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Penderyn Sherrrywood / Single Cask Welsh Single Malt Whisky
70cl / 50% – Penderyn’s single sherry cask matured whisky, rich and dark with lots of sherry fruit. It definitely benefits from the higher than usual bottling strength, with more intensity of flavour – it also takes water well.
Price: £ 155.00 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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Laphroaig 10 Year Old / Cask Strength Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 55.7% / Distillery Bottling – A giant whack of peat, tempered by some toffee-like notes. This is a powerful, uncompromising whisky, and all the better for it. ‘A fine robust dram with lots happening. Laphroaig at its best. 8.75/10’ Gavin Smith, Whisky Magazine May 2004
Price: £ 150.00 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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One of the Glenglassaugh – Rare Cask range
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Edencroft
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Glenglassaugh – Rare Cask Batch 1 / Cask # 2114 Country: Scotland Region: sSpeyside Age: 41 Years Old. Strength: 50.6% Summary: Cask Size and Type: Refill Sherry Butt. Finish: Fully sherry matured. Appearance: Full amber glow. Nose: Revealing depths of prunes and rum raisins over milk chocolate releases harmonious crisp oak spices and zest of lime. Palate: Fantastic spiced honey and stem ginger rolls to prune syrup and hints of cocoa. Gentle cantaloupe melon with a dusting of ground almond and warm white pepper liven the crisp finish. |
70cl | £ 585.00 BUY NOW |
Edencroft
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Glenglassaugh – Rare Cask Batch 1 / Cask # 6801 Country: Scotland Region: sSpeyside Age: 40 Years Old. Strength: 52.1% Summary: Cask Size and Type: Manzanilla Sherry Puncheon. Finish: Sherry Finish. Appearance: Deep crimson edged with gold. Nose: Magnificent full bodied, yet elegant sherry character. Plum juice and dates carry bursts of orange sherbet and touches of gentle anise. Palate: The freshness of candied peal balances the rich dark chocolate and sherried dark fruit character. A subtle grapefruit and warm oak spice lightens and adds a citrus twist to the finish. |
70cl | £ 526.00 BUY NOW |
Edencroft
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Glenglassaugh – Rare Cask Batch 1 / Cask # 7801 Country: Scotland Region: sSpeyside Age: 38 Years Old. Strength: 42.4% Summary: Cask Size and Type: Moscatel Hogshead. Finish: Moscatel Finish. Appearance: Summer harvest gold. Nose: An initial suggestion of boiled sweets with a spearmint warmth gently flows to soft mango, caramelised green pears and cracked black pepper. Palate: Delicate fruit salad balanced with a warm black pepper spice softens to waves of gentle orchard fruits, rich oak and a beautiful fresh barley finish. |
70cl | £ 432.00 BUY NOW |
Edencroft
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Compass Box – Last Vatted Malt Country: Scotland Region: IslaySpeyside Age: Strength: 53.7% Summary: This special limited edition bottling is a valedictory farewell to the Vatted Malt, one delivered with honour and pride. This whisky is made from a marriage of fine, old single malt whiskies from Islay and Speyside distilleries. It combines intense aromas and flavours of dried fruits and maltiness underscored by a subtle, sweet smokiness, all robed in the revealing signs of whiskies of antiquity. Only 1,323 bottles have been released for sale. Nose: the work of both oak and the peat kiln appear to be well matched here. Though perhaps it is the orange blossom and pear fruitiness that really makes the heart skip a beat; Taste: a sublime delivery. The Compass Boz marque of oakiness is stamped prominently, but couched this time by a stunning mix of creamcocoa, lightly sweetened by Demerara. Improbably, half way in there is a steady stream of juicy barley…about the same time you notice how well balanced the smoke is: like a great football referee, you dont actually notice him being there, but makes all else run beautifully; Finish: doesnt try to develop. Just allows the elements that make up this complex whisky the space to run their own course…; Balance: being an American, Compass Box founder and blender, John Glaser, knows a thing or two about pouring two fingers of whisky. So I join John in raising two fingers to the SWA and toast them in the spirit they deserve to thank them for their single-minded and successful quest to outlaw this ancient whisky term. Each bottle personally signed by John Glaser. |
70cl | £ 175.00 BUY NOW |
Edencroft
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Compass Box – Oak Cross Vatted Malt Country: Scotland Region: Blended Age: Strength: 43% Summary: They call this malt whisky Oak Cross because it offers the best characteristics of both American and French oak aging. A rich, medium-bodied malt whisky, Oak Cross combines vanilla characters from American oak and spicy, clove-like characters from French oak. Flavour Descriptors: on the palate, notes of clove and vanilla accent a sweet maltiness and subtle fruit character. Recommendations: Suitable as an aperitif served with a chilled water in the winter months. Full enough to serve as a summertime digestif. Excellent match for many cheeses. Distillery Sourcing: made entirely of Highland single malt whiskies led by Teaninich and balanced with malts from the villages of Brora (for fruitiness) and Carron (for weight). All 10 to 12 years-old. Wood: all the whiskies are aged for their primary maturation in a mix of American oak cask types. The marrying casks are a mix of first-fill Bourbon barrels and our proprietary “Oak Cross” casks made of American and new French oaks. Bottling Details: bottled at 43%. Not chill filtered. Natural colour. |
