Glen Moray Mastery 120th Anniversary Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Speyside

 52.3%

£850.00 inc vat

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Well, you don’t often heard the words, “Balvenie” and “peat” in the same phrasing. This one however is a little different. What some whisky fans don’t know, is that all whisky is peated to some degree, unless stated on the bottle itself. Balvenie peat barley very heavily for one month of the year, this mainly goes towards blended whisky in the Grants range. But now, they’ve decided to release it! YES!! This thing is oddly complex and truly a delight to drink, the only real shame is that it’s only available in airports……Grants, release a non-triple cask version, because i’d be all over that like a rash! Enjoy!

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“Scoth Malt Whisky Society Netherlands” 

Join Pat Dunlop and the lovely Mrs. Whiskymafia as they attend their first Scotch Malt Whisky Society tasting in the Netherlands. Hosted by none other than newly appointed SMWS Benelux Ambassador Hans Offringa, the event was filled with merriment, fine single cask whiskies and a very special Netherlands exclusive bottling.

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Hi folks, that’s us live with the 76th auction!

And what a blistering barnstormer of an auction it is! With over four and half thousand bottles, there’s simply such an overabundance of awesomeness, that trying to select just a few bottles to wax lyrical about is a tall order indeed.

Still, it’s a nice problem to have…

If we’re being totally honest, we probably have a tendency to fixate on single malt whiskies here at SWA HQ, but this month heads have been turned, and jaws have been dropped by a bottle of Johnnie Walker! Who’d have thunk it? Obviously this isn’t just any old Johnnie Walker, but rather one bottled nearly 100 years ago! It’s as old as the Striding Man himself.

Another thing we’re often guilty of overlooking is whiskey with an “e” from Ireland. However, this handsome 1950s bottle of John Jameson & Sons whiskey, distilled at their original Bow Street distillery, is difficult to ignore.

Hardly a month goes by when we don’t have some show stopper of a Macallan to fawn over, but this month brings something extra special. Feast your eyes on the mighty 55 Year Old Macallan Lalique! This titan heads a lineup of Macallans including several epic 1960s and 70s vintages.

However, if you prefer your speysiders to be a little more (lets say) understated then we’ve got the bottle for you in the form of this 1936 Mortlach 45 Year Old from Gordon & MacPhail’s Connoisseur’s Choice range. Yeah, G&M may have bottled older Mortlachs since, but there’s just something wonderfully unassuming about this bottle that we love.

As you all know by now, it doesn’t end there. And as usual all the big hitters are well represented this month with something for everyone in the mix, so don’t let us keep you. Dive in and explore this month’s monster auction.

And remember! Don’t lose your bottle…

Nikka Single Cask 1990 

Miyagikyo 19 Year Old Sherry Cask

We have been lucky enough to source just one bottle of this Single Cask Miyagikyo Single Malt from Nikka. This was part of a unique cask sent to Europe in 2009 and is completely unavailable everywhere we look. With fantastic reviews, this bottle is great for both investment and/or drinking! We even showed some of the managers at Nikka, who were surprised to see that bottle still around!  £1999.95

For information call the shop on 0207 734 2277 

Alternatively email Jolyon at jolyon@milroys.co.uk

The Lindores Distilling Co Ltd

Being half an hour from Liz and Paul, it is a must see distillery in progress, a crime not to travel this short distance for a new (we say new, but read on) distillery on the doorstep. The earliest Written Reference to distilling taking place on this site was as early as 1494, most probably long before that. Lindores Abbey, or the ‘Church by the Water’, was founded in 1191 by David Earl of Huntingdon, on land overlooking the River Tay (which by the way runs past my hoose – almost), given to him by his brother King William I of Scotland “the lion”. Lindores Abbey was visited by Kings and Queens (including Edward I of England, John Balliol, David II, James III and IV), warriors and statesmen, even big man Willie Wallace took refuge with 300 of his men after their victory over the English at the nearby Battle of Black Earnside (that’s another blog for another day). By the end of the Reformation, the Abbey was beginning to be dismantled (with the Abbey clock purchased by Edinburgh Town Council), but by the 17th Century, it was being used as a quarry, with slate, stone and carvings being taken and used in the building of many houses in neighbouring Newburgh, basically everyone pinching what materials they wished to build with, shame.

