Kilchoman 10yr 100% Islay sinDicate Cask
$194.99
This 10 year old Kilchoman 100% Islay single cask was selected by and bottled for The sinDicate, a Calgary whisky club. The 2015 vintage whisky was matured in an ex-Bourbon Barrel, cask 15/334, before bottling at 56.8%. The club took most of the 231 bottles, but KWM has the honour of selling the remaining quarter of the cask.
Kilchoman 100% Islay 15th Edition
$149.99
- 50% - 9 Year - ex-Bourbon
Producer Description
"Our 100% Islay range is Islay’s only Single Farm Single Malt Scotch Whisky. It represents the revival of traditional farm distilling; growing our own barley before malting, distilling, maturing and bottling every bottle of our 100% Islay range on site. This year’s 9 year old release is a vatting of 54 ex-bourbon barrels, distilled from our 2014 and 2015 Concerto and Publican barley harvests."
Boutique-y 8 Year Islay Single Malt
$73.99
Part of the new Boutique-y Core Range, bottled at 45.8% in a 700ml bottle too!
Producer Description
"Embark on a smoky and captivating journey with our young buck, on the 8 Year Old Islay single malt. This expression encapsulates the island's untamed spirit (I know). With every sip, wisps of peat smoke envelop the senses, reminiscent of bonfires on a cool coastal evening. From a marriage of refill casks, both ex-Bourbon hogsheads and ex-Sherry octaves. A small batch release of circa 1,000 litres each time Non chill-filtered, and natural cask matured colour."
About the Label
"Our label design settled for just the one deer, starting with a young buck, getting older, and more dignified, as the whiskies aged, finishing with the dominant stag who has been through some scapes in his life; older, wiser, and looks a little pissed with everything! Our Islay 8 Year Old starts the deer’s journey through life, with a young,fresh faced, innocent, buck, eager to please.
"We love the expressions onhis face. Boutique-y Whisky artist, Emily Chappell, has captured our brief so perfectly, and has injected her magic into it, as usual. The colours of the labels reflect the colour palette of the Aurora Borealis, while the ‘wave pattern’ across all of the labels symbolises the way the Aurora Borealis is always moving in the sky, if you’ve been lucky enough to see it."
Baldur's Whisky 008 SingleMalt IslayCask
$119.99
This 8 Year Old Single Malt Whisky from Saskatchewan's Last Mountain Distillery spent time in casks that previously held peated Islay whisky before being bottled at 51.34%.
Producer Description
"Baldur’s Release No.008 is a bold and expressive single malt, crafted from 100% malted barley and patiently matured for eight years. It begins its journey in a once-used bourbon cask, developing a foundation of soft vanilla, golden toffee, and honeyed malt before being finished in an Islay cask, where it takes on a distinctive coastal character."
Scarabus Islay Batch Strength
$86.99
It's the same as the regular Scarabus Islay Single Malt... but at 57%, it is punchier.
Producer Description
"Scarabus, an Islay Single Malt for those with a curious mind and an eye for detail. A whisky bold and honest about its origins and just a little mysterious about everything else. The brand creates a sense of mystery and discovery through the tagline “only those who seek shall find” and through the intentionally ambiguous symbols incorporated on the label. The look and feel drew inspiration from the work of Islay born John Francis Campbell, who created the sunshine recorder, a device that tallies the hours of sunshine in a day, as well as creating a vast collection of Celtic folklore tales. Scarabus is known as a mystical area on the Isle of Islay, and the name dates back to 13th century, and translates to “a rocky place” in Old Norse."
Smokehead Islay
$64.99
Bottled at 40%, this is the flagship bottle from Ian Macloed Distillers' Smokehead brand of Islay Single Malt Scotch.
Producer Description
"Smokehead Original is crafted for those who reject convention. Distilled on Islay, it channels the island’s wild spirit with intense peat smoke, sea spray, and spice. It’s the foundation of the Smokehead range - bold, brash, and built to stand out. Big on boldness and big on attitude."
Whiskyland Ch.6 Islay 38 Year
$1,524.99
This 38 year old malt is a Bowmore which dares not speak its name... 1985 vintage, bottled at 44.6% from a Refill ex-Bourbon Barrel. 87.92pts Whiskybase & 90pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description
"As any visitors to Whiskyland will be aware, Flowermore is a curious single malt, renowned for producing some of the world’s worst whisky during the 1960s and early 1970s, it miraculously recovered for a violet-flavoured quality boom in the 1980s. This is one such cask of that amazing liquid. One of the very best 1980s Flowermore you are ever likely to taste! Soft violets, exotic fruits, intricately detailed peat smoke and less perfume than a branch of Boots that’s been hit with a 50-megaton Tsar bomb!"
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2014
$107.99
This unpeated Bruichladdich is a 2014 vintage, produced from Propino and Concerto barley varietals, grown at 5 farms on Islay: "Coull, Rockside, Island, Mulindry, Cruach, Dunlossit, Craigens and Sunderland Farms." The whisky was matured in: "matured in first-fill bourbon casks (80%) along with a combination of second-fill sherry butts (5%) and second-fill wine casks (15%)." 50%
Producer Description
"For almost two decades, we have shown the permanence of our commitment to barley provenance. Aided by the determination and resilience of our local farming partners, Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2014 is the latest vintage of the unpeated, locally grown single malt.
"Distilled using barley grown solely on Islay, the single malt truly celebrates place and provenance. The latest Islay Barley vintage is distilled from barley grown on eight local farms, all within an 11-mile radius of Bruichladdich Distillery.
"Fully traceable from farm to glass, Islay Barley 2014 has been matured in a combination of first-fill bourbon casks, sherry butts and second-fill wine casks, balancing the influence of the oak with the locally grown barley.
"The result is a cereal-forward single malt with notes of apricot and peach, malty digestive biscuit, and a hint of fresh grass. A subtle maritime note also lingers, nodding to the whisky’s all Islay harvest, distillation and maturation."
Smokehead 15 Year Islay Single Malt
$144.99
This 15 year old Smokehead Islay Single Malt is bottled at 43%.
Producer Description
"After 15 years in the cask, this is Smokehead older and bolder. As you'd expect from an oldie, its character is complex. Bonfires of smoke crackle with rosemary and thyme. Peat soars with citrus and vanilla."