Boutique-y Teaninich 19 Year
$139.99
Only 48 bottles of That Boutique-y Whisky Company's first ever Teaninich have come to Alberta, exclusively to KWM. Bottled after 19 years at 48.6%. 500ml
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: honeyed, waxy and tropical; bright citrus fruits, light but decadent honey and soft floral tones; warm buttery croisants and baklava.
Palate: still sweet and honeyed, with a Clynelish-like waxiness; very floral, rose petals and aloe; more flaky pastries: buttery croisants and baklava drowning in honey; loads of citrus, melons and tropical fruits.
Finish: light, but long, fresh and sweet; loads more honey, flaky pastry and tropical fruits.
Comment: this Teaninich is a banger; you don't see whisky often from this distillery, and it can be quite hit or miss; this one is a home run... very Clynelish-y!
Producer Description
"The very first bottling of Teaninich single malt from That Boutique-y Whisky Company has arrived! It's a 19 year old expression, and features quite a saga of a story on the label. Teaninich was founded by Captain Hugh Munro, who lost his sight after surviving a gunshot to the head during a battle. He was due to marry a woman after returning from the skirmish, but her father would not let it happen. However, many years later, her dying wish was to see Captain Munro one last time at the local church, which is the scene unfolding on the label. Told you it was a saga."
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Hazelnut spread on rye bread, buttery croissants and fizzy oak spices.
Palate: Floral at first - almost vegetal at points. Soon enough, the sweet baking notes from the nose return in full force.
Finish: Honey, pear and hints of fresh barley.
Boutique-y Speyside #4 24 Year
$179.99
This is Batch 1 of Speyside #4, which still doesn't tell us very much. What do we know? It is a Speyside Single Malt, bottled at 47.8%, after 24 years. Only 30 bottles have come to Alberta, exclusively to KWM. The story behind the label is below, as is Andrew's tasting note and that of the producer. 500ml
Producer Description
"This label is based on the beginning of a Manga-inspired story featuring Dave Worthington as a ‘Wild West of Scotland’ a whisky warrior. This will be the first story of the series of labels of his detailed adventures. Beginning with this one the bestowing of his powers by the Whisky Gods. The setting is dark with just a few single spot lights on Dave to give light around him. There are heads carved within the stone surrounding him, as he is in a chamber. To the left hand side in the foreground is a cloaked women with her hood down. Her head is raised, mouth open and arm raised aloft, clutching Banjolnir, a Banjo, the mystical instrument of the Whisky Gods which is fizzing with light energy. In the centre Dave is kneeled with his head bowed but in respect, not fear, mindful of the awesome responsibility being given to him. He is dressed in jeans, a shirt and waistcoat, with a single leather, Bandolero strap across his chest - with, instead of bullets, a range of different pipes as well as a couple of harmonicas in it. His beard should have some real quality to it - it is quite likely that his beard may turn out to be where his power is held as the story evolves."
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Lots of cereal notes with fresh juicy apple and a subtle caramel aroma.
Palate: The apple really comes through on the palate, followed by warming spices, a nutty oilyness and more of those cereal notes.
Finish: The spices fade away to leave a buttery, toffee flavour with that apple re-emerging
right at the end.
Springbank Local Barley 10 Year
$179.99
Tipperary 2002 KWM Rum Cask Irish Whisky
$164.99
Our 2nd ever KWM exclusive single cask of Irish whiskey is here. It is a shared cask with our friends Keg n Cork in Edmonton, bottled by Tipperary, a new Irish whiskey firm headed by Stuart Nickerson of GlenGlassaugh fame, and his daughter Jennifer. Tipperary is still a ways away from building its first distillery, and is sourcing mature stocks from other Irish Distilleries. This whiskey is likely from the Cooley Distillery, or failing that Bushmills, regardless, the spirit was distilled in January 2002, and bottled in October of 2019, just shy of 18 years old, after maturing in a single Rum Cask. Only 108 bottles filled at 55.7%.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 13.70
$111.74
NUTS, SPICE AND INTRIGUE
This 10 year old Highlander comes in at 61.1% after maturing in a refill barrel.
