Michel Couvreur Pale Single Single 45%

(Burgundy – French whisky)

Wholesale $128.00/btle – Retail $143.99/btle

6 x 700 ml | +514620

ONLY 3 cs – can be reordered

Michel Couvreur Candid 49%

Wholesale $137.00/btle – Retail $154.99/btle

6 x 700 ml | +775080

ONLY 3 cs – can be reordered

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Speyside & Highlands

Dailuaine-Glenlivet Distillery 1997 18y/o 54.4% Chateau Lafitte ask since 2009

What have we got here? Another amazing Tomatin that’s what!! Enjoy.(5 stars for this dram)

Nose: Honey and spiced gingerbread. Becoming creamier with blood oranges, strawberries and vanilla pods. Taste: Runny toffee, blueberry muffins, then fig compote, star anise and growing zesty notes Finish: Slightly nutty with developing fruitiness, quince, pears and mango giving way to melted white chocolate.

Islay Islands & Campbeltown

Ledaig Distillery 1993 22y/o 54.3% 70cl Isle of Mull

A peaty whisky but this is for those who like a little less of the heavy tones of Islay or Longrow, This is one of those drams you can have with a meal, i had it with friends and some delightful indonesia food. (Who needs wine)

Nose: Treacle; initially quite meaty then becoming creamy and oilier. Quite grassy and floral. Taste: Dry creaminess with soft smoke. Tangerine and peach notes develop. More grassiness and hints of coconut. Finish: Drying medium length finish. Slightly flinty with salt and limoncello.

Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop & Tasting Room
26 Chiltern Street
London
W1U 7QF

Tel: 020 7935 6999

‘Everything in Moderation, including moderation.’ – Oscar Wilde

Following the advice of the late, great Oscar Wilde, it is with unmoderated pleasure that we announce the release of Hedonism Quindecimus. Meaning ‘fifteenth’, Quindecimus commemorates fifteen joyful years of whiskymaking at Compass Box with a riotous, intergenerational celebration of all that the interplay between grain spirit and American oak can deliver.

Drawing on grain whiskies of varying ages (none younger than twenty years) from four distilleries, Hedonism Quindecimus brings together the joie de vivre of youth and complexity of old age to create something seductive, mouth-coating and irresistible. Here, caramel coconut succulence combines with exultant tropical fruit notes in a whisky of extraordinary complexity and juxtapositions of flavour.

So join us in this, our fifteenth anniversary toast to all of you that have been with us on the journey since our first bottling. Here’s to you. To fifteen years of joyful pleasure. The thrill of exploration. And of course to the spirit of occasional, unabashed excess.

Contact your favourite retailer now to reserve your bottle or, alternatively, just pick one up from our UK-based web shop.

If you’re looking for something extra special, why not add your own bespoke message to a bottle using our new engraving service? Whatever the occasion, be it a birthday, thank you gift…or ‘just because’, we can engrave your personal message on a specially selected range of whiskies and deliver it directly.

View the full range here

Haig Club Engraved

Haig Club has quickly become one of the most popular products at The Whisky Shop. We’re now giving you the chance to personalise your bottle, making it completely unique to you. The liquid has been crafted using a combination of grain whisky from three cask types. This creates a fresh, clean style that showcases butterscotch and toffee for an ultra-smooth taste.

£54 Buy Now

Dalmore 15 year old  Engraved

The Dalmore Distillery has been producing exceptional single malt whisky since 1839 and, now, you can make your bottle bespoke to you! Dalmore 15 year old spends twelve years maturing in American white oak ex-bourbon casks, then a three year finish in three different sherry woods – Amoroso, Apostoles and Matusalem oloroso. A robust, yet elegant spirit.

£55 Buy Now 

Bunnahabhain 12 year old  Engraved 

Bunnahabhain is quite distinct from the other Islay single malts – firstly, it is created using unpeated malted barley in a time-honoured distillation process and secondly, this isolated coastal sanctuary takes advantage of the pure spring water that flows freely underground away from the peaty moorlands. This 12 year old expression showcases the “fruit and nut” signature style of Bunnahabhain.

£39 Buy Now

Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Engraved 

Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel was once only the privilege of the Master Distiller, but it was just too good so they decided to make it available to all those who really appreciate something unique. Each batch is filled from one single barrel of Jack Daniel’s, limited to only 240 to 260 bottles. Seeing as no two barrels of Jack Daniel’s will ever be exactly the same, this is an extra special, truly unique whiskey.

£50 Buy Now

Smögen Svensk Single Malt Whisky arrives

Smögen Primör, the first chance to taste single malt whisky from Sweden’s Smögen distillery, has arrived.

