Rest & Be Thankful Port Charlotte 14 Yr
$219.99
This whisky was featured on Day 15 of our 2024 KWM Not An Advent Calendar Tastings! You can read more about the whisky here.
This Rest & Be Thankful Port Charlotte single cask is listed as a EU Exclusive on the indie bottler’s own website. I wonder how we managed to get some? Hmm… This 2009 Port Charlotte was matured in an ex-Bourbon Hogshead #1263 for 14 years. It was bottled in July 2023 at a cask strength of 57.4%.
Cooper`s Choice Caol Ila 14 Year
$209.99
This 2008 vintage Caol Ila was fully matured for 14 years in ex-Bourbon Cask before bottling at 51%.
G&M CC Bunnahabhain 1998 Canada Cask
$364.99
This 1998 vintage Gordon & MacPhail Bunnahabhain was matured 24 years in a Refill American Oak Hogshead before bottling at 48.3%. Only 114 bottles. Limit 1 Per Customer!
Innis & Gunn Islay Cask
$19.99
Producer's notes:
For this year’s release, we have taken Laphroaig First Fill Casks in which we have slowly matured an Innis & Gunn beer, we've then finished the beer in Laphroaig Port Casks. Absorbing all the deep flavours from the oak – spicy woodsmoke and peat – the beer adds its own rich, roasted flavour. The end result is something as unforgettable as the island and the whisky that inspires it.
Islay Whisky Cask is a 7.4% Scottish Red Ale, slowly matured in Laphroaig single malt first fill scotch whisky and finished in port casks – from one of the most renowned malt whiskies in the world
Bruichladdich 18 Year
$229.99
This is the first core release of 18 year old Bruichladdich, produced after the distillery reopened. It has been bottled at 50%, from spirit matured on Islay in primarily ex-Bourbon casks, but also Sauternes and Port casks. Limit 1 Per Customer / 88.67pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"Matured exclusively on Islay, primarily in ex-Bourbon casks and a small number of wine casks, The Bruichladdich Eighteen is the epitome of Bruichladdich's signature unpeated house style.
"Full bodied and beautifully fragrant, notes of honey, butterscotch, and citrus orange open on the nose, with a medley of tropical fruits and toasted mellow oak lingering on the palate."
Bruichladdich 30 Year
$2,599.99
This 30 year old Bruichladdich was produced from spirit laid down in 1989, 1990, and 1991, all of which was filled into Refill Hogshead casks. Half of the whisky was reracked into fresh Bourbon casks roughly 10 years ago. The two components were married for 3 months in Refill ex-Bourbon casks before bottling at 43%.
Producer Description
"The Bruichladdich Thirty has spent the entirety of its maturation life in handpicked, exceptionally rare ex-Bourbon casks. A limited and refined single malt Scotch whisky, The Bruichladdich Thirty is bottled at 43% bringing the sweetness of toasted oak, honey and soft vanilla to the fore. Delicate yet complex, a hint of dark chocolate complements the spirit’s elegant floral profile while the gentle influence of sea air lingers – a subtle nod to the whisky’s all Islay maturation."
Signatory 35th Annv Bunnahabhain 48 Year
$2,799.99
Hand selected by Andrew Symington, to mark Signatory's 35th Anniversary, this 1975 vintage Bunnahabhain was matured 48 years in an Oloroso Sherry Butt. 50.2% 92.33pts Whiskybase - 92pts Whisky Fun
Port Askaig 45 Year Old Islay
$3,399.99
Bottled from a marriage of 5 sherry butts and bottled at a precariously low cask strength of 40.8%. Believed to be Bunnahabhain, the whisky scored 90pts from Whisky Fun in 2014, but in 2019 he upped his score to 91pts, which I still feel is low. This is old school tropical whisky!
Producer Description
"Matured in five sherry butts, this expression was distilled in 1968 and bottled at a cask strength of 40.8%. Port Askaig 45 Year Old is an old Islay style that is almost completely lost today. Fruit driven, with next to no smoke and with an abundance of tropical fruits such as mangoes and papayas, this is a very rare whisky and one to be savoured. "
Laphroaig 10 Year Cask Strength Batch 17
$154.99
Batch 17 of the venerable Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength hits the bottle (and the palate) at 58.3%.
Producer Description
"Powerful, uncompromising and more than a little special. The Laphroaig Batch 17 Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky offers a truly natural experience that preserves the bold and rich soul of Islay peat like no other."