Our latest single cask collab!

At Loch Fyne Whiskies we are always keen to provide you with unique and interesting drams and our latest single cask collaboration is a testament to that! This Glen Scotia shines with coconut and clementine mingling with ginger and marzipan. Pick up a bottle whilst you can!

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Glen Scotia 2016 6 Year Old #3161 LFW Exclusive

A special single cask, bottled exclusively for us at Loch Fyne from the lovely folk at Glen Scotia. The Campbeltown legends have matured the liquid for six years in a first-fill bourbon cask, before bottling at a cask strength of 58.7% abv. Free from chill filtration, and decanted into only 218 bottles! A real treat of a single malt.

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KNOB CREEK^® ADDS SEVEN-YEAR AGE STATEMENT TO ITS KENTUCKY STRAIGHT RYE WHISKEY

The addition furthers the brand’s legacy of craftsmanship and its ongoing commitment to producing high-quality rye whiskey

CLERMONT, KY – March 31, 2023 – Knob Creek^®, a pioneer in the Small Batch Bourbon category, is excited to announce the addition of an age statement to its well-loved Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey. This seven-year age statement is a testament to the craftsmanship, patience and care behind its super-premium whiskey and reinforces the brand’s dedication to producing world-class whiskies for its fans.

“My dad Booker Noe created Knob Creek with the intention of crafting a full-flavored whiskey without shortcuts, and Knob Creek has continued to set that standard for more than 30 years,” said Fred Noe, Booker’s son and Seventh Generation Master Distiller. “We are excited to continue his legacy with the addition of an age statement on our Knob Creek Rye Whiskey. I’m excited for whiskey fans to taste it, and I know Dad would be proud.”

This update to the brand’s core rye expression offers fans the same Knob Creek Rye taste profile they know and love, but with the whiskey now guaranteed to be aged for a minimum of seven years. This strengthens the whiskey’s depth of character due to the extra time in the barrel and enhances notes of the American Rye spice, sweet vanilla and oak that is characteristic of Knob Creek Rye.

Knob Creek 7 Year Old Straight Rye Whiskey is bottled with the following characteristics:

• Proof: 100
• Color: Amber brown
• Aroma: Sweet caramel and vanilla mixed with deep round rye spice accompanied by apple and floral notes with a hint of leather
• Taste: Full body with balanced black pepper, sweet vanilla, and caramel finished with lingering oak and rich spice
• Finish: Warm and smooth with spice throughout

Knob Creek 7 Year Old Straight Rye Whiskey is now available nationwide with a suggested retail price of $36.99 for a 750mL bottle. For more information about Knob Creek 7 Year Old Straight Rye Whiskey and Knob Creek’s award-winning* bourbon and rye portfolios, please visit www.KnobCreek.com or visit us on Instagram @KnobCreek.

About Knob Creek® Bourbon

Knob Creek has set the standard for super-premium whiskey for three decades by crafting extraordinary full- flavored bourbon with a rich taste. Knob Creek bourbons and ryes are patiently aged to perfection in new, maximum charred American Oak barrels to impart the biggest and fullest flavor on our whiskey. No matter the expression, Knob Creek is crafted without shortcuts and embodies the pre-Prohibition style that founding distiller Booker Noe created in 1992. Since then, Knob Creek has lived up to such standards with the introduction of Knob Creek Straight Rye Whiskey in 2012, and later on, Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Rye Whiskey. In recent years, Knob Creek announced the permanent addition of Knob Creek 12 Year Old Bourbon to its portfolio, and launched two limited releases, Knob Creek 15 Year Old Bourbon and Knob Creek 18 Year Old Bourbon.

