Cotswolds Peated Cask Single Malt
$129.99
This Single Malt Whisky from Cotswolds Distillery was aged in ex-peated quarter casks (hmm, which distillery could those be from...). The peated casks lend nuance and, well, notes of peat to the unpeated Cotswolds Whisky.
Quarter casks, to be exact. These 125-litre casks typically offer big flavour and influence on the maturing whisky within a shorter amount of time when compared to a full-size 200 Litre Barrel or 250 Litre Hogshead. Big wood influence, yeah, but don't expect this to be a peat monster, by any means.
It's also pretty cool that this is all floor-malted local barley (Anchor and Fermentis varieties). Love the 'grain to glass' ethos!
2,950 bottles. Natural colour, non-chill-filtered, and bottled at 60.2%
High Coast Solera Single Malt Whisky
$194.99
The High Coast Solera is a whisky matured as the name implies, is a solera system. The upper casks are ex-BOurbon, while the final cask is made of 225L Swedish oak casks. 56% 500ml
Producer Description
"The Solera 02 from High Coast Distillery in Sweden. Traditionally Spanish in concept, Uniquely Nordic in its implementation and character.
A Solera is a maturation system based on fractional blending of younger spirits with older ones, developing character complexity. Each bottling holds a portion of whisky from the very first batch, like DNA. With every release, the whiskies gradually increase in age making each one unique. High Coast Distillery built a six-story Solera System in one of their warehouses. At the base are the Solera barrels, 225-litre Swedish oak barrels. Bottling happens at this level and the above 5 floors of ‘criaderas’ are bourbon barrels that hold 200 litres of whisky descending in age. The top criadera is the youngest where High Coast adds its proud distillate to mingle its way down - with barrels continuously topped up from the barrels above. Maturing through years of relentlessly cold winters, hot summers, and humid falls, this bold single malt whisky emerged."
Casey Jones Wheated Bourbon
$97.99
The whisky staff at KWM recently had a chance to try this bottle when Cody from the distillery was travelling through Alberta. Like the rest of the Casey Jones lineup, this is very well put together and drinks superbly even in relative youth. The Wheated Bourbon is made from a four-grain mash bill that includes 26.5% Bloody Butcher Corn, 26.5% Yellow Dent Corn, 35% Wheat, and 12% Malted Barley. It is aged for at least three years and bottled at 55%.
Lucky Seven The Holiday Toast Bourbon
$129.99
Bottled at 57.5%, The Holiday Toast from Lucky Seven Spirits is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon that was finished in heavily toasted virgin American Oak Barrels. The finishing touch results in a robust dram that offers notes of cranberry, cinnamon, ginger, toffee apples, nutmeg, and holiday cheer.
Old Ezra 7 Year Full Proof Rye
$88.99
Bottled at a robust 57%, the Old Ezra Rye is a blend of 51% Rye Mash, and 95% Rye Mash Whiskey from MGP/Ross & Squibb Distillery of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
Clydeside Stobcross Lowland Single Malt
$73.99
Clydeside is another one of Scotland's freshman distilleries, or as we like to call them around here, the new kids on the block (insert favorite NKOTB song reference here; you know Andrew would). The distillery - one of Scotland's prettiest now - perches alongside the river Clyde in the heart of Glasgow. And while the distillery was officially founded about five years ago, the Inaugural release has only just made it to Canada. Albeit, in small quantities, as we'd expect.
So many new distilleries; what a time to be alive!
46%
James Eadie Auchroisk 12 Year
$134.99
Bottled at a cask strength of 55.8% after maturing 12 years in a First Fill ex-Bourbon Barrel.
James Eadie Dailuaine 10 Year
$90.99
Distilled in 2011 and bottled at 46% after maturing 10 years in Refill ex-Bourbon and First Fill Hogsheads.
James Eadie Linkwood 10 Year
$91.99
Distilled in 2010, and matured in Recharred ex-Bourbon Hogsheads for 10 years, before bottling at 46%.