Scotch Malt Whisky Society 1.262
$154.99
A COMMUNE OF DELIGHTS
This 8 year old Speysider spent 5 years in an ex-bourbon barrel before being transferred to a 1st fill Cosecha wine barrique, and has an abv of 60.3%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet
Distilled on: 26 February 2013
Outturn: 209 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 9.235
$244.99
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
This 19 year old Speysider spent 15 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before spending the last 4 years of its maturation in a 1st fill Oloroso hogshead, and its abv is 55.8%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet
Distilled on: 2 March 2004
Outturn: 255 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 36.187
$140.24
HELLENISTIC ALCHEMY
This 12 year old Speysider spent 10 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a 1st fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead, and comes in at 56.5%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 8 June 2009
Outturn: 297 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 66.213
$122.39
BACK OF THE SEASONING CUPBOARD
This 10 year old Highlander comes in at 59.9% after maturing in a 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel.
Flavour profile: Lightly peated
Distilled on: 27 October 2010
Outturn: 208 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 42.77
$179.99
COCKTAIL OF ASH AND BRINE
This 13 year old from a Highland Island comes in at 58.3% after maturing in a refill ex-bourbon barrel.
Flavour profile: Peated
Distilled on: 21 February 2008
Outturn: 306 bottles
North Star Caol Ila 8 Year Charity Btl
$75.99
This lil treat was bottled specially for CHAS (Children's Hospices Across Scotland). It's also the second North Star charity bottling we've seen over the last few months. Gotta hand it to Iain Croucher and the North Star team; they're putting their money where their mouth is.
The outturn was 600 bottles from a Refill Sherry Butt, but you'd be hard pressed to consider this much of a sherried malt. What it is, however, is a tasty and surpisingly balanced young Islay malt. The kind of dram peatheads spend their days hunting for.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered and bottled at 51%.
Whisky Sponge Caol Ila 2009 Ed. No.66
$238.49
Producer Note
"A hearty and juicy Caol Ila fully matured in refill sherry. A single 2nd fill sherry butt filled in 2009, matured for 12 years and bottled at natural cask strength of 56.3%. Sherry and peat can be uneasy bedfellows in modern whisky, but this cask shows a lovely balanced profile of gently salty and gamey sherry with big, syrupy and tarry peat smoke. Please sip it in your local den of iniquity while 'chasing the Cooo-nicorn'."
Whisky Sponge Dailuaine 1997 Ed. No.64
$384.99
Producer Note
"Whisky Sponge Edition No.64 is a mix of two refill hogsheads of 1997 Dailuaine, bottled at natural cask strength of 48.8% after 25 years of maturation. A rather lush and juicy example of Dailuaine. Classic, fuller-bodied Speyside in style with sweet biscuity richness, yellow fruits and soft, peppery waxiness. Two reasonably low-volume hoggies were mashed together and this is the rather delectable 25 year old result. Shows plenty maturity at a hyper-gluggable natural strength without any overt woody elements. Braw! Please enjoy this Dailuaine quietly in a forest glade while wearing a cape and pretending you are in an expensive cinema advert for life insurance."
Whisky Sponge Edradour 2005 Equilibrium2
$255.49
Created from a parcel of peated (Ballechin) and unpeated Edradour, distilled in 2005. Both whiskies matured exclusively in 2nd Fill Sherry Hogsheads for 16 years before bottling at 55%. 87.6pts Whiskybase
Producer Note
"Equilibrium is our ongoing attempt to create whiskies that display a balanced sherry and peat flavour profile. Always featuring the two single malts from Edradour distillery. This second release is a mix of a 2005 Edradour and a 2005 Ballechin, both matured full term for 16 years in 2nd fill sherry hogsheads and bottled with slight reduction at 55%. We're very happy with the result. It's a slightly lighter and more subtle expression than Equilibrium One, showing more complex earthy notes, dry wood smoke, herbs, cured meats, dark fruits and tobaccos. Layered, rich and highly sessionable. We think anyone who enjoys peat and sherry together will find plenty to enjoy here."