LAPHROAIG 1989 VINTAGE FEIS ILE 2007 17 YEAR OLD
Released for the 2007 Fèis Ìle festival on Islay, Laphroaig bottled this 17-year-old single malt exclusively for the Friends of Laphroaig to commemorate the new Friends Lounge. There were only 4000 bottles produced, at a cask strength of 50.3% abv.
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Benromach 2012 Air Dried
Virgin Oak
Smooth yet peppery notes, with vanilla, fresh peppermint and oak flavours. Subtle smoke lingers on the finish. This limited-edition release has been matured in air dried Virgin Oak barrels. This results in sweet vanilla fudge aromas with toasted cereal and citrus blossom. Smooth yet peppery notes follow, with vanilla, fresh peppermint and oak flavours. Subtle smoke lingers on the finish.
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Glenlivet 1986 33YO Connoisseurs Choice Cask #16601801 47.5%
This release is from Glenlivet Distillery. Coming in the ‘Cask Strength’ range of Connoisseurs Choice. Notes:Sweet aromas of stewed pear lead to cinnamon spice with a hint of oak. Fresh flavours of strawberries and raspberries combine with liquorice. A medium-bodied finish with lingering summer fruits.
Distilled: 1986
Bottled: 13th March 2020
Batch number: 20/002
Cask number: 16601801
Cask Type: Refill Sherry Hogshead
Aged for 33 Years
One of only 303 bottles
Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail
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Tyndrumwhisky, Tyndrum
Crianlarich, Perthshire FK20 8RY
United Kingdom
To mark our 25th anniversary celebrations, we’re offering you an exclusive Special Selection tasting pack featuring five amazing craft Scotch whiskies. And because it’s Burns Night (it was ~ WI), we’re offering a 15% discount on our Whisky Special Selection—just use the code WHISKY15.
What’s in the pack?
Each limited-edition pack contains five 50ml bottles of craft Scotch whiskies from the following brands:
Arbikie
Lochlea
Nc’nean
Torabhaig
Wolfburn
Plus a free one-year digital subscription to Whisky Magazine (worth £29).
Strathisla 1987 33YO Connoisseurs Choice Cask #3053 56.8%
Sweet apple aromas complement fresh honey and lime zest. Tropical fruit flavours give way to cracked black pepper and roasted peanuts leading to a delicate finish of brown sugar and soft fruits.
This release is from the Strathisla Distillery. Coming in the ‘Cask Strength’ range of Connoisseurs Choice.
Distilled: 1987
Bottled: 13th October 2020
Batch number: 20/056
Cask Type: Refill American Hogshead
Cask No: 3053
Aged for 33 Years
One of only 174 bottles
From Strathisla Distillery, bottled by Gordon & MacPhail
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The Green Welly Stop
Tyndrumwhisky, Tyndrum
Crianlarich, Perthshire FK20 8RY
United Kingdom
Soft cinnamon spice leads to stewed plum and delicate sherbet aromas. Initial toasted malt flavours give way to light fruitcake with a hint of cashew nut. Traces of aniseed and dried ginger linger on the finish.
This release is from Balblair Distillery. Coming in the ‘Cask Strength’ range of Connoisseurs Choice.
Distilled: 1990
Bottled: 4th February 2020
Batch number: 20/017
Cask number: 4166
Cask Type: Refill Sherry Butt
Aged for 29 Years
One of only 469 bottles
Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail
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The Green Welly Stop
Tyndrumwhisky, Tyndrum
Crianlarich, Perthshire FK20 8RY
United Kingdom
Where did the week go? The pace of life here is supposed to be slow but it feels like the last seven days have simply blown by.
It must be all the storm-force winds speeding the hands of Harris time along…
We’re at that time of year where the long winter is wearing thin. There’s always something special about this season when the dark nights begin to draw in, it’s a chance to light fires, pour drams, and enjoy the elemental nature of this island at its most raw.
But, as the months roll on, the endless wild weather begins to take its toll and most of us are yearning for those longer days and the light they bring.
So, safe to say we’re looking forward to spring with its sense of new life and renewal as we look out of our windows at all this rain.
