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.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1990 S22
$1,524.99
This 32 year old Glenfarclas was released as part of the Summer 2022 (S22) Glenfarclas Family Cask range. It was filled into a Sherry Butt in 1990, and has been bottled at 51.3%. 91.57pts Whiskybase
Wolfburn 10 Year Single Malt Scotch
$114.99
Wolfburn turns 10! We've been waiting a long time (ummm... ten years, maybe?) to see this distillery come of age. Wolfburn was a footnote in Scottish distilling history, lost 150 years ago, and little more than a pile of rubble with an immaculate water source when the decision was made to resurrect the name. Raising the old distillery from the dead was impossible, of course, but that didn't mean a new Wolfburn couldn't be commissioned onsite. Fast forward a decade and a bit, and we now have a thriving distillery in Caithness.
Seeing as this is the distillery's first 10-year-old, don't expect it to last long.
Producer Note: "A significant milestone for the Wolfburn distillery – this 10-year-old single malt is its first permanent age statement release. The whisky spent its full maturation in second-fill oloroso sherry casks resulting in a sumptuously sweet, fruit-laden profile, backed by dense oak and silky caramel."
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 46% abv.
Old Malt Cask Glen Garioch 13 Year
$121.99
Distilled in 2008, this 13 year old Glen Garioch was matured in a Refill Hogshead cask, and has been bottled at 50%, as is common practice for the Old Malt Cask Range.
G&M Private Collection Tomintoul 1972
$3,199.99
This 1972 vintage Tomintoul has been bottled under the Private Collection range by Gordon & MacPhail, at 43%, after maturing 48 years in a Refill Hogshead Cask. This is a curious malt, by all accounts, with the exception of a 50 year old Samaroli bottling, it is the oldest Tomintoul ever bottled!
Lismore 21 Year
$164.99
This Whisky appeared on Day 8 of our 2023 KWM Whisky Calendar. You can read more about it here.
The Lismore 21 Year is back, with a sharp (although retro) new look. They have done away with the decanter and leather tube, but otherwise the juice is still the same. Is it from Glenfarclas? It might be... but the producers aren't telling!
G&M Private Collection Dallas Dhu 1981
$2,799.99
No one other than Gordon & MacPhail has bottled a Dallas Dhu since 2014, and even then they have been few and far between. Bottled at 60.1% after 38 years in a Refill American Hogshead cask. Only 3 bottles are coming to KWM! Look at the abv... 60.1% after 38 years... mic drop! 91.5pts Whiskybase
G&M Private Collection Lochside 1981
$6,499.99
Distilled from unicorn tears, angel sweat, and hen's teeth, Lochside is as scarce as it gets in the whisky world. The distillery was shuttered in 1992, having only produced for about 35 years. These occasional releases are like the last fading echoes of what once was. We're not far from a point in time when Lochside will be nothing more than a footnote. This is liquid history. There were only 141 bottles from Refill Sherry Hogshead #802.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 49.2%.
92.53 pts Whiskybase / 91pts Whiskyfun
G&M Private Collection St Magdalene 1982
$4,199.99
We love the lost distilleries. Any chance to try whiskies from silent stills nowadays is an occasion to drop everything and clear the calendar. Especially nowadays, when every drop is, give or take, 40 years old. They're never cheap (those days are long gone), but unforgettable experiences rarely are anymore.
In one of the more interesting bits of whisky lore (alongside tales of the wartime bombings and fires at the lost Banff distillery, the flintlock pistols that George Smith used to carry 'round Glenlivet, the early 20th century p*ssing contest between Laphroaig and Lagavulin, and the ever elusive promise of extant drops of Malt Mill), the St. Magdalene distillery (also known as Linlithgow) was actually built on the site of a former leper colony. So, if you're picking up on any meaty notes...
Kidding. (I hope)
This is a trophy bottling, for sure, and incredibly scarce. Refill American Hogshead #2094 gave up only 165 bottles.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 54.8%