Scotch Malt Whisky Society 3.198
$118.79
SMOKER'S TOOTH POWDER & DENTIST'S CHAIRS: A 14 year old Ileach one of a series of Refill Sherry matured casks from this distillery all filled on the same day, 57%. "Honeyed chicken wings, big toffee, decent smoke, coal, ash and wood but now minty notes also appeared (mint toffee, mint tea, toothpaste)."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 73.52
$163.79
SPEAKEASY PERKINESS: Matured 23 years in a Refill Sherry Butt, this Speysider is still 57.5%. "The palate delivered a surge of sweetness and a spreading glow of warmth marmalade, aniseed, apple pie, black coffee and traces of smoke. "
Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose hinted at uniforms and boots in a wooden chest, musky perfume in a leather handbag, calvados, sherry-soaked fruit cake,molasses, syrup, crême brûlée and a distant bonfire. With water it remained fascinating and perky – perhaps fruitier (apple, pear,peach, orange) but with some bitterness, burnt notes, wood and hessian. The palate delivered a surge of sweetness and a spreading glow of warmth – marmalade, aniseed, apple pie, black coffee and traces of smoke. The reduced flavours suggested humbugs and a gangster’s moll sipping espresso in a 1920’s speakeasy. The distillery contributes to Dewar’s and sits between Keith and Buckie."
Drinking Tip: "While watching favourite gangster movies."
Edradour SFTC Sherry Finish
$83.24
Big Peat Santa 2012 Edition
$87.99
A special Christmas edition of the Big Peat Islay Blended Malt.
Wilson & Morgan Caol Ila 30 Year
$412.19
Pronounced "cull-eela," Caol Ila -- one of eight operating distilleries on Islay -- is Celtic for "Sound of Islay," referring to the fact the distillery overlooks the strait between Islay and Jura. One of Islay's most modern distilleries, it was built in 1846. Its whisky is matured and bottled on the mainland. And the Caol Ila 30 Year? "The closest thing to Port Ellen I�ve ever tasted that wasn�t Port Ellen," says our very own Scotch Guy.
Wilson & Morgan Bowmore 15 Year
$125.99
An usually powerful 15 year old cask strength Bowmore bottled a 61.3% after finish in a Refill Sherry Butt. The sherry's influence here is only slight, with the distillery's house style of round peat smoke, citrus and seak salt remaining firmly in charge!
Scotch Malt Whisky Society R5.1
$118.79
MINT HUMBUGS: Panel's Tasting Note: "Surprisingly deep and complex for its age, we were transported to a tropical swimming pool at first: plastic flip-flops, wicker sun-loungers, with a dusty note (’chest of drawers’), then a rush of pumpkin-seed oil, damson vinegar and Cola-cubes… The taste blows your socks off! Sweet and peppery, after a start of ‘water-wings’. Water softens the aroma and taste considerably: vanilla fudge, cherry pie and Canadian cedar (with cherries) on the nose, and a clean, mint humbug, mentholated (even clove-like) taste. One panellist produced a bottle of Coke and a lime… Delicious!" Drinking Tip: "Looking out over azure water."
OMC Rosebank 21 Year
$211.49
Rosebank's are starting to become rare, and the prices are going up. This is not a whisky that ages well, it is too delicate, except in a case like this where it was filled into a 2nd or 3rd fill Sherry Butt. It is creamy and tropical with the floral house style more than evident.
Longrow 18 Year 2011
$186.29