Whisky Stock List

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Aberfeldy 1990 - Gordon & MacPhail
Polished leather and spice with a sherry hint on the nose. The palete brings sweet treacle, dark chocolate and a faint whiff of smoke. The finish is long, spicy and the faint hint of smoke appears again.

£39.50

Aberlour A'bunhadh
A lovely cask strength Speysider, orange, black cherries, dried fruit and ginger, spiked with dark bitter chocolate and enriched with sherry and oak.

£42.00

Aberlour 16
A solid Speysider with dark chocolate, spice and substantial depth.

£46.00

Ardbeg 1990 Airigh Nam Beist
Sea spray, peat, seaweed, pepper & oily fish, giving way to a citrus hint before the peat and smoke come through. A smoky dream of an Ileach.

£78.00

Ardbeg Supernova 2010
This should have been massive peat only but it is actually quite soft with the classic Ardbeg citrus hints there as well as the bags of peat and smoke. Cask strength at 60.1% but very easy to drink, beautiful

£85.00

Ardbeg Rollercoaster
The release to celebrate 10 years open after being rescued by Glenmorangie (thankyou). Typical coal tar soap and TCP but with a hint of sweet barley, heavy oils in the mouth and the peaty punch but no harshness

£120.00

Ardbeg Corryvrecken
Big cask strength Ardbeg with citrus hints and loads of peat smoke as you would expect but surprisingly smooth even at 57% ABV and being quite young, not age statement but I would suggest circa 9 years for most of it - but do not hold me to it, I just remember when the first European Oak was laid down by Stuart which has been used for this.

£73.00

Benromach Origins No.1 Golden Promise - Gordon & MacPhail
The Moffat Toffee Shop in a glass but with leather and spice as well. Sweet, rich and long.

£40.00

Benromach Peat Smoke - Gordon & MacPhail
Sweet burnt sugar aroma with wood smoke and phenols. Coal smoke and barley fill the mouth finishing slightly sweet and malty - great whisky.

£31.25

Benromach Organic - Gordon & MacPhail
Oak, vanilla and a delicate sweetness a possible a little fruit on the nose. The palate is fantastic rich oak, vanilla sweetness without cloying - Moffatt toffee anyone. The flavour lasts and fills your mouth. It might be young but it doesn't display it, this is a great whisky.

£34.50

Bladnoch 1993 - Gordon & MacPhail
Sweet, floral, a dry grassiness with a hint of spice & liquorice - delicate & fragrant. A gentle lowlander.

£44.00

Bladnoch 16
Not a typical Bladnoch this one, heavier and thicker spirit with greater oak influence and a hint of bitterness at the finish. Different view of the normal floral one.

£44.00

Bruichladdich Redder Still - Limited edition
Red cherry, pear pomegranate, red pepper, cinnamon, ginger, plum and rasin according to the distillery notes. ACEd in Ch. Lafleur Pomerol Bordeaux cask. The best of the ACEd wine stuff we have had from Bruichladdich. A worthy collectors item if past laddies are anything to go by (so buy!). Oh and by the way it is on at £300 a bottle at the distillery so a bargain here.

£140.00

Bruichladdich - Link - Royal Birkdale - 15yo
The latest release in the Links series and timed nicely with the British Open that was held there this year. If it goes like the St Andrews then this will be a serious collectors item. It is so new there aren't any tasting notes yet and we've not done it. It hasn't been ACEd so it will be good bruichladdich. A very light Bruichladdich this one, gentle and soft. It won't challenge you but you will enjoy it.

£40.00

Bruichladdich X4 - New Spirit
This cannot be called whisky until it has spent 3 years in cask, this hasn't hence it is new spirit. The first general release of the perilous quadrupel distilled whisky which according to legend will kill you after 3 spoonfuls. Very interesting as you don't get new make on the market very often but a little disappointing because it has been cut back to 50% a.b.v rather than releasing it at full strength, although far more responsible as the full strength stuff would probably destroy major organs. Interesting to try and will be a very useful reference point to keep and compare to the older stuff when it matures to see how it has changed. One for the curious and the collector alike.

£38.00

Bunnahabhain Toitech
A peated bunny and a worthy experiement. A gentle nose of stillroom spirits with a hint of the smoke possibly even having a slight cognac ester about it. The mouth feel is bigger than the 46% suggests with peat up front but sweetening out with sherry hints and good length. Bunnahabhain is a great malt, this keeps the rest good company.

