The Core Faultline Bourbon, Built to Overdeliver
K&L’s “Faultline” 100 Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey ($39.99)
“It’s rich, with sweet fruit right on the entry, a full-bodied mid-palate, and a long, rich, spicy finish.” — Josh Gelfand, K&L Spirits Buyer

What a fun batch this was to put together! From the original 10 barrels of 10 and 8-year-old bourbons, our team tasted through them all to pick our two favorite standouts for the single barrel cask strength bottling. We then meticulously combined, measured, proofed, and tested the rest to make sure we nailed the profile for this 100-proof banger. The 10-year-old casks came from a mid-high rye 75/21/4 mash bill, while the 8-year-old barrels used an even higher rye 60/36/4 recipe. This overall high-rye blend carries the perfect balance of sweet and spice to be approachable, sippable, and crushable. It is truly worthy of carrying on the Faultline legacy during K&Ls 50th year. So lets dive in, shall we? A resonant burnt sienna color greets you, and the nose invites you in with warm clove, cinnamon, spent coffee grounds, chocolate-covered orange peel, and a touch of golden raisins. The palate introduces marmalade, peanut butter, and Mexican hot chocolate to the mix, with a wisp of extracted roots that hints at the aromatic bitters used in an Old Fashioned. It is exactly the kind of cocktail this bourbon begs to be used for. The finish is easy, almost demanding that you jump back in for another sip. This will shine in any whiskey concoction, but it is just as impressive standing alone. At a mere $40, it is worth every penny.

— Josh Gelfand, K&L Spirits Buyer

K&L’s “Faultline” 100 Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey ($39.99)

Once again, we found some kick@$$ casks, including some 10-year-old 75/21/4 and 8-year-old 60/36/4 barrels that had “Faultline” written all over them from their woody, sweet, and spicy profiles. We kept tasting and tasting until we found the sweet spot at 100 proof. The proprietary blend is one we keep close to the vest. It’s FAR better than we ever thought it would be. The plan was to provide something fun and delicious for our customers, but the final whiskey is just phenomenal. It’s rich, with sweet fruit right on the entry, a full-bodied mid-palate, and a long, rich, spicy finish. It tastes like it came from Four Roses or somewhere fancy in KY. We only produce it when we find a batch worthy of this special recipe because this bourbon is the old King of K&L. Taste it if you don’t believe us.

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Glen Scotia Special Offers

Campbeltown Festival is just around the corner, celebrating one of Scotland’s most distinctive whisky regions. Though small in size, Campbeltown has earned a legendary reputation for its rich distilling heritage and boldly characterful malts. To mark the occasion, we’re bringing you a set of Glen Scotia offers worth raising a glass to. Whether you’re after some of your favourites or discovering something new from this legendary distillery, there’s never been a better time to dive in.

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A Guide To Glen Scotia

Discover the history, whisky and enduring spirit of Glen Scotia. Whether you’re exploring Campbeltown’s rich heritage or just beginning your whisky journey, this is a distillery worth getting to know.

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 601: Four Corners of Scotland

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries no less than 4 special malts in a row. Diageo transformed four distilleries into the ‘Home of Johnnie Walker,’ as these malts are an essential part of their blends. To celebrate this, four special releases were launched, each limited to 3,000 bottles, representing their respective regions. Here’s the lineup: Glenkinchie, Cardhu, Clynelish, and Caol Ila. Filming took place in Vienna and Graz while on a city trip with two friends.

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World Whisky Day Served by Loch Lomond Group

World Whisky Day is the perfect opportunity to explore whisky in new and inventive ways, unlocking fresh flavours and experiencing your favourite single malts beyond the glass.

Loch Lomond Group is showcasing its multi-award-winning Highland and Campbeltown distilleries Loch Lomond Whiskies and Glen Scotia with two flavour-forward, easy-to-make whisky cocktails to celebrate the occasion.

Loch Lomond Whiskies, based just a few miles from Scotland’s iconic Loch Lomond, is renowned for its elegant fruit, honey, and soft smoke notes, crafted using both traditional Swan-Neck and unique Straight-Neck Stills, and matured in expertly prepared casks from its onsite cooperage.

Glen Scotia, one of only three surviving Campbeltown distilleries, continues to champion centuries-old methods with its small team of experts in original stillrooms and dunnage warehouses, producing distinctive maritime inspired whiskies with big Campbeltown character that have made big waves around the world.

The Turn by Loch Lomond Whiskies

A halfway-style cocktail inspired by the halfway point of a round of golf, ‘The Turn’ is a refreshing serve that celebrates Loch Lomond Whiskies’ long-standing partnership with The Open.

It features Loch Lomond 12 Year Old which showcases the distillery’s signature style, delivering notes of peach and pear, layered with vanilla sweetness and a gentle hint of smoke.

