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Off to Islay as we take a look at two independently bottled releases from Bunnahabhain.. one peated and the other unpeated.

We're looking at a polarising distillery for us, one we enjoy older expressions from but struggle with the younger counterparts. We've got a release from the famed 1996 vintage alongside a 10 year old from Ben Nevis.

We've got two releases from Cadenhead's Original Collection, their more budget-friendly series of bottles. One additionally matured in fino, and the other additionally matured in Manzanilla.

We're beginning the week with two single cask Caol Ila's, one from a well established independent bottler and the other from a slightly lesser known one.

Cadenheads have released a new range of whiskies to compliment their Original Collection. These "Enigma" whiskies are unusual, hard to quantify or perhaps even slightly contradictory (their own words!). All they say is that they're good.. so we're looking forward to finding out if that's true.

We've got two independently bottled releases from Glen Garioch, a 29 year old from Thompson Bros and a slightly younger 10 year old from Dram Mor.