Bowmore 18 Year
$194.99
In an effort to confuse customers and take up more shelf space, Bowmore now has two different bottlings of its venerated 18 year old. Unfortunately, they look remarkably similar. What you see here is the core Bowmore 18 Year Old - not to be confused with the Bowmore 18 Year Old Sherry Wood.
This core range Bowmore 18 Year Old is bottled at 43%.
Producer Description
"Our 18 year old is matured in hand-selected American oak ex-Bourbon casks and European oak Oloroso sherry casks, giving it a complex and exquisitely layered persona."
Millstone 7 Year Pajarete Cask
$101.99
This curious Dutch single malt was matured 7 years in Pajarete wine casks, before bottling at 46%. There is a connection between Pajarete wine, and the legendary (though also infamous) Paxarette casks used by the Scotch industry until they were banned in the early 1990s. Millstone's whisky was matured in proper Pajarete wine casks.
Paxarette casks were created by Scottish cooperages who would inject new or tired old casks with a sweet wine made from a concentrated Pedro Ximenez sherry wine (including the grape must) at high pressure. The whiskies matured in these casks took on a deep colour, with an intense, sweet, and fruity profile. The casks were banned by the Scotch whisky association in the 1990s, though laws in Spain preventing the export of un-bottled sherry also played a part.
Producer Description
"This malt whisky is dark, rich, and luscious. The whisky expresses those typical notes that you would expect from a full maturation in a Pajarete wine cask. In spite of the full maturation in Pajarete casks the first impression is fresh more than sweet. When you give the whisky a little time in your glass, the whisky shines with its warm and complex character. The unique qualities of this whisky come from the use of a crystal clear wort that is slowly fermented for 7 days, and the slow distillation method with the relatively early cut point. After distillation the whisky had a full maturation in Pajarete casks that give the whisky its beautiful colour and adds to the elegant sweetness and rich leathery notes."
Millstone 10 Year Oloroso Sherry
$129.99
Millstone bottles some of the best sherry matured whiskies in the world, and we can't wait to try this 10 year old matured in Oloroso Sherry. 46%
Uncommon Crab Pear Cider
$29.99
Info from the Bottle,
"In the cider-world, crabapples and pears sit on opposite ends of the spectrum of ingredients. Pears are sweet and subtle, wOKhereas crabapples are intense, bringing layers of flavour and deep dimensions of acidity.
This cider is the perfect marriage between two extremes, one that demonstrates a gestalt wherein the best parts of each shine, creating something better than either component could be alone."
Decadent Drams Deanston 27 Year
$659.99
This 1997 vintage Deanston was bottled at 50.4% from a Refill Hogshead cask after 27 years. 89.13pts Whiskybase & 90pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description
"A beautifully old-school Highland single malt, distilled in 1997 and patiently aged for 27 years in a modest refill hogshead. Bottled at natural cask strength, this whisky showcases Deanston’s wonderfully waxy, distillate-driven style at its purest. Rich, elegant, and deeply characterful, it’s a classic example of long maturation done right: no frills, just exceptional spirit allowed to shine."
Decadent Drams Craigellachie 20 Year
$344.49
Bottled at 58.3%, this 2005 vintage Craigellachie, was initially matured 16 years in a Refill Hogshead before finishing 4 years in a First Fill Sherry Hogshead. 20 Years. - 87.22pts Whiskybase & 89pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description
"Big cask Craigellachie that doesn’t care if you’ve had your dinner. A 2005 refill bruiser with four years of first-fill sherry bolted on at the end, bottled at 58.3% and soaked in pipe smoke, walnut oil, BBQ soot, and treacle you’d need a bandsaw to cut. It’s waxy, meaty, sulphur-kissed and unapologetically heavy. Think coal shed, old study, steak tartare and scorched fruit cake. Not elegant. Not clean. Just massive and magnificent."
Whiskyland Ch.21 Longmorn 28 Year
$809.99
This 1996 vintage Longmorn was matured 28 years in a Refill Hogshead before bottling at 54.2%. 89.1pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This is Whiskyland Chapter Twenty One: a luscious Longmorn 1996, matured for 28 years in a humble refill hogshead and bottled at natural cask strength. Please be aware, this whisky contains excessive flavours of the Longmorn Fruit (Longmornium Fruiticus Whiskylandium). Certain people can be allergic to this fruit, even in tiny doses. This includes, but is not limited to, distillery owners, influencers, yeast suppliers, writers, bloggers, opinion havers, pontificators, virtue signallers and preening twits. If this includes you, then, according to the Whiskyland health board, it may be prudent to taste this whisky with care - you should definitely still buy a couple of bottles though!"
Decadent Drams Glenturret 12 Year
$229.99
This 12 year old Glenturret was bottled at 55% from a Re-charred Hogshead orginally filled in 2013.
Producer Description
"From a re-charred hogshead comes this heavily peated Glenturret, bottled at 55% after a fair few degrees of reduction. The result? A monstrously smoky, tarry, lard-laden beast of a dram that doesn’t so much whisper peat as roar it from the rooftops. This is whisky for those who appreciate the darker arts: think hot pitch, smouldering roads, and bonfires that refuse to die down. Balanced enough to drink, but still gloriously over the top. A Glenturret turned up to eleven – peat fiends, your time has come."
Decadent Drams Tullibarine 11 Year
$219.99
This 11 year old Tomatin, originally distilled in 2013, was bottled at 53% from a 2nd Fill Sherry Hogshead.
Producer Description
"Drawn from a second-fill sherry hogshead, this 2013 Tullibardine has spent 11 years finding its balance. Bottled at a sessionable 53% after a few degrees’ reduction, it shows the best of both worlds: robust Highland malt character in step with elegant, restrained sherry influence. It’s a whisky that speaks with clarity – fruit and malt still shining through the sherry’s warmth – and drinks with ease. Charismatic, balanced, and dangerously quaffable."