Killowen 5 Year Small Batch Single Malt
$77.99
A few of us have been patiently waiting for this exciting new Single Malt from artisan distillery Killowen. The philosophy at Killowen seems to be leaning into the idea that the old ways were the true ways. And we're on board! The distillery direct-fires their stills and relies on worm tub condensers to concoct something that hearkens back to production methods of decades past. Expect a malt of big character, even in youth.
Producer Notes: "After aging for 5 years in Bourbon casks, this Single Malt has been divided and finished in Killowen’s own dark rum casks & PX sherry butts. The County Louth malt is the perfect compliment to the marriage of PX sherry flavours of prunes, figs & raisins combined with rum’s tropical Caribbean notes of coconut & vanilla." 55%
GlenAllachie 2006 KWM Oloroso Cask 15 Yr
$163.79
Our first ever exclusive single cask of GlenAllachie has been bottled to help mark our 30th Anniversary. Distilled in 2006 it has been bottled from an Oloroso Sherry Puncheon (cask 4785) at 15 years of age and 59.2%. 686 bottles!
North Star Secret Highland 13 Year 42.9%
$97.74
Distilled at a "Secret Highland Distillery" in 2007, this 13 year old single malt was matured in a First Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt before bottling at 42.9%... curiously low strength!
North Star Orkney 15 Year 59.7%
$134.99
Distilled in 2007, in the "Orkneys", this 15 year old almost certainly Highland Park has been bottled at 59.7%.
Maltbarn Glentauchers 11 Year 2009
$151.99
Our friend Igor - the fine gent who brings these Maltbarn releases to market on our side of the water - is a very judicious and discerning man when it comes to the whisky he imports. If memory serves, he may be as big a fan of Glentauchers' distillate as team KWM as well. When the distillery, the agent, and the brand are all top notch, it's easy to take the plunge on bottles like these.
It's worth noting, too: there were only 146 bottles from a Bourbon cask, which makes me think this may have been a split.
Natural colour, non chill-filtered, and bottled at 53.6%
Whisky Agency Glen Grant 1997
$369.99
A 1997 single cask bottling from one of Scotland's oldest and most iconic distilleries. This Glen Grant from the Whisky Agency was matured in a Hogshead for just shy of a quarter century before being bottled in 2021.
Natural colour, non chill-filtered, and bottled at 47.6%
Whisky Agency Glen Garioch 2009
$140.99
Glen Garioch is one of those odd-man-out distilleries. It's actually quite widely known, but at the same time seems to be shamefully overlooked. The truth is that the core range is just ok. But if you want to peek under the hood and see just how much muscle Glen Garioch actually has, you have to turn to the independent bottlers nowadays. This Whisky Agency/Heads & Tails joint venture is case in point. You're not going to find a more pure representation than a single cask, matured in ex-Bourbon Barrels, bottled completely unadulterated, and at natural cask strength.
Specs: Distilled in 2009, bottled in 2021 at 12 years old. Natural colour, non chill-filtered, and 53.2%.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 91.32
$154.99
REFILL THRILL
This 12 year old Speysider was matured in a 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel and has an abv of 56.4%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet
Distilled on: 2 April 2009
Outturn: 183 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 24.154
$199.99
CONFESSIONS OF A SHERRY CASK
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This 12 year old Speysider has an abv of 63.3%. At 10 years of age selected ex-Oloroso butts from the same distillery were combined; the single malt was then put into a 1st fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 13 October 2008
Outturn: 313 bottles