70cl | £ 33.30 BUY NOW |
Edencroft
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Compass Box – Spice Tree Vatted Malt Country: Scotland Region: Blended Age: Strength: 46% Summary: As in the past, The Spice Tree is 100% malt whisky sourced from northern Highland distilleries, (notably and primarily malt whisky distilled at the Clynelish distillery). The primary maturation is in a mix of first-fill and refill American oak. Nose: quite paradoxical,. First sniff and you think: "whoa! Thats a big-un." Then you nose again, slowly and carefully you realise that whilst the nose does seem superficially big, it is actually made up of dozens of tiny aromas ganging together. The main theme is delicate tangerine and vanilla – almost like tangerine yogurt – but there are weightier spices to note, all of them fragments, especially the watery allspice and ginger…sublime. Taste: and now the palate continues with exactly the same theme: a million little flavour explosions, all timed to go off one after the other, but all on a sweet muscovado sugar bed created by the superb base malt of Clynelish. Finish: thins rapidly into a more basic vanilla, though there is still a spice pulse and glow; just a little bitter at the death. Balance: having initially been chopped down by the SWA, who were indignant that extra staves had been inserted into the casks, The Spice Tree is not only back but in full bloom. Indeed, the blossom on this, created by the use of fresh oak barrel heads, is more intoxicating than its predecessor – mainly because there is a more even and less dramatic personality to this. Not just a great malt, but a serious contender for Jim Murray Whisky Bible 2011 World Whisky of the Year. |
70cl | £ 38.26 BUY NOW |
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Compass Box – The Peat Monster Country: Scotland Region: Blended Age: 46% Strength: Compass Box Summary: Rich and loaded with flavour: a bacon-fat smokiness, full-blown peat, a maltiness, hints of fruit and spice. The finish is very long, echoing peat and smoke for several minutes. Flavour Descriptors: rich and loaded with flavour: a bacon-fat smokiness, full-blown peat, a maltiness, hints of fruit and spice. The finish is very long, echoing peat and smoke for several minutes. Recommendations: a fantastic late-night digestif malt whisky. Also suitable for taking the chill off a cold day. Excellent with blue vein cheeses. Distillery Sourcing: Islay single malts from the village of Port Askaig as well as some south shore whisky (as of late 2007); and Ardmore. All aged from 10-16 years. Wood: a mix of first-fill and refill American oak. Bottling Details: bottled at 46%. Not chill filtered. Natural colour. |
£ 36.95 BUY NOW | |
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Douglas Laing – The Christmas 2011 Big Peat Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 57.8% Summary: HISTORICALLY WE CALL THIS – WHISPER IT – A VATTED MALT, BLONDE IN THE BOTTLE – BUT WITH A BIG PEAT KICK A SMALL BATCH BOTTLING TRADITIONALLY UNCHILL FILTERED CONTAINING ONLY ISLAY MALT WHISKIES! But what exactly is a Vatted Malt? It is what the Scotch Whisky industry has traditionally called “a marriage of Malts”. Big Peat contains Malt Whisky ONLY from the island of Islay – some say it’s the ultimate taste of Islay! Big Peat is a feisty Islay character has a sweet side too – ‘he’ carries a big peaty (“phenolic”), beachy, oceanic, rather ashy selection of malts only from the island of Islay. We do not chill filter – we prefer a more old fashioned traditional approach – so you will detect a massive amplification of sea-faring qualities on the nose, palate, and finish Nose: just one of those noses where it takes a tremendous act of will to put the glass down…the interplay between the salts and sugars, the counterweights between the different varieties of phenols themselves; Taste: when the delivery strikes home with the oils, phenols and sugars in immediate harmony, you know you are in for an experience. The question is: can it keep this quality to the end? Finish: …indeed it can! In fact, it improves and so complex and tantalising are those astonishing Demerara and peaty riches, it is hard to quite know where the end begins. A number of teasing bourbon tones, on the liquorice and hickory side – perhaps with a hint of honey – stokes the fireside complexity further…; Balance: I haven’t got a television these days as my life is simply too busy. And with entertainment like this in the glass to keep you occupied, who needs one…? I doubt if any Christmas special on the box came remotely close to matching this…! |
£ 47.50 BUY NOW |
Knockando 1966 Extra Old Reserve / Bot.1991 Speyside Whisky
75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An marvellous old early 1990s bottling of aged Knockando from the 1966 vintage. This was bottled in 1991 at 25 years old.
