Scotch Malt Whisky Society 4.162

$125.99

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SMOKER'S TOOTH POWDE

One of two casks released from the same distillery the same month. This Orcadian dram was matured 16 years in Ex-Boubon and bottle at 55.1%.

Panel's Tasting Note: "Fresh and lightly maritime – salt crystals, seaweed, mineralic – with some fragrant dried-floral or mixed dried herbal notes, becoming faintly medicinal and peaty. Eucryl Tooth Powder – check it out! Sweet and citric to taste, with a smoky finish: 'minty chewing tobacco', commented one panel member. With water, solvent notes emerge, but also dried fruits - 'sultanas in alcohol', Madeira cake – then bath salts, Refreshers (sherbet sweets) and burnt eucalyptus leaves. Sweet, fresh and slightly salty to taste, with a whiff of smoke in the finish; maritime overall, with minty notes. An appealing example of Michael Jackson's 'Great All-Rounder'."

Drinking Tip: "A reward after a long, wet walk."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.162

$123.29

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THE HAPPINESS MACHINE

A 16 year old Ileach at 56.5% with 56.5% to spare after maturing in a Refill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead. 

Panel's Tasting Note: "A huge mass of metal whirrs and clunks creating bubbles of happiness and contentment.  This machine gives of fumes of peat and heather, you can smell the honey it uses instead of oil as well as the damp oak barbecue at the heart of its boiler. Flavours of soap, lemon and diesel oil fill the lungs of the happy workers pressing its buttons and working its levers. Water softens the effects and should be added sparingly. Hints of peanut butter and glazed herbal ham will bring a smile on the finish leaving a warm happy glow blossoming in anyone who drinks this."

Drinking Tip: "Take care with water."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 1.164

$166.49

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CHESHIRE CAT WHISKY

27 Year old whisky from the second oldest family owned distillery in Scotland. 52.1% from a refill Ex Bourbon Hogshead. 

Panel's Tasting Note: "'Sweet manna from heaven' – toffee, fudge, caramel, Toffifees, vanilla, honey – but more – tea chests, spice racks, aromatic smoke, burnt heather and pencils in a library – we could have sniffed it endlessly. Water opened up the fruit – sherbet, orange zest, peach, strawberry, tinned grapes, sweet sap and light smoke – panellists grinning like Cheshire cats. The sweet, oaky palate had tablet, fudge and bread dough – by an open fire; but it also had a darker side – woody, earthy, drying, with sticky cassis and treacle. Water brightened it up – Starbursts, Skittles and spicy Advocaat. From the distillery always directed by John or George."

Drinking Tip: "It needs time - one for a long journey perhaps - or for an evening with no pressure."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.159

$128.69

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A CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY

This 16 year old Ileach from the distillery meaning 'sound of Islay' is 57% after maturing in a refill ex-Bourbon hogshead.

Panel's Tasting Note: "Industrial bath salts, carbolic, lanolin and sheep dip, then bog myrtle, thyme, heather flowers, chopped apples and celery. Unlit fireworks in their box and cigar ash. Sweet, clean and lightly cooling to taste (menthol cigarettes), with ash in the finish. Water simplifies the aroma and makes it more grubby/industrial – ‘well used electrical equipment’, minerals, batteries, soot. An oily texture and a sweet taste: smoky, with coal dust in the aftertaste and finish. We imagine the operators contemplating the Paps of Jura through the massive windows of their still house."

Drinking Tip: "Watching the workers, cigar in hand."

Nikka Miyagikyo 1988 Single Cask

$251.09

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 66.33

$101.69

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SCOTTISH HEIDI

10 Year Old from an ExBourbon barrel, distilled in the Eastern Highlands and bottled at 58%. This distillery is believed to be named after a peninsula between Cardross and Helensburgh.

Panel's Tasting Note: "Aromas of a rock garden with a variety of herbs like sage, fennel and turmeric as well as a floral note of Edelweiss, whilst in the background fresh tar being laid on a road. On the palate smoky Swiss cheese with digestive biscuits then becoming sweeter, brownies and dark mint chocolates with a trace of teasing lavender smoke. Adding water, dry and dusty then turning fresh like a Ricola Lemon mint followed by a nougat note of dark Toblerone. The taste with water is of pork sausages, water biscuits with peppered cream cheese and a dry volcanic ashy note to finish. This distillery is believed to be named after a peninsula between Cardross and Helensburgh."

Drinking Tip: "After skiing with a cheese fondue."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 105.16

$180.89

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MULLED CIDER & BEEF GOULASH

This 28 year old Speysider has been matured in a first fill sherry hogshead and have been bottled at 55.4%. 

Panel's Tasting Note: "Savoury, spicy aromas of beef goulash, Night nurse, cranberry concentrate, maple-cured bacon, nutmeg, root beer, red grapes, Stollen, lamb gravy, caraway and rye bread made us all hungry. The palate, not as savoury as expected was thick with cedarwood, spiced apple tobacco and mulled cider. With water we now smelled celery, mushrooms, plum chutney, sesame, roast turkey & redcurrant jelly although a sweetness of wild strawberries. To taste it was now minty, dry and chewy with a spiced milky coffee and musty note. We all agreed it was better neat. From the first purpose built distillery in the twentieth century."

Drinking Tip: "In place of mulled wine."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.156

$96.29

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KING'S FEAST DOWN A MINE SHAFT

15 year First Fill Ex-Bourbon barrel matured whisky bottled at 58.1!

Panel's Tasting Note: "The panel were first exposed on the nose to burnt fruit such as orange, junipers and citrus notes. On the tongue it then opened up into a savoury feast of chargrilled steak and smoked pheasant with red berry compote on the side. With water the meal seemed to be added to with a dollop of horseradish, sprinkled with coal dust and salty seasoning, with subtle herby elements of rosemary, fennel and a lemon béarnaise. For dessert there was warm salty caramel sauce poured on top of real vanilla ice cream. It was a beautiful feast."

Bowmore 16 Year Wine Cask Matured

$89.65