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  <title>Pulteney 17 vs 50</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Pulteney-17-vs-50.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Old Pulteney 50 yo (40.8%, OB, 200 bottles, 2026)</p>
<p>Old Pulteney 17 yo 2009/2026 (64.8%, OB for LMDW, Collection Anthologie, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #268, 186 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fry, 09 Oct 2026 06:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
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```<item>
  <title>An infernal trio of Highland Parks</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/An-infernal-trio-of-Highland-Parks.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Old Orkney Relics 30 yo 1996/2026 (41.7%, Decadent Drinks, blended Scotch, refill sherry butt, 492 bottles)</p>
<p>Highland Park 13 yo 1974/1987 (58.4%, Intertrade)</p>
<p>Miraon (50.3%, OB, South Korea, rice shochu, cask #2604, 2026)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Old old Longmorn G&amp;M versus new old Longmorn G&amp;M</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Old-old-Longmorn-GM-versus-new-old-Longmorn-GM.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longmorn 25 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail Reserve, sherry, cask #3233, 2001)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 1967/2026 ‘Into the Lion’s Den’ (45.5%, Gordon & MacPhail, Sir Kenny Dalglish’s Vintage Moments, cask #3340)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A wee trio of Ardbeg</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-wee-trio-of-Ardbeg.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Ardbeg 15 yo ‘Trudernish’ (48.8%, OB, 2026)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 17 yo 2008/2026 (57.2%, Murray McDavid, Mission Gold, oloroso sherry butt, 149 bottles)</p>
    <p>Ardbeg 1974/1988 (55.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #33.8)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>One Cognac, and what a Cognac</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/One-Cognac-and-what-a-Cognac.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Île d’Oléron 18 yo 2007/2026 (50.3%, Jean Grosperrin, Bois Ordinaires)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Indie Clynelish, 33 years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Indie-Clynelish-33-years-apart.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Clynelish 10 yo 2016/2026 (57.8%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, new wood hogshead, cask #307816, 279 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 19 yo 1983/2002 (56.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #26.23)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 8:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Springbank with 50 years between them</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Springbank-with-50-years-between-them.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 8 yo 2018/2026 (58.1%, OB, Distillery Exclusive, oloroso sherry cask, 1,200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Springbank 1967/1990 (50.4%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #27.11)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Today, Dufftown</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-Dufftown.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dufftown 16 yo 2008/2024 (51.5%, Thompson Bros., oloroso hogshead, 218 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dufftown 34 yo 1991/2026 (51.1%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, refill barrel, 159 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Today, Fettercairn</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-Fettercairn.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Fettercairn 18 yo ‘Batch 2024’ (46.8%, OB, annual release, Scottish oak finish)</p>
    <p>Fettercairn 17 yo 2007/2025 ‘The Gauger’s Reserve’ (57.8%, OB, bourbon barrel, cask #4369)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A few rums and animals</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-rums-and-animals.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Vieux Vaval 8 yo 2018/2026 (47.3%, Velier, Haiti, Clairin, Ex-Caroni cask, cask #VA17CR-4)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 12 yo 2013/2026 (60%, Habitation Velier, Barbados, 100% pot still, ex-cognac cask)</p>
    <p>Mhoba 2021/2026 (67.55%, The Whisky Jury, The Ester Hunter, South Africa, refill hogshead, cask #VR-2, 249 bottles)</p>
    <p>TDL 25 yo 2000/2025 (57.6%, Swell de Spirits, for Bar 1802, Trinidad, #14, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>T.D.L. 24 yo 2001/2025 (58.5%, Swell &amp; Co. &amp; RumX, Trinidad, #16, 168 bottles)</p>
    <p>Uitvlugt 30 yo 1992/2022 ‘MPM’ (50.4%, The Whisky Blues, Guyana, barrel, cask #9, 215 bottles)</p>
    <p>Uitvlugt 27 yo 1995/2022 (56.9%, The Duchess, Guyana, bourbon, cask #36)</p>
    <p>New Yarmouth 2005/2025 (59.8%, The Whisky Jury, Jamaica, refill barrel, cask #14, 221 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Today Craigellachie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-Craigellachie.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Craigellachie 18 yo 2005/2024 (54.4%, Artful Dodger Whisky Collective, bourbon hogshead, cask #315075, 330 bottles)</p>
    <p>Craigellachie 31 yo 1994/2026 (53.1%, The Antelope, refill hogshead, cask #8001068, 98 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Today Auchentoshan</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-Auchentoshan.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Auchentoshan 9 yo 2016/2025 ‘Waiting for the Sun’ (46%, Uncharted Whisky Co., 1st fill bourbon, 617 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Auchentoshan 28 yo 1998/2026 (45.99%, Thompson Bros., 1st fill wine barrique, 379 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>French whisky strikes again</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/French-whisky-strikes-again.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Armorik 18 yo ‘Anthologiez’ (58.8%, OB for LMDW, Sauternes &amp; Oloroso sherry, 150 bottles, 2026)</p>
    <p>Uberach 2008/2015 ‘Jaune Païen’ (48.2%, OB, Bertrand, Vin de Paille finish, 96 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blavier 2006/2024 (57.3%, La Maison du Whisky, Version Française, Brûlerie du Revermont, cask #A024, 181 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Domaine des Hautes Glaces ‘XO #4’ (47%, OB, Heritage Harvests, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>Alfred Giraud ‘First Peated’ (63%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Eddu 10 yo (43%, OB, cognac cask, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Laferté ‘La Ferté-Bernard’ (46%, OB, cognac, 634 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Northmaen 2014/2025 (55.5%, LMDW Version Française, Itinéraires, recharred French wine cask, 259 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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```<item>
  <title>Glen Spey again</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Glen-Spey-again-2.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Spey 24 yo 2001/2026 (53.8%, Maltbarn, sherry cask, 148 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Spey 12 yo 2014/2026 (59.1%, Lady of the Glen, pineau des Charentes rouge finish, cask #800873, 201 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A few entirely random New Cats, a sequel</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-entirely-random-New-Cats-a-sequel.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Holyrood 3 yo 2021/2024 (54.2%, Duncan Taylor, for Kirsch Import, sherry hogshead, cask #12148, 382 bottles)</p>
    <p>Isle of Harris 2018/2025 ‘The Hearach Peated’ (58.6%, OB, 1st fill bourbon)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 2017/2021 (58.43%, OB, PX refill, cask #26a)</p>
    <p>Strathearn ‘Batch No.2’ (50%, OB, bourbon, virgin oak and sherry, 2025)</p>
    <p>Aberargie ‘Inaugural’ (48.2%, OB, 2026)</p>
    <p>Dalmunach 8 yo 2016/2025 (60.7%, James Eadie, refill PX hogshead finish, cask #364526, 126 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glasgow 7 yo 2018/2025 (58.7%, Best Dram, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt finish, cask #18/1079, 651 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glasgow 9 yo 2016/2026 (57.9%, Le Gus’t, Vin de Paille, cask #244, 227 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glasgow 1770 2018/2023 ‘Cognac Cask Finish’ (52%, OB, batch #01, 1576 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glasgow 1770 2018/2022 ‘Moscatel Cask Finish’ (55.3%, OB, cask #18/988, 336 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dornoch 4 yo 2018/2022 (58.77%, OB, 1st fill bourbon octave, cask #6, 75 bottles)</p>
    <p>Edradour No.2 8 yo 2018/2026 (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, Andrew Symington’s 40 years in the Whisky Industry, 1st fill Châteauneuf du Pape hogsheads)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Two or three or five armagnacs to celebrate the arrival of autumn</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-or-three-or-five-armagnacs-to-celebrate-the-arrival-of-autumn.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Domaine Laguille 1987/2026 (43.4%, The Whisky Jury, Bas-armagnac, cask #21, 72 bottles)</p>
    <p>Château Garreau 1976/2026 (50.1%, OB, for Piacere Rinato, Bas-armagnac)</p>
    <p>Château de Gaube 51 yo 1972/2023 (42%, Gourmet Pool, Bas-armagnac, 235 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine Laguille 1971/2026 (42.8%, The Whisky Jury, Bas-armagnac, casks #B1+B4, 144 bottles)</p>
    <p>Château de Gaube 61 yo 1962/2023 (43.4%, Gourmet Pool, Bas-armagnac, 235 bottles)</p>
    <p>Domaine del Cassou 2005/2026 (52.1%, L’Encantada, Bas-armagnac, Collection Social Club, cask #13, Champagne cask finish, 200 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Some Swiss Glen Moray</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Some-Swiss-Glen-Moray.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Moray 18 yo 2007/2026 (51%, C. Dully Selection, bourbon barrel, cask #6302, 179 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Moray 28 yo 1994/2024 (55.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 30th anniversary in Switzerland, toasted hogshead, #35.386, ‘A cup of kindness’, 225 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A few whiskies from France</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-whiskies-from-France.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Laferté ‘Tourbé’ (41%, OB, France, blended malt, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Artésia ‘Classique’ (45%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Northmaen 3 yo ‘Thor Boyo’ (42%, OB, +/-2023)</p>
    <p>Naguelann 2022/2025 ‘Start’ (51.02%, OB for Malt in France)</p>
    <p>Moon Harbour ‘Dock 2’ (45.8%, OB, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>Eddu ‘Héritage’ (40%, OB, Distillerie des Menhirs, affinage en pommeau de Bretagne, 2,300 bottles, 2026)</p>
    <p>Eddu 10 yo ‘Brocéliande’ (48%, OB, for LMDW Anthologie, 288 bottles, 2026)</p>
    <p>Domaine des Hautes-Glaces ‘Epistémé Single Track B19F26 Amphora’ (47.9%, OB, 572 bottles, 2026)</p>
