
Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.
Greg Dillon is the founder of GreatDrams,.com an award-winning independent bottler recognised for its cask-led releases and multiple international gold medals. A respected whisky writer and commentator, Greg has spent years covering Scotch, Irish, and global whisky with a sharp focus on production, people, and place. He is the author of The GreatDrams of Scotland and a regular contributor to leading whisky publications. Known for blending commercial insight with deep liquid knowledge, his work centres on authenticity, long-term thinking, and whisky as something to be shared, not merely collected.

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