Scotch Malt Whisky Society 29.284
$214.99
LET US GO DUTCH
This 10 year old from Islay comes in at 62.2% after maturing in 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel.
Flavour profile: Heavily peated
Distilled on: 22 April 2010
Outturn: 217 bottles
Two Brewers Yukon Single Malt Release 31
$107.99
The 31st release of Two Brewers Yukon Single Malt is a Classic Release, bottled at 46%.
Blending Notes
"Lots of different whisky in this blend. First, just a bit of the sour blend we used for Release 22 (7%). Then another 40% is from a pair of very standard mashes we did in 2015, not much to report on those two. From there, we have 23% coming from two different priming batches (see barrelling for more info on what that means) and the last 30% coming from what we would call a standard Barley No Tails. No Tails is a process we’ve been using on occasion during distillations of the last several years, with this being the second time we’ve used No Tails whisky in a whisky release (R26 contained some as well). Basically we configure our run to keep the “tails” components that come through at the tail-end of our distillation runs completely separate from the alcohol collected during the middle of the run (the “hearts”). The intention is to produce a brighter whisky (tails tend to carry deeper, more earthy or medicinal notes). The separated tails are then run through the still by themselves to generate a second version of the same whisky mash, with those deeper flavour components heavily concentrated (we call that an All Tails Barley but there is no All Tails used in Release 31)."
Barreling Notes
"That little bit of sour character comes from a blend of various whiskies, mostly sour, that are being finished in Rye barrels, which are hopefully building a bit of a spicy complement to the sourness. The standard mashes that make up 40% of this release were both very standard, spending time in some new barrels from ISC and some xBourbon barrels. Then the two priming batches, one from 2015 and one from 2016, went through 2 or 3 brand new barrels each, spending about 30 days in each barrel to strip out some of the harsher flavours in the virgin charred oak, as well as a lot of not so harsh flavours. We do that to almost all of our new barrels so that the next whisky to enter the barrel doesn’t pick up anything overly harsh, and the process leaves the priming batches with a tonne of flavour but also a lot of maturation necessary for the flavours to come together harmoniously. We put these two priming batches into some well-used xBourbon barrels to allow all that flavour to mellow in a fairly neutral barrel, which they’ve been doing for the last 6 or 7 years. Finally, the No Tails Barley mash was held in brand new barrels from ISC for almost exactly 2 years, then moved to second use xBourbon barrels for the final 5 years of aging."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 105.40
$136.99
THE SWEET KISS OF LEATHER SPLINTERS
From Speyside, this 8 year old spent 5 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a 2nd fill heavy-toast, medium-char hogshead, and has an abv of 66.2%.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla
Distilled on: 26 June 2012
Outturn: 277 bottles
Archives Glentauchers 1989
$584.99
This 31 year old Glentauchers was distilled in 1989, matured in an ex-Bourbon Barrel, and bottled in 2021 at 43.7%. Bottled under "The Fishes of Samoa" the label features a Pterois Volitans "drawn by P.A.J. Drapier and published in 1853 in "Dictionaire classique des sciences naturelles." 90pts Whiskybase
Archives Benrinnes 1997
$349.99
Distilled in 1997, matured in a Hogshead cask, and bottled in 2021 after 23 years at 56%, under the Fishes of Samoa range. The image on the label is a Pterois Radiata "drawn by Hamburg L. Friederichsen and published in 1873 in "Journal des Museum Godeffroy." 90pts Whiskybase
Archives Staoisha 2013
$147.99
Distilled in 2013, this peated Bunnahabhain (Staoisha) was filled into an ex-Bourbon Barrel, before bottling in 2021 at 59.1%. Bottled under the Fishes of Samoa series, the label features a Herniochus monoceros "drawn by G. H Ford and published in 1873 in Journal de Museum Godeffroy."
Archives Burnside 1996
$265.49
Bottled under the Brittish Dragonflies series, this 25 year old "Blended Malt" was distilled in 1996, matured in a Hogshead and bottled in 2021 at 54.7%. Burnside is usually a euphemism for teaspooned Balvenie. So Balvenie with a dash of Glenfiddich perhaps? The label features a Uropetala Carovei "drawn by G.V. Hudson and published over 100 years ago in "An elementary manuel of New Zealand entomology." 89.59pts Whisky Base.
Archives Caol Ila 2007
$189.99
Distilled in 2007, this 12 year old Caol Ila matured in a Hogshead before bottling at 57.4%. Bottled under the Fishes of Samoa series the fish on the label is a Diodon Hystrix "published over 200 years ago in Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Der Fische." 85.89pts Whiskybase
Archives Secret Speyside 1990
$424.99
Distilled in 1990, the whisky matured 30 years in a Hogshead cask before bottling at 50.2% under the Echinoderms from Australia series. The label features an Asterias Rubens "drawn by Ernst Haeckel and published over 100 years ago in Kunstformen der Natur." 88.86pts Whiskybase