Ready, Set, Save…

Our Annual Pre-Christmas Fall Super Sale is on now with almost everything in-stock on sale. This is our last store-wide sale of the year. The sale runs Friday, November 18, through midnight Sunday, November 20, in-store and online. Almost all in-stock inventory is 5-50%, making this the perfect time to do some Christmas shopping or stock up for the holidays!

Sincerely,

Andrew Ferguson

The Deets!

The sale is online and in-store only. No phone orders, please. You can save: 10-50% on most in-stock Whisky To make your browsing a little easier, we have linked PDF files below highlighting Whiskies 15%-50% off.

BROWSE WHISKIES DISCOUNTED 15-50%

The CSPC in the left-hand column on both lists can be used in addition to the product name to search for and order products on our website.

Shop in-store or online at: 

www.kensingtonwinemarket.com/ 

In-store pickup will be available throughout the sale and we will also offer Free Delivery for orders over $100. Customers wanting to pay by cash or debit are encouraged to shop in-store.

The Sale Fine Print

• No additional discounts or promotions can be applied to the sale price.
• Prices do not include GST.
• In the event of a discrepancy in price, the point of sale at KWM will be taken as correct.
• Sale pricing will not be applied retroactively or carried forward past the end of our Fall Super Sale at midnight (11:59 PM), Sunday, November 20, 2022.
• The sale is in-store and online only.
• No phone orders, please!

If you order online, please wait for confirmation that your order is ready for pickup before heading down to the shop.

FREE DELIVERY

We are proud to offer Free City Wide Delivery on all orders over $100 Monday-Friday! Orders under $100 are subject to a flat rate $10 delivery fee.

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Store Hours

Mon – Wed 10AM – 8PM

Thurs & Fri 10AM – 9PM

Sat 10AM – 8 PM

Sun 11PM to 6PM

*All Prices Quoted here are subject to change and do not include GST. In the case of pricing discrepancies, the price at our point of sale will be taken as correct.*

Speyburn’s Rob Roy cocktail is the perfect serve to raise a toast to St Andrew later this month – named after a strong Scotsman, just like St Andrew, it’s best enjoyed on an autumnal evening by the fireplace. Easily recreated at home with minimal ingredients and equipment, this cocktail showcases Speyburn’s 10 Years Old beautifully, creating a sweet and full-bodied flavour.

Ingredients

50ml (2oz) Speyburn 10 Years Old
25ml (1oz) Sweet vermouth
2 dashes (3 dashes) of Angostura bitters Garnish: Cherry

Glassware

Rocks Ice: Cubed

Method

Add all your ingredients to a short glass before filling with ice and stirring for 15-25 seconds.

Flavours

Fruity, sweet, spiced, aromatic

Speyburn Single Malt Whisky

About Speyburn 10 Years Old, 40% ABV, £28.75

Matured for a decade in a combination of American Oak ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, Speyburn’s award-winning 10 Year Old Single Malt embodies the rich, fresh sweetness of the Speyside region.

Deep, complex and well-balanced, notes of fresh fruit, toffee and butterscotch come through. Delicious and easy-to-drink, the expression offers a long, smooth finish. Fantastic value for money, Speyburn’s 10 Year Old would make a great gift for any whisky-lover this Christmas, or a fantastic addition to your at-home Christmas bar.

Greetings Loungers,

With Eddie in Japan until 16th November, your newsletter comes from me (Amanda) for the first time in 12 years! Hopefully Eddie will treat us all to some pictures of his trip on his return? As I am dyslexic I am ably supported in the making the writing bit make sense by our very own Gateshead Whisky News Correspondent, Connas.

So to use his words onwards….

We have been working hard behind the scenes to bring you even MORE opportunities to join us for a dram, and this time you can do it from home anytime you like! As thank you to you, our loyal customers, we are offering a 25% discount off our new boxes, simply apply Twl25 at check out.”

Whisky Blending Kit

The Blending Workshop Tasting Pack

Now for the first time you can have a go at making your very own blended Scotch whisky in the comfort of your own home! Under the expert tutelage of our very own Eddie Ludlow with a quarterly live tasting. Packs are available to pre order now and are also accompanied by a on demand You Tube tutorial with Eddie Ludlow our founder.

Tasting Pack Includes

7x 50ml bottles of various styles of scotch whisky
2x 50ml empty bottles for your creations
2x Labels for your creations
1x measuring cyclinder
1x measuring pipette
1x place matt
1x receipt sheet

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The Annual Festive Festival in a box

Festive Festival in a Box

This pack is sure to put a big smile on your face, or that of a whisky loving loved one! Within our new gift pack, is everything needed to have the most incredible home whisky experience..

