A 17 Year Old French Oak and a 9 Year Old American Oak

Proudly presenting our final release for 2023. Both inherently different yet linked by their exceptional character as hand picked second-fill barrels.

Meet TD0028 and TD0451.

TD0028 is a 17 year old French oak and one of only two Sullivans Cove French oak second-fills of this age in existence.

TD0451 is a 9 year old American oak, a testament to the soul of our spirit, encapsulating all its fruity and textural delights.

American Oak Second-Fill TD0451

Beautiful tropical waxy flowers and a bright herbal element of lemon verbena and green tea.

“Absolutely stunning. All of the hallmark Sullivans notes are present, and the fruit-bursts in transitory places are wonderfully fun.”
Heather Tillott – Distillery Manager

Matured for 9 years in a second-fill 200L American oak ex-Bourbon cask, yielding just 277 bottles of Sullivans Cove single cask whisky.

Read the full tasting notes here

17 Year Old French Oak Second-Fill TD0028

Freshly baked croissant with thick orange marmalade, honeycomb, and raspberry jam.

“It is no small feat to attain such balance and complexity in a French oak matured spirit, without the aid of an immediate fortified prefill. This is a whisky to sit with and listen to its stories.”
Kirsten Laurie – Production Manager

Matured for 17 years in a second-fill 300L French oak ex-Tawny cask, yielding just 415 bottles of Sullivans Cove single cask whisky.

Read the full tasting notes here

Sullivans Cove Cellar Door

While our cellar door is closed for renovations, we are open for tastings and bottle sales at The Mill, in the picturesque Cascade Brewery in South Hobart.

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Tastings & Bottle Sales

The Mill
Cascade Brewery Bar
140 Cascade Road
South Hobart
Tasmania 7004

Open 7 Days

11am – 5pm
Christmas & New Years Hours
Closed – December 24 – 27
Closed – January 1

A note on our ballot system. These whiskies will be released via ballot. The ballots will open for 24 hours from 10am Hobart time on Monday 18th of December. Further details will be sent via email prior to the ballots opening. Our policy is one entry per person, per household, per ballot. Our fraud detection algorithm detects multiple entries and removes them to ensure our whisky lands in the hands of our genuine supporters, so to ensure your entry counts, please enter each ballot once only. If you have any questions around our ballot process, you can email us at info@sullivanscove.com Successful entries will be notified shortly after the ballots close.

SIGNED LINDORES ABBEY DISTILLERY TRIO PLUS GLASSES & PIPETTE CHARITY COMPETITION

(ALL PROCEEDS DONATED TO CHARITY)

The Collectors Club is a brand new whisky based competition website launched this year by Scott & John Lang. They are two friends who share a serious passion for our aqua vitae and want to make all kinds of new, old & rare whisky accessible to everyone & anyone, for the price of just a single dram!

The Collectors Club are proud to be asked to help a friend of the Club, Richard Cameron. Richard is trying to raise money for 5 specific charities who have helped his son Mackenzie battle a rare autoimmune condition (the same condition that sadly led to the loss of his Daughter at just age 7). Mackenzie has fought against the odds to live life to the full. He has dealt with many challenges that adults would never cope with. In January 2021 Mackenzie contracted COVID. He was in intensive care and on a ventilator for 7 weeks. He suffered 2 cardiac arrests and 2 respiratory arrests. He fought very hard and managed to stay with us. As part of his recovery he had to learn how to walk again. He was supported along the way by Richards local community and raised over £2500 for charity, something which we think is nothing short of remarkable! He also won Young Achiever Award 2021 in the Scottish Health Awards.

Thanks to Lindores Abbey Distillery, who have been extremely generous to donate a fantastic 3 bottle plus extras prize for the lucky winner, we are honoured to be the hosting platform for raising the funds, but we can only do it with your donations! Tickets for this competition are just 99p and there are 999 up for grabs.

If you would like to donate what you can to Richard’s cause, click the link to go to www.thecollectorsclubcompetitions.com . You will find the Lindores Abbey competition on the home page, alongside all of our other current competitions for all different types of whisky. Each competition has a time limit and they will display in ascending order. Every single penny of the Lindores Abbey competition will go to CHAS, one of Richard’s chosen charities. Hopefully with your support we can raise the maximum amount possible! The entries for this competition will close on December 21st at 8PM and you can watch us draw it (plus other competitions) live on our facebook page from 7PM.

All the best, and good luck!

