Blackadder Raw Cask Blair Athol 29 53.2%
$359.99
Only 12 bottles of this 1989 Blair Athol have come to Alberta, exclusively to KWM. Bottled after 29 year at 53.2% under Blackadder's Raw Cask line.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: soft, fruity and elegant; a bit musty at first, but if you give it a few minutes to breathe that blows off; bread and butter pudding, chocolate brioche right out of the oven and coffee cake; honey dew melons, dried apricots and some under rype tropical fruits.
Palate: soft, oaky, decadent and very fruity; this is an elegant, old school style whisky; more baked goods and desserts; soft fruits: melons, dried apricots and a tropical fruits: mangoes dusted with pepper, grilled pineapple and papaya; crisp decadent spices: cinnamon hearts & sliced fresh ginger; soft leather and maple syrup.
Finish: long, coating, decadent and fruity; more trop fruits, baked goods and spices.
Comment: this is a lovely, old school style whisky; big and spicy, but soft and elegant; smooth leather, tropical fruits and baked goods; a touch musty, but let it breathe... you won't be disappointed!
Blackadder Raw Cask Lochranza 23 Year
$247.49
Only 36 bottles, exclusive to KWM!
Distilled in 1996 this Raw Cask bottling of Arran was matured in Sherry Butt and was bottled after 23 years at 52.2%. Only 36 bottles are coming to Calgary, exclusively to KWM.
Andrew' Tasting Note
Nose: rich, fruity and earthy; candied nuts, fruit leather and Caramilk; sticky toffee pudding with treacle sauce and cream; dried apricots, mango and papaya; maple syrup on Chocolate Chip Brioche French Toast.
Palate: thick, round and fruity; really oily; more Chocolate Chip Brioche French Toast with maple syrup; big, oily and rich; Christmas cake, melons, tropical fruits, licorice Jujubes and sticky toffee pudding with treacle sauce drowning in cream; stewed fruits and mixed berry jam.
Finish: big, long and rich; chocolate-y, fruity and smooth with more licorice Jujubes.
Comment: this is to date, the oldest Arran I've ever sampled, and it doesn't disappoint; thick, oily and sherried with lots of layers; a fine bottling and a flawless sherry cask.
Blackadder Raw Cask Amrut Sherry 59.7%
$179.99
Exclusive to KWM! Limit 1 per customer!
Indian Single Malt, shipped to Scotland and finished in a Sherry Cask before bottling in November of 2019 at 59.7%. It is labelled as being a "Dennis Steckel Selection".
Blackadder Raw Cask The Legendary 29 Yr
$299.99
Exlcusive to KWM - SOLD OUT
Only 6 bottles of this teaspooned Balvenie came to Canada, sadly they are all sold!
Blackadder Statement Bunnahabhain 28 Yr
$629.99
A few years ago, there were a handful of different single casks of 1989 Bunnahabhain that hit shelves over a short period of time. Each one that we cracked as excellent and typically had soft fruit and salt with very good complexity. Sadly, the 1989s seem to have mostly dried up, but this Raw Cask Bunnahabhain 1989 from Blackadder looks enticing! Aged in a sherry hogshead and bottled at 28 years old with a cask strength of 48.1% ABV.
Limit 1 per customer!
Blackadder Raw Cask Cambus 1988 46.3%
$219.99
This 29 Year old Single Grain from Cambus Distillery was originally distilled in 1988. Aged in a sherry hoggy and bottled at 46.3% ABV.
The Whisky Agency Irish 1990 '20
$809.99
Only 4 bottles coming to KWM. The thing about Irish single malt whiskey of this age is that it can only be from either Bushmills, or Cooley Distilleries... Bottled as a part of The Whisky Agency Spring 2020 releases, this 29 Year old Irish whiskey was bottled at 48.5% from a single ex-Bourbon Barrel. 90pts Whisky Base and 88pts Whisky Fun.
88pts Whisky Fun
“Colour: light gold. Nose: Not the immediate fruit bomb as expected. This one is more on fresh linens, breads, lime zest, wild flowers and tiny wee glimmers of camphor, glazed pastries, white stone fruits and kumquat. Develops an extremely elegant and fragile honeyed quality after a few minutes. Some putty, chalk, limestone and motor oil with a scattering of mixed seeds too. Something of a departure I would say, but still quite beautiful. Mouth: there are fruits but it’s really more tart green fruits such as apple, gooseberry and star fruit. Then nettles, cat piss, New Zealand sauvignon and pine resin. Also some rather grassy olive oil, more toasted seeds, brown bread, sourdough and mineral oil. Definitely a more austere example from these vintages but you still feel there’s a rather expressive and outlandish core personality on display here. The texture is also nicely gentle and buttery. Finish: medium and on pollens, bay leaf, green herbs, bitter lemon, olive oil and wee camphory touches. Comments: Really could be a glass of cask strength sauvignon blanc with all this crisp, nettley greenery on display. Another one for summery afternoons with a good book. Quite a different beast if you’re expecting one of these more overt fruit bombs. I would hazard this is more Cooley than Bushmills, but don’t quote me!”
Blackadder Statement Ladyburn 1973 200ml
$844.99
Ladyburn distillery only ran for 9 years or so, producing single malt scotch to be blended into the likes of Grant's Blended Scotch. Finding any bottlings from this distillery is becoming near impossible as time goes on, since it closed for good 45 years ago. This Blackadder Ladyburn was aged in cask for 43 years and was bottled at a cask strength of 41.9% ABV.
Ladyburn was a short-lived distillery owned by William Grant & Sons of Grant's, Glenfiddich, and Balvenie fame. In 1963, the family-owned company opened a grain whisky distillery in the Lowlands called Girvan, which still operates to this day. In 1996, two pairs of pot stills were installed on the same site as Girvan, and the malt portion of the the distillery was called Ladyburn. The single malt operation only lasted until 1975 when it was closed and the stills were eventually dismantled in the 1980s. 33 years later in 2008 a new single malt distillery opened up on Girvan's site, this time under the name Ailsa Bay.
Adelphi Glenallachie 12 Year 59.7%
$184.99
Distilled and put into a refill PX Sherry Butt in 2007, this Glenallachie was bottled at a cask strength of 59.7% ABV by Adelphi.
Producer Description & Tasting Note: “Drawn from a refill ex PX Sherry butt, this has the colour of Lion’s golden syrup with a medium bead. On the nose there is freshly popped popcorn, peaches, nectarines, gingerbread, orange peel, grapefruit juice and breakfast fruit salad. On the taste we found a lovely oily texture, Butterkist toffee popcorn, mint Matchmakers and overripe banana. A well-balanced dram with a pleasantly drying finish.”