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Best Wishes & Best Whisky of 2023

A review of the whisky year 2023, with a list of our favourite new releases, favourite cognacs and rums, as well as some whisky stats and thoughts.

Rapid fire whisky notes (vol. 3)

Glen Grant 24 yo 1997 (48,4%, The Taste of Whisky ‘Endangered species’ 2021, refill bourbon hogshead #5106, 215 btl.)
Glen Grant 24 yo 1998 (56,1%, The Whisky Blues 2022, hogshead #6439, 239 btl.)
Blair Athol 2010 (54,4%, Berry Bros for Kirsch Import 2023, hogshead + Sauternes finish, cask #303318, 298 btl.)
Millstone 5 yo 2017 (54,7%, Whisky Druid 2022, first fill Oloroso sherry cask #170446, 284 btl.)
Glentauchers 10 yo 2011 (62,6%, Single Malts of Scotland for Kirsch Import 2022, sherry butt #900247, 492 btl.)
Speyside Blended Malt 30 yo 1992 (51,6%, Liquid Treasures + Antelope Macau 2022, refill sherry butt, 520 btl.)
Great Northern Irish Whiskey 5 yo (58,2%, Whisky AGE for Whisky Picnic Bar 2022, first-fill bourbon barrels, Batch #1, 120 btl.)
Secret Islay 10 yo 2011 (53,3%, Dramcatcher 2021, Port barrique #3493, 72 btl.)
Staoisha 8 yo 2014 (59,1%, Best Dram 2023, first-fill Amarone barrique finish #10378A, 255 btl.)
Ardlair 11 yo 2011 (64,9%, van Wees ‘The Ultimate’ 2022, refill butt #900037, 539 btl.)

Whisky in Leiden 2023: 4 festival bottlings

Arran 21 yo 2001 (55,3%, OB ‘Premium Cask’ for Whisky in Leiden 2023, bourbon cask #2001/061, 145 btl.)
Glen Scotia 5 yo 2016 (56,7%, OB for Whisky in Leiden 2023, first fill Oloroso hogshead, 247 btl.)
Millstone 3 yo 2019 – Heavily Peated (51,2%, OB for Whisky in Leiden 2023, PX cask #2548, 356 btl.)
Caol Ila 9 yo 2014 (52,9%, Murray McDavid ‘Benchmark’ for Whisky in Leiden 2023, Sauternes finish, 163 btl.)

Millstone 1996 / 2017 (The Whisky Exchange)

Millstone 26 yo 1996 (42,4%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2022, Oloroso sherry cask #4152, 233 btl.)
Millstone 5 yo 2017 (54,7%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2022, Oloroso sherry cask #170444, 315 btl.)