KWM 2020 Whisky Calendar
$385.00
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The KWM Whisky Calendar, aka "25 Days of Dram Fine Whisky", is back for the 7th straight year with a striking new look and 25 never before featured whiskies. This year's calendar includes 24 50ml premium whiskies, a custom logo Glencairn glass and a 100ml Scotch Malt Whisky Society whisky for Christmas Day. Follow along on the KWM Blog starting December 1, or one of our various social media channels as we introduce and discuss each day's whisky.
The KWM 2020 Whisky Advent Calendars should be ready for pickup at the beginning of November.
KWM 2020 Whisky Calendar
$385.00
Waiting list is full! - SOLD OUT FOR 2020!
The KWM Whisky Calendar, aka "25 Days of Dram Fine Whisky", is back for the 7th straight year with a striking new look and 25 never before featured whiskies. This year's calendar includes 24 50ml premium whiskies, a custom logo Glencairn glass and a 100ml Scotch Malt Whisky Society whisky for Christmas Day. Follow along on the KWM Blog starting December 1, or one of our various social media channels as we introduce and discuss each day's whisky.
The KWM 2020 Whisky Advent Calendars should be ready for pickup by the middle of November. We are unfortunately at the mercy of not just Covid-19, but also a strike at the Montreal Port. We hope to have these ready for pickup around the 18th of November, possibly sooner, but this is a moving target!
Nikka Yoichi Apple Brandy Fiinish
$174.99
Only a tiny amount of these proper Japanese single malts came to Canada. Bottled at 47% after finishing in Apple Brandy Casks.... Calvados?
LMDW Tasting Note
Nose: Rich and deep. On the first nose, a thin film of soot and ashes covers apples coming out of the oven. Then peat takes over. It oscillates between dry and oily sequences, which gives a lot of contrasts to the aromatic palette. As time goes by, the pungency of the smoke and the perfumes of burning Havana make their appearance. The Yoichi "style", both powerful and concentrated, is now fully expressed.
Palate: Fine and complex. Different from the nose, the attack on the palate is very fruity (apple and pear confit). Then, a rather diaphanous peat is deposited around the circumference of the gustatory palette. In the mid-palate, aromatic plants (lemon balm, chervil), lamb's lettuce and watercress show a magnificently herbaceous evolution. Gradually, walnuts and apples highlight the oily and juicy character of the aftertaste.
Finish: Long and balanced. A few citrus zests (grapefruit, lemon) provide liveliness at the beginning of the finish. Very long, it also shows liquorice and vanilla. The peat has become drier (twigs, straw). In retro olfaction, dried fruits (almond, hazelnut, date) and toasted bread flavours cohabit in a particularly harmonious way. The empty glass is a subtle blend of ripe apple, peat and cut hay.”
Nikka Miyagikyo Apple Brandy Fiinish
$174.99
Only a tiny amount of these proper Japanese single malts came to Canada. Bottled at 47% after finishing in Apple Brandy Casks.... Calvados?
LMDW Tasting Note
Nose: Greedy and complex. Subtle blend of fruity (apple), vanilla, honeyed (acacia) and finely herbaceous (sage, verbena) notes, the first nose is a model of balance. Deep, it evolves on notes of applesauce and baked apples. It should be noted that the perfectly integrated woodiness brings numerous spices including ginger and cinnamon.
Palate: both unctuous and lively, the attack in the mouth restores all the nuances of the aromatic palette to within a point. Remarkably malty, the mid-palate shows a remarkable freshness of expression. As time goes by, the taste palette becomes more and more exotic (pineapple, lychee, kiwi) while acacia honey spreads all around the palate.
Finish: Long and greedy. Very finely salty, the beginning of the finish takes us irremediably towards herbaceous (cut hay) and malty regions whose tannins delicately shrink the taste buds. On the aftertaste, infusion notes (rosemary, mint, lime blossom) add a floral dimension. The empty glass is empyreumatic (oak, cyprus, pine).
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 82.22
$116.44
SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN
This 8 year old Highlander was matured in a 2nd fill barrel and is 62.6%.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla
Distilled on: 16 March 2011
Outturn: 235 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 59.59
$132.99
SPOCK'S EARWAX
Matured for 9 years in a bourbon hogshead before transfer to a "number 4" heavily charred new oak hogshead, this 10 year old from the Highlands is 55.2%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet.
Outturn: 297 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "There's sweet pastries and runny honey at first. Then molten toffee, salted caramel, coconut wafers, gorse, heather flowers, talcum powder and shilling ales. A hearty dollop of fruity muesli too. A little water brings turmeric and dried thyme. A bouquet garni of herbs, shoe polish, new leather, pine cones and Earl Grey tea. Some bandages wrapped around a light sootiness and some slabs of wet concrete.
The palate fizzes like lemon vitamin tablets in soda water. There's sheep wool, soft medical waxes, butter biscuits, aged calvados, green banana, heather honey and lemon balm. After reduction there's more warm spices, lime pith, pink grapefruit, tarragon, wax, tobacco leaf, green pepper and potpourri. Matured for 9 years in a bourbon hogshead before transfer to a "number 4" heavily charred new oak hogshead."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 16.41
$143.99
COSY CONTENTMENT
This 9 year old Highlander comes in at 61.4% after maturing in a re-charred hogshead.
Flavour profile: Peated.
Outturn: 264 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "We huddled around burning logs as heather crackled in the heat and the earth scorched beneath the embers. Sweet smells came from sizzling bacon and honey-glazed ham whilst walnuts and macadamias toasted in a pan over the flames. Then through the smoke came a fruity note of black cherries with a spicy edge of rye bread with honey. A constant suggestion of steam engines heralded puffs of smoke combined with oily rags and old boots but sweetness prevailed with a maple syrup and pecan Danish.
A few drops of water delivered nutty notes as tawny port joined walnut bread and later praline. The bacon now had a more salty character that mixed with coal dust and burnt wood that remained onto the finish to be joined by delicious chocolate brownies."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 37.131
$183.99
TARANTELLA TONGUE DANCING
This 15 year old Speysider is 58.3%, and after 15 years in ex-bourbon wood it was transferred this to a 1st fill shaved, toasted and re-charred barrique.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits.
Outturn: 251 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "The nose is a cracker – treacle tart, syrup sponge and Toffifays; caramel latte, sherry trifle (with orange jelly), coffee kisses, flowers and wine-soaked oak. The palate is deep as Mariana and weighty as Nigerian Guinness in a clay pot – burnt fruit cake, raisins flamed in spiced rum, clove-flavoured gingerbread and leather.
With water, the nose gets spice-laden incense, liquorice bullets, brandy snaps, espresso and Battenberg cake. The palate is easier but still tannic – caramelized sugar, barbecued pineapple, Butterkist popcorn and tar – dancing the tarantella on the tongue. After 15 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this to a 1st fill shaved, toasted and re-charred barrique."
Shelter Point Smoke Point Batch 2
$89.99
We loved the first edition of Shelter Point's Smoke Point, we were really excited about this second release... Bottled at 46% the whisky is composed of both malted and unmalted barley, and finished in ex-Islay whisky casks (shhh Laphroaig). 50%