ARDBEG

25 YEAR OLD

ISLAY SINGLE MALT 2022 EDITION

70cl | 46% ABV

This supreme expression proves unequivocally that age cannot tame Ardbeg’s smoky power. But it can yield some of the most complex and majestic flavours ever to burst forth from the Ardbeg Distillery. Bottled from incredibly rare casks filled during some of the Distillery’s darkest days, this is Ardbeg at its most intricate, balanced and beguiling.

Nose: A pungent burst of smoked cream, peppermint and toffee, with Ardbeg’s classic fennel and pine resin. Distant earthy bonfires mix with herbal and fruity (banana and tropical) notes, along with fragrant candle wax.

Palate: An extremely vibrant, hot peppery mouthfeel leads into a burst of sherbet lemon sweetness (candied apples, pears and orange), hints of carbolic soap and tar, more creamy toffee, aniseed and chilli pepper.

Finish: A long, mellow, lingering aftertaste, with lots of cream, fudge and delicate antiseptic notes. An elegant, soothing style of Ardbeg.

£817.00

SATURN V ROCKET

Caol Ila 11 Years
50th Anniversary Edition

SATURN V Rocket 50th Anniversary Edition

The Saturn V was developed to send astronauts beyond Earth’s orbit and onto the Moon. Standing taller than the Statue of Liberty, Saturn V propelled 24 humans to the Moon from Apollo 8 (1968) through to Apollo 17 (1972).

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Saturn V rocket, and just days away from the proposed launch date of Artemis I, we have selected a very special 2010 vintage single first fill bourbon barrel from Caol Ila distillery on Islay which ticks all the cosmic boxes!

On the launch pad. Just 132 bottles; and if your quick be sure to grab a bottle which features our specially commission Launch Pad made from ex-Scotch whisky casks!

Buy – Saturn V 50th Anniversary – £152 / €143* / $148* / c$197*

SATURN V Rocket Launch Pad

Made from ex-Scotch whisky casks in the Highlands of Scotland.

Designed to perfectly display this special one off bottling. Bottle + Launch Pad.

Buy – Saturn V 50th Launch Pad – £252 / €240* / $248* / c$329*

We have three very Limited Edition Releases coming from the Campbeltown next week! Each one will go into our ballot, given the limited availability.

This Ballot is open to all our existing customers and will close on Tuesday, 15th November at 6pm

Simply log in to your Loyalty Portal and select the Reward from the options available.

Entry to the Ballot costs 20 points, you can enter as many times as you like, depending on how many points you have.

Please note that these points are NON REFUNDABLE

Successful entrants will be notified on or before Thursday 17th November.

Visit the Inverurie Whisky Shop Loyalty Page

Springbank Sherry 10 year old

Matured for seven years in Bourbon casks and three years in fresh Pedro Ximenez casks. The Springbank character married with the sweet, rich PX influence creates a perfect winter-warmer dram.

£92.50

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Longrow 21 Year Old

The newest version of Longrow 21 year old single malt has a cask make-up of 60% Sherry casks, 30% Bourbon casks, and 10% Chardonnay casks.

£250.00

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Longrow Red 11 Year Old

A limited annual release bottled at cask strength. Each year a different type of red wine cask is used to mature the whisky, with the latest release spending seven years in Bourbon casks followed by four years in Tawny Port casks.

£71.60

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George Remus “K&L Exclusive” Barrel #1109 Single Barrel Barrel Proof Indiana Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml)

$59.99

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*please note the bottle does not include barrel number* Barrel #1109 is the classic MGP high rye mashbill – 60% corn, 36% rye, 4% malted barley. Filled on 1/06/17 and bottled in early September of 2022 this Bourbon is Indiana bourbon at its best. Balanced, but full of character, this whisky is briming with rye spice tamed by sweet oak and vanilla.

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Cardrona Distillery Unveils Special Release to Celebrate Seventh Birthday

New Zealand’s award-winning Cardrona Distillery is celebrating a milestone seventh year of production tomorrow [Saturday 5^th November] by introducing an outstanding new single malt whisky to its luxurious range of small batch spirits – The Otago Pinot Cask.

The celebratory release is an exquisite marriage of four locally sourced, hand selected Felton Road Pinot noir casks. The result is an extraordinary dram from a New World Master. With only 1,217 bottles available, the distillery’s first 700ml bottle is the perfect gift for any discerning whisky lover keen to explore New Zealand’s leading-edge contributions to the art of distilling.

A Cardrona’s spokesperson explains:

“Cardrona Distillery uses a revolutionary method to preserve the casks’ rich Pinot noir seasoning, bringing them to the distillery within hours of the wine leaving the barrel and immediately charging them with new make spirit.  

The casks are then matured in the extreme environment of the Cardrona Valley, which itself plays a vital part in the maturation process. Temperatures can vary from -10°C in winter to a soaring 40°C in summer, and at 600m above sea-level with zero humidity – there really is nowhere on earth quite like the Cardrona Valley. The elements have all played a part in this expression, melding the spirit into a simply extraordinary whisky. We can’t wait for the UK’s discerning whisky afficionados to sample a dram.”

