Wilson & Morgan Caol Ila 30 Year

$412.19

Pronounced "cull-eela," Caol Ila -- one of eight operating distilleries on Islay -- is Celtic for "Sound of Islay," referring to the fact the distillery overlooks the strait between Islay and Jura. One of Islay's most modern distilleries, it was built in 1846. Its whisky is matured and bottled on the mainland. And the Caol Ila 30 Year? "The closest thing to Port Ellen I�ve ever tasted that wasn�t Port Ellen," says our very own Scotch Guy.

Wilson & Morgan Bowmore 15 Year

$125.99

An usually powerful 15 year old cask strength Bowmore bottled a 61.3% after finish in a Refill Sherry Butt. The sherry's influence here is only slight, with the distillery's house style of round peat smoke, citrus and seak salt remaining firmly in charge!

Scotch Malt Whisky Society R5.1

$118.79

MINT HUMBUGS: Panel's Tasting Note: "Surprisingly deep and complex for its age, we were transported to a tropical swimming pool at first: plastic flip-flops, wicker sun-loungers, with a dusty note (’chest of drawers’), then a rush of pumpkin-seed oil, damson vinegar and Cola-cubes… The taste blows your socks off! Sweet and peppery, after a start of ‘water-wings’. Water softens the aroma and taste considerably: vanilla fudge, cherry pie and Canadian cedar (with cherries) on the nose, and a clean, mint humbug, mentholated (even clove-like) taste. One panellist produced a bottle of Coke and a lime… Delicious!" Drinking Tip: "Looking out over azure water."

OMC Rosebank 21 Year

$211.49

Rosebank's are starting to become rare, and the prices are going up. This is not a whisky that ages well, it is too delicate, except in a case like this where it was filled into a 2nd or 3rd fill Sherry Butt. It is creamy and tropical with the floral house style more than evident.

Longrow 18 Year 2011

$186.29

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 64.42

$168.74

PEPPERED STRAWBERRIES WITH CREME ANGLAISE: Drinking Tip: "The first impression is that of a walk on a warm summer’s evening in a garden with a variety of flowers - with every turn of the head new aromas delicately trying to get our attention. Next to the flowery notes there is sweet tobacco leaves, honey brioche and Crème Anglaise. The taste is velvety and mouth coating like a soft leather glove or melted butter and a lively finish of peppered strawberries with single cream. With the addition of very little water we detected a fruity cocktail or fruit punch with cinnamon and lime. The taste is now of fresh ripe strawberries, star fruit and barley sugar soaked in rum. Give this make, distilled on the grounds of the Glenlossie distillery since 1971, time at every stage and you will be richly rewarded." Drinking Tip: "When in need of some sunshine."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society G7.4

$174.59

BUTTERY WAFFLES ON POLISHED WOOD: Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose was delightfully sweet – toffee sauce on ice-cream and banana, apple pie, corn candies, iced caramels, dusty muesli and dried apricots; added interest came from flowers, sawdust and fag packets in an oriental massage parlour. The unreduced palate had golden syrup, maple syrup, chocolate fondue with fruit and a dusting of oaky spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, clove); quite bourbon-like. On the reduced nose, leather and polished wood supported the sweetness of buttery waffles and salted caramel. The palate was sweet yet musky, like a Mars Bar with old spice – lip-smackingly tasty, we thought. The distillery is near the Ayrshire coast." Drinking Tip: "After a nice lunch or with banana split dessert."

Double Barrel Caol Ila Tamdhu

$67.49

BenRiach 1977 Cask #1892

$368.09

This is an older BenRiach Cask release that is no longer available.