The Sexton is the one who prepares your grave and is the last person to see you before you’re laid to rest. Make sure you have a life story worth telling. The Sexton is exclusively matured in Oloroso Sherry casks to achieve a perfect balance between bold, dried fruits and toasted oak notes to offer a smooth finish and leave you wanting more. Triple distilled in copper pot stills, the whiskey is approachable in taste and memorable in character. Idea for mixing as well as sipping.

The Sexton

Irish Single Malt Whiskey

70cl · 40% ABV

£29.95

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As we enter another week of lockdown, we’re starting to get into the swing of connecting together online as we all stay at home. To help all our members stay in touch with the Society, and each other, we’ve got another busy week coming up in our virtual Members’ Room. Check out what’s coming up.

BRINGING THE FESTIVAL TO YOU!

Normally in May we’d be out and about, meeting members from all over the world at the whisky festivals of Speyside, the Highlands, Campbeltown and Islay. Since we can’t be there in person, we’re bringing the festival to you. We have celebratory bottlings, virtual pub sessions, music, quizzes and special tastings – take a look at the full programme and see how you can get involved.

SEE FESTIVAL PROGRAM

OUR FIRST VIRTUAL TASTINGS STAT THIS WEEK

If you bought one of our Virtual Tasting Discovery Packs last month, the wait is almost over – the live tastings start this week! We’ll be hosting screenings with local ambassadors across the UK and Europe, so you can join the one nearest to you. Remember to check the start time and platform for your chosen tasting, then get your glasses and Discovery Pack ready to join in. You can even download and print our exclusive tasting mat, and join in the conversation using #alltogethersmws

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

We had a great time celebrating the Spirt of Speyside Festival on Friday with the launch of our first virtual pub session. Streamed on our UK Facebook and YouTube page, members got together at the ‘bar’ to share a dram and chat with whisky writer Hans Offringa and Glen Moray ambassador Iain Allan, talk whisky and wildlife with expert Nick Baker, and enjoy music and a good old pub quiz.

If you missed out, don’t worry – you can join us this Friday, 8 May to raise a toast to the Highland Whisky Festival – featuring whisky legend Richard Paterson from Whyte & Mackay, and the Whisky Bard himself, Robin Laing. The festivities kick off at 8pm.

RELIVE THE SPEYSIDE NIGHT

THE FESTIVAL FINALE REGIONAL SAFARI

We’re already looking ahead to our next virtual tasting, where we’ll be enjoying a flavour safari round Scotland’s whisky regions. If you were lucky enough to get your hands on a Festival Discovery Pack, with five 25ml drams from this year’s festival bottlings then join us online for an evening of untamed entertainment on 29 May

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

Nikka is one of the most iconic and highly awarded Japanese Whiskies. It was set up in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, the “Founding Father of Japanese Whisky” – who travelled to Scotland in 1918 to discover the secrets of whisky making. He married a Scottish lady called Rita and then returned to Japan to build the first Japanese whisky distilleries.

Today Nikka combines traditional Scottish whisky-making techniques with Japanese precision, using the art of blending to create a range of extra smooth, approachable and refined whiskies. The innovative range of Nikka products offers something for all whisky tastes.

BROWSE OUR FULL NIKKA RANGE HERE

This month we’re celebrating the wild diversity of both our whisky and our wonderful members. Partnering with leading UK naturalist and SMWS member Nick Baker, we’ve matched each of our flavour profiles to different forms of wildlife. Delve into your personality and taste preferences, and take our Find Your Spirit Animal quiz online at smws.com/hub. Share your discoveries with us on social media using the hashtag #spiritanimal.

Please note that we’re spreading the whisky love throughout May by staggering the Outturn; there are four releases now, and three more will follow in a couple of weeks – on Friday, May 15th – to coincide with World Whisky Day on May 16th!

SWEET AND JUICY – DRY FINISH

CASK NO. 58.33

CASK:  Refill hogshead

AGE:  11 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Sweet, fruity & mellow

SPIRIT ANIMAL:  Elegant Trogon

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Laid-back, soft and well-rounded, takes time to reveal its unique beauty

SWEETNESS AND SPICE – LACED WITH MYSTERY

CASK NO. 16.39

CASK:  2nd fill puncheon

AGE:  18 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Deep, rich & dried fruits

SPIRIT ANIMAL:  Binturong

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Enigmatic with wisdom and depth, surprisingly dexterous and agile

EMANATING PETRICHOR

CASK NO. 4.248

CASK:  Refill hogshead

AGE:  13 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Lightly peated

SPIRIT ANIMAL:  Fire Salamander

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Soft and smooth with gentle beauty and fire in the belly

OLD FASHIONED

CASK NO. N/A

CASK:  1st fill barrels and hogsheads

AGE:  11 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Blended malt

SPIRIT ANIMAL:  A wildcard! You tell us!

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Give the Society’s latest blended malt a try and describe its traits to us in your own words on social media

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society Canada
Suite 160
104 – 1240 Kensington Road NW
Calgary, AB  T2N 3P7
403-969-8225
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Tyndrum Whisky

Presents: Dalmunach

One of only 102 bottles. Distilled at one of Scotland’s newest distilleries, and one of the very first independent releases of this spirit. Built on the land of the former Imperial Distillery, here are our tasting notes:

We’re definitely getting pear drops, and heather honey, but also apples and other fruits, the finish is still a candy shop flavour, with pepper, candied peel and fresh oak.

Be quick, limited stock.

