The Scarlet Ibis – 18 yo Trinidad rum (55%, The Whisky Exchange 2026, ex-bourbon casks)
Ten Cane 12 yo 2012 (59%, Holmes Cay for The Whisky Exchange 2025, cognac + ex-rum cask #128, 143 btl.)
The Scarlet Ibis / Ten Cane 2012 (The Whisky Exchange)
Holyrood Smoulder
Holyrood Smoulder (47,1%, OB 2026)
Ardmore (TWA / Thompson / Decadent Drinks)
Ardmore 16 yo 2009 (49,5%, The Whisky Agency 2026, Monbazillac barrique, 280 btl.)
Ardmore 27 yo 1999 (50,5%, Thompson Bros 2026, first-fill barrel, 161 btl.)
Ardmore 41 yo 1985 (45,3%, Decadent Drinks ‘Whiskyland’ 2026, refill hogshead, 102 btl.)
Maker’s Mark (Wu Dram Clan vs Kirsch Import)
Maker’s Mark 6 yo (55,4%, OB for Kirsch Import 50th Anniversary ‘Private Selection’ 2026, cask staves 3/2/4/0/1, 264 btl.)
Maker’s Mark 6 yo ‘Inferno’ (55,4%, OB for Wu Dram Clan ‘Private Selection’ 2026, cask staves 0/2/3/3/2, 270 btl.)
Decadent Drinks: Old Orkney, Daftmill, Dufftown, Tamdhu…
Old Orkney Relics 30 yo 1996 (41,7%, Decadent Drinks 2026, refill sherry butt, 492 btl.)
Dufftown 34 yo 1991 (51,1%, Decadent Drinks ‘Whiskyland’ 2026, refill barrel, 159 btl.)
Tamdhu 19 yo 2007 (53%, Decadent Drinks ‘Decadent Drams’ 2026, refill sherry hogshead, 246 btl.)
Dailuaine 19 yo 2007 (53%, Decadent Drinks ‘Decadent Drams’ 2026, refill hogshead + sherry hogshead, 175 btl.)
Daftmill 20 yo 2006 ‘Find Francis’ (53%, Decadent Drinks ‘Whiskyland’ 2026, first-fill sherry butt + first-fill bourbon barrel, 368 btl.)
TDL 2009 / TDL 2003 (The Good Spirits + friends)
T.D.L. 16 yo 2009 (57,5%, Anchor & The Good Spirits 2025, barrel #100)
T.D.L. 22 yo 2003 (57,5%, The Good Spirits & Whisky Picnic Bar 2025, barrel)
Secret Orkney 2000 (The Whisky Agency & Sansibar)
Secret Orkney 25 yo 2000 (52,6%, The Whisky Agency & Sansibar 2026, Cream sherry butt)
Shizuoka, Ichiro’s, Sakurao (Lucky Choice + friends)
Shizuoka 3 yo 2021 (52,7%, OB for LMK & Lucky Choice 2025, bourbon cask #2021-901, 68 btl.)
Sakurao 4 yo 2020 (63%, OB for Lucky Choice & Kanpaikai 2025, rum cask finish #7454, 194 btl.)
Ichiro’s Malt & Grain (61,1%, OB for Lucky Choice & The Antelope 2025, sherry hogshead finish #B0026, 284 btl.)
Loch Lomond 2007 – SMWS 135.58
Loch Lomond 16 yo 2007 ‘Bizarre yet bona fide’ (54,9%, SMWS 2024, first-fill HTMC hogshead finish, 264 btl.)
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