Flavour profile: Spicy & dry.
Outturn: 172 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "The nose began with fresh waves of cut grass and pine forests whilst a curious overlaying character initiated thoughts of 'what is that aroma'? Perfumed notes formulated into lilac and lavender before brazil nuts and toasted pine nuts presented oily textures. Oils turned to cream - strawberries and cream to be precise which quickly became accompanied by peaches, apricots and brandy butter.
Curious aromas turned into warming spice as cloves and nutmeg joined allspice and star anise. Without water the palate was sweet and rich yet feisty like fresh ginger. However, with just a drop added it revealed herbal tones with butter on crumpets and puff pastry wrapped around blackberry jam. The dried fruits of malt loaf appeared at the end with brioche bread and a glass of dry white wine."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 35.220
$374.99
WALKING INTO A FRUIT PUNCH
This 28 year old Speysider comes in at 56.9% after maturing in a 1st fill barrel.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla.
Outturn: 187 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "Vibrant fruit came out swinging as banana and tinned peaches traded blows with apricot and coconut before getting caught by a tropical rum punch. Apple and rhubarb crumble waited in the corner with a bucket of vanilla custard and dusty oak sawdust.
Soft marshmallow cushioned blows as boozy baked plums entered the ring with frangipane cakes and stone fruits in a dunnage warehouse. Honey sweetness transpired into chewing on warm fudge and fondant icing before the final round presented pink wafer biscuits and Turkish Delight with banana fritters on an oak platter."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 58.29
$141.99
SOUL O' PLAYS AND PRANKS
This 10 year old Speysider was matured in a refill hogshead and comes in at 59.3%.
Flavour profile: Light & delicate.
Outturn: 267 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "As spiky as a passionate poet, prickling with assorted citrus, fresh pineapple, cheese curds, lemon bonbons, icing sugar, chamomile and a maple syrup drizzled cheesecake. Water throws up apple turnover cake with a hefty slathering of vanilla custard.
The palate has a fine texture, more maple syrup but a bittersweet quality as well. Some chewy toffee and a guilty note of chocolate eclairs. Even with water the texture is still luxurious and mouth-coating. Notes of gooseberry jam, stem ginger in syrup and rhubarb and custard sweeties. Barley water washed everything down nicely in the finish."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 16.38
$136.99
ACME GHOST REPELLENT
This 8 year old Highlander comes in at 59.3% after maturing in a re-charred hogshead.
Flavour profile: Peated.
Outturn: 315 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "Pure farmyard! All smouldering wood ash, strap leather, old hay loft, tractor engines and mutton heavy stovies. Some burnt orange peel, burning newspaper and flint smoke. Water brings out coal tar soap, brake fluid, mead and burlap. Hints of antiseptic, chicken soup, mustard oil and burnt toast.
The arrival in the mouth is all on earthy peat oils, lemon jam, biltong, game meats, pine cones, dried banana chips, camphor and lanolin. A splash of water gives jasmine tea, caraway, incense, ginger beer, heavy eucalyptus oils, smoky bacon, salted liquorice, butterscotch and paraffin wax. A wee beast!"
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 93.116
$214.99
DYSTOPIAN CYBERMAN LUBRICANT
This 18 year old from Campbeltown comes in at 50.4% and was matured in a refill hogshead.
Flavour profile: Lightly peated.
Outturn: 171 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "Fish and chips with lashings of malt vinegar, smoked marzipan, heather doused in TCP, salted grist, Parahandy puffer smoke and grilled whelks bobbing in petrol diluted with barnacle foam. Delicious madness! With water it moves more towards the farmyard with notes of iodine, ink, mutton fat, antiseptic, disinfectant and mixtures of brine, engine oil and medical tinctures. Smoked black peppercorns pulverised in a pestle and mortar.
The palate opens with smoked porridge, nettle cordial, soft tar notes, citronella candles, kippers in kedgeree, smoked almonds, aged Loire chenin and dried kelp. Water unveils notes of salt baked cod, Austrian potato salad, peppered mackerel, coal dust, miso seaweed broth, meat stock, beach sand and salty blue cheese sprinkled with crushed aspirin."