Glendronach 1995 Cask 4941 Batch 11
$128.69
This 1995 Glendronach single cask was one of two different casks from this vintage bottled as part of Batch 11. Cask 4941 is an Oloroso Sherry Puncheon bottled at 57.0% after 19 years. Only 6 bottles coming to KWM of which only 1 is left at the time of writing.
Distiller’s Tasting Note
Nose: Sweet figs dusted with cocoa marry with a vibrant mandarin twist and hints of freshly ground barley.
Palate: Stewed orchard fruits and dark raisins hold a peppery oak and stem ginger warmth, developing to soft chocolate, toffee and vanilla.
Glendronach 1996 Cask 244 Batch 11
$118.79
The youngest and only 1996 vintage single cask in the Batch 11 releases from Glendronach. Cask 244, an Oloroso Sherry Butt, was bottled at 56.9% after 18 years. At the time of writing only 2 of 6 bottles were unspoken for.
Distiller’s Tasting Note
Nose: Rich, sweet figs infused with vanilla and ground almonds, balanced with a crisp ginger spice.
Palate: A tremendous balance of mixed candied peel and stewed dark fruits sprinkled with dark Demerara. Delicious waves of toffee, cracked barley and warm oak spices combine to give a long, elegant finish.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 3.227
$152.09
TASTY FARMHOUSE COOKING
This 16 year old Islay whisky at 56.4% is from a refill butt
Flavour profile: Lightly peated
Outturn: 591 bottles
Panel's tasting note: "The room was immediately filled with the warm and rich smells of a beef consommé with a good splash of aged Sherry added. This we then poured over an old fashioned rabbit casserole with rosemary, celery and roasted carrots and let it simmer on a wood burning stove. The taste is good farmhouse cooking, intense flavours of fresh tomato soup as well as honey roasted sweet potatoes prepared with ginger, cumin and coriander. With water a sweet earthy note is added reminding some of us of compost using pine sawdust and pine needles or of peat stacks out to dry. The taste now welcoming and juicy like a tender pork stew with light herb dumplings."
Drinking tip: "Whilst cooking for or with friends"
anCnoc Peaty Cutter
$82.99
Peated anCnoc from Knockdhu Distillery in the Highlands. Named after the Cutter , which is "a hand tool used to cut peat from less wet, shallower bogs."
46% ABV. 20.5 PPM.
Glenrothes Sherry Reserve
$74.99
Bottled at 40% this new Sherry cask matured expression of Glenrothes is exclusive to KWM in Alberta. This whisky came to our attention when it was given a Silver Medal by Whisky Magazine, scoring 90pts with Anabelle Meikle.
Distiller's Tasting Note
Bouquet: Orange peel, fruit cake, vanilla, ginger bread, black cherries and pear drops.
Palate: Spicy, ginger, oaky notes, crème brulee.
Finish: Lingering spiciness with orange peel notes."
Annable's tasting note in Whisky Magazine
Nose: Lemon and pears poached with turmeric and saffron, heady and exotic. Perfumed flower pollen, frangipane and pineapple with a waxed balsa wood.
Palate: A tingle of mace at the tip of the tongue then a thicker syrup like texture. Lemon cake with sherried sultanas, ginger nut biscuits and spiced carrot cake with buttercream icing.
Finish: Big and silky texture with a clean finish. Comment: Sultry and brooding. Katharine Hepburn in a glass.
Benromach 1981
$224.99
An older Single Cask of Benromach done for a different shop, long since sold out. Evan put in this info because he was tired of seeing it pop up with no description.
Carn Mor Benrinnes 8 Year
$90.99
SOLD OUT
Distilled 2008 and bottled 2017!
SMWS New Member's Kit #11
$230.00
New members can purchase this handsome gift pack with three 100ml cask strength bottles, a copper Society lapel pin and a membership handbook all in a stylish case. It is your gateway to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, the world's largest whisky club, and their exclusive member-only whiskies. Curious? Sign up now or visit www.smws.ca for more information on other membership options.
anCnoc 2000 Vintage
$89.99
SPECIAL PRICING ON anCnoc 2000 and anCnoc 22 year old.
Check out our deal on these two Highland Single Malts!
You gotta love it when people bring the deals
to you... Just before Christmas it was the Mackinlay's Shackleton (only 10 left), and now it is a pair of anCnocs, from the Knockdhu Distillery.
We were given a $10 break on the anCnoc 2000 and close to $40 on the anCnoc 22 Year to help clear out the Alberta inventory. Both are great whiskies, and now discontinued.
Only 6000 bottles have been released world-wide of this vintage anCnoc expression. KWM will see no more than 60 bottles. It has been bottled at 46% after 14 years of age. The whisky was matured in a mix of Oloroso Sherry Butts and Bourbon Barrels.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: sweet and fruity with a mix of strawberry and black licorice Twizzlers; the whisky is delicate and floral, there are jujubes, some chewy malt and citrus notes.
Palate: creamy with licorice, soft leather, spices and earthy notes; some honey with nutty sherried tones and more strawberry and black licorice Twizzlers; a touch of malt, candied citrus, more jujubes and dark spices: fennel, clove and anise.
Finish: long, coating, leathery and spicy with more licorice and candied fruits.
Comments: excellent value middle aged vintage whisky.