VC Twa Cask Highland Blended Malt

$75.99

Millstone 100 Rye KWM Cask

$87.99

This is our first exclusive cask of 100% rye whisky, as well as our first ever exclusive cask of whisky from the Netherlands. This 100% rye whisky is made from a mash of 50% malted and 50% unmalted rye grain. The rye grain was milled in Dutch windmills, distilled in a pot still and matured in a single virgin American oak cask, bottled at 53.2%. Only 144 bottles! 

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: sweet, creamy and honeyed with fresh Jujubes and dill pickle juice; some orange sherbet and vanilla icing sugars; toasted oak and firm spices; doughy and fresh with a hint of liquorice.

Palate: big, round and earthy; perfumed and oily; more liquorice and assorted fresh Jujubes; tangy citrus meets spicy-oily rye tones; juicy and toasty with Demerara sugars.

Finish: big, rich, bold and lasting; fruits, liquorice and spices linger through a long creamy finish.

Comment: the virgin oak has leant this whisky and maturity and richness beyond its years, also a silky backbone which tames the bold 100 rye spirit.  

Evan's Tasting Note

Nose: Doughy and spicy. Mint, lime jujubes, cloves, rye spices, blackberries, damp earth and leaves in the fall, dark chocolate, espresso, chai plus many different wood notes including oak, pine, juniper maple and cedar.

Palate: Rye bread, pumpernickel, hints of blackstrap molasses, mint, blackberry compote, cherries, black liquorice, wood spices, coffee, nutmeg and a hint of maple syrup.

Finish: Spicy, rich, warm and inviting.

Comments: This is all over the map with sweet, spicy, oily, drying and cooling notes all intermingling. Not quite as thick and syrupy as the Millstone 100 Rye but it shows more spiciness and mint notes.

G&M Distillery Label Imperial 1997

$264.99

Imperial is likely to be the next closed distillery whisky to fall victim to out of control Whiskyflation. I am by the way claiming credit for that word… Imperial was closed in 1998 and demolished in 2013 after it was discovered the distillery was not in good enough condition to reopen. A modern new “green distillery” Dalmunach was built in its place! Bottled at 43%, after matruing in First Fill & Refill Sherry

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: soft leather and rich sherry strike first; dark fruits, chocolate and damp cigar tobcco; maple syrup and French roast coffee dregs with Demerara sugar; candied fruits and big orange. 

Palate: creamy, fruity and nutty; loads of sherry tones: appricots, cooked raisins and figs soaking in honey; melting butter and maple syrup on wholewheat blueberry pancakes; soft nutty tones and a side of honeydew melon.

Finish: long and gentle with fading sweet syrup, butter and fruit tones. 

Comment: this is more sherried than Gordon Macphail's 1996 Imperial, but still a light, delicate malt; another lovely expression of Imperial, a malt tht will soon be affected by Whiskyflation; the youngest whiskies from the distillery are now 22 years of age or older...

Producer Tasting Note

Nose without Water Sweet Sherry influences with vanilla, red apple, and dried fruit aromas. Plum and chopped walnut notes develop lifted by a touch of lemon peel. Palate without Water Sweet initially followed by cracked black pepper, orange, and hints of chocolate. Liquorice undertones mingle with charred oak on the finish. Nose with Water Aromas of prunes in syrup, raspberry, and cocoa powder combine with brown sugar. A subtle crystallised rose petal note is detected. Palate with Water Sweet and creamy with hints of cinnamon spice, dried cherry, and orange flavours mingle with chocolate on the tongue. A subtle hint of leather leads to oak on the finish. Body Medium. Finish Long and fruity with lingering spice.

Carn Mor Blair Athol 5 Year

$76.99

Yamazakura Blended Japanese Whisky

$69.99

First Edition Glen Grant 1992 25 Year

$179.99

Macaloney's Blended Malt Highland

$92.99

Compass Box No Name No. 2

$171.99

Bottled at 48.9%, this second edition of No Name, by Compass Box, is composed of predominantly Caol Ila, blended with Clynelish, Talisker and a mystery Highland Blend. Composed of whiskies matured in Sherry seasoned oak, American oak Hogshead and French oak. 88pts Whisky Fun.