£50.00

Bunnahabhain 12yr
The old 12 was great but this is the new one at 46.3% and unchillfiltered. It is brilliant, richer, deeper, longer and more Bunny than a field of rabbits.

£37.50 special offer £27.50 while stocks last

Clynelish 1993 - Gordon & MacPhail
Malty sweetness with the a hint of peat. Sweet oily flavour with smoke and spice, finishing in a rich mouthfeel and a little smoke.

£49.50

Campbeltown CV set - 3 x 20cl bottles, one each of Springbank CV, Hazelburn CV and Longrow CV
An excellent little opportunity to try all three of the different malts produced by Springbank. The Hazelburn is triple distiller with unpeated malt, a floral number. The Springbank is 2.5 times distilled and lightly peated and an easy drinker with the brine edge. Longrow is heavier peated and twice distillered and easy to drink.

£35.00

Edradour 10yr
Rich sweet sherry, dark chocolate, figs, marzipan and vanilla with a hint of parma violets. A classic sherried Highlander.

£34.50

Edradour 2000 Unchillfiltered - Signatory
Like the 10yo but delivers bigger hits across the flavour range - a big brother of the classic sherried Highlander.

£39.50

Glenmorangie Astar
The full sized (70cl) bottle and cask strength replacement for the Artisan cask. Tropical fruits by the bucket load. Big flavours due to it being cask strength. This lasts for ages after the swallow and delivers fresh fruits to the end. This is a brilliant example of what Morangie can be (should be?) and a personal favourite.

£60.00

Hazelburn 8yo
Light delicate nose, vanila, oak and floral notes. An elegant floral and sherbet palate finishing with a slight fizz of pepper. A delicate triple distilled one from Springbank.

£35.00

Hazelburn 12yo
A triple distilled one from Springbank again but completely different from the 8yo. This is a sherry monster with massive hits of flavour and richness lingering around for days. Beautiful.

£46.00

Isle of Jura Superstition
Superstition is a heavier peated version of Jura, young without doubt but good hit of smoke and honey. A good solid malt .

£32.95

Isle of Jura Prophecy
This is the big older version of Superstition and boy is it a cracker, more of everything but better structure and complexity and an all together more together dram, smokey and smooth.

£53.50

Kilkerran Work in Progress 3
The third release from Glengyle making it 7 years old and the journey continues once more but the extra year has added more depth and slightly reduce the brine edge but still with a strong vanilla oak coming through. I would say it is a step up from WIP2 and worry that I may drink rather than add to the collection, it is a drinker as well as a keeper.

£35.00

Laphroaig Quarter Cask
Softer than the 10, the peat, smoke and iodine are still there but softer and easier on the palate, but this isn't one for the faint hearted - it has the south Islay power.

£31.00

Longmorn 30yr - Gordon & Macphail
Rich sherry wood with sweet treacle flavours and rich dried fruit ending with a very gentle hint of smokiness but with more oak present as it builds up over a dram. Speyside depth and complexity, one to savour.

£85.00

Longmorn 12yr - Gordon & Macphail
Lighter than the 30 as you would expect but the sherry is still thier with the fruit but a more nutty character is present with delicate sweetness.

£32.25

Longmorn 16yo
A releauch by the distillery in a flash box and sexy bottle with something in it that actually warrants the packaging. Sweet sherry, hints of vanilla and oak and a lasting warmth. Cannot think of why you would not buy it and enjoy it.

£54.00

Longrow 10yr
The dried fruit and gentle smokiness on the nose. An initial rush of both sweetness and spice then a hint of brine before the peat smoke arrives to overwhelm the senses - A bonfire of flavours. Campbeltown at its finest.

£41.00

Longrow Gaja Barolo Cask 55.8%
Big hit of ripe red fruit on the nose and the smoke we love. Big powerful dram on the palate with the red fruit showing through again mellowing the brine but not hiding it and then the complex smoky finish. Fun and fruity Longrow.

£42.00

Longrow CV
3 different ages of Longrow make this up (7yo, 10yo & 14yo). It is a lovely peaty dram, hints of brine and slightly earthy: far too easy to drink.

