Benromach Distillery has teamed up with a host of London bartenders to give our favourite cocktails a twist. From a nostalgic throwback to a nature-inspired tipple, why not try one of the below recipes this World Cocktail Day 13^th May, 2023.

For the full list of London Bartender recipes, click HERE

Nostalgic Throwback

KC Colada

This vibrant Highball-style serve beautifully incorporates two of Benromach’s most popular single malts alongside a complementary array of fresh, fruity ingredients. Creator Sam Grundy-Glynn, bartender at Bar Swift, commented that he often combines Sherry and peat flavours in his whisky cocktails, praising the Benromach 10 Year Old for its skilful balance of both.

Ingredients

20ml Benromach 10 Year Old

20ml Benromach Contrasts: Peat Smoke

20ml Aperol

20ml Fresh Raspberry Syrup

20ml Lime Juice

40ml Coco Lopez

5ml Apple Cider Vinegar

Method

Shake and strain over ice. Serve in a highball glass.

 Inspired by Nature

Green Apple & Cedarwood Sour

An artful combination of two Benromach Contrasts range whiskies creates the base for this Green Apple & Cedarwood Sour cocktail. With an enticing emphasis on fresh apple flavours, the partnership between sweet and sour plays out perfectly atop the woody and smoky background. A truly stunning single malt cocktail, designed by Jake Lovell-Hewitt from publiq.london.

Ingredients

45ml Benromach Contrasts: Organic

5ml Benromach Contrasts: Peat Smoke

17.5ml Cedar Cordial

2.5ml Apple Cider Vinegar

5ml Green Apple Juice

Method

Mix all ingredients together before stirring and straining into a coupette. Serve with lemon zest as garnish.

Smoky and Sweet

Peat Garden

This sweet citrussy serve kicks off on a confident zesty note before before revealing a hint of lingering peat smoke. Designed by Alex Basile of blackrock.bar, this is a layered and complex serve that is both dramatic and delicious. 

Ingredients

Muddle Vanilla Pods and Lavender Buds

37ml Benromach Contrasts: Peat Smoke

20ml Apricot Brandy

15ml Lemon Juice

7ml Maple Syrup

Method

Serve over ice in a highball glass, top up with soda and stir. Serve with lemon peel/lavender garnish.

Forbes hails First Release “magnificent”

It is an incredibly exciting day at the Wolfcraig office!

We are delighted to announce that Forbes have kicked off our press launch of the Wolfcraig 30 Year Old Premium Blend with an exclusive whisky review.

Forbes whisky writer, Joe V Micallef, describes our debut release as “magnificent” and gives our first independent tasting notes, which begins:

“The color is rich, burnished gold.
It’s very fruity and floral on the nose with an unmistakable Sherry influence.
The whisky features pronounced notes of golden raisins, figs, and tropical fruits…

Click here to read Joe’s full review.

Wolfcraig Master Blender, Richard Paterson:

“Working in a partnership with a prestigious magazine such as Forbes is something we all relish at Wolfcraig, particularly when it will bring more awareness around our releases that are so rare and exceptionally special”.

It is a fantastic moment for our cherished First Release to now be launched globally in the press, and for more people in the whisky community to be learning about Richard and Ian’s exceptional collaboration. Availability is already limited

Click here to secure your purchase of the
Wolfcraig 30 Year Old Premium Blend

2012 Dailuaine 10 Year Old “Firkin Whisky K&L Exclusive” Oloroso & Amontillado Single Cask Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) $79.99 View

*This cask is currently being offered on a pre-arrival basis. We are expecting orders to be fulfilled by the end of May 2023.* The Firkin Whisky Company is offering some of the most exceptional casks in all of Scotland. Founded by Mike and Deborah Collings, the magic they impart is in the careful build and preparation of their finishing casks. The casks are custom built and prepared by Firkin, and are a unique combination of ex-bourbon barrel and charred French oak staves. They are built into “zebra” casks of alternating stave types, then the cask is seasoned with a custom sherry blend made specifically for the whisky that will be going into the cask. In the case of this spectacular 2012 Dailuaine, the custom cask was filled with a 50/50 blend of Oloroso and Amontillado for its seasoning period. It is the perfect match for the Dailuaine, which spent years finishing in this amazing barrel. The full spectrum of flavor imparted here is unlike any other single cask of whisky we have ever bottled. Dailuaine is one of the more interesting workhorse distilleries in the Diageo stable and beloved by “K&L Exclusive” cask fans for over a decade. We bottle at least one or two casks a year from this distillery, but none have seen a finishing like this. The heavy spirit style married the sweet candied fruit of the Oloroso with the savory oxidative and nutty characteristics of the Amontillado in perfect harmony. While Firkin typically bottles at 48.9%, we kept this one at proof: 57%.

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Very Special Cotswolds Coronation Single Cask.

Made with 100% locally grown barley from the Cotswolds, this limited edition single malt whisky was matured in a single Bourbon cask. Filled on the 23rd of January 2018 and aged full-term at our distillery in the Cotswolds, we bottled this expression on-site on the 14th of April 2023 at 55.6% ABV.

