Caisteal Chamuis 12 Year Blended Malt
$97.99
This whisky was featured on Day 2 of our 2024 KWM Not An Advent Calendar Tastings! You can read more about the whisky here.
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This 12 year old Blended Malt Scotch whisky has been created from Island single malts, finished in Bodega (seasoned for 5 years) First-Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts. 46%
Producer Description
"Caisteal Chamuis 12 Year Old is made from a blend of single malts all distilled on Islay and Orkney. It has been matured in Oloroso Sherry butts, resulting in a ‘rich and smooth’ whisky with a ‘complex fragrant, heathery, lavender‐like peat’."
Sansibar Bruichladdich 1991 30 Year
$1,069.99
Bottled for Finest Whisky Berlin, this 1991 Bruichladdich was matured 30 years in an ex-Bourbon Hogshead before bottling at 45.2%.
Signatory 35th Annv Bunnahabhain 44 Year
$2,299.99
This 1978 vintage Bunnahabhain is one of two sister casks hand selected by Andrew Symington to be bottled for Signatory's 35th Anniversary. The whisky was bottled at 41.5% after 44 years in an Oloroso Sherry Butt. 90.25pts Whiskybase - 90pts Whisky Fun
Signatory 35th Annv Bunnahabhain 45 Year
$2,299.99
This 1978 Bunnahabhain was hand selected by Andrew Symington to be bottled to mark Signatory's 35th Anniversary. The whisky was bottled after 45 years in an Oloroso Sherry Butt at 42.6%. 90.66pts Whiskybase - 91pts 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. "
SMWS 53.464 HEBRIDEAN HAMPER
$219.99
HEBRIDEAN HAMPER
From Islay, this 15 year old spent 11 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before transfer to a 1st fill PX hogshead and has an abv of 55.3%.
Flavour profile: Peated
Distilled on: 27 May 2008
Outturn: 234 bottles
Jack Wiebers Classic of Islay H&T Cask
$159.99
Classic of Islay bottlings tend to be top-notch, and given that this is a single cask selected by Heads & Tails we have high hopes for it. Classic of Islay bottlings are rumoured to come from an Islay distillery that starts with the letter L. Not Laphroaig — the other L... Who knows for certain, though! Bottled at 56.2% from cask no. 409.
Bowmore 12 Year Sherry Oak
$89.99
We would have loved to have seen a higher abv, but they are getting some good press! 40%
Producer Description: "A marriage of Bowmore matured in Oloroso sherry casks and American Oak ex-bourbon barrels, finished in first fill Spanish Oak Oloroso sherry casks."
Lagavulin 12 Year Special Release 2024
$254.99
The 2024 Diageo Special Releases bottling of Lagavulin is a 12 year, matured in First-Fill ex-Bourbon and Refill Casks before bottling at 57.4%. Much better. Last year's Tequila-finished release was... let's just say we prefer this cask makeup.
Producer Description
"This is Lagavulin character made sweet under the command of active oak. Bold smoke quietened to a hush, matured in first-fill ex-Bourbon and refill casks for a lush and glazed aroma. Experience a 12-year-old expression with thick toffee, vanilla, and coconut notes, unfurling with aromatic spice.
A testament to oak’s dynamic influence on bold character: powerful peat tempers into inviting sweetness. Made for the curious at heart."
57.4% abv