 The Cardrona Day Special Release: 2022 Otago Pinot Cask is non-chill filtered and naturally flavoured. RRP £175

Tasting notes

Colour: warm rose gold

Nose: black amber plum and nectarine

Taste: raspberries, poached nectarines, toffee, roasted cashews and baking spices. 

www.cardronadistillery.co.uk

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About Cardrona

Cardrona is a unique brand, distilling hand-crafted luxury spirits in New Zealand’s stunning Southern Alps to share with the world. The Cardrona story is infused with the magic of the Cardrona Valley and the incredible vision and determination of founder, Desiree Reid, who sold her family farm to pursue her dream of building a modern, family-run distillery in her native New Zealand. She chose the Cardrona Valley for its unspoilt tranquillity, crisp clean air and the availability of superb quality local ingredients, perfect for foraging across the seasons. Most importantly, it gave her access to the crystal-clear, mineral-rich Alpine waters of New Zealand’s highest mountain pass for production.

Singular K&L Exclusive Casks from Benrinnes & Caol Ila

“This Benrinnes is an absolute dream for someone looking for a malt-driven Speysider of the highest order.” — David Othenin-Girard, K&L Spirits Buyer

“This is a classic cask in the exceptional category … and a great example of why Caol Ila maintains its place of honor and love among drinkers around the world.”
— Andrew Whiteley, K&L Spirits Buyer

A veritable treasure trove of exclusive casks is now hitting our shelves just in time for the holidays, and one of the biggest contributors to the haul is Signatory, our beloved independent bottler out of Pitlochry. These latest entrants in an already stacked single-cask inventory hail from two of Scotland’s most distinguished distilleries, both seeing time in impeccable, first-fill bourbon barrels. The Benrinnes 13-Year-Old is a lovely expression of the distillery’s contemporary style since they changed distillation methods a few years back, and as spirits buyer Andrew Whiteley notes, it’s “a harbinger of what will be Benrinnes assured future glory.” Meanwhile, the highly sought-after and equally elusive Caol Ila makes an appearance in the form of a spectacular 12-year-old that “is pure and crystalline with the perfect level of peat,” according to David Othenin-Girard. Each cask offers that rare combination of quintessential distillery character, top-quality barrel influence, and a sweet-spot age statement that all come together in incredible values that any savvy connoisseur can cherish.

2009 Benrinnes 13 Year Old “Signatory” K&L Exclusive 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) ($79.99)

K&L Notes: The lovely Benrinnes distillery is one of Speyside’s best-kept secrets. Founded in 1826 by Peter McKenzie, the distillery is a stone’s throw from several household names like Glenfarclas and Aberlour. After being destroyed in a fire, the site was rebuilt in 1835 by John Innes under the name, “Lyne of Ruthries”. It became part of the Dewar’s family in 1922 but was subsequently purchased by the predecessor to Diageo and now is used as part of the famous Johnnie Walker blends. Once the home to an unusual triple-distillation process, the distillery switched to a more typical double-distillation in 2007. That doesn’t mean the malt is any less delicious. It produces a pure and fruity spirit that loves American oak. This lovely cask from the wonderful Pitlochry-based bottler is as classic as a Benrinnes can get. A beautiful nose of fruit and fresh malt. Vibrant and open on first nosing, it loves a few drops of water to further soften and will give any Speyside lover an absolutely sublime experience.

Andrew Whiteley | K&L Spirits Buyer | Review Date: October 27, 2022

The arrival of Signatory casks always serves to remind me why I love Scotch. The quality of Signatory’s stocks and wood management is extraordinary. Here we have a 13-year-old Benrinnes, distilled in 2009 and filled into a choice first-fill Bourbon barrel, and everything is on point. This isn’t quite as meaty and rich as Benrinnes of old, since they ditched their complex partial triple distillation in 2007, but this is more a harbinger of what will be Benrinnes assured future glory. Yielding just 190 precious bottles, this cask has a nose that screams of late summer days on a small farm. It is orchard fruits and fresh grain, sweet with a season of ripening. A grassy note with just a touch of earthy funk harkens back to Benrinnes’ classic style, but this is somehow sweeter and cleaner. Perhaps the first-fill barrel has something to do with it. Big caramel and butterscotch overtones with fresh vanilla pod cruising underneath play a sizable role. On the palate, fresh cream and more sweet grain are undergirded by a layer of peppery spice and honey. The palate is oily and rich—another hallmark of the house. The finish is medium in length, bright and clean like the nose. In a world where we’re seeing many a distillery bottling of 12-year creep well into triple digits, this 13-year-old cask-strength version of a classic Speysider at a reasonable price is a welcome addition to our shelves and is here just in time for holiday festivities.

