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Whiskey: Scotch & Single Malts

EXCLUSIVE SCOTLAND Exclusive Malts Item inquire / 750ml

ISLE OF SKYE SCOTLAND Isle of Skye 8YO Blended Scotch Whisky #30123090 / 750ml Value-priced yet highly-rated. Premium-quality blended Scotch whisky from Ian Macleod Distillers. Mellowed in oak for 8 years; hints of honey, smoky/toasted oak and layers of peat. One of the most enormous yet brilliantly balanced whiskies in the world. A must for everybody!” 94pts Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible “Whisky of the Year” About.com Isle of Skye 12YO Blended Scotch Whisky #30123088 / 750ml A smooth and mellow Scotch whisky blend containing a high proportion of Island and Speyside malts. An intriguing whisky on its production alone: Using (various) Island and Speyside malts, it is put back into cask after the initial blend is made, rare among blended malts, then go straight to bottle. Dried fruits, sweet sherry, oily, rounded and smooth with massive sweet malt flavors. “Satisfying. Sustaining” 90pts WhiskyCast.com Gold Medal SFWSC 2016

Think small batch or single barrel bottling of smaller sought-after scotch producers like Bowmore and Glen Garioch. Independent bottler, The Creative Whisky Co Ltd, has bottled whiskies from 85 distilleries and shipped to 5 continents since its founding and has a growing reputation for finding excellent and unusual Scotch malt whiskies, many of which have received high ratings. Founder David Stirk is an expert, author and former Tastings Coordinator & Journalist for “Whisky Magazine”. They bottle a range of great single malt whiskies aged from between five and forty years or even older. All the whiskies are single cask expressions exclusively bottled for a unique, personally crafted whisky experience. You won’t find these exclusive bottlings in mass markets, only in exclusive retailers so please inquire about availability.

GREAT KING STREET SCOTLAND Great King Street “Artist’s Blend”

Blended Scotch #30139849 / 750ml

KILCHOMAN SCOTLAND Kilchoman Machir Bay Islay Single Malt #30136648 / 750ml

Also from John Glaser and the first from the Compass Box “Great King Street” series, the Artist’s Blend is a high malt content blend designed to be easy drinking and appealing to a wide range of consumers, from non- whisky drinkers and cocktail lovers through to single malt fanatics, and is full of Compass Box innovation and flair. “It had a relatively modest price point and brought the artisan skills of Compass Box to a new audience. It’s that rarity: a blend that drinks well on its own but tastes great when mixed. More than that, it’s perfectly placed to bring blends back into vogue.” “Outstanding contender...”, Whisky Advocate 91pts “Best Blended/Blended Malt Whisky of the Year” Four Stars Highly Recommended, Spirit Journal Great King Street “Glasgow Blend” Also from Compass Box comes this blend of 33% single grain whisky from the Cameronbridge grain distillery near Edinburgh and 67% malts from Benrinnes, Laphroaig, and Clynelish. The taste has notes of clove, orange peel, driftwood smoke, honey, banana chips, coconut, and vanilla. The finish has lingering touches of orange peel, clove, and honey. It’s not often we get new, limited releases that are both plentiful, affordable, and this tasty. Imagine the regular Great King Street, but richer, fuller, and with a healthy dollop of peat smoke. That’s all there really is to know! Just a super tasty, wellformulated blend from John Glaser. Blended Scotch #30139847 / 750ml

Truly a rare “farm-to-table” whisky. One of only six distilleries to practice traditional floor malting of barley and the only one to carry out all their production on site, including growing their own barley. 46%, NCF | no coloring. The Machir Bay range is their core expression. Unlike most Kilchoman releases, Machir Bay is matured in both Bourbon barrels and Sherry casks affording it a beautiful balance of rich tropical fruit, peat smoke, light vanilla and intense

sweetness. A new edition is released each year. 94.5pts 2nd in “Best Single Malt Whisky”, 2016 International Whisky Competition. Kilchoman Sanaig Islay Single Malt #30186527 / 750ml

The new kid on the block for Kilchoman’s. A unique marriage of both oloroso sherry and bourbon barrel maturation, Sanaig is an enjoyably peaty single malt. Plenty of fruit and earthy peat and dark chocolate- covered raisins. 92pts “Best of Category Award” LA Spirits Competition Double Gold San Diego Wine & Spirits Challenge 100% Islay Single Malt (Limited/Seasonal) The 100% Islay series uses barley grown on Kilchoman’s proprietary farm—they are the only single malt distillery

producing barley-to-bottle on site. Loch Gorm (Limited/Seasonal)

5/5 Stars / Exceptional Difford’s Guide 91pts “Best Buy” Top 100 Spirits 2016 Wine Enthusiast

Aged in Oloroso Sherry butts for over five years, then finished in Oloroso Sherry hogsheads for six weeks. Boasts medium smoke, fruit and mineral notes. Cask Strength

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