Timorous Beastie 18 Year
$144.99
An 18 year old Highland Blended Malt, named for the wee beastie immortalized in Burns' poem "To a Mouse". Bottled at 46% without colouring or chill-filtration.
Producer's Tasting Note
"Gently spiced initially on the nose, warming to honey, vanilla and juicy barley. All are similarly apparent on the intricate palate plus a late layer of macerated dark fruit. The finish shows cough drop spices, more of those dulcet flavours replicated from the palate, running to a bone dry finale."
Producer Description
"Timorous Beastie 18 Years Old is beautifully aged, Highland “Vatted” Malt, that is proudly offered without colouring or chill-filtration. Bottled at 46.8% alcohol strength, Timorous Beastie 18 Years Old's tasting notes include gentle spices, complemented by honey, vanilla and juicy barley. The third release under the brand to carry an age statement, Timorous Beastie 18 Years Old follows 2016’s globally acclaimed 40 Years Old and 21 Years Old bottlings."
The Epicurean Lowland Blended Malt
$72.99
A Lowland Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, bottled at 46.2%. Presumably a marriage of Auchentoshan and Glenkinchie.
First introduced in 2016, The Epicurean is a Blended Malt Scotch Whisky that focuses on the Lowlands both style-wise and for the component malts used. The Epicurean is a reference to the character on the bottle itself, which looks like some sort of amalgamated caricature of Rich Uncle Pennybags from the Monopoly board game, Leonardo DiCaprio's character from The Great Gatsby, and Fred Laing Jr and his carefully managed mustache itself.
Producer Description
"Meet The Epicurean – our 1930s Glasgow man, a real cheeky character who was ever the life and soul of the party and a connoisseur of fine food and drink. A master of versatility, this fresh, zesty, grassy marriage of the finest Lowland malts is perfect for cocktail hour or simply for sipping. Encompassing the great cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and the historic Kingdom of Fife, Malts from the Lowland region are celebrated for their sweet, grassy notes and gentle style. The Epicurean is a remarkable encapsulation of that archetypal Lowland style in one charming bottle."
The Gauldrons Blended Malt
$88.99
The Gauldrons is a Campbeltown Blended Malt Whisky, bottled at 46.2%.
About the Gauldrons
"As you step onto The Gauldrons’ fine, clean sand, you also step back in time. Over yonder is where a spider building his web - with great patience but great difficulty - inspired King Robert the Bruce to try, try and try again, having been defeated by his enemies. All around you can sense the ghosts of the long lost Distilleries that once proudly proclaimed Campbeltown “Scotland’s Whisky capital”. The Gauldrons takes you down the long and winding road, over moorland and through now abandoned villages, to one of the most isolated Whisky outposts in the world. All but surrounded by the ocean, the air here is heavy with sea mist and infused with the whim blossom that brightens the landscape."
Timorous Beastie Highland Blended Malt
$76.99
Bottled at 46.8%, the Timorous Beastie, named for the immortalized creature in Robert Burns' famous poem "To a Mouse", is a Blended Malt composed of Highland Malts, specifically: Blair Athol, Dalmore, Glen Garioch and Glengoyne.
Producer Description
"The original Timorous Beastie, immortalised in Robert Burns’ famous Scots poem “To a Mouse” was a timid, little field mouse. Echoing our national bard’s wit, ours is most certainly not for the fainthearted! Inside there’s a medley of vanilla, malted barley, meringue, honey and citrus flavours just bursting to be unleashed…"
Timorous Beastie 25 Year Ltd. Ed.
$299.99
Limit 1 Per Customer!
Bottled at 46.8%, the Timorous Beastie 25 Year is a limite edition from Douglas Laing's "Remarkable Regional Malts" range. 1600 bottles have been release globally! 88pts Whisky Base
Producer Description
“Timorous Beastie 25 Years Old is a marriage of Highland Single Malts, aged to perfection and proudly offered without colouring or chill-filtration, with only 1,600 in existence. Bottled at 46.8% alcohol strength, Timorous Beastie 25 Years Old's tasting notes include sweet vanilla, home-baking, tangy marmalade and honeycomb. The seventh release under the brand to carry an age statement, following Timorous Beastie 18 Years Old, 40 Years Old, 21 Years Old, 24 Years Old, 10 Years Old and 12 Years Old bottlings.”