About Beam Suntory

As a world leader in premium spirits, Beam Suntory inspires the brilliance of life by delivering great consumer experiences through its world-class portfolio of brands.  Known for its craftsmanship of premium whiskies, including Jim Beam®, Maker’s Mark®, Basil Hayden® and Knob Creek® bourbons; Japanese whiskies, including Yamazaki®, Hakushu®, Hibiki® and Toki™; and leading Scotch brands including Teacher’s, Laphroaig® and Bowmore®, Beam Suntory also produces leading brands such as Courvoisier® cognac, Tres Generaciones®, El Tesoro® and Hornitos® tequila, Roku™ and Sipsmith® gin, Canadian Club® whisky, and is a world leader in ready-to-drink cocktails, with brands like -196 and On The Rocks™ Premium Cocktails.

A global company with approximately 6,000 employees in more than 30 countries, one of Beam Suntory’s core values is Growing for Good and through its Proof Positive sustainability strategy, the company has committed to ambitious goals and investments to promote environmental sustainability in its operations, ensure the company has a positive impact on the communities where employees live and work, and programs to educate and inform consumers to make the right personal choices about drinking. Headquartered in New York City, Beam Suntory is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Limited of Japan. For more information on Beam Suntory, its brands, and its commitment to social responsibility, please visit www.beamsuntory.com and www.drinksmart.com.

We’re on the hunt for new flavour experiences, so follow your nose and explore our latest releases! The April Outturn is now available at all five of our retail partner stores.

With SMWS Canada’s first appearance from a successful artisanal distillery in Texas (Cask No. 140.12) and a super-cool addition to the Society’s ‘heresy’ range of experimental blended malts (Frazzle Dazzle), this Outturn is sure to have something for everyone.

Happy hunting and Happy Easter!

OH BEHAVE!

CASK NO. 63.91

REGION:  Speyside

CASK TYPE:  1st fill ex-bourbon barrel

AGE:  19 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Sweet, fruity & mellow

BOTTLE NOTE:  “Luscious, direct and unashamedly delicious malt whisky captured at a perfect age. One for large measures, fun times and gay abandon.”

FRAZZLE DAZZLE

SMALL BATCH SINGLE MALT

REGION:  Speyside

CASK TYPE:  1st fill smoked barley wine hogsheads

AGE:  13 years

For this experimental batch, we teamed up with Tempest Brewery in the Scottish Borders. We commissioned Speyside Cooperage to create some new American oak hogsheads with a heavy toast and a medium char. These hogsheads were then sent to Tempest, where they were filled with an off-the-wall smoked barley wine (think 12.5% ABV smoked stout!). After five months, the beer was bottled and the casks were filled with selected un-peated Speyside malts. These whiskies underwent a period of additional maturation for just under 3 years, before being blended together to create this unique whisky.

A REWARD FOR PATIENCE

DISTILLERY 36 RARE RELEASE

REGION:  Speyside

CASK TYPES:  1st fill oloroso quarter casks & 2nd fill bourbon barrels

AGE:  10 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Deep, rich & dried fruits

From Euan Campbell, SMWS spirits manager: There’s a beautiful balance to this, which was first matured in bourbon hogsheads before we transferred it to 125-litre Oloroso quarter casks that were supplied to us by our partners in Jerez, José y Miguel Martin. After that, we put it back into 2nd fill bourbon barrels that we’d recently emptied, giving it time to relax and marry before bottling. The result is a superb dram with the big, dark and intense flavours you would associate with Oloroso sherry maturation, but with the lush tropical notes from the bourbon casks as well.

SPEYSIDE BALSAMIC*

CASK NO. 46.131

REGION:  Speyside

CASK TYPE:  1st fill ex-bourbon barrel

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Spicy & sweet

BOTTLE NOTE:  “Playfully sweet, but with enough nourishing earthy spices to provide backbone. This is a wonderfully balanced and eminently sippable dram.”

*GIVING SPIRIT BOTTLE:  100% of SMWS Canada’s profits from the sales of this bottle will be donated to charity

LITTLE DRAM ON THE PRAIRIE

CASK NO. 140.12

REGION:  Texas

INITIAL CASK:  French oak barrique

FINAL CASK:  2nd fill port barrique

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Spicy & sweet

BOTTLE NOTE:  “The nose – port, plum jam, toffee apples, and rum and raisin. The palate combines cinnamon and chili with toffee, vanilla and sweet bourbon.”