• 22 Amazing whisky and spirit samples, from all over the world
• 1 Glencairn Whisky Tasting glass – the best glass for tasting whisky
• A box handmade chocolates – perfect with said samples!

And as if this wasn’t enough, every recipient gets access to over 12 hours of new video content, with exclusive interviews and tastings with the very producers of the whiskies included in the pack!

This should keep even the most dedicated of whisky-lovers happy!

The whiskies featured are from some of our favourite distillers and have been hand-picked by us. Our Festival in a Box gives any whisky-lover the chance to explore whiskies, and even other spirits, from some familiar, and unfamiliar names, from Japan, Ireland, Wales, the USA, Scotland and even England!

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We hope you have a great week and look forward to seeing you all somewhere soon!
Slainte!

Amanda

The Whisky Lounge Team

K&L Exclusive: Knockout Single-Barrel Bourbon

LAWS Whiskey House “Experiential Barrel” K&L Exclusive Barrel #1206 Cask-Strength

Single Barrel High Malt Straight Colorado Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) ($74.99)
“Another cracking barrel from our friends at LAWS Whiskey House…”
— David Othenin-Girard, K&L Spirits Buyer

Our spirits buyers are on a never-ending marathon of tasting and sampling, all done to bring you the absolute best and most unique offerings on the market. So, when they single out certain new arrivals for special attention, you know there’s a good reason (many good reasons, actually). Colorado’s LAWS Whisky House has given us a number of thrilling discoveries the past few years, and you can add to the list our very first bourbon barrel from one of America’s most dynamic craft distillers. A unique, high-malt mashbill takes this whiskey beyond the standard 5-year profile, endowing it with a richness that suggests several more years of age. Nonetheless, it remains a quintessential craft bourbon with an expertly balanced oak influence that lifts the opulence of the palate with a spicy kick. David Othenin-Girard sums it up brilliantly when he writes, “This is a dang fun barrel of whiskey—it’s different enough to feel exciting without straying out of the flavor category that I want when I reach for bourbon.” If this barrel is any indication of what’s to come from LAWS, this exceptional distiller is going to see a lot more attention from bourbon collectors everywhere.

LAWS Whiskey House “Experiential Barrel” K&L Exclusive Barrel #1206 Cask-Strength Single Barrel High Malt Straight Colorado Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) ($74.99)

K&L Notes: This delicious and unusual bourbon from one of the excellent distillers in Denver, CO is not like any bourbon we’ve ever yet tried. LAWS Whiskey House is committed to exploring the possibilities that the American whiskey category offers producers and while they’re willing to experiment, they never lose sight of the fact that every product must be delicious, no matter how unusual it may be. This single barrel, which happens to be Kosher-certified, has an extremely high-malt mashbill—52% corn, 37% malt, and 11% wheat. Double-distilled on September 19th of 2016 and filled into ISC 53-gallon char 3 American white oak. Aged for 5 years and 8 months at the LAWS warehouse on the corner of S. Acoma and S. Cherokee St. It was dumped on June 6th of 2022. It may not be the oldest LAWS we’ve bottled, but it’s easily the best. Bottled at a cask-strength 125.3 proof without chillfiltration, the malt acts as the main flavor grain here, but this doesn’t taste like Scotch. Rich and sweet on the nose with hints of dark fruit and fresh roasted grain. The texture is very round and oily and offers more overt maltiness on the palate. This high-malt bourbon is one of the very few made in this way and proves that bringing something new to the bourbon table isn’t always a bad thing!

David Othenin-Girard | K&L Spirits Buyer | Review Date: September 28, 2022

Another cracking barrel from our friends at LAWS Whiskey House in Denver, Colorado. One of the few pot-distilled bourbons we’re able to offer, this was distilled twice on LAWS’ hybrid pots. This is our first bourbon barrel from this distillery. Let’s have a taste! This nose offers a ton of rich, roasted barrel flavors coupled with some maple and treacle syrup. Behind that some baked orchard fruit and hints of clove and cinnamon. The rich maltiness of the spirit is nicely integrated into the wood flavors and doesn’t feel young or “crafty” at all. With some air, the wood has developed into some coffee and sweet herbal tones with hints of mint and dill. On the palate, it’s very rich and syrupy, offering the first glimpse of the rich malt coming through more overtly. That’s balanced nicely by a unique, tangy oak with bits of anise and earthy spice adding nuance. The heat isn’t apparent at first, but the spice builds on itself much like a high-rye bourbon would, albeit with a darker bass note. This is a dang fun barrel of whiskey—it’s different enough to feel exciting without straying out of the flavor category that I want when I reach for bourbon.