    <p>Domaine des Hautes-Glaces ‘Epistémé Single Track B19F26 Macvin’ (47.2%, OB, 540 bottles, 2026)</p>
    <p>Alpenglow 2015/2024 (55.3%, LMDW Version Française, Foundations, PX finish, 291 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Three Japanese days on WF, day 3</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Three-Japanese-days-on-WF-day-3.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Yoichi 20 yo 2005/2026 (59.1%, Artist by La Maison du Whisky, virgin mizunara puncheon, cask #407529, 297 bottles)</p>
    <p>Yoichi 35 yo 1991/2026 (65.4%, Artist by La Maison du Whisky, sherry butt, cask #129880, 144 bottles)</p>
    <p>Yoichi 40 yo 1986/2026 (59.4%, Artist by La Maison du Whisky, remade hogshead, cask #252819, 39 bottles)</p>
    <p>Miyagikyo 15 yo 2010/2026 (58.8%, Artist by La Maison du Whisky, Port hogshead, cask #125892, 204 bottles)</p>
    <p>Miyagikyo 25 yo 2000/2026 (60%, Artist by La Maison du Whisky, sherry butt, cask #117935, 425 bottles)</p>
    <p>Miyagikyo 40 yo 1986/2026 (59.9%, Artist by La Maison du Whisky, virgin oak puncheon, cask #78858, 174 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Three Japanese days on WF, day 2</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Three-Japanese-days-on-WF-day-2.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Ichiro’s Malt &amp; Grain ‘The Dragon Awakes’ (61.1%, OB, Lucky Choice &amp; The Antelope, sherry finish, cask #B0026, 284 bottles, 2025)</p>
<p>Japan 10 yo 2014/2025 (54.5%, Elixir Distillers, The Whisky Trail, cask #11044, 240 bottles)</p>
<p>Chichibu 10 yo 2016/2026 (64.7%, Spirits of Salud, 7even Gods of Fortune, 1st fill barrel, cask #5731, 144 bottles)</p>
<p>Mars Komagate 22 yo (43%, OB, +/-2026)</p>
<p>Hinomaru ‘The 1st Edition’ (48%, OB, 3,000 bottles, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Yoichi 10 yo 2015/2026 (63.1%, Artist by La Maison du Whisky, virgin oak puncheon, cask #148028, 471 bottles)</p>
<p>Miyagikyo 10 yo 2015/2026 (55.3%, Artist by La Maison du Whisky, recharred puncheon, cask #11621, 507 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Three Japanese days on WF, day 1</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Three-Japanese-days-on-WF-day-1.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Hibiki 12 yo ‘Travel Exclusive’ (43%, OB, Japanese blend, 2026)</p>
<p>Ichiro’s Malt &amp; Grain (59.1%, OB for Nauspirits, South Korea, sherry hogshead finish, cask # B0039, 296 bottles, 2025)</p>
<p>Ichiro’s Malt &amp; Grain ‘The Artisan Flow – Ume Drift’ (61.2%, OB, Spirits of Salud, 271 bottles, 2026)</p>
<p>Kanosuke 2020/2026 ‘The Rainbow Girl’ (61%, OB, shochu and red wine casks, 258 bottles)</p>
<p>Kanosuke 2018/2026 ‘Peated’ (57%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, 1st fill bourbon cask, cask 19044, 156 bottles)</p>
<p>Yamazakura Asaka 2020/2023 (62%, OB, for Mizunara Hong Kong, bourbon, cask #20090, 227 bottles)</p>
<p>Saburomaru 2021/2026 (58.7%, OB, Wakatsuru, for Taiwan, oloroso butt, cask #210156)</p>
<p>Mars Komagatake 7 yo 2017/2026 ‘Yakushima Ageing’ (57%, OB, for The Whisky Exchange, Tsuki Dashi, bourbon cask, cask #2001, 168 bottles)</p>
<p>Mars Komagatake 8 yo 2017/2025 (59%, OB, for Dram Good Stuff Hong Kong, sherry hogshead, cask #3553, 236 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A few more rums and some weird aperitifs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-more-rums-and-some-weird-aperitifs.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jaffa Cake Vodka (42%, OB, +/2025)</p>
    <p>Spytail ‘Cognac Cask’ (40%, OB, spirit drink, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Naga 12 yo ‘Siam Edition’ (40%, OB, Thailand, +/-2024)</p>
    <p>La Palma ‘La Isla Bonita n°5’ (59.1%, Les Frères de la Côte, Canary Islands, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Brasil 13 yo 2011/2024 (52.1% Valinch &amp; Mallet, The Spirit of Art, Brazil, 205 bottles)</p>
    <p>Foursquare 21 yo 2001 (54.5%, The Duchess, Marine Life, Barbados, refill bourbon, cask #11, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Caribbean Rum Blend for Sweden (68.6%, The Colours of Rum, 2025)</p>
    <p>WeiRon Black ‘Navy Strength’ (57.1%, Svenska Eldvatten, +/-2021)</p>
    <p>Long Pond 25 yo 1998/2023 ‘ITP’ (51.5%, Rest &amp; Be Thankful, Jamaica, Port Charlotte ex-sherry finish, 310 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Today Glenkinchie</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-Glenkinchie.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenkinchie 12 yo (43%, OB, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>Vintervarme 15 yo ‘Edition #1’ (50%, Single Malt Dreams, Lowland, 1st fill oloroso barrique finish, 350 bottles, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A few entirely random New Cats</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-entirely-random-New-Cats.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Inchdairnie RyeLow 2017/2022 (46.3%, OB, single grain, new oak cask, char 3)</p>
    <p>Kingsbarns 7 yo ‘Loch Leven’ (57.5%, OB, Germany exclusive, 1st fill bourbon, 1,680 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Daftmill 20 yo 2006/2026 ‘Find Francis’ (53%, Decadent Drinks)</p>
    <p>Lindores Abbey 6 yo 2019/2026 (59.5%, Lady of the Glen, bourbon barrel, 116 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dalmunach 10 yo 2016/2026 (56.3%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 98 bottles)</p>
    <p>Dalmunach 10 yo 2016/2026 (63.6%, Lady of the Glen, 1st fill oloroso finish, 226 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Cardhu 2016</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Cardhu-2016.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p><strong>Cardhu 9 yo 2016/2026 (52.4%, James Eadie, Distilleries of Great Britain &amp; Ireland, 1st fill bourbon hogshead, 659 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Cardhu 10 yo 2016/2026 (58.4%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, refill hogshead, cask #1132, 318 bottles)</strong></p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>Time Warp Sessions and more, today Bruichladdich</title>
<link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Time-Warp-Sessions-and-more-today-Bruichladdich.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Bruichladdich 10 yo ‘Old Skool’ (50%, OB, 2026)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 17 yo 1976/1994 (52.1%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 11 yo 2010/2022 (52.7%, Whisky Picnic Bar & The Whisky Agency, Rivesaltes barrique, cask #2136)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 18 yo 2008/2026 (57.3%, Halcyon Spirits, oloroso sherry finish, 185 bottles)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 30 yo 1991/2021 (41.3%, Whisky Maniac &amp; Sansibar, bourbon hogshead)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 22 yo 2002/2025 (54.1%, Dramfool, bourbon barrel, cask #1231, 122 bottles)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 13 yo 2011/2025 (61%, Dramfool, Middle Cut, bourbon barrel, cask #3203, 216 bottles)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 13 yo 2010/2024 (63%, Dramfool, Jim McEwan Signature Collection, Sauternes, release 9.1, cask #2329, 236 bottles)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 12 yo 2011/2023 (55.9%, Rest &amp; Be Thankful for Navigate World Whisky, bourbon barrel)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 17 yo 2006/2023 (59.1%, Rest &amp; Be Thankful for Navigate World Whisky, ex-mourvèdre finish, cask #535)</p>
<p>Bruichladdich 22 yo 2001/2024 (54.4%, Artful Dodger Whisky Collective, Sauternes, cask # R190200001, 275 bottles)</p>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A little trio of very fine Caperdonich</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-little-trio-of-very-fine-Caperdonich.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p><strong>Caperdonich 28 yo 1997/2025 (42.7%, The Whisky Blues, STR barrel, cask #5835, 146 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Caperdonich 29 yo 1995/2024 (58.6%, Artful Dodger Whisky Collective, bourbon hogshead, cask #95065, 308 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Gone Grant 30 yo 1994/2025 (51.2%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, refill barrel plus 1st fill sherry hogshead, 230 bottles)</strong></p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
  <title>Just a few more rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Just-a-few-more-rums-2.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jamaica & Guyana 1995/2025 (45.5%, The Whisky Jury, The Many Faces of Rum, blended rum, cask #1, 216 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mainland Rum 8 yo 2017 (61.1%, Superlative Spirits, USA, California, Hawaiian molasses, ex-bourbon cask, 240 bottles, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>Ten Cane 12 yo 2012/2025 (59%, Holmes Cay Rum, Trinidad, The Whisky Exchange exclusive, cask #128)</p>
    <p>T.D.L. 22 yo 2003/2025 (57.8%, Lucky Choice for The Good Spirits & Picnic Bar, Trinidad, barrel)</p>
    <p>The Scarlet Ibis 18 yo (55%, The Whisky Exchange, Trinidad, ex-bourbon barrels, 2026)</p>
    <p>French West Indies 2019/2026 (58%, Kirsch Import, Journal des Kirsch, Martinique, agricole, bourbon cask, N°14, 140 bottles)</p>
    <p>Jamaïque ‘STR BDX TDJ’ (55%, Landier & Vingtier, Jamaica, 2026)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A pair of high-strength independent Aberlours, bottled almost twenty years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-pair-of-high-strength-independent-Aberlours-bottled-almost-twenty-years-apart.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Aberlour 12 yo 1994/2007 (60.4%, C&S Dram Collection, hogshead, cask #8863, 245 bottles)</p>
    <p>Aberlour 14 yo 2012/2026 (61.9%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #4, 660 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Here we are, back on the Isle of Jura</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Here-we-are-back-on-the-Isle-of-Jura.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Jura ‘French Cognac Casks’ (40%, OB, Cask Editions, 2026)</p>
    <p>Isle of Jura 16 yo 2009/2025 (51%, The Whisky Agency, Wave Farewell to 2025, Tawny Port barrique, 292 bottles)</p>
    <p>Isle of Jura 17 yo 2009/2026 (51.8%, The Whisky Agency &amp; Sansibar, Artists, Tawny Port barrique)</p>
    <p>Old Jura 17 yo 2009/2026 (54.8%, Decadent Drinks, refill barrel, 125 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A little trio of Tullibardine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-little-trio-of-Tullibardine.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Tullibardine 9 yo 2016/2026 (55.6%, Maltbarn, bourbon, 154 bottles)</p>
<p>Tullibardine 13 yo 2012/2025 (54%, Cadenhead, Chairman’s Stock, tawny Port hogshead finish, 210 bottles)</p>
<p>Tullibardine 32 yo 1993/2026 (47.1%, Maltbarn, bourbon and Madeira, 158 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Quite a few Australian whiskies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Quite-a-few-Australian-whiskies.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Lark ‘Cask Strength’ (58%, OB, Australia, Small Cask Aged, sherry, cask #486, 2013)</p>
    <p>Kinglake 2021/2025 ‘Goodbye Popeye’ (OB, Australia, 800 bottles)</p>
    <p>Kinglake 2021/2024 (46%, OB for Whisky Abbey Festival, Australia, ex-rye, 206 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Lawrenny Estate ‘Heritage’ (46.2%, OB, Australia, 2024)</p>
