NEW TO THE PARTY

Widow Jane 10yr Bourbon – The 8 year was excellent, and this 10 year is even better. We’re excited to see a new product from this great NY distillery.

Sonoma County Cask Strength Rye and 2nd Chance Wheat Whiskey – Sonoma County Distillery works from grain to glass using direct fire pot stills. It’s an old school way to make delicious traditional whiskey.

11 Wells Prototype Bourbon 375ml and Rye 375ml – The founders of 11 Wells are keeping true to their origins in Minnesota. The Prototype line is unique in that different types of wheat and rye will be used and market tested. They want to hear what you think, so help them make good whisky great!

Redemption Rye 8 Year Barrel Proof – It’s back and as big as ever. This is the limited top-shelf selection from Redemption and comes in at full cask strength.

Wild Turkey Forgiven – Be sure to stock up if this is one of your go-to Wild Turkey whiskies. We are told Wild Turkey will be discontinuing Forgiven as a regular item, and it will become a once a year limited time offering from here on. Get it while the gettin’ is good!

Jack Daniels Honey and Fire Combo Set – What a convenient way to try JD Honey and JD Fire. One combo pack, a couple mixers, and some friends and you have a party.

Jack Daniels Glass Set – For the same price of a fifth of Jack, you can get two designated JD drinking glasses!

Ardbeg 10 Year Glass Set – The packaging looks like a bottle of Ardbeg and two glasses were the original test products to be frozen in carbonite on Cloud City, right before Han Solo. It’s a cool package and the Scotch is the same awesome Islay malt it’s always been.

Rosebank 23 Year Gordon & MacPhail – You are reading that correct, TPS has some Rosie in stock. Ok, so it’s not Port Ellen, but it’s also not $2,500 either. Here’s one of the greats. Keep it in mind for your best client, or chip in with some friends and taste a bit before it’s gone forever.

Gordon & MacPhail Arrivals – See here for our replenished stock of G&M bottlings.

Arran – We restocked these awesome single malts from the lesser known Isle of Arran. Check out what’s back.

Glenmorangie w 50ml – This is a great scotch to keep on hand, and in doing so you get to try a 50ml of two of their higher end selections. One is the sherry cask finished Lasanta, and the other is the port cask finished Quinta Rubin

Benromach 10yr 50ml – If you’re heading on a flight, love scotch, and don’t want to pay $8 for a 50ml of Dewars, fear not. Take as many of these Benromach 50mls, in a quart sized plastic bag, in your carry-on as you wish. You can buy toothpaste anywhere, pack minis to make your flight a little smoother.

John Barr Blended Scotch – Here’s a historical label of blended scotch. Now owned by the master scotch blenders of Whyte and McKay, it’s a super smooth blend that is good on its own, or will undoubtedly make a great scotch and soda.

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Deep, rich & dried fruits

1.193 Gleeful & goluptious
Was £85.80
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Sweet, fruity & mellow

50.75 Comfort and emotional warmth
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Old & dignified

63.34 Artists and antique shops
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Introducing some of the most collectable Glenfarclas whiskies available anywhere, including the new and highly limited 50 year old! Glenfarclas is one of the few family run distilleries remaining in Scotland, and it is fiercely committed to principles of tradition and innovation in the field of Scottish malt whisky. This commitment is reflected in the reputation the distillery holds in the whisky community, being very highly regarded by whisky connoisseurs.

Glenfarclas 50 year old

The third edition in this special collectors series from The Glenfarclas distillery. Matured in an ex Oloroso Sherry Cask, The Glenfarclas 50 Year Old has been bottled at 41.1% abv and limited to only 937 bottles worldwide. The bottle is presented in a black leather box with a silver emblem of George Grant, third generation of the family and features III in Roman numerals etched underneath. A wonderful balance of sherry, spiced fruits and cinnamon and an everlasting sweetness which you would expect from 50 years in their finest sherry casks.

£1850 Click to buy

Glenfarclas 1960 Family Cask

The Family Casks are a unique collection of the best single casks from the distillery’s warehouses. Launched in 2007, the collection initially comprised 43 single cask bottlings, with one cask from every year from 1952 to 1994. Official Tasting Notes: This 1960 single cask is heavy in rich cocoa beans. An old fashioned Gentleman’s Club with Chesterfield chairs, polished banisters and old wood panels. Bottled 2013 from cask 1770. One of 166 bottles. Delightful!

