernière Goutte’ (40.2%, Art Malts, Series of Art #5, Bons Bois, barrique, cask #3, 60 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>Petite Champagne 53 yo 1969/2022 (59.8%, Michiel Wigman, Precious Moments)</p>
    <p>Petite Champagne 55 yo 1968/2023 (59.1%, Michiel Wigman, Precious Moments, 132 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ma Cerise ‘Lot 68’ (50.3%, Malternative Belgium, Petite Champagne, 364 bottles, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today Aberlour</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Aberlour.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Aberlour 18 yo 2002 (54.8%, OB, for The Whisky Lodge, sherry butt, cask #3266, 612 bottles, 2025?)</p>
    <p>Aberlour 22 yo 2003/2025 (52.7%, Maltbarn, A dram is born, sherry cask, 193 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Having a bit of fun all over the world</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Having-a-bit-of-fun-all-over-the-world.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Évadé ‘Maple Cask Finish’ (47%, OB, France, single malt, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Distillerie du Mont Blanc 2019/2024 (50%, LMDW Version Française, Vermouth cask, single grain, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tchankat ‘Brut’ (47.3%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Stillhead ‘Vancouver Island Rye’ (62.2%, OB, for Switzerland, Canada, 108 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Bimber ‘Dickens The Novelist’ (58.3%, OB, England, Shoulders of Giants, bourbon, cask #398, 259 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Newborn ‘Collaboration Double Malt’ (55.4%, OB, South Korea/Japan, 402 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Vardberg 4 yo (48%, OB, Norway, oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #66, +/-400 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Kavalan 2017/2024 (59.4%, OB, Taiwan, Solist, OBE/Club Bâtard Exclusive, Madeira cask, cask #D170314035A, 210 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kavalan 2017/2024 (61%, OB, Taiwan, Solist, Crown Cellars Exclusive, JP’s Choice, Madeira cask, cask #D170317055A, 196 bottles)</p>
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  <title>T.T.T. (Three Times Tamdhu)</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/T-T-T-Three-Times-Tamdhu.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tamdhu ‘Cuatro Reserva’ (41.2%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 12 yo (43%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 10 yo 2013/2014 (57.9%, Alistair Walker’s Infrequent Flyers, PX puncheon, cask #800069, 698 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Wine and single malt whisky from Tomintoul</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Wine-and-single-malt-whisky-from-Tomintoul.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tomintoul ‘Tempranillo Wine Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, Small Batch, 2024)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul ‘Amarone Wine Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, Small Batch, 2024)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul ‘Merlot Wine Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, Small Batch, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul ‘Seiridh’ (40%, OB, Limited Edition, fist fill oloroso sherry cask finish, 6,000 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul ‘Tundra’ (40%, OB, bourbon, 1l, +/-2020)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul 2010/2024 (58.2%, Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS 24023, 243 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today young indie Balblair</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-young-indie-Balblair.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Balblair 10 yo (46%, Living Souls, ex-Limousin oak Cognac finish, 2024)</p>
    <p>Balblair 12 yo 2011/2024 (53.4%, Valinch &amp; Mallet, Young Masters Edition, 2nd fill oloroso, cask #800197, 331 bottles)</p>
    <p>Balblair 20 yo 1990/2011 (54.2%, Friends of Malt, finished in Port Charlotte cask)</p>
    <p>Balblair 18 yo 1990/2008 (58.7%, Villa Konthor)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Back with the bad, and the much better</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Back-with-the-bad-and-the-much-better.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Old Finil 3 yo (40%, OB, Italy, Licor S.R.L, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>The Old Choice (40%, OB, Blended Scotch whisky, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>The Glen Glover 3 yo (40%, OB, Blended Scotch whisky, 2024)</p>
    <p>Dewar’s ’White Label’ (40%, OB, Blended Scotch, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>William Peel (40%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Chivas Regal 13 yo ‘Extra - Tequila Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, Blended Scotch, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Stalker & McLellan ‘Special Reserve’ (No ABV, OB, Scotch Whisky, +/-1910-1920)</p>
    <p>Old Mac 5 yo (40%, OB, Blended Scotch, 1980s)</p>
    <p>His Excellency 5 yo (43%, OB, 100% Pure Scotch Whisky, for Italy, Ditta Paglia Ivo, 1980s)</p>
    <p>Teacher’s Highland Cream (86 US proof, OB, Blended Scotch, USA, Schieffelin New York, 1930s)</p>
    <p>The Antiquary 15 yo (43%, OB, Blended Scotch, 6,000 bottles, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Isle of Skye 18 yo (40%, OB, Blended Scotch, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>St Bridget’s Kirk 35 yo 1988/2024 (41.5%, OB, Blended Scotch, refill barrel, 248 bottles)</p>
    <p>The Antique Blended Whisky 48 yo 1976/2024 (49.1%, Sansibar, Blended Scotch, hogshead, 145 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>The Easter Bunny brought a few rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Easter-Bunny-brought-a-few-rums.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Saint James 9 yo ‘Hors d’Âge’ (43%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Nine Leaves 2017/2024 (59%, OB, Japan, small batch, ex-bourbon)</p>
    <p>New Yarmouth 2009/2024 (61.2%, Swell de Spirits, Eastern Tales, Constantia Bordeaux, Jamaica, bourbon, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clarendoni 25 yo 1997/2023 (60%, Rum Sponge Special Edition, blend, Trinidad & Jamaica, 95 bottles)</p>
    <p>Barbados 16 yo 2006/2023 (60.6%, Transcontinental Rum Line, LMDW Singapore, 18th Anniversary, cask #F06FV06, 260 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jamaican Rum 23 yo 2000/2024 (54.8%, Bedford Park, North Coast Distillers, cask #2205306, 402 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Little Duos, today Strathmill</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Little-Duos-today-Strathmill.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Strathmill 10 yo 2014/2024 (51.1%, Murray McDavid, Benchmark, Koval quarter cask finish, 1174 bottles)</p>
    <p>Strathmill 12 yo 2012/2024 ‘Edition #36’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>From oranges, high altitude or a NATO bunker, a few more whiskies from around the world</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/From-oranges-high-altitude-or-a-NATO-bunker-a-few-more-whiskies-from-around-the-world.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Eddu 15 yo (43%, OB, Distillerie des Menhirs, France, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Filey Bay ‘Orange Wine Barrique’ (46.2%, OB, England, 1,100 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Signal Hill ‘Founders Select Overproof’ (56.3%, OB, Canada, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Stillhead ‘Garry Oak’ (50%, OB, Canada, Rye, 470 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Swiss Mountain Whisky 12 yo ‘Ice Label’ (52.2%, OB, Rugenbräu, Switzerland, 980 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>St. Kilian ‘Whisky Bunker Limited Release 2025’ (57%, OB, Germany, 476 bottles)</p>
    <p>Thy ‘Bog’ (50%, OB, Denmark, 2024)</p>
    <p>Smögen 8 yo 2016/2024 (57.1%, Decadent Drams, Sweden, 172 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Top-notch only: a selection of independent Glen Moray from five countries</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Top-notch-only-a-selection-of-independent-Glen-Moray-from-five-countries.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Moray 11 yo 2013/2024 (51.4%, Dramcatcher, for Whisky &amp; Music Festival Zürich 2024, 1st fill oloroso, cask #2312209, 95 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 14 yo 2010/2024 (56%, Navigate World Whisky, Partners series, ex-bourbon, cask #800541, 182 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 15 yo 2008/2024 (52%, Whisky Age, 1st fill palo cortado hogshead, cask #5651, 309 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 17 yo 2007/2024 (51.4%, Club Qing, Bottled Realities, ex-Laphroaig barrel, cask #6311, 255 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 18 yo 2006/2024 (54.8%, Wilson &amp; Morgan, oloroso sherry finish, cask #720007, 540 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A Full Case of Benrinnes – Part 6/6</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Full-Case-of-Benrinnes–Part-6-6.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo 2011/2024 (46%, StrongholdUA, Ukraine, oloroso sherry octave finish, cask #11639/050, 312 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 2007/2024 (52.3%, Dutch Whisky Connection, 5th Anniversary, 210 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 10 yo 2011/2022 (58.1%, LMDW, Artist #12, 1st fill sherry butt finish, cask #307205, 660 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo 2009/2022 (54%, Chapter 7, bourbon hogshead, oloroso finish, cask #301395, 324 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 9 yo 2014/2023 (55%, James Eadie, first fill Malaga finish, cask #367728)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo 2010/2023 (57.6%, Signatory Vintage for LMDW, New Vibrations, first fill oloroso sherry butt finish, cask #112, 683 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 10 yo 2013/2023 (57.5%, Dràm Mor, refill bourbon hogshead, cask #300745, 278 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A Full Case of Benrinnes – Part 5/6</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Full-Case-of-Benrinnes–Part-5-6.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benrinnes 11 yo 2010/2021 (48%, LMDW Artist Collective 5.0, 1st fill sherry butt finish)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo 2011/2022 (57.1%, Lady of the Glen, oloroso finish, cask #302612, 292 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 11 yo (53.1%, Morisco Spirits, Marble Collection III, refill bourbon hogshead, cask #304405, 312 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 10 yo (55.7%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill rancio sec finish, cask #306071, 2023)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 2011/2022 ‘Monuments’ (43%, Signatory Vintage, Kirsch Import, 1st fill sherry butt finish, cask #6)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 16 yo 2008/2024 (53.2%, Valinch & Mallet, Young Masters Edition, 1st fill amontillado, cask #800245, 440 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 13 yo 2005/2019 (55.6%, James Eadie, Marsala cask finish, 285 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>The rums are back on WF, from Colombia to Jamaica</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-rums-are-back-on-WF-from-Colombia-to-Jamaica.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dictador ‘Aurum’ (40%, OB, Colombia, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Trois Rivières ‘X.O’ (43%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Depaz ‘Hors d’Âge XO’ (45%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Chamarel 2014 (53.77%, Navigate World Whisky, Mauritius, Highveld Aging Series, South African market exclusive, ex-Islay cask, 247 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 15 yo 2006/2022 (61%, The Colours of Rum, Barbados, ex-bourbon, No.16, 264 bottles)</p>
    <p>Rum Blend Jamaica/Belize (65.4%, Zn09, Cyberpunk series, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden ‘1753’ (46%, OB, Jamaica, 2025)</p>
    <p>Trelawny 9 yo ‘&lt;&gt;H’ (55.7%, Valinch &amp; Mallet, Jamaica, 2024)</p>
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  <title>More Bowmore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/More-Bowmore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bowmore 15 yo 2001/2017 (56%, LMDW, Artist #7, hogshead, cask #20116, 275 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 17 yo 2001/2018 (54.2%, Cadenhead's Malt Festival, Cameron's Choice, hogshead)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 19 yo ‘Feis Ile 2024’ (54.8%, OB, double-matured in virgin American oak barrels, 3,500 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 15 yo 1991/2006 'The Blacksmith's Bottling' (57.7%, Queen of the Moorlands, Rare Cask, 199 bottles)</p>
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<item>
  <title>A Full Case of Benrinnes – Part 4/6</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Full-Case-of-Benrinnes–Part-4-6.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo 2009/2022 (54%, The Dava Way, hogshead, 305 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 11 yo 2010/2021 (52.8%, Liquid Treasures for eSpirits, Winter Edition, 1st fill oloroso, 148 bottle)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 23 yo 2000/2023 (51.8%, Maltbarn, bourbon, 127 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 2008/2023 (56.4%, Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS23028, 278 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo 2009/2021 (58.2%, The Whiskyfind for Whisky Picnic Bar Taiwan, hogshead, cask #309666, 302 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 10 yo 2013/2024 (54.3%, Dràm Mor, refill palo cortado hogshead finish, cask #9006063, 221 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 13 yo 2011/2024 (55.6%, Fadandel, 1st fill oloroso hogshead, cask #11639/058, 96 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A Full Case of Benrinnes – Part 3/6</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Full-Case-of-Benrinnes–Part-3-6.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo 2009/2021 (60%, Fable Whisky, Chapter 4, The Ghost Piper of Clanyard Bay, hogshead, cask #307949, 309 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 9 yo (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, 1st fill and refill bourbon, 683 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 20 yo 2002/2022 (54.6%, The Whisky Trail Knights, Elixir Distillers, cask #42644)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 18 yo 2000/2019 (57.3%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon barrel, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 10 yo ‘Batch 16’ (56.8%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, 446 bottles, 2021)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 21 yo 1995/2017 (55.8%, The Golden Cask, cask #CM241, 290 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 19 yo 2003/2023 (50%, Hunter Laing, Old Malt Cask, 25th anniversary, Canasta butt, 536 bottles)</p>
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<item>
  <title>A Full Case of Benrinnes – Part 2/6</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Full-Case-of-Benrinnes–Part-2-6.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benrinnes 15 yo 2007/2022 (55.3%, Alistair Walker Infrequent Flyers for HNWS Taiwan, Chinquapin oak finish, cask #802700, 276 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 21 yo 1997/2019 (58.7%, Cadenhead, Single Cask, bourbon barrel, 156 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 20 yo 1997/2018 (58%, Cadenhead, Single Cask for Heng Jiou 30 Anniversary, bourbon, 192 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 18 yo 2000/2019 (58.7%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon barrel, 186 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 18 yo 1997/2016 (61.5%, Chapter 7, bourbon hogshead, cask #898, 267 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo 2008/2021 (56.2%, The Single Malts of Scotland, hogshead, cask #310640, 282 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 11 yo 2013/2025 (56.4%, Lady of the Glen, 1?? fill bourbon barrel, cask #311808, 214 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A Full Case of Benrinnes – Part 1/6</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Full-Case-of-Benrinnes–Part-1-6.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benrinnes 15 yo (43%, OB, Flora & Fauna, +/-2023?)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 19 yo 1971/1991 (55.3%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 1978/1995 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Centenary Reserve)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 21 yo 2002/2023 (46.3%, Milroy’s Vintage Speyside Reserve, hogshead, cask #3453)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 23 yo 1997/2021 (56.6%, Chorlton Whisky & The Rare Malt Hong Kong, hogshead, 232 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 12 yo 2011/2023 (53.9%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, LMDW New Vibrations, Pomerol finish, cask #303711, 204 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benrinnes 15 yo 2009/2024 (54.5%, James Eadie, First fill Bual madeira finish, cask #367729, 268 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>We can deconstruct Talisker too</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/We-can-deconstruct-Talisker-too.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Talisker 10 yo (45.8%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Talisker 10 yo (45.8%, OB, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Talisker 'Distillers Edition' (45.8%, OB, Edition 2022)</p>
    <p>Talisker 1996/2008 'Distiller's Edition' (45.8%, OB, TD-S: 5KW, 1litre)</p>
    <p>Talisker ‘Distillery Exclusive Batch 02’ (48%, OB, 2023)</p>
    <p>Talisker 12 yo 2010/2023 (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, refill hogshead, cask #DL17861, 163 bottles)</p>
    <p>Talisker 9 yo (50.4%, Whisky Racing, Jack Wiebers, bourbon and Port, cask #3921, 106 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Talisker 1998/2017 (56.6%, Keepers of the Quaich, for the Autumn Banquet 2017, refill sherry butt, cask #6829, 618 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A toast of Armagnac to the world’s good health</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-toast-of-Armagnac-to-the-worlds-good-health.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Sauvis 2004/2024 (45.9%, Domaine de Saoubis, Bas-armagnac, pièce, cask #69)</p>
    <p>Sauvis 2001/2024 (44.4%, Domaine de Saoubis, Bas-armagnac, pièce, cask #107)</p>
    <p>Hontambère 26 yo 1997/2025 (53.8%, Grape of the Art, Ténarèze, cask #B4, 295 bottles)</p>
    <p>Michel Tartas 1992/2024 (43.2%, Authentic Spirits, Bas-armagnac)</p>
    <p>Jean Cavé 1990/2024 (51%, Swell de Spirits, Flashback, Armagnac, 236 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hontambère 1982/2024 (52.7%, Pouchégu Collection, Ténarèze, cask #F2)</p>
    <p>Jean Cavé 1979/2024 (54.8%, Swell de Spirits, Field Trip, Armagnac, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Château de Gaube 1964/2024 (43.2%, Baron de Lustrac, for 10th Anniversary Wine4you, Bas-armagnac)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Two Bowmore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Two-Bowmore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bowmore 1997/2023 (46.1%, Berry Bros & Rudd for Kensington Wine Market, sherry butt, cask #85, 98 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 30 yo 1990/2020 (53.7%, Kingsbury for Club Qing, cask #3971, hogshead)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A solitary wee Glenmorangie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-solitary-wee-Glenmorangie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenmorangie 12 yo ‘The Original’ (40%, OB, bourbon casks, 1l, +/-2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A fairly recent trio from Glendronach</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-fairly-recent-trio-from-Glendronach.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glendronach 15 yo (46%, OB, Sherry Cask Matured, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glendronach 2013/2024 ‘Hand-Filled’ (61.6%, OB, PX puncheon, cask #104)</p>
    <p>Glendronach 1993/2024 ‘Hand-Filled’ (55.5%, OB, oloroso, cask #2463)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A short stroll among some of Japan’s new-wave distilleries</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-short-stroll-among-some-of-Japans-new-wave-distilleries.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ichiro’s Malt & Grain (60.2%, OB, La Maison du Whisky Singapore, Japan, single cask, refill bourbon barrel, cask #14838, 247 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Akkeshi 3 yo (58%, OB, Japan, single malt, Claude x Salud friendship cask, 2025)</p>
    <p>Togouchi 2019/2024 (51%, OB, Japan, single malt, Taiwan exclusive, Islay cask, cask #5288, 198 bottles)</p>
    <p>Sakurao 2018/2024 (58%, OB, Japan, single malt, cream sherry hogshead, cask #6105, 205 bottles)</p>
    <p>Saburomaru 4 yo 2019/2023 (59.65%, The Auld Alliance, Japan, single malt, heavily peated cask, 185 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mars Tsunuki 5 yo 2018/2024 (57%, OB for Lucky Choice ‘chapter 1’, Japan, sherry puncheon, 557 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 2018/2022 (63.9%, OB for La Maison du Whisky Singapore, Japan, Flower Series #2, single malt, second-fill bourbon, cask #7087, 227 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 2017/2023 (64.2%, OB for La Maison du Whisky Singapore, Japan, Flower Series #3, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #7248, 207 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Springbank OB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Springbank-OB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 8 yo 2016/2024 ‘Local Barley’ (58.1%, OB, 13,500 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Springbank 26 yo 1998/2024 (53.4%, OB, for Lateltin 125th Anniversary, Switzerland, fresh bourbon barrel, 156 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Glory to Cognac</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glory-to-Cognac.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Hennessy ‘Fine Champagne VSOP’ (40%, OB, Cognac, +/-1988)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Lot 99’ (50.5%, Swell de Spirits, Wonders of the World, Bons Bois, 350 bottles)</p>
    <p>Prunier 1995/2024 (53.6%, Art Malts, Vintage Reserve, Fins Bois)</p>
    <p>Domaine du Chêne ‘XXO Lot 89’ (43.8%, Art Malts, Bons Bois)</p>
    <p>Marie Foucher ‘L’Horizon Perdu Lot 96’ (59.34%, Malternative Belgium, Fins Bois, 131 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Vallein Tercinier ‘Lot 74’ (50.9%, Valinch & Mallet and Heads & Tails Canada, Spirit of Art, Fins Bois, 150 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Fradon ‘Lot 70’ (46.4%, Through the Grapevine for Navigate World Whisky South Africa, Petite Champagne, 99 bottles)</p>
    <p>La Symphonie ‘Lot 45’ (58.2%, Malternative Belgium, Fins Bois, 90 bottles, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Macallan in memory of Michael Jackson, the continuation</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Macallan-in-memory-of-Michael-Jackson-the-continuation.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Macallan ‘Travellers Edition - Fifties' (40%, OB, sherry cask, 50cl, +/-2001)</p>
    <p>Macallan ‘Travellers Edition - Forties' (40%, OB, sherry cask, 50cl, +/-2001)</p>
    <p>Macallan ‘Travellers Edition - Thirties' (40%, OB, sherry cask, 50cl, +/-2001)</p>
    <p>Macallan ‘Travellers Edition - Twenties' (40%, OB, sherry cask, 50cl, +/-2001)</p>
    <p>Macallan 32 yo 1991/2023 (46.8%, William’s Choice, DH Global Wine, 1st fill PX sherry, cask #8184)</p>
    <p>Macallan 31 yo 1991/2023 (54.1%, William’s Choice, DH Global Wine, sherry hogshead, cask #2593)</p>
    <p>Macallan 26 yo 1993/2020 (56.4%, Douglas Laing, Xtra Old Particular, The Black Series, Exclusive for DH Global Wine, refill sherry butt, cask #DL13661, 244 bottles)</p>
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<item>
  <title>Some Macallan for International Whisky Day</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-Macallan-for-International-Whisky-Day.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Macallan ‘Terra’ (43.8%, OB, Quest Collection, travel retail, 1st fill American and European oak sherry casks, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Macallan 'A Night on Earth in Jerez de la Frontera' (43%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Speyside (M) 13 yo 2011/2024 ‘Edition #29’ (57.1, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof, 1st fill oloroso butt)</p>
    <p>Speyside (M) 13 yo 2011/2024 ‘Edition #25’ (57.1, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof, 1st fill and refill oloroso butt)</p>
    <p>Macallan 10 yo ‘Cask Strength’ (58.8%, OB, +/-1999)</p>
    <p>Macallan 24 yo 1998/2023 ‘Speymalt’ (54.1%, Gordon & MacPhail, for LMDW Singapore 18th Anniversary, 1st fill sherry, cask #21603904, 326 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macallan 1957 (80°proof, OB, Campbell, Hope & King, Rinaldi Italy, sherry wood, +/-1972)</p>
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<item>
  <title>A flight of Ben Nevis in several stages part quatre</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-flight-of-Ben-Nevis-in-several-stages-part-quatre.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 25 yo 1996/2022 (45%, The Taste of Whisky, Pin-up Girls, hogshead, cask #1439, 111 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2024 (45.1%, Acla Selection, Ski Ladies, hogshead, cask #412)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2024 (46.9%, The Whisky Blues for Bro Whisky, hogshead, cask #1639, 180 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2023 (48.7%, The Whisky Blues, Whisky Age, Picnic Bar, Series No.60, hogshead, 222 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2024 (54.8%, The Taste of Whisky, Endangered Species Vol.III, cask #1687, 198 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2024 (55%, The Whisky Sponge, refill butt and 2nd fill sherry butt, #58b, 301 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A flight of Ben Nevis in several stages part trois</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-flight-of-Ben-Nevis-in-several-stages-part-trois.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1997/2024 (46.5%, The Whisky Jury, sherry matured, cask #62, 187 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 28 yo 1997/2025 ‘Ross’ (50.4%, Macbeth, Elixir Distillers, refill hogshead, 850 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 26 yo 1997 (52.2%, The Auld Alliance & Ad Astra Bar Shanghai, PX sherry hogshead, cask #2316301, 259 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 25 yo 1997/2022 ‘I See the Day of My Return’ (53.8%, WhiskyFacile, hogshead, cask #29, 122 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 21 yo 1996/2018 (48.8%, OB, private bottling, cask #1407)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2023 ‘When Days Are Cold II’ (49.4%, Animal Spirits, 3rd Anniversary, hogshead, cask #764, 226 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 25 yo 1996/2021 (49.8%, OB for Alambic Classique, Calvados Cask, cask #856, 244 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A flight of Ben Nevis in several stages part deux</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-flight-of-Ben-Nevis-in-several-stages-part-deux.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 7 yo 2017/2024 (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, Artist Collective 7.0, LMDW Foundations, second fill oloroso butts, 1,765 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 8 yo 2014/2023 (59.6%, Signatory Vintage for Navigate World Whisky, second fill sherry butt, cask #274, 591 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 9 yo 2015/2024 (54.7%, Jollywine & Spirit, Whisky is for Drinking, ex-Barbados rum finish, cask #53, 260 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 10 yo 2014/2024 (58.1%, Swell de Spirits, Eastern Tales for Constantia, bourbon hogshead, 140 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 11 yo 2012/2024 (59.4%, OB, LMDW Foundations, American Wine Cask, cask #2136)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 12 yo 2012/2024 (54.7%, The Duchess, Game & Wildlife, bourbon hogshead, cask #147, 284 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 16 yo 2007/2024 (51.3%, The Taste of Whisky, Endangered Species, bourbon barrel, cask #700087, 204 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 19 yo 2004/2024 (45.3%, Spheric Spirits, refill barrel, cask #536, 204 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>Just a few more rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Just-a-few-more-rums-once-more.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Plantation ‘Barbados Grande Réserve’ (40%, OB, Barbados, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Braud & Quennesson ‘Signature du Chai’ (47%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Dominican Rum 2013/2022 (47%, Bristol Classic Rum, Dominican Republic, finished in Madeira wood)</p>
    <p>Rum 970 2015/2023 (55.5%, OB, Madeira, agricole, Madeira wine cask, cask #304, 267 bottles)</p>
    <p>Eminente ‘7 ans Reserva’ (41.3%, OB, Cuba, whisky casks, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Santiago de Cuba 12 yo ‘Extra Anejo’ (40%, OB, Cuba, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Monymusk 12 yo 2010/2022 (46%, Mezan, Jamaica, 5,500 bottles)</p>
    <p>Saint James 18 yo 2003/2021 ‘Single cask’ (42.3%, OB, Martinique, agricole, cask #67-05-2003)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Field notes from Orkney</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Field-notes-from-Orkney.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Scapa 10 yo (48%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Scapa 16 yo (48%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Scapa 21 yo (52.9%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Scapa 14 yo Distillery Exclusive (48.1%, OB, 1st fill barrels, 1500 bottles)</p>
