Teeling 15 Year KWM Armagnac Cask 16570
$149.99
Our second exclusive single cask from Teeling is a 15 Year, finished in an Armagnac cask (#16570). 462 bottles, 58.4%.
Drinks by the Dram Irish Whiskey Series
$89.99
For the second straight year we are able to offer a half-Advent Calendar of Irish whiskies by Drink by the Dram. The set includes 12 30ml wax dipped Irish whiskies, the full list of which is listed below... if you don't want to be surprised!
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 150.4
$145.59
SANDALWOOD OLIVE PRESS
This 7 year old Irish whiskey spent 3 years in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel before transfer to a 1st fill ex-rye barrel, and comes in at 56.7%.
Flavour profile: Sweet, fruity & mellow
Distilled on: 12 December 2013
Outturn: 222 bottles
Waterford Peated Ballybannon 1.1
$114.99
Only 48 bottles are coming to Alberta, exclusively to KWM, of one of the first peated expressions of Waterford. Produced from Laureat barley grown at Ballybannon Farm in 2017, the malt was peated to 47ppm, and was fermented for an astonishing 167 hours with Mauri yeast. The whisky was matured in first fill ex-Bourbon, Virgin American, ex-French Wine, and Vin Doux Naturelle casks. Bottled at 50%.
Producer Description
"Arcadian Barley, from our secret garden of delights, explores the natural flavours, intensity & honesty of old ways. Out of necessity since the dawn of time, peat (or turf) has been the primary fuel source in rural Ireland, with its sweet pungency familiar to generations gathered around the hearths of ancient thatched cottages. This same diffused aroma cloaked barley dried over peat smoke by illicit distillers, a custom that died out in the 1850s.
"Ballybannon in Co. Carlow could be the perfect terroir for growing barley for peating. Sitting on raised ground along the banks of the River Barrow, its heavy, lime-rich soils — archetypal Elton series — are directly adjacent to sphagnum-dense inland bog. Small wonder then that the Pender family’s barley and peat from Niall Carroll’s Ballyteige cuttings in Co. Kildare have proven such a natural combination. Such is Ballybannon barley’s natural affinity for peat, that we have been able to kiln-dry it to a high 47ppm and still find that the character of Ballybannon’s terroir itself remains the dominant flavour in the spirit. Along with its sister bottling, Fenniscourt, Peated Ballybannon represents the first marriage of Irish barley and Irish peat in generations."
Cask Compostition
39% FIRST FILL AMERICAN
21% VIRGIN AMERICAN
21% PREMIUM FRENCH
19% VIN DOUX NATURAL
Ballantine
$28.34
One of Scotland's iconic blends, Ballantines has long been a staple well Scotch in Alberta. "The blend’s light gold colour and unmistakable taste come from a complex mix of carefully selected malt and grain whiskies — all aged for many a year in high quality casks.
Producer's Tasting Note:
Nose: Soft, elegant, heather honey aromas with a hint of spice.
Taste: Well balanced subtle flavours with tones of milk chocolate, red apple and vanilla.
Finish: The sophisticated after-taste gives a fresh, floral and rounded glow."
Compass Box Asyla
$66.99
Compass box is a specialist WhiskyAsyla is Compass Box's blended whisky;a blended of premium single malts, on a bed of grain whisky. It is the breakfast whisky of the Compass Box line. Creamy vanilla, lightly fruity, dry bitter finish. Blender, focused on flavour. The company hand selects casks, specially chooses its oak & is an industry leader in inovation.
Compass Box GKS Artist KWM Cask 2
$89.99
This is our 2nd Single Marrying Cask of Compass Box's Great King Street Artist Blend. Bottled at 49%, the whisky, from Cask No. 546, was married in January 2020 in a French Oak Custom Barrel and bottled in August 2021. Only 198 bottles!
The Components of Our Cask - Pre-Finishing in 1 Year & 8 Months in a French Oak Custom Barrel
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44.5% Cameronbridge First Fill Bourbon Barrel
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23% Linkwood First Fill Bourbon Barrel
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10.6% Clynelish First Fill Bourbon Barrel
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10.5% Balmenach First Fill Bourbon Barrel
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6.8% Highland Malt Blend Custom French Oak Barrel - Medium Toast
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4.6% Linkwood Revatted Palo Cortado Sherry-Seasoned Butt
The Exceptional Grain 3rd Edition
$64.99
Part of a trio of ranges under "The Exceptional" banner, this Blended Grain Scotch Whisky is quite lovely, consisting of mainly old single grains.
The exceptional range is the brain child of Don Sutcliffe a 35 year veteran of the spirits industry and Willie Phillips who was managing director of Macallan for 23 years. The range consists of Blended Malt, Blended Grain and a Blended whisky. Every batch is unique and crafter to be interesting rather than consistent. Evan and I sampled them and were impressed by the range. We have to buy a case of each of the three if we want one of them, so we have a special promotion... buy 2 of the 3 and save $5 per bottle. Buy one of each and save $10 per bottle.
From the Proudcer: "Remarkable mature casks - from North British, Loch Lomond, Strathclyde, Cameron Bridge and Carsbridge distilleries, blended and married in the first-fill Oloroso Sherry butts." 43%
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: decadent, citrusy, cream, powdered sugar and French crepes; very floral elegant and silky.
Palate: very sweet, silky and toasty; almonds, citrus and charred oak; more French crepes and delicate floral notes.
Finish: long, creamy, elegant and smooth.
The Exceptional Blend 1st Edition
$69.99
Part of a trio of ranges under "The Exceptional" banner, this Blended Grain Scotch Whisky is quite lovely, consisting of mainly old single grains.
The exceptional range is the brain child of Don Sutcliffe a 35 year veteran of the spirits industry and Willie Phillips who was managing director of Macallan for 23 years. The range consists of Blended Malt, Blended Grain and a Blended whisky. Every batch is unique and crafter to be interesting rather than consistent. Evan and I sampled them and were impressed by the range.
From the Producer: "A mature grain and malt Whisky casks from North British, Strathclyde, Cameron Bridge, Glenfarclas, Ben Nevis, Balvenie, Kininvie, Glenfiddich, Alt-a’Bhainne, Auchroisk, Glenallachie, Westport, Speyside and (of course) Macallan distilleries, were blended and married in first-fill Oloroso Sherry butts." 43%
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: juicy, floral and silky with soft creamy notes of vanilla ice cream, lemon and goat cheese.
Palate: honeyed, fruity and spicy with a malt and floral notes; more vanilla ice cream, jujubes and decadent spice.
Finish: long, great balance of malty notes and grain.