THE GLENTURRET 10YO PERSONALISED LABEL  

The Glenturret 10 Year Old Single Malt whisky, produced at Scotland’s oldest distillery, the Brand home of The Famous Grouse. On the palate, spicy citrus and orange with a soft malty finish. Comes with a unique printed label that they can treasure for a lifetime. Purchase your personalised bottle here.

THE FAMOUS GROUSE PERSONALISED

Scotland’s favourite whisky is a blend crafted from the finest malt whiskies, such as The Macallan and Highland Park, married with exceptional grain whiskies, for the smoothest possible taste. Make someone famous by personalising a bottle of The Famous Grouse with a name and message of your choice. Get your personalised bottle here

THE GLENTURRET FLY’S 16 MASTERS EDITION

Inspired by a photo, unearthed from the back of a cupboard at Scotland’s oldest working whisky distillery, dating from 1905 and featuring 16 stillmen, along with a collie dog this whisky is the winner of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible Liquid Gold Award 2017 and comes beautifully presented in a handmade tweed gift bag. Purchase your bottle here.

Every Wednesday at 10am, members of the new incarnation of our famous W Club get a personal invitation to take advantage of some outrageously good deals.

With a very limited number of bottles available discounted by up to 50%, offers last for a maximum of 24 hours or until stock runs out.

Only available to members of the new W Club, you can join in the fun this Whisky Wednesday and bag a bargain in time for Christmas by signing up to The W Club today.

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For just £20 a year you’ll have access to a host of brilliant benefits, including: Exclusive members-only offers at The Whisky Shop Priority notice on rare and restricted releases A quarterly copy of Whiskeria magazine, delivered to your door Special W Club competitions Members-only bottlings and opportunities to join the tasting panel Behind the scenes news, reviews and Q&As

Here’s a sneak peak at some of the deals

Pikesville 6 Year Old 100 Proof

World’s Best Rye Whiskey 

World Whisky Awards 2016

Double Gold San Francisco World Spirits Competition

95 Points  Ultimate Spirits Challenge

American Rye Whiskey of the Year The Whisky Bible 2016

Only £73.50

Hello everyone! Continuing our Xmas theme, here I have another sherry colossus for you! Most of us on this channel both know and love, GlenDronach. This wonderful liquid is from their most recent, Batch 14 release of Single Casks and it’s one of the bigger, sweeter styles of Dronach that’s available. All Pedro Ximinez matured, it’s rich, silky, rounded and wonderfully sweet with some awesome drying qualities towards the very end of the finish. Twenty-two years old, cask strength, non-chill-filtered and natural colour. Enjoy!

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Day 21 of the Scotch Whisky Advent Calendar 

Scotch Whisky Advent Calendar 3rd Edition Day 21 Blog #156 – Wemyss Malts Marmalade Appeal Glenrothes 27 Year Old

G’day everyone and welcome to another comparison tasting. As you know we like to do one or more comparison casks from the same distillery so that you can appreciate both age and cask differences. Today we try a Glenrothes that is 19 years older than the Malt Whisky Company expression we tried earlier on day 8. Wemyss also tend to bottle all their casks at 46% which no doubt will make a big difference as well.

I’m sure that the whisky is not why they have so many permanent residents.

No need to rehash distillery details as you can just re-read the previous blog. I will say that Wemyss have provided some really sensational older casks of Glenrothes in the past few years. We even converted Joshua Hatton who is not normally a Glenrothes fan to concede that the Aromatic Orange Tobacco was “drop dead gorgeous”.

Wemyss Malts Marmalade Appeal Glenrothes 27 Year Old aged in a Sherry Butt cask # 5376 and bottled at 46% with no caramel or chill filtration.

Color:   Light for such an old Sherry aged whisky but no doubt being a butt and potentially 2nd or refill (3 or more fills) we only get a shadow of what we might have if it was a first fill. I actually really like refill for older sherried expressions as a sherry cask can very quickly overwhelm especially delicate malt.

Nose:   Orange oil furniture polish, clove and Terry’s dark chocolate orange.

Palate:   Orange sponge cake and there is that slight bitterness that could be marmalade semi sweet icing that tops and forms a layer right in the middle.

Finish: A slight burnt character leading me to flamed orange rind topping a rye based Manhattan or maybe just pouring Grand Marnier over the top and lighting it all while you stand back and bask in the stunning beauty of it all.

Yummo again Wemyss. Certainly the cache of delicious Glenrothes casks you managed to acquire have been good to you and also thankfully for me. We have increased with age each edition and now sit at 27 Years Old. Does this mean we may yet have a 30+ year old at some point?

For those that love this delicious old Glenrothes the good news is that there is some available and if you email me at jonathan@secretspirits.com I will be more than happy to point you in the right direction.