£34.00

Longrow 10 yo - 100 proof
Floral nose (where is the peat) with the alcohol fizz. On the palate this is more like longrow but slightly more refined than the standard 10yo at this strength some how. Smoke and sweet vanilla with a long finish.

£44.00

Longrow 18, 2011 release in a purple version of the normal Longrow style box
I have to confess I had this at the Springbank Open Day and loved it but for the life of me struggle with the tasting notes for it as it was about no 14 that day but I do remember it had all the Longrow highlights but softer and more gentle. I will update this once I have bought my bottle to try but it is Longrow, it is 18yo so it is not going to be bad is it now?

£83.50

MacPhails 15 - Gordon & MacPhail
A top Speyside distilleries spirit put in G&M casks, aged in G&M warehouses and then bottled by G&M. Easy drinking sherry malt to while away a winters night.

£36.25

MacPhails 25 - Gordon & MacPhail
A top Speyside distilleries spirit put in G&M casks, aged in G&M warehouses and then bottled by G&M. Sherry, spice, vanilla and fruit cake on the nose. great balance of sherry, oak and fruit on the palate with a long complex finish with a faint hint of smoke(?). This is a fantastic example that allow you to see what 25 year old spirit is like from this distillery without having to find a good few pounds extra.

£66.00

MacPhails 30 - Gordon & MacPhail
A top Speyside distilleries spirit put in G&M casks, aged in G&M warehouses and then bottled by G&M this time for 30 years. This has rich oak panelled office with a hint of smoke. On the palate rich sherry, oak, hints of smoke and spice. The finish last for ages and lingers until you have to have another. A perfect example of a fantastic speysider at its best. Character, richness and depth.

£85.00

MacPhails 50 - Gordon & MacPhail
A top Speyside distilleries spirit put in G&M casks, aged in G&M warehouses and then bottled by G&M and in this case left for a very long time. I have not tried it so he are the abridged official tasting notes. Resin and pine giving way to tofee and fudge on the nose, the palate is sherry wood with charred oak hints of menthol and bitter chocolate finishing in sweet sherry with a phenolic edge (sounds lovely, I had best save up).

£240.00

Mortlach 15 - Gordon & MacPhail
Sherry heaven with spices and toffee galore and treacle and far too easy to drink.

£38.75

Port Charlotte PC6 from Bruichladdich - 61.6%
Tremendous young Islay whisky, lots of malted barley followed by the peaty tang not normally associated with Bruichladdich and a big hit of alcohol. Not one for the faint hearted but a beauty and an example of very good young (6yrs old) whisky - Jim got this one just right. Limited to 18,000 bottles (so not that limited) but if you collect; buy one to drink too, worthy on both counts. Won best whisky under 12yo in Whisky Bible 2009.

£150.00

Port Charlotte PC7 from Bruichladdich - 61%
Here comes number 3 in the PC release - PC7. It is as good as last time. Another year and only lost 0.6% of the alcohol, must have been cool on Islay last year. I would reproduce the notes from Mr James McKewan but my website provider will charge extra storage suffice to say Jim sees all the hallmarks of an Islay giant and the sea breeze as we'd expect etc. I've tried it and loved it again. It is still a young and slightly raw whisky but showing all the pedigree for a great peaty Islay whisky, again not for the faint hearted but one to enjoy and if you collect you need this one as well.

£85.00

Port Charlotte PC8 from Bruichladdich - 60.5%
Big, brash, peaty but with some subtleties starting to come through now it is getting older. This has been great since the start and keeps getting better.

£70.00

Port Dundas 20yo from Cadenheads
An aged single grain from the oldest independent bottlers and a sweet, peachy, fruity mouthful they have brought out. The sauvignion blanc of whiskies and a great example of why you should not dismiss grain whisky as a cheap filler for blends.

£50.00

Rosebank 1991 - Gordon & MacPhail
Citrus, floral and heather on the nose. Light hints of sweetness and citrus follwed by cut grass finishing dry and floral. This is a great distillery sadly lost now but the legacy is fantastic whisky and G&M provide great examples such as this.

