Kensington Wine Market’s Belated Birthday Sale last weekend was a huge hit. Our website was pushed to the limit by everyone who chose to shop online, and our team is still working hard to get everything packed and delivered. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding…
While the store wide sale is over, we still have some great deals to offer, more than 40 on Whiskies to be specific. That’s good news for those of you who missed the sale because you were out of town or otherwise disconnected and not online last weekend. It is also good news for those of you who haven’t got a gift for your Dad yet. He brought you into this World, and if you are reading this email he didn’t take you out of it… at least not yet. The least you can do is buy him a good bottle of Scotch or Bourbon.
Half of the items on Sale, are “Bin Ends”, and on Sale until they are gone. Most of these items are down to just the last bottle or two. The rest of the Sale items are products we got a good deal on, so we’re passing on the savings. We left these items on Sale for Father’s Day. The deal is good as long as we have stock, or until 11:59PM on Sunday night… whichever comes first!
In all we have over 40 whiskies on Sale, 10-40% off, in-store and online… but not for long!
I hope this email finds you well!
Sláinte,
Andrew Ferguson
Kensington Wine Market
403-283-8000 / 888-283-9004
www.kensingtonwinemarket.com
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Still On Sale But Only Until End of Day Sunday, June 21!
Lots of Time to Pick Up a Great Father’s Day Gift…
Pricing is on in-stock items only, and doesn’t include GST. The Sale pricing ends at 11:59PM Sunday June 21 (online) and 6PM (in-store), or when we run out of stock. Click the links below for more details on the whisky. Please order online if possible, I’m taking the next week off (starting now) and won’t be checking my email frequently.
Item Retail Discount Sale
Aberfeldy 12 Year $73.99 25% $55.49
Aberfeldy 21 Year $174.99 20% $139.99
Bunnahabhain 12 Year $74.99 20% $59.99
Cardhu 12 Year $79.99 25% $59.99
Compass Box Great King Street $59.99 20% $47.99
Compass Box Great King Street Glasgow $63.99 20% $51.19
Compass Box Hedonism Blended Grain 750mL $99.99 15% $84.99
Compass Box Spice Tree $80.99 20% $64.79
Cooper’s Choice Benrinnes 2001 15 Year $135.99 30% $95.19
Eau Claire Single Malt Whisky Batch 003 $99.99 10% $89.99
Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength $89.99 20% $71.99
Glenfarclas 12 Year $69.99 20% $55.99
Glenfarclas 15 Year $97.99 20% $78.39
Glenfarclas 21 Year $154.99 20% $123.99
Glengoyne 18 Year $140.99 20% $112.79
Teeling Single Malt $91.99 20% $73.59
Laphroaig Quarter Cask $86.99 20% $69.59
Lismore The Legend 21 Year $149.99 20% $119.99
Bin End Bargains On Some Great Whiskies
These Items Are All On Sale Until Our Current Stock is Gone!
We have 21 items on our Whisky Bin Ends List, all of them are in the table below. A few of them are in my humble opinion a little more interesting, and worthy of some special attention. The American Rockies (Wyoming) Bourbon is a great buy at $52.49, and it comes with some good Karma too… We will donate $5 from every bottle sold to the Calgary Food Bank.
The Boutique-y whiskies are interesting too, they may not be Bourbons, but they are from one of America’s most celebrated distilleries. Plus they come with stickers… The Duncan Taylor Rare Auld Girvan 6 Year is anything but Auld, but it is most definitely Rare. It is a complex, elegant and dangerously drinkable whisky, perfect for hot days on the patio!
And then there are the Elixir Distillers whiskies. We sold through our allocation, but many of the Northern Alberta stores with these whiskies were unable to. So we were offered a deal to help clear out the Elements of Islay Cl12, Pl6, Port Askaig 25 Year (Caol Ila), Port Askaig 28 Year (Laphroaig) and Single Malts of Scotland (SMOS) Mortlach 22 Year.