£2025 Click to buy

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Glenfarclas 105 20 year old

Glenfarclas 105 20 year old is a great single malt whisky, which embodies all the typical characteristics of Glenfarclas in a glass. The 20 year old expression of the popular Glenfarclas 105 is bottled at Cask Strength. A limited release, and an interesting progression from the standard bottling. Official Tasting notes: Strong, oaky and christmas spices on the nose, which is then unusually sweet and smooth on tasting, especially considering the 60%abv tag. Chocolate and yet more spices, leads to a long finish, sweet and wintery.

£195 Click to buy

Glenfarclas 25 year old

Since 1865 Glenfarclas has been owned and managed by just one family, the Grants of Glenfarclas. To this day Glenfarclas is one of only a few distilleries in Scotland to remain family owned and managed and is now in the hands of the fifth and sixth generation of the family. The Grants remain committed to the vision of creating the best quality Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky.

Glenfarclas is renowned for producing Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky in the traditional Speyside style, with a heavy Sherry influence and one of the delights of Glenfarclas is exploring the subtle differences between the different expressions.

£140 Click to buy

Glenfarclas 1994 Whisky Shop Exclusive

Bottled exclusively for The Whisky Shop and limited to only 1200 bottles. Bottled at 43% volume. Winner of the coveted Liquid Gold award in the 2016 Jim Murray Whisky Bible – scoring an imprssive 95.5 points:

Jim Murray Tasting Notes: Very close in character and quality with to distillery’s latest official 1994 release. Which means it’s not far off God’s gift to present day sherried malt whisky…

£84 Click to buy

The Perfect Gift

Glenfarclas 2000 gift box selection:

This single malt Scotch whisky was specially selected for The Whisky Shop, and is an utter delight from start to finish – a juicy, fruity, playful, classic Speyside whisky. There is enough Glenfarclas character here for fans of the distillery to love it. But this is also a great way to start your exploration in to the distillery if you are not yet familiar with it. A great malt. Accompanied by two award winning Glencairn whisky glasses and housed in a luxurious presentation box.

£80 Click to buy

Faultline Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) ($44.99)

We’ve been doing gin and single malt for years, and now rum, so why not throw our hat in the bourbon pool? One of the obstacles that kept us from making a Faultline bourbon earlier was availability: the current demand has made the extra barrel a thing of the past. One of the only distilleries that would sell us a cask for a private label was the old LDI distillery in Indiana, but with the already overcrowded LDI market (Bulleit Rye, Templeton Rye, High West, etc) we didn’t think our product would be different enough, or of the quality we desired, for the Faultline name. That’s when John Little from Smooth Ambler stepped in and said he’d be happy to help us do something special. If we were going to work with LDI casks, then we needed the capability to blend something special to taste – the specs wouldn’t sell this baby. John had some incredible 10-year-old low rye formula that we used in conjunction with some 7-year high rye. We kept tasting and tasting until we found the sweet spot at 100 proof. It’s FAR better than I ever thought it would be. I hoped we could provide something fun and different, but the final whiskey is phenomenal. It’s rich, with sweet fruit right on the entry, a full-bodied mid-palate, and a long, rich, spicy finish. It tastes like it came from Four Roses or somewhere fancy and at 50% it pops in all the right places. I hope we can make another batch like this because this bourbon is the new king of K&L. Taste it if you don’t believe me. (David Driscoll)

David Driscoll | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: April 20, 2015

Every batch of Faultline Bourbon that John Little blends for us here at K&L gets better and better each time. The more we do this, the better we get at doing it. We’re putting out some of the softest, richest, most delicious bourbon on the market and it’s only for K&L customers at a fantastic price. If you haven’t bought a bottle yet, you’re really missing out.