£53.75

Shackleton Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt - Limited edition bottling
A faithful reproduction of the actual Mackinlay’s whisky taken on the ill-fated Shackleton Antarctic expedition to the South pole in 1907. Fantastic presentation in its own wooden casket wrapped in paper and settled in straw with a spare cork for if you open it. A marketing mans dream and great presentation, plus Dave Broom rates the blended/vatted malt whisky inside after Richard Patterson of Whyte & MacKay tried to mirror the original and made a good job according to Dave who tried both.

£101.00

Smokehead
Rich seaweedy whisky & pearty whisky with toffee, smoke, peat, iodine, sea salt and sherry fighting for recognition. A while since I tried it but my mum loves it so must be ok.

£33.00

Speyburn 25yo
A fantastic aged speysider with rich dark fruits, chocolate, heavy sherry sticky mouthfeel and great length. One to sip when you need to escape the world and find gentle peace and calm.

£90.00

Springbank 15yr
Sherry aromas and a hint of the sea on the nose. The palette brings dark chocolate, Christmas fruits, marzipan and vanilla with that Springbank tang at the end.. A classic Springbank.

£47.00

Springbank 10yr
Citrus fruit and a hint of peat on the nose. The palate has a hint of smoke, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon ending in the salty Springbank tang.. A young sea dog at heart.

£34.00

Springbank 10yr - 100 proof
Dried apricots and buttery toffee with a hint of smoke. Full bodied and rich with sweet oakiness. A lingering sweet finish with a tang. A big dram with lots to offer. Now a collectors item as it has been replaced by the 12yo cask strength.

£40.00

Springbank 1997 - Batch 2 - 54.9%
Dunnage warehouses (earthy), damp moss with woddy notes. Huge amount of rich flavours from sweet oak to honey, hint of sherry and the salty edge you get with this distillery. The earthyness of the dunnage warehouse and moss appear again before a long finish.

£40.00

Springbank 2001 Batch 1
Spice, butter, rich oak and vanilla. Young but showing quality and notlikely to be around for long.

£40.00

Springbank 12yr cask strength
Big alcohol nose with hints of the sea, sweet toffee middle on the palate rolling into a smokey sea to finish.

£43.00

Springbank Claret Cask 12yo
Fruity and fun Springbank. Loads of standard springbank flavours but with red berries and an added sweetness.

£43.00

Springbank CV
smoke, sea salt, vanillas ending with a gentle hint of smoke. A bit easy to drink if I am honest.

£31.00

Springbank Edinburgh Festival Blend 2007
A blend including 40% malt from Springbank (mostly springbank but with a hint of Longrow)was always going to be good and this did not disappoint, rich yet delicate, no harsh elements that blends can bring, sherry coming through and hints of spice and oak and a little smoke, great stuff.

£24.00

Teaninich 1993 - Gordon & MacPhail
Sweet sherry aromas, a spicy hint of menthol and cloves followed up with that sherry sweetness and a hint of smoke at the end. A complex and tasty dram from the highlands.

£35.00

Tobermory 10yo
From the home of brightly coloured houses, PC Plum and a strange fellow in pink tartan comes the Mull malt and a briney liquorice mouthful it is too, a little too much of the salt liquorice for me but definatey one with character and unlikely to wear a pink tartan as it is not for the faint hearted.

£30.00

Tomintoul with a peaty tang
Peaty pop from Speyside and a gentle dram with a good hint of peat balanced out nicely with a touch of sweetness. An absolute bargain for everyday drinking of peaty stuff.

£27.50

The Tweedale Blend
A blend recreated from an old family recipe, it is a little gem with 50/50 malt/grain and a smashing rich smooth but flavourful blend is the result. You can see the sherry influence from Speyside and just a hint of peat and smoke from Islay, a blend worth buying.

£28.50

GIN

Cadenheads Old Raj Gin 55%
Christine is the Gin drinker at Executive Tastings and with the rich botanicals including saffron this one is top of her list and the export strength just brings more to the party.

£25.50

Cadenheads Classic Gin 50%
Same rich mix of heady botanicals as the Old Raj but without the saffron and more along the lines of a classical gin but classy rather than the usual gut rot mothers ruin type.

£25.00

Cadenheads Sloe Gin 46%
Neither Christine or I drink this but I have been informed by a fine gentleman called Hollows that it is a proper one that is not watery like the normal gin produces release. Ian knows his alcohol so I can only assume he is right about this one, proper strength sloe gin that tastes like you want all the other to but they do not.

£20.00