- American Rockies Bourbon – 44% – My Tasting Note: “Nose: dough, dill-y and woody; smells like a High School wood shop; shelled peanuts, butter tarts and aromatic bitters; peppery with some doughy oatmeal-raisin notes. Palate: sweet, fruity and spicy, with loads of wood-shop tones; fresh, fruity and toasty; more oatmeal-raisin cookie dough, peppery spices and oaky tannins; Demerara sugar and aromatic bitters before warm butter tarts. Finish: fresh, doughy, fruity, sweet and spicy; can’t get over the oatmeal-raisin cookie dough and Demera mixed with bitters combo… Comment: very fresh for an American whiskey, lots of layers, with the oak restrained nicely.” – Was $70 – SAVE 25% – Now $52.49
- Boutique-y Whisky Heaven Hill Corn 9 Year – 49.5% – Producer Description: “Straight corn whiskey from the phenomenal Heaven Hill distillery, matured for 9 years before falling into the hands of That Boutique-y Whisky Company! This one features a label similar to that of the Boutique-y bottling of Heaven Hill bourbon, with with a particularly a-maize-ing addition (I am so sorry) of lots of corn!” Producer Tasting Note: “Nose: Buttered corn, maple syrup and milk chocolate form the core. Vanilla ice cream and foam bananas add to the sweetness. A little drying oak spice is there underneath. Palate: Prickly black peppercorn rushes through a mix of cooking apples, sponge cake and honeyed fruit. Vanilla pod earthiness and a juicy blackcurrant complete the palate. Finish: Crisp red apples and a little dark chocolate bitterness linger. Overall: Enjoyable and intriguing in equal measure.” – Was $90 – SAVE 25% – Now $67.49
- Boutique-y Whisky Heaven Hill Whiskey 9 Year – 48.4% – Producer Description: “The American Whiskey label is full of Americanism objects piled up and scattered across the floor such as a hot dog, burger, american football, a baseball bat, a nod to NASA and so much more – you know, a quintessentially American label.” Producer Tasting Note: “Nose: Buttery malt, cashew, oak and freshly zested citrus. A good layer of caramel covers it all. Palate: Still quite buttery, though baking spices (think nutmeg and ginger) liven it up. Sultana, marmalade and brown bread. Finish: Toffee, milk chocolate and a touch of cut grass.” – – Was $92 – SAVE 25% – Now $69
- Duncan Taylor Rare Auld Girvan 6 Year – 53.1% – “Oak Cask” – My Tasting Note: “Nose: silky, honeyed and fruity; Goodies and licorice salt water taffy; exotic fruits, caramel corn and candy apple; not even a slight edge to the alcohol. Palate: soft, very soft and silky; layered and honeyed and fruity; more licorice Goodies and salt water taffy; more exotic citrus fruits, molasses, caramel corn and candy apple; floral with loads of vanilla. Finish: coating, lush and creamy; still silky with decadent vanilla, honey and fruits. Comment: good Lord; for a 6 year old grain this is spectacular; this is not mind-blowingly complex, but there are some nice layers; considering its age, quality and price this is a definite buy (and that was before the 20% discount)!” – Was $63 – SAVE 20% – Now $57
- Elements of Islay Cl12 – 57.5% – Refill Sherry Butts – Producer Tasting Note: “Nose: Classically maritime. Slate tiles, saltwater, warm tarmac on a sunny day. Sour apple sweets, Pouilly-Fumé wine, aguardiente, rhubarb and custard. Palate: Astringent smoke with salt and liquorice. More orchard fruits, alongside green grass and citrus zest. Lots of cigarette notes, cold smoked meats, chervil and tarragon. Finish: Peaty finish with cloudy lemonade, coal dust, fresh herbs and grapefruit peel.” – Was $88 – SAVE 20% – Now $70.40 – 86pts Whisky Fun / Whisky Base 86.58
- Elements of Islay Pl6 – 55.3% – 7 Year – ex-Bourbon – Producer Tasting Note: “Nose: Farmyards, burnt grass, camphor, young Jamaican rum and petrol. Underneath the more powerful notes, there’s sweet potato pie, malt loaf and just a hint of peaches. Palate: Oily and briny. Smoked ham, barley husks, Manzanilla sherry, almond oil, green olives. There’s a warmth of Christmas spice towards the end: clove and cinnamon. Finish: Oak chips, sweet white wine, pancetta, rye bread and hot ashes.” – Was $185 – SAVE 25% – Now $138.75 – Whisky Base 87.25
- Port Askaig 25 Year – 45.8% – Presumed to be Caol Ila – 90pts Serge @WhiskyFun: “It’s not exactly this label, which used to mention ‘Port Askaig Harbour’, the new one for America rather has ‘Port Askaig Islay’. Let’s try the latter… Colour: white wine. Nose: it’s not huge, and rather on charcoal and graphite, with some delicate coastal notes, beach herbs, wool, old jacket, sea breeze, a nice wee oyster, and whiffs of freshly shredded celeriac and cabbage. Delicate, elegant, subtle, it’s like looking in a mirror (a little tired, S.?) Mouth (neat): naturally.Sauvignon, lemon juice, charcoal ash, oysters, tincture of iodine, then more shredded celeriac as well as a little angelica, and perhaps one drop of yellow chartreuse (per glass). Finish: medium, with this trademark feeling of peated lemons, green apples, then tobacco ashes. Comments: just extremely good, with this faint lightness that’s so engaging in this famous – and supposedly lighter – make. SGP:456 – 90 points.” – Was $375 – SAVE 25% – Now $281
