A summary of the new products at the Whisky Exchange  in London from July 2009.

  Laphroaig 25 Year Old / Cask Strength
70cl / 50.9% / Distillery Bottling
Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky
This new cask-strength bottling of Laphroaig 25yo is a very different beast to the old 25yo (and in our opinion, a big improvement). Rich and smouldering, with a big coal hit and a lingering seaweed character. Tremendous stuff.
£225.00 inc. VAT (£195.65 ex. VAT ) 
 
Bladnoch 1992 / 16 Year old / Single Malts of Scotland
70cl / 46% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Single Lowland Malt Scotch Whisky
The first ever Bladnoch in our Single Malts of Scotland range is a delicate, medium-bodied dram from the 1992 vintage that needs a few minutes to open up and unfurl its citrussy, grassy flavours.
£44.99 inc. VAT (£39.12 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Craigellachie 1994 / 15 Year old / Single Malts of Scotland
70cl / 46% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
Our first ever Craigellachie for Single Malts of Scotland is a very fudgey, buttery number from the 1994 vintage. Sweet on the nose, with a spicy bite on the medium-bodied palate.
£44.99 inc. VAT (£39.12 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Highland Park 1995 / 13 Year old / Single Malts of Scotland
70cl / 46% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Single Island Malt Scotch Whisky
Hints of heather, fudge and hazelnuts on the nose of this Single Malts of Scotland Highland Park 1995. The medium-bodied palate shows some hints of marmalade before a peppery finale.
£44.99 inc. VAT (£39.12 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Laphroaig 1996 / 13 Year old / Cask #1983
70cl / 46% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky
Another Laphroaig for our Single Malts of Scotland range, this 1996 is from a single hogshead. Peppery on the nose with a hint of cured ham, before a surprisingly sweet, fruity palate.
£46.99 inc. VAT (£40.86 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Suntory Hakushu 10 Year old
70cl / 40.5%
A younger expression of Hakushu, this well-mannered 10yo represents one of the gentlest introductions to the elegant, impeccably-constructed qualities of Japanese malt whisky.
£29.99 inc. VAT (£26.08 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Suntory Hakushu 18 Year old
70cl / 43%
Japanese Single Malt Whisky
A massive step up in quality from the standard Hakushu 12 yrs, this 18yo is amazingly well-defined (as we’ve come to expect from Japanese whisky) with deliciously rounded fruit and cereal flavours, at times surprisingly reminiscent of the finest Irish potstill whisky (eg Redbreast 15yo).
£175.00 inc. VAT (£152.17 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Suntory Hakushu 25 Year old
70cl / 43%
An extremely rare and highly sought-after addition to the Hakushu range, this 25 year-old was rated 93/100 by jim murray, who called it “a malt which is impossible not to be blown away by”.
£539.00 inc. VAT (£468.70 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Suntory Hibiki 21 Year old
70cl / 43%
Another hit for Suntory, this Yamazaki 21 also merited 93 points from Jim Murray, while Dr. Whisky called it ‘Unbelievably balanced, and dangerously drinkable.’
£105.00 inc. VAT (£91.30 ex. VAT )  
 
  
  Arran Pomerol Cask Finish
70cl / 50% / Distillery Bottling
Single Island Malt Scotch Whisky
A high-strength Arran, aged in traditional casks for eight years before 6 months of finishing in posh Merlot-based Pomerol claret La Conseillante.
£41.99 inc. VAT (£36.51 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Balvenie 1978 / Cask #2705
70cl / 53.8%
Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
A single cask of Balvenie from the 1978 vintage, bottled at cask strength by the distillers in February 2009. Just 176 bottles of this were yielded from the cask.
£450.00 inc. VAT (£391.30 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Jack Daniel’s Oregon’s 150th Birthday / 43% / 75cl
75cl / 43%
Tennessee Whisky
A special bottling of Jack Daniel’s to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the state of Oregon. This JD has been bottled at the slightly-higher-than-usual strength of 43%.
£59.99 inc. VAT (£52.17 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Dalmore 1980
70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky
A delicious medium-full sherried dram from the Dalmore, this 1980 is nutty and chocolatey without being over-heavy. elegant and sophisticated.
£250.00 inc. VAT (£217.39 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Kilkerran “Work in Progress”
70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling
Single Campbeltown Malt Scotch Whisky
A five year-old release from Springbank’s Glengyle distillery, this Kilkerran is the first of a series of planned annual releases over the next few years until the spirit reaches 12 years old. Exciting stuff.
£29.25 inc. VAT (£25.43 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Mortlach 1990 / 17 Year old / Sherry Cask
70cl / 54.7% / Murray McDavid
Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
A cask strength Murray McDavid bottling of Mortlach from an Oloroso sherry cask. Neither ACE’d nor otherwise monkeyed around with by way of colouring or chill-filtration.
£47.99 inc. VAT (£41.73 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Clynelish 1992 / 16 Year old / Cask #5871
70cl / 53.7% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky
Yet another superb quality Clynelish for our Single Malts of Scotland series. This 1992 vintage has been bottled from a single Bourbon barrel at 46%.
£46.99 inc. VAT (£40.86 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Glenrothes 1990 / 18 Year old / 46% / 70cl / SMS
70cl / 46% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
Our first Glenrothes for Single Malts of Scotland is a single cask refill sherry cask from the 1990 vintage, bottled at 46%.
£44.99 inc. VAT (£39.12 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Port Ellen 1979 / 29 Year old / Cask#7089
70cl / 53.9%
Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky
Bottled in early 2009 just shy of its 30th birthday, this 1979 Port Ellen has come from cask 7089, described on the label as ‘oak’. That’s a relief, then.
£140.00 inc. VAT (£121.74 ex. VAT )  
 
     
  Caol ila 1991 / 18 Year old / Cask# 194/200
70cl / 54.7% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky
A batch of two hogshead casks vatted together to produce our latest cask strength Caol Ila 1991 for Single Malts of Scotland.
£54.99 inc. VAT (£47.82 ex. VAT )   
 
For full details please visit the Whisky Exchange at   http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/