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GLENALLACHIE 10 YEAR OLD CASK STRENGTH BATCH 8

Glenallachie 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 8

Bottled at a cask strength of 57.2% abv, free from chill filtration and artificial colouring. Pretty much as natural as it comes! Find notes of heather honey, ginger, dark chocolate and liquorice. Delish. The eighth batch from the popular cask strength 10-year-old series! This expression is matured in a combination of Pedro Ximenez puncheons, Oloroso puncheons, virgin oak casks, and Rioja casks; each one hand selected by Master Distiller, Billy Walker. This limited dram is then bottled at a cask strength of 57.2% abv, free from chill filtration and artificial colouring. Pretty much as natural as it comes!

£65.00
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Edradour 2010
12 Year Old Sherry Cask

Spent twelve years maturing in a sherry cask before just 587 bottles were filled at 57% abv

An impressive addition any whisky lover’s collection. This expression was distilled on 25th June 2010 and spent twelve years maturing in a sherry cask before just 587 bottles were filled at 57% abv on 9th August 2022. This sumptuous single malt is bursting with flavours of baking spices and dried fruit. It is free from chill filtration and artificial colouring.

£112.00
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There’s a whisky for all moods and occasions in this festive party case. Featuring six different flavour profiles full of diverse character and flavours, you will find something for everyone this festive season in this dazzling case. Here’s to sharing good times!

G15.20 Banana Petrol Smoothie
Peated

108.56 Supper on a puffer
Lightly Peated

46.134 A water sprite
Spicy & Sweet

73.140 Get you right in the gills
Spicy & Dry

39.245 A blaze of yellow
Sweet, Fruity & Mellow

35.324 Tangerine Collins
Young & Spritely

DISCOVER MORE

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ

Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm). Visit the Society at here for membership information

This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

Ralfy review 953 – Bunnahabhain 12yo @56.6%vol: (2022 Edition)

Hard Truth Distilling Co. Releases Origin Series of Limited Barrel Whiskeys 

Only 35 barrels of the original whiskeys created during its early years of development and exploration are available for a limited time.

Nashville, Ind. (November 7, 2022) – Hard Truth Distilling Co., an Indiana-based sweet mash distillery, today announced the release of its Origin Series – three, limited-supply, single barrel whiskeys crafted in Kentucky during Hard Truth’s early exploration into what is now their distinguished whiskey portfolio, including the award-winning Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey.

Limited to only 35 barrels and three expressions, bottles of Hard Truth Kentucky Sweet Mash Bourbon Whiskey (BW-1, 12 barrels), Wheated Bourbon Whiskey (BW-2, 12 barrels) and Rye Whiskey (RW-1, 11 Barrels), are currently available in six states: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee.

“It’s a rare opportunity to taste our history,” said Hard Truth Master Distiller Bryan Smith. “We are calling this limited release our origin story, and we are thrilled that others can experience and taste it. It’s fair to say we will never produce a whiskey with these flavor profiles again.”

Smith said Hard Truth sweet mash whiskeys originated with a clear vision of a state-of-the-art sweet mash distillery and the savor-worthy whiskeys it would produce. “And, while in the process of making that vision become a reality, we partnered with a Kentucky distillery, which, under my direction, produced a small number of whiskey barrels with unique Hard Truth mash bills,” said Smith.

Hard Truth Distilling Co., based in Nashville, Indiana, currently produces more than 20 premium spirits, and all of its products are made with 90 percent locally produced ingredients. Smith said that is another reason these barrels are so uncommon for the Indiana-based distillery.

John Behling, Hard Truth’s Chief Marketing Officer, said the company is preparing to release other extremely limited whiskeys. “No details yet, but Bryan is preparing other unique casks for sale on a rationed basis,” said Behling. “Stay tuned for more information.”

All three Kentucky Single Barrel releases are bottled at barrel strength, uncut and unfiltered. Each expression has an MSRP of $69.99. Flavor profiles are as follows:

HARD TRUTH KENTUCKY SWEET MASH BOURBON WHISKEY (BW-1) — 12 Barrels

Hard Truth Kentucky Sweet Mash Bourbon, Mash Bill #1, features a classic bourbon mash bill containing corn, rye, and malted barley.