- Port Askaig 28 Year – 45.8% – Presumed to be Laphroaig – Refill American Oak Hogsheads – My Tasting Note is on the KWM Website – 90pts Serge @WhiskyFun: “Will this one be softer? What’s 3 years anyway? Colour: white wine. Nose: well, it is a little more camphory and mentholy, so probably a little more tertiary, with some pine nuts, greengages, these notes of smoked salmon and other fatter fish, smoked hake, touches of pickled onions and capers perhaps, then a fruitier side with pink grapefruits, then whiffs of rainwater… Mouth: ah yes, transmuting peat, with already more tropical fruits (mangos, maracujas) while the rawer, straighter smokiness is still there. Other than that, it’s all wonderful, perfectly balanced, with touches of caraway and star anise leading to a rising gingerbready feeling. This one’s really very interesting, it’s not a 25 anymore, while it’s not a 30 yet. In short, somewhere in between, and that is pretty lovely. Finish: medium, rather soft, with a saltier, brinier ending. Oyster juice! Comments: the 25 and the 28 are actually very different, but please don’t ask me to choose. SGP:555 – 90 points.” – Was $440 – SAVE 25% – Now $330
- SMOS Mortlach 22 Year – 54.2% – 3x ex-Bourbon Hogsheads & 1x ex-Sherry Butt – Tasting Notes by Billy Abbot (The Whisky Exchange): “Nose: Brown sugar, cherries and new leather. Candied lemon and orange segments follow, with a little bit of minty freshness. Dark fruitcake and bittersweet dark chocolate peek in around the edges. Lighter notes float on top: rose petals and freshly cut stems, with a touch of candy necklace sweetness. Palate: Lots of dried fruit and grown-up, not-to-sweet fruitcake to start. Sticky raisins and malt loaf add more weight and sweetness. Spiced, stewed apples with anise, cinnamon and nutmeg develop, with buttered spiced bread, black liquorice and treacle toffee. Finish: The treacle toffee fades to leave freshly-cut apples dusted with cinnamon. Comment: A big and sherried Mortlach with balanced fresh fruit and herbal notes that stops it becoming overpowering. Excellent cask selection.” – Was $270 – SAVE 20% – Now $202.49 – Whisky Base 88.99
Item Retail Discount Sale
Adelphi Glenborrodale Batch 6 $98.99 30% $64.34
Adelphi The E & K $224.99 30% $157.49
Adelphi The Winter Queen 19 Year $399.99 25% $299.99
American Rockies Bourbon $69.99 25% $52.49
Benriach Batch 15 1995 Cask 7383 $469.99 30% $328.99
Big Peat Christmas 2019 $129.99 30% $90.99
Boutique-y Heaven Hill Corn 9 Year $89.99 25% $67.49
Boutique-y Heaven Hill Whiskey 9 Year $91.99 25% $68.99
Duncan Taylor Octave Girvan 11Year 51.2% $94.99 40% $56.99
Duncan Taylor Rare Auld Girvan 6Yr 53.1% $62.99 20% $50.39
Elements of Islay Cl12 $87.99 20% $70.39
Elements of Islay Pl6 $184.99 20% $147.99
Port Askaig 25 Year $374.99 25% $281.24
Port Askaig 28 Year$439.99 25% $329.99
Samaroli 1980 Blended Scotch 34 Year$574.99 30% $402.49
Secret Spirits Auchinderom Peated 2011$139.99 25% $104.99
SMOS Marriage Mortlach 22 Year$269.99 25% $202.49
Black Mountain Notes Fumees 50mL$9.99 30% $6.99
English Whisky Company Smoky 50ml$14.99 30% $10.49
Old Malt Cask Mortlach 11Y KWM Cask 50ml$11.99 30% $8.39
SMWS 72.65 – Winter Comforts 100ml$27.99 30% $19.59
Eau Claire Single Malt Batch 002 50ml$10.99 10% $9.89
Current Covid-19 Store Policies!
For the safety our staff and customers we are continuing to review and modify our Covid-19 Precautions!
Please do not enter the store if:
- You have returned from Outside of Canada in the last 2 weeks, or you live with someone who has!
- You are showing symptoms of COVID-19, or if you have been in close contact with someone diagnosed with or suspected to have contracted COVID-19.
- If any of the above applies, we can come to you… let us deliver!
Precautions we are taking in-store:
- We have increased our hours to offer more flexibility and discourage lineups (see below).
- We are asking customers to sanitize their hands on entering the store, and to consider wearing a mask, especially during the sale.
- We have provided masks for staff.
- We are only allowing a maximum of 6 customers in-store at a time and are asking them to try and respect 2m social distancing with staff and other customers.
