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Glencadam 10 Year Old - Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – The new Glencadam 10yo, released at the end of 2008 by (relatively) new owners Angus Dundee. This is styled as ‘The Rather Delicate Highland Malt’. Unchilfiltered, with no colouring and bottled at 46% – this is what we like to see..
Price: £ 29.49 BUY IT NOW
You can buy it here: Glencadam 10 Year Old – Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky
Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.
Chapter 11 - their first Heavily peated Single Malt
The English Whisky Company has announced the release of it’s next ‘Chapter’ – Chapter 11 – their first Heavily peated Single Malt. It is bottled at 46% and has a new bottle design.
The whisky critics who have tried it appear to want some more – so before they taste the whole stock – you have a few days headstart on everyone else to get an order in and secure a bit of heaven for yourself!
This is because they have only have a small amount of Chapter 11 for release this year with more to follow in July 2012.
It can be ordered now from The English Whisky Company for despatch starting from the 14th. July. Price: £44.99.
Chapter 11 will also be available in a decanter bottle which will be bottled at cask strength – 59.7%.
A visit to the distillery is well worthwhile. You will be warmly welcomed! You can take a tour for £5 which also includes a dram.
They are open 10:00am – 5:30pm, 7 days a week and can be found at: St. George’s Distillery, Harling Road, Roudham, Norfolk, NR16 2QW
Chapter 11 Tasting Notes:
Nose: Sweet and creamy with hints of ginger biscuits, aniseed and white pepper. Also vanilla and pear drops along with the grappa nose.
Taste: Creamy and clean barley at first, then the peat and pepper slowly build and fill every corner of the mouth, without overpowering. Ginger biscuits, lemon and lime followed by savoury dry peat and then more tropical fruits (pineapple, mango).
Fruitier than the cask strength on the long, soft finish, but still lightly peppered and citrusy on the sides of the tongue. Very mouth watering and the peat is more prominent than on the cask strength.
Glenfarclas 8 Year Old / Bot.1970's - Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
75cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling.
Price: £ 399.00 BUY IT NOW
You can buy it here: Glenfarclas 8 Year Old / Bot.1970's – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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The Bloggers' Blend
I’m a bit late coming into this as I’ve been away on my jolly hols. but for those who haven’t heard and for those who’d like to read it again (!) – Blend I was the winning entry in Master of Malt’s
bloggers blend competition (see here for details).
By way of a quick re-cap: Ten top whisky bloggers were asked to create their own blends, using pipettes, measuring cylinders (and other scientific accoutrements) and a selection of malt and grain whiskies.
The bloggers then sent their recipes to Master of Malt, with the exact proportions of the whiskies they used, and MOM made up full-sized bottles of each.
After creating tasting sets with samples of each of the 10 bloggers’ blends, the public was asked to vote on which blend they liked the best.
What was also asked that was that voters bear in mind the RRP for each finalised blend when deciding upon their favourite, to provide maximum value for money!
The winning blend, Blend I (which had an RRP of £54.95 a bottle, and stood out with its Islay style!) won by quite a big margin.
(As an aside: If the First-Past-the-Post voting system had been used, Blend I would still have won.)
The next task is Master of Malt will work with the original 10 bloggers to work on the branding for the blend.
So, the story continues …
Strathisla 40 Year Old - Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 43% / Gordon & Macphail.
Price: £ 120.00 BUY IT NOW
You can buy it here: Strathisla 40 Year Old – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.
Macallan 15 Year Old / Fine Oak - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – Macallan 15yo Fine Oak is matured in a combination of Bourbon & Sherry Oak Casks. This range has been around for a few years now and seems to have weathered the storm it caused amongst the faithful when it was initially released. This one is probably the pick of the (Fine Oak) bunch. Web-Exclusive Price!.
Price: £ 44.25 BUY IT NOW
You can buy it here: Macallan 15 Year Old / Fine Oak – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.
Macallan Travel Series / 1940's - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
50cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling.
Price: £ 64.95 BUY IT NOW
You can buy it here: Macallan Travel Series / 1940's – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
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Benromach 2001 / 9 Year Old / Cask Strength - Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 59.9% / Distillery Bottling – A vatting of seven first-fill bourbon casks of 2001 Benromach bottled at full strength towards the end of 2010. Kudos to owners G&M for bottling when the whisky’s ready rather than waiting until it was a 10 year old..
Price: £ 41.75 BUY IT NOW
You can buy it here: Benromach 2001 / 9 Year Old / Cask Strength – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.
We are proud to unveil the World Whisky Day Widget (shown above) in all it’s glory!
