Bruichladdich Octomore 12.2 Retailer:57 Japanese single grain Spirit from

Japanese single grain Spirit from the foothills of Mount Fuji aged fifteen years in American white oak

Hamilton Distillers uses a type of local mesquite wood called velvet mesquite — Prosopis Velutina — that grows wild in southern Arizona

Although officially a "non-age statement" dram

Batiste Rhum Reserve is made from pure sugarcane juice (as opposed to molasses)

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Bruichladdich Octomore 12.2 Retailer:57 Japanese single grain Spirit fromThe beauty and the beast: chic French Wine and Scottish heavy peat smoke. As early as the 18th century, the Harvey family was a big player on the distilling map of the island of Islay, where they owned and operated several distilleries. In 1881, the three Harvey brothers William, John, and Robert received an inheritance; can you guess what they spent it on? Obviously, they opened a new state of the art distillery on the island of Islay Bruichladdich.