SMWS 19.102: EFFORTLESS MINDFULNESS
$354.99
EFFORTLESS MINDFULNESS
This 21 year old Highlander was matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead and has an abv of 53.2%.
Flavour profile: Sweet, fruity & mellow
Distilled on: 17 February 2003
Outturn: 247 bottles
SMWS 79.13 HONEY I'VE MADE TOAST
$209.99
HONEY, I'VE MADE TOAST
This 15 year old Highlander was matured in a refill ex-bourbon hogshead and has an abv of 62.3%.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla
Distilled on: 31 March 2009
Outturn: 261 bottles
SMWS 41.173 FLAMENCO FLOORBOARD FANTASY
$225.99
FLAMENCO FLOORBOARD FANTASY
This 15 year old Speysider spent 10 years in an oloroso butt before being transferred to a 1st fill PX butt, and has an abv of 56%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 7 May 2008
Outturn: 494 bottles
SMWS 135.74 TROPICAL MESS
$134.99
TROPICAL MESS
This 9 year old Highlander was matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel and has an abv of 59.6%.
Flavour profile: Toasted oak & vanilla
Distilled on: 2 December 2015
Outturn: 178 bottles
SMWS 30.125 HONEY LAVENDER POPCORN
$175.99
HONEY LAVENDER POPCORN
This fully sherry matured 11 year old Speysider spent 6 years in a refill oloroso butt before being transferred to a 1st fill oloroso ex-bodega butt, and has an abv of 66%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 3 June 2013
Outturn: 506 bottles
SMWS 112.135 TAKING TAFFY TO SICILY
$134.99
TAKING TAFFY TO SICILY
This 9 year old Highlander was matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel and has an abv of 56.4%.
Flavour profile: Ripe fruits & honey
Distilled on: 2 October 2015
Outturn: 112 bottles
Boutique-y Teaninich 10 Year 50ml
$15.99
This is the third batch of Teaninich to be bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company. It was matured for 10 years before being bottled at 49.2% ABV.
You can find 500ml bottles of it here
From The Producer
"Built in 1817, Teaninich is a Highland single malt distillery. It’s quite unique-y really, instead of a mash tun, it uses a filter press to extract the sweet sugars from the malt. There is much mystery surrounding the distillery, so we did as all Boutique-y’s do and went to town on the label - see below.
The Label
Based on a true love story from many years ago about Captain Hugh Munro (founder of this distillery). He was shot in the head behind his eyes but, he survived! Unsurprisingly, he lost his eyesight as a result. His sweetheart was forbidden from marrying him due to his condition, so she married someone else. Despite their differing paths, she continued to love him and as her dying wish, visited the church to see him one last time."
Stillhead Bartender's Rye Whisky
$62.99
From Vancouver Island's Stillhead Distillery, which is making some of the best rye whisky in Canada! Bottled at 46%, the Bartender's Rye is made from 100% BC-grown Rye grain and matured in American oak casks.
Nikka Coffey Malt 45%
$94.99
Note: Nikka's own website notes that this bottle does not meet the criteria to be called a Japanese Whisky. The good news is that might mean it also contains Ben Nevis Single Malt, as the Ben Nevis Distillery is also owned by Nikka.
It is unusual to see single malt whisky distilled in a column (AKA continuous or Coffey) still, but here you have it and the result is superb. Formerly exclusive to KWM in Alberta, this is one hell of an interesting dram, soft, layered and very complex.
The sugar yield of malted barley compared with corn and wheat is not favourable, especially when you take the cost of malting and corn subsidies into account. So the Nikka Whisky Co. must have some other designs than simply creating bulk whisky by running barley through their Coffey stills.