Archives for December 2010

Ichiro's Malt Hanyu 23 Year Old Cask Strength – Japanese Single Malt Whisky

December 16, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Ichiro's Malt Hanyu 23 Year Old Cask Strength - Japanese Single Malt Whisky

75cl / 58% / Number One Drinks – Probably the oldest Hanyu yet to reach these shores, this 23 year old has been bottled at a whopping 58% abv, but remains quite approachable even at full strength. An evident sherry presence on the palate, without being domineering, and some delicious tropical fruits on the finish..

Price: £ 465.00 BUY IT NOW

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Xmas New Arrivals From The Whisky Exchange

December 15, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Well Christmas is nearly here but there is still chance to check out some festive Christmas goodies from The Whisky Exchange. It has 41 New additions to it’s range this week with whiskies coming from Campbeltown, Highland, Island, Islay and Speyside regions.

The brands include Aberfeldy, Balblair, Benrinnes, Benromach, Bruichladdich, Caol Ila, Caperdonich, Cardhu, Cragganmore, Dalmore, Edradour, Glen Albyn, Glen Mhor, Glencadam, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenglassaugh, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Highland Park, Isle Of Jura, Kilchoman, Knockando, Laphroaig, Macallan, Port Ellen, Scapa, Speyside and Springbank.

The ages range from 10, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 38 and 45 Years Old.

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Supplier	Brand	Bottle Size	Price
The Whisky Exchange	Aberfeldy 21 Year Old – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 21 Year Old Strength: 40% Summary: 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – An excellent value 21yo Aberfeldy, showcasing the richer end of the Highland spectrum with plenty of sherry influence.	70cl	£ 85.49 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Highland Park 25 Year Old – Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 25 Year Old Strength: 50.7% Summary: 70cl / 50.7% / Distillery Bottling – This old, discontinued bottling of Highland Park 25yo is a really complex dram, with a rich sherry palate intermingled with spices, honey and smoky malt. Excellent after a heavy meal with a fine cigar, this is a sipping whisky to be savoured.	70cl	£ 179.29 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Glenfarclas 1971 / Sherry Cask / The Family Casks – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 57.1% Vintage: 1971 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 57.1% / Distillery Bottling – The Glenfarclas Family Casks series is a new range of vintage casks from one of Speyside's best distilleries. All but three of the range (1952, 1979 & 1984) are from first fill or refill sherry casks.	70cl	£ 330.00 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Tomintoul Peaty Tang – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 40% Summary: 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – We assume that this new no-age-statement peated Tomintoul must be similar to the Old Ballantruan but at a reduced strength. Either way, at this price it must be worth a punt for peatheads.	70cl	£ 23.95 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Glenfarclas 1961 / 45 Year Old / The Family Casks – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 45 Year Old Strength: 52.2% Vintage: 1961 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 52.2% / Distillery Bottling	70cl	£ 450.00 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Penderyn Peated – Welsh Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 46% Summary: 70cl / 46% – A new peated expression of everyone's favourite Welsh whisky, Penderyn.	70cl	£ 34.95 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Glenmorangie Original 1974 – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Strength: 43% Vintage: 1974 Bottler: Summary: 50cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling	50cl	£ 350.00 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Cardhu Special Cask Reserve – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 40% Summary: 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – Selected from 'very old oak casks', this new Cardhu Special Cask Reserve is richer and sweeter than the hugely popular 12 year old and has proved very successful since its release.	70cl	£ 45.95 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Knockando 21 Year Old Master Reserve – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 21 Year Old Strength: 43% Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An elegant, sophisticated Knockando, Master Reserve 21yo is made with casks lying in the coolest part of the warehouse. These casks take longer to mature and the resulting malt is extremely smooth.	70cl	£ 64.95 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Glenturret 1979 / 29 Year Old / Cask #1439 – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 29 Year Old Strength: 51.4% Vintage: 1979 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 51.4% / Signatory – A rare outing for Glenturret as a single malt (most of the production goes into the Famous Grouse blend). This 1979 vintage is from indie bottlers Signatory and has been bottled at cask strength from a single hogshead.	70cl	£ 102.00 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Glen Albyn 1981 / 29 Year Old / Cask #50 – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 29 Year Old Strength: 57.5% Vintage: 1981 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 57.5% / Signatory – A rare independent bottlnig of Glen Albyn from Signatory's Cask Strength Collection. This 29 year-old was distilled in 1981, just two years before the distillery was closed by owners DCL (now Diageo). Glen Albyn's buildings were sadly demolished in 1986 to make way for a shopping centre.	70cl	£ 82.49 BUY NOW
The Whisky Exchange	Cragganmore 1985 / 24 Year Old / Cask #1994 – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 24 Year Old Strength: 50.7% Vintage: 1994 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 50.7% / Signatory – A single hogshead of Craggganmore 1985, bottled by Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection. Indie bottlings of Cragganmore are pretty thin on the ground, so this is a welcome addition.	70cl	£ 78.13 BUY NOW

Tamdhu 1962 – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

December 15, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Tamdhu 1962 - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 43% / Gordon & Macphail.

