Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.422
$204.99
TARRED AND TREACLED
This 14 year old from Islay spent 11 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a 1st fill PX hogshead and it comes in at 56.2%.
Flavour profile: Heavily peated
Distilled on: 24 September 2007
Outturn: 287 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 28.86
$123.99
CHILLI-BAKED CASHEWS - MORE COMING NEXT WEEK!
This 9 year old from the Highlands comes in at 60.6% after maturing in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel.
Flavour profile: Spicy & dry
Distilled on: 21 May 2012
Outturn: 237 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 64.138
$147.19
PERFECT FOR TANNIN'
This 13 year old Speysider, at 58.1%, spent 9 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being transferred to 1st fill hybrid hogshead (see tasting note below).
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet
Distilled on: 12 May 2009
Outturn: 219 bottles
Adelphi Glen Elgin 15 Year 55.8%
$194.99
Distilled in 2008 and bottled in 2023, this Glen Elgin was matured for 15 years in a First Fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead, before bottling at 55.6%. 1 of 265 bottles.
Two Brewers Yukon Single Malt Release 38
$107.99
Release 38 is a Peated single malt, the youngest component of which is 10 years old. Bottled at 43%, it is exciting to see the age statement on these Two Brewers releases creeping up.The whisky was matured in a mix of virgin, first fill ex-Bourbon, and second fill ex-Bourbon.
Blending Notes
"The base of this whisky was really three barrels of 11 year old 100% peated whisky we had particularly enjoyed during sampling. It had a very classic peat smoke profile but also a really mature backbone of oak and even a measure of banana custard that was really intriguing. A couple of younger and lighter whiskies were used to buoy those flavours and give them enough space to shine. Peat is still the dominant flavour in this whisky but it’s balanced. The whisky is 71% peated but I’d say it drinks like less than that just because it’s being balanced out a bit."
Barrelling Info
"Smallest portion of this blend was a blend of peated whisky that had seen mostly bourbon barrels with a bit of new oak mixed in. Then some wheat whisky that was in new barrels for 5 years then second fill bourbon for 5 years. Finally the largest portion of the blend is a mash from 2013 that had been sitting in the same virgin oak barrels for 11 years."
Two Brewers Yukon Single Malt Release 39
$107.99
This "Classic" release from Two Brewers has been bottled at 46% primarily from whiskies matured more than 10 years (58%), with some 9 year old whisky (42%). 16 different mashes were used in the blend, mostly matured in American oak, but also custom casks. Two Brewers is coming of age...
About Two Brewers
Yukon Brewery resides in Whitehorse, where it was originally founded under the name Chilkoot Brewing. In 2009, a still was installed. Whisky under the name Two Brewers was first released back 2016. Since then, Two Brewers has kept to a small batch release ethos, where no release is exactly the same as the last.
Cooper`s Choice Ardmore 2008 51.5%
$104.99
2008 single cask Ardmore from the good people at Cooper's Choice.
Non-chill filtered, natural colour, and bottled at 51.5% abv.
Cooper's Choice Secret Orkney 2007 54.5%
$151.99
Quite possibly the industry's worst kept secret. There are only two distilleries on Orkney, and the one that isn't Highland Park doesn't really sell much to the indie bottles. In other words, we can almost guarantee that any 'secret' distillate coming from Orkney originates somewhere other than Scapa.
Only 360 bottles from an ex-Bourbon cask.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 54.5% abv.
Cooper's Choice Bunnahabhain Peat Fruit
$119.99
Young(ish) peated Bunnahabhain that spent a chunk of its life in ex-Bourbon before being reracked into ex-Beaumes de Venise casks. I don't think think we've ever seen anything quite like this one. Only 294 bottles.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered and bottled at 53% abv.