    <p>Lawrenny Estate ‘Tarkine’ (50%, OB, Australia, Port &amp; sherry, 2025)</p>
    <p>Timboon Railway Shed 2011/2015 (41.5%, OB, Australia, Port expression)</p>
    <p>Sullivans Cove 16 yo 2008/2025 (47.5%, OB, Australia, Mizunara’s 10th Anniversary, Hong Kong, American oak, cask #TDO331, 215 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hellyers Road 21 yo 2003/2025 ‘Waking Dreams’ (62.5%, La Maison du Whisky, Ex Libris, Australia, 1st fill American oak, cask #3352.08, 147 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hellyers Road 8 yo 2016/2025 ‘Seize the Fire’ (63.7%, La Maison du Whisky, Ex Libris, Australia, 1st fill American oak, cask #16322.01, 206 bottles)</p>
    <p>Hellyers Road 9 yo ‘Richly Peated’ (48.3%, OB, Australia, 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel, 2026)</p>
    <p>Scapegrace ‘Anthem’ (46%, OB, New Zealand, French oak + Manuka smoke, 2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A little trio of Torabhaig</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-little-trio-of-Torabhaig.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Torabhaig 7 yo ‘Batch 1’ (51.5%, Living Souls, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 2025)</p>
    <p>Torabhaig 7 yo 2018/2026 (56.7%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #1163, 280 bottles)</p>
    <p>Torabhaig 2018/2025 (58.9%, OB, The Whisky Exchange exclusive, Signature Reserve, new Scottish oak finish, cask #2829, 251 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Thirteen rums in wildly varied styles</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Thirteen-rums-in-wildly-varied-styles.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p><strong>Planteray ‘Xaymaca Special Dry’ (43%, Planteray, Jamaica, +/-2024)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Spain Rum 17 yo (60.6%, Roaming Road Spirits, Spain, ex-bourbon, 2025)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Hispaniola 18 yo ‘n°6’ (57.4%, les Frères de la Côte, Dominican Republic, oloroso, 900 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Black Tot ‘Historic Solera’ (46.2%, Elixir Distillers, blend, 2025)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Rainforest 2024/2025 (58%, Habitation Velier, Philippines, 1500 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Heavy Rum Espagne 18 yo 2006/2026 (59%, Landier &amp; Vingtier, Spain, Thai cask finish)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Mhoba ‘Satara Horizon’ (64.6%, OB for LMDW, Itinéraires, South Africa, bourbon cask, 2025)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Fiji Rum 16 yo 2009/2025 (58.9%, The Antelope, cask #R789)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Le Galion 2023/2026 (59.1%, The Whisky Jury, The Ester Hunter, catch 8, Martinique, refill barrel, cask #101205, 255 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>New Yarmouth 2009/2025 (59.7%, The Whisky Jury, Jamaica, refill barrel, cask #04, 221 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Enmore 37 yo 1988/2026 (49.6%, Gourmet Pool, Guyana, bourbon barrel, cask #35)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Foursquare 19 yo 2006/2025 (50.6%, The Wealth Spirit x Milroy’s, Barbados, 175 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Thailandais 12 yo (59.3%, Landier &amp; Vingtier, Thailand, 1st fill bourbon, 2026)</strong></p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Wee duos with Bunnahabhain, Glenfarclas and Macallan</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Wee-duos-with-Bunnahabhain-Glenfarclas-and-Macallan.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bunnahabhain 32 yo 1990/2022 'New Acquaintance' (49.2%, OB, Canasta cream sherry casks and new oak cask finish, 318 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bunnahabhain 1974/1984 (58.0%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #10.1)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 1979/2014 (50.8%, OB 'Family Cask' for The Bow Bar and Shinanoya, plain hogshead, cask #8801, 212 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 1978/1992 (54.7%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #1.32)</p>
    <p>Macallan 1962 (80 proof, OB Campbell, Hope &amp; King, Rinaldi Import 1970s)</p>
    <p>Macallan 1974/1985 (58.8%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #24.1)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Even more blends and even more secrets</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Even-more-blends-and-even-more-secrets.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p><strong>The Speyside Star 12 yo (50%, North Star Spirits, refill sherry butt, #BR 001, 600 bottles, 2018)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Secret Speyside 15 yo 2009/2024 (55.2%, Chin Chin Bar, Hong Kong, first-fill Oloroso quarter cask finish, 155 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Blended Malt ‘Over 17 Years’ (44.1%, Thompson Bros., sherry wood, 2026)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>CRN57° 18 yo (43%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail for The Cairn, blended malt, 2025)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>CRN57° 25 yo (43%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail for The Cairn, blended malt, 2025)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Highland Single Malt 30 yo 1994-1995/2026 (47 .1%, Decadent Drams, refill hogshead, 250 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Speyside Single Malt 30 yo 1990/2021 (50.4%, Thompson Bros., for the Netherlands, refill American barrel, 278 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Enviable Blended Malt 36 yo 1989/2026 (46.5%, Thompson Bros., refill hogshead, Speyside)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 36 yo ‘Tun 89’ (52.4%, Milroy’s Vintage Reserve, Speyside, 2026)</strong></p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>More blends and more secrets</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/More-blends-and-more-secrets.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>St Bridget’s Kirk 10 yo 2014/2026 ‘Robert Burns’ (48.5%, Hannah Whisky Merchants, blended malt, 1st fill oloroso quarter cask finish, 194 bottles)</p>
<p>The Teuchter 10 yo ‘Batch 2’ (47%, Decadent Drinks, Highland secret malt, refill hogshead, 2026)</p>
<p>The Teuchter 10 yo ‘Batch 4’ (47%, Decadent Drinks, Highland secret malt, refill hogshead, 2026)</p>
<p>The Teuchter 17 yo ‘Batch 1’ (46%, Decadent Drinks, 1st fill PX hogshead, 330 bottles, 2025)</p>
<p>Highland Malt 10 yo ‘Hermanos Thompson’ (45.5%, Thompson Bros., 2026)</p>
<p>Secret Highland Distillery ‘Chinese Yellow Wine Cask Finish’ (53%, HK Whisky, for Whisky Live HK 2024, cask #2a)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
</item><item>
  <title>Today Tomintoul</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-Tomintoul.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p><strong>Tomintoul 16 yo (40%, OB, +/-2026)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Tomintoul 14 yo (46%, OB, +/-2025)</strong></p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A merry cargo of Tomatins part two</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-merry-cargo-of-Tomatins-part-two.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p><strong>Tomatin 8 yo 2015/2023 (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, recharred and 1st fill bourbon hogsheads, casks # 300055, 300612, 300617, 1205 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Tomatin 2004/2023 (55.8%, OB, for Charles Hoffer, Switzerland, bourbon barrel, cask #40258, 248 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Tomatin 7 yo 2016/2024 (59.4%, Cut Your Wolfe Loose, hogshead, 262 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Tomatin 29 yo 1994/2023 (49.5%, Whisky Sponge, refill sherry hogshead, 190 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Secret Highland 42 yo 1978/2023 (43.6%, The Roots &amp; The Antelope, refill sherry butt, cask # T30154, 221 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Tomatin 10 yo 2014/2025 (53%, Decadent Drams, 2nd fill oloroso hogshead, 285 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Tomatin 13 yo 2012/2025 (58%, OB, for Singapore 60th Anniversary, matured in cabernet sauvignon barrique, cask #43854, 278 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Strathdearn ‘Fruity &amp; Spicy’ (44.5%, Murray McDavid, Cask Craft Series, oloroso sherry finish, 2022)</strong></p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
</item><item>
  <title>A merry cargo of Tomatins</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-merry-cargo-of-Tomatins.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tomatin 12 yo (43%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 2008/2023 (63.8%, S Spirits Shop Selection, sherry butt, cask #900041, 620 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 10 yo 2008/2018 (54.4%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, 2 hogsheads, 564 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 9 yo 2009/2019 (60.1%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 294 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 10 yo 2008/2018 (54.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 270 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 9 yo 2015/2024 (56.2%, James Eadie, re-charred hogshead, cask #300033, 289 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 15 yo 2008/2023 (54.3%, Whisky Picnic Bar, bourbon hogshead, cask #2200, 266 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 18 yo (46%, OB, oloroso sherry casks, +/-2022)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 2007/2021 (56.8%, Riegger’s Selection, Guadeloupe rum cask, cask #900049, 279 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 1984/2016 (44%, OB for Shinanoya Tokyo, cask #36504, 682 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 30 yo 1994/2024 (51.6%, WhiskyLand, refill hogshead, 230 bottles)</p>
    <p>Slochmor 16 yo 1978 (57.9%, The Whisky Connoisseur, cask #6443, +/-1994)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 18 yo 2003/2021 (51.6%, OB for Independent Spirit, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #1921, 228 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 9 yo 2015/2025 (61.9%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #11.53, ‘Ticks the Boxes’, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 234 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 12 yo 2008/2021 (46%, OB, French Collection, 3-year Monbazillac cask finish)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 32 yo 1991/2023 (45.3%, Fruitful Spirits, bourbon + 2nd fill PX, cask #14188, 91 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 25 yo (43%, OB, +/-2005)</p>
    <p>Tomatin 19 yo 1994/2023 (53.4%, Chester Whisky, bourbon hogshead, 162 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Cognacs are back</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Cognacs-are-back.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Hennessy ‘Bras Armé’ (40%, OB, cognac, +/-1960)</p>
<p>Bisquit ‘VSOP’ (no ABV, OB, fine champagne, +/-1975)</p>
<p>Michelet ‘Lot 12’ (58.5%, Piacere Rinato, Grande champagne, 2026)</p>
<p>Michelet ‘Lot 18’ (52.3%, Piacere Rinato, Grande champagne, 2025)</p>
