Even though I tell myself every year that I won’t do it, I invariably find myself going in on bottle splits of K&L’s annual year-end parcel of single malt exclusives. My shares of their 2020 exclusives—many of them casks of teaspooned malts—got to me in mid-January and I expect I will review them all over the next month or two or three. Half of them are in the list of potential reviews for this month and the rest will show up next month, whether I get to all of these this month or no. I’ll also be rolling out a very special review feature for those K&L casks—but more on that later this week. On the food front I think I’m going to take a break from the biweekly Indian restaurant review for a few weeks. This month will probably see more Southeast Asian food and a return to St. Paul for Ethiopian and/or barbecue. Oh, and I think I’ll finally put up the next installment of my wrap-up of writing on Indian food. As for cooking, if you’re on Twitter you may want to look out for my next poll later this week to determine the order of the next four recipes.

As always, let me know if there’s anything on the long list below that you’d like to see promoted to the shortlist.

1. Ambassador 25 yo, Blend
2. Balvenie/John McRae 28, 1991 (Hepburn’s Choice for K&L)
3. Ben Nevis 20, 1997 (Berry Bros. & Rudd)
4. Ben Nevis 20, 1997 (Exclusive Malts)
5. Ben Nevis 23, 1996 (First Editions)
6. Benrinnes 20, 1995, Artist #8 (La Maison du Whisky)
7. Benrinnes 22, 1995 (Signatory)
8. Blair Athol 24, 1995 (Old Particular for K&L)
9. Bowmore 18, Deep & Complex
10. Bunnahabhain 12, 2007 (Old Particular for K&L)
11. Caol Ila 11, 2008 (James Eadie)
12. Caol Ila 2004-2020 (Gordon & MacPhail)
13. Caol Ila 16, Feis Ile 2020
14. Caol Ila 25, 2019 Release
15. Craigellachie 16, 2003 (Old Particular for K&L)
16. Dalmore/Cromarty’s Firth 13, 2007 (Hepburn’s Choice for K&L)
17. Glen Garioch 10, 2010 (Old Particular for K&L)
18. Glen Grant 24, 1995 (Signatory for the Nectar)
19. Glen Scotia 15
20. Glenburgie 14, 1997, Cask Strength Edition
21. Glenfiddich/Hector Macbeth 23, 1997 (Hepburn’s Choice for K&L)
22. Glengoyne 11 (Old Particular for K&L)
23. Glenmorangie 16, 1993 (SMWS)
24. Highland Park 17, 2002 (SMWS)
25. Kilchoman 8, 100% Islay, Single Sherry Cask
26. Lagavulin 10
27. Lagavulin Distillers Edition, 2020 Release
28. Laphroaig/Williamson 8, 2002 (Berry Bros. & Rudd)
29. Laphroaig 14, 1998 (Signatory for Binny’s)
30. Linkwood 9, 2010 (Old Particular for K&L)
31. Tamdhu 26, 1984 (WWW forum bottling)
32. Tomatin 23, 1976 (Old Malt Cask)