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1257 Kensington Road NW
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$379.99
This mystery Orkney malt, bottled under the Old Orkney label, was distilled in 2005, and bottled at 58.7% after 19 years in a Refill Hogshead cask. Almost certainly Highland Park!
Producer Description
"A special bottling of Old Orkney malt whisky, selected to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our friends at Heads & Tails Spiriits and the official opening of Boutique Audio Gallery. This is a straight up, single cask, cask strength Orcadian malt whisky distilled in 2005 and bottled without any interference whatsoever. It's a whisky for distillate geeks, for lovers of old school spirits and for audiophiles who like something pure, potent and dazzling to sip while they listen in granular detail to their favourite recording artist taking subtle intakes of breath."
700 mlAndrew's Tasting Note
Nose: dusty, coastal, and faintly decadent; assorted hard fruit candies in an open bowl, mainly citrus & berry, the kind you had to chisel apart with a pointy object at Granny's house; paraffin tape and it might be the label, but am I getting some vinyl too? a hint of honey, lightly salted caramel, and a whiff of clean smoke..
Palate: honeyed, malty, and waxy, with a puff of clean smoke and more of Granny's slightly stale, stuck together, hard fruit candies; a touch of tart oak complements waxy honeycomb; more paraffin tape and that vinyl note, tastes more like bus vinyl than an LP... I assume, can't say I've ever had either in my mouth...; nutty with brittle old malt and building earthy peat; faint smoke drifts into the finish with late spice.
Finish: fresh, fruity, and earthy; it is a little honeyed, with a coastal flair, and coating waxy oils.
Comment: this is somehow both rather naked and simultaneously fresh; it is also vaguely Highland Park-esque, without being obviously from that oldest of Orkney distilleries; a unique and lovely malt, but a little too much vinyl for my palate... I am more of a podcast guy!
$159.99
Classic of Islay bottlings tend to be top-notch, and given that this is a single cask selected by Heads & Tails we have high hopes for it. Classic of Islay bottlings are rumoured to come from an Islay distillery that starts with the letter L. Not Laphroaig — the other L... Who knows for certain, though! Bottled at 56.2% from cask no. 409.
$224.99
This 14 year old Williamson was bottled for Heads & Tails to mark their 10th Anniversary. Williamson is a Scotch whisky euphemism for Laphroaig, a reference to Bessie Williamson, who once owned and operated the distillery. Distilled in 2010, matured in an ex-Bourbon Barrel, and exclusively available in Canada! 51.3%
Bottled under Archives - British Dragonflies label, featuring a Calopteryx harmorrhoidalis "published over 150 years ago in Dragon Flies by W.F. Evans MES."
$614.99
52.9% - 2003 Refill Hogshead / 1999 First Fill ex-Bodega Sherry Butt
89.18 points Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This is our third official Old Orkney bottling. A multi-vintage, small batch 21 year old Orkney single malt, bottled at natural cask strength with a beautiful and rich sherrywood influence. We married together equal parts Orkney Malt from two different casks. First, a 2003 plain oak refill hogshead, second, a 1999 1st fill ex-bodega sherry butt. The whisky from these two casks was combined and married in a 2nd fill sherry butt for at least six months, before being bottled at natural cask strength. The result is a big, very robust and well-sherried Orkney single malt, with a very rugged, drying and salty sherry profile, underpinned by a gentle thread of Orcadian peat smoke. Old school and hugely characterful Orkney single malt!"
About the Old Orkney Brand
"Very early on in the Decadent Drinks story, Angus had the idea to see if he might be able to buy the historic, but long dormant, Old Orkney brand. AKA: 'Double O'. After all, nothing ventured, nothing gained. The reason for this is that one of the big influences upon Angus' approach to bottling and branding, was the old 'Double O.O.' brand. It was originally the bottling brand of Stromness Distillery on Orkney, which sadly closed in 1928. After that time the brand quickly fell into dormancy and was used only very sporadically in the intervening decades."
$309.99
Bottled to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Heads & Tails, this 18 year old Sideburn (aka Burnside [aka teaspooned Balvenie]) was distilled in 2007, and bottled at 56.3% from a First Fill ex-Bourbon Barrel.
Producer Description
"This 'Sideburn' blended malt Scotch whisky was distilled in 2007 and filled into cask as Burnside from William Grant & Sons. It has matured ever since in a single 1st fill Bourbon barrel for 18 years, before we bottled it at natural cask strength as this celebratory Decadent Drams release exclusively for the 10th anniversary of Heads & Tails. Congratulations Igor! Here's to another ten years of distillate-driven spirits and friendship! Please enjoy this special bottling with the smooth revelry and majestic groove of a veteran party Moose."