Price: £ 155.00 BUY IT NOW

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Black Bowmore 1964 / 31 Year Old / Final Edition – Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

December 14, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Black Bowmore 1964 / 31 Year Old / Final Edition - Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 49% / Distillery Bottling – The third of the three extraordinary Oloroso cask 1964 Bowmores released in the mid-1990s, this final batch was of 1812 bottles. With an almost unfathomable concentration and intensity of flavour, and with the perfect balance of fruit, peat and power, these whiskies deserve the frequently overused ‘legendary’ tag and have assumed mythic status..

Price: £ 3,500.00 BUY IT NOW

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Macallan 10 Year Old – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

December 13, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Macallan 10 Year Old - Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

100cl / 58.4% / Distillery Bottling.

Price: £ 89.95 BUY IT NOW

You can buy it here: Macallan 10 Year Old – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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Dalmore 40 Year Old / 1966 – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

December 12, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Dalmore 40 Year Old / 1966 - Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – Dalmore’s extra-special 40yo is the leading light of Whyte & Mackay’s Rare & Prestigious range. Dalmore ages better than perhaps any other Highland distillery, and these long-aged Dalmores are increasingly sought-after by collectors. The casks used for this 40yo were a mixture of American oak and sherry casks from the world-beating Gonzalez Byass..

Price: £ 1,335.00 BUY IT NOW

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Bunnahabhain 1973 / 35 Year Old / Refill Sherry Wood – Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

December 11, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Bunnahabhain 1973 / 35 Year Old / Refill Sherry Wood - Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 50.1% / The Whisky Agency – An ancient Bunnahabhain from 1973, bottled from refill sherry wood by The Whisky Agency in 2008..

Price: £ 129.00 BUY IT NOW

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Glen Ord 12 Year Old – Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky

December 10, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Glen Ord 12 Year Old - Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An exuberantly spicy malt, with plenty of sherry influence, Glen Ord is a fine example of the Highland style and very good value for money. This bottling is now discontinued, to be replaced by Singleton of Glen Ord, so grab one while you can..

Price: £ 49.95 BUY IT NOW

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Diageo’s Scotch Whiskies Win Prestigious Title Again

December 9, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Diageo’s Scotch Whiskies Win Prestigious Title Again

The coveted prize of Grand Scotch Whisky Master has been awarded to Diageo for the success of their Single Malt Scotch and Blended Scotch Whiskies.

The announcement came on 7th. December at the Spirits Masters Awards in London.

This is the third year that Diageo have won this award, decided by independent judges from outside the industry. The Spirits Masters competition is sponsored and organised by The Spirits Business magazine.

Awards for individual whiskies, announced earlier in the year, were also handed out.

Masters: Johnnie Walker, Talisker and Lagavulin.

Master accolades (the top awards) in the blended Scotch whisky category were won by Johnnie Walker Double Gold and Johnnie Walker Black Label.

In single malts, Masters went to the celebrated West Coast malts Lagavulin 16 year old, Lagavulin Distillers Edition, Talisker 10 year old and Talisker 57 Degrees North – confirming the long winning record of these distinguished island malts, and coming only days after their triumph in the Malt Maniacs 2010 Whisky Awards.

Caol Ila 12 year old also won a Master, following its Trophy at the IWSC earlier in the year.

Golds

Gold Medals were awarded to Buchanan’s De Luxe 12 year old, The Singleton of Glen Ord, Clynelish 14 year old, Oban 14 year old, Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition, Talisker Distillers Edition, Caol Ila Distillers Edition and Clynelish Distillers Edition.

In the Lowlands category, Glenkinchie 12 year old won Gold.

In all, Diageo’s Scotch Whiskies scored 7 Masters, 9 Golds and 4 Silvers.

The Spirits Masters Awards competition

Part of The Spirits Masters Awards 2010, The Whisky Masters competition is an annual blind tasting Scotch whisky awards competition organised by The Spirits Business. The judging panel were all independent of the whisky industry and this year included:

Sukhinder Singh (owner of The Whisky Exchange), Matt Chambers (writer at the Whisky for Everyone blog), Richard Woodard (freelance drinks writer), Dominic Roskrow (whisky writer and author) , Marcin Miller (Quercus Communications owner & former Whisky Magazine editor), Neil Ridley (writer at the caskstrength.net blog) and Patience Gould (editor of The Spirits Business).