<p>Famille Tribot ‘L.T. 96 - A la Main Edition 1.1’ (48.1%, Jean-Luc Pasquet, Grande Champagne, 120 bottles, 2026)</p>
<p>Famille Rateau ‘L.R. 20.11 - A la Main Edition 2.1’ (49.6%, Jean-Luc Pasquet, Grande Champagne, 270 bottles, 2026)</p>
<p>Laurichesse ‘Lot 19.75 – Le Souverain’ (50.6%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 360 bottles, 2026)</p>
]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Good and simple young Strathmills</title> <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Good-and-simple-young-Strathmills.html</link> <description><![CDATA[ <p>Strathmill 10 yo 2014/2025 (56.4%, Watt Whisky, hogshead, 310 bottles)</p> <p>Strathmill 14 yo 2011/2025, (55%, Spirit of Scotland, James Gordon, refill bourbon barrel, cask #805666, 174 bottles)</p> ]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:24:00 GMT</pubDate> </item><item>
  <title>A wee trainload of a dozen secret Speysiders</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-wee-trainload-of-a-dozen-secret-Speysiders.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Secret Speyside 16 yo 2008/2025 (48.8%, The Wealth Spirit x Milroy’s, sherry butt, 165 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside 12 yo (58.4%, Two Oak Nuts, Chapter No1, The Affair, bourbon, 244 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bothy by Ralfy 11 yo (54.1%, North Star Spirits, 10th Anniversary, blended malt, 1,320 bottles, 2026)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside 8 yo (45.2%, Jean Boyer, Gifted Stills, blended malt, hogshead, 781 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside 16 yo 2006/2022 (51.1%, Thompson Bros., refill hogshead and sherry finish, 277 bottles)</p>
    <p>Speyside 31 yo 1989/2021 (51.3%, Thompson Bros., refill bourbon, 527 bottles)</p>
    <p>Highland Single Malt 49 yo 1976/2026 (45.1%, Thompson Bros., Dornoch Castle 25th Anniversary, cask #SR26050, 140 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside 26 yo 1997/2023 (51.2%, Malt Bar, K S, The Attic and Revel Hibiki, hogshead)</p>
    <p>Speyside 25 yo 1996/2022 ‘Marriage of Casks’ (52.6%, Single Malts of Scotland, Elixir Distillers)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside 33 yo 1992/2026 (47.8%, The Whisky Jury, refill barrel, cask #408880, 236 bottles)</p>
    <p>Blacksboat Ridge 12 yo 2013/2026 (58.8%, Single Cask Nation, American oak PX hogshead finish, cask #180641, 175 bottles)</p>
    <p>Secret Speyside 50 yo 1975/2025 (48.6%, Lucky Choice for The Antelope, refill American oak, cask #6368)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
</item><item> <title>A trio of Dailuaine</title> <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-trio-of-Dailuaine.html</link> <description><![CDATA[ <p>Dailuaine 5 yo 2020/2025 (61%, The Whisky Exchange, Zodiac: Taurus, first-fill Pedro Ximenez, cask # 312947, 489 bottles)</p> <p>Dailuaine 13 yo 2013/2026 (5.1%, Dràm Mor, Portuguese red wine finish, cask #302722, 282 bottles)</p> <p>Dailuaine 23 yo 2002/2025 (57%, The Whisky Blues, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #29, 211 bottles)</p> ]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:49:00 +0200</pubDate> </item><item>
  <title>Here is our monthly trio of Clynelish</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Here-is-our-monthly-trio-of-Clynelish.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p><strong>Clynelish 8 yo 2018/2026 (50%, The Cooper’s Choice, Golden Cut Collection, bourbon, cask #303893, 360 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Clynelish 12 yo 2013/2026 (51.8%, James Eadie, Distilleries of Great Britain &amp; Ireland, recharred hogshead, cask #327401, 355 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Clynelish 12 yo 2013/2026 (54.5%, Lady of the Glen, hogshead, cask 231584, 295 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Chain Pier 5 yo 2019/2025 (54.5%, Hogshead Imports, virgin oak barrel, 259 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Chain Pier 6 yo 2019 (58.9%, Tri Carragh, 2nd fill red wine octave finish, 86 bottles)</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Crafty 3 yo 2022/2025 (60.2%, Fadandel, 1st fill oloroso octave, cask #PC0011, 75 bottles)</strong></p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item> <title>A small trio of new holy Glendronach</title> <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-small-trio-of-new-holy-Glendronach.html</link> <description><![CDATA[ <p>Glendronach ‘The Sevillian Room’ (43%, OB, House Edition, 2026)</p> <p>Glendronach ‘The Venetian Room’ (46%, OB, House Edition, 2026)</p> <p>Glendronach 14 yo ‘Boynsmill House’ (46.8%, OB, 2026)</p> ]]></description> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate> </item><item>
  <title>Another little bag of Armagnacs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Another-little-bag-of-Armagnacs.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Domaine d’Aurensan ‘Les 10’ (43.9%, OB, Ténarèze, 2026)</p>
<p>Couzard-Lassalle 20 yo 2005/2026 (49.5%, Darroze, armagnac.de, Bas-armagnac, cask #R116)</p>
<p>Domaine Pouy 25 yo 1998/2025 (57.9%, L’Encantada, Piacere Rinato/Pietramore, Ténarèze, cask #99)</p>
<p>Baron Gaston Legrand 1986/2026 (47.1%, Grape of the Art, Bas-armagnac, cask #32)</p>
<p>Domaine Ludon 26 yo 1998/2026 (51%, L’Encantada, Piacere Rinato/Pietramore, Bas-armagnac, cask #178)</p>
<p>Veuve Goudoulin 85 yo (41.6%, OB, barrique #1, +/-2022)</p>
]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A trio of strange young Glenturrets</title>
<link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-trio-of-strange-young-Glenturrets.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
<p>Glenturret 12 yo 2013/2025 (54.3%, Decadent Drams, re-charred hogshead, 291 bottles)</p>
<p>Glenturret 8 yo 2010/2019 (58.5%, The National Choice, refill hogshead, cask #183, 336 bottles)</p>
<p>Glenturret ‘Ruadh Maor’ 12 yo 2012/2025 (60.3%, Watashi Whisky, refill sherry octave, cask #1200003488)</p>
]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Some mandatory Springbank</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Some-mandatory-Springbank.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB, sherry, 2025)</p>
    <p>Springbank 12 yo 'Cask Strength' (56.6%, OB, batch #29, 2026)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Tamdhu, OB vs IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Tamdhu-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Tamdhu 2014/2025 (50.7%, OB for The Whisky Club Australia, oloroso sherry matured)</p>
    <p>Tamdhu 34 yo 1989/2023 (54.8%, Gourmet Pool, bourbon hogshead, cask #8144, 144 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two Macallans that could hardly be more different</title>
<link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-Macallans-that-could-hardly-be-more-different.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
<p>Macallan ‘Organic Cherrywood Lapsang Tea’ (44.9%, OB, The Harmony Collection, 2025)</p>
<p>Macallan 34 yo 1991 (51.8%, DH Global Spirits, William, sherry hogshead matured, cask #8192, 2026)</p>
]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Wee indie Brackla</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Wee-indie-Brackla.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Royal Brackla 11 yo 2014/2025 (57.2%, Watt Whisky, hogshead, 288 bottles)</p>
    <p>Cawdor Springs 10 yo 2015/2025 (56.6%, Fragrant Drops, matured in a fresh Margaux barrique, cask #319, 281 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>Just eight Cognacs, vertically</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Just-eight-Cognacs-vertically.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Rémy Martin ‘V.S.O.P. Special Reserve’ (80 US proof, OB, USA, Fine Champagne, +/-1975)</p>
    <p>Château de Montifaud ‘XO’ (40%, OB, Petite Champagne, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Michelet ‘Lot 16’ (63%, Piacere Rinato, Grande Champagne, 2026)</p>
    <p>Vallein-Tercinier ‘Lot 2015’ (61.8%, OB for Piacere Rinato, Bons Bois, 2025)</p>
    <p>François Voyer ‘Lot 19.89 – Gastronomic Waves #3’ (57.7%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, 2026)</p>
    <p>Laurichesse ‘Lot 19.76 – La Souveraine’ (45.1%, Malternative Belgium, Grande Champagne, cask #215, 382 bottles)</p>
    <p>Prunier 1976/2026 (59.4%, OB, Fins Bois, 90 bottles)</p>
    <p>Mauxion ’19.38’ (43%, OB, The Rare Cask, Grande Champagne, 120 bottles, 2026)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  <title>A little lineup of Highland Parks of various ages</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-little-lineup-of-Highland-Parks-of-various-ages.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Highland Park 16 yo ‘Between You and I’ (48%, OB, 2025)</p>
<p>Highland Park 8 yo ‘Old Orkney’ (47%, Decadent Drinks, bourbon and sherry refill hogsheads and butts)</p>
<p>Highland Park 8 yo (100 proof, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, UK, +/1970)</p>
<p>Secret Orkney (HP) 25 yo 2000/2026 (52.6%, Sansibar &amp; The Whisky Agency, cream sherry butt)</p>
<p>Highland Park 22 yo 2003/2026 (55.9%, Thompson Bros., refill sherry wood, 336 bottles)</p>
<p>Highland Park 35 yo 1988/2024 (50.1%, Aquavitae &amp; Shinanoya, Divine Beasts, hogshead, 150 bottles)</p>
<p>Highland Park 18 yo (43%, OB, +/-2005)</p>
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  <title>No grain, no gain: continuing from yesterday and the day before</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/No-grain-no-gain-continuing-from-yesterday-and-the-day-before.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Invergordon 58 yo 1965/2025 (50%, Duncan Taylor, Signature Reserve, Frank McHardy 60th Anniversary bottling)</p>
<p>North British 20 yo 2005/2025 (54.9%, Dràm Mor, refill bourbon barrel, cask #602953, 184 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 32 yo 1992/2025 (47.9%, Dramfool, bourbon barrel, cask #320, 188 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 31 yo 1993/2025 (44.3%, Lady of the Glen, refill bourbon barrel, cask #52734, 113 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 34 yo 1991/2025 (43.5%, Tri Carragh, refill bourbon barrel, 165 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 29 yo 1995/2025 (49.9%, James Eadie, Distilleries of Great Britain &amp; Ireland, refill hogshead, 361 bottles)</p>
<p>De Lepelaar 2021/2024 ‘Seaweed Tricolore Smoked Grain Whisky’ (45%, OB, palo cortado, 240 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 30 yo 1993/2023 (48.9%, Volpe &amp; Castello, Stonyhurst, Hong Kong Exclusive, cask #48668)</p>
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  <title>No grain, no gain, continuing from yesterday</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/No-grain-no-gain-continuing-from-yesterday.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>North British 33 yo 1991/2024 (43.3%, Tri Carragh, refill barrel, 163 bottles)</p>
<p>Invergordon 47 yo 1977/2025 (43.6%, Exquisite Casks, refill bourbon barrel, cask #7, 204 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 15 yo 2010/2025 (43.7%, Jean Boyer, Gifted Stills of Scotland, 2nd fill Port finish, 356 bottles)</p>
<p>Strathclyde 30 yo 1994/2025 (44.2%, Tri Carragh, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 204 bottles)</p>
