Glenkinchie 12 Year
$97.99
Glenkinchie has long been known as "The Edinburgh Malt", though that looks set to change in very short order, as the Holyrood Distillery comes online in the heart of Scotland's capital. But nicknames aside, Glenkinchie really should need little in the way of introduction. It has become one of the foremost examples of what we consider the 'typical' Lowlands style: light, floral, elegant.
43% abv
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Aromatic, vanilla, cut flowers and beneath, a clean, toasty note. Increasingly sweet and creamy, with fresh citrus, lemon cheesecake.
Palate: Crisp mid-palate then butter icing, lemon cheesecake and freesias.
Finish: Herbal and drying, a little like potpourri.
Lismore 15 Year
$104.99
The Lismore 15 year - showing balanced malt and a lighter touch of sherry than its older siblings. 40%
Glengoyne 10 Year
$84.99
Only 12 miles from Glasgow, and although a Highland by definition, these whiskies are known for a more Lowland style due to the use of unpeated malt. Also unique is the choice of sherry used for cask finishing. Instead of the more common olorosso wood, Glengoyne uses predominately palo cortado, resulting in more nutty flavors. This version has a light nose, and is creamy smooth with notes of vanilla.
Glen Grant 18 Year
$211.99
The Glen Grant 18-Year-Old is aged in (surprise!) oak casks. Given the producer tasting notes below it likely has some sherry cask influence in the mix. Bottled at 43%.
Glen Scotia Double Cask Rum Finish
$83.99
Bottled at 46% this Glen Scotia is finished in Guyanese demerara rum barrels.
SMWS 53.471 BACON BAKED IN TREACLE
$274.99
BACON BAKED IN TREACLE FRUITCAKE
This small batch 15 year old from Islay is the result of two ex-bourbon hogsheads, one being transferred at 11 years old to a 1st fill PX hogshead and the other at 10 years old to a refill oloroso hogshead, then being married together for the remainder of maturation; the abv is 58.5%.
Flavour profile: Peated
Distilled on: 1 September 2008
Outturn: 478 bottles
Glen Scotia 10 Year
$89.99
We'd prefer to see this bottled at 46%, but we aren't disappointed to see it none the less. Bottled at 40%.
Dalmore 12 Year
$114.99
Matured in American Oak ex-Bourbon the whisky and "finessed in rare and aged oloroso sherry casks." 40%
Dalmore is located in the Northern Highlands of Scotland on the Firth of Cromarty. It gazes accross at the Black Isle, a peninsula with some of the most fertile soil in the UK. Dalmore was converted into a sea-mine factory in WWI by the US Navy who built the long "Yankey Pier" which still juts out into the firth. The distillery is the jewel in the crown of Whyte and MacKay.
Master Blender and Fancy Watch/Tie Aficionado Richard Paterson says: "With its intricate aromas and flavours, The Dalmore 12 is recognised as a whisky with character far beyond its age."
Whisky Agency Ardmore 2005
$178.49
A mainland peated malt from Ardmore. Distilled in 2005, matured for 16 years in a Hogshead, and bottled in 2022.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 51.3% abv