BEWARE OF THE REAPER CHILLI

CASK NO. 16.72

REGION:  Highland

CASK TYPE:  Refill re-charred hogshead

AGE:  8 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Heavily peated

BOTTLE NOTE:  “Aromas of malt extract, oily mechanic’s rag and peat singed pineapple pieces all could not prepare us for the taste, Carolina reaper chili pepper.”

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NEW WORLD EXCLUSIVE:
DALMUNACH 6 YEAR OLD WULVER SPEYSIDE SINGLE MALT

We are privileged to present the inaugural release of Dalmunach’s Scottish Mythical Creatures, a series of three Speyside single malts inspired by the legendary beasts of the Scottish Highlands. The first official bottling of Dalmunach has been matured for six years in American oak barrels and is named for the Wulver, a mysterious figure said to fish along the shorelands of the Shetland Isles.

For whisky enthusiasts and collectors alike, these landmark releases from Dalmunach offer a glimpse of a distillery rarely seen in the wild. The series is strictly limited and available exclusively at The Whisky Exchange.

A truly landmark whisky, the first official bottling of Dalmunach to be available outside the distillery is also the inaugural release in the Scottish Mythical Creatures series. Available exclusively at The Whisky Exchange, this collection of three limited edition Dalmunach single malts draws inspiration from the legendary beasts of the Scottish Highlands. The first edition is named for the Wulver, a fearsome yet benevolent figure said to fish along the shorelands of the Shetland Isles.

After six years in American oak barrels, this seldom-seen Speyside malt has emerged rich and fruity with a palate coating texture and vivid notes of white fruit, citrus oil and nuts. A strong debut for Dalmunach and an excellent addition to any whisky collection.

SHOP DALMUNACH

Our Vaults Collection offers members the chance to journey back into whisky history – and we are delighted to offer you these exceptional bottlings from Islay which are AVAILABLE NOW to buy (Membership info shown below).

These drams will not only transport you to another place, but to a different era. We’ve delivered timeless twins, with a split oloroso sherry butt from Distillery 53 which we divided into an ex-bourbon barrel and an ex-rye barrel after 27 years, for a further four years of maturation. From Distillery 29, prepare to find a tropical flavour paradise, with elegant perfumed spice and ripe tropical fruits finding perfect harmony after 27 years of maturation in bourbon wood.

Keep scrolling to learn more about each of these bottlings, or WATCH our introduction below.

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This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

Wild Turkey “Kentucky Spirit” Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey $59.99 View

This historic 101 proof bottling is one of the first ever single barrel offerings on the market. It’s classic Wild Turkey with the added nuance of a single cask. For drinkers who love the Kickin’ Chicken and want to see what it looks like before being blended, the Kentucky Spirit bottling is perfect. Blanton’s who?

Knob Creek 12 Year Old Small Batch 100 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) 95 $64.99 View

95 points Whisky Advocate

 Until now, most Knob Creek has been bottled at 9 years of age or younger for good reason: There’s no guarantee that bourbon will taste good after a dozen years in the barrel—let alone great. This one is richly complex from the start: York Peppermint Pattie, raisins, baking spice, dark chocolate-covered cherries, iced tea, and tobacco barn appear on the nose, followed by a chewy, full palate laden with cinnamon, allspice, and ginger, and perfectly balanced with sweet berry cobbler, chocolate ganache, and caramel. The finish goes on and on. Add in a fair price and excellent availability as part of Knob Creek’s core lineup, and only one question remains: What are you waiting for? *#2 WHISKEY OF 2020* (SSB, Winter 2020) 

K&L Notes

#2 Whiskey Advocate Whiskey Of The Year 2020. The return of the age statement! As we’re now over a decade into the whiskey boom, and producers have done everything possible to massively increase supply, we are finally reaching a point where there are enough aged stocks for brands to bring back long-gone age statements, or to introduce ones. Knob Creek hits the scene now with a much sought-after 12 Year Old age statement. This is classic Kentucky bourbon at its best.