David Othenin-Girard | K&L Spirits Buyer | Review Date: October 21, 2022

We’ve had so much fun selling Signatory over the years that I was disappointed we weren’t able to visit the wonderful warehouses at Pitlochry this year. But our friends Andrew and Des have pulled out all the stops, making sure we got access to incredibly high-quality stocks. We’ve had to fight to get the prices down from the stratosphere and have settled on what I would consider extremely reasonable prices for this set of casks, which will look high compared to some of our direct imports, but when you factor in the quality of the distillers and the barrels themselves, I believe they offer exceptional value. This Benrinnes is one of more than twenty casks from the excellent distillery that we’ve bottled over the years. Compared to some of the lower-flavored refill hoggies we’ve bottled previously, it’s got tons of personality. Still well within what we’ve come to expect, but more proof that seeking out first-fill barrels is always worth the premium. The color is a lovely yellow gold. The nose is a huge mélange of wild honey, ripe Bartlett pear, sweet cereal grains, hints of citrus oil, and fragrant yellow heliotropes. On the palate, it’s creamy and bright, offering more honey and sweet orchard fruit. A warming finish which adds bits of clove and vanilla. With a drop of water, the honey becomes even more pronounced as does the citrus. You can see the oily richness interact with the water, adding viscosity. On the palate, more vanilla and balancing woodiness comes through—bits of bitter herbs and evergreen. This Benrinnes is an absolute dream for someone looking for a malt-driven Speysider of the highest order. It drinks well beyond its age and price point.

2010 Caol Ila 11 Year Old “Signatory” K&L Exclusive1st Fill Bourbon Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) ($99.99)

K&L Notes: Two classic sites of consistent quality come together for this impeccable cask. Signatory—Pitlochry’s famous independent bottler—and Caol Ila, the Diageo-owned distillery tucked away just north of Port Askaig on Islay’s eastern shore. This distillery has played so many important roles throughout its history. Before the distillery began releasing its own age-stated products in the early 2000s, it was quietly blended away into the Johnnie Walker brands (among others), and single malt enthusiasts had to find independently bottled examples. Fortunately, due to the large capacity, there was no shortage of these IB casks available. Today, as the popularity has soared and Diageo claims more of the distllate for their own OB releases, it’s been harder to find prime examples of this wonderful distillery on the independent market. Fortunately for us, Signatory has been locking down these choice casks for a long time. Aged for 11 years in a first-fill bourbon barrel, this is classic Caol Ila with its mix of bright fruit, sea salt, and crab shell, and gentle wafting smoke all in abundance. Bottled at cask strength of 55.8% ABV and without color or chillfiltration. Cask No: 316322. Distilled on 09/20/2010, bottled on 06/14/2022. Yield 222 Bottles.

David Othenin-Girard | K&L Spirits Buyer | Review Date: October 21, 2022

Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a sucker for Caol Ila. You know why? Because it’s freakin’ consistently amazing. The distillery produces such a wildly peated yet approachable malt, I’m often finding myself wondering why the owners of this distillery refuse to make it more prominent. They seem to have plenty of whisky to go around to our various suppliers, and while we know that Johnnie Walker sucks up a fair bit of the production, it seems like they only want to focus on their other Islay legend, Lagavulin. While they seem to ignore this special distillery, we certainly won’t! We’ve bottled countless casks from various IB bottlers in any number of variations, but it’s hard to argue that a great first-fill bourbon barrel isn’t the ideal vessel for this awesome malt. The color is a pretty pale gold. The purity of flavor and freshness are unprecedented. Lemon peels, linalool, saltwater spray, clean wool, clean white smoke, and crushed limestone. On the palate, it’s more smoldery than the nose might imply, but still with plenty of citrus and salt. Very richly textured and rather oily. All of it drawn together with a bright-green peat smoke. The addition of water brings out the saline, hints of salted fish coupled with more citrus and now some pine. On the palate, the texture is even richer with a sweet malt balancing the smoke perfectly. This one is pure and crystalline with the perfect level of peat. An absolutely lovely cask that would be hard to replicate with lesser-quality wood.

Andrew Whiteley | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: October 20, 2022

The single malt drinker’s love affair with Caol Ila is easy to understand. Bottlings, be they official releases or independent casks, are almost always good, and often they are exceptional. This is a classic cask in the exceptional category. Just a clean and flavorful bourbon barrel is all this special distillery needs to shine. The vanilla and caramel notes of the barrel are the perfect pedestal to exalt the fruit, smoke, and salt of the malt. It pours the color of Manzanilla Sherry. The first nosing offers Bartlett pear, baked Granny Smith apples, succulent yellow peach, and a fine mist of sea spray with a light smoke in the air. The palate is outwardly sweet—a little honey meshed with the vanilla and butterscotch of the bourbon barrel conspire to highlight more fruit pie with a focus on the flaky, buttery crust that wasn’t so much in the nose. A salty broth of crab shell adds mineral and savory interest, as does the sweet smoke which is much more robust on the palate and finish than in the nose. It’s a lovely dram and a great example of why Caol Ila maintains its place of honor and love among drinkers around the world.

