A new batch of goodies from Huntly courtesy of indy' bottlers Duncan Taylor, including a very unusual single cask Aberlour bottled earlier this month and just in time for the Speyside Whiskey Festival which starts today. Some oldies return from Glenfiddich and we have unearthed some bottles of Highland Park Earl Magnus 1st Release and Hazelburn 12 Year Old 2009 Release. If you missed the September Newsletter here its is.

Murray McDavid will release the 2010 series of Celtic Heartlands in November – for the time being a new bottling of Bowmore (bottled at Bruichladdich) enters the fray under the Mission cask strength series. A collection of rather special and incredibly rare SMWS bottles from the private members club including an ancient Glenfarclas and Longmorn distilled in the 1960's rounds up a restrained week for new releases.

A few rare gems for collectors and connoisseurs including a new vintage release from Yoichi – the previous bottlings in the series scooped countless international awards. The 3rd Highland Park Orcadian Vintage (1970) and Earl Magnus 2nd Edition are due shortly – if you missed the 2009 bottles of these luxurious Island whiskies they can still be had. A terrific value 22 year old sherry matured Bowmore and a 9 year old North British …

The fall release schedule is almost upon us prompting a flurry of activity especially from the independent distillers and bottlers. To whet your appetite for September, pre-orders are now being taken for the 2010 limited release of Octomore and a very keenly priced multi-vintage Port Charlotte. Our allocation of the latest Noh bottling (1977 cask of Karuizawa) is tiny so 1 bottle each. Aberlour's latest A'bunadh batch boasts a whopping strength …

August kicks off with the fourth general release from Kilchoman introducing the Summer 2010 release matured in ex-bourbon barrels. A must have sherry matured 21 year old Laphroaig from Douglas Laing oozes quality and accompanies two further new Old & Rare bottlings: Macallan 33 Year Old and a Port Ellen 30 Year Old, with the latter normally only available at Duty Free lounges. Keep a keen eye on this page over the next few weeks – Bruichladdich and Glendonach launch …

A varied selection of new arrivals from Scotland & Japan. 40 & 41 year single casks of Highland Park, Glenlivet, Glenrothes and the now defunct Tamdhu join the catalogue from Duncan Taylor along with a new Rare Auld 13yo Laphroaig, 19yo Glen Scotia and 35yo Glen Moray. Whiskey Live celebrates 10 years of the international whiskey festival and we have a few of their Japanese single casks together with a couple of collectable Islay Festival 2010 bottles from …