Lagavulin 12 Year
$99.89
Port Ellen 29 Year
$325.79
Founded in 1825 the distillery was permanently closed in 1983 and has since gone on to become a cult whisky. Bottlings of this whisky are only getting rarer, older and more expensive with each passing year. This whisky is a steal at $372.99 considering that it is selling for $500 in BC and even more in the UK, if you can still get it. Bottled at 55.3% the whisky's packaging has been updated for 2008.
Benromach Latitude 57
$116.54
The "Glasgow With Style Clipper" is one of a fleet of 10 Yachts that circumnavigated the globe via 14 ports of call before returning to Liverpool. The final bottling in the series has been bottled at 57%--57 degrees being the latitude of the Benromach Distillery--this whisky is from a First Fill Sherry cask. This is my favourite of the four with powerful rich sherry notes, toffee cake, treacle and creme brule.
Glenrothes 1987
$77.39
Brora 25 Year
$539.99
The Northern Highland distillery of Brora closed in 1983 and has since become one of the biggest cult whiskies in Scotland. In the last decade leading up to its closure Brora distillery (originally called Clynelish) produced heavily peated malt whisky to distinguish itself from the new Clynelish distillery. Bora is highly sought after by collectors as a uniquely heavily peated Highland whisky. This official release is a stunner, and rumoured to be one of the last.
Balvenie 30 Year
$1,199.99
Bottled at 47.3%, the whisky is aged in European oak ex-Sherry casks hand selected by David Stewart.
Producer Description: "The Balvenie 30 Year Old is a rare and especially fine single malt for which Malt Master David C. Stewart MBE selects only exceptional casks that were laid down over 30 years ago. By marrying The Balvenie slowly, aged in traditional oak whisky casks with that aged in European oak sherry casks, David creates a rich, mellow aged whisky with unusual depth and complexity. ‘Thirty’ is bottled at 47.3% ABV to capture all the signature characteristics of The Balvenie."
Nose: Silky smooth and honeyed on the nose with mellow oaky tones and hints of candied orange peel.
Taste: Great depth with rich dark chocolate, hints of plum, marzipan and caramelised pear.
Finish: Exceptionally smooth and warming with gentle spice and lingering sweetness.
Longrow CV
$57.59
The CV is matured in a mix of Bourbon, Sherry, Port and Rum casks, and is a vatting of whiskies aged 7, 10 and 14 years. This is one of the most exceptional Islay-style whiskies on the market. "Nose: beautifully balanced smoke alternating between light and top-soil peats and coke; some pralines ups the ante; sublime: quite faultless; taste: dissolves on impact with the peats melting first, followed by molassed barley and mocha; finish: low key, it allows the vanillas to begin to dominate as the smoke drifts off; balance: a master-class in the art of subtle peat use." 95.5% Jim Murray
Arran 12 Year
$58.94
Tasting Note from the distiller: Aroma: An aromatic masterpiece with rich fruitcake mingling with fudge and toffee notes. Butterscotch sauce over vanilla ice cream. Sweet-fruit characters emerge with a dash of water; apple and banana. Palate: Oaky and rich with a distinct hazelnut character emerging. There is a hint of bitter fruit, like cooking apples, to balance the sweet caramel and malty notes and prolong the complexity. Finish: Character by the cask load.
Arran Burns 250 Anniversary Single Malt
$81.44
Distillers Tasting Note: Aroma: Milk chocolate and vanilla mingle with a fresh burst of citrus. Palate: Beautifully rounded malt that dances on the tongue. Heather honey, baked apples and cinnamon. Finish: 'A drams a dram for a' that" but this is liquid poetry. Raise a glass of this exceptional whisky and toast the life of an extraordinary man.