American Oak ex-Tawny
TD0320

On Monday we release an American oak ex-Tawny, TD0320. We’ve been watching TD0320 very closely since December 2020 when the tasting panel first scored it highly. Witnessing the changes that came after, we saw certain flavour and aroma compounds come and go. All barrels go through phases. Sometimes there will be years between change, and sometimes it happens very quickly.

The tale of TD0320 is one of patience, restraint and skill. Yet another Sullivans Cove barrel has been bottled at the exact right time, thanks to the watchful eye of our team.

American Oak ex-Tawny: TD0320

A deeply complex and rich tapestry of flavours from all corners of the globe; blackened yakitori with plum sauce, Caribbean rum cocktails and an Italian summer of tiramisu, Chinotto and crostoli all meet within TD0320. And somehow, in true Sullivans style, the diverse spectrum of nuances are in harmony, and the intense and the gentle are married in a feat of complement.13 years old, matured in a first-fill 300L American oak ex-Tawny barrel, TD0320 yielded just 429 bottles.

 

Read the full tasting notes here

This whisky will be released via ballot.The ballot will open for 24 hours from 10am Hobart time on Monday 14th of November. Further details will be sent via email prior to the ballot opening.

A note on our ballot system.

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 ballot closes.

New for 2022 super 90s single casks from Benriach!

Benriach’s traditional malting floor is a beautiful sight to behold. Stick that malty spirit in some unique single casks for 20+ years and you’re onto something magical! Check out their latest, and sought-after, single casks featuring wood from a rum, Oloroso and virgin oak barrel at full strength and highly-limited. Have a gander!

🔥 Free delivery over £75 🔥

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Benriach 24 Year Old 1997 Cask 7776 Batch 18

Aged since 1997 for a total of 24 years in a rum barrel before bottling in 2021 at 53.6% abv. And there’s only 166 bottles in existence! Golden rum, waxy pineapple and coconut cream linger on the nose with a sweet palate of apple, cinnamon and raisins. Yum!

£350.00
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Benriach 24 Year Old 1997 Cask 7423 Batch 18

A single virgin oak cask aged for 24 years since July 1997 before just 244 were bottled at a strength of 53.2% abv in 2021. These Cask Edition bottlings are personally selected by Master Blender Rachel Barrie for their exceptional taste and character. And they absolutely live up to that expectation!

£351.00
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Benriach 27 Year Old 1994 Cask 2059 Batch 18

This single malt has spent 27 years quietly slumbering in an Oloroso sherry puncheon up in Speyside. The result is a delectable dram full of rich, decadent flavours. Just 659 bottles were filled at 53% abv. You better get your hands on a bottle before it’s gone for good!

£531.00
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Glenmorangie extends technicolour brand campaign shot by Miles Aldridge

— Whisky invites drinkers to explore new corners of its delicious and wonderful world —

Last year Glenmorangie Highland single malt Scotch whisky welcomed drinkers into its wondrous world with a colourful brand campaign shot by celebrated photographer Miles Aldridge. It so delighted global audiences, that Glenmorangie is extending the campaign with six new scenes, inviting people to share the simple joy of its delicious whisky. Created in partnership with Aldridge and communications agency DDB Paris, with the tagline “It’s kind of delicious and wonderful”, the campaign’s continuation invites global audiences to explore new corners of Glenmorangie’s world, from November 2022.

Glenmorangie’s whisky creators are endlessly imaginative in their quest to dream up delicious whiskies. They craft their more delicate, fruity spirit in stills as tall as a giraffe, to create more space for taste and aroma. Then they age it in the world’s finest casks – all to bring joy to whisky lovers old and new. The desire to share this delicious enjoyment more widely, remains at the heart of Glenmorangie’s extended campaign, which depicts moments of indulgence enjoyed with friends or alone. Like their predecessors, the new scenes are rooted in the brand’s bold orange hue, and saturated with colour, a realm in which Aldridge is admired worldwide. With its more wonderful version of reality, the brand invites people to immerse themselves further in Glenmorangie’s world.

The campaign won hearts and minds around the globe when it launched in late 2020, and was described by Adweek as “a delightfully unexpected technicolor dream”.  Caspar Macrae, Glenmorangie Global Marketing & Business Director, said: “We’re so delighted with the impact of the campaign so far, and how wonderfully it has reflected our brand and our whisky, that we wanted to extend it further for drinkers to enjoy. With these new scenes, we’re inviting the viewer to step even deeper into the world of Glenmorangie, where everything is ‘kind of delicious and wonderful’.”

From a hot-air-balloon ride with friends to a visit to a barber shop or a trip to the fortune teller, each of the new scenes showcases a moment of delight, seen through Glenmorangie’s lens. Featuring drinkers enjoying Glenmorangie Original, Glenmorangie Lasanta or Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban, either neat, over ice or in different cocktails, they hint at the kind of indulgences large and small, so yearned for in Covid times.

