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Edencroft
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Invergordon Single Grain Whisky 25 Year Old / Hunter Laing Sovereign Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: 25 Year Old Strength: 58.1% Vintage: 1988 Bottler: Summary: The Hunter Laing Sovereign Single Grain bottlings are increasingly becoming firm favourites with Whisky enthusiasts around the globe. Hunter Laing select only the finest casks which have been lying untouched in cold, dark and damp Scottish warehouses for many decades. Typically their aged Single Grain whiskies have a deliciously sweet and distinctly fruity character as a result of many years in the finest oak casks during maturation. Nose: rich with spiced sultana and butterscotch concentrate; Taste: fabulous delivery: arrives silky and soft and immediately explodes into an unbelievable couldron on spices and fruit; Finish: more mooerish magnificence on a vague fruit and rape seed honey theme; Balance: ignore the fact this is grain and not malt, just grab yourself a bottle of something rather beautiful. © Tasting Notes from Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible. |
70cl | £ 85.00 BUY NOW |
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Strathclyde Single Grain Whisky 36 Year Old / Hunter Laing Sovereign Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: 36 Year Old Strength: 58.1% Vintage: 1977 Bottler: Summary: The Hunter Laing Sovereign Single Grain bottlings are increasingly becoming firm favourites with Whisky enthusiasts around the globe. Hunter Laing select only the finest casks which have been lying untouched in cold, dark and damp Scottish warehouses for many decades. Typically their aged Single Grain whiskies have a deliciously sweet and distinctly fruity character as a result of many years in the finest oak casks during maturation. Nose: just about enough thickening grain – and alcohol to make this into a whisky. Otherwise the nose is pure cream oloroso, of the fruitiest variety possible; Taste: the delivery is one mouth coating homage to the gods of sherry, slightly sticky, gently sweetened and dripping in sharp grape and emboldened by a vague but busy spiciness. And so it continues…; Finish: the finish is all about offering balance as the grape at last punches itself out. The oak come into its own now, a kind of spiced Cadbury’s fruit and nut candy bar; Balance: those who fell in love with Marcallan all those years back because of its faultlessly silky sherry influence are about to have their hears won again. It’ll be love at first flight… © Tasting Notes from Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible. |
70cl | £ 99.50 BUY NOW |
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Bruichladdich / Port-charlotte Islay Barley 2008 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 50% Summary: PORT CHARLOTTE ISLAY BARLEY REPRESENTS A MILESTONE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, PERHAPS IN THE ISLAND’S HISTORY, A HEAVILY-PEATED SINGLE MALT HAS BEEN DISTILLED USING ISLAY-GROWN BARLEY. The wind-driven rain that lashes Islay's fields, and the Atlantic air breathed by the casks as they mature by the shores of Loch Indaal, gives the whisky its signature salty, citrus tang. Harvested in Sepetember 2008 from the farms at Coull, Kynagarry, Island, Rockside, Starchmill & Sunderland, peated to 40 PPM, then distilled in December of the same year, this is a whisky of flawless provenance. A true Ileach. Character: Absolutely flawless construction and balance. Young, confident, zesty and absolutely delightful, the texture is smooth, succulent and stimulating. Colour: Gilded lily. Nose: Totally disarming considering the age of the spirit. It opens with bracken and bluebells, then the warm crisp peat-dried barley with the smokiness drifting sensuously from the glass shadowed by a salt sea breeze. The brilliant aroma of toasted oak sugars combines with the succulent soft fruits from slow distillation. You will find guava, papaya and kiwi with a squeeze of lemon. It’s feisty, it’s fresh, it’s smoky, sweet, minty and marine. Palate: The warmth of the spirit is impressive, not aggressive. It’s incredible. You have the dryness of the peat smoke together