G&M Discovery Glenrothes 11 Year
$99.99
Glenrothes in Sherry. Makes sense. A lot of times, indie bottlings are pretty drastic departures from a distillery's widely recognized profile, but every now and again we end up with something that sticks closer to the tried and true. This one is of comparable age, drinking strength, and obviously cask type, to core range bottlings from the distillery... but almost certainly better. Because let's face it, Gordon & MacPhail have a sort of 'Midas Touch' with Sherry casks. A sure bet at just shy of three figures (that penny still counts).
43% abv
Woodford Reserve Rye Whiskey
$61.99
Rye takes centre stage in this Woodford bottle. Made with a mashbill of 53% Rye, 33% Corn, and 14% Malted Barley. Bottled at 45.2%, like much of the Woodford Reserve lineup.
Indri Single Malt Indian Whisky
$84.99
Bottled at 46%
Producer Description
"The seed for the nectar of the gods was sown in the barren desert. Many millennia have passed since barley has bloomed in the inhospitable climate of Rajasthan. For our uncompromising quest to create the finest spirits, we use the traditional Indian six row barley, which is cultivated using old indigenous practices that rely on organic and sustainable methods. The yield may be smaller but it lends a fruity and floral distinctive taste to the spirits."
Rock Island Rum Cask Edition
$124.99
Bottled at 46.8% after finishing in Plantation Caribbean Rum Casks.
Producer Description
"The wild, sea-salted shores of Scotland’s whisky islands are met by the warm and sun-soaked shores of the Caribbean in this limited-edition bottling. A new depth of character has been achieved by finishing our maritime spirit in Plantation Rum Casks predominantly from the Caribbean, including from the island countries of Jamaica, Trinidad, and Barbados."
Timorous Beastie Meet the Beast 2023
$123.99
Bottled at 54.3% this is a cask-strength bottling of Timorous Beastie.
Producer Description
"The latest Timorous Beastie ‘Meet the Beast’ limited edition is here and more monstrous than ever! This new release features an incredible, innovative ‘Illusion’ pack which brings this special bottling to life! Using specially designed glasses, included in the pack, get ready to Meet the Beast!
The Gauldrons Cask Strength Edition
$119.99
This is the second cask-strength edition of the Gauldrons Campbeltown Blended Malt. Possibly one of the low-key best Campbeltown blends if you can find it, this version of the Gauldrons has been bottled at 52.8%.
Producer Description
"A marriage of aged single cask single malts exclusively from the elusive Campbeltown region of Scotland. This is a limited edition release of only 3,120 bottles."
Nomad Reserve 10 Year
$112.99
What happens if you age and/or bottle Scottish Whisky outside of Scotland? In most cases, you can no longer call it Scotch whisky!. That is part of the story behind Nomad Outland Whisky, which is made from a blend of Scotch Whiskies that were shipped to Jerez, Spain to mature.
The Nomad reserve 10 Year Old Triple Cask spends 6 years in Scotland, quietly maturing in American Oak ex-Sherry Casks. After this, the whisky is sent to Spain for further maturing in PX Sherry Casks and then further, further maturation in Oloroso Sherry Casks.
The result is bottled at 43.1% ABV, because 43% is obviously far too low.
From The Producer Marketing Department
"There was a time when the nomads revealed places, cultures and knowledge to us together with a different way of looking at life . Today, everything is changing and it seems that there is nothing left to discover, that the whole world enjoys the same things, at the same time and very fast. But there is always an exception to the rule. We simply need to sharpen our senses and look beyond the horizon, like a true nomad, to discover something new and authentic, a new frontier that only we have reached."
Tomintoul White Port Finish
$78.99
A cask-led young Tomintoul that was first matured in ex-Bourbon barrels before being finished in White Port barriques from Portugal. White Port is not a cask type we see very often in the whisky world. This should be a fun and fruity one from the distillery that produces 'the gentle dram' (their words, not ours).
43% abv
Black Bull Peated Edition Blended Scotch
$54.99
Indie Bottler Duncan Taylor has been producing Black Bull Blended Scotch Whisky since the 1990s, but the brand was actually started more than a century before that. The blend was first introduced back in 1864 and has undergone quite a few iterations since. The two things that set Black Bull apart from many other blends are its high malt content and using 50% ABV as its standard bottling strength.
This Peated Edition of Black Bull contains a larger portion of peated malt whisky than the usual bottlings. It is a blend of 50% malt and 50% grain whisky, once again bottled at 50% ABV.