Scotch Malt Whisky Society 41.144
$164.98
A SHERRY SOUL
From Speyside, this 14 year old spent 11 years in an ex-Oloroso American oak butt before being transferred to a 1st fill Spanish oak Pedro Ximenez sherry butt and comes in at 56.4%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 29 May 2007
Outturn: 578 bottles
Ardbeg Ardcore Committee
$148.49
50.1%. A 2022 Ardbeg Committee Release. Has difficulty clearing the security check at airports because it is so metal.
Producer Description
"From a Distillery with more ups and downs that a pogoing punk comes Ardcore.
Created with roasted black malt, roasted to the extreme, this spirit is all about what happens up front & centre stage. The malt is what defines its distinctive profile. Described as tasting like ‘biting on a spiky ball’, Ardcore is a dram that wears its heart on its sleeve… its black heart!
Notes of charcoal and sweet smoke make for an in-your-face nose, while potent notes of aniseed and dark chocolate stamp this bottle out as one fit only for the most Ardcore of fans."
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1998 S21
$415.99
A special single cask bottling from our friends at Glenfarclas. The Family Cask range may be the most popular vintage-driven series in the whisky world. There is arguably no better way to mark a milestone year than with one of these bottlings. This Summer 2021 Glenfarclas Family Cask, distilled in 1998, was matured in Sherry Butt #2937 for approximately 23 years before bottling at 58.2%. 87.4pts Whiskybase.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1993 S21
$488.99
A special single cask bottling from our friends at Glenfarclas. The Family Cask range may be the most popular vintage-driven series in the whisky world. There is arguably no better way to mark a milestone year than with one of these bottlings. This Summer 2021 Glenfarclas Family Cask, distilled in 1993, was matured in 4th Fill Butt #4669 for approximately 24 years before bottling at 57.6%.
G&M Speymalt Macallan 2000 Cask 1763
$364.98
The Gordon & MacPhail Speymalt 2000 Cask 1763 was matured roughly 21 years in a Sherry cask before bottling at 55.5%.
Arran Rare Batch French Oak Argonne
$229.99
Arran Rare Batch French Oak Bordeaux
$229.99
Kinglake O`Grady`s Stand Single Malt
$67.50
This is the first Aussie single malt we've seen in a few years. Local demand in Auz is so great, that few of their whiskies leave home anymore. O'Grady's Stand Single Malt is the core whisky from Kinglake Distillery. It is made with 4 different malts, 3 of them sourced from New South Wales and malted locally (one of which is roasted to the level of chocolate malt), and the balance is peated malt from Scotland. The spirit is cut to emphasize a heavy, oily spirit, which is matured in "small format" ex-Bourbon casks. 500ml / 46%
Valinch & Mallet Westport 12 Year
$149.99
There is no Westport distillery, of course. Westport is sort of a proxy name for the spirit that Glenmorangie sells to independent bottlers; another of those 'worst-kept whisky secrets' meant to protect the Glenmorangie brand name, as is the big 'TEASPOONED' stencil across the front of the label. If they say it has been teaspooned, it can no longer be marketed as a single malt, nor declared as a Glenmorangie.
(pssst...it's Glenmorangie)
From the Young Masters Series, this Sherry Hogshead (#19-1202) from indie bottler Valinch & Mallet yielded 370 bottles. Distilled in 2007 and bottled in 2019 at 51.8%. Natural colour and non chill-filtered.