Basil Hayden Dark Rye
$67.99
The Basil Hayden Dark Rye is a blend of Jim Beam Kentucky Rye Whiskey combined with Calgary's own Alberta Distiller's 100% Rye Whisky. The blend is finished with a touch of port. Bottled at 40%.
Producer Description
"Blending is an art form, and our Dark Rye is your chance to own what might very well be a masterpiece.
It all begins with Kentucky Rye, providing a firm foundation of spice, oak, dried fruit and subtle molasses undertones for this release to build upon. From there, Canadian Rye from our award-winning Alberta Distillery is skillfully layered in. A touch of Port, and its complementary notes of ripe fruit, provides the third and final layer to a whiskey just as at home on the rocks as it is in a cocktail.
Full in flavor, yet delicately nuanced, you’d be wise to grab a bottle of our Dark Rye to experience this magical blend for yourself."
Liquid Treasures North British 34 Year
$364.99
This North British Single Grain Scotch was distilled in 1989. It was aged in a barrel and bottled in 2024 at 43.7%. Only 123 bottles made it out alive.
New Harbour Distillery Bushveld Whiskey
$61.99
From the Producer
"Smoked single grain, double-distilled, distinctly bushveld.
Bushveld Whisky offers an aromatic escape to the South African bushveld. The sweet, honeyed aromas are wrapped up in light smokiness from Kameeldoring-smoked casks. We use only the best of single estate grain whisky.
We do double distillation on a potstill for added smoothness before being matured in American oak, ex-bourbon casks. After three years, we finish it off in Kameeldoring-smoked barrels to achieve a signature bushveld edge. Transport yourself to the bushveld with the unique aromas of light smouldering embers, vegetal honey, butterscotch, and toffee."
43% Abv
Confluence Whisky Winter 26
$82.99
This 3.5 year old Single Malt is the second very limited whisky release from Calgary's Confluence Distillery. It is bottled at 52%.
Producer Description
"A cask strength single malt made from 100% Alberta-grown barley and aged 3.5 years in ex-Scotch barrels. The result is a layered whisky with a firm malt backbone and subtle coastal character. Where gentle smoke meets earthy peat, dried fruit, and a wisp of sea salt.
Bold yet refined, this small-batch release showcases the depth of Alberta grain, elevated by the influence of well-travelled wood."
SMWS GASTRONOMIC FUSION
$109.99
GASTRONOMIC FUSION
Sometimes you don’t see things coming and they hit you square in the tasting glass in the most surprising way. The latest among such unexpected moments stems from our clear glass ‘Heresy’ small-batch range, Gastronomic fusion. In many regards, this new arrival is a first for the Society. And whatever you’re expecting, it’s safe to say that this isn’t it! THIS, is a peated single grain whisky... Made from an 8 year old Highland malt from a combination of 1st fill ex-bourbon barrels and 2nd fill ex-bourbon hogsheads, and bottled at 50%.
Distilled on: 7 October 2015
Outturn: 1314 bottles
Redbreast Cask Strength Irish Whiskey
$124.99
This is the cask strength version of Redbreast 12 Year. This single or pure pot still Irish whiskey is triple distilled from a mash of malted and unmalted barley.
What is Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey you ask? It is whiskey made using a combination of malted and unmalted barley. Why do this you ask? Why, to dodge taxes, of course! The Malt Tax came into being in Ireland for a short time starting in 1785, enforced by the (insert expletive said in your best Irish accent here) English. The Irish, being Irish, decided that they didn't need to use malted barley for the entirety of the mash used to distill whiskey and started adding portions of unmalted barley. Necessity being the mother of invention, this eventually became a legitimate style of whiskey-making that is now not just celebrated but codified into law in Ireland with the Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey classification.
Producer Description
"Made from a mash of malted and unmalted barley and then triple distilled in copper pot stills, Redbreast 12 boasts the flavour complexity and distinctive qualities of Pot Still whiskey. Matured in a combination of Bourbon seasoned American Oak barrels and Oloroso Sherry seasoned Spanish oak butts, the distinctive Redbreast sherry style is a joy to behold in each and every bottle. The Cask Strength expression gives a glimpse of Redbreast 12 in its natural, full flavoured taste."
Boann PX Cask Irish Whiskey
$97.99
From the Distillery;
"47% ABV. Non-Chill Filtered. Natural Colour
Boann Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey – PX Cask
A New Dawn….
Initially, matured in Oloroso Sherry Hogsheads from Bodegas Garvey’s of Jerez da la Frontera, Spain. These 250ltr American Oak (Quercus Alba) hogsheads were chosen alongside George Espie (RIP ex Master of Wood from The Macallan) and Ventura Nunez from the famed Vasyma Cooperage in Jerez.
We filled these casks with a mixed mash bill Single Pot Still distillate which included malted barley, unmalted barley, oats and rye. All of these grains are Irish and grown locally.
We then sourced the most amazing PX casks we have ever come across. These PX Butts 500ltr+ were discovered by our partner cooperage in Andalusia, R.L. Rodriguez, and hail from the Mediterranean climes of Malaga. They had been in a vintage PX Solera system for over 60 years and were thick to the bone with gorgeous PX syrupy wine.
A portion of these casks are made exclusively from Chestnut, which is a very rare variety of wood to mature whiskey in Ireland. Our friends across the water in Scotland can only mature their spirit in oak casks.
We then finished our wonderful Oloroso Sherry matured Single Pot Still in these rare vintage PX Solera Casks.
Harmonising the Oloroso Sherry hogsheads maturation with the rich Spanish PX Butts has created something truly special and decadent.
The label design of this expression talks about the wood and the grain of the cask. As we have used very rare and special 60yo Chestnut PX Solera Butts for this whiskey."
Suntory Whisky Toki
$64.99
This new Japanese blend is crafted crafted from malt whisky distilled at Yamazaki and Hakushu, as well as grain whisky from the Chita distillery. Toki is Japanese for 'time', and is a "is a bridge between the heritage of the House’s Art of Blending and its spirit of innovation."
From the Producer: "Suntory Whisky Toki™ represents the tradition and legacy of the House as it features the quintessential characteristics of a Suntory blend: exquisite balance, harmony, and oneness. It also challenges whisky convention by re-thinking the hierarchy of its components. The selection of Hakushu American White Oak cask malt whisky and Chita heavy-type grain whisky as the blend's two pillars overturns the old relationship between malt and grain and creates a blend that is both groundbreaking and timeless. Overseen by third-generation Master Blender and grandson of the founder, Shingo Torii, and developed by fourth Chief Blender Shinji Fukuyo."
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Basil, green apple, honey
Palate: Grapefruit, green grapes, peppermint, thyme
Finish: Subtly sweet and spicy finish with a hint of vanilla oak, white pepper and ginger.
Toki Highball
- 1 part Suntory Whisky Toki
- 3½ parts Soda
- Lemon Twist Fill highball glass with sweated ice. Add Suntory Whisky Toki
- Pour soda down the side of the glass that is away from the ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Turntable Paradise Funk
$82.99
Bottled at 46% this small batch Blended Scotch Whisky is from the chaps at Turntable spirits.
Producer Tasting Note
- 3% Knockdhu Virgin Oak Barrel
- 18% Invergordon ex-Cognac Cask
- 8% Blair Athol ex-Bourbon Barrel
- 30% Unnamed Speyside Virgin Oak Barrel
- 11% North British Virgin Oak Barrel
- 20% Benrinnes Chinkapin Oak Barrel