Alexander Kalchev, Chief Creative Officer at DDB Paris, DDB said: “In the aftermath of the pandemic, we all have new appreciation for being able to spend time with friends, travel and treat ourselves. And we wanted to draw on that in the campaign, by celebrating moments of pleasure spent together, as well as elevating small moments you can have at home. Of course, working with Miles brings a wonderful richness and detail to the storytelling, which we hope will draw the viewer deliciously into Glenmorangie’s universe.”

Aldridge made it his mission to further elevate each occasion into a more wondrous version of itself, increasing his focus on the moving image, used larger sets and added playful, visual nods to Glenmorangie’s brand symbol, the giraffe, and anagrams of its name. He said: “Ambition really flexed its muscles through every concept. We were able to expand and think big and supersize everything. For example, the scene with the woman in the greenhouse, began with just a woman in a greenhouse. But then, it became interesting to me that she would have a greenhouse so big, it would have two floors and that she would need to ascend stairs to reach a gigantic plant creation. The use of visual clues to the brand: giraffes… anagrams… is far wilder and bolder. I genuinely don’t think consumers will have seen anything like this campaign before. It works in such an original way.”

To celebrate the launch of the new campaign in the UK, Glenmorangie will be opening its first ever ‘Wonder Hotline’ – an immersive pop-up phone box in Spitalfields Market, Shoreditch, running from Tuesday 15^th until Saturday 19^th November.

Adventure seekers are invited to step inside the bright orange phone box and answer a series of wild and wonderful questions; their answers will direct them to a local drinking hot spot to enjoy a free Glenmorangie cocktail – bars include: Cocktail Trading Company, Light Bar, Coupette, Milroy’s and Seed Library.

The Glenmorangie Wonder Hotline has been designed with floral artistry from LADYGARDEN and coincides with a takeover of the iconic Ebor Street mural with artwork created by Miles Aldridge.  Whisky-loving guests can also sample Glenmorangie cocktails alongside treatments booked directly at Taylor Taylor and Townhouse Nails between Tuesday 15^th and Thursday 17^th November.

https://www.glenmorangie.com/

Follow Glenmorangie on:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Glenmorangie

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheGlenmorangie 

nstagram: https://www.instagram.com/glenmorangie

Campaign credits:

Client: Glenmorangie
Global Head of Brand: Louise Dennett
Global Senior Brand Manager: Rebecca Bell

Agency: DDB Paris
Executive Creative Director: Alexander Kalchev
Art Director: Nicolas Malcorps
Art Director: Mathieu Masse

Photographer & Director: Miles Aldridge
Music: Michael Kiwanuka

About Glenmorangie:

Glenmorangie’s Highland whisky makers use endless imagination and five key ingredients – wood, water, barley, yeast and time – to dream up delicious single malt whiskies. Known as the Distillers of Tain, they’ve been honing their craft for more than 175 years. In Scotland’s tallest stills, whose necks are as high as a giraffe, they produce a delicate and fruity spirit, ripe for experimentation. Led by Director of Whisky Creation Dr Bill Lumsden, this crackerjack crew are on a mission to bring new flavours and possibilities to the world of single malt. 

About DDB Paris:

DDB is an international advertising agency, partially based in Paris (Omnicom Group). DDB is a full service integrated communication agency which combines creativity, culture and technology to bring to life ideas that unleash the business of brands. Working with brands in France and worldwide, DDB Paris accompanies Glenmorangie since 2018 on its global communication actions. 

About the campaign narrative:

Created in partnership with DDB Paris and Miles Aldridge, the campaign’s extension features seven moments of indulgence, elevated in the wonder-filled world of Glenmorangie. Shot in vivid technicolour, with an emphasis on Glenmorangie’s signature orange hue, each scene contains playful visual clues to the brand’s identity through drinks, anagrams of the word “Glenmorangie” and giraffe motifs (a homage to Glenmorangie’s brand symbol).

The details of each scene are as follows:

The Hot-Air-Balloon Ride

Three friends take a ride in a hot-air balloon in the evening. They land in the desert and watch the sun setting together, as they enjoy Glenmorangie cocktails. On the balloon’s basket is a sign reading “A Glee Morning”, an anagram of Glenmorangie. The brand’s signature giraffe can be glimpsed on the ice bucket.

The Barber’s Shop

A customer enjoys a neat serve of Glenmorangie in the barber’s chair, with a picture of a giraffe hanging on the wall, and the Glenmorangie anagram ‘Enamoring Gel’ displayed on hair care products. But when raises his glass to the mirror after his cut, his reflection is not quite as expected…

Pinball

A young couple play pinball in a technicolour bar. On the side of the pinball machine is the Glenmorangie anagram “Mega Neon Girl”, while the game itself features giraffes, hot air balloons and drinks, with the girls’ final score 1843, the year Glenmorangie’s Distillery was founded. The cocktail is poured over a sphere of ice, in a playful nod to the pinball itself.   

