Ardbeg Corryvreckan
$154.99
The Corryvreckan started out as a replacement for the Airigh Nam Beist but has become a legend in its own right. The whisky has a unique sweet and spicy twist which blends well with the whisky's peaty maritime backbone. Bottled at 57.1% this whisky is often amongst the highest scoring with whisky critics and reviewers. It gets its sweet and spicy characteristics from the French oak in which some of the vatting is matured.
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.
Tri Carragh Ardmore 2009 12 Year
$194.99
SLYRS 51 German Single Malt Whisky
$117.99
This German single malt has been made with Bavarian barley, matured in sherry, port, and sauternes casks. 51%
Nikka Coffey Malt 45%
$94.99
Note: Nikka's own website notes that this bottle does not meet the criteria to be called a Japanese Whisky. The good news is that might mean it also contains Ben Nevis Single Malt, as the Ben Nevis Distillery is also owned by Nikka.
It is unusual to see single malt whisky distilled in a column (AKA continuous or Coffey) still, but here you have it and the result is superb. Formerly exclusive to KWM in Alberta, this is one hell of an interesting dram, soft, layered and very complex.
The sugar yield of malted barley compared with corn and wheat is not favourable, especially when you take the cost of malting and corn subsidies into account. So the Nikka Whisky Co. must have some other designs than simply creating bulk whisky by running barley through their Coffey stills.
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.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2005 S23
$507.99
This Summer 2023 Glenfarclas Family Cask has been bottled after 17 years in a 4th Fill Sherry Butt, at 59.6%. Don't get hung up on the 4th fill bit... Glenfarclas says 4th fill when they aren't sure... and as you can see from the colour, it looks more like a second fill! 87pts Whiskybase.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2007 S23
$477.99
Only the second ever release of a 2007 Glenfarclas Family Cask, it was matured 15 years in a Refill Sherry Butt before bottling at 60.1%.