    <p>Scapa 16 yo (57.4%, OB ‘Distillery Reserve Collection’, cask #2182, 1st fill sherry butt, 924 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 12 yo (40%, OB, -/+ 2024)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 15 yo (44%, OB, -/+2024)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 18 yo (43%, OB, -/+2024)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 20 yo 1974 (46%, First Cask, cask #4334)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 10 yo 1999 (57.3%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 4.135 ‘Orcadian Tongue-Roaster’, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 109 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 8 yo (100 proof, Gordon & MacPhail, -/+1978)</p>
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  <title>A flight of Ben Nevis in several stages, part un</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-flight-of-Ben-Nevis-in-several-stages-part-un.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 11 yo 2012/2024 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, bourbon)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 10 yo 2013/2024 ‘Dawn Davies’ (60.2%, Whisky Show London 2024, sherry butt, cask #1276)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 8 yo 2016/2024 ‘Heavily Peated’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, Artist Collective 7.0, Foundations, first fill Montravel hogshead, 980 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 12 yo 2012/2024 (52.1%, Maltbarn, bourbon, 139 bottles)</p>
    <p>Allt’ A Mhullin 12 yo 2008-2009/2022 ‘Batch No.01’ (60.2%, Roslin Distillers, ex-bourbon barrel and ex-Californian red wine, casks #684 + 1958, 478 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 10 yo 2014/2024 (58.9%, James Eadie, refill oloroso hogshead finish, cask #369683, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 9 yo 2013/2023 (48%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Elixir Distillers, Reserve Casks, refill butt, parcel 12)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 11 yo 2012/2024 (57.3%, Single Cask Nation, 1st fill American oak sherry hogshead, cask #160359, 275 bottles)</p>
    <p>Book: Not Your Average Joe</p>
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  <title>A small trio of Bladnoch</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-trio-of-Bladnoch.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bladnoch ‘Dragon Series I - The Field’ (46.7%, OB, Rare Release, Refill Bourbon, 2,000 bottles, +/-2024)</p>  
    <p>Bladnoch 15 yo 2007/2022 ‘Vibrant Stills’ (56.6%, OB, first fill Californian red wine cask, cask #705, 250 bottles)</p>  
    <p>Bladnoch 19 yo ‘2023 Release’ (46.7%, OB, PX sherry butts)</p>  
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Whiskies from around a reshuffled world</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Whiskies-from-around-a-reshuffled-world.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Cormeil ‘Peated Single Malt’ (43%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Domaine des Hautes-Glaces 2018/2024 ‘Episteme B17CS24’ (57.3%, OB for LMDW Foundations, France, Parcelle Vulson, cask #1678)</p>
        <p>Millstone 12 yo 2010/2022 (53.2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, Netherlands, PX, 656 bottles)</p>
        <p>Haran 12 yo ‘Traditional’ (40%, OB, Spain, Iberian oak cask, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Sherishor 12 yo ‘Moscatel de Pasas’ (54.3%, OB, Spain, 1,400 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Morris of Rutherglen ‘Sherry Barrel’ (46%, Australia, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Elch Whisky ‘Torfduett – Auflage 5’ (50.6%, OB, Germany, 2024)</p>
        <p>Kimchangsoo ‘Gimpo - The First Edition 2024’ (50.1%, OB, South Korea)</p>
        <p>Domaine des Hautes-Glaces 2016/2024 (56.3%, Swell de Spirits, France, vin jaune, cask #234, 202 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A little trio of recent official Scapa</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-little-trio-of-recent-official-Scapa.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Scapa 10 yo (48%, OB, American oak, 2024)</p>
    <p>Scapa 16 yo (48%, OB, American oak, 2024)</p>
    <p>Scapa 21 yo (52.9%, OB, American oak, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Some Irish whiskies to celebrate St Patrick's Day</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-Irish-whiskies-to-celebrate-St-Patricks-Day.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Tullamore Dew ‘Cider Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, Irish blend, 50cl, +/-2024?)</p>
        <p>Green Spot ‘Finished in Zinfandel Château Montelena’ (46%, OB, Irish single pot still, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Bushmills 10 yo ‘Vino Dulce Reserve’ (43%, OB, Irish single malt, 2024)</p>
        <p>Gold Spot 13 yo (46%, OB, Irish single pot still, Generations Edition, 2024)</p>
        <p>Waterford ‘Micro Cuvée Racines’ (50%, OB, Irish single malt, Foundations, 2024)</p>
        <p>Dingle 2015/2024 (59.4%, OB, Irish single malt, Kirsch Import, oloroso, 348 bottles)</p>
        <p>Dingle ‘Single Malt Small Batch 5’ (46.5%, OB, Irish single malt, bourbon, PX & Madeira, 30,000 bottles, 2020)</p>
        <p>Teeling 15 yo (50%, OB, Irish single grain, 2023)</p>
        <p>Knappogue Castle 20 yo 2002/2022 (51.9%, LMDW Singapore, Ex-Libris, ‘Invisible Harps’, Irish single malt, cask #61910)</p>
        <p>Redbreast 25 yo 1997/2024 (57.6%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, cream sherry butt finish, cask #14143, 534 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bushmills 32 yo 1991/2024 (43.4%, Lucky Choice & The Auld Alliance, barrel, cask #8393, 96 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>More rums, looking for malternatives</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/More-rums-looking-for-malternatives.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Kirk & Sweeney ‘Gran Reserva Superior’ (40%, OB, Dominican Republic, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Chairman’s Reserve ‘The Forgotten Casks’ (40%, OB, St. Lucia, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Père Labat ‘Réserve familiale’ (42%, OB, Marie-Galante, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Rhum J.M 9 yo 2014/2024 (54.8%, OB, Martinique, agricole, LMDW Foundations, cask #170350, 257 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bonne Mère 3 yo (52%, Vagabond Spirits & Multiverres Spirits, Harmony, Guadeloupe, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>TDL 21 yo 2002/2024 (54%, Valinch & Mallet, Trinidad, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 1 yo 'LROK' (64.6%, OB, La Maison & Velier, The 8 Marks Collection, Jamaica, ex-bourbon, 20cl, 2024)</p>
    <p>HD 2000/2024 (52%, The Whisky Jury, Jamaica, refill barrels, casks #42, 48, 75, 173 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Honourable amends: A small trio of young Glencadam</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Honourable-amends-A-small-trio-of-young-Glencadam.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glencadam ‘Origin 1825’ (40%, OB, The Rather Elegant, +/-2017)</p>
    <p>Glencadam 9 yo ‘A Dream of Scotland’ (52.6%, Brühler Whiskyhaus, bourbon, cask #287, 2020)</p>
    <p>Glencadam 10 yo 2012/2022 (59.8%, OB, bourbon barrel, cask #3686, 256 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>A few disguised Scottish malts</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-disguised-Scottish-malts.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Secret Speyside 14 yo 2008/2023 (55.6%, Tri Carragh, second fill sherry hogshead, 305 bottles)</p>
        <p>Secret Speyside 13 yo 2008/2022 (52.3%, Roger’s Whisky Co., bourbon cask, cask #41, 283 bottles)</p>
        <p>Secret Speyside 15 yo 2007/2022 (51.8%, The Whisky Agency for Tiffany’s New York Bar and Hong Kong Whisky Festival, hogshead, 120 bottles)</p>
        <p>Distilled at a Speyside Distillery 15 yo 2009/2024 (54.9%, Watt Whisky, hogshead, 318 bottles)</p>
        <p>A Speyside Distillery 13 yo 2009/2023 (53.2%, Duckhammer’s for Wu Dram Clan, hogshead, cask #200929, 326 bottles)</p>
        <p>Speyside Region 27 yo 1991/2018 (48.5%, Whisky-Fässle, hogshead)</p>
        <p>Speyside 25 yo 1998/2023 ‘Elderly Elvis Tilting #2’ (55.4%, Dramfool, bourbon barrel, cask #4406979, 246 bottles)</p>
        <p>Secret Highland Distillery 11 yo 2012/2024 (53.3%, Acla Selection, Ski Ladies, refill butt, cask #62491)</p>
        <p>Highlands 12 yo (40%, Canmore, Charles Edge London, bourbon & sherry, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Secret Highland Malt 21 yo 2000/2022 (54%, Liquid Treasures, peated bourbon hogshead, cask #63, 319 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Dalmore and some red wine</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Dalmore-and-some-red-wine.html</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Dalmore ‘Cigar Malt Reserve’ (44%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Dalmore 12 yo 2012/2024 (55.8%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, butt + Barolo finish, cask #3577, 304 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
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    <title>A lovely little bag of eight Bowmore</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-lovely-little-bag-of-eight-Bowmore.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Bowmore 12 yo ‘Sherry Oak Cask’ (40%, OB, 2024)</p>
        <p>Bowmore 8 yo 2016/2024 (46%, Douglas Laing Provenance, refill barrel, cask #DL19081, 316 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bowmore 10 yo ‘Inspired by the Devil’s Casks Series’ (46%, OB, oloroso sherry casks & red wine barriques, travel retail, +/-2017)</p>
        <p>Bowmore 21 yo 2001/2023 ‘Guianova’ (50.8%, The Antelope Macau for Casky 5th Anniversary, refill barrel, cask #80011716, 167 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bowmore 26 yo 1997/2024 (52.8%, The Antelope 5th Anniversary, refill hogshead, cask #161221, 198 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bowmore 27 yo 1997/2024 (53.1%, Tri Carragh, release 06, butt, 144 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bowmore 35 yo 1989/2024 (50.1%, Douglas Laing, Xtra Old Particular, The Queen & King Black Diamond Collection, refill hogshead, cask #188391, 238 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bowmore 1974/1990 (43%, Moon Import, The Birds II, 600 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>WF’s Little Duos, today young Aberlour</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-young-Aberlour.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Aberlour 12 yo 'Double Cask Matured' (40%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Aberlour ‘A’bunadh Batch #80’ (61%, OB, Spanish oloroso butts, 2023)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
    <title>About ten spring rums with plenty great ones</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/About-ten-spring-rums-with-plenty-great-ones.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Guatemala Rum ‘Gran Reserva’ (40%, Rum Nation, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>The Duppy Share ‘XO’ (40%, OB, Barbados, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Beenleigh 7 yo ‘Platypus Edition’ (43%, FRC, Australia, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Cargo Cult ‘Navy Strength Batch No.1’ (54.5%, Small Batch Spirits Company, blended rum, Australia, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Montebello 8 yo ‘Batch Année 2022’ (42%, OB, Guadeloupe, agricole)</p>
        <p>Uitvlugt 26 yo 1998/2024 (51.6%, Silver Seal, Guyana, cask #V44-24, 210 bottles)</p>
        <p>Mhoba 2020 ‘WR1’ (55%, OB, South Africa, for Navigate World Whisky, South Africa, bourbon, 241 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>SVN 2003/2025 (61.3%, Vagabond Spirits, Silva Collection, Réunion, 240 bottles)</p>
        <p>Savanna 14 yo 2008/2024 (65.1%, Swell de Spirits, Wild Card series, Réunion, cask #699, 240 bottles)</p>
        <p>Clarendon 13 yo 2010/2024 (56.6%, Valinch & Mallet, The Spirit of Art, Jamaica, cask #432920, 334 bottles)</p>
        <p>High scores and stuff</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today stunning recent Glen Elgin</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-stunning-recent-Glen-Elgin.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Elgin 11 yo 2013/2024 (55.3%, Watt Whisky, hogshead, 170 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 33 yo 1991/2024 (54.2%, Signatory Vintage, Symington’s Choice, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #4073, 529 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A barrow full of American whiskies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-barrow-full-of-American-whiskies.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Elvis The King (45%, Grain & Barrel Spirits, USA, Tennessee Straight Rye Whiskey, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Woodford Reserve ‘2024 Holiday Edition’ (43.2%, OB, USA, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey)</p>
    <p>Texas Legation ‘Batch 2’ (46.2%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, USA, bourbon whiskey, 5,000 bottles, 2018)</p>
    <p>Yellowstone 6 yo (50%, OB, USA, 150th Anniversary, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 2022)</p>
    <p>Makers Mark ‘Cellar Aged Release 2024’ (59.65%, OB, USA)</p>
    <p>Kentucky Bourbon 6 yo 2018/2025 (60%, Fadandel, USA, cask #23, 229 bottles)</p>
    <p>FEW ‘Bottled in Bond – Paul Hletko Selection’ (50%, OB, USA, for South Africa, Navigate World Whisky, Chicago straight bourbon whiskey, cask #18-2213, 2024)</p>
    <p>Willett 8 yo ‘Family Estate Bourbon’ (62.9%, OB, USA, for LMDW Singapore, cask #13059)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Twelve Springbank, vertically and in two parts, part two</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Twelve-Springbank-vertically-and-in-two-parts-part-two.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 29 yo 1993/2022 (46.4%, Animal Spirits, 1st Anniversary, hogshead, cask #95, 207 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 30 yo 1994/2024 (48.6%, Distilia with Robert Bauer, The Sins, Envy, cask #94, 112 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 30 yo 1994/2024 (48.8%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, Chapter Seven, refill sherry hogshead, 247 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 30 yo 1994/2024 (43.1%, Royal Mile Whiskies exclusive, refill hogshead, cask #27, 214 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 1992/2024 (46.3%, Douglas Laing, Xtra Old Particular, Black Series, refill hogshead, cask #DL18281, 176 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 1993/2015 (54.7%, OB, Private Bottling, Whiskyfreunde Essenheim, fresh sherry butt, cask #412, 144 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
    <title>Twelve Springbank, vertically and in two parts</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Twelve-Springbank-vertically-and-in-two-parts.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Springbank 10 yo (46%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Springbank 10 yo 1990/2000 (43%, Blackadder, cask #102, 397 bottles)</p>
        <p>Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB, sherry, 2024)</p>
        <p>Springbank 23 yo 2000/2024 (52.5%, The Antelope Macau, 5th Anniversary, refill hogshead, 151 bottles)</p>
        <p>Springbank 26 yo 1998/2024 (56.2%, North Star Spirit, Obscurities & Curiosities, first fill sherry butt)</p>
        <p>Springbank 29 yo 1994/2024 (50.1%, North Star Spirit, Obscurities & Curiosities, refill hogshead)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Port Charlotte Case, Part 8</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Port-Charlotte-Case-Part-8.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Charlotte 8 yo 2008/2017 (57.6%, Maltbarn, Château Margaux cask, 169 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 14 yo 2004/2022 (59.7%, Rest & Be Thankful, LMDW Antipodes, sherry cask, cask #R08/258-13, 223 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 12 yo 2008/2021 (59.9%, OB, Private Cask, Åbrest habn, bourbon barrel, cask #3172, 206 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 15 yo 2001/2018 (58.3%, Dramfool, Islay Whisky Festival 2018, hogshead, cask #0847, 195 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 14 yo 2003/2017 (60%, Whisky Broker for Tjaerdalen, refill sherry, cask #857, 372 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 10 yo 2001/2011 (61.5%, OB, Private Bottling for Marc Segers, rum barrel, cask #253, 236 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A few more rums on this beautiful Sunday</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-more-rums-on-this-beautiful-Sunday.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ingenio La Cabana 7 yo (43%, Cane Island, El Salvador, American white oak, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Dictador ‘Platinum’ (40%, OB, Colombia, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Centenario ‘30 Solera Edición Limitada’ (40%, OB, rum, Costa Rica, decanter, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Karukera ‘Black Edition Alligator’ (45%, OB, Guadeloupe, agricole, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 22 yo 1999/2022 (61%, The Colours of Rum, Barbados, Edition No.14, 210 bottles)</p>
    <p>T.C.R.L. 8 yo 2014/2023 (49.6%, Transcontinental Rum Line for The Navigator NWW, Fiji, cask #F14WP24, 240 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caroni 1994/2019-2024 (58%, Velier, Rum Paradise #8, ‘Guyana Heavy Trinidad’, Trinidad)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 23 yo 2001/2024 ‘MLC’ (51.5%, Plantation, for LMDW Foundations, Jamaica, 300 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Port Charlotte Case, Part 7</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Port-Charlotte-Case-Part-7.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Charlotte 13 yo 2007/2020 (60.5%, The Whisky Baron, fresh Vosne-Romanée barrique, cask #003, 265 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 14 yo 2004/2019 (53.4%, Dramfool, Feis Ile 2019, first fill sherry hogshead, 299 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 10 yo 2001/2011 (57.8%, The Stillman’s, sherry hogshead, 317 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 20 yo 2003/2023 (56.5%, Islay Sponge ‘IV’, refill hogshead, 241 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 2004/2019 (51.6%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon barrel, cask #MoS19014, 267 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Port Charlotte Case, Part 6</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Port-Charlotte-Case-Part-6.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Port Charlotte 10 yo 2011/2021 (62.3%, Sansibar, bourbon, 235 bottles)</p>
        <p>Port Charlotte 16 yo 2001/2017 (59.7%, Archives, barrel, cask #278, 212 bottles)</p>
        <p>Port Charlotte 17 yo 2001/2018 (53.3%, Maltbarn, bourbon, 155 bottles)</p>
        <p>Port Charlotte 12 yo 2003/2016 (60.4%, OB for Les Passionnés du Malt, fresh fill bourbon, cask #816, 241 bottles)</p>
        <p>Port Charlotte 16 yo 2005/2022 (54.6%, Rest & Be Thankful, ex-wine hogshead, cask #1577, 272 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Port Charlotte Case, Part 5</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Port-Charlotte-Case-Part-5.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Charlotte 15 yo 2004/2019 (48.3%, Orcines, The Whisky Lodge, bourbon barrel, cask #864, 188 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 8 yo 2009/2018 (64.2%, Artful Dodger Whisky Collective, Sauternes cask, cask #1063, 398 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 10 yo 2005/2015 (60.7%, Strange Ways, for HNWS Taiwan, Madeira cask, cask #2005001572, 303 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 17 yo 2002/2020 (57.1%, WhiskySponge, 1st fill bourbon, 220 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 18 yo 2003/2021 (57.1%, WhiskySponge, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 197 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Whiskies of the world</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Whiskies-of-the-world.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Moon Harbour ‘Dock 1’ (45.8%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Prohibited Ley Seca 3 yo (40%, OB, Mexico, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Bivrost ‘Yggdrasil 2024’ (46%, OB, Norway, sherry and STR, 9,009 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ki.One ‘Batch 2’ (40%, OB, South Korea, bourbon, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Braunstein 2010/2023 ‘The Dentist’s Choice’ (50.1%, OB, Denmark, oloroso sherry, cask #170829.317)</p>
    <p>Smögen 10 yo (57.1%, Decadent Drams, Sweden, 166 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Bimber ‘Winston the Statesman’ (57.9%, OB, England, Shoulders of Giants, Spanish oloroso, cask #473, 302 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 21 yo 2003/2024 (53.4%, The Finest Malts, City Landmarks, bourbon barrel, cask #664)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 14 yo 2001/2016 (46%, The Cooper’s Choice, bourbon cask, cask #1016, 350 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 20 yo 2001/2021 (54.9%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 135 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 19 yo 2004/2024 (59.1%, Rest & Be Thankful, LMDW Foundation, Rare Collection, oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #R082580014)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 16 yo 2006/2023 ‘Rock’ndaal’ (50%, OB, Feis Ile 2023, Refill Wine and Sherry butt, 2500 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A few more rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-more-rums.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Kirk and Sweeney ‘Gran Reserva’ (40%, OB, Dominican Republic, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Cartavio ‘XO’ (40%, OB, Peru, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Patridom 12 yo ‘Seleccion Exclusiva’ (40%, OB, Dominican Republic, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Saint James 18 yo (43%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Samai 3 yo 2018/2022 (53.2%, OB, for La Maison du Whisky Singapore, Cambodia, French oak, cask #SAM18FO36)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 17 yo 2006 (58.83%, North Coast Distillers, Pinball series, Barbados, 2nd fill bourbon barrel, cask #43, 243 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chairman’s Reserve 14 yo 2009/2025 (58.3%, OB, Wu Dram Clan, St Lucia, ex-bourbon, cask #0139112009)</p>
    <p>Caroni 26 yo 1998 (58.3%, Whisky Concerto, refill American oak)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Whiskyfun: (Not quite) Live From Japan - Part 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Whiskyfun-Not-quite-Live-From-Japan-Part-2.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Michel Couvreur 31 yo 1967 ‘Very Sherried Single Single’ (56%, OB, sherry)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 27 yo 1962/1989 (46%, Cadenhead Dumpy)</p>
    <p>Brora 23 yo 1981 (46% First Cask, cask #1556)</p>
    <p>Glenburgie 1963/2003 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, licensed bottling, sherry)</p>
    <p>Ben Wyvis 27 yo 1972 (45.9%, OB for Japan, cask #745, 187 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 5 yo 2019/2024 (56.2%, OB, cask #170, 1st fill ex-rye octave, 82 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 39 yo 1969/2009 ‘Book of Kells’ (58.9%, Gordon & MacPhail for Mash Tun, Kask Tokyo and Japan Import System, cask #5298, refill sherry butt, 460 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 1970/1993 'West Highland Malt - Local Barley' (46%, OB, cask #1767, 280 bottles)</p>
    <p>Shizuoka 2019/2023 (55.5%, OB Private Cask, cask #438, bourbon, 60 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 2016/2024 (61%, OB, cask #5967, bourbon barrel, 177 bottles)</p>
    <p>Yamazakura Asaka 6 yo 2018/2024 (61%, OB ‘Ghost Series No.22 for Aloha Whisky Bar’, cask #6222, 2nd fill bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 14 yo (75 proof, Gordon & MacPhail for Block Grey & Block, early 1970s)</p>
    <p>Laggan Mill 7 yo 2006/2013 (55.5%, Cooper’s Choice for Shinanoya, sherry hogshead, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Inchgower 25 yo 1998/2024 (48%, Club Qing for Edward Zeng, two bourbon barrels, 193 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 2014/2023 (61.4%, OB for Michiel Wigman, cask #3416, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 166 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>The Port Charlotte Case, Part 3</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Port-Charlotte-Case-Part-3.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Charlotte 21 yo 2001/2022 (48.7%, Vintage Bottlers, rum barrel, cask #260, 259 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 18 yo 2004/2022 (52.7%, Dramfool, first fill bourbon, 207 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 15 yo 2004/2020 (51.9%, The Whisky Agency for KHK, Malt Cask &amp; Dadi Liquor, sherry hogshead, cask #1217, 90 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 15 yo 2001/2017 (58.6%, Blackadder, Raw Cask, sherry, cask #888, 266 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 15 yo 2007/2023 (57.7%, Rest &amp; Be Thankful, sherry butt, cask #1585, 864 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>The Port Charlotte Case, Part 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Port-Charlotte-Case-Part-2.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Charlotte 21 yo 2001/2022 (55.7%, Malt Grain & Cane, Miles Whisky Bar, rum barrel, cask #263, 168 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 13 yo 2009/2022 (60.3%, Rest & Be Thankful, bourbon barrel, cask #511, 225 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 15 yo 2002/2017 ‘Double Wood’ (59.4%, Private Cask Kjell Öberg, hogshead, reracked in a Haut-Brion hogshead, cask #0002, 267 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 21 yo 2003/2024 (53.4%, Acla Selection, Ski Ladies, barrel, cask #664)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 17 yo 2002/2020 (52.3%, The Cask Whisperer, Jim McEwan's Private Stock, French red wine cask, 218 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>The Port Charlotte Case, Part 1</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Port-Charlotte-Case-Part-1.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Charlotte 9 yo 2002/2011 (63.5%, OB, Valinch Prediction, Château La Tour, cask #130, 450 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 12 yo 2002/2015 (55.8%, The Whisky Barrel, Burns Malt, Gran Callejo wine, cask #1164)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 12 yo 2003/2016 (61.1%, Blackadder, Raw Cask, sherry, cask #622, 284 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 22 yo 2001/2024 (51.7%, Lucky Choice & Anchor, hogshead, cask #4130)</p>
    <p>Port Charlotte 16 yo 2007/2024 (62.4%, Dramfool’s Jim McEwan Signature Collection, first fill Vosne-Romanée barrique, cask #5, 258 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
    <title>Some Whiskies from Around the World, Once Again</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Some-Whiskies-from-Around-the-World.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Trésor Légendaire (44%, OB, Marcel Cabelier, France, Vin Jaune finish, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Starward ‘Left-Field’ (40%, OB, Australia, French red wine barrels, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Signal Hill (40%, OB, blend, Canada, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Paul John ‘Roulette’ (40%, OB, blend, India, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Indri 11 yo ‘Founder’s Reserve’ (58.5%, OB, India, 1,100 decanters, 2024)</p>
        <p>Indri ‘Diwali Collector’s Edition 2024’ (58.5%, OB, India, peated sherry cask, cask #90)</p>
        <p>Thy ‘Spelt-Rye’ (48.5%, OB, Denmark, new American oak, 2,900 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>The Nine Springs 7 yo 2017/2024 (59.8%, OB, Germany, acacia cask finish, 300 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Glengoyne NAS</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Glengoyne-NAS.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glengoyne ‘White Oak’ (48%, OB, First Fill Bourbon & Virgin American Oak, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glengoyne 'Cask Strength Batch 010' (59.5%, OB, 1st Fill oloroso, refill & bourbon barrel, 2023)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A few fairly common rums and some true rarities</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-fairly-common-rums-and-some-true-rarities.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Reimonenq ‘Première Cuvée’ (40%, OB, agricole, Guadeloupe, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>HSE ‘VSOP Port Cask Finish’ (45%, OB, agricole, Martinique, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Don Papa ‘Sherry Cask Finish’ (45%, OB, Philippines, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Dictador ‘XO Insolent’ (40%, OB, Colombia, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Neisson 2018/2024 ‘Straight From The Barrel’ (58.2%, OB, LMDW Singapore, 18th Anniversary, agricole, Martinique, cask #264, 241 bottles)</p>
    <p>T.D.L. 22 yo 2003/2025 (55.2%, Wu Dram Clan, Trinidad, bourbon barrel, 242 bottles)</p>