Produced from optic barley of 45ppm and distilled by hand in small batches in a 600 litre spirit pot still, the spirit has been matured in a combination of new European oak casks and former Bordeaux casks. Smögen Primör is heavily peated, powerful and rich for its age.  Primör is bottled at natural colour and cask strength of 63.7% vol.

The Smögen distillery was designed and built in 2010 by pioneering distiller Pär Caldenby, on the west coast of Sweden, north of Gothenburg. With a production capacity of just 35000 litres, the comparatively small size of the distillery allows for an attention to detail not seen elsewhere. Until now every drop of Smögen Whisky has been distilled and blended by Pär Caldenby personally.

Commenting on the release Pär Caldenby said, ‘When I set out to build a distillery I was aiming to take inspiration from the best that Scotland, France and Japan could offer and make a very distinctive malt whisky, in fully traditional pot stills. The decidedly coastal location and use of heavily peated malt alongside virgin or first fill casks means a fast maturing whisky. Our first bottling, Primör, shows part of our progress to date and I am quite delighted with the result’.

Smögen Primör is available from The Green Welly Stop, Single Malts Direct and The Whisky Exchange.

Notes

1. Smögen website: http://www.strane.se/                Twitter: @SmogenWhiskyUK

2. In 2007 Pär Caldenby wrote ‘Enjoying Malt Whisky’, a detailed guide to Single Malt whisky. ISBN: 978-91-633-1539-8.

3. Alongside whisky, the distillery now also produces Strane London Dry Gin.  http://www.strane.se/

4. Smögen Whisky AB is represented by Highfern Ltd. For pictures, more information and sales enquires please contact; Robert Ransom, Highfern Ltd, robert@highfern.co.uk  Mobile: 07811 640778

TIME FOR A BEER?

This spring we’ve been celebrating the good, old tradition of the ‘hauf ‘n’ hauf’ – that’s enjoying a whisky chaser alongside a beer, for those not on the West coast of Scotland. Most of our original matched drams are long gone: single cask whisky goes in a flash! So we asked our expert Whisky Ambassadors for some new pairings to delight the senses… #spritzich

Spicy & sweet

9.96 Refined and gentle, with a little kick £87.20

Paired with Belhaven Craft Pilsner. A light Scottish Pilsner that will help intensify the spicy and sweet flavours of this intriguing whisky.

Juicy, oak & vanilla

95.15 A graceful tight rope walker £87.20

Paired with Fyne Ales Highlander. A traditional amber ale, the taste is bitter-sweet with a rich maltiness cut by hints of lemon. Th e big flavours in this easy-drinking ale pair nicely with a well-balanced juicy and bitter dram.

Deep, rich & dried fruits

117.5 Smouldering, brooding and alluring £251.10

Paired with Guinness Foreign Extra Stout. Brewed stronger in alcohol and with more flavour to last long journeys, the distinctive bitter taste of Guinness comes through with a syrupy sweetness. A fantastic match to a dram with charred, chocolate and dessert notes.

Light & delicate

26.105 Bumblebees by the sea £122.60

Paired with Williams 80/- (Eighty Bob). We’ve matched this sweet, malty, biscuity beer with a light and delicate whisky. The beer amplifies the flavours of the whisky, creating a whole new taste experience.

Lightly peated

3.206 Heathery smoke drifting by the shore £60.00

Paired with Flying Dog Doggie Style Pale Ale. The perfumed, hoppy aromas and sweet malt of this PA compliments this equally sweet-smelling and lightly peated whisky.

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Angels’ Nectar Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Launched

Angels’ Nectar, a new Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, inspired by the Angels’ Share, has been launched, by Robert Ransom.

At any one time, there are an estimated twenty million casks maturing across Scotland, all exposed to what is affectionately called ‘the Angels’ Share’, the evaporation from casks during maturation.  The Angels take their pick; enjoying some casks more than others, whilst hard working distillers watch their efforts disappear. The Angels’ Nectar Blended Malt Scotch Whisky is a re-creation of the Angels’ Share, bottled for whisky drinkers to savour.  Carefully created from a selection of Speyside and Highland malt whiskies, Angels’ Nectar Blended Malt Scotch Whisky is unusually bottled at natural colour, has a sweet nose of apple and fruit syrup, a taste of heather honey and lemon, and a hint of spice on the finish. The Angels’ Nectar Blended Malt Scotch Whisky is vibrant and fresh, just the way the Angels’ like their dram.

The label for this new whisky brand features a striking fractal design, with an Angel shaped ethereal mist, within which, a series of Angels can be seen enjoying their share.

