Two Brewers Yukon Single Malt Release 27
$104.99
Bottled under their innovative label, Batch 27 focused on specialty malts including Munich, Vienna, Honey and Roasted. Initially matured in ex-Bourbon casks, the whisky was then finished in Peated Whisky Casks for 19 months before bottling at 46%.
Producer Description
"Two Brewers captures the core of beers malt character builders; a dense and complex spirit with distinctive character barrel aging, tempting and engaging."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 48.93
$93.74
TEASING TANGO OF FRUITS AND FLOWERS
From a 1st fill barrel, this 9 year old Speysider comes in at 57.3%.
Flavour profile: Young & spritely.
Outturn: 234 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "The nose is an enticement of fruity and floral – orange and lime Starburst, gorse flowers and garden centres; plus gentle pepper and peppermint tingles. There is considerably more tingle on the palate – sweet chili sauce, pink peppercorns and balsamic glaze – but it still floods the mouth with marshmallow sweetness, vanilla and raspberry ice lollies.
The reduced nose continues the teasing tango between floral and citric notes – but now also picks up some vanilla sarsaparilla. The palate is warming, sweet, succulent and very drinkable – banoffee pie and custard, restrained citrus and spice and rose petals drifting down behind closed eyelids."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 35.211
$223.99
PUTTING ON THE RITZ
This 22 year old Speysider comes in at 53.3% after maturing in a 1st fill barrel.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla.
Outturn: 207 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "A light and delicate scent of buttery croissants, amaretto and vanilla panna cotta with toasted almonds and powdered sugar doughnuts wafted through the air. On the palate there were vanilla-pear muffins, braided yeast bun (Hefezopf) with a plum jam filling and glazed carrots in orange, honey, sage and rosemary.
Water released soft rich succulent marzipan fruits as well as vanilla oak fragrance oil and then we had traditional afternoon tea, finely cut sandwiches, freshly baked scones with cream and strawberry jam all with a cup of Chinese red rose tea. We finished in style with an Asian pear martini."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.254
$164.89
FRENCH FLAIR
This 11 year old from Islay comes in at 57.1% after maturing in a refill hogshead.
Flavour profile: Lightly peated.
Outturn: 270 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "The aroma had an immediate calming effect for all of us, like marjoram essential oil - slightly warming, citric, herbaceous and woody with sweet scented pine needles. On the palate neat it’s like a ‘croque monsieur’ - boiled ham in brown grilled bread topped with grated cheese, seasoned with salt and pepper and baked in an oven.
With a little dilution we get lightly peat-smoked marshmallows as well as sweet lavender and rose water on the nose, whilst the taste is now very delicate, smooth and creamy like lightly oak-smoked goat’s cheese or a bacon, brie and red onion baguette."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 136.2
$184.99
PARADISE IN A PARADIS
This 3 year old from a relatively new distillery in the Lowlands was matured in a 1st fill Oloroso hogshead and is 60.4%.
GOLD MEDAL WINNER AT THE INDEPENDENT BOTTLERS CHALLENGE 2018.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits.
Outturn: 298 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "Warmth, honey and molten Mars bars brim over the lip of the glass. Assorted glazed nuts, buttery cereals, sunflower oil and date strewn muesli all emerge. There are also hints of earthiness and soot with a nervous citrus aspect which darts between all the other flavours tying everything together. With reduction there is burlap and rope, oily rag and soft leather. Also a more resilient spiciness emerges.
The mouth displays a beautiful balance between sweetness such as raisins stewed in cognac and more zingy notes of demerara, cut green apple, eucalyptus and pine resin. A little water brings savouriness: brown bread, sourdough starter and lime jelly."
G&M Private Collection Glen Albyn 1979
$2,099.99
Bottled at 52.2%, the whisky was matured 40 years in a 1st Fill Sherry Puncheon. Only 3 bottles have come to Canada, exclusively to KWM. We don't see whiskies from Glen Albyn Distillery very often any more. The long closed Inverness distillery is one of the more rare and hard to find single malts these days, and this one has great reviews!
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Wonderfully rich. Aromas of juicy black cherries and intense orange peel transform into velvety milk chocolate. Sweet toffee comes to the fore alongside mature oak with fragrant lavender.
Taste: Creamy with hints of white pepper and Sherried stewed fruits. Sweet baked apple flavours with autumnal spice - cinnamon and aniseed with a slight menthol edge.
Finish: Delicate cinnamon and baked apple notes linger on the finish.
More About Glen Albyn (Courtesy Gordon Macphail)
"Glen Albyn Distillery has weathered turbulent waters almost from its founding in 1846. Built in Inverness, on the site of a brewery, Glen Albyn distilled until a devastating fire in November 1849 forced its closure. Up and running again in 1850, the distillery fell silent within its first decade; by 1866, the site had been transformed into a flour mill. Glen Albyn Distillery’s life was renewed in 1884 when it was purchase and rebuilt by Grigor & Co. Glen Albyn Distillery soon developed into a lucrative business with an estimated output of 75,000 gallons of spirit produced yearly. This single malt Scotch whisky was condensed using very unusual ‘D’ shaped worm tubs; these increased the cooling efficiency and adding to the flavour of its distinctive spirit. In 1983, along with a host of other distilleries, Glen Albyn was mothballed and eventually demolished and developed into a grocery store."
Glenmorangie Cask 31
$1,549.99
G&M MacPhail's Old Pulteney 2005
$94.99
Distilled in 2005 and bottled in 2017 at 12 years of age and 43% ABV.
About the MacPhail's Collection
“Located in Scotland’s key whisky-making regions, this broad assortment includes the highly characteristic island distilleries of Bunnahabhain on Islay and Highland Park on Orkney. The pair are complemented by Pulteney and Glenturret, respectively from the North and South of the Highlands, alongside Tamdhu and Glenrothes, both situated in Speyside. The collection concludes with the addition of a rare malt from the Glen Scotia Distillery in the Campbeltown region.
The seven distilleries scattered across Scotland which make up 'The MacPhail's Collection' each produce their own unique style of whisky. When we know it is ready, we bottle it at 43% ABV making sure each release carries either an age statement or a vintage.”
G&M MacPhail's Highland Park 1990
$349.99
Limit 1 per customer!
From the MacPhail's Collection by Gordon & MacPhail comes this 26 or 27 year old Highland Park. Distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2017 at 43% ABV. Matured in Refill American Oak Hogsheads. Only 6 bottles have come to Canada!
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Sweet honey mingles with ripe pineapple, apple, and blueberry aromas. A touch of fresh lime lingers.
Palate: Sweet and creamy with hints of pepper. Ripe banana, dark chocolate, and oak flavours combine with roasted brazil nut and a touch of ash on
the finish.
WITH WATER
From the Producer
"Established in 1895 the family owned from of Gordon & MacPhail is custodian to some of the world's finest and rarest Single Malt Scotch Whiskies.
Casks owned by Gordon & MacPhail are sent to distilleries throughout Scotland and filled with 'new-make' spirit, before being left to mature in the distillery or in our warehouses in Elgin.
The MacPhail's Collection is a small and exclusive range of fine single malts bottled from distilleries loacated throughout the main whisky producing areas of Scotland."