    <p>La Réunion 7 yo 2017/2024 (60.9%, Spirit of the Day, 325 bottles)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 2006/2024 (58.1%, Precious Liquors, for Versus France, cask #4, 250 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cuban Rum 67 yo 1955/2023 (46.3%, Lucky Choice & HanShes, drum, cask #1/1955, 78 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Whiskyfun: Live From Japan – Part 1</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Whiskyfun-Live-From-Japan-Part-1.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Chichibu 'Japan Airlines Exclusive' (50%, OB, 400 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas ‘108’ 12 yo 2012/2024 (61.6%, OB for The Highlander Inn Chichibu, cask #2216, 1st fill sherry butt, 613 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 14 yo 2009/2023 (53.3%, Club Qing, cask #806925, 1st fill sherry hogshead, 254 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 16 yo 1980 (46%, First Cask for Direct Wines, cask #89/589/44)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 15 yo 1980/1996 (62.5%, Cadenhead ‘Authentic Collection’)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 20 yo 1982/2002 (61.7%, Anderson & Mortimer Private Reserve, sherry)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Today Millburn for Valentine's Day</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-Millburn-For-Valentines-Day.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Millburn 12 yo 1983/1996 (59.1%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>Millburn 1981/2006 (46%, Mackillop’s Choice, sherry wood, cask #355)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A few Macduff. Twelve, actually</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-Macduff-Twelve-actually.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Macduff 12 yo 2011/2024 (48%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Reserve Casks, Elixir Distillers, US exclusive, sherry butts, 3 casks)</p>
    <p>Macduff 12 yo 2009/2021 (55.3%, Timeless & Tasty, Women of Hong Kong, 7th Anniversary Whiskies & More, barrel)</p>
    <p>Macduff 16 yo 2007 (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof Exceptional Cask, 1st fill oloroso butt)</p>
    <p>Macduff 2007/2019 (46%, Scyfion Choice, Ukraine, Apatsagi Pinot Noir finish, 160 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macduff 8 yo 2012/2020 (58%, Asta Morris, sherry cask, cask #AM020, 233 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macduff 1990/2009 (53.1%, Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #1423, 124 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macduff 11 yo 2000/2012 (48.2%, Archives, refill sherry, cask #5803, 90 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macduff 11 yo 2008/2019 (52.1%, Whisky Passion for Spirits Salon, Taiwan, octave, cask #58224)</p>
    <p>Macduff 11 yo 2000/2011 (54.8%, Whisky-Doris, refill sherry butt, 246 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macduff 2000/2010 (58.7%, Reifferscheid, Romantic Rhine Collection, sherry octave, 95 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macduff 12 yo 2007/2019 (47%, Single Cask Collection, bourbon hogshead, cask #11270, 374 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macduff 37 yo 1973/2010 (46%, Mo Or collection, bourbon hogshead, release #22, 281 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macduff 21 yo 2003/2024 (58%, Berry Bros. & Rudd for The Whisky Exchange, sherry butt, cask #900025, 358 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A little trio of Aberfeldies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-little-trio-of-Aberfeldies.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Aberfeldy 12 yo ‘Madeira Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, travel retail, 2023)</p>
    <p>Aberfeldy 15 yo ‘Cadillac Sémillon Wine Cask Finish’ (43%, OB, 2023)</p>
    <p>Aberfeldy 10 yo 2013/2024 (48.2%, Signatory Vintage, Small Batch Edition #10, oloroso sherry)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Very young indie Tullibardine and quite some red wine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Very-young-indie-Tullibardine-and-quite-some-red-wine.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tullibardine 5 yo 2015/2021 (51.7%, Silent Ambassador, Port Pipe, cask #105, 270 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tullibardine 7 yo 2015/2022 (64.4%, Whisky Navi, first fill Burgundy barrique, cask #656393, 255 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today sherried Speyburn</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-sherried-Speyburn.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Speyburn 16 yo 2007/2023 (54.9%, The First Editions, Taiwan, sherry butt, cask #HL20323, 582 bottles)</p>
    <p>Speyburn 15 yo 2008/2024 (60.2%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, first fill sherry butt, cask #552, 644 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A few anthological old Cognacs for this Sunday</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-anthological-old-Cognacs-for-this-Sunday.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Prunier ‘Rare Blended Cognac’ (52.9%, Swell de Spirits, 450 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Marie Foucher ‘Lot 75 – L’esprit Nomade’ (50.18%, Malternative Belgium, Fins Bois, 324 bottles)</p>
    <p>François Voyer ‘Lot 77 – Monsieur Doute’ (48.7%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 214 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Lot n°73’ (50.8%, Spirit of the Day x Spirit Gallery, Grande Champagne, 197 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Grosperrin – Bertandeau ‘Lot 71 – La Bonne cause’ (52.9%, Malternative Belgium, Petite Champagne, 323 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Paul Beau ‘Lot 70 – En Danseuse’ (43.11%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 290 bottles, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
    <title>Dongwei Distillery and Lyle Lovett</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Dongwei-Distillery-and-Lyle-Lovett.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Dongwei (63.9%, OB, cask #C.01, 2nd fill barrel, bottled 2024, 106 bottles)</p>
        <p>Dongwei (62.8%, OB, cask #C.15, bourbon, bottled 2024, 109 bottles)</p>
        <p>Dongwei (62.8%, OB, cask #C.22, STR barrique, bottled 2024, 152 bottles)</p>
        <p>Dongwei (66.9%, OB, cask #C.31, Mongolian oak, bottled 2024, 126 bottles)</p>
        <p>Dongwei (62.3%, OB, cask #C.19, 1st fill bourbon, bottled 2024, 118 bottles)</p>
        <p>Dongwei (63.3%, OB, peated, cask #C.28, ex-rye cask, bottled 2024, 146 bottles)</p>
        <p>Lyle Lovett Cadogan Hall, London, Saturday 25th January</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Glen Spey is back</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Glen-Spey-is-back.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glen Spey 14 yo 2008/2023 (46%, Murray McDavid, Benchmark, 1st fill oloroso finish, 1231 bottles)</p>
        <p>Glen Spey 14 yo 2009/2024 (55.9%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Glens & Valleys, hogshead, cask #804619, 267 bottles)</p>
        <p>Glen Spey 7 yo 2016/2024 (58.9%, DH Global Spirits for Erised, Connoisseurs Dram, 1st fill oloroso octave, cask #706131A, 87 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A BenRiach-tacular session, Part Three and Last</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-BenRiach-tacular-session-Part-Three-and-Last.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benriach 12 yo (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, bourbon then Sauternes, 2023)</p>
    <p>Benriach 13 yo 2010/2023 (59.9%, James Eadie, 1st fill Marsala hogshead finish, cask #354549, 302 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 12 yo 2005/2018 (57.6%, OB for Independent Spirit, Pedro Ximenez butt, cask #6926, 636 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 25 yo 1997/2023 (54.1%, OB, Cask Edition, LMDW New Vibrations, Rum barrel, cask #7779, 196 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 27 yo 1996/2023 (42.9%, Milroy’s Vintage Reserve, hogshead, cask #43214, 221 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 28 yo 1994/2022 (53.6%, OB, Cask Edition, LMDW, Virgin oak hogshead, cask #8127)</p>
    <p>Benriach 30 yo 1991/2021 (47.8%, Càrn Mor for HNWS Taiwan, Celebration of the Cask, bourbon barrel, cask #18583, 145 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 23 yo 1984/2008 (54.2%, The Single Malts of Scotland, hogshead, cask #194, 214 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A BenRiach-tacular session, Part Two</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-BenRiach-tacular-session-Part-Two.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benriach 1996/2015 (43%, Jean Boyer, Best Cask of Scotland, Re-Coopered Hogsheads)</p>
    <p>Benriach 22 yo 2000/2022 (62.1%, SCSM, China, sherry butt, cask #25618, 246 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 12 yo 2009/2021 (59.8%, OB for LMDW, Conquête, Cask Edition, peated Port pipe, cask #4834, 766 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 26 yo 1997/2023 (57.1%, The Duchess, Game & Wildlife Series, PX finish, cask #7355)</p>
    <p>Benriach 26 yo 1997/2023 (61.2%, The Whisky Blues, hogshead, cask #7336, 165 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 23 yo 1997/2020 (50.7%, The Whisky Agency, ‘Keep Going’, sherry butt, 427 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 24 yo 1997/2021 (52.9%, Whisky-Fässle, hogshead)</p>
    <p>Benriach 25 yo 1996/2021 (45.6%, Liquid Treasures, hogshead, 246 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 33 yo 1991/2024 (55.9%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, second-fill sherry casks, 118 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 28 yo 1976/2005 (53.7%, OB, hogshead, cask #8081, 189 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A BenRiach-tacular session, Part One</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-BenRiach-tacular-session-Part-One.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benriach 7 yo 2013/2020 (46%, Whisky Is The Limit, 1st fill Banyuls barrique, cask #121A, 534 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 2013/2022 ‘Malting Season Second Edition’ (48.9%, OB, first fill bourbon cask)</p>
    <p>Benriach 8 yo 2012/2020 (56%, Vintage Malt Whisky Co., exclusive for Taiwan, Hot Malt Art Series, bourbon barrel, cask #800215, 246 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 11 yo 2008/2020 (58%, Dràm Mor, cask #196, 87 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benriach 8 yo 2013 (55.3%, The Stillman’s, La Table de Urs Hauri Selection, Switzerland, +/-2021)</p>
    <p>Benriach 12 yo 2010/2022 (62.1%, Fadandel, refill hogshead, cask #3667)</p>
    <p>Benriach 15 yo 2008/2023 (51.9%, The Whisky Exchange, The Seasons – Summer, hogshead, cask #47387)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Mannochmore again</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Mannochmore-once-more.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Mannochmore 8 yo 2015/2023 (58.9%, Whisky AGE, STR barrel, 266 bottles)</p>
        <p>Mannochmore 11 yo 2012/2024 (60.2%, Signatory Vintage, Whisky Club Nantais, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #120, 654 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>It's Sunday it’s Cognac day</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/It-s-Sunday-it-s-Cognac-day.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Château de Triac 'Reserve de la Famille' (40%, OB, Tiffon, cognac, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Mauxion Sélection ‘XO’ (52.9%, OB for Wine4you, Grande Champagne, 150 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>French Brandy 30 yo 1990/2024 (46.3%, WhiskyNerds, Grande Champagne, cask #36, 169 bottles)</p>
    <p>François Voyer ‘Lot 90 - L’Âge de ma Femme’ (47.8%, Malternatives Belgium, Grande Champagne, 402 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>La Prenellerie ‘Lot 90’ (52.4%, Authentic Spirits, Bons Bois, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>We're setting off again on a journey around the world of whisky</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/We're-setting-off-again-on-a-journey-around-the-world-of-whisky.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Domaine de la Pèze 2021/2024 ‘Moyssou 2020’ (46%, OB, France, ex-cognac cask)</p>
    <p>Mackmyra ‘Vision 1999’ (45.2%, OB, Sweden, 25th Anniversary Edition, new Swedish oak, bourbon, and PX, 2024)</p>
    <p>Macaloney’s ‘Kildara Batch 1’ (46%, OB, Canada, Signature Collection, 611 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>Laizhou ‘Blender Inaugural Edition’ (43%, OB, China, single blend, 1,999 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Daiking ‘Double Cask’ (51%, OB, China, bourbon and oloroso sherry, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Bimber ‘Chopin the Composer’ (52.0%, OB, England, Shoulders of Giants, for Poland, fino, cask #513/28, 328 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>St. Kilian 2017-2021/2024 ‘Signature Edition Fourteen’ (49.8%, OB, Germany, 4,260 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hellyers Road 21 yo 2002/2024 (62.4%, OB for La Maison du Whisky & Kirsch Import, Australia, American oak, cask #3093.04)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>WF’s Little Duos, Today the Return of Benromach</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WFs-Little-Duos-Today-the-Return-of-Benromach.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benromach 2012/2024 ‘Contrast: High Enzyme’ (46%, OB, first fill bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Benromach 20 yo 2003/2024 (56.7%, LMDW, Artist #14, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #666, 172 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A little bag of blended malts</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-little-bag-of-blended-malts.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Monkey Shoulder ‘Batch 27’ (40%, OB, William Grant & Sons, blended malt, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Speyside Blended Malt 12 yo ‘Famille Dupont’ (52.7%, Mossburn, Cask Collaboration Series, calvados finish, 2024)</p>
    <p>The Bad Na H-Achlaise (46%, Badachro Distillery, Tuscan oak, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Ben & Sherry 6 yo (57.1%, Watt Whisky, blended malt, butt, 282 bottles)</p>
    <p>Crimson Casks (46%, Compass Box, blended malt, 2024)</p>
    <p>Blended Malt 23 yo 2001/2024 (45.1%, Decadent Drams, Decadent Drinks)</p>
    <p>Glen Avon 30 yo (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Avonside, +/-1990)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Back to Japan, with glory and panache!</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Back-to-Japan-with-glory-and-panache.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Togouchi ‘Misty’ (48%, OB, Stillman’s Selection, Japan, 2024)</p>
    <p>Sakurao ‘Sherry Cask’ (50%, OB, Stillman’s Selection, Japan, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 9 yo 2015/2024 ‘Daikokuten’ (61.9%, OB, Spirits of Salud, 7even Gods of Fortune, second fill bourbon barrel, cask #4664, 187 bottles)</p>
    <p>Yamazaki 20 yo 1986/2006 ‘Owner’s Cask’ (60%, OB, La Maison du Whisky 50th Anniversary, Butt/Mizunara, cask #6G5029, 405 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1976/2010 (63.6%, OB, LMDW/Whisky Live Paris, first fill sherry butt, cask #7818, 554 bottles)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 1970/2011 (59.1%, OB, La Maison du Whisky, bourbon barrel, cask #1985, 181 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>One of the most recent Longrows versus one of the oldest</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/One-of-the-most-recent-Longrows-versus-one-of-the-oldest.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Longrow 7 yo ‘Red’ (57.1%, OB, Pinot Noir cask, 10,000 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Longrow 1973 ‘First Distillation - Last Cask’ (43.2%, OB, cask #1723, +/-1990)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>More Grand Armagnacs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/More-grand-armagnacs.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Hontambère 2013/2024 (49.8%, OB, Rare Armagnac Collection, Ténarèze, cask #A24)</p>
    <p>Château de Laubade 2006/2022 (52.9%, OB, Bas-armagnac, cask #F1994-071, chai #1, tirage #1)</p>
    <p>Charron 2004/2024 (51.3%, Grape of the Art, cask #95, 256 bottles)</p>
    <p>Uby 18 yo ‘XL’ (43%, OB for Wine4you, Bas-armagnac, 2013)</p>
    <p>Sourdois 1986/2024 (51%, Poh! Spirits, Bas-armagnac)</p>
    <p>Lasalle Baqué 1982/2024 (48.6%, Poh! Spirits, Ténarèze)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Baraillon 1976-1979/2024 (42%, OB, Bas-armagnac for Passion for Whisky)</p>
    <p>Domaine Bellair 1974/2024 (44.9%, L’Encantada for LMDW, Foundations, Bas-armagnac)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Glen Garioch, in the face of Storm Éowyn</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Glen-Garioch-in-the-face-of-Storm-Eowyn.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Garioch 11 yo 2011/2023 (53.2% Hidden Spirits for Rudder, cask #1123, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 267 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 18 yo 2003 (58.3%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 19.50 'A Special Treat', 1st fill barrel, 186 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 31 yo (54.6%, Elixir Distillers 'Macbeth Act One: The Thanes', four bourbon barrels, 600 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 40 yo 1973/2014 (54.3%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, #4297, sherry butt, 138 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Garioch 29 yo 1968/1997 (56.9%, OB, cask #623, sherry hogshead)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Old Rhosdhu</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WF-s-Little-Duos-today-Old-Rhosdhu.html</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Old Rhosdhu 30 yo 1994/2024 (48.6%, Gleann Mor, Rare Find, refill hogshead, cask #229, 321 bottles)</p>
        <p>Old Rhosdhu 29 yo 1993/2022 (50.8%, The Roots, hogshead, 223 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
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<item>
  <title>A small collection of grand Mortlachs, second part</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-collection-of-grand-Mortlachs-second-part.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Mortlach 16 yo 2007/2024 (48.5%, Decadent Drinks, Equinox & Solstice, bourbon hogshead, Summer 2024)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 26 yo 1997/2023 ‘Adversum’ (52.2%, Vintage Bottlers, 1st fill Château Lafite, cask #187207, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 1992/2022 (44.2%, Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS22043, 259 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 32 yo 1991/2023 (54.1%, Signatory Vintage, 35th Anniversary, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #4241, 580 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A Small Collection of Independent Mortlach</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-small-collection-of-independent-Mortlach.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Mortlach 7 yo 2016/2023 (54.7%, The Duchess, Game & Wildlife, matured in PX quarter cask, cask #216A, 189 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 9 yo 2013/2023 (58.4%, Hogshead Import, refill hogshead, 133 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 11 yo 1998/2010 (46%, Hart Bros., Finest Collection, bourbon cask)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 12 yo 2011/2023 (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, refill hogshead, cask # DL 17756, 361 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 15 yo 2008/2023 (52.4%, Whiskyjace, Art Edition No.6, oloroso hogshead)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 15 yo 2008/2023 (51.2%, The First Editions for HNWS Taiwan, oloroso quarter cask, cask #HL19853, 130 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 15 yo 2008/2024 (50.8%, The Whisky Cask, sherry)</p>
    <p>Mortlach 15 yo 1969 (56.3%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, for Germany, 75cl, +/-1985)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
    <title>The world is ours once again</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-world-is-ours-once-again.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Ninkasi 2018/2024 ‘LAB 007’ (51.8%, OB, France, Tokay de Hongrie, cask #101, 162 bottles)</p>
        <p>Sherishòr 12 yo (54%, OB, Spain, ‘pure malt whisky’, 1400 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Exmu 2021/2024 (49.5%, OB, Italy, for Whisky Milano, first fill sherry rundlet, cask #20100-004, 150 bottles)</p>
        <p>St. Kilian ‘Whisky Solera’ (57.6%, OB, Germany, 683 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>St. Kilian 2017/2024 (58.8%, The Whisky Jury, Germany, first fill oloroso, cask #1535, 315 bottles)</p>
        <p>Thy (48%, OB, Denmark, single malt, 2024)</p>
        <p>Caogad Tri 2020/2024 (61.9%, Whisky Werk, Germany, virgin oak, cask #3)</p>
        <p>The Nine Springs (46%, OB, Germany, ex-bourbon, cask #1128)</p>
        <p>Craftbros 2023/2024 ‘IPA Newborn’ (58.3%, OB, South Korea, double matured, first fill oloroso hogshead and new American oak cask, 979 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A trip to China part 1: Laizhou Distillery</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-trip-to-China-part-1-Laizhou-Distillery.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laizhou ‘Blender Inaugural Edition’ (43%, OB, China, single blend, 1,999 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Laizhou ‘Single Malt Inaugural Edition’ (46%, OB, China, single malt, 2024)</p>
    <p>Laizhou 2022 / 2024 (66%, OB, XiangXiu yellow wine, cask sample)</p>
    <p>Laizhou 2022 / 2024 (68%, OB, new Spanish oak medium+ toast, cask sample)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
    <title>Today: Two Little Glencadam - White OB vs Red IB</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Today-two-little-Glencadam-ex-wine-white-OB-vs-red-IB.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glencadam ‘Reserva de Porto Branco - White Port Finish’ (46%, OB, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Glencadam 2012/2022 (47.5%, Malts of Scotland, Innocent Dram, Amarone wine finish, cask #MoS 22041, 563 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Caperdonich on the Tasting Table</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Caperdonich-on-the-Tasting-Table.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Caperdonich 26 yo 1997/2024 (42.7%, Duncan Taylor, The Octave, cask #4137859, 47 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caperdonich 27 yo 1997/2024 (52.7%, Liquid Treasures, 15th Anniversary eSpirits, bourbon barrel, 163 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caperdonich 25 yo 1994/2019 (58.2%, Alambic Classique, Rare & Old Selection, Caroni rum barrel finish, cask #19304, 205 bottles)</p>
    <p>Gone Grant 31 yo 1993/2024 (43.9%, Whisky Sponge, Decadent Drinks, 2nd fill barrel, 230 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Four Very Young Indie Glenglassaugh</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Four-very-young-indie-Glenglassaugh.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenglassaugh 8 yo 2015/2024 (46%, Cadenhead’s Original Collection, bourbon barrels)</p>
    <p>Glenglassaugh 9 yo 2014/2024 (60.2%, The Whisky Concerto, Rudder, first fill oloroso hogshead, 146 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenglassaugh 8 yo 2015/2024 (53.2%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill cognac finish, cask #67, 237 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glenglassaugh 5 yo 2018/2023 (57.7%, Claxton’s for Precious Liquors, Singapore, 1st fill PX, 300 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>WF's Quirky Little Duos, today Arbikie vs Lochside</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/WF-s-Quirky-Little-Duos-today-Arbikie-vs-Lochside.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Arbikie 5 yo ‘Cask Strength Edition 1’ (59.7%, OB, Distillers Series, Scottish rye, 966 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Lochside 1981/2001 (61.0%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #92.10)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
    <title>Around the World for the First Time in 2025</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Around-the-world-for-the-first-time-in-2025.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Moon Harbour ‘Signature’ (41.2%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>BM Signature 8 yo (42%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Laizhou ‘Inaugural Edition’ (46%, OB, China, single malt, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Paul John 2016/2023 (58.5%, OB, India, peated, Madeira cask, cask #14363, 186 bottles)</p>
        <p>Amrut 2016/2024 ‘Virgin Oak Refilled’ (60%, OB, India, Foundations, cask #915, 102 bottles)</p>
        <p>Kinglake 2018/2021 ‘In The Blood’ (49%, OB, Australia, 93 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bimber ‘Witkievicz the Artist’ (58.7%, OB, England, Shoulders of Giants, for Poland, oloroso, cask #460, 285 bottles, 2024)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>An avalanche of white rums to bring the sunshine in</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/An-avalanche-of-white-rums-to-bring-the-sunshine-in.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Black Stripe (40%, OB, Canada, +/-2020)</p>
    <p>La Favorite ‘Cœur de Canne’ (50%, OB, La Martinique, agricole, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Taragawa (40%, OB, Japan, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Aguardiente de Cana (46.9%, OB, El Destilado, Mexico, +/-2020)</p>
    <p>Duppy Share White (40%, OB, Jamaica, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Neisson ‘Clos Godinot’ (52.5%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Renegade ‘All-Island Cuvée Aura’ (46%, OB, Grenada, 2024)</p>
    <p>Bielle Blanc (59%, OB, Marie-Galante, agricole, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Bellevue ‘Rhum Blanc Bio’ (59%, OB, Marie-Galante, agricole, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Longueteau ‘Souvenir L’Intemporel’ (62%, OB, Guadeloupe, agricole, 2024)</p>
    <p>Amrut 2022 (62.8%, Habitation Velier, India, pure sugarcane juice, 2023)</p>
    <p>Montebello 2019/2022 ‘Canne Rouge’ (52%, Barikenn, Guadeloupe, 551 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bielle 2023 (58%, Swell de Spirits, Marie-Galante, On Tour Series, for Limoges Spirits Festival 2024, 250 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bologne ‘La Batterie’ (58.6%, OB, Guadeloupe, agricole, canne noire, 3,000 bottles, Edition 2020)</p>
    <p>Jamaican Blended Rum (58%, Swell de Spirits, high ester, On Tour Series, for Rhum Fest Paris 2024 10 years, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Unaged Heritage Blend (56%, Tamosi, Jamaican and Guyana, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Ghana ‘Unaged’ (65%, FRC, 320 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>White Pearls ‘Rhum Blanc’ (48%, Vagabond Spirit, Réunion, 2024)</p>
    <p>Los Convidados 2023 ‘Satvrnal’ (64%, Swell de Spirits, Mexico, 1,000 bottles)</p>
    <p>South Pacific Distillery 2017/2018 (83%, L’Esprit, Fiji, third edition, 258 bottles)</p>
    <p>Each bottle brings unique flavors and craftsmanship, making this collection a must-see for rum enthusiasts.</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Double Ledaig</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Double-Ledaig.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ledaig 20 yo (43%, OB, late 1990s)</p>
    <p>Ledaig 32 yo 1972/2005 (48.9%, Alambic Classique, cask #8721, oloroso sherry butt, 396 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A bag of Longmorn, randomly, Part Drei</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-bag-of-Longmorn-randomly-Part-Drei.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longmorn 22 yo 1988/2011 (46%, Mo Òr Collection, release 44, bourbon hogshead, cask #14378, 411 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 28 yo 1996/2024 (58.8%, The Antelope Macau & Kanpaikai Japan, refill hogshead, cask #17388, 196 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 23 yo 1992/2015 (52.1%, Single Cask Collection, bourbon hogshead, cask #71757, 257 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 11 yo 2008/2020 (56.6%, Boogieman Import for The Longmorn Bros., bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 1976/2013 (53.7%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon hogshead, Cask #MoS 13029, 143 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 28 yo 1971/2000 (57.9%, Vintage Hallmark of St. James’s, USA, sherry cask)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 31 yo 1969/2001 (45.65%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask, 210 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
    <title>The Time Warp Sessions, today Dufftown</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/The-Time-Warp-Sessions-today-Dufftown.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Dufftown 15 yo 2008/2024 (54.7%, Scyfion, armagnac cask finish, 102 bottles)</p>
        <p>Dufftown-Glenlivet 8 yo (80°proof, OB, early 1960s)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>Quirky Little Duos, today Dalmunach vs. Imperial</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Quirky-Little-Duos-Today-Dalmunach-vs-Imperial.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dalmunach 7 yo 2016/2024 (58.4%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill Buffalo Trace barrel, cask #670, 254 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 33 yo 1990/2024 (52.7%, Gordon & MacPhail, The Recollection Series #3, refill American oak hogshead, cask #9825, 63 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>A bag of Longmorn, randomly, Part Dos</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-bag-of-Longmorn-randomly-Part-Dos.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Longmorn 15 yo (54.2%, Morisco Spirits, first fill bourbon, 2022)</p>  
<p>Longmorn 13 yo 2011/2024 (58.2%, Lady of the Glen, PX finish, cask #1721, 297 bottles)</p>  
<p>Longmorn 22 yo 1997/2020 (58.7%, The Single Malts of Scotland, hogshead, cask #163301, 240 bottles)</p>  
<p>Longmorn 22 yo 1992/2014 (51.4%, Signatory Vintage, handpicked by The Whisky Exchange, hogshead, cask #48488, 224 bottles)</p>  