This expression was bottled from cask number 2023 and is being released to commemorate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. Each bottle is numbered and comes beautifully presented in a luxury display carton. With just 175 bottles available, this product is limited to one bottle per customer.

56.6% l £125.00

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Cotswolds Distillery Phillip’s Field, Whichford Road Stourton Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire CV36 5EX

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RYE RE-IMAGINED: INNOVATION EXCELLENCE OPENS NEW CHAPTER IN SCOTCH WHISKY HISTORY 

InchDairnie Distillery releases its first ever product, a Scottish rye whisky 

The ingenious, highly engineered InchDairnie Distillery located at the heart of the Kingdom of Fife has released its much anticipated first whisky.  Named RyeLaw, the distillery has used its sophisticated technology to extract maximum flavour from Scottish-grown rye and barley.  The elegantly designed bottles of this 2017 vintage are available from today, RRP £110 (70cl/46.3% ABV), at select retailers including Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Fortnum & Mason.

The result of years of meticulous planning by distillery founder Ian Palmer is set to delight discerning drinkers the world over as they savour this new, luxury whisky.  A single-minded approach to using innovative materials, methods and maturation practices has resulted in a spicy rye flavour that is unlike any other Scotch whisky.  These include:

• 53% malted rye and 47% malted barley ground extra finely for maximum flavour extraction
• Cereals mashed using a Meura mash filter, one of only two used in Scotland
• Fermented using a rye-specific yeast, which results in lower yields, but higher flavour
• Double distilled in pot stills – not continuous distillation – the first with rare, double condensers and the second a bespoke Lomond Hill still, designed by Ian Palmer alongside stillmaker, Frilli (it is the only precision distilled rye Scotch whisky made in this way)
• Matured in charred new oak casks, created from trees that can be traced back to forests in the Ozark Mountains, USA

Commenting on the release of Ryelaw, industry veteran of 45+ years and InchDairnie Distillery Managing Director Ian Palmer, said: “We’ve been preparing for this day for well over a decade, and it is only now that we feel the quality of RyeLaw meets our exacting standards that we are putting it into bottles.  And what a whisky it is…  While we are rooted in Scotch whisky tradition, we have explored what is possible when agriculture meets industry and innovative technologies combine with methodology, to create a superb rye whisky that is sure to excite palates.”

“The rye spiciness with vanilla, sweet biscuit cereal and dried fruit notes seem much more defined than rye whiskeys from America we’ve compared it to.  There’s a richer, more luxurious mouthfeel and great balance, which are certainly helped by the favourable maturation conditions we have in Fife compared to Kentucky.  The use of malted rye in the mash means we have a softer, more sippable style of rye whisky.  We look forward to hearing if our American cousins agree.”  Added Scott Sneddon, Distillery Manager.

Presented in an elegantly tall bottle, with a ripple effect on one side representing the Company’s “3Ms” philosophy – innovation in materials, methods, maturation – looks like drops of water landing simultaneously, each creating its own ripple effect.  The bottle’s neck is inspired by the special filter of the hammer mill.  With distillation of this inaugural RyeLaw release taking place in just a single week in the whole year, only 200 casks of the ‘year one vintage’ have been bottled and made available worldwide.  Subsequent vintages are already maturing in different types of cask to those from year one’s Ozark Mountains.  In a field of its own, RyeLaw is free from colourings and is non-chill filtered.

With its first distillation on Christmas Day in 2015, InchDairnie Distillery has been quietly building its stocks of whisky, producing different styles, driven by the seasons.  Knowledgeable whisky aficionados have been eagerly awaiting the first release of the distillery’s spirit since news of the engineer-driven, alternative approach being taken at the energy-efficient production facility started becoming public.

Official Tasting Notes:  

Colour: Golden

Aroma: Distinguished rye spiciness mingling with mellow oak above a soft layer of vanilla

Flavour: Cascading pepper from the rye caressingly wrapped in mouth-coating, oily viscosity and sweet biscuity, cereal and dried fruit notes

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Website: www.inchdairniedistillery.com

#RyeReImagined #RyeLaw #InchDairnieDistillery

Notes:

• Product available at Selfridges, The Whisky Shop, The Whisky Exchange, Luvian’s, Speciality Drinks, Harvey Nichols, Hedonism, Good Spirits Co, Fortnum & Masons amongst others.
• RyeLaw is produced by the InchDairnie Distillery Ltd, and the only product currently available from the Company
• The Company is led by Founder and Managing Director, Ian Palmer
• Distribution worldwide is conducted by MacDuff International Ltd and their network of affiliate partners in each market.

Ready, Set, Save…

Can you believe it? Kensington Wine Market will be 31 years old on Monday… Curiously that fact isn’t as hard to wrap my head around as the end of our 30th Anniversary year is… but I digress.

As we do every year, we are celebrating another trip around the sun with our annual Birthday Sale. The sale starts at 10 AM today (Friday, May 12) in-store, and is already live online.

There are nearly 4000 products on sale, discounted 10-50%.