with soft fruits splashed with sea spray, all held in a crunchy basket of caramelised wood sugars sprinkled with lemon and pepper. It is a rare and special experience to taste a spirit that is 100% Islay, but also shining through is the artisanal skill of our distillers who, using the original Victorian equipment, are creating the most exciting single malts in the world today. Finish: Parting from a special one is never easy, especially when you have enjoyed their company, lingering with every drop in the glass. Kick back and relax – the aromatics and flavours will stay with you for some time. Mood: Enjoy your spiritual visit to Islay, this magical rock in the Atlantic Ocean where our single malts sleep to the sound of the sea. |
£ 55.00 BUY NOW | |
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Bruichladdich / Octomore 063/ 258 Ppm Islay Barley 2009 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 64% Summary: FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WE ARE PROUD TO RELEASE OCTOMORE WHISKY DISTILLED FROM 100% ISLAY BARLEY AND HARVESTED IN 2008 BY FARMER JAMES BROWN AT LORGBA, A SINGLE FIELD ON HIS OCTOMORE FARM. Peated to a stratospheric 258ppm, the highest ever released in the industry, this extraordinary dram embodies its island origins and carries its phenol count with an effortless grace. High on the hill above Loch Indaal, Octomore faces the rage of Atlantic weather systems and once housed its own farm distillery, most likely producing a very heavily peated spirit from home-grown barley. In homage to its origins, this is Octomore of Octomore. Character: Mesmerising in its potency – with perfect balance. The texture is like warm honey, the taste rich with a depth of character that can only be found on Islay. Colour: Autumn sunshine – citrine. Nose: It opens with the call of the sea, the thundering west coast waves driving a gentle mist onto the moorland and tempting the wild plants to release their unique aromas. Notes of myrtle, meadowsweet, mint and heather flowers drift across the nose. Wild thyme and red clover dance in perfect harmony with the strong uplifting peatiness of the Islay grown barley. It’s exhilarating, and seriously dramatic. Palate: When the heat of the peat fires cool there is a spontaneous detonation of soft red grapes, cherries, Russian toffee, bitter chocolate, maple syrup and mellow oak. It is a taste like no other, a whisky cut loose, unhindered, unchanged. This is sorcery. Finish: Long and strong, it warms the soul and lifts the heart. It evokes memories of those early years when the sweat of men instilled the spirit with a unique character. Join us as we look to the past, celebrating our Islay DNA while journeying into the future in a never-ending quest for the rainbow’s end. Mood: The flavours just keep evolving to the point where it is driving you crazy with joy and you just want to tell the world what is happening. Relax and keep it to yourself – it’s not for sharing and when the glass is empty you will feel like the ultimate warrior. |
£ 145.00 BUY NOW | |
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Caol Ila / Distillers Edition Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 43% Summary: Each Distillers Edition expression undergoes a second (or ‘double’) maturation in casks that have previously held a fortified wine. This extraordinarily stylish and complex expression of Caol Ila has been double-matured in carefully selected Moscatel casks. The wood is not over-evident and instead balances perfectly with this richly flavoured single malt. Appearance: Clear gold. Nose: Wonderfully concentrated pure, clean Caol Ila – peaty and medicinal, with rich fruit, spicy and fragrant. With water, the fragrant smokiness comes singing through. Body: Medium. Palate: Sweetness and maltiness strike first, then are quickly overwhelmed by peat smoke and intense, clean, crisp flavours. Caol Ila’s signature smoky bonfires are here, and build to quite a size. Overall, drying, in a beautifully balanced, complex, elegant development, complemented with cinnamon spice. Finish: Long, rounded, robust and multi-layered. |
70cl | £ 63.50 BUY NOW |
Edencroft
