Arran Robert Burns Single Malt
$61.99
Made from Arran Distillers’ Single malt which is produced at their Lochranza Distillery on the Isle of Arran. Aged in a combination of ex-ex-Sherry Hogsheads and ex-Bourbon casks. Bottled at 43% ABV.
Evan’s Tasting Note
Nose: Fresh out of the oven biscuits, pear compote, apple strudel, ripe banana, whipped cream with a dash of vanilla, elderflower, light dunnage notes and a touch of balsa wood and eucalyptus,
Palate: Smooth and creamy with a dash of spice. Shortbread, candied ginger, soft jujubes, lemonade and french toast with honey drizzled on top plus a touch of cinnamon powder.
Finish: Short, but sweet with just a touch of salt and creamy dannin to slowly dry the mouth and leave it ready for more. Possibly much more.
Comment: This is likely young as there are not a lot of prominent wood notes, but man is it ever balanced. It is not overly complex, but it sure is well put together and very drinkable.
Uncle Val`s Restorative Gin
$62.99
"Uncle Val’s Restorative Gin exhibits a crisp, floral taste profile that harkens back to the classic American gin. Awakening your olfactory senses with its refreshingly bright taste and pleasing bouquet, the gin lives up to the name Restorative. This gin is great on its own – as Uncle Valerio would’ve undoubtedly preferred – but it’s also well suited to cocktails, adding a complex yet sublime blend of flavors to your recipe," according to the makers.
D'Arenberg Feral Fox Pinot Noir
$34.99
From the Adelaide Hills, such a beautiful part of Australia! D'Arenberg is a legendary producer, and this Pinot Noir is a great opportunity to try something a little different from the winery. 87 points for the 2012 vintage from Wine Spectator. And the review: ""Taut, with herbal and mineral overtones to the pretty berry and floral flavors. Has lovely structure and should flex with cellaring."
Sauza Tres Generaciones Plata
$57.99
40% ABV
From The Producer
"Our Plata Tequila is an un-aged, crystal clear tequila made from 100% blue agave. It is triple-distilled, giving it a unique, pure agave taste and smoothness."
Quady Vya Extra Dry Vermouth
$37.99
American vermouth, from the renowned Quady winery! "Relax, sip, shut your eyes, and be transported to a mountain meadow on a river of dry white wine, Orange Muscat, angelica, orris, linden, lavender and more," according to the team at Quady. "Made in California's Central Valley from a blend of dry white wines and Orange Muscat wines, Vya Extra Dry is carefully hand infused at Quady Winery with a selection of over fifteen dried herbs. In Vya Extra Dry the flowers and leaves of the plants are used for the infusion, whereas in the Vya Sweet, the roots and seeds of different plants are used. The flowers and leaves of different plants make Vya Extra Dry powerfully herbaceous, crisp, and refreshing. Fresh and aromatic, Vya Extra Dry wakes up the taste buds, and makes a wet martini or an aperitif on the rocks that livens up the end of the day."
Quady Vya Sweet Vermouth
$34.99
A great vermouth to try in your next cocktail recipe — and it's made in California, by the well-established Quady winery! "Imagine a tingling sensation, a feeling of warmth, a pleasant sweet bitterness, and the aroma of pumpkin pie," according to Quady.
Aultmore 12 Year
$62.99
Aultmore 12 year old is part of the Last Great Malts of Scotland line, which is made up of Single Malt Scotch from John Dewar's and Son's five distilleries. The other distilleries are Craigellachie, Macduff (bottled as The Deveron), Aberfeldy, and Royal Brackla. Aultmore Distillery resides in Speyside and has been around since 1896. The Aultmore 12 is bottled at 46% ABV.
Glendronach Peated
$100.99
The first ever peated offering of Glendronach, and a new core range release. Billy Walker hand his team at BenRiach Distillery Co. have made hay with their peated expressions of BenRiach. It was a logical extension to make a peated version of Glendronach too. It isn't old, BenRiach only bought Glendronach in 2008, so this whisky isn't likely to be older than 6 or 7 years, but don't let that get in your way. Other peated malts like Kilchoman have shown well at as young as 3 years. Bottled at 46% without colouring or chill-filtering the whisky has been matured in sherry from peated malt. In some way it is a truer style to what the distillery would have first produced in 1826, than what they produce today! The whisky was matured in Ex-Bourbon and finished in Oloroso and PX Sherry.
Vander Ghinste Cuvee Des Jacobins
$6.59
This Cuvee is anunblended old lambic, aged for at least 18 months in (French) oak barrels from the cognac region. These oak barrels are called ’Foeders’ in Dutch. It has a robust character but is beautiful and sophisticated with a full body and overtones of vanilla, dried cherry, stone fruit and cocoa. It is a complex, beautiful sour beer.