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Below you will find listed three of our favourite Aberlour drams!
Perfect for celebrating the weekend with..

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Aberlour Abunadh Batch 53

60% ABV || £40.00 incl. VAT

With each batch carefully made by hand, Aberlour A’bunadh is a unique cask strength whisky that has achieved cult status among whisky connoisseurs.

A`bunadh, Gaelic for `of the origin` is matured exclusively in Oloroso Sherry butts. It is a natural cask strength malt whisky produced without the use of modern chill-filtering methods or the addition of water. As Aberlour A`Bunadh is released in small batches, the flavours may vary slightly from one bottling to another. Aberlour A`Bunadh is a natural cask strength malt whisky produced without the use of modern chill- filtering methods or the addition of water.

Aberlour 10 Year Old

40% ABV || £24.00 incl. VAT

Aberlour’s uniquely rewarding depth of character derives from how it’s made as much as the quality of the soft spring water and the other ingredients.

The difference even shows in the new make spirit as it emerges from the still. It’s unusually dense with flavour – crisp, clean and redolent of blackcurrants and red berries.

Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask Matured

48% ABV || £35.00 incl. VAT

A unique expression within the Aberlour range, aged in fresh Oloroso Sherry butts, some of the most precious and expensive in use for maturing single malts.

This Aberlour single malt has been matured in two handmade oak cask types, traditional oak and the finest Sherry oak casks. On top of that, it hasn’t been chill filtered, so retains all of the goodness of the casks the whisky has been matured in.

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Littlemill 1988 Author’s Series Gustave Flaubert

Introducing an incredible Littlemill 1988 single cask which is limited to only 137 bottles. Distilled in November 1988 it was bottled in July 2015 at 56% volume. Part of the award winning Authors’ Series, view the full range here.

Tasting Notes

Honeyed flavours combine with wood spice and a herbal, slightly savoury quality. Cobnuts and popcorn lead to a finish of over ripened fruits, peach stone, toasted cereals and poppy seed. A precise and perfectly formed whisky, reflective of Flaubert’s exacting aesthetic.

£574 Click to buy

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The Whisky Exchange April offers of the month – Royal Brackla

It’s time for April’s drinks of the month!

The Malt of the Month is Royal Brackla 16 Year Old. Launched in 2015 as part of Bacardi’s Last Great Malts series, it’s finished in first-fill sherry casks, adding a richness to the sweet, spicy and slightly smoky whisky. It is nearly £7 off at £64.95 for the whole of the month.

Royal Brackla 16 Year Old, 40%

Tasting Notes by Stuart P

Nose: Clean, bright aromas of fresh fruit – green apple, melon and pear – followed by warming notes of honey- and toffee-covered sponge cake. A touch of light, fresh floral notes, too, with a hint of ginger and cinnamon.
Palate: Honeyed fruit at first, then warmer, spicy notes of cinnamon, ginger and clove. Very clean and bright – the fruit and spice leap from the glass. Nice toffee richness, too.
Finish: The warming spicy fruit lingers.

Macallan 12 Year Old Fine Oak

Only 5,000 bottles of this outstanding Speyside single malt are available in the UK.

The Macallan 12 Year Old Fine Oak is a legendary Speyside whisky for good reason; triple cask matured in a unique, complex combination of exceptional European oak casks seasoned with sherry, American oak casks seasoned with sherry, and American oak casks seasoned with bourbon, it delivers an extraordinarily smooth, delicate yet complex single malt, matured at The Macallan Distillery for a minimum of twelve years. Simply outstanding value for one of our favourite Macallan whiskies!

£53 Click to buy

Banff 37 Year Old 1971 Dead Whisky Society
Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

$744.54

Banff 37 Year Old 1971 vinatge Highland single malt Scoth whisky. Single cask #633 bottled August 2008 by the Dead Whisky Society for the Rare Old series. 565 numbered bottles. The Mill of Banff malt whisky distillery was established by Major James McKilligan at Mains of Colleonard Farm just south of Banff in 1824 and acquired by James Simpson a local merchant and ship owner in 1852.  Mill of Banff Distillery closed in 1863 when Simpson’s son built a new distillery on a site to the west of Banff at Inverboyndie and named it Banff Distillery. Relocation enabled the opportunity to expand and take advantage of a plentiful supply of soft Speyside water and the new branch line connecting Banff to the main Inverness to Aberdeen railway. Despite surviving the ups and downs of the whisky industry Banff Distillery closed in 1983and partially demolished in 1985 but most of the rest of Banff Distillery came down during a fire in 1991 and although shells of a few warehouses are still standing Banff is a lost Highland malt whisky distillery.

