Woodrow’s Blended Highland Malt 30 Years Old 

1994 Warehouse Reserve

 This exquisite blended malt combines four single malts from the Highland region of Scotland. They were vatted together in 1994 and put to rest in a sherry cask, where they matured together for 30 years. The end result is a citrusy malt with notes of berry fruits and wax It was bottled without chill-filtration or artificial colouring.

£160.00

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Prize Whisky: The Newly Launched Stocking Filler Whisky Lovers Will Adore This Festive Season

Perth, Scotland – Just in time for the festive season, Prize Whisky is making its debut as the ultimate stocking filler for whisky enthusiasts. Combining the thrill of discovery with a taste of Scotland’s finest, this newly launched blind whisky-tasting experience is the perfect gift for anyone with a passion for single malts.

Each beautifully designed pouch contains a mystery Scottish single malt whisky, carefully selected to challenge the senses and inspire whisky lovers of all levels. Whether it’s for a seasoned connoisseur or someone just beginning their whisky journey, Prize Whisky offers an experience unlike any other.

Adding even more excitement, every pack includes multiple chances to win exceptional rare and old bottles of whisky, the first guaranteed prize being the Glengoyne 25 yr old but with plans to increase the value of the prize pool in line with the amount of entries received. Simply enter the unique pack code on the Prize Whisky website, answer a series of questions related to your mystery whisky, and gain entries for every correct answer. The perfect gift could turn into the ultimate win.

Why Prize Whisky Makes the Perfect Gift

New and Unique: Launched just in time for Christmas, this innovative whisky-tasting experience is guaranteed to be something they have never had before.

Mystery Meets Mastery: Each pouch contains a different single malt scotch whisky, keeping the contents a surprise until tasted.

A Gift That Keeps Giving: With multiple chances to win, the excitement continues long after Christmas with the grand prize winner being announced in January.

Expertly Curated: Selected from Scotland’s finest distilleries, each whisky highlights the diversity and richness of single malts.

Perfectly Packaged: Compact and stylish, the pouches are designed to fit neatly into any stocking.

“Whisky lovers are notoriously hard to buy presents for; they all have too many whisky glasses and multiple sacks of unused whisky stones in the freezer, so with Prize Whisky, we’re delivering a unique experience that combines discovery, fun, and the chance to win incredible prizes,” said Michael Howe, founder of Prize Whisky. “As a newly launched product, it’s exciting to bring something fresh to the whisky community this Christmas.”

Prize Whisky is available for purchase now at www.prizewhisky.com, with shipping across the UK in time for Christmas if ordered by 2pm on the 20th. Each pouch is affordably priced at £10, including P&P, making it an ideal stocking filler for any whisky lover.

This Christmas, celebrate the season of giving with Prize Whisky—a brand-new gift that offers mystery, flavour, and the promise of unforgettable prizes.

Invergordon 50 Years Old 

Single Grain

This single-grain whisky was distilled on the 28th of November 1974 at the Invergordon Distillery, the Northmost grain distillery in Scotland, known for producing whiskies with a uniquely smooth and creamy profile. Aged in a single barrel for half a century, this whisky bursts with notes of ripe peaches, nectarines, and delicate vanilla cream with hints of almond, coconut, and oak. Bottled by Finn Thomson at natural cask strength, without chill filtration or artificial colouring.

£375.00

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Descriptors for the aroma came fast and furious – gravadlax sauce, beech-smoked trout, black peppercorn-infused rye whisky and homemade sweet ploughman’s pickle. The taste was like smoked brisket pastrami prepared in a brine of pink curing salt, sugar and spices, alongside mild goat’s cheese on Jamaican gingerbread – intrigued? You should be! And what a change after the addition of water. Initially we stayed in the Caribbean with a warm Jamaican-style coffee and walnut cake followed by the sweet scent of cherry wood- smoked marshmallows. On the palate, we now found a mixture between a smoked battenberg cake and tiramisu with smoked cocoa powder.

Moments like this are why being a member of the SMWS is so special. In just a few hours (now long past- WI) we’ll release our first offering from a Hebridean distillery located on the Isle of Harris.  This is also the first release by the distillery from an independent bottler. This whisky will also be available to enjoy by the dram at our Members’ Rooms.

Cask No. 163.1: Smokin’! 

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

Douglas Laing introduces Fourth Bottling within its Exclusive Old Particular Red Wine Cask Collection

Douglas Laing & Co. today announces the release of a Girvan 16-Year-Old Single Grain Scotch Whisky. This special edition, finished in a single Merlot Red Wine Cask, is the fourth bottling in their exclusive Old Particular Red Wine Cask collection.

