SMWS 4.RR TAKE ME TO THE CHIPPY
$459.99
TAKE ME TO THE CHIPPY
This 20 year old single malt from Orkney is an ultra small batch from refill ex-bourbon, HTMC and oloroso (ex-Islay) hogsheads, and has an abv of 54.7%.
Flavour profile: Oily & coastal
Distilled on: 26 May 2003
Outturn: 924 bottles
SMWS 80.57 BEND TO THE WILL OF THE CASK
$177.99
BEND TO THE WILL OF THE CASK
This 14 year old Speysider was matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead and has an abv of 56.8%.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla
Distilled on: 6 December 2010
Outturn: 262 bottles
SMWS CARAMEL CASCADE
$199.99
CARAMEL CASCADE
This 12 year old small batch Irish single malt comes from 1st fill bourbon and Palo Cortado barrels and hogsheads, and was bottled at 50%.
Outturn: 1285 bottles
SMWS 93.224 DOON AROON THE TOON
$134.99
DOON AROON THE TOON
This 8 year old from Campbeltown was matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel and has an abv of 59.9%.
Flavour profile: Oily & coastal
Distilled on: 16 June 2016
Outturn: 221 bottles
SMWS 135.74 TROPICAL MESS
$134.99
TROPICAL MESS
This 9 year old Highlander was matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel and has an abv of 59.6%.
Flavour profile: Toasted oak & vanilla
Distilled on: 2 December 2015
Outturn: 178 bottles
SMWS G10.43 A GREAT RUMIFICATION
$189.99
A GREAT 'RUMIFICATION'
This 19 year old Lowland single grain whisky spent 16 years in an ex-bourbon barrel before transfer to a 1st fill STR barrique for the remainder of its maturation, and has an abv of 60%.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla
Distilled on: 12 July 2005
Outturn: 188 bottles
Nikka Coffey Malt 45%
$94.99
Note: Nikka's own website notes that this bottle does not meet the criteria to be called a Japanese Whisky. The good news is that might mean it also contains Ben Nevis Single Malt, as the Ben Nevis Distillery is also owned by Nikka.
It is unusual to see single malt whisky distilled in a column (AKA continuous or Coffey) still, but here you have it and the result is superb. Formerly exclusive to KWM in Alberta, this is one hell of an interesting dram, soft, layered and very complex.
The sugar yield of malted barley compared with corn and wheat is not favourable, especially when you take the cost of malting and corn subsidies into account. So the Nikka Whisky Co. must have some other designs than simply creating bulk whisky by running barley through their Coffey stills.
Whisky Sponge Highland Malt 1993 No.59A
$324.99
Distilled in 1993, this mystery Highland Single Malt as filled into a Refill Hogshead, where it matured 28 years before bottling at 44.7%. 87pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"Made from a secret, ancient family recipe handed down since the primordial era, this delectable Cream Of Sponge features only natural highland ingredients, tinned fresh at unreduced strength without any additives or colouring. Full of vitamins, minerals, vegetable emojis and famed for the waxy residue it leaves on your tongue. Please sup your Cream Of Sponge responsibly, in the manner of an ancient, wizen Druid sooking it painstakingly by the thimbleful from a wooden spoon..."
SMWS 94.41 RICH AS CAKE, A LITTLE
$172.00
RICH AS CAKE, A LITTLE SOURDOUGH
This 14 year old from the Highlands spent 10 years in an ex-bourbon barrel before transfer to a 1st fill Pedro Ximenez ex-bodega barrique, and has an abv of 48.6%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 9 January 2009
Outturn: 164 bottles