Nova Scotia’s Glynnevan® Whisky Win Medals at Prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition

Guysborough, Nova Scotia – Authentic Seacoast Distilling Company Ltd received a Silver Medal for its GLYNNEVAN® Double Barrelled Canadian Rye Whisky  at the 16th annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC), held from March 17 to 20, 2016.

Regarded as the most respected and influential spirits competition in the world, this year’s SFWSC was the largest in its history, judging more than 1,850 submissions. Medal winners are chosen through a rigorous blind tasting process over four days to ensure integrity and impartiality. As a result, the SFWSC states that their medals have “come to be the most reliable indication of spirits excellence, and spirits recognized as medal-worthy by our judges are understood around the world by both the trade and consumers to be the best the industry has to offer.”

“We are honoured to have our GLYNNEVAN® Whisky recognized by this internationally renowned group of spirits experts at the world’s most prestigious blind tasting competition”, said Glynn Williams, President, Authentic Seacoast Distilling Company Ltd. “This recognition demonstrates that our handcrafted Nova Scotia spirits can compete with the best in the world.”

A new Canadian tradition where the spirit of prairie grain comes to rest in barrels in the Authentic Seacoast Distillery on the historic Guysborough harbour, GLYNNEVAN® Whisky’s second barrelling by the Atlantic creates a smooth, distinct and uniquely Nova Scotian rye whisky. Layers of aroma start with sweet rye spices and honey, followed by toasted oak, vanilla, cinnamon and a hint of tropical fruit. The taste is sweet with notes of creamy vanilla, spice, butter, hazelnut toffee and caramel. Read more about GLYNNEVAN® at http://www.glynnevan.com/.

About Authentic Seacoast Distilling Company

Authentic Seacoast Distilling Company produces small batch, craft blended spirits including GLYNNEVAN® Whisky, FortressTM Rum and Sea FeverTM Rum at its distillery next to Osprey Shores Golf Resort on the historic Guysborough harbour, and is part of Authentic Seacoast Company, which includes Osprey Shores Golf Resort, historic DesBarres Manor Inn, Rare Bird Pub, Skipping Stone Cafe & Store, Full Steam Coffee Co., Harbour Belle Bakery, Authentic Seacoast Brewing Co. (makers of Rare Bird Craft Beer), Glanbùrn Artesian Water, Authentic Seacoast Soaps and the Authentic Seacoast Store.

About Authentic Seacoast Company

Authentic Seacoast Company’s vision is to restore the proud trading legacy of a seacoast village in Nova Scotia and to create jobs in the community on a sustainable basis by producing and sharing high quality products and experiences that are authentic and memorable. Authentic Seacoast Company embodies the fresh sea air, industrious people and proud determination that has kept this special place by the sea alive over the past four centuries.

Read more at: www.glynnevan.com www.fortressrum.com www.authenticseacoast.com www.sfspiritscomp.com

Whisky Ramblings Via Video #125

Mark Dermul, Belgian Whiskyblogger, is not talking about a whisky, this time around, but about a whisky book. And not just any whisky book. What started as passion in 2009 has now culminated into his very own whisky book, consisting of 297 pages of pure whisky pleasure. But – the book is in Flemish (his native language). Nevertheless, he wanted to share this with us as it is quite a proud moment for Mark and his two co-writers. 

https://youtu.be/W47Mk3sBKYc

Bowmore 25 Year Old “Moonlight Seagull” Ceramic Bottle Islay Single Malt Scotch 750ml  $1,299.99

Bruichladdich “Octomore 7.4 Virgin Oak” Heavily Peated Islay Single Malt Whisky (750ml)  $199.99

2006 Edradour Sauternes Cask Highland Single Malt Whisky (750ml)  $79.99

1980 Highland Park 24 Year Old “Park Ave Liquors” Single Malt Whisky (750ml) $1,499.99

James Buchanan’s Black & White Blended Scotch Whisky 750ml (circa 1950s)  $199.99

1989 Mortlach 17 Year Cask Strength Single Barrel Signatory Highland Single Malt Whisky (750ml) (slight damage to the front label) $199.99

1967 Springbank 31 year Murray McDavid Single Malt (750ml) $1,299.99

Talisker 25 Year Old “2005 edition” Natural Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky (750ml) (Previously $800)  $499.99

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