Glenfarclas Family Cask 2001 Winter 2019
$414.99
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Glenfarclas Family Cask 2002 Winter 2019
$405.99
Bottledf after 16 years in a sherry hoghead cask at 54.2%. 92pts Whisky Base.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2004 Winter 2019
$394.99
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Bottled at 59.5% after maturing 14-15 years in a Sherry Butt #2383. 90.66pts Whisky Base.
SMOS Clynelish 10 Year Quaich Cask
$103.49
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Filled in to an ex-Bourbon Barrel (cask #700048) on the 29th of January in 2010, the whisky has been bottled after 10 years and a day at 56.8%. 232 total bottles!
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: Italian biscotti, marcona almonds and Billy Bee Honey; candle wax and lavender bubble bath; candied lemon and lime, toasted oak and sliced ginger; Ben Bhraggie on a warm spring day.
Palate: thick, waxy and coating; more Billy Bee Honey, candied lemon, lime and decadent spices: sliced ginger, cinnamon hearts and cardamom; more candle wax, lavender bubble bath and broom in full spring bloom.
Finish: long, coating, toasty, sweet and very floral; juicy citrus and warm spices before toasted oak and candle wax.
Comment: classic young Clynelish, it is warm but not sharp with that trademark waxy note Clynelish is famous for; honeyed and toasty with bright fruity tones and crisp spices; very moreish.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 33.138
$374.99
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AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS ONLY BY LOTTERY. ENTRIES ACCEPTED UNTIL NOON, TUES. DEC. 8TH AND MEMBERSHIP MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING AT TIME OF DRAW.
A THIGH-SLAPPING DRAM
This 12 year old from Islay was matured in a 2nd fill Oloroso butt and comes in at 60.9%.
Flavour profile: Peated.
Outturn: 615 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "Nose - brandy snaps, cafe noir biscuits, dark toffee, liquorice, treacle, molasses and crispy mackerel skin grilled over peat. Palate - visceral sweet smoke, burnt twigs, raisins, dark chocolate and Lapsang Souchong tea - a mouth-filling, lip-smacking, cockle-warming, thigh-slapping dram.
The nose turns sweeter with water - maple syrup and brown sugar - but there's a coal fire in a wood-panelled room or a bucket and spade on the beach by a tarry driftwood bonfire. Now the palate balances maple candies, treacle toffee and sugar-coated fennel seeds with pipe dottles, medicinal notes and tying leather thongs with your teeth - you can provide the back story."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 6.37
$98.24
WITH AN UNBATTERED EDGE
This 10 year old Speysider was matured in a 2nd fill barrel and comes in at 56.5%.
Flavour profile: Light & delicate
Distilled on: 29 January 2009
Outturn: 200 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 10.192
$168.99
DEEP AND COMPLEX, SWEET AND EARTHY
This 9 year old from Islay comes in at 60.8% and after 7 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this into a 2nd fill moscatel hogshead.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla.
Outturn: 243 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "The initial nose of desiccated coconut and pipe tobacco gradually opens to lemon meringue pie, apricot flan and rosebay willowherb in wasteland, with background hints of wood, liquorice and tar. The deep, complex palate combines sweet and earthy notes; butterscotch, dark chocolate, caramelized bananas, Eccles cakes and ginger snaps, with tarry ship’s timbers and salty pork scratchings.
Water shifts the nose to straw, dried seaweed, celery, pepper, Tunnock’s Snowballs and new fence timbers. The palate becomes easier and sweeter – coffee and walnut fudge, toffee, brandy snaps and dried dates. After 7 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this into a 2nd fill moscatel hogshead."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 39.194
$155.99
TIME FLIES AND FRUIT FLIES
This 13 year old Speysider was matured in a refill hogshead and is 57.8%.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla.
Outturn: 270 Bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "For a refill cask there is a surprising initial hit of fresh oak, Juicy Fruit chewing gum and dried banana chips. Lots of mango, pineapple, apple schnapps and fresh pears. Additional notes of toffee and coconut husk pop up as well. A wonderfully attractive aroma so far. With water the age starts to show and there's polished wood, dusty library books, dried exotic fruits and hints of pine forest petrichor and coconut oils.
In the mouth there's a massive wave of fruity intensity. Bold and mature beyond its years. Rancio, gentle waxiness, hot buttered scones, barley sugars, ginger sweets and hay lofts. Reduction evolves things towards honey and lemon tea, caramelized oatmeal, Belgian waffles drizzled with golden syrup and pink wafer biscuits. Marvellous stuff!"
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 89.11
$131.99
A KRAFTWERK ORANGE
This 7 year old Speysider comes in at 64.1% after maturing in a 1st fill hogshead.
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet.
Outturn: 237 Bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "An inviting initial nose of dusty malt bins, barley sugars, lemon cough drops and putty greeted the Panel. Some softer tones like cafe latte, ground almonds, coffee and walnut cake and caramelizing muscovado sugar followed on. An impressive heft and complexity we noted. With reduction we got notes of bitter marmalade, olive oil cake, delicate tobacco leaf, satsuma peel and orange travel sweets. The lighter scent of geraniums in a potting shed.
Neat, the palate was nutty, rich, and rather heavy for this particular distillery. Peanut brittle, caraway, toasted sunflower seeds and toffee popcorn were all noted. Scotch broth with a burlap garnish! Water enhanced the herbaceous aspects and added corn starch, rapeseed oil, gorse flowers, hot wort and freshly made muesli with dried fruits."