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• Knob Creek 9 Year Old K&L Exclusive Single Barrel #3080 Kentucky Bourbon (750ml) ( $47.99) On a recent trip to Kentucky, our buyers paid their first ever visit to Jim Beam to taste barrels with esteemed distiller Fred Noe, son of the late, great Booker Noe. With supplies of mature, age-labeled Kentucky Bourbon on the decline due to increasing demand, they were searching for value in market with few true deals as of late. Jim Beam, being the state’s largest distiller of Bourbon, still has healthy supplies of 9+ year old casks and was happy to make them available for the boys upon their arrival. Bottled with at a whopping 120 proof, these hand-selected casks of Beam, bottled under the brand’s Knob Creek label are not for the faint of heart. Cask #3080 brings the power and punch on the entry, but shows a more delicate and nuanced character on the finish. In the between the diminuendo are flavors of toasted oak, burnt vanilla, and even floral flutter before the heavy herbaceous notes and charred wood spice dominate the finish. It’s a whole lotta whiskey for less than $50 and it definitely shows a different side of the standard Beam profile.

• Knob Creek 9 Year Old K&L Exclusive Single Barrel #3127 Kentucky Bourbon (750ml) ( $47.99) On a recent trip to Kentucky, our buyers paid their first ever visit to Jim Beam to taste barrels with esteemed distiller Fred Noe, son of the late, great Booker Noe. With supplies of mature, age-labeled Kentucky Bourbon on the decline due to increasing demand, they were searching for value in market with few true deals as of late. Jim Beam, being the state’s largest distiller of Bourbon, still has healthy supplies of 9+ year old casks and was happy to make them available for the boys upon their arrival. Bottled with at a whopping 120 proof, these hand-selected casks of Beam, bottled under the brand’s Knob Creek label are not for the faint of heart. Cask #3127 is like an older, better version of Booker’s. While the namesake of Fred’s father is quite the legend, recent editions are now around 6 years of age. This single barrel of Knob is richer, bigger, bolder, spicier, and lengthier than any of those recent batches. The finish is like a dash of black pepper covered in burnt vanilla. Impressive stuff.

• Knob Creek 9 Year Old K&L Exclusive Single Barrel #3128 Kentucky Bourbon (750ml) ( $47.99) On a recent trip to Kentucky, our buyers paid their first ever visit to Jim Beam to taste barrels with esteemed distiller Fred Noe, son of the late, great Booker Noe. With supplies of mature, age-labeled Kentucky Bourbon on the decline due to increasing demand, they were searching for value in market with few true deals as of late. Jim Beam, being the state’s largest distiller of Bourbon, still has healthy supplies of 9+ year old casks and was happy to make them available for the boys upon their arrival. Bottled with at a whopping 120 proof, these hand-selected casks of Beam, bottled under the brand’s Knob Creek label are not for the faint of heart. There are folks out there who claim they can pick the signature Beam flavor out of any line up, but in a recent blind tasting our staff guessed Four Roses across the board. The heavy accents of pencil shavings, savory spice, powerful force, and light vanilla are a trademark of the Lawrenceburg legend, but in this case their emanating from a bottle of Beam. This cask is a hot, hot deal considering that bottles of Four Roses single barrel now retail for $67, so expect the same level of quality for $20 less.

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Happy Spring!  The March Outturn brings a rainbow of fresh whiskies that zing with flavour, leaving us bursting with optimism and putting a bounce in our steps.  So go ahead – leap in!

CASK No. 41.68  LIQUIFIED BOUNTY BARS

11 years old; 1st fill barrel; 61.6%; Juicy, oak & vanilla

Vanilla, pineapple, coconut and fresh oak shavings. Rich and heady incense on a well polished desk and mixed fruits sat nobly in a fruit bowl. Bursting with mouthwatering juicy fruits and ginger and chili oomph! Water brought “liquified Bounty bars.” An incredibly juicy experience.

CASK No. 50.66  RETRO SWEET HAMPER

24 years old; refill barrel; 59.5%; Sweet, fruity & mellow

Straight out of a retro sweet hamper; strawberry foam mushrooms, green apple chewing gum and pink and white sugar mice. The taste neat was like a Ferrero Rocher chocolate dipped in sweet chili sauce. Water releases sweet popcorn and candied angelica.

CASK No. 121.77  DUNNAGE WAREHOUSE ORANGE BOXES

19 years old; refill hogshead; 53.4%; Spicy & sweet

The nose has orange boxes, balsa and linoleum – also toffee, brown sugar, crunchy-nut cornflakes and sugared almonds (tobacco and dunnage warehouses later). The palate supplies a spicy samosa heat, dark chocolate orange, bonbons, marshmallows and pear flan with burnt pastry edges.

