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...Volatile weather has already interfered with barley yields in recent years, leading to European malt and malting barley prices hitting record levels in 2022, putting pressure on brewers....
...Acqua di Parma’s limited-edition Neve Fresca candle (£74) blends musk and sandalwood with citrus and fresh cyclamen....
...Independent bottlings tend to be limited to one or two casks, or just a few hundred bottles – so they are, by their nature, limited edition....
...Very little of the original Port Ellen stock remains on Islay – most of it was sent (like the majority of Islay malt) to age on the Scottish mainland....
...(which are being released this month, £160) alongside limited-edition framed prints....
...No matter how great Illmatic is, “The Genesis” — not a single, and basically more skit than song — is surely limited in influence....
...There will also be a limited-edition peated 18-year-old malt (£1,275) from Suntory’s other single-malt distillery Hakushu (which by coincidence celebrates its half-century this year)....
...Last month a very limited edition, single cask bottle of The Macallan sold at auction for $250,000, three times its top guide price....
...Proof that America can do whiskey as fine any Scottish single malt....
...One-upmanship is not limited to individuals....
...Just shy of its 100th anniversary, Japan’s award-winning distillery has released an ultra-limited edition 55-year-old single malt – the oldest in its history....
...Scotch, including the Lagavulin and Talisker malts, contributed about a third of the group’s net sales growth in the period. Limited editions of Johnnie Walker sold particularly well, Diageo said....
...While production is increasing, exports remain severely limited after Russia blockaded the country’s ports; sales to Russia and Belarus have been halted....
...Instead, the launch will be marked with the release of Glenmorangie The Lighthouse, a limited-edition malt from Glenmorangie’s existing stocks....
...Around 2000, a new kind of customer started to emerge, one who felt jaded by big brands and more partial to obscure, mature and limited-edition single malts....
...A limited edition aged in Tokaji and bourbon casks – the first in its Quiet Rebel series – debuts this month....
...For Nikka fans, I also recommend the latest edition of Taketsuru Pure Malt....
...Flying in from Buenos Aires I was already revelling in the promise of five days with no kids, no meetings and limited to (hopefully) no internet access....
...Talisker 8-Year-Old Single Malt (Special Release 2020) This 2020 release from Talisker is matured in pot-still Caribbean rum casks – which might sound like heresy to fans of the famously peppery Skye malt...
...single malt....
...Think long lunches at Bath’s celebrated Olive Tree restaurant and long drams of single malt whisky in the cosy-cum-chi-chi bars of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile....
...As a reader of Thomas Paine, Wedgwood was equally excited by the storming of the Bastille....
...Gray scours Twitter and Instagram for news on limited-edition releases....
...Because the rum scene has been transformed in the past few years – at the top end it’s now possible to find sipping rums with all the nuance and finesse of single malts....
...Limited-edition, old, or commemorative bottlings from big names like The Macallan and Johnnie Walker are often a good investment – and collectors will pay a lot if a mini helps them complete a set....
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