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Highland Park Cask Strength Edition No. 1 is the first of an expected series from the Orkney Islands single malt brand. Highland Park master whisky maker Gordon Motion selected and then married the casks for this batch which includes single malts of various ages. The casks featured in this batch are predominantly American oak sherry-seasoned casks. Batch No. 1 is available globally as of September 2020 and is bottled at 63.3% ABV.

The Barrell Whiskey Infinite Barrel Project release dated August 13, 2020 is bottled at a cask strength of 123.8 proof. The expression includes whiskey from three states: Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana, as well as three additional countries: Scotland, Ireland and Poland. The whiskey was released in a batch of 2,157 bottles.

The second in Virginia Distillery's Courage & Conviction series, released in August 2020, is an homage to the late Dr. Jim Swan, a Scotch whisky distiller, scientist and educator who was one of the distillery's original consultants and had worked on this release. 100% malted barley distilled on site was matured in a combination of ex-bourbon, ex-European wine ("cuvée") and sherry (fino, oloroso and PX) casks, which were subject to very warm summers and cool winters between 2016 and 2020. The final ratio of cask selection was 50% bourbon casks with 25% each of the cuvée and sherry casks, with a portion of this batch held for the next one. The Dr. Jim Swan Batch of Courage & Conviction produced 1,650 cases of 750mL bottles, or 9,900 bottles, according to the distillery.

Angel's Envy Bourbon Finished in Port Wine Barrels Cask Strength is a limited edition release which first began back in 2012. The barrels are hand-selected and blended before finishing its maturation in port wine casks. For the 2020 release, it is bottled at 60.2% ABV and just 17,400 bottles were produced. The 2020 Edition marks the ninth edition of the cask strength bourbon and the first time it's available in all 50 states. Released November 2020.

Limestone Branch Distillery has released its 2020 Limited Edition Yellowstone Straight Bourbon to launch in September 2020 for National Bourbon Heritage Month. This limited edition is a 7-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon which finished its maturation in French oak armagnac barrels. It was blended by Limestone Branch master distiller Steve Beam and is bottled at 101 proof. Just 5,000 cases will be available.

The Dalmore 12 Years Sherry Cask Select spent its first decade in regular ex-bourbon casks made from American white oak. Dalmore collaborated with three well-known cooperages from Andalucia—Tevasa, Vasyma and Paez. A different blend of Pedro Ximénez and oloroso sherry was created for each of the coopers before seasoning the European and American oak casks. Those casks were used for a finish of up to 3 years.

Muckety-Muck Single Grain 24 Year is a release under Diageo's Orphan Barrel Whisky Co. portfolio. This single grain whisky was distilled at Port Dundas Distillery (1810-2010) and aged for 24 years before bottling. During the distillery's most successful periods, it had a piggery on-site and the draff leftover from the mashing process was fed to the pigs. The pig on the bottle is named Muckety-Muck, a prize-winning pig that had the breeders keen to use him in their endeavors. There are six variations for the bottle label with the color of the tartan sash worn by Muckety-Muck in either red, green, blue, gray, yellow or orange.

The Balvenie Tun 1509 is limited edition series which features single malts selected and blended by malt master David Stewart. These whiskies are then allowed to mature further in the distillery's Warehouse 24 in a large vat dubbed Tun 1509. For Batch 7, Steward married 21 "rare and precious casks" for 3 months in the Tun. These casks held single malt which matured in three different barrel types: refill sherry hogsheads, ex-bourbon American oak, and Doublewood refill sherry butts (used to finish Doublewood and then refilled with new make and aged). This is bottled at 52.4% ABV without chill filtration. Available in the US as of October 2020.