Rest & Be Thankful Port Charlotte 2005
$309.99
Unquestionably one of the most exciting and challenging whiskies on the market, Port Charlotte commands attention in all its guises. In fact, there's a part of me that wishes Bruichladdich would ditch the other ranges and produce Port Charlotte full time, but I suppose variety is also a good thing. Unfortunately, heavy demand on the distillery's stocks means that it is exceedingly rare to see PC beyond 10 years of age. Thankfully we have indie bottlers like Rest & Be Thankful, who are the only ones giving us higher age statement Port Charlotte expressions. This single cask (#1577) appears to be full term maturation in an ex-wine hogshead. At cask strength, this should be a real rollercoaster of flavours. Look for sweetness, big smoke, and a whole lot of farmyard in a bottle.
272 Bottles. Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 54.6% abv. 87.45pts Whiskybase
Boutique-y Blended Malt 6 Bt. 1 24 Year
$199.99
Batch 1 is available in 500ml bottles here!
"Welcome to Soup Town" reads a sign on the label for this Boutique-y bottling. Could that be a Campbeltown reference? Could the whisky in the bottle be Glen Scotia blended with a "Highland" Distillery - perhaps Loch Lomond? Who knows?!? What we do know is that this is one dense and rich whisky! 48.8 %
About the Label (Larger Label Under Tasting Note)
"Another delicious-y blended malt loop on our whisky belt. This bottling has been produced using a “teaspoon” of another expression from a top secret distillery that we absolutely cannot name. So here’s another interesting piece of artwork to throw you off course. As you can see, there’s a queue building along the lovely high street of Souptown. Heading for the The Bonny, Bonny Bank, the crowd pass Glen Coacher Taxis and Highlander Blooms Florist. The town also seems to host a major runway, with two US bombers inbound."
Check out the YouTube video of Andrew and Dave Worthington discussing the Soup Town Blended Malt for more info!
Berry's Bowmore 1997 KWM Cask
$734.99
How could we turn down the opportunity to bottle another cask of Bowmore, we've only ever bottled one before... This 26 year old from our friends at Berry Bros. & Rudd was filled into a sherry butt (cask #85) in 1997, and was bottled at a natural cask strength of 46.1% in 2023, exclusively for yours truly! There are only 98 total bottles... Sister casks to this bottling have done well on Whiskybase and WhiskyFun (89-91pts). Only 98 bottles!
Rest & Be Thankful Bruichladdich 2002
$429.99
Under the watchful eye of the previous owners, Bruichladdich put a lot of spirit into very interesting (and ridiculously high end) wine casks. It only makes sense that we're starting to see a we smattering of these 'way out there' single casks hitting the market. But where once the shelves sagged under the weight of Bruichladdich one-and-dones, now we have to wait patiently for bottlers like R&BT to give us a peek at unique single cask Laddies. Great age and great drinking strength on this ex-wine cask matured Islay malt.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 52.2% abv. 87.25pts Whiskybase
SMOS Res Casks No.9 Benrinnes 12 Year
$114.99
This sherried Benrinnes is bottled at 48% after maturing in a very small batch of Refill Sherry Hogsheads.
Craigellachie 13 Year
$74.99
* This bottle was featured on Day Two in our 2020 KWM Whisky Calendar. You can find the mini bottle here. *
Part of the Last Great Malts series from Bacardi/Dewar's - this 13-year-old from Craigellachie Distillery is bottled at 46% ABV. This 13yr old along with the rest of the Craigellachie official prime-numbered lineup was introduced in 2014.
Bladnoch Alinta
$131.99
The first peated single malt released by Bladnoch, matured in ex-Bourbon and PX Sherry casks. 47%.
Producer Description
"‘Alinta’, an indigenous Australian word from several Southeast Australian language groups means ‘fire’ and ‘flames’, and evokes the notes of Campfire Embers found in each sip. This expression utilises PX Sherry and ex-bourbon casks combined together with a sweet smoky peated spirit, sets Alinta apart from anything previously released by Bladnoch."
Rest & Be Thankful Bruichladdich 10 Year
$169.99
This 10-year-old Bruichladdich was matured in an ex-Bourbon Barrel, Cask #4310, originally filled in 2013. Exclusive to KWM!
SMOS Craigellachie 2011 Cask 900094
$124.99
Shawn and Andrew sampled this at the Whisky Show London last year, and knew they had to have it... This 10 year old Craigellachie is a beast, bottled at 68.9% after maturing in a Sherry Butt.