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Glen Garioch Bicentenary 37 Year Old - Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling.
Price: £ 1,225.53 BUY IT NOW
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Knappogue Castle 1995 - Single Malt Irish Whiskey
70cl / 40% – The latest vintage in this award-winning series of Irish single malts was distilled by Bushmils in 1995 and bottled in 2007, the oldest release to date. Bottled without artificial colouring, Knappogue Castle’s unique, crisp clean flavour varies from vintage to vintage..
Price: £ 35.69 BUY IT NOW
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Dalwhinne 15 Year Old - Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
20cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – A quarter bottle of Dalwhinnie 15yo, the Highland representative in Diageo’s Classic Malts series..
Price: £ 11.73 BUY IT NOW
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Bowmore Horse Trails 1996 - Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling.
Price: £ 2,041.53 BUY IT NOW
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VisitScotland finds Smokehead just the ticket
Following successful partnerships with iconic rock brands such as Marshall Amps and Classic Rock Magazine, Smokehead Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky is now celebrating Glasgow’s vibrant music scene with an exciting new competition with VisitScotland.
Promoted as part of VisitScotland’s seasonal Winter White campaign, Smokehead is now selling all its UK standard bottles with on-pack promotional stickers offering fans the chance to win a luxury two night break in Scotland’s largest, brightest city. Staying at the five star Glasgow Hilton, the lucky winner and guest will also receive their choice of music gig tickets for the SECC, courteous of TicketSoup.com.
The prize also includes breakfast both mornings, evening meals at The Hilton’s stylish Cameron Restaurant and Ashton Lane’s popular Grosvenor Bistro, entry to the West End’s Viper Club, £300 travel/spending money and of course a special bottle of Smokehead Whisky.
Iain Weir of Smokehead Whisky said: “Glasgow has one of the most exciting music scenes in the UK and working with VisitScotland to promote this is the perfect way for us to build on Smokehead’s growing rock credentials, offering a competition that will really appeal to our target customer base.
“With our continued support for fantastic events such as this summer’s High Voltage music festival and the Marshall Ultimate Band Contest, this is set to be a big music year for Smokehead. The Winter White promotion with VisitScotland is the ideal start to 2011.”
Described as being like a cannonball, Smokehead is an explosive combination of peat, smoke and spice with some delicate sweetness. The single malt flavour is described as fresh, fruity and immense, with notes of sherry, iodine, toffee, smoke and sea salt. The taste hits the palate at once with cocoa, peat and some honey sweetness, before exploding with peppery spice and more earthy peat.
The Competition closes on 14th. March 2011.
Tasting notes:
Nose:
Heavy smoke and peat. Amazing richness. Lemon, fresh ginger, plum jam. Salty and spicy.
Body:
Like a cannonball – hits the palate at once with cocoa, peat and some honey sweetness then explodes with peppery spice and more earthy peat. Spreads to all the areas of your mouth with more peat and light sweetness.
Finish:
Even more peat, spice, mandarin – then dries up. When you think it’s all over the peat comes back to hit you again.
Impression
A rollercoaster of peat and spice with some delicate sweetness.
Amrut Peated Cask Strength Malt
70cl / 62.8%.
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The Whisky Exchange has 20 New additions to it’s range this week with whiskies from regions such as: Island, Islay and Speyside.
The brands include Banff, Ben Nevis, Bowmore, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Dallas Dhu, Dalmore, Glen Grant, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Highland Park, Lagavulin & Speyside.
