Laphroaig 10 Year
$88.99
Laphroaig's peat is principally what makes it different. Harvested in a low-lying part of the island it has layers of salt and seaweed not found in other peat deposits. This gives Laphroaig a medicinal, briny, smoky character distinctly different from all other Islay whiskies as well as any other made elsewhere in the world. Laphroaig is among on 6 distilleries which malt some of their own barley.
Dalmore 12 Year
$114.99
Matured in American Oak ex-Bourbon the whisky and "finessed in rare and aged oloroso sherry casks." 40%
Dalmore is located in the Northern Highlands of Scotland on the Firth of Cromarty. It gazes accross at the Black Isle, a peninsula with some of the most fertile soil in the UK. Dalmore was converted into a sea-mine factory in WWI by the US Navy who built the long "Yankey Pier" which still juts out into the firth. The distillery is the jewel in the crown of Whyte and MacKay.
Master Blender and Fancy Watch/Tie Aficionado Richard Paterson says: "With its intricate aromas and flavours, The Dalmore 12 is recognised as a whisky with character far beyond its age."
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1996 S22
$989.99
Matured in a 4th Fill Sherry Butt, this 26 year old Glenfarclas Family Cask was bottled at 55.4% as part of the Summer 2022 (S22) release.
Edradour 21 Year Oloroso 52.1%
$599.99
Distilled in 2001, the spirit was originally filled into ex-Bourbon, but was transferred to Oloroso Sherry Butts for the vast majority of its maturation. Bottled after 21 years at 52.1%. 89.83pts Whiskybase
North Star Ardnamurchan 6 Year
$181.99
Distilled in December 2016, bottled in April 2023 after maturing in a first fill ex-Oloroso Sherry Butt
58.5% ALC./VOL.
Edradour 12 Year Caledonia
$136.99
Caledonia, in addition to be an archaic name for Scotland, is also the name of a popular folk song published by Dougie MacLean in 1979. Originally selected as a single cask by Dougie MacLean to celebrate Homecoming Scotland in 2009, the whisky has been adopted as a permanent addition to the Edraour line. The whisky has been matured at least four years in Oloroso sherry and is very chewy and fruity.
Tri Carragh Ardmore 2009 12 Year
$194.99
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2004 S23
$524.99
This Summer 2023 release, 2004 vintage Glenfarclas Family Cask is a bit of a curiosity, it was matured 19 years in a Refill Port Pipe, before bottling at 54.2%. 2004 has been one of the most sought-after Family Cask vintages, but they have typically been first fill sherry. 87pts Whiskybase.
Glenglassaugh Portsoy
$124.99
Named for the harbour village next door, Portsoy is a peated expression of Glenglassaugh, matured in a mix of Bourbon, Sherry, and Port casks before bottling at 49.1%.