Whisky News — Tuesday, March 24th

🥃 DRAM MASTER DAILY — Tuesday, March 24th, 2026

────────────────────────────── GLEN SCOTIA SALUTES 25 YEARS WITH FESTIVAL BOTTLING Glen Scotia's 2026 Campbeltown Malts Festival release lands as a 7-year-old medium-peated single malt finished in Ruby Port casks for six months. First-fill bourbon backbone, Port cask influence—not overcooked, just enough spice to remind you why festival releases matter. £60. Available from 19 May at the festival itself and through retailers. Murray's Take: A distillery that makes festival editions feel necessary rather than obligatory. This one's worth hunting. ──────────────────────────────

BRUICHLADDICH MARKS A QUARTER-CENTURY WITH OLD SKOOL Twenty-five years since its resurrection, Bruichladdich released Old Skool—a 10-year-old unpeated single malt, 95% matured in first-fill bourbon, no pretence. Pure Islay character without the smoke: barley, honey, stone fruit. Clean. Honest. £60. Dropped March 10 and already in short supply at retailers. Murray's Take: This is what "back to basics" should sound like—the distillery has nothing left to prove, so it just made the whisky it wanted. ──────────────────────────────

KINGS COUNTY HITS ONE MILLION BOTTLES IN BROOKLYN Fourteen years after opening at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Kings County Distillery announced it shipped its millionth bottle. To mark the moment, they're releasing 500 numbered bottles of a commemorative straight bourbon—four-year-old, 45% ABV, blended from 80% New York organic corn and 20% English Golden Promise barley. $85 per bottle. Celebration party set for March 27; online sales begin March 30. Murray's Take: An independent Brooklyn distillery moving a million bottles in 14 years is a middle finger to "legacy marketing"—they earned every single one. ──────────────────────────────

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