<p>Cambus 31 yo 1993/2025 (50.9%, James Eadie, sherry butt, cask #48088, 349 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 26 yo 1998/2024 (56.5%, Lady of the Glen, oloroso hogshead, cask #596158, 142 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 32 yo 1991/2023 (45.6%, Zn09, Cyberpunk, first fill barrel, 244 bottles)</p>
<p>Dumbarton 25 yo ‘Batch 1’ (50.5%, Living Souls, refill barrels, 2025)</p>
<p>Invergordon 36 yo 1988/2024 (57.8%, Dramfool, Middle Cut, bourbon barrel, cask #1486, 156 bottles)</p>
<p>House of Hazelwood 1968/2022 (49.2%, OB, The Cask Trials, single grain, 303 bottles)</p>
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<title>An avalanche of North British and other grain whiskies, Part 1</title>
<link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/An-avalanche-of-North-British-and-other-grain-whiskies-Part-1.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
<p>Strathclyde 12 yo 2013/2025 (43.5%, Jean Boyer, Gifted Stills of Scotland, small batch, 1st fill St Estèphe, 2153 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 30 yo 1995/2026 (41.6%, Lady of the Glen, refill bourbon barrel, cask #55185, 216 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 43 yo 1982/2025 (52.6%, Milroy’s of Soho, Vintage Reserve, 2nd fill hogshead)</p>
<p>North British 34 yo 1991/2025 (40.1%, Thompson Bros. for The Whisky Exchange)</p>
<p>Port Dundas 35 yo (50.5%, Living Souls, refill bourbon barrel, 2025)</p>
<p>North British 32 yo 1993/2025 (52.2%, Corman Collins, Taste Still, 1st fill PX, cask #49576)</p>
<p>Cambus 35 yo 1990/2025 (48.2%, Fadandel, refill hogshead, cask #93601, 217 bottles)</p>
<p>Dumbarton 23 yo 2000/2024 (57.1%, Dràm Mor, refill bourbon barrel, cask #211885, 182 bottles)</p>
<p>North British 33 yo 1991/2025 (43.1%, Morisco Spirits, Wunderkammer, refill bourbon barrel, cask #204407, 160 bottles)</p>
<p>Strathclyde 31 yo 1993/2025 (54.6%, Lady of the Glen, The Ghosts of Dumbarton Castle, refill oloroso hogshead, cask #243367, 145 bottles)</p>
<p>Carsebridge 25 yo 1979/2005 (56.4%, Duncan Taylor, Cask #32901)</p>
<p>Strathclyde 19 yo 2005/2024 (61.1%, James Eadie, first fill European oak oloroso finish, cask #367502, 315 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>WF's Little Duos, today some proper Glenfiddich</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/WFs-Little-Duos-today-some-proper-Glenfiddich.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Glenfiddich 15 yo ‘Our Solera’ (40%, OB, +/-2026)</p>
<p>Glenfiddich 19 yo ‘Aston Martin’ (43%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
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  <title>WF's Little Duos, today St Magdalene</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/WFs-Little-Duos-today-St-Magdalene.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Linlithgow 1975/1999 (56.3%, Scott Selection)</p>
<p>St Magdalene 1980/1992 (62.8%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #49.4)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Around ten Mannochmores, and a vain attempt to break a curse</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Around-ten-Mannochmores-and-a-vain-attempt-to-break-a-curse.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Mannochmore 10 yo 2015/2025 (50%, Elevenses, English Scottish Trifle, bourbon hogshead, 680 bottles)</p>
<p>Mannochmore 11 yo 2014/2025 (60.3%, Lady of the Glen, bourbon hogshead, cask #10367, 279 bottles)</p>
<p>Mannochmore 10 yo 2014/2024 (59.7%, Lady of the Glen, bourbon hogshead, cask #10366, 283 bottles)</p>
<p>Mannochmore 11 yo 2014/2025 (52.4%, Tri Carragh, 2nd fill bourbon barrel, 236 bottles)</p>
<p>Mannochmore 15 yo 2009/2025 (48.5%, Decadent Drinks, Equinox &amp; Solstice, autumn 2025, refill hogshead, 239 bottles)</p>
<p>Mannochmore 12 yo 2012/2025 (55%, Fadandel, 1st fill PX barrique, cask #231201, 64 bottles)</p>
<p>Mannochmore 16 yo 2008/2025 (54.6%, Signatory Vintage, Symington’s Choice, 1st fill PX hogshead finish, cask #3, 347 bottles)</p>
<p>Mannochmore 12 yo 2013/2025 (52.7%, James Eadie, cask finish, cask #378492, 284 bottles)</p>
<p>Mannochmore 13 yo (53.7%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill tawny Port hogshead finish, cask #2690, 243 bottles, 2025)</p>
<p>Mannochmore 15 yo 2009/2025 ‘Loch Do!!’ (50%, Decadent Drams, refill hogshead, 254 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Whiskyfun turns 24</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Whiskyfun-turns-24.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Longmorn 16 yo 2009/2025 (52.5%, The Duchess, PX hogshead, cask #34)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 16 yo 2009/2025 (60.8%, Watashi Whisky, Seven Catly Sins – Lust, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #336, 120 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 15 yo 2008/2024 (56.4%, Archives, for Taiwan, 2nd fill hogshead, cask #1178, 249 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 30 yo 1985 (52.3%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #7.142, refill bourbon hogshead, ‘Dynamic &amp; Delightful’, 90 bottles, +/-2016)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 1976/2010 (53.8%, Duncan Piper, Millenium Malts, bourbon, cask #5890, 185 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 1974/1996 (58.3%, IC Millar Esq &amp; G Pollard Esq)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 56 yo 1968/2025 (54.3%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, first fill sherry butt, cask #5833, 200 bottles)</p>
    <p>Longmorn 30 yo 1964/1995 (53.2%, Signatory Vintage, oak cask, cask #51, 208 bottles)</p>
    <p>Caperdonich 32 yo 1970/2002 (53.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 38.11)</p>
    <p>Caperdonich 31 yo 1967/1998 (48.8%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 38.6, 'Muscovado, Sugar and Friar's Balsam')</p>
    <p>Bowmore 1964 (43%, OB for Soffiantino in Italy, circa mid-1980s)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 1969/1978 '15th Anniversary Monica Brothers' (58%, OB for Fecchio &amp; Frasa, cask #6636, sherry cask, 300 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A little avalanche of Bowmore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-little-avalanche-of-Bowmore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Bowmore 15 yo ‘Mariner’ (43%, OB, +/-2000)</p>
<p>Bowmore 11 yo ‘Essence of Islay’ (40%, OB, travel retail, 2025)</p>
<p>Bowmore 17 yo ‘The Distiller’s Choice’ (43%, OB, +/-2015)</p>
<p>Bowmore 22 yo ‘Sauternes Cask Finish’ (48%, OB, travel exclusive, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Bowmore 22 yo 2003/2025 (54.9%, Murray McDavid, Mission Gold, Awakening Series, Callejo wine cask, 302 bottles)</p>
<p>Bowmore 30 yo 1996/2026 (51.8%, Artist #15 by LMDW, Something in the Water, refill hogshead, cask #9696001385)</p>
<p>Bowmore 9 yo 2017/2026 (57.1%, Thompson Bros. for Limburg, refill bourbon, 209 bottles)</p>
<p>Bowmore 7 yo (50%, Living Souls, second fill bourbon barrel, 2025)</p>
<p>Bowmore 11 yo 2014/2025 (62.4%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, Itinéraires, refill bourbon barrel, cask #19582, 220 bottles)</p>
<p>Bowmore 21 yo 2004/2026 ‘Old Islay’ (55%, Decadent Drinks, 264 bottles)</p>
<p>Bowmore 27 yo 1997/2025 (51.3%, Wu Dram Clan, for Japan, hogshead, cask #56518, 44 bottles)</p>
<p>Bowmore 22 yo 2004/2026 (51%, Thompson Bros. x Bar Lotus, refill barrel, 88 bottles)</p>
<p>Bowmore 28 yo 1997/2025 (49.1%, Scout Drinks, hogshead, cask #323047, 76 bottles)</p>
<p>Bowmore 21 yo 2004/2025 (51.8%, Thompson Bros., Dornoch Castle 25th Anniversary, refill cask, cask #28, 289 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Extreme rums all round</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Extreme-rums-all-round.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Duquesne 5 ans ‘Rhum Vieux’ (40%, OB, Martinique, +/-1985)</p>
    <p>Père Labat ‘Sélection’ (59%, Les Frères de la Côte, Marie-Galante, 760 bottles)</p>
    <p>Full Circle ‘8 Nation Blend’ (61%, Raising Glasses, full proof, 2025)</p>
    <p>Salvador 20 yo 2006/2026 ‘L.C.’ (59%, Ferrer, One Cask, El Salvador)</p>
    <p>Planteray Trinidad 25 yo 2000/2025 (56.4%, Planteray for LMDW Itinéraires, cask # Rime E4-04, 258 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bonne-Mère 3 yo ‘Butterfly’ (53.5%, Vagabond Spirit, Harmony, Guadeloupe, 433 bottles)</p>
    <p>Galion 2025/2026 ‘Grand Arôme’ (63%, Landier & Vingtier, Les Fontaines du Chai 27, Martinique, cask #15)</p>
    <p>Long Pond 20 yo (69.4%, Gourmet Pool, bourbon barrel, Jamaica, 2025)</p>
    <p>TDL 8 yo 2016/2015 (65.7%, The Colours of Rum, Trinidad, ex-bourbon, cask #3, 277 bottles)</p>
    <p>Galion 2021/2026 ‘Grand Arôme Wall Cask’ (55%, Landier & Vingtier, Les Fontaines du Chai 27, Martinique)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A small trio of splendid Blair Athol</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-small-trio-of-splendid-Blair-Athol.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Blair Athol 14 yo 2011/2026 (56.1%, Fadandel, 1st fill bourbon hogshead, cask #308030, 114 bottles)</p>
<p>Blair Athol 28 yo 1998/2026 (52.8%, Decadent Drams, 160 bottles)</p>
<p>Blair Athol 34 yo 1991/2026 (50.8%, OB, Rare Series, sherry ex-European oak plus PX-seasoned new American oak hogsheads, 347 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Today indie Glencadam</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-indie-Glencadam.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Glencadam 14 yo 2011/2026 (56.2%, Single Malt Nation, 1st fill American oak oloroso hogshead, cask #180531, 155 bottles)</p>
<p>Glencadam 1985/2010 (55.4%, Malts of Scotland for Interwhisky Frankfurt, bourbon hogshead, cask #3990, 245 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Benromach, Côte-Rôtie vs Golden Promise</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Benromach-Cote-Rotie-vs-Golden-Promise.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benromach 12 yo 2014/2026 ‘Contrast Côte-Rôtie Wine Cask’ (46%, OB)</p>
    <p>Benromach 13 yo ‘Golden Promise Barley Edition’ (46%, OB, exclusive for The Whisky Club, Australia, first fill sherry cask, 2026)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A new quartet of Clynelish</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-new-quartet-of-Clynelish.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Clynelish 10 yo 2015/2026 (52.8%, The Whisky Exchange, Zodiac series, Virgo, cask #51246, 255 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 12 yo 2013/2026 (52.4%, Lucky Choice &amp; Oxhead Whisky, Time’s Telling, hogshead, cask #334328, 160 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 25 yo 2001/2026 (49.4%, Thompson Bros., website exclusive, refill hogshead, cask #215, 130 bottles)</p>
    <p>Clynelish 30 yo 1995/2025 (51.6%, Lucky Choice for Acorn &amp; The Antelope, refill sherry butt, cask #8765, 233 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Burnside versus Sideburn</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Burnside-versus-Sideburn.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Teaspooned Side-Burn 35 yo 1989/2025 (51.1%, Thompson Bros., for Dornoch Castle, refill wood, cask #Bal.001, 333 bottles)</p>
    <p>Burnside 35 yo 1989/2025 (51.6%, Oxhead Whisky &amp; Lucky Choice, Dram-addicts, hogshead, cask #577, 136 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today a few rums to celebrate the end of the heatwave</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-a-few-rums-to-celebrate-the-end-of-the-heatwave.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Belize ‘XO’ (40%, Fair, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Demerara ‘Solera No.14’ (40%, Rum Nation, Guyana, +/-2024)</p>
