Carmes de Rieussec Sauternes
$83.99
Owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite since 1984, Rieussec is located in the heart of the Sauternes vineyards. Surrounded by water and nature, the property, with its simple and rigorous architecture, stands out for its free contours. For several generations, the property has been one of the benchmarks of Sauternes, honouring the excellence of know-how and the French art of living. More rigorous sorting of the grapes and fermentation in barrels, as well as a new cellar built in 1989, have resulted in a finer selection of the blend of each Rieussec Cru, where quality undoubtedly prevails over quantity.
Marchand Tawse Aligote
$52.99
The story of the Maison Marchand-Tawse in Burgundy begins with the extraordinary story of Pascal Marchand, the French Canadian boy wonder, who in 1985 at 22 years old, took the reins of the Clos des Epeneaux in Pommard. He became an overnight sensation, and in the process pretty much defined modern Burgundy. The collaboration of Pascal with another French Canadian, Moray Tawse of the Tawse Winery in Niagara, one of Canada’s most recognized wineries, gave birth to the new Maison Marchand-Tawse in 2011. This domaine has reached the quality level in Burgundy where you can rely on every wine they make to be exceptional, even in difficult vintages.
Establishment Kool Thing
$23.49
An AI Overview;
"Establishment Kool Thing" refers to Kool Thing, a popular Hazy IPA brewed by The Establishment Brewing Company in Calgary, known for fruity notes of berries and orange. It's also a reference to Kool Thing Vintage, a Vancouver-based vintage clothing store that relocated to Powell River, BC, selling curated retro apparel. The phrase combines the brewery's name with their signature beer, or references the vintage shop with its cool, classic vibe."
Establishment Shine a Light
$23.49
From Establishment;
"Shine A Light – 6.8% Abv
West Coast IPA
Pineapple Tops / Garden Berries / That Sticky Icky
Simcoe, Nelson Sauvin, Citra, Nelson Hop Kief
A perpetual evolution of the style that started the revolution. This brew is the north star of the modern West Coast IPA, a luminous call answered by a fruit salad burst of strawberry, orange, pineapple, and raspberry. Yet, it remains anchored to its roots by a dank, resinous core of electric lettuce—precisely why you fell in love with the style.
Bowmore 18 Year
$194.99
In an effort to confuse customers and take up more shelf space, Bowmore now has two different bottlings of its venerated 18 year old. Unfortunately, they look remarkably similar. What you see here is the core Bowmore 18 Year Old - not to be confused with the Bowmore 18 Year Old Sherry Wood.
This core range Bowmore 18 Year Old is bottled at 43%.
Producer Description
"Our 18 year old is matured in hand-selected American oak ex-Bourbon casks and European oak Oloroso sherry casks, giving it a complex and exquisitely layered persona."
Ardnamurchan Peated Sauternes Cask
$115.99
This fully peated Ardnamurchan was initially matured in ex-Bourbon casks for 3 years, before finishing for another 3.5 years in Sauternes casks. 50%.
Millstone 7 Year Pajarete Cask
$101.99
This curious Dutch single malt was matured 7 years in Pajarete wine casks, before bottling at 46%. There is a connection between Pajarete wine, and the legendary (though also infamous) Paxarette casks used by the Scotch industry until they were banned in the early 1990s. Millstone's whisky was matured in proper Pajarete wine casks.
Paxarette casks were created by Scottish cooperages who would inject new or tired old casks with a sweet wine made from a concentrated Pedro Ximenez sherry wine (including the grape must) at high pressure. The whiskies matured in these casks took on a deep colour, with an intense, sweet, and fruity profile. The casks were banned by the Scotch whisky association in the 1990s, though laws in Spain preventing the export of un-bottled sherry also played a part.
Producer Description
"This malt whisky is dark, rich, and luscious. The whisky expresses those typical notes that you would expect from a full maturation in a Pajarete wine cask. In spite of the full maturation in Pajarete casks the first impression is fresh more than sweet. When you give the whisky a little time in your glass, the whisky shines with its warm and complex character. The unique qualities of this whisky come from the use of a crystal clear wort that is slowly fermented for 7 days, and the slow distillation method with the relatively early cut point. After distillation the whisky had a full maturation in Pajarete casks that give the whisky its beautiful colour and adds to the elegant sweetness and rich leathery notes."
Sons of Vancouver Realms of Rye 3 Mentho
$169.99
Realms of Rye Release 03, was bottled at 59.6% after maturing in ex-Bourbon and new American oak casks. Called 'Mentol & Evergreen',
Producer Description
"The much anticipated third release from the Realms of Rye series, dives deeper into the flavour spectrum of rye grain. This expression was expertly blended by the whisky-making team at Sons of Vancouver Distillery, with barrels carefully chosen and married to evoke vegetal flavours of menthol & evergreen.
"Release 03 ‘Menthol & Evergreen’ provides a stroll through a lush forest of conifers, wild herbs, and dense moss. The character of the rye grain provides notes of eucalyptus, pine needles, dill weed, and sweet grass. Maturation in ex-bourbon and new oak barrels provides a backbone of mint chocolate, green walnut, and cut lumber.
"Following the precise standards set for the Realms of Rye series, all the flavour in this whisky comes from the fermentation, distillation, maturation, and blending process alone."
Uncommon Calgary Crab Apple Cider
$28.99
Notes from the Bottle
" Only 150 bottles of this cider were produced from a single French oak barrel making this cider a truely special & rare release of our Uncommon Expressions series. Showing what patience, oak, and the perfect type of apples can capture something truly magical
This cider is made exclusively from Calgary Dolgo crab apples creating a cider with stewed strawberries, leather and rhubarb aromatics blend into acidity of strawberry sour candies , dried orange zest and chewy tannins finish with a complex creamy mouthfeel.
A whole palate experience; this one's for all you fancy folk. "