Scotch Malt Whisky Society G4.2

$174.59

ATTRACTIVE SPIRIT IN A CLOAK OF OAK

A 28 year old single grain whisky from the largest grain distillery in Scotland; 55.4% matured in a refill hogshead

Flavour profile:  Old & dignified

Outturn:  218 bottles

Panel's tasting note: "The oak has a make or break impact on grain whisky – and we found abundant wood on the nose – dunnage warehouses and a French polisher’s workshop – plus corn cobs, tobacco leaf, Manuka honey,candy floss, vanilla, chocolate-coated marshmallows, pineapple and rum truffles. It became more buttery with water (marmalade on toast,buttered crumpets) with spun sugar, shoe polish and charcoal embers. The palate held our interest – bourbon-like sweetness (butterscotch, chocolate, peanut brittle, caramel, honey-glazed ham) with slightly bitter hints of cocoa powder, tobacco and leather and a pleasant oaky dryness insinuating resin and wood-sap. From the biggest distillery in Scotland."

Drinking tip: "A good mood dram - perhaps to enjoy along with your favourite music CDs"

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 41.54

$89.99

TAKES THE BISCUIT: Only 8 years old and a potent 58.7% after maturing in a 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel. "A mix of rich tea biscuits, jammy Wagon Wheels,sweet tea and tropical fruits."

Panel's Tasting Note: "The initially reluctant aromas start as clean and fresh with apple boiled sweets, an artificial raisin and coconut then, muesli, old cut flowers, macaroons and milk chocolate. The taste was surprisingly sweet and long. A mix of rich tea biscuits, jammy Wagon Wheels,sweet tea and tropical fruits. With water the aromas remained rich.A selection box of biscuits, tropical fruit yoghurt and fruit salad syrup. The taste had a satisfying texture – biscuits, coconut and mixed fruit in Greek yoghurt with aromatic honey. In 1889 this was the first distillery to have a Charles Doig pagoda fitted."

Drinking Tip: "A dram for an indulgent afternoon."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 30.74

$109.79

SWEET FRUIT & RICH: 11 year old Speysider from Rothes matured in a Refill Port Pipe and bottled at 60.3%. "Buttered fruit loaf,raspberry tart and date slice; sweet, fruity and rich."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 31.24

$169.19

LIVELY AS AN ACROBAT: This 24 year old Duriach is still 54% after maturing in a Refill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead. "Savoury, herbal, buttery, woody,chalky, but beautifully sweet and tasty. A strange one from the island of deer."

Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose was as nutty as a pie-eyed professor – macadamias,Brazils, cashews, almonds, peanuts – savoury too – pulled pork,roasted peppers, onions, thyme and sage – then straw, treacle,honey, smoke and coal on a puffer’s deck. The neat taste was as lively as an acrobat – with manly sinew and muscle tumbling powerful flavours of orange peel, coal, treacle, tar, bouquet garni and sanded beech wood. The reduced nose became sweeter;butterscotch, fresh donuts, seared scallops, lobster shells, lemonand mint. The palate was now savoury, herbal, buttery, woody,chalky, but beautifully sweet and tasty. A strange one from the island of deer."

Drinking Tip: "An unusual, conversation provoking."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 24.124

$161.99

CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF EXTREME: This 23-year-old Speysider will not last long, mainly because we didn't get very much of it. Matured in Refill Sherry, it is a classic, cask strength expression of whisky from this iconic distillery.

Glendronach 1996 Cask 101

$130.49

Loch Lomond Green Label

$55.99

One of our best value peated whiskies at the moment, this young malt packs some big flavours for a small price. Think juicy barley, clean medicinal smoke and sweet honey vanilla. A great winter warmer!

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 3.197

$118.79

BODY SHOP & BATH SALTS: Another great 14 year old Ileach from a parcel of Refill Sherry casks, in this case 55.6%. "Smooth, the taste sweet, mineralic and smoky; warming as a sauna bath, with traces of black currants or flowering currants in the aftertaste."

Duncan Taylor Deanston 1994 KWM Octave

$161.99

Our latest casks are finally here! Selected by and bottled exclusively for KWM, this whisky has come from a single Octave (80L) sherry cask, which yielded only 71 bottles. 19 years of age and bottled at a cask strength 54.7%.