Compass Box Hedonism Maximus
$233.99
Compass Box is Scotland's finest producer of blended Scotch whisky, Their boutique blends are elegant, smooth and sophisticated. The label is an homage to Andrew Usher & Co. Old Vatted Glenlivet from the early 1900's. "Taste: the oak is a bit top heavy on arrival, but lush malt cushions its impact to a degree, still juicy and tongue teasing... Bourbon Maximus" 93pts Jim Murray's Whisky Bible.
Compass Box Peat Monster Reserve 1.5L
$139.49
This special edition "Big" Peat Monster is composed of single malts from Caol Ila and Laphroaig distilleries on Islay, Ardmore which is a peated Speyside single malt and a touch of Clynelish from the Northern Highlands. "Nose: comfortably thickish smoke, and a dusting of peppers: complex and well balanced; Taste: silky soft malty oils cleverly disguise the big punchy peat which is to follow; lovely touch of golden syrup here and there, but mainly towards the delivery: finish: smoky sweetened mocha."
Deanston Virgin Oak Scotch
$42.74
Compass Box Double Single
$143.99
18 year-old Glen Elgin (76 percent) and 21 year-old Port Dundas (24 percent) both aged in American oak. The combination yields a full, soft palate of flavours reminiscent of pear fruit, maltiness, vanilla and creme brulee. The grain whisky creates a lovely, soft, sweet pillow on which the malt whisky flavours luxuriate. This is just the way great blended Scotch whisky should be.
Compass Box Flaming Heart 2018
$196.99
The 6th edition of Compass Box's legendary Flaming Heart Release is here. The 2018 Edition has introduced a subtle sherry cask influence to compliment the bold new French oak and medium-Peaty tones of the classic recipe. Bottled at 48.9% with just a smidge over 15,000 bottles have been released world-wide, as have 800 Magnums.
From the Producer: "This is our sixth edition of Flaming Heart, a whisky born of oak, smoke and fire. In this 2018 edition, we have reintroduced a subtle sherry-cask influence that adds an additional layer of complexity and richness. A medium smoky-peaty base is enriched by a sweet maltiness and notes of baking spices and dried fruit. It’s a whisky to enjoy late into the night, perfect served neat or paired with rich cheeses.
"Bottled at 48.9% / Not chill-filtered / Natural colour / First released in 2006, Flaming Heart was the first whisky to combine the rich, complex spice of Scotch aged in new French oak with the evocative peat-fired smoke of Islay malt. It created a genre-defying style that was smouldering, spicy, complex – and so popular that we’ve re-released it five more times in the years that followed."
Producer's Tasting Note: “A medium smoky-peaty base is enriched by a sweet maltiness and notes of baking spices and dried fruit. Full on the palate and very long.”
Duthies Highland Park 18 Year
$87.29
My Tasting Note: Nose: honey and gentle smoke; Palate: malty, very malty, like a hoppy ale; there is sherry here, though it seems subdued; its sweet with lots of honey, gentle smoke and earthy notes which come both from the peat and the cask; the whisky is very spicy, and these develop more with time: Finish: long, full and warming with tingling spices, soft sweet peat and more honey;
Amrut Intermediate Sherry Single Malt
$109.99
This fine Indian single malt is matured in Ex-Bourbon before transferring to sherry casks, which were shipped to India without sherry in them to avoid the use of a sulphur stick. The whisky is then transfered back into Ex-Bourbon for finishing.
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: Instead of the usual biscuit aroma, we now get moist cake. And my word: is it fruity and spicy!! Love the freshly waxed oak floor, too. Brain-explodingly complex and multi-layered with one of the most intriguing sherry-style-bourbon-style marriages on the market.
Taste: Cracking delivery and entirely unique in form. The structure is decidedly oak-based, but acts as no more than a skeleton from which the juicy sultana and spices drape. Salivating, too, as the barley kicks in powerfully. But the liquorice-orangey-honeycomb bourbon theme quietly shapes the flavour profile; the spices pulse and glow.
Finish: Quite a chunk of natural caramel quietens the more exuberant characteristics; long and elegant.
Glenrothes 1988
$89.99
Benriach 1976 33 Year
$261.89
Distillers Tasting Note: "Nose: Tropical fruits and almond essence. Sweet vanilla notes. Palate: Clean and very tropical. Bursting with lots of ripe pineapple and coconut." This is the only bottling we received from the Batch 7 releases which isn't finished, matured instead in a single hogshead cask for 33 years. Only 221 bottles have been released world-wide, with but 6 coming in to Canada.