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The collection

Collections

Classic collections with their own unique flavour.

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The Classic Malts

The six regional malts United Distillers put forward in 1988.

The List That Drew Its Own Map

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Islay, end to end

Nine working distilleries, and no two taste alike.

Why the Names Face the Water

A copper pot still in a dark stillhouse.

The Speyside houses

The densest whiskey region on earth.

The Region That Is Not a Flavour

A nosing glass with a measure of pale spirit.

The Japanese houses

Suntory, Nikka and the independents. Hard to find.

The Houses That Had No Neighbours

Copper pipework and a riveted joint, close up.

Ireland's own

Single pot still exists nowhere else.

The Still Ireland Invented and Then Refused

Stacked oak staves and an iron hoop in a corner.

The Nordics

Sweden, Denmark and Finland make serious whiskey now.

The Houses with Nothing to Inherit

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American whiskey, all four ways

Bourbon, Tennessee, rye and corn are legal definitions, not brands.

The Barrel Only Gets One Bourbon

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One of every style

Malt, blend, grain, pot still, bourbon, rye.

The Most Misread Word in Whisky Is Single

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Around the world

Whiskey is made on every inhabited continent.

The Only Ingredient That Cannot Be Shipped

The app matches on names. A bottle saved without its distillery in the name will not count.

A name with no number is not in this catalogue. The set is the canon, not the stock.