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Rabbit Hole Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 47.5%

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Welcome back to the world of bourbon! It feels like so long since something new appeared in the UK, luckily that wait is over…for me, anyway.

Rabbit Hole is the concept of Kaveh Zamanian, a former clinical psychologist, now whisky maker! Here we have the Heigold, a Kentucky straight bourbon with 70% corn, 25% malted German rye and 5% malted barley. The name Heigold and the inclusion of German rye specifically is a reference to a German rock cutter who moved to Kentucky in the 1800’s. Lacking in the tropical fruit area, but very strong in the heavy spice and butterscotch flavour profile, Rabbit Hole Heigold is a relatively affordable and powerful style of bourbon that stands up on its own and probably in your favourite cocktail.

PGA of America Announces Elijah Craig as Official Bourbon and Rye Whiskey 

New partnership will elevate the championship experience

FRISCO, Texas (March 28, 2023) ー The PGA of America and Elijah Craig Bourbon announced today a multi-year partnership that makes Elijah Craig the “Official Bourbon” and whiskey supplier of the PGA of America, PGA Championship, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, and an official partner of the PGA National Club Championship.

“We are proud to welcome Elijah Craig as the official bourbon and whiskey supplier of the PGA of America,” said PGA of America Senior Director, Partnership Strategy & Management Luke Reissman. “The combination of championship golf and Elijah Craig’s distinct flavor profile is a perfect match. With its unparalleled taste and quality, Elijah Craig undoubtedly enhances the spectator experience at our championships.”

The Elijah Craig Bourbon Speakeasy will provide spectators at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill with a spectacular setting to savor hand-crafted cocktails, including the distinctive warm spice and smooth flavor of Elijah Craig Small Batch, while also enjoying an interactive signature wall and stunning views of the golf course’s 12th hole.

Spectators will be able to enjoy Elijah Craig’s signature cocktail, the “Oak Hill Old Fashioned,” which features an oak-forward twist to the classic old fashioned. Elijah Craig’s award-winning bourbon and rye whiskey will also be available at concessions and hospitality areas across the PGA Championship.

“When you see a great golf swing or sip an expertly crafted Bourbon, you can appreciate the years of patience and perseverance required to arrive at that moment. Elijah Craig is thrilled to partner with an organization of such unmatched reputation and membership,” said Max Stefka, Elijah Craig Group Product Director. “Together, Elijah Craig and the PGA of America look forward to celebrating wins big and small with golf supporters everywhere over a glass of Elijah Craig Bourbon.”

Team Elijah Craig continues to leave its mark on the golf world as “The Official Bourbon” of PGA Tour Professional Golfer Max Homa and sports broadcaster Amanda Balionis Renner. Now spectators will experience Elijah Craig through a prominent digital media presence across the PGA of America’s social and digital channels including custom content, run-of-site media and authentic integration on the Championship’s social platforms, which will allow the brand to engage with new supporters in meaningful ways.

The 2023 PGA Championship returns to the iconic Oak Hill Country Club, East Course, in Rochester, New York for the 105th edition, May 15-21.

The 2023 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will be held June 21-25 on the Lower Course at historic Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey for the 69th edition.

The 2023 PGA National Club Championship features amateur club champions from across the country and will be hosted at Troon North Golf Club and The Westin Kierland Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, this December.

About PGA of America

The PGA of America is one of the world’s largest sports organizations, composed of nearly 28,000 PGA Professionals who work daily to grow interest and inclusion in the game of golf. For more information about the PGA of America, visit PGA.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

