Fergus reflects on the solidifying of his whisky exploration through trips and sharing, but also the understanding of new concepts, such as independent bottling, like this month’s Decadent Drinks outturn.

Fed up with grey days and bad news, Fletcher cracks open two well-aged blends on a budget to see if they can bring a little lightness. A Glenallachie made NacNair’s 21yo vs a Cadenhead’s 25yo.

How might we view this mature yet affordable whisky in the future? Wally decides it needs to be celebrated now - before it’s gone and relegated to a nostalgic recollection of what once was possible.

How can Wally admit to loving a bottle and yet score it 3/10? It’s complex, but in this case he thinks Diageo have made it a big, confusing, opaque and cynical mess - for retailers and punters.

Everything about this review is predictable, or so thinks Drummond. Yet he still realised that this Glenfarclas 25yo was the only official bottle of this age statement he could afford. Was it worth it?

Pre-automation style oozes character

Tyree doubles down on two drams and finds that Glenlivet’s Licensed Dram is a worthy successor to the Illicit Still — plus a very special Port Ellen follow up review.

Dreams can come true. But can it hold up to the expectation?

The latest hot commodity gets absorbed