Teaninich 8 Year Special Release 2025
$151.99
This 8 year old rye whisky from the Teaninich Distillery could be the most interesting Special Release Diageo has put out in years. As their is no classification for single malt rye, it is a grain whisky, distilled from rye in pot stills at a malt distillery. Confused, don't worry about it. Bottled at 60.3% after maturing in ex-Bourbon casks.
Producer Description
"From a bold 2016 rye experiment using Teaninich Distillery’s rare mash filter, we bring a standout Scotch. Malted rye and barley are mashed together for a distillation matured in ex-bourbon casks. This bold deviation yields flavours rich in subversive spicy toffee sweetness, and thick with deep aromas of cinnamon and clove. A marvellous atypical taste, that proves fortune favours the brave."
North Star The Empress Tarot 17 Year
$94.99
This whisky was featured on Day 12 of our 2025 KWM Still Not An Advent Calendar Tasting Series! You can read more about the whisky here.
With a listed vintage of 2007, this 17 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky is composed of 32% malt and 68% grain whisky. The malt component is thought to be ex-Edrington stock (ie: might contain some Macallan, Highland Park, Glenrothes, etc. Perhaps the grain component originated at the part Edrington owned North British Distillery as well... This limited edition tarot card inspired blend is from one single refill sherry butt which resulted in a small run of 600 bottles. 43.5% ABV.
Living Souls 15 Year Blended Scotch Bt.2
$89.99
This 15 year old Blended Scotch Whisky is produced in a solera system, bottled at 46%.
Producer Description
"This release is batch #2 of our lively 15yo blend drawn from our solera system where we continually add exciting new whiskies. Take a sip, and you’ll find yourself at a leisurely afternoon lunch in coastal Spain, the sun casting golden hues over the table. A bottle of sherry gleams alongside bowls of ripe red grapes, juicy cherries, and a hint of warming spice, all capturing the relaxed opulence of a sunlit meal where every taste lingers, every moment hums with the sea’s gentle rhythm."
MacNair`s Lum Reek 12 Year
$99.99
The brand has been built on the backbone of the GlenAllachie whiskies Billy Walker & Co. acquired as part of the purchase of the distillery, married with Caol Ila. The whiskies in this blended malt were aged in first fill ex-Bourbon, ex-Red Wine and ex-PX Sherry casks. The 12 Year old is bottled at 46% without colouring or chill-filtering.
About The Range
"Our multi-award-winning Lum Reek Blended Malt Scotch Whiskies combine Single Malts from Islay and Speyside – two of the most sought-after whisky regions in Scotland – marrying both peated and unpeated spirit to create perfectly balanced and satisfyingly complex malts. Taking inspiration from MacNair’s discovery of the delights of a dram beside a smoky peat fireplace, Billy Walker has drawn upon his half century’s experience in blending to develop a recipe fit for a traditional Scottish toast to long life; “Lang may yer lum reek”."
The MacNair's Story: "Ne'er happier than when exploring the globe or the spirit from the golden still, Harvey McNair was - in the parlance of his native Glasgow - a man or 'lad o'pairts': a true Victorian entrepreneur. A trader, thereby a traveller, an inventor of all sorts of mechanical contraptions, his genius lay in the blending of fine whiskies. He loved and championed the natural, unadulterated colour of whisky. "Pure gold' he said with a wink. Bon viveur and raconteur, he cut a dash about town and had a bursting social calendar. His best stories were always 'agin hisself', like how his neighbours thought him an alchemist or, indeed, how he discovered Lum Reek. But he knew a good dram when he blended it, or indeed stumbled across it. Just like our own 21st Century Whisky legend Billy Walker, who has recreated and refined the Lum Reek blend for the modern palate.
"One autumn evening in the 1860s, after a day's fishing, our man was quaffing a dram in the old stone bothy near GlenAllachie. Due to a blocked chimney (or lum) the room filled with smoke. It had "a marvellous effect on the whisky in my glass," confided McNair later to his merchant cronies. "Indeed, perfection!" Ne'er a truer word was spoken. Today's Lum Reek is the creation of our Master Blender Billy Walker, raising his hat to the top hatted Victorian. It's a heavily peated malt, marrying Islay & Speyside whiskies with rich GlenAllachie, to extend the flavour profile. Lum Reek is matured in GlenAllachie's warehouses, then bottled at 46% (and above), unchilfiltered, allowing its natural colour to shine like those golden autumns Harvey MacNair enjoyed, decked out in his waders."
G&M CRN57 The Cairn 30 Year
$574.99
This 30 year old "Blended Malt" is part of a range of whiskies released by Gordon & MacPhail to highlight what they are doing at The Cairn Distillery. The distillery's own whiskies won't be ready for some time, but in the interim they have created bottlings to show what the spirit might be like in 12, 18, 25, 30, 40, 57, and 70 years. The Cairn Distillery sits at 57 degrees north latitude-wise, hence the name CRN57 for these releases. 43% 90pts Whisky Fun
The 51.9% version of this whisky was one of Andrew's favourite whiskies in 2023/4. He's been back to the distillery a few times to buy an extra bottle or three!
Living Souls 19 Year Kildalton Blend Mlt
$279.99
Kildalton is the name of a parish on Islay, and often associated with the Ardbeg distillery, which is its closest neighbour. Bottled at 42% from Refill Sherry Butts.
Producer Description
"This release is an extraordinary 19yo “Kildalton” Islay blended malt matured in refill bourbon and sherry casks. Take a sip and find yourself on a beachside walk, the salty air blending seamlessly with the aroma of an old wooden row boat nearby. You take a lick of creamy liquorice ice cream, the sweetness perfectly complementing the briny breeze. Each sip gives you rich, peated notes that encapsulate the essence of an Islay autumn day, creating a truly memorable whisky journey."
PE: Cadenhead Classics & Curiosities
$42.25
Past Event: Cadenhead Classics & Curiosities
Did you miss out on one of our famous virtual tastings? Most of our tastings sell out, but occasionally, there are some kits leftover. This tasting consists of 6-8 samples (depending on the tasting) and can be enjoyed at your convenience. A QR code on the box is linked to the tasting video on our YouTube page.
Original Tasting Description
"We suspect you'll be enticed to come for the 40 Year mystery single malt and 28 Year Burnside, but that you'll not be disappointed by the rest of the range, which includes 3 Enigmas, 3 Original Collection single malts and a pair of 12 year old rums."
Tomintoul 12yr Oloroso Finish
$109.99
This 12 year Tomintoul spends most of its life in ex bourbon barrels before being finished in Oloroso sherry casks.
Dalwhinnie 15 Year
$115.99
Known in Gaelic as "the meeting place." the village of Dalwhinnie is home to the highest distillery in Scotland. Located in the Grampian mountains in the Northern Highlands, it sits at the junction of old cattle-droving routes where much whisky smuggling occurred. 43%
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: A big, crisp, dry and very aromatic nose with hints of heather and peat.
Palate: Smooth, soft and lasting flavours of heather-honey sweetness and vanilla followed by deeper citrus-fruit flavours and hints of malted bread.
Finish: Long, lingering, surprisingly intense finish that starts sweetly, then gives way to smoke, peat and malt.