Home Cinema

A man relaxes on the sofa at home in formal wear with his bow tie undone, watching a film featuring hot air balloons and the Glenmorangie anagram ‘A Ginger Lemon’, with his dog by his side. On a side table is a lamp with a stand shaped like a giraffe. 

The Fortune Teller

A group of friends pay a visit to a fortune teller, who is equipped with a crystal ball and tarot cards featuring cocktails and giraffe symbols. She predicts a cocktail for each of them, which then magically appears. A book on the table is titled with the Glenmorangie anagram ‘Gleaming Reno’.

The Green House

A woman ascends the stairs in a glass house filled with exotic plants. She makes her way past a topiary giraffe and a table featuring Glenmorangie and a cocktail shaker, and plucks from a bush the perfect garnish of berries for her drink. Signage amid the greenery sports the Glenmorangie anagram ‘Gleaning More’.

About the soundtrack:

The track used on the film campaign assets is Cold Little Hearts by Mercury Prize-winning British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka.

About the making of the campaign:

The campaign’s new scenes were shot in Prague in February 2022. Designed and built by much of the same team as had helped to create the original scenes, the new set was highly technical, with scenes ranging from a two-storey green house to a hot-air balloon ride.

About where to the campaign will be available:

The campaign will appear globally in print, digital, digital out-of-home and social media.

About Glenmorangie’s brand symbol:

The giraffe has long been Glenmorangie’s brand symbol, as it is the same height as the necks of the Highland Distillery’s copper stills. The tallest in Scotland, their height makes Glenmorangie’s spirit wonderfully light and fruity. But although the giraffe is known and loved at Glenmorangie and across the world, few are aware of the threat it faces in the wild. Numbers have fallen by 30% in just 30 years – and some types of giraffe are now critically endangered. Knowing how urgently the giraffe needs help, in early 2020 Glenmorangie pioneered a three-year conservation partnership with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation charity, the leading international charity dedicated to giraffe conservation and management in the wild. In this way, Glenmorangie is supporting efforts to protect giraffes in the wild in Africa.

At long last, our KWM 2022 Whisky Calendars are nearing completion. If you have already purchased or pre-ordered your KWM Calendar, you should be able to pick it up beginning on Saturday, November 12 in-store.

Out-of-town orders requiring packing will be ready beginning on Monday, November 14. You should have already received an email with some details on how to request packing. Please complete the form, even if you think you have already given us instructions as it will help us streamline the packing process.

If you haven’t already ordered a KWM 2022 Whisky Calendar, the good news is we still have some left… and we’ll have stock on hand for in-store purchasing beginning on Saturday!

In addition to our own Whisky Calendar, we have 6 other Advent Calendars (Whisky, Gin & Rum) from Drinks by the Dram and That Boutique-y Whisky/Gin Co. There are also Port, Beer, and Prosecco Calendars. For more information, you can browse all Advent Calendars here!

In other news, there is an Ardbeg Embassy Dinner in Calgary on Friday, November 25, hosted by Ardbeg’s Canadian Brand Ambassador Bry Simpson, at Comery Block. The range will include a pair of Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19-Year-olds, two different Ardbeg 25-Year-olds. Details and how to register can be found below.

Tickets are also now on sale for the 10th Annual MS Calgary Whisky Festival, on Thursday, January 18, 2023. After a 2 year hiatus, Calgary’s largest whisky festival is back!

Our biggest sale of the year – the Pre-Christmas Fall Super Sale – is also rapidly approaching. Consider this your save-the-date reminder for the sale which runs November 18-20.

Last but not least, the Amrut Spectrum 004 2022 has just arrived. We featured it at a tasting last month with the one and only Ashok Chokalingham. It is lovely!

As always, in the event of a discrepancy in price, the point of sale at KWM will be taken as correct. Online ordering and in-store purchasing are always our preferences.

Andrew Ferguson

In This Edition

1. The KWM 2022 Whisky Calendar Will Be Ready for Pick-Up Beginning Saturday!

2. Calgary Ardbeg Embassy Dinner

3. The MS Calgary Whisky Festival Is Back – 2023 Tickets On Sale Now!

4. Save the Date: Our Annual Fall Super Sale Runs November 18-20

5. Introducing: The Amrut Spectrum 004 2022

6. Upcoming Tastings

THE KWM 2022 WHISKY CALENDAR – AKA 25 DAY OF DRAM FINE WHISKY – IS BACK!

Our KWM 2022 Whisky Calendar will be ready for pickup and in-store purchase beginning on Saturday. We always over-order products when planning our Calendar, as something always goes wrong. Despite ordering most of the items over a year ago some products never shipped, and others were late. We couldn’t be 100% certain of the final product list in this year’s Calendar until we had 25 whiskies in hand, which finally we will have on the weekend.

