The Park Avenue Liquor Shop presents exciting new arrivals.

The Park Avenue Liquor Shop website is back online and as promised we have some great new arrivals to share with you.

As summer closes out, we are happy to raise your spirits with some “spirits” of our own from many different categories.

Take a look because some of these bottles are limited edition, some are available on a wider scale for the first time and others have just been released.

As always, please feel free to contact us with any questions you might have.

Cheers!

Jonathan & Eric
Park Avenue Liquor Shop
292 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-685-2442 – PH
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info@parkaveliquor.com
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Compass Box: Great King Street

Great King Street

The folks at Compass Box believe it is time for the world to reconsider the joys of well-made Blended Scotch Whisky. That is why they’ve created Great King Street. The Artist’s Blend is a marriage of delicate Lowland grain and robust, complex Highland malt whiskies. Great King Street is named after a long, wide street in the new Town of Edinburgh. It is also home to the registered office of the Compass Box Whisky Company since their inception in 2000.

By applying the same skill, techniques and philosophy that they use for the Compass Box Signature Range of whiskies, Great King Street offers a style and approach to Blended Scotch that has not existed before. Great King Street is a new and compelling alternative for both whisky enthusiasts who ordinarily drink only malt whiskies, and for whisky novices. It is bottled at a natural colour and without chill-filtering.

The style is rich round and fruity with hints of toasty oak, vanilla and spice.

Our Price: $42

Mackinlay’s Rare Old: “Shackelton”

Get yours, without a trip to Antarctica.

First the back-story. In 2007, wooden crates of abandoned whisky (sacrilege!) were discovered buried under ice at the remains of Ernest Shackelton’s fated 1907 expedition to the South Pole. The whisky had been produced by the Edinburgh based blending company Charles Mackinlay & Co and was specially commissioned by the explorer himself.

The unearthed bottles were flown back to Whyte & Mackay’s headquarters in Scotland by private jet. There, Master Blender Richard Paterson analyzed them and set about recreating the 100 year old whisky. This included using some whisky from Charles Mackinlay & Co’s Glen Mhor distillery, which is now extremely rare as it was closed in 1983 and demolished three years later.

The original bottles are to be returned to The Antarctic Heritage Trust and replaced back under the ice by law. However you can now own one of the limited edition “Shackelton Tribute” bottles. Rumor has it that just 50,000 were made. How does it taste? Consider this quote from Whisky expert David Broom who also tasted an original recovered sample.

“I think the replication is absolutely bang on. Richard has done a great job as it’s a very tricky whisky to replicate, because you have this delicacy, subtlety and the smoke just coming through. The sweetness, fragrance and spice, and the subtle smoke, are all there in the replica. I’m blown away.”

Our Price: $200*

* (please note that due its packing, different shipping rates apply.)

Jefferson’s Rye : 10 Years Old

Shhhh, it’s Canadian Rye.

Tasting notes from John Hansell of
Malt Advocate Magazine.

“A 100% straight rye from Canada. This is curiously similar to WhistlePig Rye, which is also a 100% Rye, 10 year old Canadian whiskey, but at the slightly higher 50% ABV. (Neither whiskey identifies its origin.) It oozes spice (mint, cinnamon, hint of nutmeg) balanced by layers of sweetness (honeyed vanilla, caramel), with nutty toffee emerging on the finish. An affordable alternative to WhistlePig”. – Rating: 85

Our Price: $47

Ardbeg: Alligator (Non-Committee Release)

It will bite your taste buds off!

Lurking within is an Ardbeg of hidden depths. Extremely fierce charring of the cask gives Ardbeg Alligator a unique spicy bite that’ll catch you unawares.
This wild, untamed release has been matured in new, heavily charred casks of air-seasoned American white oak, imparting additional smoky, spicy, barbecue flavours. Ardbeg Alligator.

TASTING NOTES:

Color: Deep, dark brown.

Taste: Hot, spicy, smoked and charred with a leathery/sooty mouth-feel. Taste of smoky pak choi, char siu (barbecued meat), chocolate, ginger and black bean sauce.

Finish: Mocha espresso, ginger and cigar smoke.

Our Price: $135

Prices are subject to change. Due to our constantly changing inventory we cannot guarantee bottle availability. Not responsible for typographical errors.