Westland American Single Malt
$87.99
Seattle's Westland distillery has built quite a name and reputation for itself. In fact, even whisky (or whiskey, in this case) snobs have hunted down, collected, and coveted the Garryana oak range.
As for the casking for this flagship expression: virgin oak, ex-Bourbon, and ex-Oloroso, in a whole bunch of combinations of sizes and generations (first fill, second fill, etc). Some decently loud wood, if not necessarily able to tame this youthful spirit, at least has the gumption to toe up with its own aggression. It makes for a neatly harmonized chorus.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 46% abv.
Cooper`s Choice Dalmunach Winter Fruits
$109.99
Port-finished young malt from one of Scotland's newest (and biggest!) distilleries. The distillery was founded in 2015, and this was bottled in 2022, so the math says this one is definitely still on the young side, but we all know how scarce Port-casked whisky seems to be. It also seems to work well in youth.
Only 360 bottles.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 56.5% abv.
Deanston 12 Year
$80.99
A robust old school styled malt from a youngish distillery (in terms of Scotch whisky, at least). And we'll forever be grateful for that bump strength.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 46.3%.
Smokehead Terminado Islay Single Malt
$105.99
The latest Smokehead line extension is Terminado, a Tequila cask finished Islay single malt, reputedly from Ardbeg, bottled at 43%.
Producer Description
"Terminado brings together Smokehead Islay single malt with tequila. It’s the meeting of two restless spirits – and the awakening of a mesmerising whisky. There, in this tequila cask finish, fiery peat awakes with wild agave. Smoke mixes with chewy meringue. And citrus spins with sweetness. You ain’t tasted nothing like this before."
Wolfburn Northland Single Malt
$83.99
Matured in American Oak quarter casks. Ex-Islay casks, at that. And we all know who uses quarter casks on Islay, right? Northland is sort of the flagship expression in the Wolfburn range, and quite a dcent 'hopping on' point.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 46% abv
Signatory Linkwood 2012 46%
$149.99
10-year-old 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry finished Linkwood... go on... Bottled at 46% from a pair of sherry butts, 201 + 203, without colouring or chillfiltering!
Signatory Benrinnes 2010 46%
$149.99
Filled into cask on the 23 of September in 2010, the whisky was bottled after 12 years in January of 2023, after finished in First Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts. Bottled at 46% without colouring or chillfiltration.
Old & Rare Knockdhu 31 Year
$774.99
We didn't want to like this one. Let's face it, the price is high for a distillery that isn't on most folks' radar. But then we tried it. And, well... it's on our shelves. That should tell you all you need to know. Only a couple bottles available. Move fast. Trust us, you want this one.
351 bottles from a refill barrel. Currently sitting at 90.00 pts on Whiskybase.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at a natural cask strength of 46.6% abv.
Rare Find Longmorn 1999
$384.99
Rare find, indeed. In fact, we didn't even realize this was available until it was pointed out to us. This 22-year-old Longmorn was distilled in 1999 and bottled in 2012 from Refill Bourbon Barrel No. 80036.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 54.3% abv.