The perfect sweet whisky pairings

Exploring whisky pairings extends beyond traditional boundaries, delving into a realm of where flavours, both bold and subtle, meet. This Mother’s Day, our focus is on pairing the complex and nuanced profiles of whisky with a variety of sweets. This isn’t about adhering to stereotypes or assuming preferences; it’s about celebrating the diversity of whisky and matching with sweet delights. Simply creating signature moments with loved ones.

SIGNATURE SINGLE MALT WHISKY

This whisky’s maturation in highly active STR (Shaved, Toasted, and Re-charred) ex-red wine barriques imparts rich and bold fruity notes. These flavours align seamlessly with the vanilla and lemon brioche.

Signature boasts vanilla undertones, which resonate with the sweet, buttery essence of brioche. The vanilla’s warmth complements the pastry’s delicate crumb, enhancing both elements.

The lemon brioche introduces a zesty twist. Its bright lemony notes dance alongside the whisky’s complexity, adding a refreshing layer. Imagine sipping the whisky and taking a bite of the brioche—the interplay of flavours dance beautifully on your palate.

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FOUNDER’S CHOICE SINGLE MALT WHISKY

Founder’s Choice Single Malt Whisky boasts rich and intense flavours. Its maturation in highly active STR casks, designed by the late Dr. Jim Swan, imparts delightful notes of toffee, chocolate, and red fruits.

The whisky’s toffee and chocolate notes resonate with the croissant’s buttery layers and cocoa richness. The croissant’s flaky, melt-in-your-mouth texture complements the creamy, rich flavours.

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PEATED CASK SINGLE MALT WHISKY

The robust, smoky character of peated whiskies, reminiscent of bonfires and coastal breezes, finds a harmonious companion in the deep, bittersweet notes of dark chocolate.

The notes of Cotswolds Peated Cask Single Malt Whisky stand up boldly to the richness of dark chocolate. As you sip the whisky, its earthy, smoky undertones intertwine with the cocoa’s complexity, creating an intense flavour combination.

The whisky’s warmth and depth contrast beautifully with the chocolate’s bitterness. The slight sweetness of the Dark Chocolate Torte tempers the whisky’s peatiness, resulting in a balanced experience on the palate.

So, as you raise your glass and indulge in that velvety slice of Dark Chocolate Torte, let the Cotswolds Peated Whisky envelop your senses. A double delight.

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Whirlwind.

With our Year Two cask offer going live just after our last dispatch dropped into your inboxes, it was another exciting evening here at North Uist Distillery as whisky enthusiasts and distillery devotees poured into the online shop to get their hands on a piece of NUD history. We were absolutely delighted by the overwhelming response to the release and thrilled to welcome a new batch of cask owners to the Nunton Whisky journey!

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Changes.

The extra day in this month is being put to good use at Nunton, where renovations are underway and we barrel ahead towards a much anticipated spring reopening. Our beautiful distillery home is a listed building with a past as important to the island as it is to us, so it’s with great care and much respect for the history embedded in the very stones of the building that we are making the most minimal changes we can to accommodate brand new whisky making equipment and herald in a new chapter in Nunton’s colourful story.

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BRAND NEW OFFERS:DISTILLERY RESERVE COLLECTION

This week only we’re offering discounts on several Speyside single malts from The Distillery Reserve Collection, including £15 off a nutty Tormore and £10 off a rich and warming Glenlivet matured in a first-fill sherry butt.

This range of distillery reserves from Chivas Brothers are all single cask expressions, non chill-filtered, and bottled at natural cask strength. Usually only available to buy at the distilleries themselves, these limited Scottish single malts are rarely seen outside the realms of blends and independent bottlings.

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The Fosse Gallery have extended an invitation to Cotswolds Distillery friends to view Annabel Playfair Travels from Italy to Home. Annabel Playfair was the artist highlighted on the Flaxen Vale Single Malt Whisky which is part of the Harvest Series.

