The Park Avenue Liquor Shop wishes everyone a ‘Happy Burns Day’.

Wait. What is ‘Burns Day’?
Burns Day is a celebration of the life of Robert Burns, author of many Scotish poems. Celebrations usually consist of suppers held on or near the poet’s birthday, January 25th, a.k.a. Robert Burns Day. Burns Day ‘suppers’ typically include haggis (a traditional Scottish dish celebrated by Burns in ‘Address to a Haggis’), Scotch whisky, and the recitation of Burns’s poetry. Some formal dinners are hosted by organizations such as Burns clubs, the Freemasons, or St Andrews Societies. (With Thanks to Wikipedia) To be more blunt – “Auld Lang Syne” – the song your sing on New Year’s Eve but don’t quite understand…He wrote that.

While we may not be eating Haggis tomorrow, we thought we’d use Burns Day as an excuse to tell you about some bottles at the ‘Shop’ that would be great for your celebration.

Cheers!
Jonathan & Eric
Park Avenue Liquor Shop
292 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-685-2442

www.parkaveliquor.com
info@parkaveliquor.com

The Rumor Still. The Park Avenue Liquor Shop’s Exclusive bottling of Kilchoman is almost at an end. There are less than 20 bottles left of this single cask beauty. Quick notes = Bourbon Cask – non-chill filtered. Color: Pale Straw. Nose: Strong peaty aromas, pear drops, citrus and hints of mango. Palate: sweetness then peat smoke and mixed fruits. Finish is long, clean and refreshing leaving hints of peat smoke and cloves.
Our price: $91/btl

Park Ave Liquor Exclusive. 2007 Single Cask. 4yr old, 124.6 proof

Glenmorangie: Companta
(Private Edition)

Inspired by Dr Bill’s travels across France’s greatest vineyards and the friends made along the way, Glenmorangie Companta (Scots Gaelic for ‘friendship’) is a refined balance between bold spice and rich, smooth sweetness; the result of a careful assemblage of spirit extra matured in Grand Cru casks from Clos de Tart and those of a lusciously sweet fortified wine from Côtes du Rhône.

Aroma
On the nose, Companta exudes rich, ‘autumnal’ scents of red berries and damp forest floors, with a hint of fragrant woodsmoke complementing notes of aromatic, nutty oak.
Taste
Upon tasting, a spicy palate redolent of cherries and stewed fruits is slowly revealed, as notes of sugared plums, blood orange and rose-hip syrup emerge alongside milk chocolate and brown sugar.

Our price: $130/btl
NOTE: This bottle is not yet available via our website.
Please call for availability.

Oban: 21 Year Old

A limited edition Oban, part of Diageo’s 2013 Special Releases. One of the most highly sought after bottlings from this year’s selection, this natural cask strength Highland single malt was matured in rejuvenated American Oak and second-fill ex-Bodega casks. Only 2,860 numbered bottles were made available. Our allocation is extremely limited.

Nose: Honey and a briney note that becomes akin to pickled courgette, moving into spicy caramel.
Palate: Fresh with light toffee and fruit throughout. Crushed sea salt. Ends on refreshing cucumber.
Finish: Drying with creamy roast chestnuts and oats.
(With Thanks to Masters of Malt)
Our price: $500/btl

Kilkerran: ‘Work in Progress’
Sherry Wood

Recently awarded ‘Lowlands/Campbeltown Single Malt of the Year’ by Whisky advocate.
The 5th in the Kilkerran Work in Progress series (distilled at Glengyle distillery in Campbeltown) is a sherry wood matured dram, which has picked up some nice color and flavor over its years in wood.
Nose: Rich and buttery, with brown sugar and cakespice. The waxiness found in the bourbon cask is also here, along with some honeysuckle, but they’re overpowered by fruit – sultanas and stewed apple.
Palate: Oily and sweet, with more stewed apple and some charcoal touches. Floral touches and raisins sit behind the apple, along with some tingly cinnamon. It almost gets soapy, but stops just before it gets there.
Finish: Dark, woody spice lingers, along with some char, turning towards Digestive biscuits over time.
Our price: $70/btl

Glengoyne: 18 Year Old

Spicy vanilla fruit, ripe apples and a rich, luxurious mouthfeel. This is the result of 18 long years and a generous proportion of first-fill sherry casks.

Nose:
Awash with red apple, ripe melon and fresh banana. Heavenly and well rounded, it drifts into hot porridge topped with brown sugar.
Initial taste:
Full bodied, round and rich. At first macerated fruits, marzipan and walnuts; then warm spices, dry cocoa and lingering Seville marmalade.
Finish:
Long, warm and dry.

Our price: $140/btl

Please contact the store with any questions. Due to ever-changing inventory, we cannot guarantee bottle availability. Not responsible for typographical errors. The Park Avenue Liquor Shop does not endorse the eating of Haggis. We just mentioned it because it is part of the tradition of ‘Burns Day’. So…that’s up to you.