One sure sign of change is the reopening of our distillery doors to the public for the first time this year…
Sandra and her team will be warmly welcoming visitors from the 5th of February, with the Shop open from 10am – 5pm from Monday to Friday.
They’re also holding a daily behind-the-scenes tour each day at 12pm and the online booking diary is now live if you’d like to secure your place over the next two months.
And, if you can’t be with us here in Harris, rest assured we’ll stay connected with you through this weekly Journal and our wider social media stories.
We have lots of exciting things to share with you this year, from whisky yarns to tales of people and place…
More on all this very soon, meantime enjoy all the latest news from our island below and be sure to stay well-stocked with our island spirits as we go!
Le gach deagh dhùrachd,
Mike Donald, Chief Storyteller
Our whisky is a Harris whisky, and we do not seek to emulate other drams or regions.
The elegant flavours of our whisky will be perceived differently by different people as they allow the complex character of our dram to unfold in their glass over time.
So, we won’t issue any ‘official’ tasting notes and instead encourage folk to explore the scents and sensory experience of The Hearach single malt from a more personal point of view.
Instead, each batch will come with some simple words written by someone from our local community as they enjoy a glass and delve a little deeper into their island memories and imagination, to help things along.
We’d also love to hear you own thoughts and memories evoked while enjoying your dram of The Hearach.
Email us with your own tasting notes via the button below
Glenturret 30 Year old
This Glenturret 30 year single malt has a complex, sweet character that offers dark toffee, chocolate, almonds, cinnamon and caramelised bananas. Glenturret is officially the oldest whisky distillery still in operation in Scotland.
Some of the precious 30 year old spirit for this release was put into new, specially selected European oak sherry casks where it matured for another year.
Available at WhiskyGenie.com
£650
Killowen Distillery Update – Distillery of the Year, Cork Whiskey Fest & Location of Special Killowen Bottles? 😁
A few weeks ago, whiskey enthusiast Sean Kincaid, also known as @darkcloudwhisky on Instagram crowned us ‘Distillery of the Year!’ On his page, he uploaded a video with his impressive Killowen collection, where he wrote: ‘this was by far one of the easiest choices of the entire awards.’ He then continued by saying ‘Killowen Distillery is one of the smallest distilleries in all of Irish Whiskey but they are having one of the largest impacts!’
It is our absolute pleasure – thank you Sean.
This is also fitting as PWS Imports in Alberta currently have their own Part 1 of 2 Killowen Barántúil. This beautiful Single Pot Still has been split in two smaller casks with the other half resting in a secret cask for the future. Click here for pre-orders.
Killowen’s spirit – Where can we get it?
We are experiencing many calls from whiskey lovers requesting some of our single casks – there are no recent Killowen whiskey releases available from our website due to sell-out editions.
Cork Whiskey Fest 2024
The countdown to Cork Whiskey Fest is on. With less than 2 months to go, we are so excited and have prepared some very special samples to share with you all. The second annual Cork Whiskey Fest will take place on 22nd – 24th March – a weekend full of craic and fantastic whiskey experiences! We added some more tickets this year after last years sell out so come have a ball with us.
Limited tickets remaining – click here to get yours while you can!
See you all there 🙂
Virginia Distillery Co. 11 Year Old “First Fill Bourbon and Moscatel Cask #2847” Single Malt Whiskey (750ml) $59.99 View
You’d never know it from the label, but this is 100% Scotch Single Malt – with a twist. It wasn’t bottles in Scotland and therefore it has foregone it’s moniker. Virginia Distilling purchased some Scotch in first fill Bourbon casks and imported them to Virginia. The original plan was to blend it with some of their early distillate, but a few of the casks were so special they just held onto them. At 6 years old, they recasked them into some particularly delicious fresh Moscatel casks – then they left them alone for another 5 years. When we saw the price on the table for cask strength 11 year old single malt that basically had a full first maturation in 1st fill Bourbon and a 2nd maturation in Moscatel – a sweet fortified wine from Portugal – we just had to taste them. We picked the best barrel of the bunch and it’s finally bottled and here as a K&L exclusive! At a whopping 60.3% ABV and bottled without adjustment, color or filtration, just the way it should be.
Wathen’s Private Barrel “K&L Exclusive” Single Barrel #4498 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) $59.99 View
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