<p>Saint James 2005/2022 ‘Les Éphémères Lot n°5’ (51.8%, OB, Martinique, agricole, 5,006 bottles)</p>
<p>Pur Jus de Canne 2018/2023 ‘Rh07 Cuvée So Rhum’ (60.8%, Antilles Française, ex-bourbon, 328 bottles)</p>
<p>Foursquare 19 yo 2005/2025 (58.2%, Dram-Addicts, for Oxhead Whisky &amp; Lucky Choice, Barbados, bourbon barrel, cask #77A, 103 bottles)</p>
<p>TDL 16 yo 2009/2025 (57.5%, The Good Spirits &amp; Anchor, Trinidad, barrel, cask #100)</p>
<p>Uitvlugt 32 yo 1989/2022 (64.1%, The Colours of Rum, Guyana, 222 bottles)</p>
<p>Caroni 28 yo 1998/2026 (58.1%, Oxhead Whisky, Lucky Choice &amp; Bar Shelter, Trinidad, barrel, cask #37, 190 bottles)</p>
<p>Clarendon 19 yo 2007/2026 (65.9%, Wu Dram Clan, bourbon barrel, 228 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Indie Deanston</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Indie-Deanston.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Deanston 8 yo 2017/2025 (53.1%, Decadent Drams, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 247 bottles)</p>
<p>Deanston 16 yo 2009/2025 (56.3%, The Whisky Blues, hogshead, cask #300845, 171 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>WF's Little Duos, today official Glenlivet</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/WFs-Little-Duos-today-official-Glenlivet.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Glenlivet 12 yo ‘Double Oak’ (40%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Glenlivet 14 yo (58.6%, OB for The Whisky Club, first fill American oak, 2026)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>A trio of rather fearless, almost dangerous Glenallachies</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-trio-of-rather-fearless-almost-dangerous-Glenallachies.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenallachie 18 yo 2006/2024 (61.5%, Signatory Vintage for World of Whisky by Waldhaus, sherry hogshead, cask #900442, 289 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie 5 yo ‘Meikle Toir The Turbo 2025 Edition’ (50%, OB)</p>
    <p>Glenallachie Meikle Toir 7 yo 2018/2025 (60.1%, OB for Kirsch Import, Awakening Series, PX sherry hogshead, cask #11562, 360 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Miltonduff 2006 to 1966</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Miltonduff-2006-to-1966.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Miltonduff 16 yo 2006/2022 (49.6%, Sansibar, Finest Whisky Berlin, bourbon, 351 bottles)</p>
<p>Pluscarden 19 yo 1974 (62.3%, The Whisky Connoisseur, cask #14018, +/-1993)</p>
<p>Milton Duff 22 yo 1966/1988 (43%, Sestante, sherry wood)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Spectacular new indie Glen Elgin</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Spectacular-new-indie-Glen-Elgin.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Elgin 15 yo 2011/2026 (55.6%, Fadandel, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #800663, 185 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Elgin 22 yo 2004/2026 (52.2%, Thompson Bros., for Dornoch Castle, refill hogshead, cask #801309, 261 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Today a few white rums, part two</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-a-few-white-rums-part-two.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Mhoba ‘Select Release White Rum’ (43%, OB for Navigate World Whisky, South Africa, 300 bottles, 2025)</p>
<p>WTF ‘Explosion’ (59%, Vagabond Spirit, Jamaica High Ester &amp; Galion Grand Arôme, 150 bottles)</p>
<p>Straw Bale Rum (57.7%, OB, Maison Victors, France, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Rum de Luxe 2023 (60%, Wild Series, Australia)</p>
<p>Ampov ‘PJ 2023’ (55%, OB, Cambodia)</p>
<p>White Pearls 2024 (64%, Vagabond Spirits, Laos)</p>
<p>Bielle 2023 (59.9%, Swell de Spirit, Easy Peasy, Marie-Galante, agricole)</p>
<p>Alba Destilaria 2024 (54%, OB, Brazil, Aguardiente de Cana)</p>
<p>Mhoba ‘Select White 2024’ (66.2%, Habitation Velier, South Africa)</p>
<p>Himmaleh Spirits (56%, Habitation Velier, India, 2026)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>A tiptoe through the decades at Ardbeg</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-tiptoe-through-the-decades-at-Ardbeg.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Ardbeg 2009/2023 (59%, OB, cask #3771, 2nd fill PX sherry butt, 633 bottles)</p>
<p>Ardbeg 19 yo 2001/2020 (51.3%, Elixir Distillers 'The Single Malts of Scotland' for China, sherry hogshead, cask #1-115, 256 bottles)</p>
<p>Ardbeg 2000/2021 (47.5%, OB, cask #2662, refill bourbon barrel, 194 bottles)</p>
<p>Ardbeg 25 yo 1999 (49.5%, Club Batard x OBE for 1st anniversary, sherry, 88 bottles)</p>
<p>Ardbeg 30 yo 1973/2003 (51.9%, Douglas Laing 'Old & Rare', 94 bottles)</p>
<p>Ardbeg 30 yo 1967/1997 (51.7%, Signatory Vintage for USA, cask #1142, oloroso sherry butt, 530 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Tormore to the fore</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Tormore-to-the-fore.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Tormore 12 yo (46%, Douglas Laing, Premier Barrel, 310 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Tormore ‘Timeless’ (43%, OB, 2026)</p>
<p>Tormore 12 yo (46%, OB, 2026)</p>
<p>Tormore 16 yo (46.8%, OB, sherry cask, 2026)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Indie Knockdhu</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Indie-Knockdhu.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Knockdhu 13 yo 2012/2025 (57%, Infrequent Flyers, Alistair Walker, ruby Port hogshead finish, cask #800068, 324 bottles)</p>
    <p>Knockdhu 20 yo 2006/2026 (53.6%, Decadent Drams, refill hogshead, 114 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Today Aberfeldy forty years later</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-Aberfeldy-forty-years-later.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Aberfeldy 11 yo 2014/2026 (60%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill oloroso, cask #4, 655 bottles)</p>
<p>Aberfeldy 1975/2002 (55.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society #60.25, ‘Apples and Menthol’, 184 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>A little bag of young Auchroisk</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-little-bag-of-young-Auchroisk.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Auchroisk 14 yo (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, 2025)</p>
<p>Auchroisk 11 yo 2010/2022 (53.4%, The Whisky Cask Company, ruby Port cask, cask #37, 314 bottles)</p>
<p>Auchroisk 11 yo 2015/2026 (57.9%, Lady of the Glen, manzanilla finish, cask #801525, 299 bottles)</p>
<p>Auchroisk 11 yo 2012/2024 (59.2%, Lady of the Glen, 'Rivesalts' finish, cask #802860, 283 bottles)</p>
<p>Auchroisk 7 yo 2007/2017 (53.5%, Limburg Dramclub, oloroso sherry cask)</p>
<p>Auchroisk 11 yo 2006/2018 (46%, Cadenhead, two bourbon barrels)</p>
<p>Auchroisk 12 yo 2006/2018 (55.3%, Cadenhead, Small Batch)</p>
<p>Auchroisk 13 yo 2012/2026 (59%, Single Cask Nation, oloroso hogshead, cask #170571, 256 bottles)</p>
<p>Auchroisk 15 yo 2008/2024 (54.1%, Dràm Mor, first fill bourbon, cask #816738, 231 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Two indie Knockando</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-indie-Knockando.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Knockando 10 yo 2015/2025 (57%, Spirit of Scotland, Jas. Gordon, refill bourbon barrel, cask #1282, 157 bottles)</p>
    <p>Knockando 15 yo 2010/2025 (54.4%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead finish, cask #4, 335 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>A few white rums to celebrate the month of July</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-white-rums-to-celebrate-the-month-of-July.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Saint James ‘Fleur de Canne’ (50%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Dzama ‘Cuvée Blanche Prestige’ (40%, OB, Madagascar, +/-2024)</p>
<p>Baie des Trésors 2023 ‘Plein Soleil’ (54%, Baie des Trésors, Martinique, agricole)</p>
<p>La Favorite 2023 ‘La Digue’ (52%, OB, Martinique, agricole)</p>
<p>Mother Mesccia (47%, Velier/Distillerie de Monaco, Haiti, clairin, 2025)</p>
<p>La Salle (51.5%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2024)</p>
<p>William Hinton ‘White’ (40%, OB, Madeira, agricole, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Sodade ‘Cuvée Rumporter’ (44.7%, OB, Cabo Verde, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Bologne ‘Black Cane’ (50%, OB, 10th Anniversary, Guadeloupe, agricole, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Bonpland ‘Blanc VSOP’ (40%, OB, Germany, blended rum, +/-2020)</p>
<p>Variable ‘Dunderclap’ (74%, Rum et al., USA, +/-2025)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Two Kornog from Bretagne</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-Kornog-from-Bretagne.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Kornog (46%, OB, France, Brittany, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>Kornog 8 yo 2018/2026 (58.4%, Amateur Spirits, France, Brittany, 1st fill bourbon barrel)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>A small gathering of Glen Garioch</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-small-gathering-of-Glen-Garioch.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Glengarioch 18 yo 1975/1994 (46.3%, Cadenhead, Original Collection)</p>
<p>Glen Garioch 31 yo (54.6%, Elixir Distillers 'Macbeth Act One: The Thanes', four bourbon barrels, 600 bottles, 2023)</p>
<p>Glen Garioch 52 yo 1973/2026 (53.8%, WhiskyLand, Decadent Drinks, 1st fill sherry butt, 240 bottles)</p>
<p>Glen Garioch 13 yo 2012/2026 (49.7%, Villa Konthor and The Whisky Agency, ruby Port barrique)</p>
<p>Glen Garioch 13 yo 2011/2025 (57.8%, Watashi Whisky, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #3732)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Recent Port Ellens, IB vs OB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Recent-Port-Ellens-IB-vs-OB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Port Ellen 45 yo 1980/2025 (57.6%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill American oak hogshead)</p>
<p>Port Ellen 46 yo 1978/2025 ‘Prism’ (57.8%, OB, refill hogshead then refill American oak puncheon, magnum and miniatures)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Gordon &amp; MacPhail Strathislas, distilled twenty years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Gordon-MacPhail-Strathislas-distilled-twenty-years-apart.html</link>
  <guid>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Gordon-MacPhail-Strathislas-distilled-twenty-years-apart.html</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Gordon-MacPhail-Strathislas-distilled-twenty-years-apart.html</p>
    <p>Strathisla 27 yo 1997/2024 (55.7%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, for HNWS 19th Anniversary, Taiwan, refill American hogshead, cask #47798, 224 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Glen Spey again</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Glen-Spey-again.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glen Spey 11 yo 2014/2026 (57.4%, Spirit of Scotland, Jas. Gordon, refill bourbon barrel, cask #802954, 244 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glen Spey 18 yo 2007/2026 (57.4%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #4, 662 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>A few tequilas to help us through the heatwave</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-tequilas-to-help-us-through-the-heatwave.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Patron ‘Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, 100% agave, for the USA, +/-2020)</p>