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Lagavulin / Distillers Edition / 1996 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 43% Vintage: 1996 Bottler: Summary: A much sought-after single malt with the massive peat-smoke that's typical of southern Islay – but also offering a dryness that turns it into a truly interesting dram. Lagavulin is an intensely flavoured, smoky-sweet single malt with seaweed flavours and a huge finish, aged in oak casks for at least sixteen years. Appearance: Deep amber gold. Nose: Intensely flavoured, peat smoke with iodine and seaweed and a rich, deep sweetness. Body: Full Palate: A rich, dried fruit sweetness with clouds of smoke and strong, barley-malt flavours, warming with an intense flavour. At the back of the mouth is an explosion of peppery smoke. Finish: Huge, long, warming and peppery with a distinct appetising sweetness. |
70cl | £ 80.00 BUY NOW |
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Talisker / Distillers Edition / 2012 Release Country: Scotland Region: Isle of Sky Age: Strength: 45.8% Vintage: 2001 Bottler: Summary: “Crisp peat at first then softens to enormous richness in the mouth. There’s sweet, roasty malt with a heathery dryness. The sherry notes keep back some of the usual Talisker pepperiness. In its place is luscious, slightly oily sweetness – with ripe, juicy fruit and vanilla” Donald John McEwen Process Operator The Distillers Edition is unique: after its usual aging process in American oak casks, the whisky undergoes a second maturation in casks previously holding sherry. The result is older, sweeter and richer than the regular bottlings. Appearance: Chestnut brown. Nose: Sharp and well focussed; no lingering, rambling smoke here. A sultana sweetness. One of the most tantalising sherry noses – certainly the cleanest Body: Full Palate: Crisp peat then softens to great richness in the mouth. Sweet, roasty malt with heathery dryness. Sherry notes keep back some pepper. In its place is luscious, slightly oily sweetness with juicy fruit and vanilla. Finish: Some very deep cocoa notes, vanilla and lingering quite earthy peat. An enormously chewable single malt, with sweetness having the edge on dryness. |
70cl | £ 52.75 BUY NOW |
Abbey Whisky: New Arrivals!
Abbey Whisky has 8 New additions to it’s range this week with whiskies from the English, Highland and Speyside regions.
The brands include Invergordon, St George’s Distillery, BenRiach, Aultmore and Tomatin.
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Aultmore Batch 3 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 53.2% |
50cl | £ 45.95 BUY NOW |
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BenRiach Batch 2 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 48.1% |
50cl | £ 52.95 BUY NOW |
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English Whisky Co / Founders Private Cellar / Cask 0116 Country: England Region: English Age: 5 Years Old Strength: 60.8% Vintage: 2007 Bottler: English Whisky Co |
70cl | £ 148.00 BUY NOW |
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English Whisky Co / Founders Private Cellar / Cask 0787 Country: England Region: English Age: Strength: 61.2% Vintage: 2007 Bottler: English Whisky Co |
70cl | £ 148.00 BUY NOW |
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English Whisky Co / Founders Private Cellar / Cask 0859 Country: England Region: English Age: 5 Years Old Strength: 59.3% Vintage: 2007 Bottler: English Whisky Co |
70cl | £ 148.00 BUY NOW |
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English Whisky Co / HRH Prince George of Cambridge Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 50% |
70cl | £ 79.90 BUY NOW |
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Invergordon Batch 2 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 58.3% |
50cl | £ 71.95 BUY NOW |
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Tomatin Cu Bocan / Batch 1 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Strength: 46% |
70cl | £ 42.25 BUY NOW |
Edencroft – All New Whiskies
Edencroft has 6 New additions to it’s range this week with whiskies from the Islay, Lowland and Speyside regions.
The brands include Bunnahabhain, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenlivet, Littlemill & Invergordon.
The ages of the new whiskies range from 20 to 38 Year Old malts.
