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$108.99
Arrival is the first-ever single malt from Edinburgh's Holyrood Distillery. Bottled at 46.1% this unpeated single malt has been matured in a mix of Oloroso Butts, Pedro Ximenez Hogsheads, Bourbon Barrels, and Rum Barriques.
It is part of a global release of just 8,188 bottles, with only a fraction of that coming to Canada. We are especially excited about this inaugural release as Holyrood Distillery was founded by Calgarians Rob & and Kelly Carpenter... Congratulations you two... we are really proud of you!
Producer Description
"Arrival embodies our story-so-far as whisky makers, and marks the beginning of a journey of progression, innovation and experimentation.
Inspired by Holyrood Distillery’s iconic location in the former Innocent Railway terminal, Arrival not only gives a nod to Edinburgh’s pioneering past but also invokes a sense of achievement in the release of this, the inaugural single malt release from Holyrood Distillery."
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Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: rich, fruity, and a touch funky with decadent spice; nutty with some classic Christmas cake, candied nuts, and dark chocolate; mulled wine, spiced rum, and warn apple cider; toasted oak and cooked raisins.
Palate: warming, rich, and malty with building layers of fruit, spice, and oak; very festive, more Christmas cake, candied nuts, and mulled wine; more dark chocolate, spiced dark rum, and warm apple cider; crystallized ginger, licorice root, and cinnamon sticks; chewy malt, jujubes, candy apple, and dried apricot; becomes more earthy with leathery tannins.
Finish: still rich, warming, and spicy, it fades slowly and elegantly.
Comment: it has a profile and elegance beyond its years; it might be young, but it is complex and dangerously drinkable!
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Dried fruit, tropical fruit, raisins, hint of butterscotch, fresh baked cake, sticky toffee pudding, soft leather, biscuit.
Palate: Toffee, caramel, vanilla, digestive biscuits, ginger spice, butterscotch, tablet, slight savoury salinity, raisins.
Finish: Long lasting, mouth-watering, juicy, sweet spice, delicate, fruity, apple pie, red fruit.
$124.99
The only differences between the regular Torabhaig Allt Gleann and the Batch Strength, are the ABV (61.1% v. 46%), the effective phenols in the whisky (22.8ppm v. 17ppm as a result of less water), and the availability... less than a 1/3 as much Batch Strength is coming compared to the 46% bottling!
Allt Gleann is the second release from Torabhaig Distillery on the Isle of Skye, and the first whisky from this distillery to find its way to Canada. The Batch Strength is made the same as the 46% bottling, produced from peated Laureate and Concerto Barly, fermented with Saspirit M-1 & Pinnacle MG+ yeasts, and matured in a mix of 80% first fill and 20% refill casks before bottling at 61.1%. The barley was peated to 77ppm with highland peat, with just 22.8ppm in the resulting spirit. The distillery's tag line is that their whiskies exhibit "well-tempered peat!" The 46% version scored an impressive 89pts from Whisky Fun!
Producer Description
"Our second release in The Legacy Series, Allt Gleann is named after one of two burns that feed the distillery. An evolution on the 2017 inaugural release, Allt Gleann introduces Laureate malted barley alongside Concerto, Safspirit M-1 yeast alongside Pinnacle MG+, and re-fill whisky barrels in maturation alongside first-fill bourbon barrels. There is a little more peat and added complexity compared to the 2017 inaugural release, elegantly showcasing the evolution of our spirit."
"This release has all the typicity of Torabhaig that you would expect – bonfire smoke, salinity, maltiness, and sweet, vanilla-led oaky spice. The Allt Gleann Batch Strength is bottled at 61.1% without chill filtration or colouring, and with a residual phenols level of 22.8ppm."
$108.99
The second release of Holyrood whisky to come to Canada is Embra, a peated single malt created from spirit matured primarily in First Fill ex-Bourbon, but also peated quarter casks, and new American oak. Embra is slang for Edinburgh, also a nod to the peated nature of the spirit. 43.6%, un-chillfiltered. ETA July/August 2024
Producer Description
"Edinburgh is the gateway to Scotland for many people and this is the idea at the heart of this spirit. The aim was to find that perfect balance between capturing the classic bold smoky flavours and textures of peated whisky while still being accessible to a new whisky drinker. When someone says they don’t like peated whisky, give them this. That doesn’t mean there isn’t something for the seasoned peated drinkers as we have all of the hallmark flavours and textures of a great peated whisky."
$89.99
This unpeated single malt from the InchDairnie Distillery was initially matured in ex-Islay Bourbon casks before finishing in Oloroso Sherry. Bottled at 46%, Strathenry is an unpeated single malt distilled at InchDairnie distillery produced for sale or trade to independent bottlers and distillers.
$104.99
Allt Gleann is the second release from Torabhaig Distillery on the Isle of Skye, and the first whisky from this distillery to find its way to Canada. It was produced from peated Laureate and Concerto Barly, fermented with Saspirit M-1 & Pinnacle MG+ yeasts, and matured in a mix of 80% first fill and 20% refill casks before bottling at 46%. The barley was peated to 77ppm with highland peat, with just 17ppm in the resulting spirit. The distillery's tag line is that their whiskies exhibit "well-tempered peat!" 89pts Whisky Fun!
Producer Description
"Our second release in The Legacy Series, Allt Gleann is named after one of two burns that feed the distillery. An evolution on the 2017 inaugural release, Allt Gleann introduces Laureate malted barley alongside Concerto, Safspirit M-1 yeast alongside Pinnacle MG+, and re-fill whisky barrels in maturation alongside first-fill bourbon barrels. There is a little more peat and added complexity compared to the 2017 inaugural release, elegantly showcasing the evolution of our spirit."
