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The Whisky Shop Dufftown Challenge 2011

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

The fifth annual Whisky Shop Dufftown challenge for Independent Bottlers was run during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival this last weekend.  With more entries than ever before it was a hotly fought contest.  Entries came from Adelphi, Duncan Taylor, Douglas Laing, Wemyss, The Creative Whisky Company and Gordon & MacPhail.  This remains one of the few [...]

The Whisky Shop Dufftown’s Second Bottling – Caperdonich 1972 37 Years Old

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

By Mike Lord
Bottling No 2 is now ready to buy!
With the help of our inside man at Duncan Taylor we were able to liberate a small amount of Caperdonich from a single ex-Bourbon cask saving it from being Octaved.  It certainly didn’t need it!  This is one of the best Caperdonich’s I’ve had showing all [...]

The WSD Challenge 2010

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

This was another very competitive competition.  Independent Bottlers entered their whiskies in to 2 categories: Speyside; and The Rest of Whisky.  The winners, voted for by attendees at The Whisky Shop Dufftown during the Spirit of Speyside Festival were:
Speyside
First place: Old Malt Cask Probably Speyside’s Finest 1967 41 Years Old (Jan Beckers)
Second place: Duncan Taylor [...]