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24 Year Old Invergordon – Berry’s Own Selection Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: Strength: 46% Summary: Invergordon distillery is located on the shores of the Cromarty firth in the north-east Highlands of Scotland. Founded in 1959, it is the only grain distillery in the Highlands and for a few years also had the Ben Wyvis malt distillery on the site but this closed in 1975. The nose gives toasted oak, apple and melon skins with an uplifting menthol note. There is some honeyed depth and cinnamon spice. The palate is beautifully expansive with bourbon cask notes, buttery vanilla and cream caramel. The delivery is almost angelic and long lingering. |
70cl | £ 59.50 BUY NOW |
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23 Year Old Bunnahabhain – Berry’s Own Selection Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 51.4% Summary: Bunnahabhain translates as “mouth of the river” from the gaelic, the river in question being the Margadale which flows into the Sound of Islay near to the distillery. Although generally a more lightly peated Islay this expression is an exception as it was produced from a batch of stock using barley at a higher level of peat-smoke exposure. The nose gives noticeable smoky notes with a little marzipan, some jute cloth and spice. The fruity palate is layered, rich with building sooty intensity as the flavours displayed on the nose develop. This is beautifully intense with a classy lingering finish. |
70cl | £ 89.50 BUY NOW |
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37 Year Old Glen Grant – Berry’s Own Selection Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 37 Year Old Strength: 47.8% Summary: Nose: at 54, am I too old to swoon? That near perfection of thick grape infused with the essence of barley malt. The sugars are mere hints: grist here, honeydew melon there. And all emboldened by a smattering of herb and not overly antagonistic spice; Taste: the spices are more upfront now. But before they get a chance to really soar, molten honey fills the palate and dispenses grape in its cleanest form; the middle is a marvellous mix of coconut and raisin chocolate; Finish: maybe suffering from not quite knowing where the middle ends and the end begins. But there is no bitterness, no oak trying to have the last say at the cost of all else. Just a slow denouement, perhaps with a sprig of mint attached, of all else that has gone before; Balance: when I come across an unspoiled nugget like this, a malt of timeless magnificence, then the whisky world seems such a wonderful place in which to live. Those responsible for Scotland’s whisky future could do worse than invest in a bottle and see what steps have to be taken to continue this glittering tradition. Certainly, the casks which have gone into this bottling represent a high water – or is it grape juice? – mark for Scotch single malt whisky. |
70cl | £ 140.00 BUY NOW |
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20 Year Old Glen Moray – Berry’s Own Selection Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 20 Year Old Strength: 57.3% Summary: Nose: a lovely intertwining of polished oaky floors and muscavado-polished barley; Taste: deliveries on the palate rarely come more delicious than this: Glen Moray, when on form, is in the true malty elite of Scotland and here it tops the Premier League. The blend of sugars, some honeyed, spices and cocoa make you groan with pleasure; Finish: the vanilla and butterscotch kick in as you suspect they might. But the barley remains steadfast and clean; Balance: I have long regarded Berry’s whisky buyer Dougie McIvor one of the genuinely understated gems of the industry and the best whisky writer we never had. Here he demonstrates his understanding of clean, barley-rich malts which has made this year’s crop of Berry’s Own Selection arguably their best yet. When you taste this you can see why I exploded in rage at the deficiencies of the official ‘Distillery manager’ bottling a few years back… |
70cl | £ 71.50 BUY NOW |
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38 Year Old Glenlivet – Berry’s Own Selection Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 38 Year Old Strength: 48.6% Summary: Nose: despite the fact it pulses antiquity this remains sprightly and nubile, the barley absolutely fizzing on the nose. A few shards of honey offer weight and resonance to the citrus; Taste: demands a mouth-watering delivery after that nose, and that is exactly what you get. The spices flock to the scene so the taste buds are at once drowned, caressed and burnt alive…; Finish: long, with a slow devaluation of the sugars as the vanillas take command; Balance: about as salivating a near 40-year-old you are likely to find! © Jim Murrays – 2013 Whisky Bible. |
70cl | £ 145.00 BUY NOW |
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20 Year Old Littlemill – Berry’s Own Selection Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: Strength: 54.9% Summary: Littlemill distillery was founded at Bowling to the east of Glasgow on the banks of the river Clyde in the 1770’s and laid claim to being Scotland’s oldest distillery. It was dismantled in 1997 and the remaining buildings destroyed by a fire in 2004. The nose gives white chocolate and peach skins with traces of ginger, cinnamon and delicate peat. The palate comes alive with nectarines and more white chocolate as the mouth-feel fattens to release some honey and lemon. When excellent examples such as this appear they make Littlemill’s sad demise even sadder. |
70cl | £ 78.85 BUY NOW |
Malt Tasting: Invergordon – Batch 1 (That Boutique-y Whisky Company)
This is the final malt whisky sampling for the moment (Boo!) from That Boutique-y Whisky Company, but if I’m a good boy I might get a few more in the future! 😉
Anyway, this one is the Invergordon – Batch 1 which is available from Master Of Malt and has a release figure of 252 numbered bottles.