1/3 of the whiskies in this year’s Calendar are from producers we haven’t featured in any of the 8 prior editions of the KWM Whisky Calendar. The Calendar also includes 3 KWM single casks, and the oldest SMWS whisky I can remember, from one of my favourite distilleries…

One of the things I am most excited about this year is our bonus trip down memory lane, waxing nostalgiac on 25 of the most memorable single casks we’ve bottled in our 30-year history!

Lots to look forward to in the KWM 2022 Whisky Calendar, and I hope you’ll join us on the journey we like to call 25 Days of Dram Fine Whisky!

Click on the text below for more info:

The KWM 2022 Whisky Calendar – $460+gst

CALGARY ARDBEG EMBASSY DINNER

Bry Simpson, Canadian Brand Ambassador for Ardbeg, will be hosting an Ardbeg Embassy Dinner at Comery Block in Calgary on Friday, November 25 at 7 PM. Ignore the misspelling of whisky… 😉

Participants will enjoy a whisky-themed meal along with 6 limited edition Ardbeg Single Malts:

1. Ardbeg 8 Years Old For Discussion

2. Ardbeg Fermutations

3. Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Year Batch 2

4. Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Year Batch 3

5. Ardbeg 25 Year 2020

6. Ardbeg 25 Year 2022

The cost is $150 per person. Register by email with Comery Block by clicking below!

Register Here

THE CALGARY MS WHISKY FESTIVAL IS BACK

2023 TICKETS ON SALE NOW

After a 2 year Covid-19 hiatus, the MS Calgary Whisky Festival is back. The 10th Annual event will take place at Arts Commons on Thursday, January 18th. We are working on a few Master Classes and some other exciting details which will be announced later.

General Admission is from 7-10 PM, and includes a Glencairn Glass. VIP tickets come with a cut crystal glass, early admission to the event at 6 PM, and a few other perks we will be announcing soon!

Early Bird Ticket Sales Are Open Now

·     General Admission 7-10PM $98 + Fees

·     VIP Early Admission 6-10PM $138 + Fees

Early bird pricing ends on November 30, after that the price of both ticket classes will go up by $20/each.

Purchase MS Calgary Whisky Festival Tickets

SAVE THE DATE

OUR ANNUAL FALL SUPER SALE RUNS NOVEMBER 18-20!

Our biggest sale of the year – the annual Pre-Christmas Fall Super Sale – is coming up in just over a week. We will have huge savings, with almost everything in the store 5-50% off!

A special sale email, highlighting the best deals, will be out first thing on November 18!

INTRODUCING:

THE AMRUT SPECTRUM 004 2022

Amrut’s innovative Spectrum is back! Bottled at 50%, the whisky is initially matured in ex-Bourbon before finishing in custom casks made with new American Oak, new French Oak, ex-Oloroso, and ex-PX Sherry staves.

Amrut Spectrum 004 2022 – 50% – Producer Description: “To make the Spectrum 004, a two-part maturation technique has been employed: the first being maturation of new make spirit in ex-Bourbon casks, followed by transferring the aged spirit into the custom barrels. The custom barrels are made with 4 different kinds of staves: new American Oak with Char level 3, new French Oak with light toasting, ex-Oloroso staves and ex-PX Sherry staves. The aforementioned barrel has equal proportions of all four kinds of staves arranged in a one-after-the-other manner lending their own characteristics and complexities to the malt coming into its own on the nose and the palate.” – $172

Calendars & Gift Packs from That

Boutique-y Whisky Co. & Drinks by the Dram

You know we are getting close to Winter when the shop gets inundated with Advent Calendars. We have a ton of new gift packs and advent calendars from our friends at Drinks by the Dram and That Boutique-y Whisky Company!

Gift Packs

1. Drinks by the Dram Japanese Whisky Set – 5x30ml Japanese Whiskies – $70

2. Drinks by the Dram Regions of Scotland – 5x30ml One single malt from each of Scotland’s Regions. – $55

4. That Boutique-y Whisky Scotch Set – 4x50ml Scotch Whiskies – $55

5. That Boutique-y Whisky Premium Scotch Set – 4x50ml – $92

6. Drinks by the Dram Whisky Collection Set 2022 – 12x50ml Primarily Scotch whiskies. – $126

7. Drinks by the Dram Irish Whiskey Series 2022 – 12x50ml Irish Whiskies – $90

“Holiday” Dare We Say Advent Calendars…

In addition to our own KWM 2022 Whisky Calendar, we also have 6 different Holiday “Advent” Calendars from Drinks by the Dram and That Boutique-y Whisky Co. Rather than clog this email with descriptions, you can find all the info on our site, including the full product lists. But we suggest you don’t look at that… there are too few surprises left in this World.

2. That Boutique-y Whisky Holiday Calendar – 24x30ml Whiskies – $259.99

3. DBTD Peated Whisky Holiday Calendar – 24x30ml Peated Whiskies – $279.99

5. DBTD Scotch Whisky Holiday Calendar – 24x30ml Scotch Whiskies – $279.99

6. DBTD Whisky Holiday Calendar – 24x30ml Whiskies – $280

Upcoming Tastings

Our Fall Tasting Schedule is coming soon, but in the meantime, here are a few events to entertain and delight you!

