BenRiach 16 Year
$194.99
There's simply not enough BenRiach on the market anymore. We miss the days when Billy Walker owned the distillery, and this fruit-driven malt was everywhere. Sadly, that's not the case any longer, but the arrival of this 16-year-old has us buzzing. Hopefully, it's a sign of things to come.
Producer Note: "After sixteen years of maturation, Benriach develops a richly balanced evolution of our signature Speyside style. Three cask maturation in bourbon, sherry and virgin oak brings layers of stone fruit, smooth creamy malt, wild honey and nutty oak spice."
From Master Blender, Rachel Barrie: "Our signature Speyside style blossoms at ten years old, finding depth and richer layers of orchard fruit character as it turns sixteen. Our core flavour components of fruit, malt and oak become more concentrated, enriched with age at sixteen years old, bringing layers of stone fruit, smooth creamy malt, wild honey and nutty oak spice."
43%
Whisky Agency Glen Grant 1998
$539.99
An absolutely iconic distillery, bottled by a great bottler, at an apex age. Matured in a Hogshead for optimal maturation to boot. This should be a treat!
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 50.4% abv
Whisky Agency Macduff 2011 51.8%
$189.99
A MacDuff (aka Deveron/ Glen Deveron) that spent a decade in ex-Sherry Hoggy #900359. One of only 395 bottles.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 51.8% abv. 87.00 pts Whiskybase
Macduff Distillery was founded only around 60 years ago back in 1960 and resides near the mouth of the River Deveron near where it empties into the North Sea. That puts it in the Highlands, just north and east of Speyside. It's nearest distillery neighbours include Glenglassaugh Distillery which is about a 20-minute drive to the west along the A98 as well as Knockdhu Distillery which is about a 25-minute drive to the south and west if you start on the A98 and then connect to the A95.
Whisky Agency Secret Islay 2007
$299.99
Maybe... probably... Caol Ila? But who knows? Either way, sherried Islay malt at a robust bottling strength. Pretty much what everyone is looking for nowadays. Only 180 bottles. 88+points on Whiskybase!
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 53.3% abv.
Whisky Agency Diamond 2003 51.3%
$284.99
The second in a pair of 18-year-old Guyanese rums from the Diamond distillery. This barrel yielded only 132 bottles.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 51.3% abv.
Castarede Armagnac 2004
$134.99
If you are looking to gift somebody a birthyear bottle of something they can either drink now or hold onto as long as they want, Castarède Armagnac should be considered.
The Armagnac House Castarède was founded in 1832 and remains in the same family to this day. It is now headed by Florence Castarede, who is the sixth generation of the Castarède family in charge of the Armagnac house. Castarède has an impressive selection of vintages still available, with consecutive vintages from 2003 back to the 1890s.
The vineyards are in the heart of the Bas-Armagnac region and are planted with a variety of grapes: Folle Blache, Colombard and Saint-Emillion. Castarede Armagnacs then get aged in black oak barrels in the family's ancient cellars, before a little bit finds its way to Canada for fans like us!
St. Ambroise Apricot Singles
$2.49
Dieu Du Ciel Ete Framboise Can
$6.49
A sour wheat beer that, in their words, has a phenomenal amount of whole raspberries added near the end of fermentation. light and tart with enough body to satiate.
5.9%
Dieu Du Ciel Rince Cream
$6.19
A collab between Dieu Du Ciel and the famed Quebecois' absurdest comedy duo Les Denis Drolet, with the name for the beer actually coming from the name of their podcast "Rince Cream". An oat heavy mashbill results in a more dense and decadent style of IPA without having to add lactose. Still very fruit-driven with a finish of coconut.