The ages of the new whiskies include 8 to 59 Year Old malts.
| Supplier | Brand | Bottle Size |
Price |
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Lagavulin 1989 / Distillers Edition – Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 43% Vintage: 1989 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – Finished in casks previously containing Pedro Ximenez sherry, this is the most popular of the 'Distillers Edition' expressions of the Classic Malts. A delicious layer of sherry sweetness smooths out the rough edges of the standard bottling |
70cl | £ 120.00 BUY NOW |
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Lagavulin 1991 Distillers Edition – Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 43% Vintage: 1991 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – With all year oldur favourite Lagavulin characteristics, allied to an extra layer of sweetness, this is the most consistently excellent of the highly popular Distiller's Edition series. Winner of a Gold Medal and Best in Class at the IWSC, as well as the |
70cl | £ 105.00 BUY NOW |
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Banff 1964 / 15 Year Old / Low Level – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 15 Year Old Strength: 45.7% Vintage: 1964 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 45.7% / Cadenhead's – A very rare Banff 1964 bottled as a 15 year old by Cadenhead's in 1979. Lovely swirly font on the label. Please note that the level in this bottle is quite low, as shown in the photo. |
75cl | £ 292.65 BUY NOW |
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Glenmorangie Finealta / Private Edition – Highland Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Strength: 46% Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – The second in Glenmorangie's series of Private Editions (the first being the hugely popular Sonnalta), Finealta is lightly peated barley that has been matured partly in ex-sherry casks and partly in plain new American oak casks. the name means 'Elegance' in Gaelic (it says here). |
70cl | £ 61.49 BUY NOW |
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Ben Nevis 1984 / 25 Year Old / Double Matured/ Cask 98/35/13 – Highland Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 25 Year Old Strength: 55.4% Vintage: 1984 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 55.4% / Distillery Bottling – A special double-matured caskstrength 25 year old single cask Ben Nevis, this whisky was matured for 14 years in bourbon casks before being re-racked into a sherry butt in 1998 for a further eleven years maturation. |
70cl | £ 86.95 BUY NOW |
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Glenfarclas 1959 / 35 Year Old / Dark Sherry – Speyside Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 35 Year Old Strength: 52.6% Vintage: 1959 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 52.6% / Signatory – A fabulous colour on this single cask full-strength dark sherried 1950s Glenfarclas, bottled by Signatory in the mid-1990s. |
70cl | £ 499.00 BUY NOW |
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Ardbeg 1978 / Bot. 1990s / Map Label – Islay Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 40% Vintage: 1990 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% / Gordon & Macphail – A 1990s bottling of Ardbeg 1978 from Gordon & Macphail's Connoisseurs Choice series, with the old Map Label presentation. |
75cl | £ 199.00 BUY NOW |
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Glenfarclas 8 Year Old / 105' / White Label / Bot.1980s – Speyside Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 8 Year Old Strength: 60% Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 60% / Distillery Bottling – An early bottling of Glenfarclas 105' from the 1980s, rare in that it has a white label and an age statement (from the days when 8 years was pretty old for a single malt). |
75cl | £ 299.00 BUY NOW |
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Caol Ila 1974 / 20 Year Old – Islay Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 20 Year Old Strength: 43% Vintage: 1974 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% / Hart Brothers – A rare mid-1990s bottling of 20 year old Caol Ila 1974 from Hart Brothers. |
70cl | £ 199.00 BUY NOW |
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Dallas Dhu 26 Year Old / Bot.1980s – Speyside Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 26 Year Old Strength: 44.5% Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 44.5% / Cadenhead's – A wonderful old 1980s bottling of Dallas Dhu 26 year old from Edinburgh bottlers Cadenhead's. |
75cl | £ 450.00 BUY NOW |
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Dalmore Aurora / 45 Year Old / 1964 Oloroso Sherry Cask – Highland Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 45 Year Old Strength: 45% Vintage: 1964 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 45% / Distillery Bottling – Inspired by and named after the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights, just 200 bottles of this Oloroso sherry cask 1964 vintage Dalmore have been released. |
70cl | £ 2,800.00 BUY NOW |
