Author name: Whiskyfun

Bruichladdich 2010 versus 1969

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)
Bruichladdich 15 yo 1969/1985 (54%, Gordon & MacPhail for Intertrade…

Strathmill 1988

Strathmill 37 yo 1988/2026 (45.1%, Sansibar & The Whisky Agency, hogshead)
Strathmill 36 yo 1988/2024 (46.6%, Anchor & The Elysian 8th Anniversary, hogshead, cask #795)

Rosebank and some maths

Rosebank 1979/1991 (58.5%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #25.3)
Rosebank 34 yo 1991/2025 (53.1%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, First-Fill Bourbon Barrel)

Two not-so-secret Speysiders in sherry

Blended Malt 25 yo 2000/2025 (51.2%, C. Dully Selection, sherry butt, cask #12, 200 bottles)
Marketing Malt 20 yo 2005/2025 (57.1%, Decadent Drams, Speyside single malt, 1st fill European oak sherry butts, 612 bottles)

Indie Aberlour, old vs recent

Aberlour-Glenlivet ‘As We Get It 100°Proof’ (57.3%, JG Thompson, Ian Macleod, Pure Malt, Cask Strength, +/-1990)
Aberlour 10 yo 2014/2025 (58.9%, James Eadie, first fill European oak oloroso sherry finish, cask #378484, 362 bottles)

Another solera session, trying anything Scottish

Long John ‘Special Reserve’ (OB, blended Scotch, +/-1970)
Culzean Castle (40%, Prestonfield House for National Trust of Scotland, Scotch Whisky, +/-1990)
Blended Scotch 1980/2025 (47.1%, WhiskyBusiness for HM The King of Bhutan, 100 bottle…

A few rums from the French islands and quite some cognac

Endemic ‘Dark Original’ (43%, OB, Seychelles, +/-2025)
Isautier 5 yo (40%, OB, La Réunion, blended rhum agricole and traditionnel, +/-2025)
La Favorite 2024 ‘Cuvée No.2’ (53.7%, Les Frères de la Côte, Martinique, agricole, 1,400 bottles, 2…

Raasay, Loch Lomond and Ledaig

Raasay 2018/2025 (60.4%, OB ‘Draamers’ Cask #3′, 1st fill bourbon barrel)
Raasay 2019/2023 Distillery Exclusive (52%, OB, 1st fill American oak ex-Manzanilla sherry hogsheads, 2500 bottles)
Inchmurrin 11yo 2011/2022 (58%, Dram Mor, cask #2…

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