Price: £ 450.00 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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Abbey Whisky 30 Year Old Speyside Gift Set Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 30 Years Old Strength: 43% |
10cl | £ 28.50 BUY NOW |
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Ardbeg 10 Year Old / SMWS Single Cask 33.91 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 10 Years Old Strength: 64.4% Vintage: 2000 Bottler: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society |
70cl | £ 295.00 BUY NOW |
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Balblair 1983 Vintage / 1st Release Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Strength: 46% Vintage: 1983 Bottler: Balblair |
70cl | £ 208.00 BUY NOW |
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Balblair 2003 Vintage / 1st Release Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Strength: 46% Vintage: 2003 Bottler: Balblair |
70cl | £ 43.75 BUY NOW |
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Glen Garioch 1999 / Sherry Cask Matured / Batch 30 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Strength: 56.3% Vintage: 1999 Bottler: Glen Garioch |
70cl | £ 59.95 BUY NOW |
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Glencadam 22 Year Old / The Rare Casks / Release 4 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 22 Years Old Strength: 55.3% Vintage: 1991 Bottler: Abbey Whisky |
70cl | £ 76.95 BUY NOW |
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Glenfiddich 1976 / La Grande Epicerie Paris / Cask #16392 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 47.0% Vintage: 1976 Bottler: Glenfiddich |
70cl | £ 740.00 BUY NOW |
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Glenlivet 1982 / 30 Year Old / Cask 6669 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 30 Years Old Strength: 52.5% Vintage: 1982 Bottler: Berry Bros & Rudd |
70cl | £ 128.00 BUY NOW |
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Nikka 1990 Single Cask 223619 / 10 Year Old Country: Japan Region: Japanese Age: 10 Years Old Strength: 61.2% Vintage: 1990 Bottler: Nikka |
75cl | £ 295.00 BUY NOW |
Ben Mead
London based drummer and musician Ben Mead, conducted an eye-catching and innovative experiment for Ballantines recently. The aim was to capture the shapes, patterns and skills that define his art form.
In order to capture the stunning light trails, a bespoke application was developed in the C++ computer programming language.
An HD video feed from the main shoot camera pulls out the LED-tipped drumsticks.
The trails were not computer generated, but come directly from the images from the camera, creating light trails of the desired length and intensity.
In addition, a 360 degree ‘time slice rig’ was used to capture the light trails in 3D.
You can see the amazing results at http://youtu.be/JLSC5HUbvcQ
Glenglassaugh 1967 / Connoisseurs Choice Speyside Whisky
75cl / 40% / Gordon & Macphail – A 1967 vintage Glenglassaugh bottled by indie veteran Gordon & Macphail as part of their Connoisseurs Choice range.
Price: £ 350.00 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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Highland Park 1967 / 36 Year Old Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 49.7% / Distillery Bottling – A rare single cask 1967 vintage Highland Park, bottled at 36 years old and selected for their ‘more discerning customers’.
Price: £ 999.00 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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Mortlach 1954 / Sherry Cask / Gordon & Macphail Speyside Whisky
70cl / 43% / Gordon & Macphail – A vintage Mortlach distilled in 1954 and bottled by Gordon & Macphail after over fifty years maturing in sherry casks. Please note that due to strict allocations this product is MAXIMUM TWO BOTTLES PER CUSTOMER
Price: £ 865.00 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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Glendullan 1995 / 13 Year Old / Managers' Choice Speyside Whisky
70cl / 58.7% / Distillery Bottling – A 13yo single cask Glendullan bottled at full strength for the Managers’ Choice series. Glendullan is another distillery we didn’t see much of on this side of the pond, but malt from what is one of Diageo’s larger distilleries has recently emerged in the US under the Singleton banner. Interestingly, this is marked as having come from a rejuvenated cask – kudos to Diageo for this extra snippet of clarity.
Price: £ 120.00 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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