CHRISTMAS OFFERS
AT THE WHISKY EXCHANGE

Get set with your Christmas shopping and grab a bargain at the same time. From stocking fillers and gift sets to classic single malts and a whole lot more, we’ve got your presents and serving bottles sorted. Our offers this month include a rich and sherried Dalmore, the iconic Johnnie Walker Blue Label, an eye-catching luxury Strathisla 2007 15 Year Old Exclusive to The Whisky Exchange, and our newly appointed LOCH LOMOND 18 YEAR OLD Whisky of the Year 2024.

  DISCOVER NOW 

This holiday season, discover our Christmas Collection – a festive and playful sensory journey that embodies our Society’s spirit. Inside this collection lies a range of fine whiskies that are a true ode to the festive season. From bold and balanced flavours to notes of spice, vanilla and chocolate, each whisky in this collection has a unique story to tell.

BROWSE ALL

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

The Good Dram Show – Christmas Episode 536

Welcome to the 2023 Christmas Episode of the show. This weeks episode features a number of peated whiskies including the infamous Floki Sheep Poo Reserve and the less infamous Gauntleys 10 year old Staoisha.

Featuring

Angus Dundee The Double Peat Blended Malt 46%

Dewar Rattray ‘Cask Collection’ Williamson 2011 (6 year old) 61.1%

Floki ‘Icelandic Young Malt – Sheep Dung Smoked Reserve’ 47%

The 1880 Collection: The Officers Mess Bottling No3 Bunnahabhain Staoisha 2013 (10 years old) 57.1%

Longrow 2007 (10 year old) Cage Bottling 58.3%

Cadenheads Cask Strength Ardbeg 1993 (26 year old) 53.7% 

White Peak showcases Wire Works Full Port

& collaboration with Michelin Star Chef Sat Bains

White Peak Distillery from Derbyshire has added a special limited-edition whisky to their Wire Works collection for Christmas this year: Wire Works Full Port.

This latest special release of Wire Works has been matured exclusively in Tawny Port casks, giving it a rich marzipan, chocolate and cinder toffee flavour profile – perfect to enjoy and gift to whisky lovers this Christmas.

Wire Works Full Port is the first whisky from White Peak that has been fully matured entirely in Port casks, bottled at 52.4%, with just under 2,000 bottles available.

The port casks were chosen to compliment the lightly-peated Wire Works spirit and the cask supplier is borne out of a whisky-making ethos around provenance, heritage and flavour. For over 5 years, founders Max & Claire Vaughan, have worked closely with Sandra Dias and the team at her cooperage near Porto, Portugal. Dias Cooperage is a 4^th generation, family-run cooperage, producing quality oak casks in a time honoured way, that White Peak has selected for all of its wine casks.

Claire said: “We wanted to create a whisky that celebrates a twist on our provenance, heritage and flavour. We have visited the cooperage where we sourced our port casks from on numerous occasions and greatly admire the intimate style of the business, the highly-skilled small team and the traditional techniques used that are passed down through the generations of the same family. All these factors ensure that we are using casks of an exceptionally high quality, which lead to a complex maturation of our whisky, adding further layers of complexity to the final spirit.”

Max said: “With Wire Works Full Port we were looking to maintain the house style but with an explorative, complimentary new twist on what people might have previously tasted. On the nose, there’s lots of cinder toffee and burnt sugar, with marzipan, vanilla fudge and dark chocolate  coming through on the palate, and a bonfire toffee and hibiscus finish. Our Wire Works house style is ever present, but with some of the signature rich sweet notes amplified through the port wood influence.”

Wire Works Full Port is available now via specialist retailers and the Distillery, RRP: £67.

Wire Works Full Port:

Tasting Notes  

Cinder toffee, burnt sugar and cherry lozenges on the nose, with flavours of vanilla fudge, dark chocolate and marzipan on the palate with a bonfire toffee and hibiscus finish.

Nose

Bakewell pudding, milk chocolate, cinder toffee, burnt sugar, cinnamon buns, liquorice all sorts, cherry lozenges, toasted almond, candied ginger, strawberry jam.

Palate

Marzipan, strawberries and cream, tinned peaches, lemon curd, vanilla fudge, spearmint, dark chocolate, grapefruit zest and iced buns.

Finish

Cherry pie filling, bonfire toffee, hibiscus, biltong, and eucalyptus.

WHITE PEAK AND SAT BAINS COLLABORATE ON WIRE WORKS WHISKY:

In addition to Wire Works Full Port release, this festive season White Peak is also celebrating a partnership with leading Michelin Star Chef Sat Bains, renowned for his much-decorated Restaurant Sat Bains (RSB) in Nottingham.

