Imperial
23 Year Old 1995
Cask #4191
$211.30

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Imperial 23 Year Old 1995 vintage Speyside single malt Scotch whisky. Single cask bourbon barrel #4191 of the lost distillery. Selected and bottled October 2018 by Morrison & MacKay exclusively for The Whisky Barrel. Just 42 numbered bottles. Maximum 1 bottle per customer.

Imperial Distillery was designed by Charles C. Doig and established in 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie at Carron in the heart of the Speyside whiskey region. Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and a huge golden crown was placed upon the pagoda roof of one of Imperial Distillery’s two malt kilns to commemorate the occasion. Imperial Distillery was equipped with four huge stills but closed in 1998 and was demolished in 2013. A new distillery called Dalmunach has been built on the site and opened in 2015. Independent releases of Imperial malt whiskey feature in the Signatory Vintage ranges and those of Gordon & MacPhail.

Aberdeenshire Whisky Embassy

Packed full of Events, Offers and Unique Whiskies this is a must for all North East Whisky fans! Membership also includes an Exclusive

10 Year Old Single Cask Whisky

from a well known Island Distillery….

Whisky just got AWEsome!

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DEWAR’S® 18 YO LIMITED EDITION

TRAVEL RETAIL EXCLUSIVE CHINESE NEW YEAR GIFT TIN

LAUNCHES AT 15 LOCATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA & MIDDLE EAST

Hamilton, Bermuda 8 January 2019 To mark the Year of The Pig on 5 February, a limited edition and travel retail exclusive DEWAR’S® 18YO Chinese New Year gift tin is now on sale in stores across Asia Pacific and at Dubai Airport.

The demand for DEWAR’S in Asia Pacific GTR is growing fast with strong double-digit sales growth year on year.  Amongst Chinese shoppers, its popularity is even stronger with demand doubling year on year (Bacardi figures to end November 2018).  DEWAR’S is the fastest growing blended scotch whisky in the top 10 for the global travel retail channel (5yr CAGR, IWSR 2017),

Double-aged in oak casks for extra smoothness, the DEWAR’S 18YO Blended Scotch Whisky is a creamy, full and well-rounded blend. Honeyed in taste with a hint of Marzipan and silky finish, presented in a striking, limited edition travel retail exclusive 1-litre presentation box.  Recommended price is $99 USD (local market prices may vary).

Priced at $99, the 1-litre gift tin is available from the following 15 airport and land border retail locations:  Auckland (ARI & Lagardère), Bangkok (King Power), Beijing (Sunrise), Dubai (Dubai Duty Free), Hong Kong Airport (Lagardère), Hong Kong Border (Anway), Kuala Lumpur (Eraman), Seoul (Lotte & Shilla), Shanghai (Sunrise), Sri Lanka (Dufry & Flemingo), Taipei (Everrich), Zhuhai (Zhuhai duty free)

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About the Bacardi Global Travel Retail Division

The Bacardi Global Travel Retail Division is a stand-alone business unit of Bacardi Limited. Through Bacardi’s portfolio of premium and super-premium brands, including BACARDÍ® rum, GREY GOOSE® vodka and flavoured vodkas, 42BELOW® vodka and flavoured vodkas, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE, PATRÓN® tequila, GERMAIN® liqueur, BARON OTARD® cognac and BÉNÉDICTINE® DOM® liqueur, the Bacardi Global Travel Retail Division creates unique and innovative experiences for travellers.

DEWAR’S 18YO is part of the portfolio of Bacardi Limited, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited and Patrón Spirits International AG. DRINK RESPONSIBLY

DEWAR’S IS A TRADEMARK.

ABV:50.9% AGE:44 Year Old VINTAGE:1973 CASK TYPE:Refill Hogshead CASK #:#14189 BOTTLER:Hunter Laing & Co. REGION:Lowland TYPE:Single Grain 

Carsebridge 44 Year Old 1973 vintage Lowland single grain Scotch whisky. Rare example of the lost Scottish distillery. Single cask refill hogshead #14189 distilled May 1987 and bottled September 2017 by Hunter Laing & Co. for the Sovereign series. This is a specially selected exclusive release to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of The Whisky Barrel. 150 numbered bottles. This golden whisky has a complex nose with notes of milk choclate, forest berries and green moss. The palate is smooth and creamy with toffee, blackcurrants and spice. The finish is long, with a distinctive pepperiness.

John Bald established Carsebridge Malt Distillery in 1798 on the edge of Alloa. By the 1820s it was producing both malt and grain whiskey but during the 1850s was converted to a grain distillery following installation of a Coffey continuous still. Two Coffey still were operational by 1886 and a third was installed around 1966. By the mid 1960s this was one of the largest working distilleries in Scotland. Carsebridge closed in 1983 and most of its buildings were demolished in 1992 and thereby is a lost Lowland grain distillery.