<p>Longmorn 24 yo 1983/2007 (51.6%, Riegger's Selection, hogshead, cask #51)</p>  
<p>Longmorn-Glenlivet 1969/1991 (43%, Berry Bros. & Rudd Glasgow)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A Pretty Large Bag of Longmorn, Randomly</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-pretty-large-bag-of-Longmorn-randomly.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longmorn-Glenlivet 23 yo 1994/2018 (52.6%, Cadenhead’s, Rum cask, Guadeloupe, 222 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 17 yo 1996/2014 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Un-Chillfiltered Collection for The Whisky Fair Limburg, 1st fill sherry, cask #72322, 748 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 2008/2022 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail, Distillery Labels)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 21 yo 1992/2014 (49.7%, The Single Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #110979, 293 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 11 yo 2011/2022 (52.4%, Michiel Wigman, Inspiring Friends, 208 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 30 yo 1994/2024 (55.5%, LMDW Rothes Glen, Artist #14, refill American hogshead, cask #50086, 141 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title>First Rum Session of the Year, from 1876 to 2021</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/First-rum-session-of-the-year-from-1876-to-2021.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Romero ‘Amber Rum’ (40%, OB, Canada, sherry cask finish, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Nicaragua 19 yo 2004/2024 (60%, Rum Sponge, for LMDW Foundations, refill barrel, 230 bottles)</p>
    <p>Fine Old Medford Rum 1876 (M.E. Bellows’ & Son, USA, 15 Years of Wealth Solutions)</p>
    <p>Providence 3 yo 2021/2024 (52%, OB, Haiti, 1,900 bottles)</p>
    <p>Monymusk 12 yo 2010/2023 ‘MMW’ (66.9%, The Whisky Blues, Jamaica, barrel, cask #433029, 250 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jamaica 5 yo 2017/2023 ‘Single Cask’ (58.32%, Rum Nation, New Vibrations, 642 bottles)</p>
    <p>Long Pond 23 yo 1998/2022 (52.7%, The Colours of Rum, Jamaica, refill cask, N°12, cask #1, 163 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caroni 25 yo 1998/2024 (59.6%, Bedford Park, North Coast Distillers, cask #2159, 208 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A few wee Linkwood</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-few-wee-Linkwood.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Linkwood-Glenlivet 10 yo 2013/2024 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, oloroso sherry casks)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 15 yo 2008/2023 (45%, Samaroli, refill bourbon hogshead, cask #306029, 384 bottles)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 12 yo 2012/2024 (48%, Signatory Vintage for LMDW Artist Collective 7.0, first fill bourbon barrel, 1776 bottles)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 15 yo 2022/2024 (54.3%, Single Malt Dreams, for Bergen Whisky Social Club, 1st fill oloroso octave finish, 65 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Two robust, well-aged Allt-A-Bhainne to ease the pressure</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/Two-robust-well-aged-Allt-A-Bhainne-to-ease-the-pressure.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Allt-a-Bhainne 26 yo 1997/2024 (52.1%, The Whisky Blues for MUJO Liquor Store 1st Anniversary, Taiwan, ex-Williamson refill barrel, 236 bottles)</p>
    <p>Allt a Bhainne 31 yo 1992/2024 (48%, The Whisky Cask Company, PX Sherry, 250 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A Small Line-Up of Clynelish, Vertically Arranged, to Celebrate the New Year</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2025/A-Small-Line-Up-of-Clynelish-Vertically-Arranged-to-Celebrate-the-New-Year.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Clynelish 10 yo 2011/2021 (60.2%, Timeless & Tasty, Whiskies & More, barrel, cask #800313, 234 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 13 yo 2010/2024 (56.6%, The Single Malts of Scotland Reserve Casks, Elixir Distillers for LMDW, bourbon barrel, cask #800188, 207 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 27 yo 1997/2024 (47.2%, The Antelope Macau, 5th Anniversary, refill hogshead)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 30 yo 1993/2023 (42.1%, Halcyon Spirit, casks #11082 + 11104, 154 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 24 yo (49.4%, Cadenhead, Sestante, +/-1989)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Wrapping up 2024 with a few Glen Grant and 2024's favourites</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Wrapping-up-2024-with-a-few-Glen-Grant-and-2024s-favourites.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Grant 14 yo 2009/2024 (56.9%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, Kirsch Import Germany, refill sherry hogshead, cask #900927, 269 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 21 yo 2003/2024 (53.3%, Royal Mile Whiskies, sherry hogshead, cask #59894, 181 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 20 yo 2003/2024 ‘100°proof’ (57.1%, Whisky Sponge, Decadent Drinks, #98, 1st fill barrel, 169 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 20 yo 2003/2024 (58.9%, Single Cask Nation, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #192741, 165 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 25 yo 1998/2023 (50%, Hunter Laing, 25th Anniversary of the Old Malt Casks, refill barrel)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 21 yo 1963/1984 (46%, Samaroli, R.W. Duthie, sherry wood, 480 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Precious old Bunnahabhain plus apéritif</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Precious-old-Bunnahabhain-plus-aperitif.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bunnahabhain 21 yo ‘2024 Cask Strength Edition’ (53.6%, OB, oloroso + 21 months Pedro Ximenez cask finish, 2682 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 35 yo 1966/2002 (46.1%, OB, Feis Ile 2002, sherry, cask #4379, 401 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 35 yo 1965/2001 (53.9%, OB, Feis Ile 2001, sherry, cask #7159, 594 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Our Final Rums of 2024</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Our-final-rums-of-2024.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Doble 9 15 yo ‘Anejo’ (38%, OB, Cuba, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Abuelo XII anos ‘Three Angels’ (43%, Panama, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Navy Island Jamaica ‘XO Reserve’ (40%, Navy Island Rum Company, Jamaican blend, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Bielle 2015/2024 (54.9%, Swell de Spirits x Inter Caves, Pop' series, Marie-Galante)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 15 yo 2006/2022 (59.1%, Whisky AGE, barrel, #15, 231 bottles)</p>
    <p>Uitvlugt Port Mourant 1999/2024 (47.1%, The Whisky Jury, Guyana, refill barrel, cask #88, 173 bottles)</p>
    <p>Enmore 26 yo 1998/2024 ‘EHP’ (49.3%, WFRC & WDC, Dos Deliquentes, 204 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 2023/2024 (63.14%, The Colours of Rum for 13. German Rum Festival, Jamaica)</p>
    <p>Secret Jamaican Distillery 9 yo 2012/2022 (62%, Dràm Mor, bourbon barrel, cask #072, 198 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Four Young Indie Tamnavulin</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Four-young-indie-Tamnavulin.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tamnavulin 10 yo 2013/2024 (55.3%, Dràm Mor, refill bourbon, cask #110915, 225 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tamnavulin 10 yo 2013/2024 (56.6%, James Eadie, UK exclusive, 1st fill Malaga hogshead, cask #373073)</p>
    <p>Tamnavulin 12 yo 2011/2023 (56.8%, Tri Carragh, 1st Fill PX Sherry Hogshead, 314 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tamnavulin 13 yo 2010/2023 (57.6%, Connoisseurs Dram, DH Global Wine Ltd, 1st fill oloroso, cask #800768, 400 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Top indie Brackla</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Top-indie-Brackla.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Royal Brackla 9 yo 2014/2023 (48%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Reserve Casks, Parcel No.12)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 2007/2024 (51.7%, Cask Six & Liquid Art, 161 bottles)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 2015/2024 ‘BeeSquadUA’ (46%, WhiskyUA Kyiv, 1st fill sherry, cask #304266, 358 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Merry Christmas! We're Going to Eleven - plus Two - with Port Ellen</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Merry-Christmas-Were-Going-to-Eleven-plus-Two-with-Port-Ellen.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Ellen 24 yo 1969/1993 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail for Sestante for Carato, The Van Gogh Collection, sherry wood)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 1977/1992 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 15 yo 1977/1993 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, John Gross & Co. Baltimore)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 1979 (40%, Spirit of Scotland, Speymalt - Gordon & MacPhail +/-1994)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 24 yo 1975/1999 (43%, Signatory Vintage, Millennium Edition, cask #1764, 355 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 30 yo 1974/2005 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Decanter Limited Edition, hogshead, cask #6757, 235 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 23 yo 1975/1998 (56.1%, Signatory Vintage, Silent Stills, cask #160, 285 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 30 yo 1978/2008 (54.2%, Douglas Laing, Platinum Old & Rare, 423 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 1981/2000 (60.4%, The Bottlers, refill sherry butt, cask #1549)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 27 yo 1982/2009 (58.6%, Signatory Vintage, La Maison du Whisky Collector’s Edition, hogshead, cask #1523, 229 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 14 yo 1983/1998 (56.8%, The Cooper’s Choice, The Vintage Malt Whisky Co., sherry)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 1982/2007 (46%, Berry Brothers & Rudd, cask #2850)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 1979/1988 (65.3%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 43.3)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Today Lagavulin vs Brora plus bonus for Christmas Eve</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Today-Lagavulin-vs-Brora-plus-bonus-for-Christmas-Eve.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Lagavulin 30 yo 1991/2021 (45.5%, OB, Casks of Distinction, First-fill PX/Oloroso seasoned European oak, cask #5399, 482 bottles)</p>  
    <p>Brora 45 yo 1978/2023 (49.4%, OB, Casks of Distinction, cask #P5V2, 255 bottles, 2024)</p>  
    <p>Port Ellen 1982/2024 (58.1%, Malts of Scotland, Private Stock, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS PS002, 169 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Catching up with Octomore and chasing the ppms</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Catching-up-with-Octomore-and-chasing-the-ppms.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Octomore 5 yo 2017/2023 'Edition 15.2' (57.9%, OB, refill wine and bourbon + cognac finish)</p>  
    <p>Octomore 5 yo 2012/2018 'Edition 9.2' (58.2%, OB, Bordeaux finish, 12000 bottles)</p>  
    <p>Octomore 5 yo 2016/2022 'Edition 13.4' (61.6%, OB, The Impossible Equation, virgin oak finish, 3,500 bottles)</p>  
    <p>Octomore 5 yo 2018/2024 'Edition 15.3' (61.3%, OB, The Impossible Equation)</p>  
    <p>Octomore 5 yo 2018/2024 'Edition 15.1' (59.1%, OB, The Impossible Equation, bourbon + recharred bourbon)</p>  
    <p>Octomore 11 yo 2012/2024 (63.3%, Dramfool, Jim McEwan Signature Collection, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #4355, Release 9.3, 226 bottles)</p>  
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A Few More Excellent Rums for Christmas</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-more-excellent-rums-for-Christmas.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Montebello 3 yo ‘Rhum Vieux Agricole’ (42%, OB, Guadeloupe, 2022)</p>
    <p>Black Tot ‘Master Blender’s Reserve 2024’ (54.5%, Elixir Distillers, blended rum)</p>
    <p>Black Tot ‘Historic Solera’ (46.2%, Elixir Distillers, blended rum, 2024)</p>
    <p>Appleton 15 yo ‘Black River Casks’ (43%, OB, Jamaica, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Neisson ‘Zetwal Sirius’ (49.2%, OB, LMDW Foundations, Martinique, 2024)</p>
    <p>Rhum J.M 8 yo 2016/2024 (56.7%, OB, Martinique, LMDW Foundations, American oak, cask #150472)</p>
    <p>WIRD 2 yo 2022/2024 ‘High Ester’ (59%, Planteray, Barbados, Whisky Live 2024, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Diamond 20 yo 2003/2024 (51.6% The Roots, Guyana, bourbon cask, 174 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 'Great House Distillery Edition 2024' (57%, OB, Jamaica)</p>
    <p>New Yarmouth 30 yo 1994/2024 (67.6%, FRC, Jamaica, 199 bottles)</p>
    <p>Read more about these remarkable rums at Whiskyfun.</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Five Miyagikyo and a Remarkable Bonus</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Five-Miyagikyo-and-a-Remarkable-Bonus.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Miyagikyo 9 yo 2002/2012 (62%, OB, refill butt, cask #101127, Warehouse #6, 517 bottles)</p>
    <p>Miyagikyo 18 yo 1996/2014 (62%, OB, La Maison du Whisky, Light Peat, remade hogshead, cask #42439, Warehouse #18)</p>
    <p>Miyagikyo 18 yo 1991/2009 ‘Whisky Live Tokyo 10th Anniversary’ (54%, OB, sherry butt, cask #114675)</p>
    <p>Miyagikyo 23 yo 1988/2011 (57%, OB, cask #92414, Warehouse #55)</p>
    <p>Miyagikyo 17 yo 1987/2005 (62%, OB, sherry cask, cask #89698, Warehouse #4)</p>
    <p>Karuizawa 50 yo 1965+1972/2024 ‘The Marriage’ (54.8%, The Whisky Exchange Cabinet, 50 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Five vintage Yoichi, including an absolute gem</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Five-vintage-Yoichi-including-an-absolute-gem.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Yoichi 16 yo 1991/2007 (62%, OB, oak cask, cask #129493, Warehouse #15)</p>
        <p>Yoichi 20 yo 1991/2011 (63%, OB, Heavily Peated, cask #129651, Warehouse #15)</p>
        <p>Yoichi 11 yo 1990/2002 (62.2%, OB, cask #129613, Warehouse #7)</p>
        <p>Yoichi 13 yo 1989/2003 (62.3%, OB, cask #228276, Warehouse #29)</p>
        <p>Yoichi 15 yo 1984/2000 (60.4%, OB, cask #103440, Warehouse #22)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Ardbeg from 2009 to 1989</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Ardbeg-from-2009-to-1989.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Ardbeg 2009/2023 (59%, OB, Feis Ile 2024, 2nd fill Pedro Ximenez sherry butt, cask #3771, 633 bottles)</p>
        <p>Ardbeg 2008/2024 (55%, Royal Mile Whiskies, sherry butt, cask #5078, 614 bottles)</p>
        <p>Ardbeg 15 yo 2008/2024 (57.7%, Murray McDavid, Mission Gold, for WuDramClan, oloroso sherry octave finish, cask # 2310048, 93 bottles)</p>
        <p>Ardbeg 19 yo 'Traigh Bhan Batch 4' (46.2%, OB, American oak & oloroso, batch #TB/04-07.03.2003/22.CG, 2022)</p>
        <p>Ardbeg 34 yo 1989/2024 ‘The Abyss’ (48.4%, OB, heavily toasted French oak, 400 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The return of American whiskies on WF Part Two</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-return-of-American-whiskies-on-WF-Part-Two.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Minor Case (45%, OB, Limestone Branch Distillery Co. Straight Rye Whiskey, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Indiana Rye 6 yo 2017/2024 (46%, The Liquid Crew by W.D.C., mashbill 95% rye, cask #32, 294 bottles)</p>
    <p>Rossville ‘Master Crafted Union Rye’ (47%, OB, Straight Rye, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Whistlepig ‘The Boss Hog VIII’ (52.4%, OB, LapuLapu’s Pacific, straight rye whiskey, cask #95, 2023)</p>
    <p>Westward ‘Stout Cask’ (46%, OB, single malt, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Wyoming Whiskey ‘National Parks No.5’ (52.5%, OB, straight bourbon whiskey, barrel proof, 2024)</p>
    <p>Tennessee Bourbon Whiskey 11yo 2012/2023 (52.9%, Oxhead Whisky Company & Shelter, barrel, cask #412, 89 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tennessee Sour Mash Bourbon 8 yo 2016/2024 (57.1%, Whiskey Sponge, Decadent Drinks)</p>
    <p>Tennessee Sour Mash 18 yo 2003/2021 (50.8%, Wu Dram Clan & Kirsch Import, single barrel, cask #12, 156 bottles)</p>
    <p>Willett 7 yo ‘Family Estate Rye’ (54%, OB, for LMDW, Straight Rye Whiskey, Single Barrel, cask #22612, 2024)</p>
    <p>Old Potrero 8 yo 2015/2024 ‘Burning Daylight’ (65.6%, Ex-Libris, LMDW, rye)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Return of American Whiskies on WF</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-return-of-American-whiskies-on-WF.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Michter’s ‘Toasted Barrel Finish’ (45.7%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, batch #124H2818, 2024)</p>
    <p>Daddy Rack (40%, OB, Straight Tennessee Whiskey, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tennessee Bourbon 8 yo 2016/2024 (53.2%, The Liquid Crew by W.D.C., straight bourbon whiskey)</p>
    <p>FEW 7 yo (46.5%, OB, Straight Rye Whiskey, Sauternes barrel finish, LMDW Foundations, 2024)</p>
    <p>Wild Turkey ‘Master’s Keep Unforgotten’ (52.5%, OB, bourbon, 2022)</p>
    <p>Wild Turkey ‘Master’s Keep Voyage’ (53%, OB, bourbon, 2023)</p>
    <p>Old Potrero 9 yo 2014/2024 ‘The Call of the Wild’ (66.2%, Ex-Libris, LMDW, rye)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A Few Joyful Blends from Scotland</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-joyful-blends-from-Scotland.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Johnnie Walker 12 yo 'Black Label' (40%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>St Bridget’s Kirk ‘Solera Release Batch #3’ (48.5%, Hannah Whisky Merchants, blended malt, oloroso finish, 218 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas Whisky 15 yo (54.8%, The Whisky Exchange, 2024)</p>
    <p>Maiden’s Blend 25 yo 1999/2024 (44.6%, Vintage Bottlers, blended Scotch, cask #6, 652 bottles)</p>
    <p>Maiden’s Blend 25 yo 1999/2024 (44.6%, Vintage Bottlers, blended Scotch, cask #7, 654 bottles)</p>
    <p>Peatsmoke on Gorgie 5 yo (57.1%, Watt Whisky, blended Scotch, 618 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blended Malt #1 2017/2023 (51.6%, Cut Your Wolfe Loose, oloroso sherry butt, 333 bottles)</p>
    <p>Taraansay Blend 14 yo 2007/2021 (58.1%, Whiskyjace, Art Edition No.9, bourbon)</p>
    <p>Turntable 'Track #6 – All My Life’ (46%, Turntable Spirits, blended Scotch, 2024)</p>
    <p>Turntable ‘Paradise Funk’ (46%, Turntable Spirits, blended Scotch, 2023)</p>
    <p>Turntable ‘Smokin’ Riff’ (46%, Turntable Spirits, blended Scotch, 2023)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch 20 yo 2002/2023 (44.9%, Hogshead Imports, refill butt, 589 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch 26 yo (44.9%, Oxhead Whisky Company, Dram-Addicts, sherry butt, cask #117359, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Rums are back on WF</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Rums-are-back-on-WF.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p><strong>The Duppy Share</strong> ‘Aged Caribbean Rum’ (40%, OB, Jamaica & Barbados, +/-2024)</p>
    <p><strong>J. Gow</strong> 3 yo ‘Revenge’ (43%, OB, Scotland, bourbon, +/-2024)</p>
    <p><strong>Isautier</strong> 13 yo 2009 ‘La Cour’ (59%, OB, La Réunion, agricole, 2024)</p>
    <p><strong>Penny Blue</strong> 13 yo 2011/2024 (60%, OB, Mauritius, oloroso sherry, cask #220, 126 bottles)</p>
    <p><strong>Savanna</strong> 21 mo (58.2%, Poh! Spirits, La Réunion, 140 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p><strong>New Yarmouth</strong> 19 yo 2005/2024 (55.8%, Vagabond Spirits, Silva Collection, Jamaica, maple wood finish)</p>
    <p><strong>Neisson</strong> ‘ESB Mizunara’ (51.2%, OB, Martinique, agricole, organic, 2024)</p>
    <p><strong>HD</strong> 8 yo 2016/2024 (59.2%, The Whisky Jury, Jamaica, refill barrel, cask #101301, 269 bottles)</p>
    <p><strong>TDL</strong> 31 yo 1991/2023 (62.7%, Distilia, The Golden Age of Piracy, Trinidad, cask #R2455, 205 bottles)</p>
    <p><strong>Caroni</strong> 25 yo 1997/2022 (64.5%, The Colours of Rum, Trinidad, cask #6, 132 bottles)</p>
    <p><strong>Secret Jamaica</strong> 9 yo 2015/2024 (50%, Rest & Be Thankful for Wu Dram Clan & Kirsch Import, 2 barrels)</p>
    <p><strong>Lluidas Vale</strong> 7 yo 2015/2024 (63.1%, The Duchess, Jamaica, cask #18, 243 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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<item>
    <title>Two rather famous Bruichladdich, plus aperitif</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Two-rather-famous-Bruichladdich-plus-aperitif.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Bruichladdich 31 yo 1991 (50.6%, Cask 88 ‘Ralph Steadman’, cask #2258, refill hogshead, 125 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bruichladdich 21 yo ‘Penny Black’ (46%, Moon Import, sherry, bottled 1989, 3216 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bruichladdich 1966/1983 ‘Riserva Veronelli’ (53.5%, Moon Import, sherry, 2400 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Recent Names, Some with Bravos</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Recent-names-some-with-bravos.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Isle of Harris 'The Hearach First Fill Oloroso Matured' (46%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Roseisle 12 yo ‘The Origami Kite 2’ (55.6%, OB, Special Release 2024, first fill and refill bourbon)</p>
    <p>Arbikie (48%, OB, Highland Rye, single grain, 2024)</p>
    <p>Arbikie ‘Artist Edition 1’ (46%, OB, Francis Boag Edition, single grain, casks #104 + 108 + 114 + 115, 1,200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Holyrood (60%, OB, PX hogshead, cask #89, 232 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glasgow Distillery 5 yo 2018/2024 (61.1%, OB, Keeble Cask Company, Fragrant Drops Collection, fresh bourbon barrel, cask #193, 232 bottles)</p>
    <p>Isle of Harris 5 yo 2018/2024 ‘The Hearach’ (59.7%, OB, single cask, for LMDW Foundations, bourbon ex-Heaven Hill, cask #1789, 247 bottles)</p>
    <p>Inchdairnie ‘Finglassie’ 7 yo 2017/2024 ‘Peated’ (57.7%, James Eadie, 2nd fill oloroso finish, cask #374468, 125 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Our Near-Monthly Dose of Glen Moray</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Our-Near-Monthly-Dose-Of-Glen-Moray.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glen Moray-Glenlivet 16 yo 2007/2024 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, bourbon, 2024)</p>
        <p>Glen Moray 21 yo ‘Port Wood Finish’ (46.3%, OB, Heritage, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Glen Moray 11 yo 2008/2024 (54.6%, Watt Whisky, oloroso hogshead finish, 318 bottles)</p>
        <p>Glen Moray 32 yo 1990-1991/2024 (51.8%, Whisky Sponge, Decadent Drinks, refill hogshead + refill sherry hogshead, 304 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
    <title>An Abundance of Caol Ila Part Two</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/An-Abundance-of-Caol-Ila-Part-Two.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Caol Ila 7 yo 2017/2024 (46%, Douglas Laing, Provenance, LMDW Foundations, Barbados rum finish, cask #DL18766)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 17 yo 2007/2024 (54.2%, Maltbarn, sherry cask, 177 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 11 yo 2013/2024 (55.4%, Lady of the Glen, Rivesaltes finish, 299 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 9 yo 2014/2024 (60.3%, The Whisky Exchange, The Seasons, Autumn, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #808)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 9 yo 2015/2024 (54.9%, James Eadie, first fill amontillado European oak hogshead, cask #378487, 341 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 14 yo 2010/2024 (57%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, LMDW, oloroso sherry finish, cask #311752, 265 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 12 yo 2011/2023 (50%, Hunter Laing, Old Malt Cask 25th Anniversary, manzanilla butt, 750 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 11 yo 2013/2024 (48.5%, Decadent Drinks, Equinox & Solstice, second fill sherry hogshead, autumn edition)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 17 yo 2007/2024 (56%, Halcyon Spirits, cask #306807, 273 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 1994/2005 (43%, Jean Boyer, recoopered hogshead, 400 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 31 yo 1983/2014 (48.7%, Signatory Vintage, hogshead, cask #5300, 248 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<item>
    <title>An Abundance of Caol Ila</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/An-Abundance-of-Caol-Ila.html</link>
    <pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Caol Ila 16 yo 2007/2023 (42.4%, Cut Your Wolf Loose, Cut Your Leftovers Loose, ex-American whisky, 80 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 11 yo ‘Ambrosial Feast’ (57.3%, OB, Special Releases 2024)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 15 yo 2008/2024 (53.2%, The Whisky Show, Chris Bolton, 291 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 8 yo 2015/2024 (43%, Signatory Vintage, LMDW, Artist Collective N°7.4, hogsheads, 6 casks, 2753 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 10 yo 2011/2021 (56.4%, Ingelred, bourbon, cask #307971, 295 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 11 yo 2012/2024 (59.1%, Signatory Vintage, for Whisky Club Nantais, bourbon hogshead, cask #318264, 255 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 9 yo 2015/2024 (55.8%, James Eadie, Palo Cortado hogshead finish, for the UK, cask #378486, 356 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 22 yo 2002/2024 (52.5%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, LMDW, refill sherry, cask #14600104, 241 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 12 yo 2010/2023 (52%, Goldfinch, Bodega series, 1st fill PX, 395 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 14 yo 2008/2023 (55.3%, Oxhead, hogshead, cask #322483)</p>
        <p>Caol Ila 17 yo 2006/2023 (55.1%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 204 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
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    <title>Bowmore Through the Ages</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Antique-Cognacs.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bowmore 10 yo ‘Dark & Intense’ (40%, OB, travel retail, 1l, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 11 yo 2013/2024 (57.4%, Single Cask Nation, 1st fill oloroso hogshead finish, cask #160490, 307 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 15 yo 2001/2017 (56%, LMDW, Artist #7, hogshead, cask #20116, 275 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 19 yo ‘Feis Ile 2024’ (54.8%, OB, double-matured in virgin American oak barrels, 3,500 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 1997/2023 (46.1%, Berry Bros. & Rudd for Kensington Wine Market, sherry butt, cask #85, 98 bottles)</p>
    <p>Flowermore 38 yo 1985/2024 (53.3%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, refill barrel, 171 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 1969/1978 (GL. 58, OB for Fecchio & Frassa, sherry cask, cask #6638, 75cl)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 1955/1974 ‘For 12th September 1974’ (unknown ABV, OB, 100 half jugs)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Antique Cognacs</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Antique-Cognacs.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>An exploration of rare and antique Cognacs, featuring:</p>
        <p>Tiffon ‘Très Vieille Réserve’ (43%, OB, Tiffon, Grande Champagne, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Maison Prunier ‘Lot 28’ (49.3%, Through the Grapevine, 7.0, Grande Champagne, 2024)</p>
        <p>François Voyer ‘Temps Magique Lot 19.20’ (43.8%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 2024)</p>
        <p>Grande Champagne 1906 (Jacksons de Piccadilly, ‘Qualité Exceptionnelle’, 1950s)</p>
        <p>Lauzac 1906 ‘Borderie’ (37.3%)</p>
        <p>Courvoisier 60 yo ‘The Brandy of Napoléon’ (Grande Fine Champagne, late 1930s)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Three Benromach</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Three-Benromachs.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Benromach 10 yo (43%, OB, 2024)</p>
        <p>Benromach 18 yo 2005/2024 (57.3%, OB for Hedonism Wines, #14197428, 1st fill sherry hogshead, 286 bottles)</p>
        <p>Benromach 21 yo 2002/2024 (56.6%, OB for Capital Whisky Club, cask #971, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 170 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Glen Spey x 3</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/WFs-little-duos-two-Strathmills-for-Glory.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glen Spey 12 yo (43%, OB, Flora & Fauna, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Glen Spey 10 yo 2012/2022 (54.6%, Lady of the Glen, ex-wine barrique, cask #800062, 311 bottles)</p>
        <p>Glen Spey 2011/2024 (56%, Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS 24005, 305 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>WF's little duos, two Strathmills for Glory</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/WFs-little-duos-two-Strathmills-for-Glory.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Strathmill 15 yo ‘The Manager’s Dram’ (53.5%, OB, refill cask, 2003)</p>
        <p>Strathmill 10 yo 2014/2024 (58.1%, Lady of the Glen, Amarone finish, cask #802139, 282 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Six Aberlours Before Christmas</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Six-Aberlours-Before-Christmas.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Aberlour ‘A’bunadh Batch #77’ (60.8%, OB, Spanish oloroso butts, 2023)</p>