Invergordon is a grain whisky and there’s not too much of it about. But all is not lost as the That Boutique-y Whisky Company people have taken the best of the best of each year to produce a formidable whisky.
That Boutique-y Whisky Company has also become famous for it’s quirky labelling system and this one is no exception.
It boasts an illustration of a Coffey still which is one of the features of the distillery. (Also called a continuous still. It is often used to produce single grain whisky such as the Invergordon. It enables a constant process of distillation and the ability to produce a higher concentration of alcohol.)
But if you look at the label closely you’ll see that it all is not quite as it seems!
Tasting Notes
Invergordon – Batch 1 (That Boutique-y Whisky Company) |
Nose: I agree with MOM here, creamy caramel with a hint of sweet spices.
Palate: Gorgeous syrupy texture, treacle or maybe black molasses with the beginnings of some spice and pepper. Finish: Spicy and peppery coupling with toffee caramel. It all slips down easily! Overall: A superb dram with a distinctive flavour and texture. Be mean with this one, tell your friends it’s all gone! |
Many thanks to Master Of Malt for this sample.
Abbey Whisky – New Winter Warmers!
Abbey Whisky has added some cracking new additions to it’s range of late. A perfect accompaniment to a warm seat by the fire with the sledge parked up outside!
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Bunnahabhain 1989 / 21 Year Old / Cask 5755 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 21 Years Old Strength: 46% Vintage: 1989 Bottler: Berry Bros & Rudd |
70cl | 89.80 | BUY NOW |
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Dunedin Double Wood / 10 Year Old / New Zealand Country: New Zealand Region: Age: 10 Years Old Strength: 40% |
70cl | 69.00 | BUY NOW |
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Glen Grant 170th Anniversary Edition Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Years Old Strength: 46% |
70cl | 85.00 | BUY NOW |
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Glen Grant 2002 / Gordon & MacPhail Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Years Old Strength: 40% Vintage: 2002 Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail |
70cl | 32.40 | BUY NOW |
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Glenfarclas 43 Year Old Cognac Cask Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 43 Years Old Strength: 40.7% |
70cl | 480.00 | BUY NOW |
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Invergordon Batch 1 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Years Old Strength: 41.6% |
50cl | 59.95 | BUY NOW |
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Milford 15 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Country: New Zealand Region: Age: 15 Years Old Strength: 40% |
70cl | 52.95 | BUY NOW |
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New Zealand Single Cask 1988 / 23 Year Old Country: New Zealand Region: Age: 23 Years Old Strength: 56.4% Vintage: 1988 Bottler: The New Zealand Whisky Company |
70cl | 116.40 | BUY NOW |
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New Zealand Single Cask 1989 / 22 Year Old Country: New Zealand Region: Age: 22 Years Old Strength: 52.8% |
70cl | 105.80 | BUY NOW |
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New Zealand Single Cask 1990 / 21 Year Old Country: New Zealand Region: Age: 21 Years Old Strength: 61.7% |
70cl | 96.00 | BUY NOW |
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New Zealand Single Cask 1993 / 18 Year Old Country: New Zealand Region: Age: 18 Years Old Strength: 51.9% Vintage: 1993 Bottler: The New Zealand Whisky Company |
70cl | 86.60 | BUY NOW |
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New Zealand’s 1987 / 24 Year Old / Touch Pause Engage Country: New Zealand Region: Age: 24 Years Old Strength: 50.4% Vintage: 1987 Bottler: The New Zealand Whisky Co |
70cl | 148.00 | BUY NOW |
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Springbank Batch 1 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: Years Old Strength: 54.6% |
50cl | 61.95 | BUY NOW |
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The South Island Single Malt / 18 Year Old Country: New Zealand Region: Age: 18 Years Old Strength: 40% Vintage: 1993 Bottler: The New Zealand Whisky Co |
70cl | 78.95 | BUY NOW |
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The South Island Single Malt / 21 Year Old Country: New Zealand Region: Age: 21 Years Old Strength: 40% Vintage: 1990 Bottler: The New Zealand Whisky Company |
70cl | 98.00 | BUY NOW |

