I recently had several months worth of auction lots shipped, and last night I finally had time to open them. It has, unfortunately, been a crazy couple of months.

This is the first batch.

First up are five Ardbeg bottlings - the original 17 year (not the recent re-release), Traigh Bhan release 02, the Twenty One, Twenty Something 22yr, and Twenty Something 23yr.

A run of nice Single Grain bottlings from Clan Denny - 1997 20yr Invergordon, 1998 25yr Cambus, 1974 35yr North of Scotland, 1975 36yr Cambus, 1965 45yr Dumbarton, 1965 45yr Girvan, 1965 45yr Caledonian, and 1963 48yr Cambus.

And a 2006 bottling of Compass Box Hedonism. That's one I was missing from the lineup.

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Switching gears, I'm a big fan of Single Grain Scotch. I think it is criminally overlooked, in favor of Single Malt. Hunter Hamilton bottles some great single grain expressions under their The Clan Denny label. Recent auction deliveries brought me three more.

A nine-year from Strathclyde, a 42-year from Lochside, and a 45-year from Cambus. Lochside is a closed distillery. It was closed in 1992 and demolished in 2004. Cambus was also mothballed in 1993 by Diageo.

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