February 2nd, 2012
Due March:
The Arran Malt ‘Icons of Arran’ #4 The Eagle
The fourth and final instalment of the Icons of Arran brings this series to a stylish close. The Eagle, perhaps the defining symbol of the Isle of Arran Distillery, is bottled from a selection of casks from our 1999 vintage and bottled at 46%. This limited release of 6,000 bottles will be bottled at 46% without chill-filtering.
Due May:
The Arran Malt – Devil’s Punchbowl
This Limited Edition release will highlight the cask selection skills of our Master Distiller and Blender James MacTaggart. Created from a vatting of our oldest and finest casks, the Devil’s Punchbowl will be bottled at Cask Strength and limited to approximately 6,000 bottles worldwide. With stunning packaging combined with superior whisky, we anticipate The Devil’s Punchbowl forming the first chapter of a new and highly sought after collection.
January 26th, 2012
Highland Park have announced the first of their new Valhalla series – Thor – a 16yo bottled at 52.1% in a fancy wooden case.
This is the first in a series of 4 bottlings over the next 3 years with the number released being lower for each bottling.
May 16th, 2011
Coming soon:
Bowmore Vintage 1982 RRP £300
Auchentoshan Valinch RRP £40
Auchentoshan 1975 RRP £350
Glen Garioch 1994 RRP £60
April 13th, 2011
Arran have announced their forthcoming releases:
Premium Single Cask Range
Sleeping Warrior – Vintage 2000 Cask Strength in association with The National Trust for Scotland
Machrie Moor II
12 Year Old Cask Strength Batch #1
April 13th, 2011
Bruichladdich have announced some details of their forthcoming releases:
10yo
Micro Provenance
Islay Barley 2004 – A series of limited edition vintage releases – single batch, single farm, single vintage, single barley, single malt etc, due September.
40yo Bourbon Cask – limited to about 75 bottles
Port Charlotte PC9 – limited to about 6000 bottles
Octomore 4_167 – 18000 bottles due soon
Octomore 4.2 – 18000 bottles
March 22nd, 2011
• Special commemorative bottling of a truly unique blended whisky liquid.
• Faithful reproduction of the actual Mackinlay’s whisky taken on the ill-fated Shackleton Antarctic expedition to the South pole in 1907.
• Presented in a replica bottle and wooden case – just as Shackleton left it
Full details here…
March 22nd, 2011
Third in the Icons of Arran series: The Westie
Full info here…
March 16th, 2011
Due end of March:
The ‘Spring 2011 Release’ of Kilchoman will be released 28th March.
This bottling is a vatting of 70% 3 year old in first fill bourbon barrels and 30% 4 year old in first fill bourbon barrels.
The 4 year old has been finished in oloroso sherry butts for five weeks.
Other Releases in 2011
100% Islay – from barley grown, malted, distilled, matured and bottled at the distillery.
A limited release will be available in June at 50%alc/vol
Sherry Cask Matured – 4.5 years old with full maturation in oloroso sherry butts.
A limited release will be available in September.
5 years old – matured in first and refill bourbon barrels.
A limited release will be available in November.
March 15th, 2011
Companions to the Gordon & Macphail 1940 Glenlivet 70 years old.
Full info here…
March 10th, 2011
The second bottling in G&M’s Generations range is a Glenlivet distilled in February 1940 and matured for 70 years in a first fill Sherry butt.
Expected to be available late March 2011 with a RRP £13000 for the 70cl and £3200 for the 20cl version.
When we list it we will have Richard’s tasting notes from the launch.
More info here…