Producer Tasting Note
“A burst of vanilla on the nose with damp oak, tangy marmalade and barley. The palate is buttery and mouth-coating with ginger, brown sugar and creamy cereal. The finish is long with a home-baking quality, gentle spice, honeycomb and more vanilla sweetness.”
Compass Box Flaming Heart 2022
$204.99
This whisky was featured on Day 20 of our 2024 KWM Not An Advent Calendar Tastings! You can read more about the whisky here.
The 2022 (7th) Edition of Compass Box Flaming Heart has been built around powerful malts from Laphroaig, Caol Ila, and Talisker, tamed a bit with others from Glen Elgin, Balmenach, and Highland Park, and that's not all. This Blended Malt consists of a wide range of components including remnants from the 2018 Flaming Heart and Peat Monster Arcana. 48.9%.
Producer Description
“This is our seventh edition of Flaming Heart, the whisky that revels in the harmonies between heavy peat and toasted French oak. Imagine Metallica with a backing orchestra, and you’re getting close. With the best bands, each album is an opportunity to explore and experiment; every record is an evolution from the one before. For fans of Flaming Heart, we always seek to evolve the ‘sound’ and have introduced a deep fruitiness to the arrangement for the 2022 version.
“The smoke machine is powered by a combination of malts from the Laphroaig, Caol Ila and Talisker distilleries, while our Highland Malt Blend has spent more than five years in richly toasted virgin French oak custom casks to deliver round, booming spicy richness.”
Adelphi Sandebud Fusion
$169.99
The latest fusion from Adelphi is a marriage of 4 casks from the Ardnamurchan Distillery in Scotland and the High Coast Distillery in Sweden. Bottled at 58.9%. 1136 bottles in total for the world.
The Whisky Makeup:
- Ardnamurchan 2015 (peated) cask no. 630 American oak ex PX hogshead.
- Ardnamurchan 2015 (peated) cask no. 660 Spanish oak ex Oloroso hogshead.
- High Coast 2012 (peated) cask no. 610 American oak ex Bourbon barrel.
- High Coast 2015 (peated) cask no. 2137 American oak ex Bourbon barrel.
Who Was The Sändebud?
Colin Campbell (1 November 1686 – 9 May 1757) In 1720, facing ruinous debt, Campbell fled Edinburgh for Ostend, where he made a name for himself as a merchant. Eyeing an opportunity in Sweden, in 1731 Campbell teamed up with two well-connected merchants, Niclas Sahlgren and Henric König, to form the Swedish East India Company, a powerful trading business that brought new wealth to Sweden. As the Company’s main driving force, Campbell oversaw many of the highly lucrative trade missions to the Far East. Campbell himself was Sweden’s first Ambassador to China. As Gothenburg grew into a major maritime centre, so too did Campbell’s influence and wealth. He was knighted, naturalised and became a Swedish noble. An honourable man, he kept his word and paid back the substantial debts he’d accrued as a younger man back in Scotland. Campbell died in 1757, and was interred in Gothenburg Cathedral. Campbell documented his first voyage but destroyed the manuscript to stop it being seized when the Dutch boarded his ship. He later reconstructed it from memory and it was published in 1996 (A passage to China: Colin Campbell’s diary of the first Swedish East India Company expedition to Canton, 1732-33).
NAS Blended Malt 17 Year
$219.99
This Notable Age Statement bottling from Decadent Drinks was created by marrying two First Fill Sherry Butts. 53%.
Producer Description
"This bottling is composed of a 1st fill sherry butt of 2001 blended malt and a 1st fill sherry butt of 2006 Aultmore. The resulting, multi-vintage mix was bottled with slight reduction at 53%. This is our attempt to create an older style, sherry matured malt whisky profile. Designed to be easy, fruity and highly drinkable with plenty of classical, earthy and elegant sherry character."
Inniskillin Vidal Icewine 50ml
$11.99
Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser founded Inniskillin in Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1975 and later expanded their reach to the Okanagan Valley, too. Their 1989 Inniskillin Icewine won the Grand Prix d'Honneur at Vinexpo in Bordeaux. Icewine is made by leaving grapes on the vine well into the winter months, until they are frozen to -8 C. The frozen grapes are then pressed in the extreme cold, so cold that only a few drops of sweet concentrated juice are obtained from each bunch. This Vidal is deep gold in color with an enticing nose of lychee nuts. The palate is packed with flavors of sweet tropical fruits, peaches and mango. It is intensely sweet with a clean, dry finish. Serve by itself as a dessert, or pair with creme brulee, flan or pound cake. A wonderful gift!