Timorous Beastie 18 Year
$144.99
An 18 year old Highland Blended Malt, named for the wee beastie immortalized in Burns' poem "To a Mouse". Bottled at 46% without colouring or chill-filtration.
Producer Description
"Timorous Beastie 18 Years Old is beautifully aged, Highland “Vatted” Malt, that is proudly offered without colouring or chill-filtration. Bottled at 46.8% alcohol strength, Timorous Beastie 18 Years Old's tasting notes include gentle spices, complemented by honey, vanilla and juicy barley. The third release under the brand to carry an age statement, Timorous Beastie 18 Years Old follows 2016’s globally acclaimed 40 Years Old and 21 Years Old bottlings."
North Star Sirius 31 Year Blend Malt
$214.99
A curious new Blended Malt Scotch Whisky from the chaps at North Star Spirits. The whisky looks sherried, but it is actually matured entirely in First Fill ex-Bourbon Barrels. The whisky is a from a parcel of casks filled in 1988 and bottled last year at 43.1%. 88.81% Whisky Base!
Compass Box The Circle
$164.99
A lightly peated limited edition Blended Malt built around a special parcel of Tamdhu, the circle was also created with Clynelish matured in sherry, peated Orkney malt and Highland blended malt matured in French oak. The blend was created with Rosey Mitchell, the winning bartender from Compass Box's global, The Circle Competition. Bottled at 46%.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: decadent, doughy and fruity; apple strudel dusted with powdered sugar; Juicy Fruit (gum) and orange Starburts, very floral and waxy with candied ginger, salted caramel and Demerara sugars; a side of vanilla bean ice cream and melted butter.
Palate: soft, floral, malty, fruit and waxy; toasty oak leads in to buttery vanillans and finally floral tones; waxy and very fruity with a hint of clean smoke and muddy peat; very orange-y with melons, loads of honey and baked apples dusted in powdered sugar.
Finish: light but long with coating, warming and mouth watering oils; decadent, fruity, floral and spicy with a touch of smoke.
Comment: one of the freshest Compass Box whiskies we've had in some time; bright and fruity it has summer written all over it!
Producer Description: "Rosey Mitchell is the 2018 winner of The Circle, our programme designed to inspire bartenders around the world. Rosey’s prize? To create a blend with Compass Box founder John Glaser and whiskymaker Jill Boyd. Rosey wanted to make an approachable whisky to be shared with friends, something for the daytime, a whisky with brightness. She called it “sunshine in a glass.”
"The Circle is based around a parcel of fruity and creamy single malt from the Tamdhu Distillery in Speyside. This is supported by malt whisky from the Clynelish Distillery. A touch of peated malt whisky from an Orkney distillery and a small proportion of a French oak-finished blended malt whisky complete the recipe. We think we’ve achieved exactly what Rosey envisaged. The whisky is bright and warm with a creamy softness. It practically radiates sunlight!"
Old Perth 23 Year Blended Malt
$176.24
Limit 1 Per Customer - Coming Wednesday July 31
We had the 22 year old sister bottling last fall. This 23 year old is getting some good early reviews, unfortunately we are only getting a dozen bottles, so it won't last long. Just 515 bottles available globally, from a sherry cask, bottled at 44.9%.
Like a lot of the other sherried, mystery blended malts out there, this whisky is believe to be ex-Edrington stock, vatted together for botting as a Famous Grouse Blended Malt. The whisky was never used, and has been sitting in casks ever since. It likely contains malt whisky from Macallan, Highland Park, Tamdhu, Glenrothes, Glenturret and others.
Scallywag 10 Year Blended Malt
$91.99
This 10 year old Blended Malt is composed of Speyside whiskies, matured entirely in Oloroso & Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks. Bottled at 46%, the whisky is a limited edition, celebrating the brands 10th Anniversary, 70th in dog years...
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Sweet with red fruits, mocha & honeycomb.
Palate: Spices run to cocoa, milky cereal & toasted oak.
Finish: Lingering cinnamon, plums & brown sugar.