    <p>Aberlour 11 yo 2012/2024 (59.3%, James Eadie, first fill oloroso butt finish, cask #367507, 545 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aberlour 2008/2024 (54.1%, Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS 24030, 274 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aberlour 14 yo 2008/2023 (54.8%, OB, Distillery Reserve Collection, 1st fill barrel, cask #636262, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aberlour 15 yo 2008/2024 (59.1%, LMDW, Artist #14, oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #801189, 266 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aberlour 33 yo 1989-1991/2024 (49.7%, Whisky Sponge, Decadent Drinks, refill hogsheads, 295 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Secret whiskies from the Orkney Islands that might be Highland Park, but we’re not entirely sure</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Secret-Whiskies-From-The-Orkney-Islands-That-Might-Be-Highland-Park-But-Were-Not-Entirely-Sure.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>An Orkney Distillery 15 yo 2008/2024 (54%, Royal Mile Whiskies, hogshead, cask #35, 345 bottles)</p>
        <p>Secret Orkney Distillery 16 yo 2006/2023 (53.2%, Acla Selection, Classic Series, hogshead, cask #54)</p>
        <p>Whitlaw 8 yo ‘The High Priest Batch 2’ (52.6%, Brave New Spirits, Whisky of Voodoo, Wine Casks and Burgundy Barriques, 2023)</p>
        <p>Secret Orkney 17 yo 2006/2023 (52.4%, DramCatcher, cask #65)</p>
        <p>Distilled on Orkney 17 yo 2006/2023 (52.7%, Maltbarn, Seventies, bourbon cask, 347 bottles)</p>
        <p>An Orkney 11 yo 2012/2023 (48%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Reserve Cask, oloroso sherry butt, Parcel No.11)</p>
        <p>Stones of Stenness 9 yo 2014/2024 (58.8%, Single Cask Nation, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #173828, 275 bottles)</p>
        <p>Isle of Orkney 16 yo 2007/2023 (60.8%, The Spirits Hunter, for HNWS Taiwan, hogshead, cask #31, 272 bottles)</p>
        <p>Secret Orkney 15 yo 2007/2022 ‘Sunset Boulevard’ (65.8%, Malt Grain & Cane, oloroso quarter cask, cask #208, 151 bottles)</p>
        <p>An Orkney Distillery 17 yo 2006/2023 ‘Epitome’ (62.2%, Whiskynaut & Alula, hogshead, cask #3572, 290 bottles)</p>
        <p>Highland Park 20 yo 2000/2021 (55.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, bourbon hogshead, #4.277, ‘A Punch And a Pout, Honey and Heft’, 304 bottles)</p>
        <p>Orkney Islands 20 yo 2003/2023 (54.7%, Spheric Spirits, refill hogshead, cask 12, 338 bottles)</p>
        <p>Secret Orkney 19 yo 2005/2024 (54.3%, Signatory Vintage, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, LMDW, cask #17/A63#64, 623 bottles)</p>
        <p>Secret Orkney Distillery 15 yo 2008/2023 (52.8%, Acla Selection, hogshead, cask #14, 120 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Independent Highland Park Galore</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Independent-Highland-Park-Galore.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Highland Park 10 yo 2013/2024 (56.2%, Cane & Grain, Private Reserve, bourbon barrel, cask #4287, 248 bottles)</p>
        <p>Highland Park 16 yo 1974 (57%, The Prestonfield, oak cask, cask #7137, 300 bottles, 75cl, +/-1990)</p>
        <p>Highland Park 16 yo 2007/2024 (56.1%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, LMDW, refill bourbon barrel, cask #15603520, 229 bottles)</p>
        <p>Highland Park 6 yo 2017/2023 (60%, Whisky Dudes, cask #52, tawny Port finish, 161 bottles)</p>
        <p>Highland Park 20 yo 2003/2024 (56.7%, LMDW, Artist #14, sherry butt, cask #4148, 435 bottles)</p>
        <p>Highland Park 1994/2024 (48.1%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS 24012, 235 bottles)</p>
        <p>Highland Park 20 yo 2003/2024 (54.4%, Acla Selection, Whitlaw, Ski Ladies, hogshead, cask #749)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>A vertical tasting of beautiful old Cognac, vintages 1961-1940</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-vertical-tasting-of-beautiful-old-Cognac-vintages-1961-1940.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Comte Joseph ‘Hors d’Âge’ (40%, OB, Grande Champagne, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>François Peyrot ‘Lot 61 Heritage’ (43.8%, OB for Passion for Whisky, Grande Champagne, 180 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Vallein Tercinier 60/78 (48.2%, Decadent Drams, Fine Champagne, 120 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Mauxion 1958/2024 (51%, OB for Passion for Whisky, Petite Champagne, 78 bottles)</p>
        <p>Vallein Tercinier ‘Lot n°58’ (51%, Petite Champagne, LMDW Foundations, cask #151.A, 60 bottles)</p>
        <p>Famille Cabanne ‘Lot 53’ (54%, The Roots, Grande Champagne, 130 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Sainte-Lheurine ‘Lot 45’ (55.3%, Mauxion for Journal des Kirsch, #9, Petite Champagne, 144 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Prunier 'Lot 40' (54.2%, Swell de Spirits, Private Garden, for Hong Kong, Grande Champagne, 2023)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A few Dufftown</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-Dufftown.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Singleton of Dufftown 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2016)</p>
    <p>Dufftown-Glenlivet 10 yo (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, bourbon & sherry, 2020)</p>
    <p>Dufftown-Glenlivet 10 yo 2007/2017 (56.8%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, 2 hogsheads)</p>
    <p>Dufftown 14 yo 2008/2022 (50.4%, The Whisky Cask Company, 1st fill PX hogshead finish, 239 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dufftown-Glenlivet 11 yo 2007/2019 (54.5%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 282 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dufftown-Glenlivet 26 yo 1988/2015 (51%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 234 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>WF's little duos, two wee Aultmore</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/WFs-little-duos-two-wee-Aultmore.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Aultmore 10 yo 2011/2022 (52%, Goldfinch, Bodega Series, first fill oloroso, 308 bottles)</p>
        <p>Aultmore 17yo 2006/2024 (54.7%, Scyfion, Tequila Cask Finish, 150 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>A New Little Whisky World Tour</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-New-Little-Whisky-World-Tour.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Domaine des Hautes-Glaces 2016/2024 ‘Epistémé’ (52.3%, OB, France, single track #B16D24+orange triangle, 216 bottles)</p>
        <p>B&amp;L (46%, Bottles &amp; Legends, Blended Malt Belgian Whisky, Batch 1, new oak &amp; sherry, 125 bottles)</p>
        <p>Cormeil ‘Small Batch #1’ (42.7%, Distillerie H. Leblanc, France, finished in calvados cask, 2024)</p>
        <p>High Coast 'Mountains 02 - Borgberget' (51%, OB, Sweden, Moscatel casks, 2024)</p>
        <p>Bimber ‘Darwin the Naturalist’ (58.3%, OB, England, Shoulders of Giants, bourbon, cask #376, 259 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Daiking ‘The Reserva Bourbon Cask’ (53%, OB, China, 1st fill bourbon cask, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Cotswolds 2015/2024 (51%, OB, England, 1st fill bourbon, cask #451, 265 bottles)</p>
        <p>Hellyers Road ‘Aurora Australis’ (40%, OB, Tasmania/Australia, +/-2024)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Two or three indie Royal Brackla</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Two-or-Three-Indie-Royal-Brackla.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Royal Brackla 10 yo (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, first fill bourbon and refill butt, cask #1598 + 303564, 1,155 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Royal Brackla 15 yo 2008/2024 (58.3%, The Open Door, Taiwan, barrel, cask #6837, 215 bottles)</p>
        <p>Cawdor Spring 6 yo 2015/2022 (61.2%, Elixir Distillers, The Whisky Trail, refill cask, cask #236)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A Few Tomintouls</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-Few-Tomintouls.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tomintoul 10 yo (40%, OB, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul 12 yo 2011/2023 (40%, OB, oloroso sherry cask finish, 14,400 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul ‘Pinot Noir Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul 13 yo 2010/2024 (56.1%, Dràm Mor, first fill PX hogshead finish, cask #900142, 218 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul 13 yo 2010/2024 (56.4%, Alistair Walker Infrequent Flyers, for Taiwan, PX hogshead, cask #804809, 340 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomintoul 17 yo 2006/2023 (50%, Hunter Laing, Old Malt Cask 25th Anniversary, refill butt, 222 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>The time for cognac is back at WF</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-time-for-cognac-is-back-at-WF.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bache Gabrielsen ‘Lot. 89’ (45.7%, OB, Grande Champagne, LMDW, single cask, cask #B-12, 70 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ferme 1719 ‘Lot 88’ (50%, Authentic Spirits, Grande Champagne, 2024)</p>
    <p>Guillaume Duluc ‘Lot 87’ (50.1%, Authentic Spirits, Grande Champagne, 2024)</p>
    <p>Cognac Grande Champagne ‘Lot 87’ (59.4%, Rhum Attitude, 213 bottles)</p>
    <p>Pasquet ‘Lot 85’ (52.3%, Poh! Spirits, Petite Champagne, 90 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Vallein Tercinier ‘Lot 74’ (48.7%, OB, Grande Champagne, cask #0278, 571 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘L.70 Le Cognac d’Arlette’ (44.6%, OB, Trésors de Famille, Petite Champagne, 366 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Today Longrow by Angus and Nick Cave by Nick</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Today-Longrow-by-Angus-and-Nick-Cave-by-Nick.html</link>
    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Longrow 1987 (46%, Kirsch Import, cask #120, 360 bottles)</p>
        <p>Longrow 16 yo (46%, OB for Spanish market, SC999, screw cap, 75cl, +/-1990)</p>
        <p>Longrow 14 yo (46%, OB, rotation 07/141, pale vatting)</p>
        <p>Longrow 18 yo (46%, OB, rotation 12/155, sherry)</p>
        <p>Longrow 18 yo (46%, OB, 2022 release, sherry)</p>
        <p>Longrow 21 yo (46%, OB, 30% bourbon, 60% sherry, 10% chardonnay, bottled 2022)</p>
        <p>Longrow 14 yo 2007/2022 (54.5%, Cadenhead ‘Wood Range - Wine Cask’, Sauternes cask, 246 bottles)</p>
        <p>Longrow 17 yo 2004/2021 (49.5%, Cadenhead ‘Wood Range’, rum barrel, 210 bottles)</p>
        <p>Longrow 20 yo 2001/2022 (47.9%, OB for Springbank Society, six refill barrels, 1488 bottles)</p>
        <p>Longrow 13 yo 1998/2012 (55%, Cadenhead ‘Authentic Collection’, bourbon hogshead, 306 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
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  <title>Four Macallan, maybe not</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Four-Macallan-maybe-not.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>An Iconic Speyside 13 yo 2011/2024 (53.9%, Duncan Taylor for Wine4you, octave, cask #2945209, 43 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macallan 19 yo 2005/2024 ‘Speymalt’ (56.5%, Gordon & MacPhail for Wine4you, cask #22606309)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside 18 yo 2005/2024 (57.6%, Signatory Vintage, LMDW Foundations, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #DRU 17/A106#45, 575 bottles)</p>
    <p>Speyside 28 yo 1988 (58.4%, Lotus Lord, Taiwan, pre-used sherry casks, 5,000 bottles, +/-2017)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>More Secret Whiskies</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/More-Secret-Whiskies.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Theia 1 11 yo 2010/2011 (52.8%, Scotch Universe, Highlands single malt, first fill PX hogshead)</p>
        <p>Peated Billy G 9 yo 2013/2023 (50%, Claxton’s Exploration Series, Blended Malt, bourbon barrel)</p>
        <p>Peated Highland 22 yo 2000/2023 (54%, Watt Whisky, sherry hogshead, 294 bottles)</p>
        <p>A Speyside Distillery 31 yo 1992/2023 ‘A Marriage of Casks’ (48.3%, The Single Malts of Scotland)</p>
        <p>Images of Loch Ness (53.2%, Malts of Scotland, Corona Edition, bourbon barrel, cask #MoS 22014, 249 bottles, 2022)</p>
        <p>Highland Single Malt 1996/2017 (52.7%, Or Sileis, sherry, cask #13, 180 bottles)</p>
        <p>Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire 10 yo ‘Cask Strength batch 09’ (55.6%, Atom, Islay single malt, bourbon & sherry, 550 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Secret Island Distillery 15 yo 2007/2023 (53.5%, Discovery of the Abyss, #1, 115 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Two Opposing Deanstons</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Two-Opposing-Deanstons.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Deanston 11 yo ‘The Devil’s Bunghole Edition 001’ (50.1%, Naughty Fun, D&M Winchester, 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #900258, 2024)</p>
    <p>Deanston 12 yo 2011/2023 (59.9%, A.D. Rattray, bourbon barrel, cask #800049, 208 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Quelques Kilkerran</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Quelques-Kilkerran.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Kilkerran 8 yo ‘Sherry Cask Matured’ (57.4%, OB, oloroso, 2024)</p>
    <p>Kilkerran ‘Heavily Peated Batch 10’ (57.8%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Kilkerran ‘Heavily Peated Batch 9’ (59.2%, OB, 2023)</p>
    <p>Kilkerran ‘Heavily Peated – Peat in Progress - Batch 5’ (57.7%, OB, 2021)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A duo of Cragganmore and a rare bonus</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-duo-of-Cragganmore-and-a-rare-bonus.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Cragganmore 1989/2023 (45.8%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS 23003, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cragganmore 31 yo 1989/2020 (54.7%, The First Editions, Hunter Laing, refill hogshead, cask #HL17820, 242 bottles)</p>
    <p>Convalmore 39 yo 1984/2024 (51.1%, Gordon & MacPhail, The Recollection Series #3, refill sherry hogshead, cask #1733, 108 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>A Few More Rums from Colombia to Jamaica</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/a-few-more-rums-from-colombia-to-jamaica.html</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Coloma 8 yo (40%, OB, Colombia, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Indonesia 8 yo 2015/2024 (59.9%, LMDW Flag Series, 195 bottles)</p>
        <p>Trinidad Distillers Limited 13 yo 2009/2023 (58%, Dràm Mor, Trinidad, bourbon, cask #2, 305 bottles)</p>
        <p>Caroni 1995/2022 (62.9%, The Colours of Rum, Trinidad, N°4, 250 bottles, 163 bottles)</p>
        <p>Black Rock 2000/2012 (57.7%, L’Esprit, Barbados, bourbon, cask #2, 100 bottles)</p>
        <p>Uitvlugt 33 yo 1990/2024 (51.3%, Decadent Drinks, Rum Sponge, Guyana, refill rum barrel, Ed.26, 182 bottles)</p>
        <p>Guyana Rum 12 yo 2011/2024 ‘MDB2M’ (57.1%, Watt Whisky, Scotch whisky barrel, 264 bottles)</p>
        <p>Hampden Estate ‘1753’ (46%, OB, 12,000 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Monymusk 23 yo 1998/2022 ‘MBK’ (57.1%, Rest & Be Thankful, Jamaica, American oak barrel, 205 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
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  <title>Mixtures, wine, and secrets</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Mixtures-wine-and-secrets.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Creag Dhu (40.2%, OB, Speyside single malt, oloroso, circa 2022?)</p>
    <p>Canmore (40%, Charles Edge London, single malt, bourbon & sherry, circa 2023)</p>
    <p>Enigma 15 yo 2008/2024 (54.8%, Cadenhead, Islay single malt, bourbon hogshead, 1494 bottles)</p>
    <p>Scarabus ‘Sherry Cask Edition’ (46%, Hunter Laing, Islay single malt, 2024)</p>
    <p>Parkmore Selection 8 yo (46%, Aceo, Highland single malt, Barolo cask finish, circa 2023)</p>
    <p>A Secret Speyside Distillery 13 yo 2010/2023 (51%, HK Whisky, Chinese Yellow Wine Cask Finish, cask #2)</p>
    <p>Cream of Sponge 28 yo 1993/2022 (44.7%, Whisky Sponge, Highland single malt, refill hogshead, 263 bottles)</p>
    <p>Celestial (50%, Compass Box, blended Scotch, 2024)</p>
    <p>Big Peat ‘15th Anniversary’ (50%, Douglas Laing, blended malt, red wine cask finish, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>It's Glenallachie Day on WF</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Its-Glenallachie-Day-on-WF.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glenallachie releases featured on Whiskyfun for Glenallachie Day include:</p>
        <p>Glenallachie 17 yo (50%, OB, Masters of Wood, Mizunara & Oloroso finish, 4,380 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Glenallachie 10 yo ‘Cask Strength Batch 11’ (59.4%, OB, ex-PX, oloroso and red wine, 2023)</p>
        <p>Glenallachie 14 yo 2009/2024 (60.3%, OB, for The Whisky Exchange, sherry cask, cask #900609, 261 bottles)</p>
        <p>Glenallachie 14 yo 2009/2024 (57.1%, OB, Germany exclusive, PX puncheon, cask #804302, 696 bottles)</p>
        <p>Glenallachie 18 yo (46%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Glenallachie 9 yo 2014/2023 (63.9%, Alambic Classique, first fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #23101, 637 bottles)</p>
        <p>Glenallachie 13 yo 2006/2019 (56.9%, OB, selected by Whisky-E, bourbon barrel, cask #26855, 238 bottles)</p>
        <p>Meikle Toir 5 yo ‘The Original’ (50%, OB, +/-2023)</p>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Nine New Benromachs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Nine-new-Benromachs.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benromach 10 yo (43%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Benromach 9 yo 2014/2024 ‘Contrasts: Unpeated’ (46%, OB, bourbon and sherry)</p>
    <p>Benromach 10 yo 2014/2024 (59.6%, OB, Germany Exclusive, first fill sherry hogshead, cask #486, 305 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benromach 11 yo 2013/2024 (61.1%, OB, Germany Exclusive, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #835, 231 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benromach 10 yo 2014/2024 (60.2%, LMDW, Artist #14, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #384, 244 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benromach 19 yo 2005/2024 (59%, LMDW, Artist #14, first fill sherry butt, cask #164, 264 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benromach 21 yo 2002/2024 (56.6%, OB, Capital Whisky Club Exclusive, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #971, 170 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benromach 22 yo 2002/2024 (56.6%, LMDW, Artist #14, first fill sherry hogshead, cask #22602102, 341 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benromach 25 yo 1998/2024 (50.3%, LMDW, Artist #14, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #197, 160 bottles)</p>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>For a Few More Lowlands</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/For-a-Few-More-Lowlands.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Daftmill 12 yo 2011/2023 ‘Summer Batch Release’ (46%, OB, 1st fill bourbon barrels, 6,550 bottles).</p>
    <p>Rosebank 32 yo 1991/2024 (51.2%, Gordon & MacPhail, The Recollection Series #3, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #2114, 141 bottles).</p>
    <p>Littlemill 27 yo 1988/2016 (57.3%, Alambic Classique, Rare & Old Selection, dark sherry cask, cask #16305, 153 bottles).</p>
    <p>Dalrymple 11 yo 2012/2024 (57.1%, Watt Whisky, blended malt, hogshead, 194 bottles).</p>
    <p>Auchentoshan 15 yo 2007/2024 (55.7%, Lady of the Glen, Ruby Port finish, cask #4204).</p>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Rums to Warm Us Up</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Rums-to-Warm-Us-Up.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Père Labat ‘Le Rhum Soleil’ (55%, OB, Marie-Galante, agricole, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Neisson ‘Profil Equilibre Carole Aurore’ (49%, OB, Martinique, LMDW Foundations, 2024)</p>
    <p>Islay Rum ‘Barrel Aged’ (46%, OB, UK, 2024)</p>
    <p>Tierra Madre ‘Island Signature’ (40%, Odevie, Guatemala, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Grays Very Special Orange Product 4 yo (50%, Vagabond Spirit, Mauritius, 2024)</p>
    <p>T.D.L. 14 yo 2009/2024 (63%, The Roots for Dram4ALS, Trinidad, bourbon cask, cask #4, 201 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 8 yo 2016/2024 ‘LROK’ (65%, Rest & Be Thankful for Wu Dram Clan and Kirsch Import, cask #4, 2024)</p>
    <p>HD Jamaica 2013/2024 (60.3%, The Whisky Jury for Care for Craft Spirits and Whisky-Age, refill barrel, cask #434985, 270 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Some Springbank</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Some-Springbank.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 10 yo 1990/2000 (43%, Blackadder, cask #102, 397 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 8 yo 1976/1984 (43%, OB for Japan, sherry, 18000 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 27 yo 1992/2020 (48.4%, OB Private Bottling, cask #273, refill hogshead, 186 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 16 yo 1977/1993 (53.9%, OB, cask #332)</p>
    <p>Springbank 28 yo 1966/1994 (55.6%, The Bottlers, cask #1018)</p>
    <p>Hazelburn 15 yo ‘Online Tasting Week’ (54.9%, OB, Oloroso sherry casks, bottled 2021, 1174 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hazelburn 8 yo 1997/2006 (59.2%, OB Private Bottling, cask #1037, sherry)</p>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Mannochmore again</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Mannochmore-again.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Mannochmore 12 yo (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, first fill bourbon hogshead, casks #6697 & 2344, 1,035 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Mannochmore 11 yo 2012/2024 ‘100 Proof’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 1st fill oloroso sherry butts, Edition #13)</p>
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  <title>WF's Little Duos, today Knockando</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Knockando.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Knockando 12 yo 'The Manager’s Dram' (59%, OB, 1,200 bottles, 2012)</p>
    <p>Knockando 32 yo 1992/2024 (50.7%, OB, The Director's Cask, for Justerini & Brooks 275th Anniversary, first fill ex-Oloroso Sherry butt, cask #1023, 453 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Bladnoch Young OB vs Older IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Bladnoch-Young-OB-vs-Older-IB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bladnoch 13 yo (46.7%, OB, Heritage Collection, bourbon barrel, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Bladnoch 1991/2022 (45%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS 22011, 233 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bladnoch 33 yo 1988/2022 (54.1%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, for Kensington Wine Market, refill sherry hogshead, cask #2107, 53 bottles)</p>
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  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today Pulteney again</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/WFs-Little-Duos-today-Pulteney-again.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Pulteney 16 yo 2007/2023 (55.3%, Whisky Age, barrel, cask #700732, 217 bottles)</p><p>Old Pulteney 19 yo 2004/2024 (56.7%, OB, for LMDW, Foundations, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #239, 204 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Two or three Tamdhu ex-oloroso</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Two-or-three-Tamdhu-ex-oloroso.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tamdhu 15 yo (46%, OB, first fill oloroso, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 18 yo (46.8%, OB, first fill oloroso, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 43 yo ‘Forty Three’ (50.8%, OB, The Dedication Collection, oloroso sherry, casks #234 + 236 + 1319, 100 bottles, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A Few Armagnacs This Time</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-Armagnacs-this-time.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dartigalongue 2010 ‘Folle Blanche’ (48%, OB, Bas-Armagnac, 492 bottles, Sept 2024)</p>
    <p>Laterrade 50 yo (45.1%, Poh ! Spirits, Armagnac, 90 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Château de Laubade 2010/2021 ‘L’Enchanteur’ (45.2%, OB, Les Curiosités de Laubade, 562 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Rounagle 2009/2024 (53.9%, Zero Nine Spirits, Ténarèze, Ar06)</p>
    <p>Enclos du Simsat 2003 (48.6%, Authentic Spirits, Bas-Armagnac, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Domaine Jean-Bon 1992 (50.1%, Authentic Spirits, Bas-Armagnac, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Charron 2008/2024 (50.2%, Swell de Spirits, Bas-Armagnac)</p>
    <p>Domaine Lous Pibous 1994/2024 (54.8%, L’Encantada, LMDW Foundations, cask #132bis, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Château de Laubade 2003/2021 (52.7%, OB, Bas-Armagnac, cask #200024, chai #3, tirage #1)</p>
    <p>Alabat 1992/2024 (50.5%, OB, LMDW Foundations, cask #37, 192 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A Pair of Rosebank and Bill Frisell</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-pair-of-Rosebank-and-Bill-Frisell.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Rosebank 1991/2009 ‘Handfill’ (55.1%, The Whisky Exchange)</p><p>Rosebank 21 yo 'The Roses, Edition 5, Fascination’ (49.5%, Specialty Drinks, Madeira cask, 633 bottles, bottled 2021)</p><p>Bill Frisell Four, Cadogan Hall, London, Friday 25th October 2024</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Today Balblair indie vs official</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Today-Balblair-indie-vs-official.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Balblair 11 yo 2012/2024 (52%, Asta Morris, cask #AM143, 250 bottles)</p>
    <p>Balblair 16 yo 2007/2024 (55.7%, OB for LMDW Foundations, first fill bourbon barrels, cask #507, 210 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>A few young Glen Ord</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-young-Glen-Ord.html</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glen Ord 10 yo 2012/2022 (52.3%, The Whisky Agency, RIFA, cask #800207, 118 bottles)</p>
        <p>The Singleton 14 yo ‘Autumn Walk’ (54.7%, OB, Special Release, 2024)</p>
        <p>Glen Ord 11 yo 2012/2024 (58.6%, Lady of the Glen, cask #800186, 193 bottles)</p>
        <p>Glen Ord 11 yo 2012/2024 (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof)</p>
        <p>Glen Ord 11 yo 2012/2023 (58.8%, Fadandel, cask #800241, 213 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Little Duos, today Tullibardine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Little-Duos-today-Tullibardine.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Little Duos, today Tullibardine</p><p>Tullibardine 12 yo (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, matured in palo cortado, 2024)</p><p>Tullibardine 2008/2024 (46%, OB, The Murray, Châteauneuf-du-Pape finish, 15,720 bottles)</p>]]></description>
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    <title>A few more whiskies from around the world</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-more-whiskies-from-around-the-world.html</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Armorik 12 yo 2012/2024 ‘Sherry Cask’ (56%, OB, LMDW, oloroso sherry butt, cask #3868, 310 bottles)</p>
        <p>Lot 40 'Dark Oak' (48%, OB, Canada, Rye whisky, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Sangam ‘World Malt Whisky’ (43%, OB, Rampur, 2024)</p>
        <p>Millstone 5 yo 2019/2024 ‘Special No. 31’ (46%, OB, Netherlands, Palo Cortado Peated, 2,365 bottles)</p>
        <p>Filliers ‘Cask Strength’ (58.5%, OB, Belgium, PX, 2024)</p>
        <p>Stauning ‘Host’ (40.5%, OB, Denmark, 2024)</p>
        <p>Cardrona ‘The Falcon’ (52%, OB, New Zealand, 2023)</p>
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  <title>An Official Lagavulin Duo and Two Aperitifs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/An-Official-Lagavulin-Duo-and-Two-Aperitifs.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Finlaggan 'Old Reserve' (40%, Vintage Malt Whisky Society, single Islay malt, +/-2006)</p>
    <p>Laggan Mill ‘Secret Islay’ (56.5%, The Cooper’s Choice, for France, bourbon cask, cask #302021, 360 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>Lagavulin 11 yo ‘Offerman Edition’ (46%, OB, Caribbean rum cask finish, 2024)</p>
    <p>Lagavulin 12 yo ‘Fireside Tales’ (57.4%, OB, Special Releases 2024, first fill and refill bourbon)</p>
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  <title>A Few Top Cognacs to Prepare for November</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-top-cognacs-to-prepare-for-November.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Fanny Fougerat ‘XO Iris Poivré 10 ans’ (44.6%, OB, Borderies, 888 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Cognac Park 5 yo ‘Mizunara’ (43.5%, OB, Tessendier, Borderies, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Tiffon ‘Très Vieille Réserve Fins Bois’ (40%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Mauxion ‘70’s Decade’ (61.2%, Through the Grapevine, LMDW, 42 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>François Voyer ‘Lot N°81’ (52.2%, Spirit Co-Op, Grande Champagne, cask #BA-81/1)</p>
    <p>François Voyer 'Lot No°71' (56.6%, Aesthetic Amber Alchemy, Edward Zeng & Viktor, Grande Champagne, cask #BA-71/1)</p>
    <p>Vallein Tercinier 'Lot 74' (50.9%, OB, Wealth Solutions for Harmony & The Whisky Antelope Macau, Fins bois, 2024)</p>