<p>Curado ‘Cocido’ (40%, OB, Tequila blanco, +/-2025)</p>
<p>G4 ‘Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Cenote ‘Cristalino Anejo’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Cenote ‘Green Orange’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Corazon ‘Expresiones Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, Buffalo Trace barrel, +/-2022)</p>
<p>Vivir ‘Anejo’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Teremana ‘Blanco Small Batch’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Curado ‘Blue Weber’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Villa Lobos ‘Reposado’ (40%, OB, tequila, +/-2024)</p>
<p>Curado ‘Cupreata’ (40%, OB, tequila, blanco, +/-2023)</p>
<p>Cascahuin ‘Los Convidados Edicion Especial’ (47%, Swell de Spirits, tequila, 2025)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Today, some excellent indie Pulteney</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-some-excellent-indie-Pulteney.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Pulteney 12 yo 2013/2006 (55.1%, Single Cask Nation, bourbon barrel, cask #180903, 220 bottles)</p>
    <p>Old Pulteney 19 yo 2006/2025 (50.2%, Malts of Scotland for HNWS Taiwan 20th Anniversary, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS25029, 206 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Braeval aka Braes of Glenlivet</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Braeval-aka-Braes-of-Glenlivet.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Braeval 9 yo 2016/2026 (60.5%, Spirit of Scotland, Jas. Gordon, refill bourbon barrel, cask #205570, 239 bottles)</p>
<p>Braeval 16 yo 2010/2026 (62.7%, Tri Carragh, 2nd fill red wine octave, 92 bottles)</p>
<p>Braeval 36 yo 1989/2025 (51.6%, WhiskyLand, refill hogshead, 143 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Official Balvenie and indie Burnside</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Official-Balvenie-and-indie-Burnside.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Balvenie 12 yo 2012/2025 (47.3%, OB, A collection of Curious Casks, Montilla Wine Seasoned Cask)</p>
<p>Burnside 35 yo 1989/2025 (53%, Archive, barrel, blended malt, cask #2500727, 268 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Tamnavulin without wine</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Tamnavulin-without-wine.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Tamnavulin 10 yo 2015/2026 (55.4%, Lady of the Glen, hogshead, cask #301041, 290 bottles)</p>
<p>Tamnavulin 34 yo 1991/2026 (48.7%, WhiskyLand, 1st fill sherry hogshead, 208 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Two Midleton Very Rare against Two Bushmills</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-Midleton-Very-Rare-against-Two-Bushmills.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Midleton Very Rare 2003/2025 (58.3%, OB, Irish, Cask Circle, M&amp;C Private Cask Selection, 1st fill bourbon, cask #20139)</p>
<p>Midleton Very Rare 2001 (56.2%, OB, Irish, Cask Circle, M&amp;C Private Cask Selection, 1st fill rum cask, cask #65877, 83 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Bushmills 34 yo 1991/2025 (46.2%, The Whisky Blues &amp; Abyss, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #11534, 137 bottles)</p>
<p>Bushmills 33 yo 1991/2025 (49%, Whisky Pacific, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #11537, 183 bottles)</p>
<p>Redbreast 20 yo ‘Small Batch’ (60%, OB, The Whisky Exchange, third-fill oloroso sherry cask, 2026)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>A small bag of cat-approved rums</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-small-bag-of-cat-approved-rums.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Prata Alambique Magnifica 2 yo (38%, Cadenhead, Brazil, Cachaça, Malternatives Release, +/-2020)</p>
    <p>Renaissance 2016/2024 ‘Bordeaux Clouded Leopard’ (66.5%, OB, Taiwan, cask #19136, 90 bottles)</p>
    <p>Tahiti 2017/2023 (57%, S.B.S., French Polynesia, bourbon cask, cask #1423, 277 bottles)</p>
    <p>Papalin 5 yo ‘High Esters Overproof’ (57%, Velier, Jamaica, 2025)</p>
    <p>Cuban Rum 33 yo 1992/2025 (59.8%, The Antelope, cask #9207)</p>
    <p>HPDN 2000/2023 ‘LROK’ (48.6%, Precious Liquors for The Auld Alliance, Jamaica, cask #86, 219 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Young Bladnoch for the summer</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Young-Bladnoch-for-the-summer.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bladnoch 8 yo ‘American oak red wine’ (46,7%, OB, The Galloway Collection, double cask, 2025)</p>
    <p>Bladnoch 7 yo 2018/2025 (58.8%, OB for Quaich Bar, oloroso hogshead, cask #735, 319 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Old bottlings of Springbank</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Old-bottlings-of-Springbank.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB, black label, early 1990s)</p>
    <p>Springbank 1966/1987 (59.9%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #27.5)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Pointless tastings: two official Glenfarclas</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Pointless-tastings-two-official-Glenfarclas.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenfarclas 46 yo 1954/2000 (43%, OB, 1193 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenfarclas 50 yo 1963/2013 (43%, OB, sherry, cask #174, 136 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Dalmore OB vs IB</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Dalmore-OB-vs-IB.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dalmore 17 yo (42%, OB, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Dalmore 11 yo 2012/2023 (55.6%, Hart Bros., first filled Burgundy)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Fifteen jonge and oude jenever from the Netherlands</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Fifteen-jonge-and-oude-jenever-from-the-Netherlands.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Hartevelt Prima (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, the Netherlands)</p>
<p>Hooghoudt Dubbele Graan Jenever (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherland)</p>
<p>Henkes (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Ketel1 (35%, OB, Graanjenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Bokma (35%, OB, Jonge Graanjenever Rond, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Goblet (35%, OB, Jonge Graanjenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Boomsma (35%, OB, Jonge Graanenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Floryn (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Bokma (35%, OB, Jonge Graanjenever Vierkant, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Rutte &amp; Zn (35%, OB, Oude Simon Graanjenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Hoppe (35%, OB, Jonge Jenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Verhoeven (35%, Jonge Graanjenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Bokma ‘Oude Friesche Genever’ (38%, OB, Graanjenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Blankenheym &amp; Nolet (38%, OB, Oude Jenever, The Netherlands)</p>
<p>Zuidam Oude Genever 12 yo 2011/2023 (38%, OB, The Netherlands, oloroso sherry, 636 bottles)</p>
]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Independent Balblair</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Independent-Balblair.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Balblair 17 yo 2008/2026 (53%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 86 bottles)</p>
    <p>Balblair 21 yo 1990/2011 (57.9%, The Gillies Club Australia, 34th bottling, cask #169, 300/582 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A few blends picked at random</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-blends-picked-at-random.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Johnnie Walker ‘Blonde’ (40%, OB, blended Scotch, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>Dewar's 8 yo 'Caribbean Smooth' (40%, OB, blended scotch, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Grant’s Stand Fast (no ABV, OB, blended Scotch, twist cap, +/-1965)</p>
    <p>Ainslie’s King’s Legend ‘Old Special’ (40%, OB, blended Scotch, M. Di Chiano, long twist cap, +/-1970)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch 12 yo (53%, Decadent Drams, refill sherry hogshead, 295 bottles, 2025)</p>
    <p>Coachbuilt 18 yo (48%, blended Scotch, 3,000 bottles, 2024)</p>
    <p>Soho Selection 30 yo 1994/2025 ‘VAT #3’ (49.5%, Milroy’s, peated cask, blended Scotch)</p>
    <p>Blended Scotch 26 yo ‘Kung Hei Fat Choy’ (45%, Lucky Choice & Friends, sherry butt, cask #6962024, +/-2025)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Glenlochy 29 vs 43 yo</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Glenlochy-29-vs-43-yo.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Glenlochy 29 yo 1970/2000 (57.2%, Signatory Vintage ‘Silent Stills’, cask #3359, 248 bottles)</p>
    <p>Glenlochy 43 yo 1979 (53.6%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill American hogshead, 2023-2026)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>A few Smögen from Sweden</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-Smogen-from-Sweden.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Askeim 8 yo ‘Batch No.2’ (57.2%, OB, Sweden, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>Smögen 15 yo (55.7%, OB, Sweden, batch #L001, bourbon barrels, 2025)</p>
    <p>Smögen 12 yo 2014/2026 ‘100 proof’ (57.1%, OB, Sweden, bourbon &amp; sherry)</p>
    <p>Smögen 12 yo 2013/2025 (58.3%, Casky, the Antelope &amp; Cask le Sens, first fill PX hogshead, cask #5 :2, 274 bottles)</p>
    <p>Smögen 11 yo 2014/2025 (60%, OB for The Whisky Blues, Sweden, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #12, 280 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Two Caol Ila 1983s bottled 30 years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-Caol-Ila-1983s-bottled-30-years-apart.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Caol Ila 1983/1996 (59.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #53.15)</p>
    <p>Caol Ila 42 yo 1983/2026 (56.4%, OB, Rare Series, refill American oak hogshead and European oak puncheons, 318 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
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  <title>Just a few cognacs and armagnacs</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Just-a-few-cognacs-and-armagnacs.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Castillon ‘V.S.O.P.’ (40%, OB, cognac, Fine Champagne, +/-1975)</p>
    <p>A de Fussigny ‘2050’ (40%, OB, 2024)</p>
    <p>Domaine d’Embidoure ‘XO’ (42%, OB, armagnac, +/-2025)</p>
    <p>Château Hontambère 2014/2026 (54.5%, OB, for Le Blog à Roger, Ténarèze, folle blanche, cask #H1, 100 bottles)</p>
    <p>Vallein-Tercinier 2020/2025 (64.3%, Piacere Rinato, Fins Bois)</p>
    <p>Michelet 2018/2025 ‘Lot nr. 18’ (64.9%, Piacere Rinato, Grande Champagne)</p>