Ingredients:

• 35ml of Loch Lomond 12 Year Old
• Five mint leaves
• Three lime wedges
• Ginger ale or ginger beer

Method:

Fill a tall glass with ice, add Loch Lomond 12 Year Old, the mint leaves and lime wedges and top up with ginger ale or ginger beer.

Loch Lomond 12 Year Old is available HERE

Neptune’s Cargo by Glen Scotia

Inspired by The Neptune, a rum-laden ship seized off Sanda Island in 1769 bringing tropical spirit to Campbeltown’s shores.

It features Glen Scotia Double Cask Rum Finish, an exotic dram for whisky explorers. Matured in American oak casks before being finished in Guyanese demerara rum barrels creates a single malt filled with notes of cooked sugar, molasses and tropical fruits.

Ingredients:

• 50ml of Glen Scotia Double Cask Rum Finish
• 50ml of fresh pineapple juice
• 10ml of fresh lime juice
• 60-80ml of soda water

Method:

Fill a tall glass with ice, pour in Glen Scotia Double Cask Rum Finish, pineapple and lime juice, and top with high-quality soda water. Garnish with pineapple leaf.

Glen Scotia Double Cask  Rum is available HERE

About Loch Lomond Group  

Loch Lomond Group is an independent distiller based in Alexandria and is home to several award-winning brands that are sold in more than 125 countries worldwide. Known for its innovative production methods such as unique straight-neck stills, in-house cooperage and versatile distillation techniques, the group produces a diverse range of single malts, single grains and blends.  

About Loch Lomond Whiskies 

Loch Lomond Whiskies is an award-winning, independent Scotch whisky distiller which has been producing the finest single malt whiskies since 1814. As a Highland malt, it is part of the largest and most diverse whisky-making region in Scotland.

Located only a few miles from the famous loch, the distillery has a whisky-making capability like no other, using a combination of traditional swan-neck and its signature straight-neck-stills, which are unique to Loch Lomond Whiskies. The straight-neck stills give Master Blender Michael Henry greater control over the distillation process, allowing him to carefully manipulate the

flavour profile of each whisky, and providing a signature fruit, honey and soft smoke flavour profile.

Loch Lomond Whiskies is one of only four distillers in Scotland to have its own onsite cooperage, ensuring that barrel repairs and charring are carried out to an exacting standard, so every cask is perfect for maturing whisky.

About Glen Scotia 

Distiller Glen Scotia has been producing single malt whisky in Campbeltown since 1832 and is one of three surviving distilleries in Campbeltown. Producing peated and non-peated whiskies, the distillery still maintains much of its original design, including the stillroom and the dunnage warehouse dating from the 1830s. To this day, the distillery team follow in the footsteps of their founders, using traditional methods, and carefully creating the subtly maritime Campbeltown style the brand has become world-famous for.

BOTTLING LIST

Our May Outturn is live and it’s a delicious selection of single malts that will whisk you away to Scotland, in your glass. Enjoy! We’re continuing with the roll out of the Society’s new flavour profiles. The original twelve flavour profiles have evolved into eight mouthwatering categories – each with a new name, colour and character. This is a refinement and a refocus on flavour based on our historical archive of Tasting Notes and member feedback. Discover more here. More of the new profiles will be introduced over time as we slowly retire the old profiles.

GUAVA BAKLAVA

CASK NO. 63.111

AGE:  20 years

CASK:  1st fill ex-bourbon barrel

A DRAM FOR PARTY ANIMALS

CASK NO. 46.155

AGE:  17 years

CASKS:  1st fill port barrique

HONEY LAVENDER POPCORN

CASK NO. 30.125

AGE:  11 years

CASK:  1st fill oloroso ex-bodega butt

THE CANDLEMAKER’S WORKSHOP

CASK NO. 59.95

AGE:  14 years

CASKS:  1st fill PX hogshead & 1st fill oloroso hogshead

FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD

CASK NO. 18.81

AGE:  14 years

CASK:  1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead

LOW-KEY SMOKY LOCUS

CASK NO. 121.120

AGE:  9 years

CASK:  1st fill ex-bourbon barrel

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Benromach 14YO Virgin Oak, 57.7%

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It’s finally here. a fully matured in virgin oak, organic single malt whisky from the folks of Benromach, selected by us! The second set of champions: Phil, Terri and Jeff!

Matured in virgin oak for it’s entire life and bottled at cask strength, this was one of the most interesting and captivating single malts that I’ve ever tried from Benromach, and that’s saying something.

This video is about our cask, Champions 1 release, the experience, the people, the distillery, the charm and how you should all get involved with the Benromach Champions programme. It’s one of the most interesting, fan based experiences that you can get yourself into the deep end with. Go as geeky as you, or simply enjoy the access all areas distillery options at your disposal. Truly fantastic with an amazing bottle to top it off with. Still blown away to this day.

