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Everything Everywhere All At Once
11 Year Old Sweet Peat
x4+18 ; Edition 001
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glencadam
Jun 13, 2026
Nose: Fresh and fruity – fruit chewing gum, honeydew melon, orange and pear drops, with complicating elements of beeswax, lemongrass and chamomile, plus the promise of sweetness: crème brûlée, banoffee pie, white chocolate and foamy bananas.
11 Year Old Sweet Peat
Lagavulin
Apr 4, 2026
Nose: Gentle sweetness upfront. Salinity. Bonfire smoke builds slowly behind it with oak spice.
x4+18 ; Edition 001
Bruichladdich
Mar 13, 2026
Nose: Interestingly, the nose is initially almost neutral. A touch of fruit (not more precisely definable), a hint of spice (also not more precisely definable), that's about it. The alcohol isn't at all noticeable, at least. After a while, notes of papier-mâché and damp wood emerge.
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