    <p>Baron de Sigognac 1973 (46.2%, Old Master Spirits, bas armagnac, +/-2026)</p>
    <p>Guillaume Duluc ‘Napoléon’ (70%, Authentic Spirits, Grande Champagne, +/-2026)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Three cracking Benromach plus probably another one</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Three-cracking-Benromach-plus-probably-another-one.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Benromach 2003/2025 ‘Small Batch Edition #1’ (56%, OB, first fill bourbon and sherry)</p>
    <p>Benromach 2002/2025 (55.6%, OB, for Wisedrink China, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #365, 150 bottles)</p>
    <p>Benromach 48 yo 1976/2025 (43.8%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, first fill sherry hogshead)</p>
    <p>Glen Mosset 11 yo 2014/2026 (55.9%, Le Gus’t, hogshead, cask #1018, 298 bottles)</p>
  ]]></description>
</item><item>
  <title>Four or five whiskies from the Far East</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Four-or-five-whiskies-from-the-Far-East.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Tsingtao ‘Year of the Loong’ (40%, OB, China, single malt, bourbon & Mongolian oak, 2024)</p>
<p>Sadhana 2006/2019 (43%, OB, Tibet, single malt)</p>
<p>Vê Dê Di ‘Distiller’s Choice’ (43%, OB, Viet Nam, single malt, sherry, bourbon & new American oak)</p>
<p>The Chuan ‘Small Batch NO. D15’ (46.8%, OB, Pure Malt, China, finished in PX, 2025)</p>
<p>Kimchangsoo 2021 (52.7%, OB, Korea, peated, 1st fill amontillado, 498 bottles, +/-2026)</p>
<p>Daiking ‘Cask Strength’ (54.2%, OB, China, Black Ink wine cask, +/-2026)</p>
]]></description>
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  <title>Clynelish from nought to 42 yo</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Clynelish-from-nought-to-42-yo.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Clynelish 0 yo (62.9%, Milroy’s, Soho Selection, New Make Spirit, 2026)</p>
<p>Clynelish 23 yo 2002/2025 (51%, Thompson Bros. for HNWS Taiwan 20th Anniversary, refill barrel, cask #238, 172 bottles)</p>
<p>Kittenish 25 yo 2000/2025 (52.8%, The Whisky Blues, ex-Caol Ila refill hogshead, cask #1426, 294 bottles)</p>
<p>Clynelish 42 yo 1983/2026 (49.5%, OB, Rare Series, refill American oak hogshead, 160 bottles)</p>
<p>Secret Highland 14 yo 2008/2023 (53.4%, Acla Selection, Classic Series, sherry hogshead, cask #194553, 180 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Today indie Dallas Dhu</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Today-indie-Dallas-Dhu.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Dallas Dhu 26 yo (44.5%, Cadenhead, black dumpy, late 1980s)</p>
    <p>Dallas Dhu 50 yo 1971 (43.7%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, Refill American Hogshead, +/-2022-2026)</p>
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  <title>Ardbeg under different names, and 30 years apart</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Ardbeg-under-different-names-and-30-years-apart.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Kildalton 22 yo 2003/2025 (53.3%, The Whisky Blues and PK Spirits, 2nd fill bourbon barrel, 249 bottles)</p>
<p>Ardbeg 1973/1992 (56.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #33.14)</p>
<p>An Islay Kildalton Distillery 22 yo 2003/2026 (53.4%, Abyss & HNWS, Synergy Collection, bourbon barrel, cask #118, 251 bottles)</p>
<p>Ardbeg 15 yo 2009/2025 (54.5%, Lucky Choice & Mateo Art, first fill Rivesaltes barrique, cask #90341, 90 bottles)</p>
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  <title>A few more rums and quite a wee mess</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-few-more-rums-and-quite-a-wee-mess.html</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Bayou ‘Reserve Rum’ (40%, OB, USA, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Spinnaker 8 yo 2016 ‘LFCH’ (61.2%, Jamaica, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Mainland Rum 10 yo 2015 (70.1%, Superlative Spirits, USA, California, K&amp;L exclusive, virgin white oak, +/-2026)</p>
<p>Easy Peasy ‘Exotic Blended Rum’ (51%, Swell de Spirits, 1,400 bottles, +/-2025)</p>
<p>Clarendon 27 yo 1995/2023 (64.7%, Distilia x Rhum Attitude x Bar Lamp Tokyo)</p>
<p>A French Antilles Distillery 2017/2024 (57.6%, Bedford Park, 225 bottles)</p>
<p>Jamaican Rum 18 yo (49.3%, Decadent Drams, 2025)</p>
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  <title>Glenugie vs Glenury</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Glenugie-vs-Glenury.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <p>Glenugie 15 yo 1977/1993 (63.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #99.3)</p>
    <p>Glenury Royal 1970/2026 (62.4%, OB, Rare Series, 232 bottles)</p>
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  <title>Just a few Bowmore with highs and lows</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Just-a-few-Bowmore-with-highs-and-lows.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
    <p>Bowmore 2005/2026 (48.8%, The Whisky Agency, Made for Friends, refill sherry hogshead, 269 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 8 yo (43%, OB, Sherriff’s, Emmepi Italy, +/-1975)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 18 yo 2007/2026 (50.3%, Boogieman Whisky Society, Gentle Giant, bourbon hogshead, 90 bottles)</p>
    <p>Bowmore 18 yo 2007/2026 (54.1%, Wu Dram Clan, bourbon barrel, cask #6358)</p>
    <p>Bowmore ‘Voyage’ (56%, OB, Port Casked, 2000)</p>
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  <title>Some Japanese malts, completely at random and all over the place</title>
  <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Some-Japanese-malts-completely-at-random-and-all-over-the-place.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <description><![CDATA[
<p>Yamazaki 18 yo ‘Mizunara 2025 Release’ (48%, OB)</p>
<p>Mars Tsunuki 2021/2025 (58%, OB for AF Trade &amp; Tiffany’s New York Bar, PX sherry hogshead, cask #T2378, 259 bottles)</p>
<p>Chichibu Distillery II (55.5%, OB, bourbon, 2025)</p>
<p>Shindo ‘Experimental 02’ (48%, OB, 2026)</p>
<p>Shindo 2022/2025 (62%, OB, for AF Trade, Dram Good Stuff &amp; Courser of Woodland, Hong Kong, Mizunara, cask #10255)</p>
<p>Sakurao 2020/2026 (60%, OB, for Hong Kong and Macau, first fill Marsala, cask #7158, 253 bottles)</p>
<p>Sakurao 2021/2025 (62%, OB, for Bar Buonasera HK, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #6147, 207 bottles)</p>
<p>Miyagikyo 10 yo (45%, OB, for France, 2025)</p>
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      <title>Two young Glen Grant</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-young-Glen-Grant.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glen Grant 15 yo (50%, OB, bourbon, +/-2026)</p>
        <p>Glen Grant 8 yo (100°proof, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, 75.7cl, 1970s)</p>
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      <title>An incredible Glendronach duo</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/An-incredible-Glendronach-duo.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glendronach 21 yo ‘2025 Edition’ (48%, OB, sherry cask matured)</p>
        <p>Glendronach 56 yo 1968/2025 ‘Bicentennial’ (44.9%, OB for Glendronach’s Bicentenary, sherry, 200 bottles, 2026)</p>
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      <title>Some cognac again</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Some-cognac-again.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Courvoisier ‘VS’ (40%, OB, blend, +/-1985)</p>
        <p>Château de Montifaud ‘VS’ (40%, OB, petite champagne, +/-2025)</p>
        <p>Richard Delisle ‘VS’ (40%, OB, blend, +/-2025)</p>
        <p>Larsen ‘Viking Ship’ (40%, OB, grande and petite champagne, +/-2025)</p>
        <p>Famille Cabanne ‘A.100’ (46.6%, Old Master Spirits, Grande Champagne, 2026)</p>
        <p>Famille Duluc ‘Lot 70’ (46.1%, Authentic Spirits, Grande Champagne, ugni blanc, 2026)</p>
        <p>Fins Bois ‘Lot 45’ (58.2%, Malternative Belgium, Asia-Pacific exclusive, 96 bottles, 2025)</p>
        <p>Peyrot ‘V.61 A.64’ (43.8%, Old Master Spirits, Grande Champagne, 2026)</p>
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      <title>Two top-level indie black Glenlivets, 35 years apart</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-top-level-indie-black-Glenlivets-35-years-apart.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glenlivet 18 yo 1972/1990 (54.9%, Cadenhead, black dumpy, 75cl)</p>
        <p>Speyside (GL) 16 yo ‘Exceptional Cask #7’ (57.1%, Signatory Vintage, 100 Proof series, 1st fill oloroso hogshead, 2024)</p>
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      <title>A new Talisker mini-verticale</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/A-new-Talisker-mini-verticale.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Talisker 33 yo 1992/2026 (60.1%, OB, Rare Series, 331 bottles)</p>
        <p>Talisker 27 yo 1989/2016 (51.6%, Whisky Lovers Hong Kong, for Rex Tong, hogshead, cask #912, 138 bottles)</p>
        <p>Talisker 39 yo 1987/2026 (51.4%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill sherry butt, cask #22601101, 300 bottles)</p>
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      <title>Bruichladdich 2010 versus 1969</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Bruichladdich-2010-versus-1969.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Bruichladdich 13 yo 2010/2024 ‘release 9.1’ (63%, Dramfool’s Jim McEwan Signature Collection, premier grand cru supérieur Sauternes barrique, cask #2339, 236 bottles)</p>
        <p>Bruichladdich 15 yo 1969/1985 (54%, Gordon & MacPhail for Intertrade & Turatello)</p>
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      <title>Strathmill 1988</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Strathmill-1988.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Strathmill 37 yo 1988/2026 (45.1%, Sansibar & The Whisky Agency, hogshead)</p>
        <p>Strathmill 36 yo 1988/2024 (46.6%, Anchor & The Elysian 8th Anniversary, hogshead, cask #795)</p>
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      <title>Rosebank and some maths</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Rosebank-and-some-maths.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Rosebank 1979/1991 (58.5%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #25.3)</p>
        <p>Rosebank 34 yo 1991/2025 (53.1%, Gordon &amp; MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, First-Fill Bourbon Barrel)</p>
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      <title>Two not-so-secret Speysiders in sherry</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Two-not-so-secret-Speysiders-in-sherry.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Blended Malt 25 yo 2000/2025 (51.2%, C. Dully Selection, sherry butt, cask #12, 200 bottles)</p>
        <p>Marketing Malt 20 yo 2005/2025 (57.1%, Decadent Drams, Speyside single malt, 1st fill European oak sherry butts, 612 bottles)</p>
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      <title>Glenmorangie new 15 vs old 25</title>
      <link>https://www.whiskyfun.com/2026/Glenmorangie-new-15-vs-old-25.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[
        <p>Glenmorangie 15 yo ‘The Lasanta’ (43%, OB, bourbon &amp; sherry, +/-2026)</p>
        <p>Glenmorangie 25 yo ‘Quarter Century’ (43%, OB, +/-2012)</p>
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