The Angels’ Nectar Blended Malt Scotch Whisky has been released by Highfern Ltd, a new drinks business founded by Robert Ransom. Commenting on the release Robert said; ‘I have worked in the whisky trade for ten years, and during that time I have enjoyed giving many distillery tours and tastings. Early on I noticed any mention of the Angels’ Share always made guests smile. The seed was sown; What if one could bottle the Angels’ Share? It would be the ultimate Blended Malt, and Angels’ Nectar is Highfern’s attempt to do just that’.

Notes:

1.  Blended Malt – a category of whisky which is a blend of malt whiskies, with no grain whisky, previously known as Vatted Malt.
2. Angels’ Nectar is available from The Green Welly Stop, Master of Malt, Robertsons of Pitlochry and the Speyside Heather Centre, amongst others.
3. Web: http://www.angelsnectar.co.uk/ Twitter: @angelsnectar     Facebook: angelsnectarwhisky
4. For pictures, more information and sales enquires please contact; Robert Ransom, Highfern Ltd, Robert@highfern.co.uk  Mobile: 07811 640778

Just in time for St Georges Day is the latest release of Chapter 13. As some of you will know we have made a habit of giving Chapter 13 a bespoke label and this time is certainly no exception; the truly fabulous letterbox is, we think, an iconic English object that is recognised by people from around the globe.

As the sun is shining and no doubt you are all thinking of dusting off those BBQ’s, we have made sure this bottling of Chapter 13 will go down very nicely whilst in the evening sun after a hard days work.

Nose Orchard fruits, think stewed apples and pears. Cereal, hints of crushed digestive biscuits and porridge. Notes of toffee, honey and beeswax. A waft of rich fruit cake.

Taste Creamy mouth feel; the cereal comes through along with the toffee and honey. Again, orchard fruits. Sweet, spicy and oaky. A very long malty, dry finish.

£49.99

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BENRIACH LAUNCHES 10 YEARS OLD SINGLE MALT

new core range expression marks a significant milestone for the Elgin distillery

Global Whisky Distiller of the Year BenRiach has today (8 April 2015) launched a very special BenRiach 10 years old single malt.

This release is a momentous high point for the award-winning Elgin distillery as the whisky is the first core range expression to be produced predominantly from spirit distilled under The BenRiach Distillery Company’s eleven-year ownership.

Managing Director Billy Walker and his South African partners Wayne Kieswetter and Geoff Bell acquired BenRiach from Chivas Brothers in April 2004.

Bottled at 43% vol, the BenRiach 10 Years Old is Classic Speyside in character. The cask formula focuses on ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks – exactly the types of wood we favour at BenRiach. This fresh, lively, fruit-laden single malt captures warm oak spices, green apple, dried apricots, peach and banana with subtle touches of aniseed, lemon zest and barley.

Billy Walker’s tasting notes show that this special single malt is a stunning addition to BenRiach’s core range.

Colour : Crisp summer gold.

Nose : A fresh and lively combination of crisp, green orchard fruits, stem ginger and hints of tangerine mellows to creamy vanilla with a delicate note of mint and a gentle twist of citrus, all held together with a sweet barley back note.

Taste : Warm toasted oak spices flood through green apple skins and dried apricots, ripening to hints of peach and soft banana. Subtle touches of aniseed and lemon zest create a contrasting edge to the fruit and add an intriguing character to the long, crisp barley finish.

Sales Director Alistair Walker said: “Last year we released our tenth anniversary BenRiach bottling with four casks from the first week of distillation, but that was a strictly limited one-off expression.

“Today’s release is something different and is even more important for us going forward. The BenRiach 10 Years Old is a key new launch for us as it marks a significant milestone – it is the first core range expression to be created predominantly from whiskies distilled at BenRiach since we took over in 2004. We have, effectively, been working towards this single moment since we acquired BenRiach Distillery and the 10 Years Old expression will become the cornerstone of our range.”

Back in 2004, Billy Walker said he had modest but robust plans “to revitalise the distillery and target new markets, taking BenRiach to specialist outlets around the globe”.

His “modest” objectives have been more than met in the last ten years. Today, BenRiach is one of the country’s most admired distillers, having added GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh and a bottling plant to its comprehensive portfolio.

It is now trading in over forty countries worldwide with other emerging markets entering the negotiation stage. Over the ten years BenRiach has won numerous prestigious awards; only last month Whisky Magazine announced it was the 2015 Global Whisky Distiller of the Year.

Earlier this year, the London Stock Exchange Group released its list of ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ and The BenRiach Distillery Company was featured for the first time.

Kininvie 23 year old  Batch 3

This is the third release by the distillery – which was opened in July 1990 by the granddaughter of William Grant, Janet Sheed Roberts. Every bottle will highlight the year of distillation, the batch number and the individual bottle number. The latest release contains whisky from the very first batch from 1990 and has been created using a combination of American hogsheads and sherry casks.

£120 Buy Now