GlenAllachie 21 Year
$439.99
Two Brewers Yukon Single Malt Release 36
$105.99
This Special Finishes release from Two Brewers is composed of 22% 7 Year and 78% 8 year old whiskies finished in a First-Fill ex-Moscatel cask.
Blending Notes
"Was looking for something light to showcase Sherry flavours, especially with this being the first time we’ve used Moscatel Sherry instead of PX, without needing to turn the whisky into a sherry bomb. Blend is a little younger than most of our recent releases (and at 7/8 years that says a lot about our other releases) because more mature releases tended to overwhelm the sherry a bit. Blend is about 50% Sour Barley Mash and 50% two Standard Barley Mashes. The intent of the Sour Mash use was to accentuate the fruitiness of the Sherry with a bit of tartness and minerality. Then one of the Standard Barley Mashes was a fine distillation (plates on the still were closed and distillation was run slow) which results in a cleaner distillate with fewer congeners and fusel alcohols present. Also, because this question has come in already, the blend is 100% mashes from malted barley."
Barrelling Info
"Coincidentally, everything in this blend was in second use ISC barrels (new oak) until being transferred to a first-fill Moscatel barrel for about 2 months. Quick turn around there was mostly for practical reasons, we had been waiting on barrels to arrive and wanted to get a new special release whisky on to shelves. So this whisky was blended specifically to be in and out of barrels, we got other Sherry barrels on the same shipment that are also full now and will get a longer period to soak flavours out of the wood. "
Whitlaw 7 YO Strictly Limited
$114.99
Neato. An indie Highland Park that isn't branded as yet another 'Unnamed Orkney'. This one may be just a wee'un, but 7-year-old whisky usually drinks beyond its years when it has been matured in an STR (shaved, toasted, recharred) cask. And while we try not to get sucked in by colour, there's no two ways about it, STR-ing a cask does incredible things for the hues that end up in glass. This is one of the prettiest shades of mahogany we've seen in a long, long while.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered and bottled at 47.5% abv.
Nikka Yoichi Aromatic Yeast Ltd Ed. 2022
$254.99
Another one of the neat Nikka special releases under the Discovery line. This time they've played around with yeast and all the fun fermenty things that have whisky geeks lit up like little kids at Christmas time.
Don't forget a) that Yoichi is the peaty one and b) you should definitely check the sister Miyagikyo bottling as well.
48% abv
Scotch Malt Whisky Society R14.1
$599.99
PAPAYA THE SAILOR
This 29 year old rum from a closed distillery in Guyana is from a 1st fill barrel and has an abv of 58.6%. See full tasting note below.
Distilled on: 31 December 1991
Outturn: 172 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 19.53
$227.99
TOTALLY FANCIFUL
This 18 year old Highlander comes in at 59.2% after maturing in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel.
Flavour profile: Sweet, fruity & mellow
Distilled on: 17 February 2003
Outturn: 173 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 77.72
$126.39
ADMIRE THE ARCHITECTURE
From the Highlands, this 12 year old was matured in a refill ex-bourbon hogshead and has an abv of 59.4%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & dry
Distilled on: 7 April 2009
Outturn: 236 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 72.109
$139.99
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE CASK
From Speyside, this 10 year old with an abv of 57.4% spent 8 years in an Oloroso butt before being transferred to a heavy-char 1st fill puncheon.
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet
Distilled on: 23 June 2011
Outturn: 636 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 85.68
$151.99
GTR - GINGER, TOBACCO AND RUM
This 13 year old Speysider spent 12 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a #3 char 1st fill hogshead, and has an abv of 56.2%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 13 December 2007
Outturn: 165 bottles