• Appearance: Tawny
• Nose: Deep caramel, toasted almond, dill, and sweet candied fruit
• Palate: Rich apricot marmalade, brown sugar, oak, and bold black pepper
• Finish: Warm and lingering notes of fruit that fade to coffee and butterscotch

HARD TRUTH KENTUCKY SWEET MASH WHEATED BOURBON WHISKEY (BW-2) — 12 Barrels

Hard Truth Kentucky Sweet Mash Wheated Bourbon, Mash Bill #2, features a mash bill containing corn, wheat, and malted barley.

• Appearance: Tawny
• Nose: Sweet hints of marshmallow, nougat, and baking spices with a touch of vanilla
• Palate: Big notes of maple, orchard fruit, and oak with a hint of toffee
• Finish: Bold, warm, and lingering with caramel carrying baking spices

HARD TRUTH KENTUCKY SWEET MASH RYE WHISKEY (RW-1) — 11 Barrels

Hard Truth Kentucky Sweet Mash Rye, Mash Bill #1, is the predecessor to Hard Truth’s Indiana Sweet Mash Rye, Mash Bill #1.

• Appearance: Tawny
• Nose: Brown sugar, sweet dill, baking spices, and dried fruit
• Palate: Caramel and honey with rich dill, golden raisin, and cracked black pepper
• Finish: Balanced and lingering, maple and oak fade to hints of fruit and mocha

About Hard Truth Distilling Co.

Headquartered in Nashville, Indiana, Hard Truth Distilling Co. produces more than 20 premium spirits, including critically acclaimed Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey and top-selling Hard Truth Cinnamon Vodka, Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum, and Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum Cream.

Hard Truth’s spirits are distributed in Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming with several new states coming on board in late 2022 and 2023.

Founded in 2015, Hard Truth Distilling Co. quickly outgrew its original production facility, and, by 2017, construction had begun on its current facility, a distillery housed in a 50,000-square-foot building equipped with a state-of-the-art Vendome Copper & Brass distilling system. Hard Truth’s destination campus spans 325 wooded acres in Brown County, Indiana — an artists’ colony and tourist destination known for its natural beauty.

Visit hardtruth.com for the complete Hard Truth experience.

ARTEMIS ORION
First Launch Accomplished

Invergordon 30 Year Old 1991

Specialist online Scotch whisky merchant and bottler, TheWhiskyBarrel.com, is proud to release the second bottling of its ARTEMIS whisky series commemorating the first flight of the Artemis space program. A new single cask Scotch whisky selected from a unique cask distilled at Invergordon distillery at Easter Ross in the Highlands of Scotland.

ORION First Launch Accomplished

Artemis 1 is the first launch of the Orion spacecraft. It is to be a test flight orbiting the Moon before returning to Earth in the coming weeks and followed by a crewed lunar landing expected in 2025; the first since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Invergordon 30 Year Old 1991 Vintage Single Cask

Selected from a single barrel (ex-Islay) cask distilled at Invergordon distillery, Highlands, yielding 204 numbered bottles at natural cask strength 47.0% abv.

Product Page HERE 

Nose: Constellation of peat smoke, ecliptic fruit salad and mango, rocket fuelled demerara sugar and lunar honey.

Taste: Big bang of tropical fruits, solar bonfire embers, orbital blood oranges and total eclipse of chocolate ginger.

Finish: Meteor shower of vanilla pods, deep space pomegranate with a soft sweet gravitational pull.

PRICING

Each bottle retails at: £150 GBP inc. VAT / €143 EUR / $149 USD / c$198  (+ P&P)

Q) What is the product called?
A) – ORION First Launch Accomplished Invergordon 30 Year Old

Q) When will this product be released/was it released?
A) Wednesday 16th November, 2022.

Q) Where is it available?
A) Scotland, off-trade, TheWhiskyBarrel.com.

Q) Is this product already available in other markets?
A) Scotland only, TheWhiskyBarrel.com ships worldwide.

Q) How much is it?
A) Each bottle retails at £150 GBP inc. VAT / €143 EUR / $149 USD / c$198  (+ P&P)

Q) Who handles the product’s distribution?
A) In-house at TheWhiskyBarrel.com.

Q) How many bottles are there?
A) 204 bottles.

Q) What is the ABV of this product?
A) Natural cask strength.

Q) Why has this product been launched?
A) Limited Edition single cask exclusive for TheWhiskyBarrel.com online whisky shop.

The Whisky Barrel is a specialist online whisky and spirits merchant based in Fife, Scotland and was established in 2007. In 2019 The Whisky Barrel won The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade. The Whisky Barrel is also a winner of the Whisky Magazine Online Retailer 2018 and was International Wine & Spirits Competition runner-up in 2016. *N.B. Prices correct at the time of publishing and are subject to currency fluctuation.

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