- We are not allowing in groups larger than 2 people.
- We have hand sanitizer positioned throughout the store.
- We asking customers not to pick up products unless they want to purchase them.
- We are frequently disinfecting commonly touched surfaces and high contact areas within the store.
- We have stopped accepting cash payments.
- Staff are frequently washing and disinfecting their hands.
- We have marked a place for customers to stand when completing their purchase.
- We have built a sneeze guard around the cash cage.
- We have cancelled all tastings.
- We are monitoring our staff for symptoms and following the lead of AHS.
- We will continue to monitor the situation and update our policies as things develop!
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we all try to navigate this challenging time!
New Store Hours!
For the month of June we have returned to our usual hours on Sunday and extended our hours Thurday-Saturday. Please note we are open an etra hour this week on Thursday, Firday and Saturday during the Sale.
Sunday 11AM – 6PM
Monday 10AM – 6PM
Tuesday 10AM – 6PM
Wednesday 10AM – 6PM
Thursday 10AM – 8PM *9PM This Week for the Sale!
Friday 10AM – 8PM *9PM This Week for the Sale!
Saturday 10AM – 8PM *9PM This Week for the Sale!
Free City-Wide Delivery in Calgary & Other Deals!
Free Delivery in Calgary for Orders Over $50, and Loads of Deals To Be Had!
As with many other small and independent businesses in the city, we are getting creative to continue serving our customers and keeping the business going. We have taken precautions in-store to ensure the health and safety of both our staff and customers. Details on that below! We are also offering options to continue serving those of you in quarantine or who are taking extra precautions with regards to social isolation.
FREE DELIVERY
– We are offering free delivery for orders over $50 placed online or over the phone, and will do our best to deliver within 72 hours.
CURBSIDE PICKUP
– Place an order, we’ll let you know when it is ready. Call us when you are out front or parked in the back lot and we’ll bring it out. Simple as that!
GIFTING
– Want to send someone a care package? All gifting options are still available. Quarantined parents and closed schools qualify as a “wine emergency”. Gift cards are also available and can be used over the phone.
If you are able, please submit your order online. We will answer any questions you might have before finalizing and processing your order. You are not automatically billed when you submit your order.
www.kensingtonwinemarket.com
We will do our best to answer and process as many phone orders as we can. Call us at 403-283-8000. We are offering some great deals too. More on that below, see the bottom of the Malt Messenger!
Customers are still welcome to come in to the store to pick up orders as well as browse and purchase in-store. We are routinely disinfecting commonly touched surfaces and have hand sanitation stations around the store.
Let us know how we can continue to help and serve you in these challenging times!
SAVE 25% on American Rockies & Feed YYC!
$5 from Each Bottle to go to the Calgary Food Bank!
Looking for your next Bourbon, for sipping neat, on the rocks or for an Old Fashioned?
American Rockies Bourbon has been discontinued by the producer, and they are blowing it out. As always, we are passing the Savings on. Not only is this Bourbon 25% off, but we will also donate $5 from every bottled sold to the Calgary Food Bank!
From the people who brought you Canadian Rockies, American Rockies is a Small Batch Bourbon bottled at 44%. We believe the Bourbon is sourced from a Wyoming Whiskey distillery that we happen to be quite fond of.
American Rockies – 44% – My Tasting Note: “Nose: dough, dill-y and woody; smells like a High School woodshop; shelled peanuts, butter tarts and aromatic bitters; peppery with some doughy oatmeal-raisin notes. Palate: sweet, fruity and spicy, with loads of wood-shop tones; fresh, fruity and toasty; more oatmeal-raisin cookie dough, peppery spices and oaky tannins; Demerara sugar and aromatic bitters before warm butter tarts. Finish: fresh, doughy, fruity, sweet and spicy; can’t get over the oatmeal-raisin cookie dough and Demerara mixed with bitters combo… Comment: very fresh for an American whiskey, lots of layers, with the oak restrained nicely.” – Was $70 – SAVE 25% – Now: $52.49 & we’ll donate $5 of that to the Calgary Food Bank!
Thank You for Reading the Malt Messenger!
Contact & Disclaimers
If you have any whisky questions or comments concerning The Malt Messenger please contact me by e-mail, phone, or drop by the store.
All of the products mentioned in THE MALT MESSENGER can be purchased in store, over the phone or from our website at www.kensingtonwinemarket.com. All prices quoted in the Malt Messenger are subject to change and don’t include GST. In the case of discrepancies in pricing, the price in our in store point of sale will be taken as correct.
Thanks for reading the Malt Messenger.
Slainte!
Andrew Ferguson
Owner & Scotchguy
Kensington Wine Market
403-283-8000
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
www.kensingtonwinemarket.com