There are almost 400 whiskies discounted 15-40%.

This is our last store-wide sale until August, so it’s a good time to stock up.

Whether we see you in-store, online, or even if you resist temptation and sit this one out, thank you for 31 great years!

Happy Hunting!

Andrew Ferguson

Kensington Wine Market

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), Monday, May 15, 2023..
• The sale is in-store and online only.
• Phone orders are ok, but will be written down, time-stamped and fulfilled in the same queue as our web orders.
• Email orders are also welcome, we will follow up with you as we are able!

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.

403-283-8000

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.*

Sow
Good.

Getting our first batch of (hand sorted) bere barley in the ground last spring was another milestone moment for us, although perhaps not quite as thrilling as harvesting the beautiful, ripe new grains later in the year.

In fact it was an exciting year for whisky all round, as we sold out our inaugural cask offer in under 90 seconds, allowing us to order the long dreamed of equipment we need to turn that bere in to our very first distillation.

Stay tuned for some extremely important whisky updates as this year progresses and we host our first open day as part of the Hebridean Whisky Festival in the summer, before our brand new equipment starts arriving to take its place at Nunton.

NUNTON WHISKY

Dalmore 10 Year Old “Hart Brothers Finest Collection” K&L Exclusive Cask Strength First Fill Sherry Butt Unchillfiltered Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) (Pre-Arrival) $69.99 View

Dalmore is one of those malts that will forever be controversial. They’ve made a name for themselves selling old sherry barrels at astronomical prices, but we rarely see the malt bottled as single barrel or at cask strength. When we do come across the odd independent bottling, it’s almost always in 2nd or 3rd fill barrels destined otherwise for some big-name blend and while those can be lovely whiskies, they simply don’t capture the essence of The Dalmore like you might expect. That is, of course, because the brand has become synonymous with sherry aging. Now, for the very first time, we can offer a proper single cask of Dalmore aged entirely in sherry! It’s bottled at full cask strength and is fully nonchillfiltered, nor is there added coloring. The resulting whisky is exactly what all the whisky geeks hoped for: AMAZING. When you’re tasting those distillery bottlings, loving the flavors, but ultimately crying out for more character, intensity, and power — this is the barrel for you. If you’re a classic Dalmore lover, you’ll probably want to take one home, even if it falls out of the distillery’s typical soft and round character. That said, with a nice splash of water this gorgeous thing relents easily, reminding us that the Dalmore is really a gentle dram, given the right environment. There’s no question that sherry lovers of all stripes will appreciate this excellent and well-priced cask.

Aberlour 11 Year Old “Hart Brothers Finest Collection” K&L Exclusive Cask Strength First Fill Sherry Butt Unchillfiltered Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) (Pre-Arrival) $89.99 View

A rare independently bottled Aberlour, made that much more unusual by its maturation in a first fill sherry butt. The Aberlour distillery sits on the edge of its namesake, a gorgeous little hamlet right at the center of the Speyside region. The distillery seems tiny from the outside, but the malt here packs a punch. Founded in 1879 by James Fleming, it’s become a pillar of the Chivas family in the last two decades since the French spirits giant Pernod Ricard purchased the distillery. Outfitted with 4 stills in the early 70s, it can produce nearly 4 million pure liters of alcohol per year running full out. Apparently, that’s simply not enough as the increased popularity of this special malt has seen stocks dwindle and prices soar. Their own heavily sherried cask strength offering, albeit higher proof and likely significantly younger, is selling for upwards of $110 in the market today. We felt pretty confident that this single cask sherry version for less than $100 represents an exceptional value. Hart Brothers has consistently afforded us access to exceptionally high quality and rare stocks at reasonable prices and this year’s batch is no exception. This Aberlour will likely be a favorite of the 2023 whisky season.

Caol Ila 10 Year Old “Hart Brothers” Single Hogshead Cask Strength Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) $89.99 View

This perfect cask of Caol Ila from the excellent Glasgow blender and bottler Hart Brothers is the first Islay cask that they’ve yet to furnish K&L exclusively. Filled into a high-quality hogshead, this famously ocean-y peater is in full form here. Full bodied and intense, the weighty mouth feel is contrasted by the tangy seaside character. We rarely come across young Caol Ila that’s not excellent, but occasionally we are happy to encounter some that are truly superlative. This is obviously in the latter category.

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NEW IN AT
THE WHISKY EXCHANGE

Our new arrivals include a duo of Fèis Ìle 2023 releases from Bunnahabhain, in celebration of Islay’s renowned whisky festival taking place this month. The first has been matured exclusively in rarely-used Canasta sherry casks, which held a combination of Palomino and Pedro Ximénez grapes, while the second is a 1998-vintage nutty single malt which has been finished in first-fill Manzanilla sherry casks for six years.

We’ve also welcomed limited-edition spirits to celebrate the upcoming coronation of King Charles III and The Queen Consort, from Wolfburn, The English and Pusser’s, along with the inaugural release from innovative Fife distillery Inchdairnie, a single grain whisky bursting with peppery rye spice.

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