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet 50 'Lot 70' (52.1%, Maltbarn, Grande Champagne, 84 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Zind Humbrecht 1998-2002-2003/2024 (57%, Amateur Spirit, eau-de-vie de vin, Pinot Noir Heimbourg)</p>
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  <title>The last Japanese and a little red wine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-last-Japanese-and-a-little-red-wine.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ichiro’s Malt & Grain ‘Red Wine cask’ (59.8%, OB for Spirits of Salud, single blend, Château Gruaud Larose, 272 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 8 yo 2016/2024 ‘Bordeaux Red Wine cask’ (65.5%, OB, LMDW Foundations, cask #14044, 268 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mars Tsunuki 4 yo 2020/2024 ‘Tsunuki aging’ (60.3%, OB, LMDW Foundations, Spanish Virgin oak, cask #T1880, 283 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mars Komagatake 5 yo 2018/2024 ‘Komagatake Aging’ (62%, OB, LMDW Foundations, bourbon, cask #4295, 180 bottles)</p>
    <p>Shizuoka ‘Pot Still K Japanese Barley 2023 Edition’ (55.5%, OB, 2023)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Today young Oban</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Today-young-Oban.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Oban 11 yo ‘Hand Filled’ (57.5%, OB, Batch #5, August 2024)</p>
    <p>Oban 10 yo ‘Coastal Orchard’ (58%, OB, Special Releases 2024, oloroso finish)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A few whiskies from around the world, from China to France</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-whiskies-from-around-the-world-from-China-to-France.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Daiking ‘Classic Single Malt’ (40%, OB, China, bourbon cask, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Daiking ‘Distillery Select’ (43%, OB, China, single malt, bourbon cask, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Daiking ‘Distillery Select Green Brand’ (46%, OB, China, single malt, bourbon cask, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Goalong ‘Small Batch #5’ (48%, OB, China, 2023)</p>
  <p>Ki.One (46%, OB, Korea, virgin American oak, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Old Bakery Whisky 8 yo (47.2%, OB, England, London Malt Whisky, finished in Cuban rum barrels, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Domaine des Hautes-Glaces 2016/2024 ‘Epistémé’ (44%, OB, France, single track #B16D24+red square)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A little trio of Balvenie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-little-trio-of-Balvenie.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Balvenie 14 yo (47.8%, OB, A Collection of Curious Casks, American bourbon barrel, 2024)</p>
<p>Balvenie 18 yo (47.9%, OB, A Collection of Curious Casks, French pineau cask finish, 2024)</p>
<p>Burnside 27 yo 1996/2024 (52.9%, Halcyon Spirits, blended malt, release #4, sherry finish)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A trio of Talisker</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-trio-of-Talisker.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tactical 27 yo 1973/2001 (46%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask, 264 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tactical 19 yo 1980/2000 (50%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask, 348 bottles)</p>
    <p>Talisker 8 yo ‘Tidal Churn’ (58.7%, OB, Stone-spun and re-toasted finish, Special Releases 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>How about we have a few more rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/how-about-we-have-a-few-more-rums.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>English Harbour 5 yo (40%, OB, Antigua, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Privateer 4.75 yo ‘Yankee’ (55.7%, OB for Kirsch Import, USA, Letter of Marque, 1st use American oak, 216 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Savanna 10 yo 2013/2024 ‘Unshared Cask’ (49.8%, OB for Germany, La Réunion, ex-cognac cask, cask #778, 640 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bielle 7 yo 2016/2023 ‘Brut de Fût’ (54.2%, OB, Marie-Galante, agricole)</p>
    <p>Vietnam 6 yo 2008/2024 (56.9%, LMDW Flag Series, 414 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jamaican Rum 23 yo (57%, Wu Dram Clan, Jamaican blend, 2024)</p>
    <p>Hampden 13 yo 2010/2024 ‘LROK’ (60%, OB, Jamaica, Magnum Series #2, Alex Webb Edition, 1,080 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caroni 1998/2019-2024 (70.2%, Velier, Paradise #10, Trinidad, cask #3927, dame-jeanne #1, ‘Emerald and Sun Dancers’, 115 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Two Kilchoman</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Two-Kilchoman.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Kilchoman 10 yo 2013/2023 '100% Islay' (55.5%, OB for Kensington Wine Market, cask #27, bourbon barrel, 243 bottles)</p>
        <p>Kilchoman 11 yo 2011/2023 (54.5%, OB for The Whisky Show, cask #771, bourbon barrel)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>At the summit of the closed Lowlands</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/At-the-summit-of-the-closed-Lowlands.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Littlemill 28 yo 1991/2019 (49.3%, Cadenhead, Single Cask, for 3rd Anniversary of Whisky & More Hong Kong, barrel)</p>
  <p>Rosebank 32 yo ‘Release 3’ (47.6%, OB, 2023)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>We continue our Japanese expedition</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/We-continue-our-Japanese-expedition.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ichiro’s Malt & Grain ‘Vol.1’ (58%, OB, for The Ultimate Spirits by Rudder, refill bourbon barrel, cask #10772, 230 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 7 yo 2016/2024 ‘Heavily Peated’ (63.7%, LMDW Foundations, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #6179, 161 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 2015/2024 ‘Angel’s Favourite’ (63.5%, OB, Spirits of Salud, second fill bourbon barrel, cask #4659, 2024)</p>
    <p>Shizuoka ‘United S - Winter Edition 2023’ (50.5%, OB, Japan, first-fill bourbon)</p>
    <p>Mars Komagatake 5 yo 2019/2024 ‘Yakushima aging’ (59.8%, OB, LMDW Foundations, white oak, sherry hogshead, cask #2281, 244 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mars Tsunuki 5 yo 2018/2024 ‘Tsunuki Aging’ (58.5%, OB, LMDW Foundations, refill American white oak, cask #T803, 275 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Grand New Macallans</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Grand-New-Macallans.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Macallan ‘Edition No.5’ (48.5%, OB, 260,000 bottles, 2019)</p>
    <p>Macallan 19 yo 2005/2024 ‘Speymalt’ (56.5%, Gordon & MacPhail for LMDW Foundations, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #22606305, 343 bottles)</p>
    <p>Macallan 27 yo 1997/2024 ‘Speymalt’ (59.7%, Gordon & MacPhail for LMDW Foundations, refill sherry hogshead, cask #4356, 140 bottles)</p>
    <p>Marketing Malt 15 yo 2008/2024 (57.1%, Whisky-Sponge, Decadent Drinks, #88)</p>
    <p>Macallan ‘Over 30 yo’ 1991/2024 (55.9%, LMDW, Artist #14, 2nd fill bourbon barrel, cask #14622, 89 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blended Malt Whisky 27 yo 1993/2021 (53.2%, C. Dully Selection, sherry hogshead, cask #13, 317 bottles)</p>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Top Japanese, continued</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Top-Japanese-continued.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Kanosuke ‘Hioki Pot Still’ (51%, OB, Japan, 2024)</p>
    <p>Kanosuke ‘Double Distillery’ (53%, OB, Japan, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ichiro’s Malt & Grain World Blend ‘7 to 47 years Double Fantasy’ (56%, OB, Japan, 300 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ichiro’s Malt World Blended Malt ‘5 to 21 years Double Fantasy’ (48%, OB, Japan, 1,200 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 7 yo 2016/2024 (64.5%, OB, LMDW Foundations, refill peaty barrels, cask #7076, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ontake 2021/2024 (57.7%, OB, for The Ultimate Spirits by Rudder, Japan, Owner’s Cask, oloroso sherry butt, cask #174)</p>
    <p>Mars Tsunuki 4 yo 2020/2024 ‘Yakushima Aging’ (58.2%, OB, Japan, LMDW Foundations, sherry hogshead, cask #2334, 241 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Today Dalmore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Today-Dalmore.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dalmore 16 yo 2006/2023 (47.6%, The Auld Alliance & Lucky Choice, oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #7, 146 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dalmore 1996/2023 (46.3%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS 23007, 227 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dalmore 2006/2024 (47.2%, OB, Select Edition, bourbon + Matusalem and amoroso sherry casks)</p>
    <p>Dalmore 2009/2024 (48.9%, OB, Select Edition, bourbon + Matusalem and Port casks)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>More Rums de la Muerte and Nick Lowe</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/More-rums-de-la-muerte-and-Nick-Lowe.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bacardi 'Carta Blanca' (37.5%, OB, white rum, Puerto Rico, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Sodade ‘Canne Rouge’ (42.7%, OB, Cabo Verde, white grogue, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Nine Leaves 2023/2024 ‘Last Drops’ (62%, OB, Japan, LMDW, black sugar, 950 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>TDL/FS 2006/2024 (58.8%, Zero Nine Spirits, Cyberpunk Rh12, blend Trinidad+Barbados, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cuban Rum 45 yo 1978/2024 (49.7%, Chapter 7, Spirit Library, Volume 1, Cuba, 339 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hoy Como Ayer 1956/2024 (53.7%, La Maison & Velier, Cuba, cask #2315302, 285 bottles)</p>
    <p>Enmore 26 yo 1994/2020 ‘RSV’ (52.5%, Valinch & Mallet, Guyana, cask #71, 215 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bacardi ‘Superior Carta Blanca’ (46%, OB, Cuba, +/-1915)</p>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>More Closed Distilleries</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/More-closed-distilleries.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Convalmore 1975/2015 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Rare Old’, cask #R0/15/06, refill sherry hogshead, 299 bottles)</p>
    <p>Lochside 20 yo 1981/2001 (61.0%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 92.10 ‘Cod-liver oil and blackcurrants’)</p>
    <p>Glenugie 33 yo 1966/2000 (48.1%, Signatory Vintage ‘Silent Stills’, cask #5081, 148 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenugie 1966/1986 (55%, Samaroli, 480 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenlochy 29 yo 1970/2000 (57.2%, Signatory Vintage ‘Silent Stills’, cask #3359, 248 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dallas Dhu 43 yo 1979/2023 (54.1%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Private Collection’, cask #1404, refill hogshead, 155 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Albyn 20 yo 1962/1983 (92 US proof, Cadenhead Dumpy)</p>
    <p>Glen Albyn 1975 (59.1%, Cadenhead for Oddbins, cask #3344, bottled early 1990s)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Little Duos, today Braeval ex-sherry</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Little-Duos-today-Braeval-ex-sherry.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Braeval 13 yo 2009/2022 (55%, North Star Spirits, sherry butts, 341 bottles)</p>
    <p>Braeval 23 yo 2000/2023 (57.9%, Whisky Age, sherry puncheon, cask #15631, 438 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A new little Japan Special session</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-new-little-Japan-Special-session.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>The Nikka ‘Nine Decades’ (48%, OB, 90th Anniversary Limited, premium blended whisky, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ichiro’s ‘World Blended Malt Whisky vol.4’ (57%, OB, for The Ultimate Spirits by Rudder, 3rd fill bourbon barrel, cask #15090, 260 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Ichiro’s Malt & Grain World Blended Whisky (60%, OB, for Chichibu Matsuri 2024, refill peated barrel, cask #14841, 254 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 9 yo 2015/2024 ‘7even Gods of Fortune Edition 5 Fukurokuju’ (61%, OB, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #4577, 188 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu ‘On The Way 2024’ (54.5%, OB, Floor Malted, 1,200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu ‘Paris Edition 2024’ (50.5%, OB, for La Maison du Whisky, 2,484 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 10 yo 2013/2024 (64.4%, OB, LMDW Foundations, 2nd fill bourbon barrel, cask #3079, 140 bottles)</p>
    <p>Shizuoka 'Pot Still W imported barley 2024 Edition' (55.5%, OB)</p>
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  <title>Some High-Quality Scottish Blends</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Some-High-Quality-Scottish-Blends.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Johnnie Walker 15 yo ‘Green Label’ (43%, OB, blended malt, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Architectonics (49%, Compass Box, Blended Malt, for LMDW, 1,200 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>The Cairn 25 yo ‘CRN57°’ (43%, OB, blended malt, LMDW, 2024)</p>
    <p>Enigma 27 yo 1997/2024 (51.8%, Cadenhead, blended malt, bourbon hogsheads, 1,140 bottles)</p>
    <p>Big Peat’s Finest 8 yo 2016/2024 (46%, Douglas Laing, Provenance, LMDW Foundations, Jamaican Rum Finish)</p>
    <p>Red Snake ‘Redneck 127’ (59.6%, Blackadder Raw Cask, bourbon, 261 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>Peated Blended Malt 6 yo 2017/2023 (59.7%, Fadandel, 2nd fill oloroso sherry octave finish, cask #200000061, 69 bottles)</p>
    <p>Seventeen Smoky Stills 6 yo 2017/2024 (50%, Claxton’s Exploration Series, blended malt, oloroso hogshead)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>A wee selection of Jura whiskies of the highest quality</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-wee-selection-of-Jura-whiskies-of-the-highest-quality.html</link>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Jura 16 yo ‘Perspective No.01’ (46.5%, OB, bourbon + oloroso, 2024)</p>
        <p>Jura 1989/2023 (47%, S Spirits Shop Selection, hogshead, cask #1113, 259 bottles)</p>
        <p>Isle of Jura 30 yo 1994/2024 (46%, Whisky Sponge, Decadent Drinks, refill hogshead, 203 bottles)</p>
        <p>Jura 16 yo 2006/2023 (54.2%, Whisky Age, cask #8001643, barrel, 214 bottles)</p>
        <p>Isle of Jura 10 yo 2014/2024 (55.6%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 263 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A small trio of Glenmorangie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-small-trio-of-Glenmorangie.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenmorangie ‘A Tale of Ice Cream’ (46%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glenmorangie 16 yo ‘The Nectar’ (46%, OB, bourbon and sweet white wine casks, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Westport 26 yo 1997/2023 (47.1%, Oxhead Whisky Company for Shelter, hogshead, cask #3301, 183 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Here are a few more random rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Here-are-a-few-more-random-rums.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Naga 'Full Proof' 10 yo 2011 (62.3%, OB, Royaume de Siam, charred American oak, 2,752 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>Distillerie du Galion 3 yo 'Easy Peasy' (56.3%, Swell de Spirit, Martinique, agricole, bourbon barrel, 600 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Rhum Brun Vieilli 2023 (56.4%, Distillerie de Lyon, Cuvée Collaborative, molasses, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Single Estate French West Indies Rhum 2017/2023 (58.3%, L’Esprit, cask #BB7, 240 bottles)</p>
    <p>Fiji 22 yo 2001/2022 (59%, Rock & Rhum, 244 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 2023/2024 ‘Pedro Ximenez’ (62.9%, The Colours of Rum, Jamaica, cask #28, 329 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 24 yo 1997/2022 (49.2%, The Colours of Rhum, #13, cask #28, 192 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clarendon 40 yo 1984/2024 (64.2%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, Famille Ricci, Jamaica, 90 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hampden 41 yo 1983/2024 (53.5%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, Famille Ricci, Jamaica, 90 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Revisiting Glen Mhor</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Revisiting-Glen-Mhor.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Mhor 1979/2004 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail)</p>
    <p>Glen Mhor 21 yo 1976/1997 (43%, Hart Bros)</p>
    <p>Glen Mhor 8 yo (57%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Distillery labels’, 1980s)</p>
    <p>Glen Mhor 30 yo 1982/2012 (54.1%, Cadenhead ‘Closed Distilleries’, bourbon, 198 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Mhor 30 yo 1975/2005 (51.2%, Glenkeir Treasures, 270 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Mhor 30 yo 1967/1997 (60.1%, Gordon & MacPhail for 30th Anniversary of Barmetro, sherry, 199 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A little biofuel. I mean, grain whiskies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-little-biofuel-I-mean-grain-whiskies.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>North of Scotland 1964/1981 (100° proof UK, George Strachan, cask #37526, 5cl)</p>
    <p>North British 34 yo 1989/2024 (43.7%, Liquid Treasures, bourbon barrel, 15th anniversary)</p>
    <p>Invergordon 27 yo 1997/2024 (52.2%, Dràm Mor, refill bourbon barrel, cask #300709, 218 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Dundas 23 yo 2000/2024 (62.2%, Frank McHardy, Signature Reserve, 270 bottles)</p>
    <p>Girvan 26 yo 1997/2024 (46.5%, Frank McHardy, Signature Reserve, 230 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cameronbridge 31 yo 1992/2024 (51.5%, Frank McHardy, Signature Reserve, 234 bottles)</p>
    <p>Invergordon 50 yo 1972/2023 ‘Clan McBean’ (42.9%, The Whisky Barrel, cask #TWB1034, 128 bottles)</p>
    <p>North British 30 yo 1993/2024 (52%, The Taste of Whisky, refill sherry butt, cask #52169, 187 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cambus 34 yo 1989/2023 (58.9%, Alambic Classique, Rare & Old Selection, sherry cask, cask #23082, 169 bottles)</p>
    <p>North British 31 yo 1991/2023 (45%, Whisky Age, 1st fill barrel, 189 bottles)</p>
    <p>Invergordon 36 yo 1988/2024 (48.7%, Cask 88 and Tiffany’s New York Bar Hong Kong, PX finish, 240 bottles)</p>
    <p>Invergordon 37 yo 1986/2023 (46%, Whisky Dudes, refill butt + 1st fill PX quarter, cask #23654A, 203 bottles)</p>
    <p>Girvan 27 yo 1996/2023 (55.1%, The Whisky Blues, hogshead, cask #37956, 301 bottles)</p>
    <p>Girvan 26 yo 1997/2024 (57.6%, Whisky Dudes, hogshead + 1st fill amontillado, 194 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>A few Japanese whiskies</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-Japanese-whiskies.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Yamazaki ‘Golden Promise 2024 Edition’ (48%, OB, Tsukuriwake Selection)</p>
        <p>Yamazaki ‘Islay Peated 2024 Edition’ (48%, OB, Tsukuriwake Selection)</p>
        <p>Yamazaki 18 yo ‘Mizunara 2024 Edition’ (48%, OB, Tsukuriwake Selection)</p>
        <p>Hakushu 18 yo ‘Peated Malt 2024 Edition’ (48%, OB, Tsukuriwake Selection)</p>
        <p>Saburomaru 2020/2024 (60%, The Ultimate Spirits by Rudder, bourbon barrel, cask #200122)</p>
        <p>Kanosuke ‘Single Malt’ (48%, OB, France, 2024)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A few Glen Elgin, somewhat at random</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-Glen-Elgin-somewhat-at-random.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Elgin 12 yo 2011/2023 (55.5%, Tri Carragh, reracked in a first fill tawny Port barrique, 292 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 12 yo 2012/2024 (55%, Whisky Dudes, PX quarter cask finish, cask #801174, 145 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 12 yo 2010/2023 (56.6%, James Eadie, refill oloroso hogshead finish, cask #361161, 273 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 12 yo 2010/2023 (53.5%, Alister Walker’s Infrequent Flyers for Whiskylovers HK & Abyss, bourbon hogshead, cask #801000, 146 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 11 yo 2012/2024 (59%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, hogshead, cask #807729, 502 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 15 yo 2007/2023 (58.9%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society for LMDW, Artist #13, #85.89, first fill oloroso sherry, ‘Wormtub Magic’, 241 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 16 yo 2008/2024 (58.8%, Lady of the Glen, tawny Port finish, cask #800178, 266 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Two old independent Glenrothes and a few aperitifs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Two-old-independent-Glenrothes-and-a-few-aperitifs.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Glenrothes 15 yo 2008/2023 (58.9%, Alambic Classique, Caroni Rum barrel, cask #23023, 239 bottles)</p>
  <p>Glenrothes-Glenlivet 17 yo 2001/2018 (54%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 240 bottles)</p>
  <p>Glenrothes 30 yo 1990/2020 (61.7%, Alambic Classique, Rare & Old Selection, oloroso sherry cask, cask #20026, 113 bottles)</p>
  <p>Glenrothes 36 yo 1986/2022 (45.6%, Acla da Fans, 10th Anniversary, hogshead, cask #2125)</p>
  <p>Glenrothes 43 yo (42.6%, Duncan Taylor, 66 bottles, 2013-2024)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Old Pulteney in opulent versions</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Old-Pulteney-in-opulent-versions.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Old Pulteney 16 yo ‘Travellers' Exclusive’ (43%, OB, bourbon and Spanish oak, 2023)</p><p>Old Pulteney 25 yo (46%, OB, American oak and Spanish oak casks, +/-2024)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Return of the rums on Whiskyfun</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Return-of-the-rums-on-Whiskyfun.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Trois Rivières 2007 (42%, OB, Martinique, agricole, cognac cask, cask #M2-15)</p>
    <p>Isautier 13 yo 2008/2023 ‘L’aventurier’ (58%, OB, La Réunion, LMdW, 581 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ten Cane 12 yo 2012/2024 (58.6%, Whisky Concerto, Trinidad, Recital 8.1)</p>
    <p>Brazil 13 yo 2011/2024 (55.5%, FRC for Sea Shepherd, Kirsch Import, American oak + Imburana)</p>
    <p>Mhoba ‘Strand 101’ (58%, OB, South Africa, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Fiji 2015/2024 (60.90%, Zn09, 195 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jamaïque 2013/2023 (65.5%, L’Esprit, Maison de l’Hédonisme 10th anniversary, cask #MDH 2013-1, 246 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caroni 1999/2024 ‘Rum Bullion’ (58.9%, Jean Boyer, Trinidad, cask #223, 262 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A few more American whiskies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-more-American-whiskies.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Stranahan’s ‘Blue Peak’ (43%, OB, USA, single malt, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Sonoma ‘California Rye’ (46.5%, OB, USA, 2024)</p>
    <p>Michter’s 10 yo ‘Kentucky Straight Rye’ (46.4%, OB, USA, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Never Say Die ‘Barrel Strength’ (60.5%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, barrel, cask #8)</p>
    <p>Leiper’s Fork 4 yo ‘bottled in bond’ (50%, OB, Tennessee Whiskey, new American oak #4, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Heaven’s Door ‘Schlumberger Selection 6’ (59.4%, OB, Tennessee, Straight Bourbon whiskey, single barrel, cask #28897)</p>
    <p>Westward ‘Pinot Noir Cask’ (45%, OB, USA, single malt, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Heritage Distilling Co. 5 yo 2018/2023 (61.15%, American Single Cask, chocolate malted barley, USA, new oak heavy char, cask #0003, 223 bottles)</p>
    <p>2BAR Spirits 4 yo 2019/2023 (58.94%, American Single Cask, Straight Bourbon whiskey, ex-red wine finish, USA, cask #0005, 286 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Today new Glendronach 18 vs… we’ll see</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/today-new-Glendronach-18-vs-well-see.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glendronach 18 yo 'Sherry Cask Matured' (46%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glendronach 1996/2010 (57.2%, Malts of Scotland, sherry butt, cask #195, 287 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Glenfiddich and shochu on the table</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Glenfiddich-and-shochu-on-the-table.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Glenfiddich ‘Reserve Cask’ (40%, OB, travel retail, 1l, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Glenfiddich 29 yo ‘Grand Yozakura’ (45.1%, OB, Japanese Awamori Finish, 2023)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2024 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A small box full of high-quality Irish whiskies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-small-box-full-of-high-quality-Irish-whiskies.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jameson ‘Caskmates IPA Edition’ (40%, OB, Irish blend, finished in craft beer barrels, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Green Spot ‘Finished in Château Léoville Barton’ (46%, OB, Irish single pot still, 2023)</p>
    <p>Redbreast 27 yo ‘Batch 5’ (54.6%, OB, Irish single pot still, 2024)</p>
    <p>Boann ‘Madeira Cask’ (47%, OB, Irish single pot still, 2024)</p>
    <p>Waterford ‘Heritage Goldthorpe’ (50%, OB, Irish single malt, 6,500 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Waterford ‘Biodynamic Cuvée Luna’ (50%, OB, Irish single malt, 2024)</p>
    <p>Dingle 2015/2024 (59.2%, OB, for Kirsch Import, Irish single malt, bourbon, 264 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bushmills 20 yo 2002/2023 (54%, The Whisky Blues, Irish single malt, cask #11344, 212 bottles)</p>
    <p>The Lime Tree 20 yo 2003/2024 (52%, The Whisky Cask Company, Tree of Life, bourbon, 205 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cooley 23 yo 2001/2024 (55.2%, Liquid Treasures for The Antelope Macau, refill barrel, cask #144972, 265 bottles)</p>
    <p>Irish Diamonds 21 yo 2002/2023 ‘Small Batch No.12’ (56.4%, Alambic Classique, sherry cask, cask #23081, 252 bottles)</p>
    <p>Teeling 13 yo 2008/2022 (57.8%, OB for Passion for Whisky, single malt Irish whiskey, PX finish, cask #29639, 276 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A duo of Benromach, from 10 to 50 years old</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-duo-of-Benromach-from-10-to-50-years-old.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Benromach 10 yo 2013/2024 'Contrasts: Virgin Oak' (46%, OB, virgin American oak matured)</p>
<p>Benromach 50 yo 1972/2023 (54.6%, OB, first fill sherry finish, 248 bottles, 2024)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A few more fine Cognacs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-more-fine-Cognacs.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>ABK6 ‘XO’ (40%, OB, Grande Champagne, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Drouet ‘VSOP’ (40%, OB, Grande Champagne, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Guillaume Duluc ‘VSOP Lot 19’ (67.6%, Authentic Spirits, single cask, Grande Champagne, 2024)</p>
    <p>Private Bottling ‘Lot 89’ (57.4%, Malternative Belgium for Cavavin Belval, Petite Champagne, 120 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Vaudon ‘Lot 75/78/80’ (54.2%, Grape of the Art, Fins Bois, 2024)</p>
    <p>Famille Cabanne ‘Lot no.79’ (62.5%, Passie voor Whisky, Bons Bois, 2024)</p>
    <p>Vallein Tercinier ‘Lot n°71’ (54.1%, OB for Flickenschild, Petite Champagne, 2024)</p>
    <p>Tiffon ‘V.45’ (45.2%, Old Master Spirit, Petite Champagne, 2023)</p>
    <p>Vallein Tercinier ‘Lot 55 Arôme Exquis’ (41.50%, Malternative Belgium, Bons Bois, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Age is just a (often meaningless) number. Flavour is king!</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Age-is-just-a-often-meaningless-number-Flavour-is-king.html.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>GlenWyvis 3 yo 2018/2022 'Batch 02/18' (46.5%, OB, 60% bourbon, 25% oloroso, 15% refill, 8000 bottles)</p>
    <p>GlenWyvis 2018/2023 (53.9%, Berry Bros & Rudd 'The Pioneers', casks #1501+1502, hogshead with quarter casks finish, 409 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Just two or three or maybe four Highland Parks for my birthday</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Just-two-or-three-or-maybe-four-Highland-Parks-for-my-birthday.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Highland Park 15 yo 1964/1979 (86.8 US proof, Averys for Corti Brothers, 75cl)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 1988/2023 ‘Vintage Release’ (43.8%, OB, bourbon hogsheads and European oak, 625 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 54 yo 1970/2024 (42%, Duncan Taylor, Rarest Collection, Accolade, sherry oak cask, cask #3254, 158 decanters)</p>
    <p>Highland Park 18 yo 2004/2022 (59.7%, Ferg & Harris, oloroso cask finish, cask #4689, 285 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Today Glengoyne OB vs IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Today-Glengoyne-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glengoyne 24 yo ‘White Oak’ (47.8%, OB, 1st fill bourbon and virgin oak, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glengoyne 16 yo 2007/2023 (52.5%, Asta Morris, sherry, cask #AM124, 249 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>6 new cats from the West Coast of Alba</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/6-new-cats-from-the-West-Coast-of-Alba.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Isle of Harris 'The Hearach' (46%, OB, batch 16, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ardnahoe ‘Infinite Loch’ (50%, OB, bourbon and oloroso, 2024)</p>
