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$99.99
This whisky was featured on Day 12 of our 2024 KWM Not An Advent Calendar Tastings! You can read more about the whisky here.
KWM Exclusive!
The second edition of one of the three core Lindores Abbey expressions. This Ex-Bourbon style is maybe the truest expression we've seen from Lindores. It allows more of the distillery's intrinsic character to shine through. Good young whisky from a distillery with so much potential.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 49.4% ABV.
700 mlAndrew's Tasting Note
Nose: honeyed, toasty, and malty with white orchard fruits; Green Apple Jolly Ranchers, pear drops, and banana chips; freshly harvested hay, unpasteurized honey, and an intriguing touch of earthy funk; fresh and clean with no rough edges.
Palate: soft, malty, and toasty with building spice; buttercream icing, more unpasteurized honey, and a slight earthy-farmy edge; more apples, pear, banana, and now some crisp citrus too; decadent and peppery spice with more freshly harvested hay, juicy malt, and just a wisp of smoke.
Finish: malty, honeyed, and toasty with fading spices and white fruits; warm and coating, it leaves the mouth watering for more.
Comment: we were originally looking for a cask from Lindores, but after trying this and the STR release, we felt they offered much better value; this may be young, but there is an excellent balance of flavours here; very tasty stuff!
Evan’s Tasting Note
Nose: Vanilla, macadamia nuts, roasted sunflower seeds, apple crumple, banana cream pie, mocha, coffee beans being roasted, and a touch of peanut oil.
Palate: Sweet, but more starch-driven than fruit driven. Impressively creamy with notes of roasted cashews and peanuts, coconut, graham crackers, dehydrated apples, plantain chips, some well integrated oak spice, and a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows melting on top.
Finish: Creamy and warming, with lingering notes of roasted peanuts and honey.
Comment: I love the texture of this whisky. It is creamy, viscous and mouth coating with plenty of sweet and starchy notes to be had. You can’t get much more ex-Bourbon cask driven than this!
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Pleasant mellow fruity apples, ripe banana, sweet pears and vanilla, buttercream and caramel notes with subtle citrus touches.
Palate: Fruity green apples, citrus lemon, banana, oaky woody notes, coffee beans and spicy peppery touches. Pleasant silky texture.
$104.99
Chapter II of Lindores Abbey's Friar John Cor range, is "Cask Strength Congregation." The whisky was made from Fife barley, matured in a mix of STR, ex-Bourbon, and Peated Rum Casks. 60.9%
$99.99
KWM Exclusive!
STR casks (shaved, toasted, recharred) have been a godsend for the whisky world. The concept has helped restore faith in the institution of wine cask maturation. Those of us with a bit of reticence when it comes to malts matured in casks that once held that grapey goodness have found STRing to be the panacea to all of those sour, funky, fermenty whiskies of the past.
This is the second edition of this core Lindores Abbey expression that was matured in former red wine barriques. Rather dessertish. One dram isn't quite enough. Nor is two.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 49.4% abv.
$105.99
The third release of Holyrood to come to Canada is Ambir is a whisky created from specialty malts and matured in a mix of 1st and 2nd Fill Bourbon, as well as Oloroso Sherry Butts and Hogsheads. The whisky is bottled at 49.8%.
The recipe for this one is complex, with chocolate, vienna, crystal 240, and caramalt malts all used. More info on the Holyrood website!
Why Ambir? - From the Scots for Amber
"The Scottish vernacular blends old and new language almost seamlessly. The name AMBIR was chosen to reflect this relationship between old and new, symbolising how Holyrood incorporates traditional practices with modern thinking."
$97.99
Bottled at 49.4%, this limited edition from Lindores Abbey Distillery was mature in a mix of ex-Bourbon, ex-Red Wine Barriques, and Virgin French Oak Casks from Thiron-Gardais (more on that below).
Producer Description
"In 1191, a group of Tironesian monks from the town of Thiron-Gardais in France founded Lindores Abbey. In 2016, wood was harvested from the forests of Thiron-Gardais, with some destined to reconnect Lindores Abbey with its roots. In 2018, the first bespoke cask was filled, handcrafted using wood sourced from the forests of Thiron-Gardais. In 2024, THIRON was proudly introduced, the first in an annual series of Scotch whisky that embodies the connection between Lindores’ rich heritage and innovative process."