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Maker’s Mark Celebrates Flavor from Nature with the Return of Star Hill Farm Whisky 2026

Brand’s first new mash bill expands to Japan and Duty Free following 2025 debut in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia  

LORETTO, Ky., – Maker’s Mark® today announced the highly anticipated second release of Star Hill Farm Whisky, the brand’s first new mash bill and first wheat whisky in 70 years. Awarded World’s Best Wheat Whisky 2026, Star Hill Farm Whisky celebrates the role regenerative agriculture plays to create healthier soil and better flavor. The annual release will be available in Japan and Duty Free this year, as well as in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

“My grandparents built Maker’s Mark on the belief that when we invest in the land, it gives back in flavor,” said Rob Samuels, eighth-generation whisky maker and managing director of Maker’s Mark. “Star Hill Farm Whisky extends that vision by embracing ingredients sourced from regenerative agriculture. As a proud B Corp and Regenified-certified distillery, we’re helping to define leadership in sustainability for the industry, while working to make Star Hill Farm the most endearing, culturally rich and environmentally responsible homeplace in the world.”

While Maker’s Mark has always used the same mash bill to create a consistent and balanced bourbon, Star Hill Farm Whisky evolves each year, revealing how nature impacts flavor. The inaugural release spotlighted soft red winter wheat—the signature grain in Maker’s Mark’s mash bill. The 2026 release introduces hard red and hard white wheat types, demonstrating how grain diversity translates into greater depth of flavor through distillation, maturation and expert blending.

Star Hill Farm 2026 is crafted from two mash bills: one composed entirely of malted wheat, and another of 70% wheat and 30% malted barley. The final blend—27% wheat, 62% malted wheat and 11% malted barley—delivers a darker, more layered aromatic profile, with a rounder structure and amplified fruit notes compared to that of 2025.

“The first release of Star Hill Farm Whisky was bright, approachable and straightforward; this year we’ve dialed up the complexity,” said Dr. Blake Layfield, master distiller at Maker’s Mark. “The 2026 release is a balanced blend of seven and eight-year whiskies bottled at cask strength, evolving from first sip to finish. It opens with aromas of molasses, fig and delicate baking spices, followed by notes of zesty citrus, ripe pear and buttery shortbread, and lingers with a soft cinnamon finish.”

In 2025, Star Hill Farm Whisky became the first to earn Estate Whiskey certification—a designation Star Hill Farm Whisky 2026 will carry from the Estate Whiskey Alliance® (EWA), established by the University of Kentucky to highlight local sourcing and sustainable production, and recognize whiskey produced entirely on the distillery estate, using grains grown on estate-owned or controlled land.*

Star Hill Farm Whisky expanded Maker’s Mark’s ambition to advance regenerative agriculture with last year’s launch of the Maker’s Mark Regenerative Alliance, whose mission is to foster healthier farm ecosystems through education and hands-on support—already helping convert 58,000 acres of conventional farmland to certified regenerative practices. Extending its impact to consumers, the Alliance invites farms, bars and restaurants to adopt regenerative sourcing and operations, and to bring the story to life through menu storytelling and consumer engagement, with more than 14 partners already signed on.

Bottled at 58.2% ABV (116.4 proof), Star Hill Farm Whisky 2026 will be available for a suggested retail price of $100 USD. In the United States, the limited release will be available at select retailers nationwide and at the Maker’s Mark Distillery with a bookable experience that includes a guided tour of Star Hill Farm paired with cocktails highlighting flavor from nature.

For more information, visit www.starhillfarm.com or www.makersmark.com.

ABOUT MAKER’S MARK

Maker’s Mark® is the iconic handmade Kentucky bourbon driven by a vision for better flavor and a better world. In 1953, founders Margie and Bill Samuels, Sr. broke from tradition—burning the family’s 170-year-old recipe to create a bold, balanced bourbon made with soft red winter wheat for signature sweetness and creaminess. From the start, the Samuels went to remarkable lengths to craft uncompromisingly delicious bourbon—a perfectly unreasonable spirit that endures today. Every bottle is still hand-dipped in red wax, every barrel rotated by hand and every decision guided by the brand’s higher purpose.

Staying true to its founders’ vision, Maker’s Mark has expanded its portfolio with award-winning, super-premium expressions, including Maker’s Mark 46, Cask Strength, and Cellar Aged, as well as Private Selection, the brand’s custom barrel program. In 2025, the distillery debuted Star Hill Farm Whisky. Named World’s Best Wheat Whisky and the first to earn Estate Whiskey certification, Star Hill Farm Whisky inspired the Maker’s Mark Regenerative Alliance, a bold commitment to advance regenerative farming beyond its business.

Maker’s Mark is proud to be both B Corp and Regenified Certified – milestones driven by the sustainability leadership at Star Hill Farm, home of the Maker’s Mark Distillery, which strives to be the most endearing, culturally rich and environmentally responsible homeplace in the world.