Secret Islay 15 yo 2007 (49,7%, Anchor & Kanpaikai 2023, refill Oloroso hogshead, 168 btl.)
Williamson / Laphroaig 12 yo 2010 (50,7%, Whisky & Alement + Anchor 2023, refill sherry hogshead)
Ardmore 12 yo 2009 (53,5%, Anchor Australia 2022, barrel)
Port Ellen 1980 (Silver Seal)
Port Ellen 21 yo 1980 ‘Special Reserve’ (46%, Silver Seal 2002)
Hmpdn, Foursquare, Caroni, New Yarmouth (Swell de Spirits)
Hmpdn 2012 – Low Esters (59,1%, Swell de Spirits ‘Pop’ for Inter Caves France 2023, ex-bourbon cask, 310 btl.)
Foursquare 2006 (59%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for Cave Versus 2023, bourbon cask, 281 btl.)
Caroni 25 yo 1998 HTR (59,2%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for Intercaves Limoges 2023, bourbon + recycled rum cask, 140 btl.)
New Yarmouth 27 yo 1994 (66,7%, Swell de Spirits ‘Flashback #2’ 2022, barrel #435058, 359 btl.)
Hmpden 9 yo 2013 C<>H (66,3%, Swell de Spirits ‘Anniversary Cuvée’ 2023, New Yarmouth finish, cask #05086, 150 btl.)
HMPDN 10 yo 2011 <>H (67,4%, Swell de Spirits ‘Wonders of the World’ 2021, cask #05086, 392 btl.)
Acla da Fans: 10th Anniversary bottlings
Glenrothes 36 yo 1986 (45,6%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2022, hogshead #212536)
Secret Highland Distillery 14 yo 2008 (44%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2022, sherry butt #452, 120 btl.)
Glen Grant 25 yo 1998 (48,7%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2023, refill sherry butt #13223)
Glen Garioch 7 yo 2015 (45,6%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2023, hogshead #5124, 239 btl.)
Caol Ila 15 yo 2007 (53,4%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2022, bourbon cask #304989, 146 btl.)
Secret Islay 13 yo 2009 (54,2%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2023, bourbon hogshead #104, 90 btl.)
Arran 17 Year Old (2023)
Arran 17 yo (46%, OB 2023, sherry hogsheads + bourbon barrels, 12.000 btl.)
Secret Irish Malt / Cooley / Great Northern
Secret Irish Single Malt 33 yo 1990 (50,4%, Sansibar for deinWhisky.de 2023, rum cask, 141 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 18 yo 2002 (49,1%, The Whisky Agency for Animal Spirits 2022, barrel, 238 btl.)
Cooley 21 yo 2002 (56,5%, HNWS / The Spirits Hunter 2023, barrel #2229, 210 btl.)
Great Northern 5 yo (58,2%, Whisky AGE 2023, batch #WA02, 866 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 29 yo 1991 ‘Astra Theater’ (46,5%, Rolf Kaspar / Hotel Essener Hof 2021, rum cask #10679, 60 btl.)
Nikka Yoichi 10 Year Old (2023)
Nikka Yoichi 10 yo (45%, OB +/- 2023)
Floki / Elsburn / Säntis / Cotswolds / Teerenpeli
Flóki Distillers Cut 5 yo (47%, OB 2023, Oloroso finish, 557 btl.)
Säntis Snow White No. 11 6 yo (48%, OB 2023, beer cask + poire finish, 50 cl, 2000 btl.)
Elsburn 8 yo 2013 ‘Italian Connection’ (55,1%, OB 2022, first fill Amarone + Marsala casks, 1292 btl.)
Cotswolds 5 yo 2016 (60,6%, OB for Kirsch Import 2021, first fill STR barrique #705, 285 btl.)
Teerenpeli 8 yo 2014 (61,7%, OB for Germany 2022, Pedro Ximénez cask #25112013B, 50 cl, 342 btl.)
Waterford Cuvée Gaia / Killone 1.1
Waterford Cuvée Gaia 4 yo (50%, OB 2023, 2592 btl.)
Waterford Killone Edition 1.1 4 yo 2018 (50%, OB for Growers Gathering 2023, 600 btl.)
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