G&M Private Collection Lochside 1981
$6,499.99
Distilled from unicorn tears, angel sweat, and hen's teeth, Lochside is as scarce as it gets in the whisky world. The distillery was shuttered in 1992, having only produced for about 35 years. These occasional releases are like the last fading echoes of what once was. We're not far from a point in time when Lochside will be nothing more than a footnote. This is liquid history. There were only 141 bottles from Refill Sherry Hogshead #802.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 49.2%.
92.53 pts Whiskybase / 91pts Whiskyfun
G&M Private Collection St Magdalene 1982
$4,199.99
We love the lost distilleries. Any chance to try whiskies from silent stills nowadays is an occasion to drop everything and clear the calendar. Especially nowadays, when every drop is, give or take, 40 years old. They're never cheap (those days are long gone), but unforgettable experiences rarely are anymore.
In one of the more interesting bits of whisky lore (alongside tales of the wartime bombings and fires at the lost Banff distillery, the flintlock pistols that George Smith used to carry 'round Glenlivet, the early 20th century p*ssing contest between Laphroaig and Lagavulin, and the ever elusive promise of extant drops of Malt Mill), the St. Magdalene distillery (also known as Linlithgow) was actually built on the site of a former leper colony. So, if you're picking up on any meaty notes...
Kidding. (I hope)
This is a trophy bottling, for sure, and incredibly scarce. Refill American Hogshead #2094 gave up only 165 bottles.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 54.8%
G&M Connoisseurs Choice Teaninich 2009
$149.99
This 13 year old Teaninich was bottled exclusively for Canada at 55.9% after 13 years in a First Fill Sherry Hogshead.
G&M Distillery Label Mortlach 15 Year
$154.99
This whisky was featured on Day 14 of our 2023 KWM Whisky Calendar. You can check out Evan's blog post on the whisky here.
Matured in First Fill and Refill Sherry before bottling at 46%, this 15 year old Mortlach is part of the G&M Distillery Label range.
Benromach Peat Smoke Bourbon 2014
$85.99
This whisky is produced from more heavily peated malt than the standard Benromach. It has been bottled at 46%, after maturing in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks.
The current edition of the Peat Smoke is 8 years old and made with malt peated to 57 ppm. Vintage is 2014.
Benromach Kiln Dried Oak 2012
$92.99
Part of the Contrasts range from Benromach Distillery, this bottling is one of a duo of limited editions focusing on two different ways of drying, or seasoning, the oak that is used to make the barrels. The Kiln-Dried Oak - Virgin Oak Cask Matured was distilled in 2012 and aged in oak barrels that were first air-dried for two years before then being kiln-dried to accelerate the process. The resulting whisky was bottled in 2023, after 10 years at 46%.
Benromach Peat Smoke Sherry 2014
$92.99
Part of the Contrasts Range, this Benromach was produced from malt peated to 57ppm and fully matured in First Fill Sherry Hogshead casks. Bottled at 46%.
Benromach Cask Strength 2013 Batch 1
$104.99
The 2013 Vintage of the popular Benromach Cask Strength is here. Batch 1 was distilled in 2013 and aged for 10 years in a combination of ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry Casks - all first-fill. The result has been bottled at a cask strength of 59.7%.
G&M Distillery Label Linkwood 15 Year
$154.99
Bottled under the G&M Distillery Labels range, this 15 year old Linkwood was matured in First Fill and Refill Sherry casks before bottling at 46%.