Laphroaig's annual Cairdeas series began back in 2008.

This distillery was originally established in 1885, but after a fire in 1918 and prohibition in the 1920s, production and distribution waned and finally ceased.

While Knob Creek's current standard rye is aged for 7 years, this single barrel rye was aged for a total of 8 years based on the barreling and bottling dates.

This is a peated Speyside distillate, a little uncommon but not unheard of.

Glen Scotia's Victoriana release is intended to replicate the style of whisky that would have been produced in Victorian-era Scotland.

Here's the 2024 edition of Glen Scotia's festival single malt, a 9 year whisky finished in Fino sherry casks.

In a rare move for Glen Scotia, the packaging explicitly states that this whisky is both natural color and not chill filtered.

According to the brand representative that led our tasting, Glen Scotia's 15 Year single malt is often considered the "most Glen Scotia" of the brand's whiskies.

Glen Scotia actually has 2 versions of their Double Cask single malt: a rum cask finished version, and this Pedro Ximenez sherry finished version.

In May 2026, we attended a tasting for a selection of single malts from Glen Scotia distillery.

At 8 years and 8 months old, this could be a nice balanced bourbon, with a combination of oak and distillate character.

This is our first time reviewing an Ardnamurchan which was bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, despite how much we love both the distillery and bottler.

Eagle Rare is made using Buffalo Trace's 'mashbill #1,' which is not explicitly disclosed, but is understood to have low-rye bourbon proportions.

There's no age statement on this bottle either, but it's generally made up of whisky aged between 6 and 12 years.

We know the specific age of this single barrel variant, which was picked by the Wiseguy Lounge bar chain: it's 6 years and 11 months.

With the slowdown in the whisky market in the past year or two, distilleries are coming up with new releases to monetize their well-aged inventory.

Loch Lomond is generally a distillery which can be found at a reasonable price, even with a higher age statements.

From the Scotch Malt Whisky Society's 'Spicy & Sweet' flavor profile, we have this 17 year unpeated Loch Lomond single malt.

We helped select this Caol Ila for bottling during the SMWS Tasting Panel Experience in 2025.

This whisky was aged in a Sauternes wine cask; this sweet fortified white wine from France generally adds bright, sweet, floral notes such as honey, orchard fruit.