Cadenhead Small Batch Mannochmore 1977
$584.99
Cadenhead Small Batch Miltonduff 1978
$557.99
Tullibardine VSMC Cask
$26.09
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 39.111
$149.39
TOTAL SHOCK!
This Speysider spent 15 years in a refill hogshead and is 57.8%.
Flavour profile: Lightly peated
Outturn: 257 bottles
Panel's tasting note: "This was a total shock! – completely unexpected in character. Our noses found jam, buttery cake mix, ginger biscuits and toasted tea-cake – but how come we got burnt paper, wood-burning stoves and cockles in brine? Someone even mentioned ozone and peat! The palate was peaty, salty, ashy and slightly metallic – like cooking burgers on a steam train shovel. With water – the nose got rock-pools and a pot of mussels cooked in wine on a beach fire; also lemon icing sugar, rainbow drops and Pillsbury dough. The reduced palate – smooth and sweet, but with burnt wood, gentle peat and a country house kitchen."
Drinking tip: "To warm you up while bravely cooking mussels on the beach in spring"
SMWS New Member's Kit #7
$198.00
Every new member receives 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.
G&M Glenrothes 1997 Quaich Cask 8720
$166.49
This single cask, was selected by and bottled exclusisvely for the Comapnions of the Quaich whisky club. The whisky comes from Gordon & MacPhail one of Scotland's oldest and most respected independent bottlers. Bottled at a cask strength of 56.8%, after 18 years in a Refill American Oak Hogshead there were but 195 bottles produced. After the Quaich club members had their go at it, there were just a couple dozen bottles left over for the General Public.
Andrew’s Tasting Note
Nose: lovely notes of fresh picked orange and dewy flowers on a summer’s morning; honey and a touch of marzipan with some subtle silky toasted oak; strawberries and goats milk white chocolate develop; as it settles down the fruits start to come out in droves: melons, mango, papaya and more.
Palate: still very honeyed, floral, toasty and coating with some tingling spices; there is really bright orange with some jammy fruits (strawberry and raspberry jams) and building spices; the floral tones are still there, and over time the classic dry Glenrothes Geranium note comes out; but the silky threads of white chocolate and marzipan keep it fresh, and the layers of fruit keep developing.
Finish: long coating and rich with waves of fruits, oaky and floral tones.
Comment: I am not a huge fan of Glenrothes, but find their best whiskies are often matured in a American oak which doesn’t overshadow the delicate spirit; I think this is a classic example of a big, rich Glenrothes, that has retained it’s delelicate floral tones.”
Springbank Society Longrow 13 Year
$157.49
Members only, no discounts!
Only 48 bottles of this heavily peated Springbank are coming to Canada, exclusively to members of the Springbank Society, and only from KWM. KWM is the exclusive Canadian embassy for Springbank Society bottlings. This Longrow was matured 13 years, the first 7 in Fresh Bourbon and the remaining 8 in Fresh Chardonnay Hogsheads. Only 366 total bottles produced at a cask strength of 56.6%.
YOU HAVE TO BE A SPRINGBANK SOCIETY MEMBER TO PURCHASE A BOTTLE: But we can help with that. Membership is a ontime fee of £50.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: creamy, honeyed and fresh at first; dried pinapple chunks, white chocolate, clean maritime smoke and earthy-chunky peat.
Palate: very creamy, chewy malt, lots of honey, vanilla and firm earthy peat; more dried pineapple chunks, white fruits and orange rinds; caramel chews with sea salt, Strawberry Twizzlers and clean wood smoke.
Finish: long, creamy, smoky and salty with more caramel and more waxy fruits like Twizzlers and Starburst.
Comments: a fine balance of fruits, smoke and cream.
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: Fresh green apples and gooseberries to the fore, with hints of lemon grass and a subtle peat influence. There are also maritime notes combined well with a smoked applewood aroma.
Palate: A very smooth, creamy dram with notes of pine wood, vanilla and banana. Peat is also present which complements the sweet, saltiness of this whisky.
Finish: A long and chewy finish with an intense vanilla butter cream ending. A classic Longrow whisky, oily with the peat rolling back after each sip.
Kilchoman KWM Advent Cask
$13.49
Carn Mor Ben Nevis 16 Year
$107.99