Whisky News — Friday, March 13

🥃 DRAM MASTER DAILY — Friday, March 13, 2026

────────────────────────────── LONDON DISTILLERY COMPANY: TEN TIMES AROUND THE SUN Londons first 10-year-old single malt has landed, and its limited to just 220 bottles. Bottled at 51.4% ABV from ex-bourbon casks, Ten Times Around the Sun delivers peach, mango, and preserved fruit complexity that proves London distilling is back in business. Murrays Take: After 200 years, London has reclaimed its place as a whisky town — this is proper, no-nonsense spirit.

────────────────────────────── TOMATIN YEAR OF THE HORSE To celebrate Lunar New Year 2026, Tomatin has bottled 817 individually numbered bottles at 56.5% ABV from a single Pedro Ximénez sherry butt. Expect honeycomb, candied almonds, and salted liquorice on a beautifully long finish. Murrays Take: Tomatin annual Lunar New Year releases have become unmissable — this hits the mark again.

────────────────────────────── MAKERS MARK: THE STEWARDS RELEASE The Stewards Release continues Makers Wood Finishing Series, celebrating the operations teams behind the bourbon. At 56.65–59.4% ABV and $74.99 MSRP, it opens with cherry pie and vanilla bean, followed by honey, toasted marshmallow, and candied ginger. Murrays Take: Makers Marks commitment to telling the story of the people who make the whisky is rare in an industry drowning in marketing noise.

────────────────────────────── KILCHOMAN: TWO DECADES BOTTLED Kilchoman marked its 20th anniversary by releasing Cask No. 1 — the very first cask filled on 14 December 2005, now bottled exactly two decades later. The prize draw raised £20,000 for Islay charities including the Sick Childrens Fund. Murrays Take: Islays smallest distillery turned a milestone into genuine community impact — thats how you mark 20 years.

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