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: round, creamy, doughy, floral and fruity with a summer-y maritime effervescence; juicy, malty and honeyed with a velvety nose feel; oodles of citrus: juicy orange, lemon oil and dried apricots; a firm hint of clean smoke emerges later, with soft muddy oily peat and a touch of potpourri. 

Palate: starts bold and creamy, going through waves of flavour and intensity; buttery-creamy vanilla, tarry peat and cigar ash; chocolaty with hot spices: is that Talisker chili oil poking through?; seafood-y Caol Ila notes are there too; juicy citrus, chewy malt, melons, apricot and even a touch of tropical fruits; salted caramel, fennel seeds and Dutch licorice.

Finish: long, coating and creamy with soft vanilla, bright fruits and hot spices; cigar smoke and tarry peat; like the palate, lots of layers.

Comment: anyone hoping for a repeat of No Name No.1 will be disappointed; those in search of a complex, layered and elegant pleated malt will find themselves full satisfied; a worthy successor to the first release!

Producer Tasting Note: "Highly complex peatiness and smokiness, accented by delicate cherry fruit notes. Full and concentrated on the palate, an interplay of peaty flavours develops throughout the long, satisfying finish."

Producer Description: "For this, the second Limited Edition of the No Name series, we’re again allowing the whisky to speak for itself. Still very smoky indeed, there is a new depth and delicacy. To borrow a musical analogy, No Name was peat as power chord; No Name, No. 2 has brought some harmonics to the party. Built around an elegantly smoky Islay malt matured in refill Sherry butts, the second peated whisky we have used comes from the Isle of Skye. To these we added some old and ethereal single malt whisky from the Northern Highland village of Brora and just a dash of malt whisky finished in new French oak to add an underlying richness."

"No Name, No. 2 will transport you straight to the peat bogs and malt kilns of Scotland’s West Coast. Weighty on the palate, hugely complex and concentrated, No Name, No. 2 also introduces a degree of delicacy. Our second whisky in the series offers an elegant mix of dried fruit notes, reminiscent of red cherries, and even a floral quality. Those who snapped up No Name, and who are familiar with The Peat Monster, will love this latest exploration of the smoky whisky spectrum. No Name, No. 2 proves that peat is far from one-dimensional."

88pts Whisky Fun

"Hold on, N°2, isn’t that a name? And isn’t ‘no name’ a name as well? Love these wee paradoxes, they’re always fun. It’s like that story about some Iranian politicians who never knew how to write, in their new constitution, that it was henceforth forbidden to write the word ‘wine’. Anyway, this new baby should be rather peaty… Colour: white wine. Nose: new wellies, new tyres, new Ford, then ice wine, fresh walnuts and paraffin, then more fresh walnuts, mashed potatoes and honeysuckle. It is pretty complex, and not that peaty! Mouth: smart. Starts very dry, ashy, tarry and almost new-plastic-like again, but gets then progressively fruitier, almost bonbony. Melon sweets, Jell-O, wine gums… All that while a grassier, more peppery peat keeps singing in the back. This baby’s almost like a big band, with a roaring rhythm section and the soloists taking their turns one after the other. Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Clark Terry… Indeed, the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Finish: long and more coastal. Seawater, lemons, oysters, waxes. Comments: it is clearly coastal, and really very excellent. The packaging is superb, the price a little less so. But this is 2019, is it not. SGP:566 - 88 points."

GlenAllachie 1989 Cask 100049 29 Year

$599.99

This 29 year old GlenAllachie single cask was bottled at 58.1% after maturing in a Single Sherry Butt.

Producer Tasting Note

Nose: An infusion of marmalade, bananas, sweet spices with a hint of fresh leather.

Tate: A compote of bananas, sultanas and mocha with delicate oak wood.