    <p>Nc’nean 2020+older/2024 ‘Cask Strength MN21’ (59%, OB, 5,021 bottles)</p>
    <p>Isle of Raasay 5 yo ‘Unpeated’ (61.4%, OB, Na Sia Cask Series, Chinkapin oak cask, cask #19/543, 2024)</p>
    <p>Isle of Raasay 5 yo ‘Peated’ (61.9%, OB, Na Sia Cask Series, peated Chinkapin oak cask, cask #19/74, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ardnamurchan ‘The Midgie’ (48%, OB, 6,200 bottles, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>New Bowmore 21 PX Sherry and indie friends</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/New-Bowmore-21-PX-Sherry-and-indie-friends.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bowmore 21 yo ‘Sherry Oak Cask’ (46.8%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 26 yo 1997/2023 (50.1%, The Whisky Blues, butt, cask #64, 317 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 20 yo 2004/2024 (54.5%, Islay Sponge, Part V, refill hogshead, 183 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 20 yo 2004/2024 (53.3%, WhiskyLand, refill hogshead, 171 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A few recent Laphroaigs including the lauded new 18</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-recent-Laphroaigs-including-the-lauded-new-18.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laudable 1985/2000 (50%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask, 303 bottles)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 18 yo (48%, OB, ex-bourbon, 2024)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 10 yo 'Original Cask Strength Batch 16' (58.5%, OB, Dec 22)</p>
    <p>Laphroaig 36 yo (40.2%, OB, The Archive Collection, second-fill oloroso finish, 400 bottles, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>It's grand and grander Cognac Sunday at WF</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Its-grand-and-grander-Cognac-Sunday-at-WF.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Frapin ‘Extra’ (40%, OB, Grande Champagne, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Famille Cabanne ‘Lot no.100’ (46.2%, The Whisky Jury, 100th release, Grande Champagne, 199 bottles)</p>
        <p>Les Grandes Jouberteries 'Lot 65' (49.5%, Authentic Spirits, Fins Bois, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Marie Foucher ‘La Découverte Lot 77’ (51.74%, Malternative Belgium, Fins Bois, 396 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Laurichesse ‘Les Jeux de Fruits Lot 75’ (46.8%, Malternative Belgium and Maltopedia China, Grande Champagne, 528 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Lot 73’ (48.3%, OB for WhiskyJace, Grande Champagne, 2024)</p>
        <p>Mauxion 1960/2024 (42%, OB for Passion for Whisky, Fins Bois, 78 bottles)</p>
        <p>Tiffon 'T.V.RES.' (43.6%, Malternative Belgium for The Antelope Macau and Kanpaikai Japan, Grande Champagne, 2023)</p>
        <p>Mauxion ‘Lot 36’ (43.2%, OB for Passion for Whisky, Borderies, 2024)</p>
        <p>Vallein Tercinier 1935/2024 (47%, OB for Kirsch Import, Petite Champagne)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Inchgower and Tamdhu Times Two</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Inchgower-and-Tamdhu-Times-Two.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Inchgower 13 yo 2009/2023 (58.5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseur’s Choice’, cask #803988, refill sherry hogshead, 241 bottles)</p>
    <p>Inchgower 23 yo 1998/2022 (52.3%, Club Qing for Bar Salavador, #9994, bourbon barrel, 141 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 50 yo 1972/2022 (47.7%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Private Collection’, cask #3430, 143 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 1967/2002 (52.5%, Moon Import for Japan, The Animals, hogshead, cask #12)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Quick, a few Aultmore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Quick-a-few-Aultmore.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Aultmore 9 yo (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, first fill bourbon and refill barrels, 1119 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Aultmore 11 yo 2013/2024 (55.4%, Lady of the Glen, hogshead and rum cask finish, cask #300445, 272 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aultmore 17 yo 2007/2024 ‘Exceptional Cask’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage ‘100 Proof Edition 1’, 1st fill oloroso butt)</p>
    <p>Aultmore 1992/2023 (45%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, bourbon barrel, cask #MoS 23023, 175 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aultmore 17 yo 2006/2023 (52.3%, Maltbarn, Circles, sherry cask, 113 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Two artistic extremes of Glenturret</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Two-artistic-extremes-of-Glenturret.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ruadh Mhor 11 yo 2010/2021 (52.6%, WhiskyJace, Art Edition, 1st fill sherry cask)</p>
    <p>Ruadh Mhor 11 yo 2011/2023 (54.9%, WhiskyFacile, refill bourbon hogshead, 335 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenturret ‘1953 24 Hours Winner’ (42.3%, OB, Jaguar C-Type 70th Anniversary, 220 bottles, 2023)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Fettercairn in great numbers</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Fettercairn-in-great-numbers.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Fettercairn 16 yo (46.4%, OB, 2023)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 2014/2022 ‘Warehouse 2 Batch 004’ (48.8%, OB, bourbon and Hungarian oak)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 2014/2023 ‘Warehouse 14 Batch 001’ (51.2%, OB, bourbon and Scottish beer)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 10 yo 2011/2021 (47.5%, Carn Mor, bourbon barrel, 1244 bottles)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 2009/2022 (50.6%, Liquid Art, 140 bottles)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 15 yo 2007/2023 (53.5%, Cadenhead, Rum Cask Matured, 240 bottles)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 14 yo 2007/2022 (54.4%, Oxhead Whisky Company, Singapore, amontillado hogshead, cask #201506)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 10 yo 2011/2022 (54.6%, Best Dram, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #800355, 220 bottles)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 12 yo 2008/2021 (52.9%, Whisky-Fässle, barrel)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 16 yo 2006 (54.7%, Malt, Grain & Cane, Barbados rum cask, Cranes)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 10 yo 2012/2023 (58.16%, Or Sileis, hogshead, cask #DL15976, 131 bottles)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 12 yo 2009/2021 (57%, Whisky Peter, hogshead + first fill bourbon barrel, cask #800300)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 22 yo (47%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 27 yo 1995/2022 (61.3%, Whisky Sponge, refill hogshead, 174 bottles)</p>
  <p>Fettercairn 31 yo 1990/2022 (42%, Skene, American oak hogshead, cask #648086)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Today some of the craziest recent Lagavulin</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Today-some-of-the-craziest-recent-Lagavulin.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Lagavulin 31 yo 1991/2023 (45.6%, OB, Cask of Distinction, for GourmetPool, fresh-charred American oak hogshead, cask #6498, 213 bottles)</p>
    <p>Lagavulin 18 yo ‘Iain’s Farewell Dram’ (58.7%, OB, 2nd fill manzanilla, 212 bottles, 2023)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Two little indie Knockdhu</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Two-little-indie-Knockdhu.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Knockdhu 17 yo 2006/2023 (46%, Hunter Laing, Hepburn’s Choice, refill hogshead, 360 bottles)</p>
    <p>Knockdhu 10 yo 2013/2024 (52.3%, The Maltman, hogshead, cask #128, 295 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Summer isn't over yet, here are some more rums</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Summer-isn't-over-yet-here-are-some-more-rums.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Botran 15 yo ‘Reserva Especial’ (40%, OB, Guatemala, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Chairman’s Reserve ‘Original’ (40%, OB, St. Lucia, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Pusser’s Rum ‘Gunpowder Proof’ (54.5%, OB, Guyana, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Hooded Skunk Rum (58%, OB, Denmark, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Secret Cuban 12 yo 2009/2022 (59%, Dràm Mor, bourbon barrel, cask #139, 227 bottles)</p>
        <p>Foursquare 19 yo 2002/2022 (56%, Silver Seal)</p>
        <p>TDL 2002/2024 (55.7%, The Whisky Jury for The Antilope, Macau, Trinidad, The Many Faces of Rum, cask #10, 238 bottles)</p>
        <p>T.D.L. 13 yo 2009/2023 (62.8%, The Colours of Rum, Trinidad, barrel, cask #107, 256 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Old bottles and new(ish) distilleries</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Old-bottles-and-new-ish-distilleries.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ardnamurchan 2018/2024 (59.1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, cask #1058, 1st fill sherry butt, 702 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardnamurchan 2017/2023 (59.7%, Berry Brothers & Rudd 'The Pioneers', cask #374, sherry hogshead, 302 bottles)</p>
    <p>Daftmill 15 yo 2007/2023 ‘Fife Strength’ (56.3%, OB for UK Independent Whisky Retailers, 1st fill bourbon barrel)</p>
    <p>Daftmill 15 yo 2007/2023 (56.4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, #009, bourbon barrel with PX sherry finish, 171 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 24 yo 1998/2023 (51.2%, Club Qing, cask #13087, sherry hogshead, 224 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 1972/1993 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (56.1%, Signatory for Velier Import, casks #6024-6025, sherry)</p>
    <p>Glen Grant 25 yo (86 US proof, Stuart MacNair for USA, stopper cork, bottled early 1960s)</p>
    <p>Glendronach 1970/1992 'Reserve Cantarelli' (43%, Signatory for Velier, casks #546-547, sherry hogsheads, 1200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glendronach (56.02%, OB, 1950s)</p>
    <p>Lagavulin 16 yo (43%, OB 'White Horse', 1 litre, early 1990s)</p>
    <p>Lagavulin 12 yo (43%, OB 'White Horse', Montenegro import, green glass, dark vatting, mid-1980s)</p>
    <p>Lagavulin 31 yo 1991/2022 (49.2%, OB 'Casks of Distinction' for the 50th anniversary of Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh's family business, cask #P5D4, 1st fill PX sherry hogshead, 264 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Two Royal Lochnagar and Their Blend</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Two-Royal-Lochnagar-and-Their-Blend.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>John Begg 'Blue Cap' (43%, OB, blend, +/-1955)</p>
    <p>Royal Lochnagar 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Royal Lochnagar 10 yo ‘The Manager’s Dram’ (57.2%, OB, European oak, 2006)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A few independent Royal Brackla</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-independent-Royal-Brackla.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Royal Brackla 11 yo 2006/2018 (55.2%, North Star Spirits, refill bourbon hogshead, 296 bottles)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 15 yo 2008/2024 (54.9%, Lady of the Glen, refill barrel, cask #6787, 232 bottles)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 2009/2023 (57.2%, Or Sileis, hogshead, cask #WG884, 280 bottles)</p>
    <p>Royal Brackla 2008/2024 (50.5%, The Whisky Jury, 10 years of Wine4You, refill hogshead, cask #6784, 58 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Three little Glen Moray</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Three-little-Glen-Moray.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Moray 13 yo 2010/2024 (56%, Dràm Mor, first fill Tokaji finish, cask #800597, 229 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 11 yo 2012/2023 (58.8%, OB, Warehouse 1, peated rioja cask finish)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 1988/2021 (53.7%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS 21048, 98 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Old Tigers, a Farewell or a Celebration?</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Old-Tiger-a-Farewell-or-a-Celebration.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glenugie 18 yo 1959/1977 (80° UK proof, Cadenhead, black dumpy, 26 2/3 Fl.Ozs)</p>
        <p>Banff 15 yo 1964/1979 (80° UK proof, Cadenhead, black dumpy, 26 2/3 Fl.Ozs)</p>
        <p>Millburn 1974 (56.3%, The Classic Whisky Guild, +/-2002)</p>
        <p>Dallas Dhu 31 yo 1980/2012 (60.2%, Signatory Vintage, hogshead, cask #2106, 196 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Just three Glenkinchie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Just-three-Glenkinchie.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Lowland Distillery 9 yo 2014/2024 (48%, Hogshead Imports, refill hogshead, 442 bottles)</p>
    <p>Lowland Distillery 11 yo 2012/2023 (58.8%, The Whisky Exchange, The Seasons, refill hogshead, cask #3478)</p>
    <p>Glenkinchie 15 yo ‘The Manager’s Dram’ (60.1%, OB, 2010)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>A few more rums for this Sunday</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-few-more-rums-for-this-Sunday.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Jamaican Rum 2023/2024 ‘&gt;1,200 esters gr/hlpa’ (64.3%, The Spirit Traveller, 1st fill Austrian red wine, 1,347 bottles)</p>
        <p>Papa Rouyo 1 yo 2022/2023 (56.7%, Habitation Velier, Guadeloupe)</p>
        <p>Papalin 10 yo ‘Réunion’ (50%, Velier, La Réunion, 3,608 bottles, 2023)</p>
        <p>Worthy Park 7 yo 2016/2024 (55%, Rum of The World, for Whisky Milano, Jamaica, cask #WP16JD02)</p>
        <p>Hampden 2023/2024 ‘Rum Love Festival Edition 2024’ (64.4%, The Colours of Rum, new American oak)</p>
        <p>Caroni 25 yo 1998/2023 (63.4%, Milano Whisky Company, Trinidad, 230 bottles)</p>
        <p>Diamond 26 yo 1996/2022 ‘SVC’ (47.3%, The Taste of Rum, 190 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Stoking the Whiskyfun Caol Ila pages</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Stoking-the-Whiskyfun-Caol-Ila-pages.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Caol Ila 11 yo 2012/2023 (48%, Elixir Distillers ‘The Single Malts of Scotland Reserve Casks’, four refill butts)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 9 yo 2013 (57.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.457 ‘Coal shards on clotted cream’, Oloroso sherry finish)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 9 yo 2013/2022 (57.3%, The Whisky Exchange for The Whisky Show, cask #316159, refill hogshead)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 9 yo 2013/2023 (59.6%, Watt Whisky, hogshead, 306 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 35 yo 1984/2020 (47.5%, The Golden Cask, #CM260, bourbon barrel, 204 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 36 yo 1984/2020 (53.1%, Kingsbury's for Auld Alliance and Club Qing, sherry butt, cask #2752)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 40 yo 1982/2022 (49.5%, The Whisky Exchange ‘The Decades’, two hogsheads, 286 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 13 yo 1977/1990 (63.8%, Gordon & MacPhail for Turatello, Italy)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 25 yo 1976/2001 (59.9%, Signatory Vintage for LMDW, Straight From The Cask, hogshead, cask #8087, 423 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 24 yo 1974/1998 (46%, Wilson & Morgan)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 21 yo 1974/1995 (58.2%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, 75cl)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 12 yo (43%, OB, Zenith import, early 1980s)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 1972/1987 (40%, JAS Gordon & Co, Auxil import)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 15 yo (65.3%, Sestante, 1980s)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Just a few more New Cats</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Just-a-few-more-New-Cats.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Isle of Harris 'The Hearach' (46%, OB, batch 15, 2024)</p>
        <p>Kingsbarns ‘Coaltown’ (46%, OB, 2024)</p>
        <p>Lochlea ‘Sowing Edition Third Crop’ (46%, OB, 1st fill bourbon, 2024)</p>
        <p>Holyrood ‘New Make Japanese Sake Yeast’ (60%, OB, spirit drink, World Whisky Day 2022)</p>
        <p>Glasgow 1770 6 yo ‘Tokaji Cask Finish Batch 02’ (54.8%, OB, 2024)</p>
        <p>Glasgow 1770 2018/2024 (62%, OB, Kirsch Import, virgin oak + oloroso, cask #18/1192, 318 bottles)</p>
        <p>Ardnamurchan 10 yo 2014/2024 (56.8%, OB, 1st fill bourbon barrel, for Whisky Fringe 2024, cask #10, 252 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Five Deanston on WF, OB vs IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Five-Deanston-on-WF-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Deanston ‘Heritage Sherry Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, 2018)</p>
    <p>Deanston ‘Pioneer #1’ (46.3%, OB, Transformation Series, sherry and first-fill bourbon, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Deanston 12 yo 2010/2023 (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, refill hogshead, cask #DL17759, 313 bottles)</p>
    <p>Deanston 14 yo 2008/2023 (55.8%, Simply Good Whisky, Kirsch Import, refill bourbon barrel, cask #KI-0011)</p>
    <p>Deanston 12 yo 2012/2024 (56.9%, Whisky Sponge, Decadent Drinks, Web exclusive, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 101 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Three Glenfarclas, one OB, one secret, one IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Three-Glenfarclas-one-OB-one-secret-one-IB.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenfarclas 2013/2023 (59.8%, OB for The Taste of Whisky 10th Anniversary, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #768, 290 bottles)</p>
    <p>Censored Speyside Distillery 16 yo ‘Adventures in the Meadow’ (54.7%, Brave New Spirits, The WhiskyHeroes, bourbon hogshead, 308 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 24 yo 1969/2010 (58.2%, Signatory Vintage, sherry, cask #67, 350 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A buncha Caol Ila</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-buncha-Caol-Ila.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Caol Ila 25 yo (43%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Caol Ila 8 yo 2015/2023 (40%, Signatory Vintage, Very Cloudy, The Un-chillfiltered Collection, LMDW, hogshead)</p>
  <p>Caol Ila 12 yo ‘The Haunting Songs’ (51.6%, Brave New Spirits, The Whisky Heroes, 1st fill Oloroso sherry hogshead finish, cask #2310708 + 2310707, 694 bottles)</p>
  <p>Caol Ila 13 yo 2009+2010/2024 (53%, Decadent Drinks, Islay Sponge, refill and 1st fill sherry hogsheads, 273 bottles)</p>
  <p>Caol Ila 12 yo 2008/2021 (57.8%, Whiskyjace & Flickenschild, Art Edition No. 3, refill hogshead and sherry octave cask finish, 107 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Strathmill too is back on WF</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Strathmill-too-is-back-on-WF.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Strathmill 1988/2023 (43.2%, Malts of Scotland, Rare Casks, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS 23024, 162 bottles)</p>
        <p>Strathmill 12 yo 2011/2024 (51%, Asta Morris, bourbon, cask #AM159)</p>
        <p>Strathmill 12 yo 2011/2024 (58.38%, James Eadie, first fill European oak oloroso butt finish, cask #367496, 725 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Armagnacs are back on WF</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Armagnacs-are-back-on-WF.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Château de Laubade 21 yo (45.3%, OB, Bas Armagnac, 1,812 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Château Lassalle Baqué 1995/2023 (48.9%, OB, Ténarèze, cask #4)</p>
    <p>Garreau 29 yo 1994/2023 (50.6%, Liquid Treasures, 15th Anniversary, cask #31)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Charron 1996/2024 (48.3%, Swell de Spirits, Flashback #8, Bas Armagnac, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Armagnac Secret! 'Lot 16 The Bourbony' (55%, Authentic Spirits, Bas Armagnac, 2024)</p>
    <p>St Martin 1992/2024 (54.7%, Le Passeur, Bas Armagnac, cask #90)</p>
    <p>Castarède 8 yo 2006 ‘Folle Blanche Brut de Fût’ (52%, OB, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Aurian 1979/2022 (41.7%, OB for Whiskyjace, Armagnac, 130 bottles)</p>
    <p>Garreau 50 years old 1974/2024 (51.2%, C. Dully Selection, Bas Armagnac, cask #7499, 144 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Gaube 1929 (45%, Francis Darroze, Bas Armagnac, +/-1980)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The return of three Speyburn on little Whiskyfun</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-return-of-three-Speyburn-on-little-Whiskyfun.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Speyburn ‘Rum Cask Finish’ (40%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
        <p>Speyburn 16 yo (43%, OB, travel exclusive, bourbon barrel, +/- 2022)</p>
        <p>Speyburn 2004/2024 ‘Spirit of Speyside Exclusive’ (58.6%, OB, cask #215, 546 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Just a small batch of new Ardbeg</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Just-a-small-batch-of-new-Ardbeg.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ardbeg 14 yo ‘Anthology The Unicorn’s Tale’ (46%, OB, refill bourbon and Madeira, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 19 yo 2005/2024 'Traigh Bhan Batch 6' (46.2%, OB, American oak & oloroso, batch #TB/06-04.04.2005/24.GM)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 2011/2024 (58.2%, OB, for Sweden, 1st fill manzanilla, cask #2464, 624 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Islay 13 yo 2009/2023 (58.7%, Archives, for China, ‘Birds from the Orient’, refill hogshead, cask #200000125, 300 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kildalton 15 yo 2008/2023 (61.5%, The Whisky Jury for Lucky Choice, China, refill butt, cask #5080, 132 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A little barrow of five Springbank</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-little-barrow-of-five-Springbank.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 18 yo ‘2024 Edition’ (46%, OB, bourbon)</p>
    <p>The Springbank 'Cuvée' 1965 & 1993/2004 (46%, Murray McDavid, sherry and bourbon, MM 0406, 1224 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 30 yo 1993/2023 (52.2%, Royal Mile Whiskies, cask #159, 178 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 1965/2004 (46%, Lombard, Jewels of Scotland, USA release, 75cl)</p>
    <p>Springbank 26 yo 1998/2024 (56.8%, Decadent Drinks, WhiskyLand, Chapter One, first fill sherry butt, 550 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A Small Bag of Recent Scottish Blends</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-Small-Bag-of-Recent-Scottish-Blends.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Loch Ryan (40%, Inver House, France, blended Scotch, +/-2010)</p>
    <p>Royal Salute 25 yo (40%, OB, Chivas Brothers, blended Scotch, for Claudio’s 70th Anniversary, 2024)</p>
    <p>The Antiquary 15 yo (40%, OB, Blended Scotch, claret casks finish, 2024)</p>
    <p>Nectarosity (46%, Compass Box, blended scotch, 2024)</p>
    <p>St. Bridget’s Kirk 35 yo 1988/2024 (43.9%, Hannah Whisky Merchants, blended scotch, refill butt, 450 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>WF’s Little Duos, today fresh Bruichladdich</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/WFs-Little-Duos-today-fresh-Bruichladdich.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Bruichladdich 2014/2024 ‘Islay Barley’ (50%, OB, bourbon and wine casks)</p><p>Bruichladdich 19 yo 2005/2024 (55.8%, Decadent Drinks, Whisky Sponge, first fill bourbon barrel, 206 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Malternatives, big rums, big guns</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Malternatives-big-rums-big-guns.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>FRC 5 yo ‘Caribbean Rum from Barbados and Jamaica’ (40%, FRC, blend, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Ecuador 8 yo 2015/2024 (47.2%, FRC, supporting Sea Shepherd, 100% Pot Still, medium toast American oak)</p>
<p>Nicaragua Rum 24 yo 1998/2023 (50.8%, Whisky Concerto, Op. 9, refill American oak, cask #15, 160 bottles)</p>
<p>Foursquare 16 yo 2007/2023 (61.7%, Maltbarn, Barbados, bourbon cask, 257 bottles)</p>
<p>Fiji 14 yo 2009/2024 (65%, FRC, supporting Sea Shepherd, 100% Pot Still, rum cask matured, 206 bottles)</p>
<p>Hmpdn 11 yo 2012/2024 (57.5%, Spiritori, Jamaica, bourbon, cask #8, 163 bottles)</p>
<p>Clarendon 2010/2022 (67.2%, Malt Grain & Cane, Jamaica, ‘Qin, Nian, Youth’, bourbon barrel, cask #433012, 249 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Last Olympic session until Los Angeles 2028</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Last-Olympic-session-until-Los-Angeles-2028.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>Willett 6 yo ‘Family Estate Rye’ (53.7%, OB, USA, for LMDW, cask #2627, 2023)</p>
<p>Westward 6 yo 2016/2022 ‘Single Barrel’ (46.7%, OB, USA, for Kirsch Import, virgin American oak, cask #597)</p>
<p>Copperworks Distilling Co. 6 yo 2017/2023 (62.45%, American Single Cask, USA, 2nd fill barrel, cask #0001, 201 bottles)</p>
<p>Bimber 2017/2023 (58.7%, OB, UK, LMDW New Vibrations, bourbon barrel, cask #196)</p>
<p>Amrut 8 yo 2017/2023 ‘Port Pipe’ (60%, OB, LMDW New Vibrations, India, cask #3879)</p>
<p>Millstone 2018/2024 ‘Unpeated No.1’ (55.8%, OB, Netherlands, Dutch Windmill Collection, Kirsch Import, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #18B244, 679 bottles)</p>
<p>Millstone 2019/2024 ‘Heavily Peated No.3’ (55.1%, OB, Netherlands, Dutch Tulip Collection, Kirsch Import, 1st fill moscatel sherry butt, cask #18B070, 648 bottles)</p>
<p>Heritage Distilling Co. 6 years old 2016/2023 (63.25%, American Single Cask, 100% rye, USA, new oak heavy char, cask #0004, 239 bottles)</p>]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympic Sessions, Day 16, cask-driven juices from Israel, Taiwan and America</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympic-Sessions-Day-16-cask-driven-juices-from-Israel-Taiwan-and-America.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Milk & Honey 2019/2023 ‘Apex Cognac Cask’ (58.6%, OB, Israel, batch #22, 3,427 bottles)</p>
    <p>Milk & Honey 2018/2022 ‘Apex Dead Sea’ (55.5%, OB, Israel, batch #19, 5,566 bottles)</p>
    <p>Holy Distillery 2017/2020 ‘Amazing Grace’ (54.1%, OB, Taiwan, rice whisky, cask #36, 220 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kavalan 2017/2022 (54%, OB for Europe, Taiwan, oloroso, cask #S170515015D, 217 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blinking Owl 5 yo (63.3%, American Single Cask, USA, single malt, cask #0002, 2024)</p>
    <p>Santa Fe Spirits 6 yo 'Mesquite Smoked' (65%, American Single Cask, USA, single malt, cask #0006, 2023)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympic Sessions, Day 15, from Bulgaria to Japan</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympic-Sessions-Day-15-from-Bulgaria-to-Japan.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Isperitus (43%, OB, Bulgaria, single malt, rum barrel finish, 1,800 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Milk & Honey ‘Elements Sherry Cask’ (46%, OB, Israel, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Milk & Honey 4 yo 2018/2023 (65.8%, Whisky Concerto, Israel, STR, cask #0505, 175 bottles)</p>
    <p>Wild Turkey ‘Rare Breed’ (58.4%, OB, USA, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Nantou 5 yo ‘Batch 2’ (52%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, Taiwan, 10th Anniversary, 281 bottles, 2022)</p>
    <p>Chichibu 8 yo 2014/2024 (56.4%, Adelphi, Japan, cask #3822, 215 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympic Sessions, Day 14</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympic-Sessions-Day-14.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bimber 2018/2023 (58.9%, OB, England, LMDW, cognac cask finish, cask #327/05)</p>
    <p>Bimber 'Oval' (57.56%, OB, England, The Spirit of the Underground, Moscatel cask, cask #282/22, 307 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Willet 'Pot Still Reserve' (47%, OB, USA, Straight Bourbon, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Knob Creek 9 yo 'Small Batch' (50%, OB, USA, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Nantou 4 yo 2014/2018 'Omar' (56%, OB, for Hot Malt, Taiwan, Keeper Richard's Choice 2, bourbon cask, cask #11140817, 210 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kavalan 9 yo 2014/2024 ‘9 years + 363 Days’ (60.2%, Tiffany’s New York Bar Hong Kong, Taiwan, Port cask, cask #O140311068A, 147 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympic Sessions, Day 13</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympic-Sessions-Day-13.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Alfred Giraud ‘Intrigue #2’ (51.5%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Morris of Rutherglen ‘Muscat Barrels’ (46%, OB, Australia, +/-2023)</p>
  <p>Amrut 5 yo 2017/2022 'Ex-Sauternes Cask' (60%, OB, La Maison du Whisky, cask #8038, 2198 bottles)</p>
  <p>St. Kilian 2019/2024 ‘Unpeated’ (59.4%, OB, Germany, single cask, ex Four Roses bourbon barrel)</p>
  <p>Brigantia 12 yo ‘Edition Constantia’ (45%, OB, Germany, 2022)</p>