Each pairing in this collection is said to have been “meticulously selected to enhance the inherent qualities of the chosen Malt and Grain Scotch Whiskies, elevating the complexity and depth to introduce new and exciting taste experiences.”

The journey takes us to France with this exquisite 16-year-old Girvan, finished extensively in a single Merlot Red Wine Cask from sunnier regions. The well-structured, bold characteristics of Merlot harmonise beautifully with Girvan’s complexity, bringing tasting notes of “hard candy, honeyed cereal, and rich dark toffee with smooth ganache.” The influence of French oak allows the grain to shine, offering a powerful finish filled with “cinnamon spice and ripe red fruits.”

Bottled at 48.4% alcohol strength and proudly without artificial colouring or chill filtration, this limited edition is expected to retail at £85.00 / €101.00.

 Key Bottle Details:

• Finished in a Merlot Red Wine Cask.
• Premium red wax dip finish.
• Bespoke design and showcased in a black bottle.
• Neck tag included with QR code to bottle tasting.
• 4% ABV. 

ABOUT DOUGLAS LAING & CO.

www.douglaslaing.com

Douglas Laing & Co. is a leading independent Scotch Whisky distillery, blender and bottler specialising in the selection and release of Single Cask Single and Small Batch Malt Scotch Whiskies.

The company was founded by Fred Douglas Laing in 1948 and is still owned and run by the Laing family – Fred Laing Jr and his daughter Cara Laing.

The company philosophy is to bottle the way the distiller intended – at a high strength and without chill filtration to preserve the robust and unique character of the Whisky. Douglas Laing’s industry reputation and many awards are a testament to this ethos.

Douglas Laing’s Exceptional Single Casks are an award-winning family of four distinct brands that carry Single Cask Single Malt and Single Grain Scotch Whiskies from a vast range of Scotland’s Distilleries. Each offered proudly without colouring or chill-filtration and at high alcohol strength, for ultimate and natural liquid quality.

St Bridget’s Kirk 35 Years Old

This exceptional whisky is created in a unique way by blending malt whiskies from different distilleries and differing spirit styles. Each batch is Small, bespoke and distinctively different from the last; blended, married, bottled and hand labelled in the Lady of the Glen warehouse where you’ll be glad to know, no artificial colouring of chill-filtration takes place. This unique 35 years old is a blend of malt and grain whiskies married and then matured in a single barrel with the youngest component being from December 1988. The final yield was 248 bottles that were bottled at 41.5%.

£89.00

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Bowmore 22 Years Old 

1996 Cask 901271

Recently, we had the enormous pleasure of meeting with Morrison Distillers at their new Aberargie Distillery; during that visit, we came across a parcel of Bowmore single malt, which was distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2019 after maturing for 22 years in a single hogshead.   After trying this incredible malt with light smoke and tropical fruit notes, we jumped at the chance to buy the remaining stock and relabel it for our store.

£220.00

KILLOWEN’S FIRST 5 YEAR OLD BARÁNTÚIL
THEIR ONLY PALO CORTADO CASK

RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 9TH DECEMBER

Killowen have been looking forward to their first 5 year Old for some time so we had to make it both lovely and different.

This Single Pot Still is a signature Killowen but spent 4 years and one month in an ex Bourbon before spending another 17 months in Palo Cortado. This Pot Still boasts different flavours than any before, not just because of the older spirit but also because the different cask expression. The Palo Cortado Sherry allows beautiful rich, bold, full-bodied juicy notes that balance perfectly with the oily Killowen DNA.

With only 227 being bottled and 3 of them being already split up for some special competition winners this one is unfortunately in short supply.

Official release email and link will be out Monday 9^th December.

Stay tuned.

The Killowen Distillery Team

St Bridget’s Kirk – Blended Scotch 1988. 35 years old

Hannah Whisky Merchants ltd
25 West Way Business Park, Dalgety Bay
West Way
EDINBURGH, KY11 9AE
United Kingdom

BRUICHLADDICH MICRO-PROVENANCE SINGLE CASK #0893

Micro-Provenance is an ongoing exploratory series of single casks specially selected to examine the micro influences on the Bruichladdich single malt. This single release in the series was distilled on the 22nd of March 2011, using Appaloosa barley and aged for 13 years in a 2nd fill, fresh oak cask, and bottled on the 23rd of September 2024, exclusively for Aqua Crew UK, without chill-filtration or artificial colouring.

£110.00