Big Peat Christmas 2020
$107.99
The 2020 Christma Edition of the Big Peat is late, but better late than never! Bottled at a cask strength of 53.1% without colouring or chil-filtering.
Producer Description
"Meet Big Peat's Christmas 2020 Limited Edition! Packing a potently peaty punch, anticipate an ashy avalanche of peat smoke coupled with sea air, cracked black pepper and damp earth wrapped up and sent all the way from Big Peat's island home of Islay. Proudly offered at natural cask strength and without colouring or chill-filtration."
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: A burst of charcoal meets crashing waves and burnt citrus.
Palate: An ashy avalanche of peat smoke coupled with sea air, black pepper and damp earth.
Finish: Satisfyingly long with lingering smoke and a hint of sweetness.
Scallywag Winter Edition 2020
$107.99
Scallywag is the Speyside Blended Malt in Douglas Laing's Remarkable Regional Malts range. Bottled at a cask strength of 52.6%, this is their 2020 Winter Edition.
Producer Description
"Meet Scallywag Winter Edition; a cask strength limited edition of just 3000 bottles globallly. Matured exclusively in Spanish Sherry butts, this festive release is bursting with dark fruits, rich cocoa, subtle tobacco and warming winter spices, and finished with a fantastically festive woollen scarf."
Compass Box Magic Cask
$239.99
The whisky is built around a parcel of whisky matured in First-Fill ex-Bourbon Casks from the closed Imperial Distillery (92%), with the balance of the malt (8%) coming "magic casks." The magic whisky is rumoured to be a young single malt from an undiscloed Speyside distillery which is "famous for the robust character of its whiskies." This robust young malt was re-racked into first fill Oloroso-seasoned butts, which had proven rather promissing in an experiment.
From the Producer
"When we began a maturation trial in 2016, we hadn’t expected the whiskies to develop such deliciousness in so short a period of time. One-year-old malt spirit, made at a Speyside distillery famous for the robust character of its whiskies, was re-racked into first fill Oloroso-seasoned butts. Sampling them three years later, one particular cask - #2 – proved so compelling that we began to experiment. A parcel of first fill Bourbon barrels containing whisky from the now closed Imperial Distillery had sat in our sample library for some years. Though delicious in its own right, as whiskymakers we couldn’t hit on the ideal match. The much younger malt whisky from the Oloroso-seasoned cask proved the ideal means to deepen the fruity and creamy profile of this rare parcel. Magic Cask is perfect for those who appreciate lush fruitiness and fullness of body in their malt whiskies. Pour Magic Cask after dinner and savour its medley of autumn fruits and dark chocolate. The ten Oloroso butts from which the “magic cask” emerged were sourced from Bodega José y Miguel Martín (J&MM). We requested a grade of American oak that would deliver moderate tannin and – for this parcel – a gentle seasoning process with Oloroso wine. Masters of their art, J&MM could dial up just the right levels of sweetness, tartness and spiciness, ensuring that cask #2 in particular delivered everything we desired from a Sherry cask."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society Big Swirl
$127.99
BIG SWIRL
The latest iteration in the Society's heresy experimental range is this 10 year old blended malt from a variety of sherry and bourbon casks, and bottled at 50%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits.
Outturn: 1895 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "This experimental expression draws from a combination of whiskies matured full term in 1st fill Spanish oak sherry casks, as well as those matured in bourbon wood before over two years of marrying in 1st fill American oak sherry casks.
A classical sherry profile that bursts initially with red berry compote, wine gums, freshly brewed coffee, polished hardwoods, exotic spice mix, toasted nuts, brown toast spread with treacle and walnut wine. A splash of water brings wet leaves, strawberry tobacco, muscovado sugar, rhum agricole, sesame oil, black cumin seeds, lemon peel, toasted wood, rye bread and bitter chocolate.
In the mouth it’s a big swirl of dried dark fruits, menthol tobacco, strawberry wine, red liquorice, damp earth, roasted chestnuts, milk chocolate and fig rolls. Some reduction unleashes old herbal liqueurs, mulled plum wine, coffee and walnut cake, cola, cherry syrup and the lingering warmth of fruity red chili."
Cooper's Choice Family Silver 2001 19yo
$171.99
Limit 1 Per Customer!
This 19 year old Scotch whisky was "teaspooned", meaning it is almost entirely from one distillery, mixed with a dash from another, so the distillery of origin cannot be named. Matured in a Sherry Cask, and bottled at 44%. Exclusive to KWM in Alberta. Only 42 bottles. 87.62pts Whisky Base
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: rich, Jamaican ginger cake, sherry, delicious spices and fruit.
Palate: big sherry notes, dates, all spice, ginger and raisins with dark chocolate.
Finish: more sweetness and spices. Softest trace of wood smoke on the tail.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society Spice Cannon
$129.99
SPICE CANNON
The lastest in the Society's blended malt range, this includes whiskies from Speyside & the Highlands, matured in Oloroso & Pedro Ximenez sherry casks coopered from both Spanish & American oak, and is bottled at 50%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet.
Outturn: 1496 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "Freshly baked apple pie arrived with a heavy dusting of cinnamon and nutmeg, while the dark intentions of demerara-coated walnuts and macadamias bathed in a spicy fruitcake mix. Then a burst of oils from singed orange skin introduced marmalade and black cherries as we ventured into a palate of rich spice. Marzipan and almonds now merged with dark chocolate as raisins and liquorice complemented hazelnut liqueur in hot cocoa.
A dash of water opened a big butt of sherry infused fruit that combined oxidized apples and pears with rhubarb crumble and sultanas. Chocolate truffles and praline gathered around ginger bread on the finish before leaving us with pink grapefruit and cloves."
Whisky Agency H&T Blended Malt2001 46.4%
$187.99
Is this a true Blended Malt, or something teaspooned? We may never know... Distilled in 2001, matured in a Sherry Butt and bottled after 18 years at 46.4%. 86.27% Whisky Base.
Whisky Agency Blended Malt 2001
$194.99
Released as a part of The Whisky Agency's Winter 2020 collection, this 19 year old Blended Malt is from a single Sherry Butt, bottled at 45.8%.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society The Tar Pit
$128.99
THE TAR PIT
For this latest Islay blended malt expression we wanted to introduce some sherry matured whiskies into our recipe to bring some weight and complement the huge smoky elements of the spirit. We opted for the dark and syrupy delights of Pedro Ximenez sherry butts, along with some refill bourbon hogsheads to temper and balance the dark sweetness, and bottled it with an age statement of 9 years and at 50%.
Flavour profile: Peated
Distilled on: 21 April 2011
Outturn: 1446 bottles