  <p>Tennessee 10 yo 2011/2022 'Just Dram It' (47.9%, Whisky Picnic Bar Taiwan, USA, barrel, 102 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Malternative spirits: plenty of rums at an Olympic level</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Malternative-spirits-plenty-of-rums-at-an-Olympic-level.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>The Arcane 'Extraroma' (40%, OB, Mauritius, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Sodade 'Cana Rocca Ouro Blanco' (43.1%, OB, Cape Verde, grogue, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>William Hinton 6 yo ‘Madeira Cask’ (42%, OB, Madeira, single cask, cask #313)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 20 yo 2002/2023 (49%, The Colours of Rhum, Barbados, N°19, cask #4, 208 bottles)</p>
    <p>Chairman’s Reserve 15 yo 2005/2022 (61.5%, OB, St. Lucia, GotA & RumX, bourbon, cask #06012000, 232 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cuban Rum 50 yo 1973/2024 (52%, Spheric Spirits, cask #2314302, 258 bottles)</p>
    <p>Trinidad Distillers Limited 15 yo 2008/2024 (64.4%, Spiritori #1, Trinidad, cask #243, 335 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caroni 25 yo 1999/2024 (57.2%, Jean Boyer, Rum Bullion, Trinidad, cask #198)</p>
    <p>Caroni 24 yo 1998/2023 ‘Mars’ (61.1%, Jack Tar, Cosmic Series, cask #2185, 195 bottles)</p>
    <p>Uitvlugt 31 yo 1990/2022 (56.2%, Silver Seal, Guyana)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympic Sessions, Day 12</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympic-Sessions-Day-12.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Hériose ‘Le Petit Tourbé’ (46%, OB, France, 2022)</p>
    <p>Sherishor 12 yo (45%, OB, Spain, ‘pure malt whisky’, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Kimshangsoo Single Cask (52.1%, OB, Korea, Artist Edition, 1st fill European oloroso hogshead, 312 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Westward ‘Cask Strength 125 Proof’ (62.5%, OB, USA, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Filey Bay 2016/2021 (63.1%, OB, England, oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #146, 271 bottles)</p>
    <p>The Westfalian 2012/2024 'Single Grain' (62.5%, OB, Germany, ex-Ben Nevis sherry hogshead, cask #TW8, 266 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympic Sessions, Day 11</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympic-Sessions-Day-11.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jack Daniel's 'Old No.7' (40%, OB, USA, Tennessee Whiskey, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Jameson (40%, OB, Irish blend, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>The Wiseman (45.4%, OB, USA, Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Cotswolds 5 yo 2016/2023 (62.4%, OB, New Vibrations LMDW, England, 2nd-fill bourbon barrel, cask #932, 285 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mars Tsunuki 6 yo 2017/2024 ‘Yakushima Aging’ (58%, OB, Japan, for Tiffany’s New York Bar and AF Trade, sherry hogshead, cask #2094, 252 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kavalan 2014/2024 (61%, OB for Malt, Grain & Cane, Port, cask #O140201019A, 186 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympics, Day 10</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympics-Day-10.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Le Breuil 2020 (50.8%, Version Française, LMDW, golden promise, 270 bottles)</p>
    <p>Fary Lochan 2017/2022 ‘Rum Edition #03’ (48.5%, OB, Denmark, 333 bottles)</p>
    <p>Beverbach ‘Mizunara Cask Finish’ (43%, OB, Germany, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Bikkun (46%, OB, Spain, blended malt, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Bushmills 10 yo ‘Vino Dulce Reserve’ (43%, OB, Ireland, single malt, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Wild Turkey ‘101’ (50.5%, OB, USA, OB, Kentucky straight bourbon, +/-2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympics, Day 9</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympics-Day-9.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Alfred Giraud ‘Une Odyssée’ (52.9%, OB, France, Collection Singulière, cognac cask, 459 bottles)</p>
    <p>Spirit Thief ‘American Oak Cabernet and Bourbon’ (48.3%, OB, Australia, Curated Wine Barrel Collection, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>The Westfalian ‘Masterpiece Peated’ (64.1%, OB, Germany, ex-Macallan sherry hogshead, cask #TW74, 238 bottles)</p>
    <p>Westward ‘Belgian Ardennes Trappist Ale’ (45%vol, OB, USA, Trappist ale cask, Westward Club, 2021)</p>
    <p>Copperworks 3 yo 2018/2022 (56.8%, Whisky-Facile, USA, Black Cat Series, virgin oak, cask #287, 239 bottles)</p>
    <p>Sweden Rock Spirits (44.7%, OB, USA, Kentucky bourbon, +/-2023)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympics, Day 8</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympics-Day-8.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Wambrechies 2016 'Brut de Fût' (54.3%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
<p>Filey Bay 'Port Finish – Batch 1' (46%, OB, England, ex-bourbon + ruby Port, 3,300 bottles, 2022)</p>
<p>Kyrö 'Malt Rye' (47.2%, OB, Finland, +/-2023)</p>
<p>InQuota ‘Passito de Pantelleria Cask Finish’ (43.3%, OB, Italy, Villa de Varda, 1975 bottles, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Rampur 8 yo 2015/2023 (55.8%, OB, India, New Vibrations by LMDW, first fill bourbon, cask #2607, 135 bottles)</p>
<p>Millstone 26 yo 1996/2022 (47.7%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, Netherlands, American oak, cask #1372, 264 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Some pretty Olympic rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Some-pretty-Olympic-rums.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ron Colon ‘Salvadoreno High Proof’ (55.5%, OB, blend, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Off-Road Rhum #01.2 (55%, Vagabond Spirits, Venezuela)</p>
    <p>South Pacific Distillery 11 yo 2012/2023 (57.5%, The Whisky Jury, Fiji, refill barrel, cask #12, 292 bottles)</p>
    <p>Diamond 20 yo 2003/2024 'SVL' (51.6%, The Roots, Guyana, bourbon cask, cask #23, 174 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caribbean Rum 30 yo 1993/2024 (60.5%, eSpirit, Liquid Treasures, 15th anniversary, barrel, 282 bottles)</p>
    <p>Trinidad Distillers Limited 14 yo 2009/2024 'Edition N°1' (62.9%, The Colours of Rum, Up Spirits Club, bourbon cask, cask #106, 259 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caroni 25-year-old 1998/2023 (60.1%, Impressions by The Colours of Rum, Trinidad, cask #8, 120 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Olympics new session, Day 7</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Olympics-new-session-Day-7.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Alfred Giraud ‘Horizon’ (46.1%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Kalkwijck 2019/2023 ‘Higgledy Piggledy Rye’ (44%, OB, The Netherlands, American oak, 480 bottles, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Herr Lüthy ‘Lorentin Edition Musée’ (52%, OB, Switzerland, 248 bottles, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Goldwäscher 2018/2023 (52.5%, OB, Switzerland, pure malted rye, cask #41)</p>
    <p>The Lakes ‘The One Port Cask’ (46.6%, OB, England, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Balcones ‘Brimstone’ (53%, OB, USA, +/-2023)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Staying with the Japanese team, Day 3</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Staying-with-the-Japanese-team-Day-3.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Kaiyo ‘The Peated’ (46%, OB, Japan, Mizunara and Madeira, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Ontake ‘The First Edition 2023’ (43%, OB, Japan, 1st fill Solera sherry butts)</p>
    <p>Shizuoka 2018/2024 (46.6%, OB, Sushi + Soul Munich, Japan, KS+WS, bourbon, cask #939)</p>
    <p>Shizuoka ‘United S - Summer Edition 2023’ (50.5%, OB, Japan, first-fill bourbon)</p>
    <p>Shizuoka ‘Pot Still W Japanese barley First Edition’ (55.5%, OB, Japan, Japan exclusive, 2,500 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Shizuoka 2019/2023 (65.2%, Asta Morris, Japan, peated, pot still K, bourbon barrel, cask #1222, 302 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bimber ‘Stratford’ (58.5%, OB, England, The Spirit of the Underground, Fino cask, cask #267/16, 325 bottles, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Staying with the Japanese team, Day 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Staying-with-the-Japanese-team-Day-2.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Hakushu ‘Spanish Oak’ (48%, OB, 2021 Edition)</p>
<p>Hakushu 18 yo ‘Suntory 100th Anniversary’ (48%, OB, Japan, 2023)</p>
<p>Yamazaki 18 yo ’Suntory 100th Anniversary’ (48%, OB, Japan, Mizunara, 2023)</p>
<p>Yamazaki ‘Mizunara Tsukuriwake Selection’ (48%, OB, Japan, 2022 Edition)</p>
<p>Chichibu 2017/2023 (65%, OB for ePower, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #8279, 176 bottles)</p>
<p>Bimber ‘Germany Edition 2023’ (59.2%, OB, Kirsch Import, PX sherry, cask #456, 280 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:34:56 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Staying with the Japanese squad</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Staying-with-the-Japanese-squad.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Yoichi 10 yo (45%, OB, Japan, Edition 2022)</p>
        <p>The Blend of Nikka ‘Maltbase Selection’ (45%, OB, Japan, +/- 2005)</p>
        <p>Kaiyo ‘Mizunara Oak Cask Strength’ (53%, OB, Japan, +/- 2024)</p>
        <p>Kaiyo 10 yo ‘The Rye’ (46%, OB, Japan, +/- 2024)</p>
        <p>Akashi 4 yo ‘Calvados Cask Finish’ (62%, OB, Japan, Y’s Cask Tokyo, +/- 2023)</p>
        <p>Kanosuke 2019/2023 (61%, OB, for ePower, Japan, oloroso sherry, cask #19421, 281 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Another Olympic Session 3</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Another-Olympic-Session-3.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Khêmeia (43%, OB, Distillerie d’Aumagne, France, 2023)</p>
<p>Amaethon (45%, OB, France, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Kalwijck 2019/2023 ‘Higgledy Piggledy’ (46%, OB, Netherlands, oloroso, 525 bottles, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Goldwaescher 5 yo 2018/2023 ‘Malted Rye’ (52.5%, OB, Switzerland, Swiss oak, cask #41)</p>
<p>Millstone 2019/2024 (57.3%, OB for The Whisky Jury, refill PX hogshead, cask #2547, 319 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>A Few Anniversary Rums</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-Few-Anniversary-Rums.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Aguardente de Cana 1928 (Madeira, 1960s)</p>
        <p>Rhum Martinique ‘Grand Arôme’ (44%, Union des Négociants pour l’Alimentation, France, 1960s)</p>
        <p>Royal Navy ‘Black Tot’ (stone flagon, 1950s)</p>
        <p>Alfred Lamb’s Special Reserve Rum 1949 (40%, United Rum Merchants, bottled in Dumbarton, Jamaican, 510 bottles)</p>
        <p>Mount Gay ‘Extra Old’ (40%, OB, Barbados, 75cl, +/-1990)</p>
        <p>Mount Gay ‘Eclipse’ (39.4%, OB, Barbados, 75cl, +/-1990)</p>
        <p>Mount Gay ‘Tricentennial Selection’ (43%, OB, Barbados, 2003)</p>
        <p>William Hinton 3 yo (40%, OB, Madeira, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Rhum Hardy ‘VSOP’ (42%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Sodade 4 yo ‘Atlântico VO’ (45%, OB, Grogue, Cabo Verde, +/-2023)</p>
        <p>Trois Rivières ‘Rhum Vieux de l’Océan’ (54%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2022)</p>
        <p>Hampden ‘Madeira 2023’ (63.4%, The Colours of Rum, Jamaica, cask #38, 1500-1600 gr/HLPA, 88 bottles, 2024)</p>
        <p>Hampden 1 yo ‘DOK’ (52%, OB, La Maison & Velier, The 8 Marks Collection, Jamaica, ex-bourbon, 20cl, 2024)</p>
        <p>Isautier 16 yo 2005/2021 (65%, OB, La Réunion, lot #16/17, 502 bottles)</p>
        <p>Chichigalpa 2002/2013 (63.1%, L’Esprit, Nicaragua, cask #BB5, 100 bottles)</p>
        <p>Long Pond 17 yo 2006/2023 (60.1%, Zéro Nine Spirits for Clos des Spiritueux, Jamaica, Série Geisha #1, 288 bottles)</p>
    ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Port Ellen and Ardbeg for Whiskyfun’s 22nd Birthday</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Port-Ellen-and-Ardbeg-for-Whiskyfuns-22nd-Birthday.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Port Ellen 13 yo 1983/1996 (43%, Instituto Ecologico Italiano)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 1971/1989 (40%, Jas Gordon & Co. Auxil Import France)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 1978/1992 (43%, Dun Eideann, Auxil Import France, casks #70-77, 3,500 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 21 yo 1979/2001 (50%, Douglas Laing ‘Old Malt Cask’, 636 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 27 yo 1978/2006 (54.8%, Douglas Laing, Platinum Selection, Old & Rare, sherry, 396 bottles)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 10 yo 1981/1992 (64%, Cadenhead ‘Authentic Collection’ 150th Anniversary, for Preiss Import, California)</p> 
    <p>Port Ellen 12 yo 1983/1995 (57.1%, Cadenhead ‘Authentic Collection’)</p> 
    <p>Port Ellen 15 yo 1981/1996 (62.6%, The Whisky Connoisseur, Cask Master Selection No.3, cask #1391)</p>
    <p>Port Ellen 18 yo 1980/1998 (62.2%, Cadenhead ‘Authentic Collection’, 312 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 1974/1992 (43%, Dun Eideann, Auxil Import France, casks #2026-2030, 3,800 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 1975/2002 (46.2%, OB for Clan des Grandes Malts, cask #4701, sherry hogshead, 252 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 19 yo 1975/1995 (47.3%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 20 yo 1975/1995 (51.8%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 27 yo 1972/2000 (50%, Douglas Laing 'Old Malt Cask’, 238 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympic Sessions 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympic-Sessions-2.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Artesia ‘Fût Noir Char #3’ (46%, OB, France, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Mackmyra 15 yo 2008/2023 (55.4%, Alambic Classique, Sweden, Double Matured Selection, Cuba rum barrel, cask #23022, 229 bottles)</p>
    <p>Penderyn 13 yo 2010/2023 (59.5%, OB, Wales, LMDW New Vibrations, second fill bourbon, cask #313/2010)</p>
    <p>Drunk Cats go to Switzerland (49.4%, OB, Old Well whisky, Svach, Czech Republic, Cream sherry finish, 430 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>St. Killian 2017/2024 ‘Small Batch Unpeated’ (52.4%, OB, Germany, double maturation PX and bourbon)</p>
    <p>St. Killian 2017-2018/2024 ‘Small Batch Peated’ (62.3%, OB, Germany, 455 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Olympic Sessions Day 1</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/The-Olympic-Sessions-1.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Rozelieures ‘Fumé Collection’ (46%, OB, France, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Gold Cock 'Peated' (45%, OB, Czech Republic, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Fary Lochan 'Sherry & Peat Batch #001' (50.5%, OB, Denmark, oloroso & Islay hogshead, 600 bottles, 2023)</p>
    <p>Sall 3 yo 2020/2023 (61.1%, Whisky Watcher, Denmark, bourbon, cask #29, 159 bottles)</p>
    <p>Sall 3 yo (60.6%, OB, ex-bourbon, Denmark, ex-Fondillon, 2024)</p>
    <p>Exmu ‘Spirit of Sardinia’ (45.5%, OB, Italy, bourbon, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Bimber ‘Wimbledon’ (56.6%, OB, England, The Spirit of the Underground, Vino de Naranja cask, cask #310/5, 298 bottles, 2024)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A little hotch-potch of blends</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-little-hotch-potch-of-blends.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Scallywag ‘The Chocolate Edition’ (48%, Douglas Laing, blended malt, Port finish, 2024)</p>
<p>St. Bridget’s Kirk ‘Solera Batch #2’ (48.4%, Hannah Whisky Merchants, blended malt, oloroso finish, 214 bottles, 2024)</p>
<p>Turntable 'Track #4 – One Way or Another' (46%, OB, blended Scotch, 2024)</p>
<p>Turntable ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ (46%, OB, blended Scotch, 2023)</p>
<p>Turntable 'Track #5 – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’ (59.1%, OB, blended Scotch, 2024)</p>
<p>Dad’s Dram (56%, The Whisky Exchange, blended malt, 2024)</p>
<p>Hogshead Import 18 yo 2005/2023 (45.5%, Hogshead Import, Blended Scotch, refill butt, 614 bottles)</p>
<p>The Fife Blend 15 yo ‘Release #1’ (56.3%, James Eadie, blended scotch, 458 bottles, 2024)</p>
<p>Johnnie Walker ‘Red Label’ (40%, OB, blend, UK, +/-2024)</p>
<p>Speyside Blended Malt 28 yo 1994/2022 (48.4%, The Whisky Blues and The Whisky Wave, cask #5138, hogshead, 235 bottles)</p>
<p>Usher’s Old Vatted Glenlivet (J.&G. Stewart ltd., Ditta Modena Import, Italy, +/-1955)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Hunting for mirabelles</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Hunting-for-mirabelles.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Burnside 28 yo 1994/2022 (48%, Whisky Age, blended malt, hogshead, cask #5135, 224 bottles)</p>
<p>Sideburn 31 yo 1992+1993/2024 (51.3%, Whisky Sponge, 404 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>On the hunt for Ben Nevis, Part Cinq and last</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/On-the-hunt-for-Ben-Nevis-Part-Cinq-and-last.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 2015/2023 (59.9%, The Single Cask, Family Series, fresh sherry hogshead, 292 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 2012/2023 (54.5%, The Single Cask, Family Series, Laphroaig quarter casks, cask #1732, 116 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 25 yo 1998/2023 (48.7%, Oxhead Whisky Company and Vinehoo, China, hogshead, cask #757)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 26 yo 1996/2023 (48.9%, Royal Mile Whiskies, refill hogshead, cask #1711, 213 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1995/2023 (50.6%, The Whisky Blues, sherry butt, cask #506, 376 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 50 yo 1966/2017 ‘Sherry Cask’ (40.6%, OB for Alambic Classique, cask #3641, 163 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 50 yo 1966/2017 ‘Calvados Cask’ (41%, OB for Alambic Classique, cask #3645, 100 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Many Cognacs and Armagnacs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Many-Cognacs-and-Armagnacs.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jean-Luc Pasquet 2017/2023 (40%, Berry Bros. & Rudd, The Pioneers, Petite Champagne, cask #72, 421 bottles)</p>
    <p>Château Laubade 17 yo 2006/2023 (54.8%, Watt Whisky, Bas Armagnac, hogshead, 294 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine Séailles 20 yo 2000/2021 (54%, Grape Of The Art, cask #19, 195 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mauxion ‘Lot 89’ (47%, OB, Bois Ordinaires, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Laurichesse 'Le Vaillant Lot 76' (48.1%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 2023)</p> 
    <p>Mauxion ‘Lot 45’ (54%, OB, Borderies, 261 bottles, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Vallein Tercinier 'Lot n° 65' (54.4%, OB, 2015)</p>
    <p>Mauxion 1950 (43%, OB, Grande Champagne, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Héritage René Rivière 'Madame Pivoine Lot 25' (48.1%, Malternative Belgium, Borderies, 2023)</p>
    <p>Borderie Lauzac 1906 (37.3%, OB?, bottled circa 1950)</p>
    <p>Château Jousson 'Sélection 1875' (OB, Fine Champagne, magnum, +/-1950)</p>
    <p>Cognac Grande Fine Champagne 1865 (Eschenauer & Co Bordeaux, circa 1950)</p>
    <p>Domaine de Gaube 1929 (46%, Darroze, Bas Armagnac, +/- 1980)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>On the hunt for Ben Nevis, Part Quatro</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/On-the-hunt-for-Ben-Nevis-Part-Quatro.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 23 yo 1999/2022 (53.8%, Limited, bourbon hogshead, cask #905, 276 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 24 yo 1997/2022 (52%, Abyss Whisky Bar, Hong Kong, hogshead, cask #590, 274 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2023 (44.2%, Vintage Bottlers, hogshead, cask #1707, 189 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 26 yo 1997/2022 (47.1%, Vintage Bottlers, hogshead, cask #416, 252 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2023 (49.4%, The Spirits Hunters, HNWS & Dadi Liquor, hogshead, cask #890, 235 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 26 yo 1996/2022 (51.9%, Nickolls & Perks, Inaugural Casks, refill hogshead, cask #854, 148 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 26 yo 1996/2022 (53.2%, The Whisky Blues for Whisky Age, refill hogshead, cask #1694, 169 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2023 (54.9%, The Whisky Jury, refill hogshead, cask #843, 90 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>On the hunt for Ben Nevis, Part Drei</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/On-the-hunt-for-Ben-Nevis-Part-Drei.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Ben Nevis 8 yo 2014/2023 (47%, Signatory Vintage for Whic, Spirit of the Forest, Port pipe, cask #235, 811 bottles)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 10 yo 2012/2023 (59.3%, OB, for LMDW New Vibrations, American wine cask, cask #2137, 268 bottles)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 7 yo 2015/2023 (57.1%, Milroy’s, Soho Selection, refill bourbon Hogshead, 353 bottles)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 9 yo 2014/2023 (59.7%, James Eadie, first fill oloroso butt finish, cask #367508, 656 bottles)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 10 yo 2013/2023 (57.4%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill palo cortado finish, cask #136, 180 bottles)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2023 (48.8%, Abyss Whisky Bar, Hong Kong, hogshead, cask #877, 215 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>On the hunt for Ben Nevis, Part Two</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/On-the-hunt-for-Ben-Nevis-Part-Two.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Ben Nevis 10 yo 2012/2023 (57.1%, Milroy’s Soho Selection, first fill French oak oloroso hogshead finish, 278 bottles)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 2013/2022 (67%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Kirsch Exclusive, sherry butt, cask #1271, 790 bottles)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 21 yo 2001/2023 (58.2%, Hunter Laing, The First Editions, refill hogshead, cask #HL19833, 195 bottles)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 1998 (48%, Limited, bourbon hogshead, cask #696, 300 bottles, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 27 yo 1996/2023 (48.8%, The Whisky Jury, refill hogshead, cask #912, 211 bottles)</p>
<p>Ben Nevis 26 yo 1996/2023 (54.7%, OB for Alambic Classique, sherry butt and refill hogshead, cask #01, 264 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>On the hunt for Ben Nevis, Part Un</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/On-the-hunt-for-Ben-Nevis-Part-Un.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ben Nevis 2014/2023 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Un-chillfiltered Collection, casks #277-278)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 8 yo 2015/2024 (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, first fill bourbon hogshead, 1,301 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 4 yo 2019/2023 ‘Heavily Peated’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, refill oloroso sherry butt, 2,988 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 5 yo 2017/2022 (67.1%, Cut Your Wolf Loose, STR American oak barrique, cask #7877A, 190 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 10 yo 2013/2023 (58.6%, Truth & Consequences, Sauternes finish, cask #256R, 215 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ben Nevis 2000/2022 (49.2%, Limited, bourbon hogshead, cask #1002, 311 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Some of the best French Whiskies to celebrate Bastille Day</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Some-of-the-best-French-Whiskies-to-celebrate-Bastille-Day.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Cezallier ‘Zagat Fils du Feu’ (52.1%, Le Faiseur de Malts, France, lot #TT18A, 436 bottles, 2023)</p>
  <p>Artesia ‘Tourbé’ (46%, OB, Whisky des Hauts de France, France, +/-2023)</p>
  <p>Wambrechies ‘Madeira’ (44.5%, OB, France, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Hordeum 2019/2023 ‘Cerealis’ (48%, LMDW, Version Française)</p>
  <p>Biersky (59.6%, OB, Distillerie Bertrand, France, beer and malt eau-de-vie, 2023)</p>
  <p>Armorik ‘Classic’ (46%, OB, France, bourbon, +/-2022)</p>
  <p>Warenghem 9 yo 2014/2024 (59.6%, Swell de Spirits, Wild Nature series, France, 1st fill oloroso butt, cask #3531)</p>
  <p>Armorik 13 yo 2009/2023 (60.6%, The Auld Alliance, France/Singapore, cask #8241)</p>
  <p>St Palais ‘Pointe Blanche’ (43%, Le Cercle, single malt, France, +/-2023)</p>
  <p>St Palais ‘Pointe Blanche - OLO’ (50.2%, Le Cercle, single malt, France, oloroso finish, 2,400 bottles, +/-2023)</p>
  <p>Eddu 2017/2023 (54%, OB, for LMDW New Vibrations, cognac cask, cask #W08109, 300 bottles)</p>
  <p>Kornog 2016/2023 (52.7%, Swell de Spirits, Wonders of the World series, 90 bottles)</p>
  <p>Kornog 8 yo 2015/2023 ‘Quelque Part Dans le Ciel’ (57.9%, La Maison du Whisky, Ex Libris, France, 1st fill bourbon, cask #21008)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>A new range of rums of all kinds</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-new-range-of-rums-of-all-kinds.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Rhum Island ‘XO’ (45%, OB, Saint-Martin, +/-2023)</p>
  <p>Tarasque (57%, OB, Maison AL, France, +/-2024)</p>
  <p>Isautier 7 yo (40%, OB, La Réunion, +/-2022)</p>
  <p>Île de la Réunion 6 yo 2017/2024 (60%, Rasta Morris, cask #RM033)</p>
  <p>Cuban Rum 30 yo 1993/2024 (49.7%, Chapter 7, Spirit Library, 313 bottles)</p>
  <p>Trois Rivières 2006-2014-2016/2023 ‘Triple Millésime’ (42%, OB, Martinique, agricole)</p>
  <p>Clarendon Estate 19 yo 2004/2024 ‘EMB’ (59.8%, DNC by Precious Liquors, Jamaica, cask #5)</p>
  <p>Hampden 12 yo 2010/2022 ‘C<>H’ (63%, Velier, Jamaica, cask #17, 246 bottles)</p>
  <p>Hampden ‘Oloroso 2023’ (63.4%, The Colours of Rum, Jamaica, cask #18, 1500-1600 gr/HLPA, 323 bottles, 2024)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>A couple Auchentoshans</title>
    <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-couple-Auchentoshans.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>Auchentoshan ‘Sauvignon Blanc Finish’ (47%, OB, +/-2024)</p><p>Auchentoshan 2000/2020 (51.5%, Malts of Scotland, refill sherry hogshead, Cask #MOS 20023, 283 bottles)</p>]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A Trio of Kilkerran full of Port and Sherry</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/A-Trio-of-Kilkerran-full-of-Port-and-Sherry.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Kilkerran 13 yo 2004/2017 (54%, Cadenhead, Warehouse tasting)</p>
<p>Kilkerran 15 yo 2004/2019 (51.5%, OB, 15th Anniversary, oloroso wood, US release, 280 bottles)</p>
<p>Kilkerran 15 yo 2004/2019 (52%, OB, 15th Anniversary, oloroso wood, Japanese release, 276 bottles)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Today new vs original Linkwood</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Today-new-vs-original-linkwood.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Linkwood 11 yo 2012/2023 (57.4%, Signatory Vintage, LMDW New Vibrations, first fill oloroso sherry butt finish, cask #106, 683 bottles)</p>
    <p>Linkwood 25 yo (40%, Sestante, 75cl, +/-1985)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>An imperial sequel</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/An-imperial-sequel.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Imperial 23 yo 1995/2019 (45.2%, The Whisky Exchange ‘The Magic of The Cask’, refill bourbon barrel, cask #7896, 125 bottles)</p>
  <p>Imperial 18 yo 1995/2014 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, licensed bottling, AD/JFGD)</p>
  <p>Imperial 25 yo 1995/2021 (50.1%, The Whisky Exchange, cask #7845, bourbon barrel, 165 bottles)</p>
  <p>Imperial 23 yo 1996/2019 (48.3%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Belgium exclusive, bourbon barrel, cask #18, 129 bottles)</p>
  <p>Imperial 24 yo 1994/2019 (43.8%, The Single Malts of Scotland, barrel, cask #5869, 178 bottles)</p>
  <p>Imperial 19 yo 1995/2015 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Un-Chillfiltered Collection, hogshead, cask #50204-205)</p>]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Quite Some Imperials</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2024/Quite-Some-Imperials.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Imperial 22 yo 1995/2018 (43.3%, Elixir Distillers ‘Single Malts of Scotland’, cask #5410, barrel, 202 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 20 yo 1995/2016 (50%, Signatory Vintage, Un-Chillfiltered Collection, Cask Strength, Maxi Vins Luxembourg, hogshead, cask #50192, 284 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 27 yo 1995/2023 (50.4%, Silver Seal, LMDW New Vibrations, cask #1022, 160 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 1979 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Licensed bottling, 1995)</p>
    <p>Imperial 23 yo 1998/2022 (49.1%, Whisky Concerto x Le Sens, cask #100807, 160 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 30 yo 1990/2020 (44.5%, The Single Malts of Scotland, for Germany, bourbon barrel, cask #1051, 144 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 26 yo 1996/2022 (51.5%, The Whisky Show, casks #1053+1189)</p>
    <p>Imperial 21 yo 1995/2016 (48.9%, The Maltman, bourbon, cask #20155, 298 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 17 yo 1995/2012 (50%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt cask, refill hogshead, cask ref #8474, 148 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 29 yo 1990/2019 (55.3%, The Single Malts of Scotland, barrel, cask #934, 160 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 30 yo 1989/2019 (43.3%, The Single Malts of Scotland, for the USA, bourbon barrel, cask #382, 172 bottles)</p>
    <p>Imperial 29 yo 1991/2020 (45.7%, The Single Malts of Scotland, barrel, cask #280, 194 bottles)</p>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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