Producer Description
"Our Scallywag 10 Years Old Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky is a limited edition celebrating our 70 years in the Whisky industry in "dog years". Combining Speyside Single Malts which have been 100% matured in Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez casks, Scallywag 10 Years Old is bottled at 46% and proudly without colouring or chill-filtration."
Scallywag 12 Year Ltd. Ed. Blended Malt
$98.99
Bottled at a natural cask strength of 53.6%, this limited edition of Scallywag, is composed of Speyside malts, and have been 100% matured in Oloroso & Pedro Ximenez Sherry Casks!
Producer's Tasting Note
"On the nose, detect richly imbued, dark macerated fruits and molasses – all jam-packed with spices. The palate is as opulent and sweet as anticipated, with a treacle and maple syrup style, amongst its vanilla pods and the Malted barley… all of which attractively combine into a long and distinctively moreish finish, with gentle tail-ending spices."
Producer Description
"Our Scallywag 12 Years Old is a limited edition expression combining Speyside Single Malts which have been 100% Sherry matured in Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez casks. This bottling is offered to you at natural cask strength of 53.6%, natural colour and non-chill filtered."
North Star Vega 1990 28Year Blended Malt
$149.99
Another probably ex-Edrington Blended Malt Scotch Whisky from North Star spirits. Bottled at 46.7%, the whisky was matured in a mix of European and American oak casks. 800 bottles produced globally, it is averaging 88.73/100 on Whisky Base.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: polished new leather shoes, Christmas cake, tobacco and maple syrup; Jujubes, honey and vanilla; earthy with a touch of musty dunnage warehouses; nutty with Demerara sugars and orange rinds.
Palate: juicy, fruity and malty; old school sherry; dry, nutty and leathery with a sweet backbone; more polished new leather, walnuts and candied orange coated in dark chocolate; more Demerara, Christmas cake, jujubes and more maple syrup; becomes spicier and seems to show a faint touch of peat.
Finish: medium, drying and coating with the chocolate, tobacco and spices in control.
Comment: for a 28 year old heavily sherried whisky this is superb value at $150; more Macallan than Highland Park; dangerously drinkable.
Compass Box Oak Cross
$69.99
Part of the core range from Compass Box - the Oak Cross is a blended malt that is given a secondary period of maturation in specialised casks fitted with new French oak heads.
Producer Description
A rich, medium-bodied blended malt Scotch whisky, OAK CROSS combines vanilla characters from American oak and spicy, clove-like characters from French oak. We begin by sourcing whiskies from three single malt distilleries; one for its ethereal fruity character, one for its enchanting perfume and one that lends a complex and substantial structure to the blend.
All are aged in American oak casks before we place a portion into innovative hybrid casks featuring heavily toasted new French oak heads. These give the whisky an added richness and spice-like complexity. By carefully blending back the French oak-aged whisky with its American oak-aged forebear, we are able to create a refined, rich, but well-mannered malt whisky, with fruity aspects that will remind you of baked apple or pears, complemented by a rich, toasty oak character.
Compass Box Myths & Legends III
$274.99
One of 3 whiskies released as part of the Compass Box Myths & Legends Series, released to debunk common "whisky myths". Myth three, the single malts used in Blends and Blended Malts are always better on their own than blended with other whiskies. If you subscribe to this theory, you clearly don't know Compass Box. To prove their point Compass Box took the creation Myths & Legends II and blended it with peated single malts from two celebrated island distilleries. 46%.
Producer Description
"Scotch whisky has a rich array of stories, myths and legends. However, what start as myths can become received wisdom, influencing our understanding and restricting our enjoyment. We have deployed blending to challenge assumptions, biases and prejudices concerning Scotch in this limited edition series we call Myths & Legends."
"For Myths & Legends III we have taken some of the same parcels of malt whisky used in Myths & Legends II and added peated malt whiskies from a pair of celebrated island distilleries. Some would object to our actions on principle. Famous single malts are always too precious for blending, they say; the sanctity of the category seems to take precedence over quality."
"However, thanks to our parcels of well-regarded malt whiskies, the tropical fruit and butterscotch notes of Myths & Legends II are now further enriched by a deep and enchantingly aromatic smoke profile. Never blend the famous names? The breadth of generous and complex flavours found in Myths & Legends III dismantles such superstitious thinking."