Teeling Pot Still Irish Whiskey
$91.99
One of the first official releases from the new distillery carrying the Teeling family name is this Single Pot Still offering. It is made from a combination of 50/50 malted to unmalted barley and bottled at 46% after maturing in a combination of virgin American oak, ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry casks.
What is Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey you ask? It is whiskey made using a combination of malted and unmalted barley. Why do this you ask? Why, to dodge unfair taxation, of course! The Malt Tax came into being in Ireland for a short time starting in 1785, enforced by the (insert expletive said in your best Irish accent here) English. The Irish, being Irish, decided that they didn't need to use malted barley for the entirety of the mash used to distill whiskey and started adding portions of unmalted barley. Necessity being the mother of invention, this eventually became a legitimate style of whiskey-making that is now not just celebrated but codified into law in Ireland with the Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey classification.
Jim Beam Black
$31.99
Bernheim Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey
$63.99
Bernheim is a Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey produced at the distillery of the same name by Heaven Hill Distillers. It is bottled at 45% ABV.
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."
Knob Creek Rye
$48.99
From the well-regarded Knob Creek - best known for bourbon, but also makers of Kentucky rye! "Made with a blend of the finest quality rye to create an extraordinarily smooth yet spicy finish," according to the Knob Creek team. "Color: Shades of gold to light amber. Taste: Bold rye spiciness with undertones of vanilla and oak. Aroma: Expansive notes of herbs and rye with nuances of oak. Finish: Warm and smooth with spice throughout."
Evan Williams 1783 Bourbon
$47.99
Made by Heaven Hill Distillers in Kentucky, The Evan Williams 1783 gets its name from the year Evan Williams originally established his distillery. It is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon bottled at 43% ABV. Mashbill: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% barley.
Jefferson`s Very Small Batch Bourbon
$74.99
This "Very Small Batch" Bourbon is a blend of up to four different straight Bourbon Whiskies sourced from various distilleries, likely including whiskey made by Kentucky Artisan Distillery.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Brown Sugar with a hint of citrus
Palate: Vanilla, Peaches, Toffee
Finish: Delicate and Warm, honey
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!
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