BRONZE MEDAL WINNER AT WHISKY MAGAZINE’S ‘ICONS OF WHISKY’ AWARDS!

CASK No. 63.33  RICH, TREACLY AND SUMPTUOUS

9 years old; 2nd fill sherry butt; 61.6%; Deep, rich & dried fruits

The nose seems rich and treacly, with brandy snaps, rum baba, stroopwafels, dates, honeyed figs, balsamic reduction and unlit cigars. The palate is dark, sumptuous and mouth-filling – sherry, burnt sticks, smoky bacon, ‘fly cemeteries’, liquorice, sweet coconut and dry oak.

CASK No. 3.221 STARRY, STARRY NIGHT

19 years old; refill sherry butt; 54.2%; Oily & coastal

Childhood memories of airfix paint, linseed oil. Grilled oyster on the barbecue. Red liquorice laces and marshmallows. A big puff of peat, chorizo and English lavender. It reminded one of ‘sooking spoots’ (sucking razor clams) from the shell. A clean finish of black pepper and sparkling water.

CASK No. 66.73  MIDNIGHT FEAST AT PONY CLUB CAMP

10 years old; 1st fill white wine hogshead; 61.1%; Lightly peated

Ponies in a stable, damp hay and camphor scented blankets. Bacon flavoured chips, Bourbon biscuits, warm waffles thick with hazelnut and chocolate spread, lashings of ginger beer. Like ‘licking a creosote fence’ and linseed hoof oil. Beef Wellington and date pudding.

CASK No. 29.165  CIGAR-SMOKING PERFUMED NURSE

20 years old; refill barrel; 57.4%; Peated

On the nose – tendrils of complex smoke weave around leather, saddle soap, root beer, antiseptic lotion, malt extract, vanilla, starched nurses and lemon bonbons. On the palate – teasingly perfumed smoke, bonfire ash, exotic fruits, walnuts, pepper and aniseed. Delightfully complex.

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 MARCH OUTTURN: SPRING ZING 

The release of this month’s Outturn means we can officially wave goodbye to those winter blues as we say ‘hello’ to spring. March Outturn brings a rainbow of fresh casks that zing with flavour, leaving us bursting with optimism and putting a bounce back in our step.

With so much choice, we know selecting your favourite Society whiskies can be a little overwhelming. Our Ambassador Phoebe Brookes lends a helping hand, previewing a selection of whiskies and making her recommendations. For a taster of this month’s Outturn, visit smws.com/blog

Spicy & sweet

50.76 Booze up in a bakery £137.50 

39.121 Pink Peppercorn £71.70

95.20 Glazed cocktail sausages £67.00 

36.95 The joy of jelly*  Exclusive to March offers  MORE >

44.72 Slightly wicked sweet treats £46.70

Spicy & dry

48.70 Divas Do Disco! £48.10

71.42 Sinbad preparing for a journey £59.90

Old & dignified

41.70 C’est Magnifique!  An amazing myriad of aromas to be explored is followed by sesame Teriyaki chicken and vegetable Tempura. Water transported us to a yacht off the South of France…  Cask: 2nd fill ex-Sauternes hogshead £332.00

9.104 Lychee martini £129.90

Light & delicate

1.199 The whole is greater than…  £82.10

Juicy, oak & vanilla

5.49 Lady of the night £67.30 

Lightly peated

42.18 Purple Relaxation £58.10

Heavily peated

53.233 Fireman’s gloves on a mermaid £92.20

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Glenlivet 33 Year Old 1981 Signatory

Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

$229.98

Glenlivet 33 Year Old 1981 vintage Speyside single malt Scotch whiskey. Single cask sherry hogshead #9463 bottled April 2015 by Signatory Vintage for the Cask Strength range. 156 numbered bottles. Glenlivet Distillery was established in 1824 and following expansion in 2010 is now equipped with fourteen stills making it one of the largest malt whisky distilleries in Scotland. Glenlivet Distillery is situated in Scotland’s Speyside whisky region near the River Livet and has a visitor centre which offers distillery tours with the opportunity to sample Glenlivet single malt whiskies. Glenlivet also participates in the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.