About Elijah Craig Bourbon

Known as “The Father of Bourbon,” Elijah Craig is credited with being the first distiller to age his wares in charred oak barrels to make Bourbon. The clear, unaged corn whiskey became transformed into a bold amber liquid with a distinctively smooth flavor that makes Bourbon what it is. Today, Elijah Craig’s community impact continues through Elijah Craig Old Fashioned Week, providing total donations of up to $300,000 to date to organizations supporting the hospitality industry. Produced by Heaven Hill Distillery, the nation’s largest independent, family-owned and led distillery and the world’s second-largest holder of Kentucky Bourbon, the Elijah Craig lineup includes: Elijah Craig Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Elijah Craig Straight Rye Whiskey, Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, and Elijah Craig 18-Year-Old Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Elijah Craig’s accolades have included Whisky Advocate’s Whisky of the Year, Best Small Batch Bourbon and Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and World’s Best Small Batch Bourbon and Best Kentucky Small Batch Bourbon at Whisky Magazine’s 2023 World Whiskies Awards. For more information, please visit www.elijahcraig.com. Heaven Hill reminds you to “Think Wisely. Drink Wisely.”

Special Cask
French Oak ex-Muscat
TD0314

Tomorrow we release Special Cask TD0314. With notes of orange blossom, tangerine, mango and lychee, it is easy to think we’re talking about our spirit, but we’re actually referring to flavours found in Muscat wine.

While the shared bright and fruity components of Sullivans Cove spirit and Muscat wine compliment and elevate one another, French oak brings the necessary structure, depth and intricate spice to complete the picture perfectly.

TD0314 is the ultimate example of parts coming together to create something extraordinary. Balance and bliss.

French oak ex-Muscat TD0314

An incredibly expressive and delicious example of the far-reaches of French oak, Muscat and Sullivans Cove spirit. It has it all; intricate spice, incredible alluring depth that perseveres until the very end of the finish, sweet citrus to provide a bright edge, and fully developed, decadent texture and body. Each component serving as an agent to highlight the other. TD0314 was decanted at 14 years old from a 225L French oak ex-Muscat barrel, yielding just 287 bottles of Sullivans Cove Special Cask.

Read the full tasting notes here

This whisky will be released via ballot. The ballot will open for 24 hours from 10am Hobart time on Wednesday 12th of April. Further details will be sent via email prior to the ballot opening. A note on our ballot system. Our policy is one entry per person, per household, per ballot. Our fraud detection algorithm detects multiple entries and removes them to ensure our whisky lands in the hands of our genuine supporters, so to ensure your entry counts, please enter each ballot once only. If you have any questions around our ballot process, you can email us at info@sullivanscove.com Successful entries will be notified shortly after the ballot closes.

IT’S TIME TO RAISE A DRAM
TO THREE UNMISTAKABLE DRAMS

We are thrilled to announce Glengoyne has been awarded three golds at this year’s world-renowned International Wine and Spirit Competition. Glengoyne’s favourite after-dinner dram 21 Year Old, and our distinguished 25 Year Old picked up Gold. Also scooping Gold was travel exclusive Glengoyne 15 Year Old PX Cask Edition from our  Spirit of Time range. It’s proof that sometimes the long way is the right way.

Here’s what the judges had to say about our three award-winning drams.

SHERRY, SPICE AND FRUIT

The 21 Year Old’s “lovely sherry notes, spicy cloves, candied orange, with a nutty character bringing additional texture with a liquorice and raisin fruit length” proved to be a winner with the expert panel.

21 YEAR OLD

RICH, COMPLEX and BALANCED

Glengoyne 25 Year Old, was sure to impress with the panel noting its “rich, complex and mature style showing sweet cooked apple, milk chocolate, soft spices, tobacco leaves, plenty of oak characteristics in the aroma and flavour on the nose and palate. Full-bodied style with a well-balanced finish lingering between sweet and dry notes.”

25 YEAR OLD

RICH, FRUITy and
A LINGERING SHERRY CASK FINISH

“Rich aroma characteristics of sherry, prunes and cloves combining on the palate with nuttiness, raisins, dark chocolate and classic ex-sherry-cask flavour characteristics. A long complex finish where the influence of the sherry-cask wood keeps on lingering until the end.”

Glengoyne 15 Year Old PX Cask Edition travel exclusive is available at World Duty Free stores across UK airports.

15 YEAR OLD PX CASK EDITION