Sat and his team at RSB visited the Distillery back in February to understand White Peak’s approach to whisky-making, taste some Wire Works whisky and share ideas on a possible collaboration.

The resulting whisky comprises three separate co-branded Wire Works / RSB releases. Each of the three whiskies has been crafted in very small batches that celebrate variety in taste, aroma and texture. English single malt whiskies with roots firmly in Derbyshire, where Sat – like Max and Claire – grew up.

After sampling numerous casks with the RSB team, the 3-bottle collection developed from one of the original first fill ex-bourbon barrels that the Distillery team filled back in 2018. The team then worked with Sat to understand what whiskies he enjoyed and arrived at two separate finishes to the ex-bourbon foundation spirit. The collection consists of 3 (very limited-edition) 90-bottle releases. RSB Cuvee #1 is full maturation ex-bourbon, RSB Cuvee #2 is finished in an Oloroso sherry quarter cask and RSB Cuvee #3 is finished in virgin English oak. All are bottled at 48% ABV.

Sat said: “As a Chef, I have been obsessed with flavour for as long as I can remember, it is something I am fortunate to create every day in my working life of over 35 years.​ ​The idea of creating a limited release whisky with Wire Works was a no brainer.” 

“​Meeting up with Max and his team at Wire Works and being asked to go on this incredible journey made so much sense, both of us from Derby celebrating our professions of flavour and taste. ​Picking the aging barrels based on my favourite cask finishes and tasting the whisky at each stage has been an eye opener into the level of detail and expertise this collaboration has harnessed”.

Wire Works Whisky RSB Cuvee Collection is available exclusively through the RSB website (whilst stocks last) from 6^th December.

White Peak Distillery is open Monday – Saturday for shop visitors, with tours available every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in December. For availability, timings and to book, please visit www.whitepeakdistillery.co.uk

White Peak Distillery Awards:

2022 and 2023 has seen White Peak also win numerous awards for their whiskies and packaging, as below:

UK Packaging Awards 2022:

• Corrugated Pack of the Year
• Best Packaging of a New Product
• Glass Pack of the Year, Spirits, Perfumes and Cosmetics

The Global World Whisky Masters 2022:

• Necessary Evil: Gold
• Small Batch: Gold

International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2022:

• Best Contemporary Design: Wire Works Whisky

International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2023:

• Caduro: Gold

People’s Choice Awards 2023:

• Best Whisky: Wire Works Whisky Small Batch – World Whisky Category

2023 World Whisky Masters, Wire Works Caduro: Gold Medal

2023 World Whisky Masters, Wire Works Alter Ego: Master Medal

2023 Spirits Business Design and Packaging Masters, Wire Works Whisky: Master Medal

English Whisky Guild:

White Peak Distillery is one of the 11 founding members of the English Whisky Guild, that was established in 2022 by the English whisky industry to represent the interests of the increasing number of English whisky distilleries (currently 40+) on the world whisky stage.

For further information visit:  English Whisky Guild

Halfway Point!

As we approach the halfway point in this month’s auction, let’s take a look at some of the cracking bottles we have this month, including these outstanding bottles of 1970 and 1974 18 Year Old Macallans.

Continuing with the 1970’s, we have a lovely bottle of 1976 Millburn Connoisseurs Choice by bottling supremos Gordon & MacPhail, bottled in 2002 and a stunning 1974 Glen Albyn 26 Years Old by independent bottler First Cask.

Another 1974 offering, this time from Old Pulteney, bottled at a hefty Cask strength on 56.9% abv. for the Caithness Club, this is a rare and quirky expression worth putting on your watchlist!

These are only a few of the bottles in our December auction, we have much more to enjoy, including bottles from many of your other favourite distilleries. To view more wee gems visit clickwhiskyauctions.com. Register to bid. Remember, you’ve got to be in it to win it! Auction ends Sunday 17^th December from 8pm GMT.

TWO EVENTS!

JANUARY SMWS OUTTURN TASTING & HOLYROOD DISTILLERY TASTING

Kick off the new year right! The January Outturn tasting at ARC Liquor will be here before you know it, so grab your spot now. This is also a chance to get some holiday shopping done: tickets to a tasting for a whisky lover in your life will make a great present or stocking stuffer!