Dalmunach – Order Now

The Balvenie 19 Year Old Edge of Burnhead Wood

Introducing a brand new dram from The Balvenie! And what a whisky it is.

This 19-year-old malt is made from home-grown barley malted at The Balvenie Maltings, ingredients, sourced locally in the distillery grounds, as well as water from the Robbie Dhu spring and fresh heather from Burnhead Wood.

Lively and vibrant, this is a whisky that offers plenty of fig and geranium oil on the nose, and honey, cloves and dates on the palate. Enjoy a lingering finish of oak and dried blossom.

Extremely limited, be one of the first to get your hands on this gorgeous dram.

The Balvenie 19 Year Old
Edge of Burnhead Wood
£260.00

Exclusive Apollo 13
50th Anniversary Bottling

Houston We’ve Had A Problem Highland Park 13YO

Fifty years ago Apollo 13 Commander & Pilot reported “Houston We’ve Had a Problem”. Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the near disastrous Apollo 13 moon mission and the remarkable ingenuity which brought the astronauts home.

To mark this occasion, TheWhiskyBarrel.com has bottled a single Oloroso sherry cask distilled in 2007 at the Orcadian Highland Park distillery. Yielding 322 numbered bottles at cask strength 61.3%.

SHOP – HOUSTON WE;VE HAD A PROBLEM ~ £90

Join us for a walk on the wild side as we unleash 18 intriguing new casks, which aim to celebrate the diversity of not only the Society’s whiskies, but our wonderful members.

In a month when many of us would normally be joining together at whisky festivals around the country, we’re instead inviting you come flavour-hunting with us by delving into this wildly varied new Outturn. Featuring all 12 flavour profiles (including an exotic creature from Taiwan), a couple of single cask spirits and a trio of celebratory Speyside bottlings, there truly is a dram for everyone to raise this month. Head over to our Outturn hub now to get involved.

OUTURN HUB                  SEE OUTTURN BOTTLES

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 Macallan

Rare Cask Batch No. 1

2020 Release · 70cl · 43% ABV

£224.95

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The first release of Macallan Rare Cask for 2020 has been drawn from just fifty Sherry seasoned European oak casks. As with previous releases, this exceptionally rich and decadent single malt whisky showcases the character of well aged, Sherry cask matured Macallan. The heady nose displays classic aromas of dried fruits, chocolate, crushed nuts, and spice. The palate is sweet, full bodied, and luxurious with an abundance of sherried fruit and spice. This impressive single malt is presented in a striking glass decanter.

DISCOVER OUR FULL RANGE OF THE MACALLAN HERE

Malt Messenger Bulletin

We Have a New KWM Laddie Cask & It Will Be Gone in a Flash!

It has been a while since we’ve sent out a Malt Messenger Bulletin all on its own. It is a shorter newsletter that I reserve for special occasions or when there is whisky news that just can’t wait for the next full edition. This time it is both.

If you follow us on Social Media, or are one of those customers who frequently mine the website looking for new whiskies, then you might already be aware that we have just received a new cask of Bruichladdich. Our second ever cask of Bruichladdich arrived in-store on Wednesday. In just 3 days 2/3 of the 240 bottles have already sold. It is possible the remaining bottles will not last until the end of the weekend. Hence the haste in putting out a Malt Messenger. More details and my tasting note on this lovely new whisky can be found below.

I hope this Malt Messenger Bulletin finds you well, and in time to grab a bottle of the Bruichladdich before it sells out. If not, there will always be another whisky. We are expecting our 2nd edition of the Glenfarclas 15 Year KWM Cask Strength later this month!

Sincerely,

Andrew Ferguson
Kensington Wine Market

PS – Don’t forget you can follow me on Twitter:

@scotch_guy, Instagram: @thescotch_guy/

or @kwmwhisky and Facebook: facebook.com/scotch.guy.1

Introducing: Our 2nd KWM Exclusive Bruichladdich Cask 

The Bruichladdich 2007 KWM Fresh Bourbon Cask!

Our 2nd KWM Exclusive single cask of Bruichladdich is a 12 year old from a Fresh Bourbon Cask, #336. It was distilled from unpeated optic barley on March 16 2007, and bottled November 14, 2019 at 58.6%. Only 240 bottles, and we don’t expect them to last long. It is over 2/3 sold in 3 days! – Limit of 2 bottles per customer!

Bruichladdich 2007 KWM Bourbon Cask 336 – 58.6% – 12 Year – Fresh Bourbon Barrel –  My Tasting Note: “Nose: creamy, honeyed and malty with loads of fruit and a gentle salty maritime flourish; juicy and toasty with soft decadent oak spices; Starburst fruit candies and French vanilla ice cream; the barley lends the nose a soft minerality. Palate: silky to start with loads of honey, more French vanilla and then a bold surge of juicy fruits and crisp barley; the salty maritime tones arrive later with decadent spices; thick and oily; more Starburst fruit candies, honeydew melon, bitter orange and singed lemon peel; candied ginger, cinnamon sticks and licorice root; later allspice; toasty and nutty; once again the barley shines through. Finish: long, fresh, coating and creamy; decadent vanilla, juicy fruits and crisp spice. Comment: thick, creamy and toasty with loads of fruit, barley and a touch of crisp Islay air; young and Fresh without a rough edges and a complexity beyond what you expect for just a dozen years in the cask; this is a naked Laddie, clean and elegant!” – $135 – Limit 2 bottles per customer!

Free City-Wide Delivery in Calgary & Other Options! 

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!

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