Full steam ahead for new special edition whisky from Speyside Distillery celebrating the return of the iconic Flying Scotsman

Speyside Distillery has produced a brand new special edition whisky to mark the return of the iconic Flying Scotsman steam locomotive to the National Railway Museum following a major restoration.

The commemorative bottle of the distillery’s Beinn Dubh ruby black whisky has been produced under licence for the museum, which welcomes back its most famous – and best loved – exhibit today (Thursday, February 25) after a decade-long absence.

Speyside Distillery, which is based at the foot of the Cairngorm mountain range in the Scottish Highlands, was selected to produce the Flying Scotsman Beinn Dubh single malt Scotch whisky because of its track record working with other historic brands.

The small, boutique distillery also produces the luxurious Royal Choice single malt under its SPEY brand. The expression is sold through the Historic Royal Palaces – a portfolio that includes the Tower of London, Kew Palace and Kensington Palace.

Speyside Distillery CEO John Harvey McDonough says the distillery’s partnership with Flying Scotsman is the perfect match as both represent heritage, tradition and innovation.

He adds, “I don’t think there could be a better whisky to sum up everything that Flying Scotsman stands for. Just as the locomotive was a pioneer of its day and continues to set new records, Speyside Distillery is marrying traditional distilling techniques with innovative ideas.

“We are extremely grateful to have been selected by the Flying Scotsman to develop its own brand single malt Scotch whisky, and it will be a huge honour for us to see Beinn Dubh Flying Scotsman hit the shelves in a couple of weeks.

“We hope that rail enthusiasts and people who love this world-famous locomotive will celebrate its long-awaited return to the National Railway Museum by raising a toast of this very special whisky.”

Flying Scotsman – arguably the best known train in the world – shot to fame after becoming the first steam locomotive to break the 100mph barrier in 1934 during a run from London to Leeds.

The locomotive returns to the National Railway Museum in York today following a £4.2m restoration – and as a working exhibit sets a new record for the oldest mainline working locomotive on Britain’s railway tracks.

To celebrate its return, Flying Scotsman today makes an inaugural run on the East Coast Mainline between London Kings Cross and York, before returning home to the museum where a huge crowd of well-wishers is expected to gather.

Paul Kirkman, Director of the National Railway Museum, says, “We have all been looking forward to the day when Flying Scotsman steams home to York along the East Coast Mainline and now this historic moment has finally come to pass.

“This celebratory journey marks a new stage in this steam icon’s long and colourful history, and is a tribute to all the people who have worked so hard to make this happen, from those that have worked on the restoration itself to the public that donated to our appeal to bring this legend back to life.”

Beinn Dubh is an innovative release from Speyside Distillery. The distinctive ruby-black whisky was launched into the market last year, and is already proving a hit with whisky lovers across Europe and the Far East.

Beinn Dubh is another name often given to Ben Macdui – the highest peak in the Cairngorm mountain range. It translates from Gaelic language as the black mountain, and refers to its dark and mysterious atmosphere.

Beinn Dubh’s taste is deep and dark: rich fruits, currants and chocolate dominate at first, but these gradually give way to both bitterness and sweetness. Beinn Dubh Flying Scotsman is 40% ABV and has an RRP of £50.

It will be available to buy from the National Railway Museum retail outlets. Speyside Distillery will also be putting the commemorative bottle on general release, with distributors receiving a limited allocation of the stock.

Speyside Distillery near Kingussie has been in production since 1990 and is operated by Speyside Distillers Ltd. For further information about Beinn Dubh, visit http://www.beinndubh.com/.

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Picture caption: The new Beinn Dubh Flying Scotsman has been produced by Speyside Distillery to commemorate the return of the historic locomotive to the National Railway Museum in York.

Garnheath 41 Year Old 1974 Carn Mor

Lowland Single Grain Scotch Whisky

$564.34

Garnheath 41 Year Old 1974 vintage Lowland single grain Scotch whiskey. Distilled at the Moffat distilling complex in Airdrie which closed in 1986. Matured in a single cask bourbon barrel ##313235 bottled June 2015 by Càrn Mòr for the Celebration Of The Cask series. 144 numbered bottles. Garnheath was a grain distillery founded in 1964, with distillation commencing in February 1965. The Garnheath Distillery was closed and demolished by Inver House Distillers Limited in July 1986.