SMWS JANUARY OUTTURN TASTING:  Registration is open for the January SMWS Outturn tasting at ARC Liquor in Kelowna. You can expect another great line-up of drams, including:

-two bottlings from the same distillery in polar opposite flavour categories – a great compare-and-contrast opportunity

-a new distillery code in the form of the 2023 Lowland Whisky Festival bottling with an interesting back story

-a smoky treat from our rarely seen “Heavily Peated” flavour category described as “mad and brilliant”

Bring a friend (or 2 or 3 or…) and enjoy a night of great drams and great company as you sample your way through January’s new releases.

This is open to members and non-members alike; contact ARC Liquor (Harvey Ave location) at 236-420-4060 or email ajay.s@armstrong.coop to get tickets.

Or sign up below and keep reading to find out about another cool event!

SMWS JANUARY OUTTURN TASTING

at ARC LIQUOR – 1973 Harvey Ave. Kelowna

Friday, Jan. 5th  7:30pm

Please enjoy our products responsibly; no drinking and driving

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HOLYROOD DISTILLERY TASTING:

After landing the cover of Whisky Magazine in October, following the release of its award-winning inaugural whisky Arrival, Holyrood Distillery is well on its way to earning its “whisky stripes.”

As you may or may not know, the founders of SMWS Canada are also the co-founders of Holyrood Distillery, a new single malt distillery in the heart of Edinburgh.

To celebrate the arrival of Arrival into the Canadian market, Distillery Manager Calum Rae is travelling across the pond to share it with you, along with some single cask samples and experimental bottlings.

At only $20 per ticket ($15 each if you buy two!), this is not to be missed (plus, Calum is super-excited about coming to Canada for the first time, even though it’s in January, so let’s show him what a great whisky community there is in the Okanagan).

HOLYROOD DISTILLERY TASTING

at ARC LIQUOR – 1973 Harvey Ave. Kelowna

Tuesday, Jan. 23rd  7:00pm  $20

Please enjoy our products responsibly; no drinking and driving

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One last update – Friend at Hand – Barántúil

We had to make an exception to sending out a rare press release because we keep getting so much good news, this will be the last one for a while but should leave you in a high.

1. Frend at Hand Exclusive – Barántúil – The Silent Valley – Gleann An Chiúnais
2. Killowen wins Gold – Again

Friend At Hand exclusive Barántúil – The Silent Valley – Gleann An Chiúnais

The legendary Friend At Hand Belfast is a mecca for whiskey enthusiasts with so many brands hoping to have an exclusive bottling there, only a few are ever approached. As such Killowen are delighted to be among them.

Belfast legend Willie Jack who many see as curator of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter has been as a pivotable to the blossoming of the city centre in recent decades. The iconic Hill Street, Duke of York and her umbrellas are just some of these examples and this exactly why Killowen are delighted to have a cask here.

The cask pays homage to the men of Mourne who built the Silent Valley in 1923 a century ago, as a water source for the expanding city, Silent Valley has created a connection between Belfast & The Mournes which continues to this day; with people, culture, trade & especially whiskey. Made predominantly with oats originating where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea, this bottling was slightly reduced in strength by Willie Jack himself using water drawn directly from Silent Valley on bottling day. Killowen has only produced three firkins of this incredible whiskey, each in a different cask. After years of contribution to Irish whiskey and to the city of Belfast, it is only fitting that the The Friend at Hand receive such a valued cask. The perfect spirit for Belfast’s most prestigious whiskey destination.

The small batch whiskey was then filled into a fresh Cabernet Sauvignon cask was reduced from litres to 70 litres, then re-charred to a medium toast before filling. This provides a red fruitiness that marries beautifully with the creaminess of the rare Mourne oats. This small cask only allowed us to fill 108 bottles of which only 50 are being sold by Friend at Hand – what’s more, they are only being sold to walk-ins.
Willy Jack and Jill went up the Hill

In order to fetch a pale of water Jack and I walked up the hill to The Silent Valley under the guidance of Joanne Jack. This wasn’t simply a fun excursion on a cold and wet November day but instead Willy was put to work to collect water so the cask could be diluted to his own desired drinking strength of 53.87% – unfortunately many bottles where devoured in the making of this decision. This symbolic gesture was an iconic one in cementing the link between the Silent Valley and the Belfast city Whiskey – watch the short clip here

Killowen wins Gold again

Killowen’s Peated Port Cask #KDC031 won gold at the Irish Whiskey Awards. Considering the consistent approach of all Barántúil releases this cask was particularly beautiful and we were delighted to receive Gold. Sadly these all sold out some months ago but there are other treats available on our webshop.

We wish you all a very happy Christmas!

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