Bunnahabhain
40 Year Old 1978
Signatory 30th
$1,030.30

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Bunnahabhain 40 Year Old 1978 vintage Islay single malt Scotch whisky. Single cask refill sherry butt #2587 bottled June 2018 for the Signatory Vintage 30th Anniversary series. 484 bottles.

Bunnahabhain Distillery was established in 1881 on the north eastern tip of the Isle of Islay by the shore of Bunnahabhain Bay and overlooking the Sound of Islay. All the building materials were transported by puffer and unloaded at the distillery pier. Now tucked away at the end of the single track ‘main’ road with spectacular scenery all the way. Bunnahabhain Distillery is equipped with four huge pear shaped stills and produces Scottish malt whiskey which is released in blends and in single malt and single cask bottlings. A participant in Feis Ile, the annual Islay Festival of Malt and Music. Core editions include Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old and 18 Year Old.

Littlemill 26 Year Old 1988 vintage Lowland single malt Scotch whisky. Single cask refill sherry hogshead distilled November 1988 and bottled March 2015 by Hunter Laing & Co. for the Old & Rare Platinum Selection. Selected and bottled Exclusively for The Whisky Barrel. Just 150 numbered bottles from this lost distillery. Nose: A light gold whisky with a nose of vanilla custard powder giving way to apples, pears and slightly leafy notes of butterscotch coming through late. Taste: On the palate it has a creamy mouthfeel with butter shortbread at the start, followed by apple skins and a cinnamon note. Finish: The finish is long, dry and slightly fruity, with a hint of oak.

Littlemill Distillery was established in 1772 to the west of Bowling by the north shore of the River Clyde and on the main road into Glasgow. Subsequent modifications during the 1930s resulted in a number of novel features including double ventilation towers which sat over a single drying kiln and pot stills with rectifiers rather than the traditional swan necks. The combination of pot and column stills in Littlemill Distillery was designed to produce malt whiskey which was expected to mature quickly. When production ceased in 1992 Littlemill Distillery was the oldest working malt whiskey distillery in Scotland. Closed in 194 and demolished in 2006 and now Littlemill is a lost Scottish distillery although the shell of the manager’s house remains.

GLENDRONACH

26 YEAR OLD 1992 EXCLUSIVE #8314

£269.95

ABV: 52.0% AGE: 26 Year Old VINTAGE: 1992 CASK TYPE: Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon CASK #: #8314 BOTTLER: Distillery REGION: Highland TYPE: Single Malt Scotch

GlenDronach 26 Year Old 1992 vintage Highland single malt Scotch whiskey. Single cask Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon #8314 bottled June 2018. Specially selected and bottled exclusively for The Whisky Barrel. 706 numbered bottles. Nose: Dark chocolate, sultanas, dried apricot and figs. Palate: Roasted chestnuts with figs and Christmas spices. Apple and pear compote.

Glendronach Malt Whiskey Distillery was established north east of Huntley in the Highland whiskey region by James Allardice in 1826. The malting floors at Glendronach Distillery closed in 1996 and it was the last distillery in Scotland to heat its stills directly with flames from a coal-fired furnace, until it had to comply with new regulations in 2005. Glendronach Distillery is resplendent with a traditional cask iron mash tun, wooden washbacks, four stills. Famous for its well-aged and top quality sherried single malt, for example Glendronach 21 Year Old Parliament, and single cask releases. The distillery is now owned by Brown Forman of America.

Celebrate the best of Scotland: taste and explore the soul of its spirit with this evocative diversity of new single casks. We sat down with our spirits manager, Euan Campbell, to unearth his favourite drams from this month’s Outturn – there are some fantastic bottlings to set you up for the perfect Burns Supper.

VIEW BOTTLINGS              READ OUTTURN

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

Hello 2019!
Here’s your first look at our newest arrivals.

2019 has just begun but exciting
new bottles are already here!

We thought we’d kick-off 2019 by letting you know about some new/rare/limited edition items we’ve just received. Many of these are so new they haven’t reached our website. So if you’re interested in any of them – please call us to secure your purchase. This is your chance to get what you want in case you didn’t…get what you want.

We hope everyone had a great New Year’s Eve and wish you all great health and happiness in 2019.

Cheers!
Jonathan, Eric & Marlon
The Park Avenue Liquor Shop
270 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-685-2442

jonathan@parkaveliquor.com
eric@parkaveliquor.com
whiskyconn@gmail.com
www.parkaveliquor.com

Macallan: Year of the Dog.

Limted Edition 2pk of 12yr Double cask 

Macallan’s Chinese New Year Limited Edition Gift Box contains not one, but two identical, commemorative labeled, and attractively packaged 750ml bottles of  Macallan Double Cask 12 Year Old whisky. Only 2,500 sets have been made available in the United States. The concept is that one bottle is meant to be enjoyed on a special occasion with friends and/or family, while the other bottle can be kept as a potential collectible. Or not.

PRICE: $160/per set. Contact the store for availability.

