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Ways into the shelf. Each one is a rule rather than a hand-picked list, so nothing here can quietly go out of date — add a bottle and it turns up wherever it belongs.
Made in India
The distilleries at home — single malts that beat Scotland at its own awards, plus gin and rum.
7 bottles →
The strong stuff
Everything bottled at 46% and above, in order, strongest first.
10 bottles →
The gentle end
Under 42% — aperitivi, liqueurs and the softer end of the shelf.
55 bottles →
Still checking
Bottles we've deliberately left blank, and exactly why we haven't filled them in.
9 bottles →
Agave
Tequila and mezcal — what the plant is, and where it was grown.
7 bottles →
Whisky from islands
Islay and Skye — the ones people mean when they say peated.
4 bottles →