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Dalmore Eos / 59 Year Old / 1951 – Highland Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 59 Year Old Strength: 44% Vintage: 1951 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 44% / Distillery Bottling – Just 20 decanters of Eos (named after the Titan goddess of the sun) have been releaseed. A sister bottling to 2010's Selene, Eos has been bottled from the same two sherry casks after an additional year's ageing. |
70cl | £ 15,000.00 BUY NOW |
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Glenlivet 1992 / 17 Year Old / Old Malt Cask #4678 – Speyside Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 17 Year Old Strength: 50% Vintage: 1992 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 50% / Douglas Laing – A rare indie bottling of Glenlivet – this is refill cask of the 1992 vintage bottled at 50% by Douglas Laing for their Old Malt Cask range. |
70cl | £ 49.95 BUY NOW |
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Caol Ila 1978 / 12 Year Old – Islay Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 65.5% Vintage: 1978 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 65.5% / Cadenhead's – A wonderful old bottle of cask strength 12 year old Caol Ila 1978 bottled by Cadenhead's all the way back in 1990. |
75cl | £ 357.45 BUY NOW |
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Tomatin 1962 / 22 Year Old – Speyside Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 22 Year Old Strength: 46% Vintage: 1962 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 46% / Cadenhead's – A fascinating mid-1980s bottling of Tomatin 1962 from cult Edinburgh bottlers Cadenhead's. |
75cl | £ 305.36 BUY NOW |
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Bowmore 1974 / Vintage Label / Sherry Casks – Islay Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 40% Vintage: 1974 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – A wonderful old Bowmore 1974 bottled from sherry casks, probably at some point in the early to mid 1990s. |
75cl | £ 450.00 BUY NOW |
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Glen Grant 170th Anniversary – Speyside Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 46% Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – A special edition of Glen Grant, blended from the distillery's most valuable casks and bottled at 46% without chill-filtration in 2010 to celebrate the distillery's 170th anniversary. |
70cl | £ 74.95 BUY NOW |
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Highland Park 50 Year Old / 1960 – Island Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 50 Year Old Strength: 44.8% Vintage: 1960 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 44.8% / Distillery Bottling – Another stunning packaging job for this limited release of fifty-year-old Highland Park 1960, featuring a sterling silver abstract 'cage' around the bottle by Scottish artist Maeve Gillies and a natural-look wooden box. The official tasting notes suggest a sherry influence on this, with tobacco, raisins and cooked fruit. |
70cl | £ 8,650.00 BUY NOW |
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Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old – Islay Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 18 Year Old Strength: 46.3% Summary: 70cl / 46.3% / Distillery Bottling – Introduced in 2010, this is the relaunched version of Bunnahabhain 18 year old, with owners Burn Stweewart having ditched the caramel colouring and chill-filtration and upped the strength to 46.3%. A triumph for 'naturalist' whisky drinkers and a PR triumph for Burn Stewart – Bravo! |
70cl | £ 49.99 BUY NOW |
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Banff 18 Year Old / Bot.1970s – Speyside Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 18 Year Old Strength: 45.7% Vintage: 1970 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 45.7% / Cadenhead's – A wonderful old bottle of 18 year old single malt from closed Speyside distillery Banff. Bottled in the 1970s – check out that hippy font on the label! |
75cl | £ 450.00 BUY NOW |
Macallan 8 Year Old / Easter Elchies Summer Bottling - Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 45.2% / Distillery Bottling – A special edition Macallan, bottled as part of a seasonal selection for sale at Easter Elchies..
Price: £ 255.32 BUY IT NOW
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Banff 1971 / 38 Year Old / Sherry Cask - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 53.4% / Douglas Laing – Bottled in August 2009, this is a single sherry cask of the rather rare and obscure Banff distillery, which closed in 1983 and was destroyed by a fire in 1991. Bottled by Douglas Laing for their Old & Rare Platinum Selection..
Price: £ 250.00 BUY IT NOW
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North Port Brechin 1979 / 20 Year Old - Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 61.2% / Distillery Bottling – The Rare Malts are a now-discontinued series of cask-strength releases designed by Diageo to showcase some of the hidden treasures in their portfolio. This particular dram is all the more precious for having come from a distillery demolished in 1983..
Price: £ 199.00 BUY IT NOW
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