!!!NEW DATE!!!

Wednesday, November

23rd

Kinda Rare & Old Whiskies: 20 is the new 30

·     Date: Wednesday, November 23

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $150

·     Virtual Tasting

Who are we kidding? In the current circumstances, this tasting is far from “Kinda Old.” And when have you ever sampled 3 21+-year-old Edradours? I thought so! And the previous image didn’t help, so we have added a new one!

You should know the drill by now: the big man has identified a range of whiskies he wants to taste, and the range is unlikely to disappoint. This time around we have a range of 8 whiskies: 6 in their twenties and 2 in their early thirties. We have a trio of old Edradours, a Millstone distilled in the 1990s, a Gordon & MacPhail Miltonduff from 1989, and OB single casks of BenRiach (1997) and GlenDronach (1990). In total, you’ll enjoy just shy of 200 years worth of single malt whisky!

Wednesday, November 23 @ 7 PM

Boutique-y Cool & Unusual Whisky w/ Dave Worthington

·     Date: Saturday, November 12

·     Time: 5 PM

·     Cost: $70

·     Virtual Tasting

·     ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT!

This will surely be one of the most fun ranges we sample with Boutique-y Dave. It includes 4 recently release That Boutique-y Whisky Co. Blends at 22, 32, 42 and 52 years of age! The last one is a real curiosity, as having fallen below 40% it isn’t legally whisky… but it will be interesting to try! To round out the lineup we are adding Ledaig 21 Year, Allt-A-Bhaine 23 Year, and a teaspooned presumably Glen Scotia 24 Year. 216 years of liquid history, with one of the industry’s most entertaining hosts!

Saturday, November 12th @ 5 PM

Glenfarclas Family Casks 2021 – The 2000s

·     Date: Tuesday, November 15

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $65

·     Virtual Tasting

·     10 SPOTS LEFT!

No, we won’t be sampling the KWM 30th Anniversary Family Cask in this session, but we still have an incredible lineup of Glenfarclas single casks. We held back a bottle each of some of the highlights from the Summer 2021 Glenfarclas Family Cask releases. In this session, we’ll sample bottlings from 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Tuesday, November 15th @ 7 PM

Buzzard’s Roost Virtual Tasting with Jason Brauner and Judy Hollis Jones

·     Date: Tuesday, November 22

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $25

·     Virtual Tasting

Buzzard’s Roost isn’t your typical Rye Whiskey bottler. The company was founded by Jason Brauner – the owner of the famous Bourbon Bistro in Louisville Kentucky. Jason has selected over 100 single barrels of Bourbon, Rye, and American Whiskey over the years and decided to take his experience and put it to good use by selecting casks and bottling under his own label.

Buzzard’s Roost puts flavour at the fore by utilizing different casks styles to finish their Rye and Bourbon Whiskey. We are excited to have Buzzard’s Roost Founder and Master Blender Jason Brauner and CEO Judy Hollis Jones join us via Zoom and lead us through their whiskey lineup which includes The Buzzard’s Roost Barrel Strength Rye, Char #1 Rye, Peated Barrel Rye, Toasted Barrel Rye, and two Bourbons from the company that have yet not hit shelves in Alberta!

Tuesday, November 22nd @ 7 PM.

Kinda Rare & Old Whiskies: 20 is the new 30 Virtual Tasting

·     Date: Wednesday, November 23

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $150

·     Virtual Tasting

Who are we kidding, in the current circumstances this tasting is far from “Kinda Old”… And when have you ever sampled 3 21+ year-old Edradours… I thought so! And the previous image didn’t help, so we have added a new one!

You should know the drill by now: the big man has identified a range of whiskies he wants to taste, and the range is unlikely to disappoint. This time around we have a range of 8 whiskies: 6 in their twenties and 2 in their early thirties. We have a trio of old Edradours, a Millstone distilled in the 1990s, a Gordon & MacPhail Miltonduff from 1989, and OB single casks of BenRiach (1997) and GlenDronach (1990). In total, you’ll enjoy just shy of 200 years worth of single malt whisky!

Wednesday, November 23 @ 7 PM

Kinship Collection 2021 +1

·     Date: Tuesday, December 6

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $225

·     Virtual Tasting

Who doesn’t love old Islay malts? We bought a couple of sets of the 2021 Kinship Collection from Hunter Laing because we knew we were going to want to open one for a tasting. The set consists of:

Ardbeg 19 Year, Bowmore 33 Year, Bruichladdich 29 Year, Bunnahabhain 31 Year, Caol Ila 40 Year, and Laphroaig 23 Year. But that’s only 6 whiskies, and we like to have at least 7 at our tastings, so we are tossing in a lovely sherried First Edition Laphroaig 14 Year to round out our range. Join the KWM team as we sip our way through 189 years of Islay glory!

Tuesday, December 6th @ 7 PM

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