Blair from WWD and Malthound have teamed up to produce a little daily reminder (as if you’d forget anyway!) of this great Malt Whisky event.
And if you would like to display our widget on your blog / webpage, then you can!
All the details can be found here.
Let us know any comments / suggestions you may have!
The Whisky Exchange has 57 New additions to it’s range this week with whiskies from the Campbeltown, Highland, Island, Islay, Lowland and Speyside regions and an Indian malt.
The brands include Aberlour, Arran, Auchentoshan, Balblair, Benromach, Bowmore, Bunnahabhain, Dallas Dhu, Dalwhinnie, Deanston, Glen Garioch, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Glenlochy, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, Hillside, Kilchoman, Laphroaig, Macallan, Millburn, Mortlach, North Port, Oban, Octomore, Port Ellen, Rosebank, Springbank, Strathisla, Talisker, Tamdhu and Tobermory.
The ages of the new whiskies range from 5 to 45 Year Old malts.
| Supplier | Brand | Bottle Size |
Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whisky Exchange |
Arran 10 Year Old – Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 10 Year Old Strength: 46% Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – Arran 10 year old is a medium-bodied, citrussy dram that shows an elegance and deftness of touch that belies the distillery's year olduth. Tasting the complexity and assurance of this year oldungster it is difficult to believe that the distillery only opened in 1995. A great achievement. |
70cl | £ 26.25 BUY NOW |
| The Whisky Exchange |
Auchentoshan 1978 / 30 Year Old / Bourbon Cask – Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: 30 Year Old Strength: 53.4% Vintage: 1978 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 53.4% / Distillery Bottling – Matured exclusively in Bourbon casks, this officially-bottled 30 year old Auchentoshan from the 1978 vintage is limited to just 480 bottles. |
70cl | £ 350.00 BUY NOW |
| The Whisky Exchange |
Bunnahabhain Darach Ur / Batch 1 – Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 46.3% Summary: 100cl / 46.3% / Distillery Bottling – An official 1L bottling of Bunnahahbhain, originally for travel retail. Darach Ur means 'New Oak' in Scots Gaelic – this no-age-statement malt has been matured exclusively in virgin American oak casks. |
100cl | £ 48.95 BUY NOW |
| The Whisky Exchange |
Macallan 1938 – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 43% Vintage: 1938 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling |
75cl | £ 3,950.00 BUY NOW |
| The Whisky Exchange |
Macallan 1940 – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 43% Vintage: 1940 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling |
75cl | £ 3,999.00 BUY NOW |
| The Whisky Exchange |
Benromach 1981 – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 58.1% Vintage: 1981 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 58.1% / Distillery Bottling – A bottling of 1981 vintage Benromach, produced by the previous owners before the distillery's 1983 mothballing, but bottled by new owners Gordon & Macphail. This is only going to get rarer, as there won't be any 21 year old whisky finishing its maturation until 2019, 21 years after the distillery reopened in 1998. |
70cl | £ 110.00 BUY NOW |
| The Whisky Exchange |
Glenmorangie 1981 / Sauternes Wood Finish – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Strength: 46% Vintage: 1981 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – A perfect example of what wood-finishing (so often reviled by some) can achieve, Glenmorangie 1981 spent the last two of its 21 years of maturation in casks formerly containing Chateau d'Yquem. A legendary 'Morangie. |
70cl | £ 450.00 BUY NOW |
| The Whisky Exchange |
Glenmorangie Lasanta / Sherry Cask Finish – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Strength: 46% Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – Lasanta is the replacement for the old Glenmorangie Sherry Finish although, to be fair, this new one is a bit stronger at 46%. It says here that 'Lasanta' means 'Warmth and Passion' in Gaelic, which is nice. |
70cl | £ 34.75 BUY NOW |
| The Whisky Exchange |
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban / 12 Year Old / Port Cask Finish – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 46% Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – Glenmorangie's Quinta Ruban replaced the old Port Wood Finish expression a few years ago. Bottled at a higher strength after 12 years, enhancing the extra grapey sweetness the old expression was famous for. |
70cl | £ 35.75 BUY NOW |
| The Whisky Exchange |
Amrut Indian Single Malt – Indian Single Malt Whisky Country: Indian Region: Indian Age: Strength: 46% Summary: 70cl / 46% – The new Amrut Indian Single Malt has been beefed up to 46% and we can't wait to try it. The peated cask-strength stuff is excellent and this should be a significant improvement on the old 40% bottling. |
70cl | £ 28.75 BUY NOW |
