Thompson Bros. Glen Garioch 27 Year
$319.99
We are on always on the hunt for value, and a 27 year old Glen Garioch at 49.3% for just a tad over $300 fits the bill! This 1998 vintage Glen Garioch was supposedly matured in an oloroso sherry cask, but when the chaps at Thompson Bros. nosed it, they were pretty confident it was actually a Fino Sherry cask. Based on references in the tasting note, they might be right. Exclusive to KWM in Canada!
Producer Description
"We recently received a butt of Glen Garioch 1998, purchased blind based on the outstanding quality of previous casks from this vintage and with confidence, as the purchase order specified a 1st fill sherry butt. However, upon arrival and during our routine sensory analysis (someone's gotta do it), it became immediately apparent from visual assessment that this was not typical of 1st fill oloroso or px sherry, as we had initially expected. Instead, the spirit presented pronounced saline notes, followed by chamomile and fresh bread dough - characteristics that strongly suggest this cask is, in fact, a 1st fill fino sherry butt. We are now highly confident in that conclusion. the combination of distillate, time and oak interplay beautifully here. The nature of buying blind can be a bit risky, but very often those risks pay off in very interesting ways."
Thompson Bros. Mystery Malt Series 5 SM
$124.99
Mystery Malt Series 5 from Thompson Bros consists of 38 whiskies, ranging in age from 5 to 27 years. They are all single malt Scotch whiskies, bottled at 46.3%, but you won't know which whisky you've got until you take the bottle home and break the foil seal, and lift the cap. You might end up with a Dornoch 5 Year (0.63% chance), a Miltonduff 17 Year (2.23%), a Glen Garioch 27 Year (1.91%), or one of 35 other options. The full list of potential whiskies can be viewed in the tasting note below!
Remember the excitement of opening a pack of hockey cards, or Pokémon cards for you Millennials!? Think of is the adult version of that... but you can drink the contents, and unlike the stale gum, it won't cut the roof of your mouth. We love the concept here, no matter what you get, you'll end up with something cool.
Thompson Bros uses an algorithm to make sure each sealed case is roughly equal, with a comparable mix of six different whiskies. So if you purchase a full sealed case, all six whiskies will be different, a perfect canned range for a club or group tasting.
Use this link for a full sealed case of 6 bottles of Thompson Bros. Mystery Malt Series 5 - this is a $100 savings over purchasing 6 bottles individually, but there are no further discounts available on it.
North Star Campbeltown Connection 10Year
$121.99
Evan deserves the credit for sleuthing out this new KWM exclusive Campbeltown Blended Malt. We tried a sample early in the fall, and were suitably impressed by it for the price. 10 years of age and 50.7%.
If the rumours can be believed, the whisky is a marriage of Springbank from 1994 and 2015, with Glen Scotia from 1992. But true to form the chap at North Star Spirits has little to say about it on the record, the official product description "Our own mix of Springbank, Glen Scotia, and other Campbeltown Malts" seemingly raises more questions than it answers.
But perhaps this is a time to not look the proverbial gift horse in the mouth. We have here a 10 year old Campbeltown Blended Malt at just over 50%, with a beautiful label, and the price is very reasonable!
Berry's Teaninich 2010 KWM Cask
$129.99
This whisky was featured on Day 7 of our 2025 KWM Still Not An Advent Calendar Tasting Series! You can read more about the whisky here.
This KWM Cask is our first cask pick ever from Teaninich Distillery, courtesy of indie bottler Berry Bros. & Rudd. It was distilled in 2010 and matured in a hogshead until hitting the bottle in 2024 at a strength of 54.1%. 245 bottles in total from cask number 709018.
Tormore Blueprint 10 Year Bourbon Barrel
$114.99
ETA July 15th - Exclusive to KWM!
The official core releases from Tormore aren't expected in Canada until late 2026 or early 2027, but while we wait for them we are thrilled to share the Tormore Blueprint Pre-Release range. 48%
Producer Description
"Elixir Distillers is excited to unveil Blueprint, a new series that marks the next chapter for Tormore single malts. We’ve been focused on enhancing the core spirit and fine-tuning the wood profiles that will serve as the foundation for the next generation of Tormore whiskeys. Blueprint allows us to explore Tormore’s flavour library, focusing on one maturation style at a time, to reveal the potential of this versatile malt. Each release stands on its own, but together they create a blueprint for the future of Tormore."
Old Orkney 17 Year sinDicate Cask
$314.99
This 17 year old Old Orkney bottling from Decadent Drinks was created for the sinDicate, a soon to be extinct Calgary whisky club, as an exclusive offering. It reminds Andrew of Highland Park 18 circa the mid-late 2000s, back when it was a standout single malt. 53%
Angus' Notes
"This devilishly delicious double O.O. dram for one of our friends at The Sindicate Club in Canada. A combination of a 1998 vintage Refill Hogshead which has been 'top dressed' with some Orkney malt from a 1999 vintage First Fill Sherry Butt. These two components were married together in the Refill Hoggie and the resulting heady brew was bottled with a few degrees of reduction at 53% to help bring balance to the final 17 year old malt. The result is a waxy and richly-peated example of Old Orkney, with some savoury, earthy richness from the subtle sherry influence. a whisky to make you go 'O.O.LALA!"
Amrut 2013 9 Year KWM Port Pipe 4660
$214.99
Our 3rd KWM exclusive cask of Amrut was selected last fall when our friend Ashok paid us a visit to the store. Distilled in August of 2013, the whisky matured 9 years in an ex-Port Pipe No. 4660, before bottling in December of 2022, after 9 years at 60%.
When Ashok was going through the samples with us, he was astounded to learn that his Amrut would be our 145th KWM exclusive cask bottling... so he put that little tidbit on the label. Shipments from India don't happen overnight however, and in the 10 months since the cask was bottled, we've launched more than 10 other exclusive bottlings... But 10 months is an improvement, the last cask took nearly a year and a half to reach us.
It is worth noting, that at 9 years of age, this is a very mature bottling of Amrut. It is also almost certainly the first KWM-exclusive cask bottling from an ex-Port cask.
One final curiosity is the bottling strength of 60%. This is not cask strength, Amrut waters its bottlings down to 60%, if they are above, to save an enormous amount of Indian excise taxes...
Boutique-y Strathmill B10 14 Year
$109.99
This whisky was featured on Day 13 of our 2023 KWM Whisky Calendar. You can check out Evan's blog post on the whisky here.
This is the 10th Batch of Strathmill to be bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company. 417 bottles were filled at a strength of 55.5% of this 14 Year Old.
Tormore Legacy 2012 12 Year Cask 800313
$129.99
This 12 year old Tormore is one of the first-ever official single cask bottlings. Distilled in 2012, the whisky matured in a Refill ex-Bourbon Barrel (cak 800313) before bottling at 52.3%.
Producer Description
‘Legacy’ single cask series is a celebration of Tormore’s past and the people that have made it. Polly Logan, Tormore Distillery manager, has hand-picked a selection of the distillery’s vintage casks, all matured in ex-bourbon barrels where the wood profile perfectly complements Tormore’s intrinsic, fruity and elegant character. Single casks have been previously available in rare, small batches from independent bottlers -but ‘Legacy’ is the first official distillery single cask release under the Elixir Distillers stewardship."