We are well-underway with the build and the countdown has started to the day when the stills are run for the first time. The distillery is being created by converting and enlarging the old Abbey farm steading, which was built from original Abbey stone. The glass-fronted stillroom looks directly out over the Abbey grounds. The water comes from a borehole near the distillery, the same supply used in 1494. The barley is grown on their own land, malted and then mashed in a conventional, semi-lauter tun supplied by distillery fabricators, Forsyths of Rothes. Fermentation is in wooden washbacks, supplied by Joseph Brown of Dufftown, yeasts, including an ancient local strain still present naturally at the distillery, with three Forsyths copper pot stills, one large wash still and two smaller spirit stills, creating a clean and delicate flavour in the spirit. The single estate Single Malt whisky (where have you heard that phrase before? Aye, Ballindalloch) will be made with Lindores barley, yeast and water, and so will be very influenced by the yearly farming cycles and natural rhythms of the land. Maturation – a warehouse behind the distillery, experimenting with temperature and evaporation in a way never before done with any scale in Scotland. Should be interesting. The Lindores Abbey Farm was bought by Drew McKenzie Smith’s grandfather in 1913. Like his father before him, Drew now holds the title of ‘Custodian of Lindores’.

So, how was our visit? Well, slightly disappointing if honest. The wee girl showing us around knew the history and patter, but stumbled on a few whisky questions, we both felt is will be more of a tourist attraction than a distillery. Good luck to them, it has been done very well, but am thinking our usual whisky geeks will be left like we were, something missing. To end, we will go back again another time when open and review again, in fact – Paul will be there next April with Ingvar Ronde.

The Lindores Distilling Co Ltd   Lindores Abbey House Abbey Rd Newburgh Fife KY146HH Scotland.

Review by Paul McLean, www.mcleanscotland.com  www.whiskytours.scot

GLENFARCLAS HAS ARRIVED IN COLUMBIA

J&G Grant have partnered up with Hobuch International S.A.R.L. and are delighted to announce that Glenfarclas 12yo, 15yo and 105 is now available to purchase in Columbia.

For more information, please contact Erick Viloria at Hobuch ERICK@HOBUCH.EU

Summer Shutdown 2017

We are in the middle of our shutdown period for Summer maintenance, this is a great time for many repairs and upgrades to be made to the plant and distillery buildings. Failure to maintain the distillery can result in losses in production, failure at unplanned moments and increased health and safety risks; therefore it is important to take this preventative action while we can.

Take a look at what’s been done so far…

A new Copper Seal Pot is being fitted to No.2 Wash Still, allowing the Still to vent if there is any vacuum built up inside.
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The windows are being replaced in the Tun Room and Mash House. These have let in light on over 44 years of production- the same amount of time Ally has worked here!

Opening to No.1 Spirit Still; this is opened once a year to allow inspection of the Flu, Brickwork and Still bottom. The area would be around 630 degrees when in production!

New warehouses continue to take shape!

From School Leaver to Maternity Leave

Export Clerkess Leanne Murphy worked her last day at Glenfarclas on Friday 21st July and can now enjoy maternity leave. Good luck Leanne!

It was our pleasure to host Piers Adam of Copper Dog Craigellachie and friends for his stag party. Usually the Copper Dog host friends and family of J&G Grant so we were more than happy to return the favour for such a special occasion.

Callum Fraser guided the group round the distillery and finished the evening with a special selection of tastings.

The event was recognised by many on social media when Guy Ritchie posted this picture on Instagram.

A great write-up was found in the Scottish Wedding Directory on how you can steal this stag do!

Wyoming Whiskey “Private Stock” K&L Exclusive Barrel Strength Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) SKU #1314185

This spectacular single barrel from the exceptional craft distillery in Kirby, WY is easily one of the best single casks we’ve ever received from a true craft manufacturer of bourbon whiskey. Wyoming Whiskey and their Master Distiller, Sam Mead from Maker’s Mark, really know what they’re doing here. They are able to source their grain from local farms, age it properly in full size casks and offer an extremely affordable price even compared to industrial distillers in Kentucky and Indiana. We’ve tasted these over the last few years and found incredible improvements in their standard release as the average age increase, but we’ve never come across a craft whiskey quite as special. The fine distillery in Kirby is making wheated bourbons very much in the style of Van Winkle, Old Fitzgerald, Weller, and Maker’s, but of course WW is different for in one very particular way, they don’t heat the warehouses. That means that the whiskey is subjected to incredible weather extremes that exist in Kirby. The winters are much colder than Kentucky, so you don’t get the same intensity of sweet oak early stages; instead the long slow maturation means more complexity. They may not age as quickly as their KY counterparts, but Wyoming Whiskey is without a doubt in the top tier of the nation’s craft distillers. We’re lucky to be the only retailer in California to receive a single cask of this special whiskey and after 6.5 long years in Kirby this whisky is showing astounding depth and complexity.

BUY

Ralfy unearths a monster with Ralfy Review 670 – Laphroaig 6yo @ 58.3%vol Single Cask (G.S.Co:)

Don’t look now, the Exciseman is coming!

The Smugglers’ Series of limited edition bottlings from Arran distillery has really captured the imagination, with a story that harkens back to days of illicit stills and casks stowed away on boats to the mainland. The third in the series lands tomorrow and although limited to just 8,700 bottles worldwide, we’ve managed to smuggle a few bottles for our customers.