On: Sunday 3rd March 2024

11.00am – 4.00pm 

At: Fosse Gallery Fine Art,

The Manor House, The Square, Stow on the Wold, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 1AF 

01451 831319

mail@fossegallery.com

You may view the exhibition in full at www.fossegallery.com 

The Exhibition continues until: Saturday 23rd March 2024

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Harvest Series Flaxen Vale Single Malt Whisky

The limited-release single malt is the embodiment of the Cotswolds landscape, expertly crafted with a blend of select American Oak PX and Spanish Oak Oloroso and Peated casks.

Tasting Notes 

Nose: Sweet dates, sweet brioche pastry, hazelnut

Palette: Dried raisins, toffee, touch of peat and toasted hazelnuts

Finish: Balanced, dry fruit, sweet patisserie pastry with a gentle peaty finish

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THOMPSON BROS.

Exciting new drams just in from Thompson Bros. An organic Highland blend from two highly regarded Scottish distilleries along with excellent new whisky from Linkwood, Craigellachie and Dailuaine!

Limited stock available on all of these new drams. As ever, if you have any questions or queries, please just get in touch.

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Behind the scenes at Distillers’ One of One — the £2.25 million charity Scotch whisky auction

Every two years, the Scotch whisky industry’s preeminent distillers submit exceptional, one-off whiskies to go under the hammer at the Distillers’ One of One auction. Created by The Distillers’ Charity, the philanthropic arm of the Worshipful Company of Distillers, one of the UK’s oldest livery companies, the auction’s hammer price is donated to charity and principally benefits the Distillers’ Youth Action Fund. So far, two auctions have raised an incredible £4.2 million for charity.

The Whisky Magazine team headed to the recent auction at Hopetoun House near Edinburgh to learn more about the whiskies on sale at the most recent auction and the Youth Action Fund’s tangible impact on the lives of vulnerable 16-25-year-olds in Scotland.

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GLENDRONACH DISTILLERY

25 Year Old Grandeur Batch #8

£950.00

Glendronach 25 Year Old Grandeur Highland single malt Scotch whisky. Batch #008 matured in Oloroso sherry butts. Limited release of 1,505 numbered bottles. A torrent of rich sherry aromas flow over sour plums and dried prunes. A delightful contribution of ginger bread and cracked black pepper add a gentle warmth. Dark chocolate with a touch of marzipan rounds the nose and adds contrasting hints of sweetness through the robust vintage character. An opulent, vintage sherry style combining a medley of dark espresso, Mediterranean fruits, rich molasses and a hint of herbal bitters. An earthy, aged oak character of air cured tobacco leaves a leathery dryness, adding great depth and texture to the palate, contributing to the unique, full-bodied Highland style. After a quarter of a century peacefully lying in our traditional dunnage warehouses, the combination of casks selected by Master Blender Billy Walker have come to encapsulate the rich history and heritage of GlenDronach as the sherry casks connoisseurs.

Glendronach Malt Whisky Distillery was established north east of Huntley in the Highland whisky region by James Allardice in 1826. The malting floors at Glendronach Distillery closed in 1996 and it was the last distillery in Scotland to heat its stills directly with flames from a coal-fired furnace, until it had to comply with new regulations in 2005. Glendronach Distillery is resplendent with a traditional cask iron mash tun, wooden washbacks, four stills. Famous for its well-aged and top quality sherried single malt, for example Glendronach 21 Year Old Parliament, and single cask releases. The distillery is now owned by Brown Forman of America.

TALISKER DISTILLERY

27 Year Old 1993 Hart Brothers

£750.00

Talisker 27 Year Old 1993 vintage Island single malt Scotch whisky. Single first fill sherry butt distilled December 1993, bottled January 2021 by Hart Brothers.

Brothers Hugh and Keneth MacAskill Talisker Distillery was established at Carbost on the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland in 1830 with construction commencing the following year. Soaking up its own reflection from Loch Harport one day yet fending off North Atlantic gales the next. Talisker is an Islands malt whisky distillery equipped with five stills and has retained its traditional five round wooden worm tubs. There is an excellent range of official bottlings, including Talisker 10 Year Old and Distillers Edition supplemented by independent bottlings in the Secret Stills and Old Malt Cask ranges.