In the 2nd edition we had the truly epic A.D. Rattray Glentauchers 22 Year Old that you can re-visit here.

Let’s see is Whiskylassie loves old Glenrothes as much as Joshua and I do over at her blog here.

Now that we are rolling with the old stuff lets see what tomorrow brings from a fantastic independent bottler that is gracing our cubby holes for the first time. The fantastic Alex Bruce from Adelphi is to thank for tomorrow’s whisky and thank him you will.

So all I can tell you is that tomorrow we head South to the Lowland’s.

Until then have a fantastic evening. Only 3 more sleeps till Christmas.

Cheers

Jonathan – taster of secrets

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FESTIVE FAVOURITES

For the whisky connoisseur in your life

THE GLENTURRET BOTTLE YOUR OWN  

A personalised, single cask edition complete with a hand written label detailing the name of the person the bottle was filled for and the bottling date. Our latest exceptional cask has been named after the Scottish actor Gerard Butler who has close connections to the local area. Get your bottle of bottle your own here.

THE FAMOUS GROUSE 40YO DECANTER

Just 276 decanters have been created. Each whisky in this rare blend was carefully selected for its unique character. Hand-engraved with a Scottish silver stopper and luxury wooden gift box, the bottle comes complete with a certificate of authenticity. Get your limited edition decanter here.

THE GLENTURRET FLY’S 16 MASTERS EDITION

Inspired by a photo, unearthed from the back of a cupboard at Scotland’s oldest working whisky distillery, dating from 1905 and featuring 16 stillmen, along with a collie dog this whisky is the winner of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible Liquid Gold Award 2017 and comes beautifully presented in a handmade tweed gift bag. Purchase your bottle here.

DON’T FORGET

To guarantee delivery in time for Christmas, orders have to be placed online by December 20th 2016.

If you’re ordering for delivery in the UK you still have time to get those last minute Christmas gifts so long as your order is with us by 12 noon on Wednesday 21st December and you select Parcelforce 24 hour service.  Alternatively, the shop will be open up to 6pm on Christmas Eve so if you want to call in and have a dram while you choose some last minute presents or a bottle for yourself then we’d love to see you.  The shop will then be closed for the Christmas period, re-opening on Tuesday 3rd January 2016 (see online for full details of our opening times).  Please note, that from January 2016 our new opening hours will be 8am to 6pm Monday to Saturday, and closed on Sundays.

Below are a few of our latest arrivals to have a browse through to give you some inspiration.  They range from the very affordable new Tomintoul Tlath through to the very special, and rarely seen, Speymalt Macallan 1945.  Don’t forget, we don’t just sell whisky – check out our Christmas gift guide for all sorts of goodies.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and hope your Christmas stocking will be full of lots of lovely bottles of your favourite drams!

Sláinte!

Fran and Ken

Arkwrights Whisky and Wines

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DARK SPIRITS HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS

 Scotch – A Distinguished Dram

Duncan Taylor Glenrothes 45yr – This is a whiskey for a collector. The Tantalus line of single malts from Duncan Taylor are all very rare and very old. Each bottle is a hand blown decanter bottle and is set in a handmade Tantalus constructed from the actual cask the whiskey was aged in! Glenrothes is a special Highland Single Malt producer, and this is a special bottling of their whiskey.

Bourbon and Rye…With a Twist

Whistle Pig Old World Straight Rye 12yr TPS Blend – This is a treat, and it was a treat to make! We received a kit with individual bottles of WP 12yr Port, Sauternes, and Madeira finishes and a graduated cylinder. From there we played mad whiskey scientists and blended to our palates content. What we decided on was 40% Madeira, 45% Sauterne, 15% Port. The result is a full-bodied rye that has all the spicy edges rounded off, a rich and deep flavor of fruit and spice, and a long finish that keeps you coming back for more. It’s a special bottle of unique rye and only available here at The Party Source!

Jefferson’s Reserve Bourbon Groth Barrel TPS Private Barrel – This is private store selection of Jefferson’s Reserve that has been aged in a Napa Cabernet Sauvignon barrel from Groth Cellars! The bourbon is soft and full bodied with a nice base of caramel and baking spices. Layered in are flavors of red fruit and a kiss of tannin to balance out the sweeter caramel and red fruit notes. Overall it’s a delicious and unique bourbon that is great for winter sipping.

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Yamazakura Blended Whisky

Yamazakura is a blended whisky from Japan, created from a combination of four malt & grain whiskies. Yamazakura takes its name from two Japanese symbols, ‘Yama’, meaning mountain and ‘Sakura’ which refers to cherry trees, symbol of ‘ephemeral beauty’.

Only £46.39