Glendalough 13 Year Old Irish Whiskey 

“The first and only Irish whiskey to have been finished in Japanese mizunara oak casks. First aged in bourbon barrels, this single malt was then transferred to virgin mizunara barrels created by hand at Japan’s only independent cooperage. These lightly charred barrels have added vanilla, sandalwood and a touch of coconut to the whisky, while also increasing smoothness and depth of flavor. A fascinating 13 year old Irish single malt. Stunning stuff from the Glendalough.

Nose: Vanilla ice cream dotted with toffee chunks, orange oil, a touch of pine resin, maybe even a waft of toasted almond.

Palate: Definitely quite nutty – pecan, almond again and chocolate-coated Brazil nuts. Subtly floral at points.

Finish: Notes of coffee bean and honey go on and on.”

PRICE: $110/btl. Contact the store for availability.

Mortlach 12 Year Old ~”The Wee Witchie”

The Beast of Dufftown is back with an entry point 12yr that combines both ex-bourbon and ex-sherry-matured whisky. The balance of casks brings the distillery’s traditionally weighty, dried fruit character against fresh fruit and vanilla notes. The result is a success, combining the best of both of these worlds while still showing off the meaty Mortlach spirit.

PRICE: $66/btl ~ Just arrived. Contact the store for availability.

Aberlour: CASG ANNAMH 

The first release in Aberlour’s Casg Annamh series ~ This expression (named after the Gaelic for “rare cask”) is matured in a trio of cask types, including European oak sherry casks and two sorts of American oak cask. This is a bold, flavorful and exceptionally balanced whisky full of fresh fruit, sherried nuttiness and woody spice.

Nose:

Milky coffee, flame raisins and plenty of honeyed malt.

Palate:

Golden Grahams, nectarines, cinnamon and strawberry jam.

Finish:

Cooking spices, sugary biscuits and red apples.

PRICE: $75/btl. Contact the store for availability.

Once again, please contact the store if you are interested in any of these bottles as all are in limited supply. We are not responsible for any typographical errors or the fact that the NY Giants will most likely NOT draft a QB this year. Please contact the store with any questions.

The Park Avenue Liquor Shop | 212-685-2442 | 212-689-6247 |  parkaveliquor.com

Jos. A. Magnus & Co. (12 Year Old) “Joseph Magnus” Barrel #28/69 K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Indiana Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml)

$79.99 SKU #1390448

As the craft whisky boom continues to spread across the country, we’re seeing more and more distillers begin to offer up single casks. Often that means we’re looking at something young or innovative. Maybe some kind of barrel finishes or unusual mash bills designed to enhance the young whiskey prowess. Sometimes this works, other times it just doesn’t. But a few smart distillers got in early enough to have secured some decent stocks of older whiskey from larger distillers. The three obvious culprits are Willett, High West and Smooth Ambler. Each have made a name blending and bottling stocks from other distillers while their own production matures. Another outfit has come online recently that’s becoming a darling of the drinking cognoscenti. The Joseph Magnus Distillery has been making waves recently with their hard-to-get blends of bourbons from multiple distilleries, usually finished in various wine casks. When they offered to sell us a single cask, I was concerned as it’s difficult to gauge how the wine finishes are going to turn out. But, I had it all wrong. These guys were willing to bottle single casks of old whiskey from MGP at full strength without any bells or whistles. We’ve seen these very whiskies explode on the after-market and I was downright shocked that they’d be ready to part with the old stock. Easily one of the most exciting new offerings of the year and a throwback to a time when well-aged bourbon was taken for granted. Only 120 bottles in this old cask.

Wathen’s Barrel Proof “Barrell #69 San Francisco” K&L Exclusive Cask Strength Single Barrel Straight Kentucky Bourbon (750ml)

$99.99 SKU #1394930

The exceptional Wathen’s Barrel Proof is finally back, this time in a slightly stronger form. The 2017 offering was drawn from a small batch of just 25 barrels that had been filled at lower than normal proof. This years is filled at the Wathen’s traditional entry proof of 117 proof and was offered to just a handful of accounts across the country. We’re great fans and friends with the wonderful Medley family and we’re grateful to receive a barrel in each of the NorCal and SoCal markets. Last year’s barrels sold out instantly and the flavor profile on those was pretty darn wacky. The lower entry proof offers a completely different maturation experience. These two casks will provide a much more classic bourbon experience than last year’s offering, but still exhibits some very unique and exceptionally complexity. The Medley’s have one of the most interesting and unusual whisky productions in Kentucky. They’re contractually obligated to obfuscate the source of this bourbon, but since Charles takes over completely for their distillation period it doesn’t matter as much as most non-distiller producers. He’s had decades of experience distilling and has very strong opinions about what makes great bourbon. If you’ve ever tried any of the old National Distillers stuff out of Owensboro, these Barrel Proofs are the closest modern parallel. We feel truly honored to be selected as one of the very few stores in the country who will be selling these wonderful casks.

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