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Bottled straight from the solera at 52% ABV, non-chill filtered and non-coloured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe regular release blew the judges away at 46% when it won World’s Best, and the critics raved too: Nick from Whisky Waffle said “This whisky has turned the page, it’s begun a new paragraph and inserted a new heading in bold, with underline and italics. This is a whole new chapter in the Australian whisky story.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Franz Scheurer of Australian Gourmet Pages and Gourmet Traveller Wine magazine wrote “Layered and complex and a pure joy to drink. The best bloody rye whisky in today’s world.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo imagine what they’d think of this!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrders for Archie Rose Solera Strength have closed. 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