Whisky New Releases 2016 Week 33
Welcome to this week’s Whisky New Releases, a regular feature in which we report on the best of both the official and independently bottled whiskies released during the previous week.
This week we have an exciting new release from Kilkerran with their first age-statement whisky the Kilkerran 12 Year Old ! Some very interesting an well-designed looking Italian whiskies from Puni and Haig Club release their Clubman bourbon matured grain which we have been recently sampling and find hard to discover flaw with.
As usual the new releases are flooded with Independent bottlings so our picks are: Auchroisk 16 Year Old 1999 – Strictly Limited (Càrn Mòr) , Darkness! Loch Lomond 19 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish, Invergordon 18 Year Old 1997 (cask 11197) – Old Particular (Douglas Laing) and Glen Elgin 25 Year Old 1990 (cask 7881) – Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
Investment and prestige whisky releases this week see Douglas Laing’s Macallan 25 Year Old 1990 (cask 10878) – Xtra Old Particular (Douglas Laing), Ian Macleoad’s Ardbeg 20 Year Old 1996 (casks 808 & 811) – Chieftain’s (Ian Macleod) and only 100 bottles available each year from a single French Oak barrel (a la Sullivans Cove) the rather pricey Tasmania Distillery 1812 Indefatigable !
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Càrn Mòr
Aberlour 26 Year Old 1989 (cask 11336) – Celebration Of The Cask (Càrn Mòr)
(70cl, 55.1%) £179.22
Auchroisk 16 Year Old 1999 – Strictly Limited (Càrn Mòr)
(70cl, 46.0%) £46.00
Caol Ila 8 Year Old 2008 – Strictly Limited (Càrn Mòr)
(70cl, 46.0%) £40.26
Caol Ila 34 Year Old 1981 (cask 5682) – Celebration Of The Cask (Càrn Mòr)
(70cl, 53.6%) £350.65
Fettercairn 7 Year Old 2009 – Strictly Limited (Càrn Mòr)
(70cl, 46.0%) £33.98
North British 23 Year Old 1992 (cask 41991) – Celebration Of The Cask Black Gold (Càrn Mòr)
(70cl, 58.3%) £178.81
Darkness!
Darkness! Allt-á-Bhainne 23 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish
(50cl, 49.7%) £104.95
Darkness! Aultmore 6 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish
(50cl, 51.1%) £64.95
Darkness! Craigellachie 9 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish
(50cl, 58.1%) £59.95
Darkness! Glen Keith 20 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish
(50cl, 51.8%) £94.95
Darkness! Glenallachie 7 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish
(50cl, 60.4%) £59.95
Darkness! Glenburgie 20 Year Old Pedro Ximénez Cask Finish
(50cl, 51.4%) £94.95
Darkness! Loch Lomond 19 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish
(50cl, 55.6%) £84.95
Darkness! North British 21 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish
(50cl, 46.8%) £74.95
Darkness! Tomintoul 20 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish
(50cl, 49.9%) £94.95
Douglas Laing
Braeval 18 Year Old 1997 (cask 11205) – Old Particular (Douglas Laing)
(70cl, 48.4%) £73.37
Cameronbridge 24 Year Old 1991 (cask 11207) – The Clan Denny (Douglas Laing)
(70cl, 54.9%) £61.41
Glen Keith 20 Year Old 1995 (cask 11169) – Old Particular (Douglas Laing)
(70cl, 51.5%) £75.45
Inchgower 7 Year Old 2009 (cask 11191) – The Clan Denny (Laing)
(70cl, 46.0%) £32.45
Invergordon 18 Year Old 1997 (cask 11197) – Old Particular (Douglas Laing)
(70cl, 48.4%) £51.73
Macallan 25 Year Old 1990 (cask 10878) – Xtra Old Particular (Douglas Laing)
(70cl, 49.7%) £443.78
Haig Club
Haig Club Clubman
(70cl, 40.0%) £20.77
Hunter Laing
Talisker 8 Year Old 2008 (cask 12657) – Old Malt Cask (Hunter Laing)
(70cl, 50.0%) £66.41
Ian Macleod
Ardbeg 15 Year Old 2001 (casks 256, 258 & 380) – Dun Bheagan (Ian Macleod)
(70cl, 47.0%) £156.44
Ardbeg 20 Year Old 1996 (casks 808 & 811) – Chieftain’s (Ian Macleod)
(70cl, 46.5%) £284.42
Bowmore 14 Year Old 2002 (casks 815801 & 815810) – Cheiftain’s (Ian Macleod)
(70cl, 46.0%) £71.12
Bruichladdich 25 Year Old 1991 (casks 2490 & 2491) – Dun Bheagan (Ian Macleod)
(70cl, 48.1%) £170.65
Dalmore 20 Year Old 1995 (cask 91121) – Dun Bheagan (Ian Macleod)
(70cl, 46.0%) £113.77
Glenrothes 19 Year Old 1997 (cask 91821) – Chieftain’s (Ian Macleod)
(70cl, 50.0%) £90.06
Mortlach 25 Year Old 1990 (cask 5185) – Chieftain’s (Ian Macleod)
(70cl, 46.0%) £189.62
Kilkerran
Kilkerran 12 Year Old
(70cl, 46.0%) £34.95
The Lakes
The ONE Limited Edition – 12 Month Oloroso Cask Finish
(70cl, 40.0%) £39.95
Langside
Caol Ila 6 Year Old 2009 – Hepburn’s Choice (Langside)
(70cl, 46.0%) £54.67
Puni
PUNI ALBA
(70cl, 43.0%) £60.24
PUNI ALBA Acquavite di Cereali
(70cl, 43.0%) £47.10
PUNI NOVA
(70cl, 43.0%) £51.55
Signatory
Bunnahabhain 26 Year Old 1989 (casks 5794 & 5796) – Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
(70cl, 47.7%) £138.44
Caol Ila 32 Year Old 1983 (cask 5292) – Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
(70cl, 49.3%) £242.27
Fettercairn 27 Year Old 1988 (cask 1996) – Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
(70cl, 58.4%) £94.25
Glen Elgin 25 Year Old 1990 (cask 7881) – Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
(70cl, 50.6%) £96.16
Glenlossie 22 Year Old 1992 (cask 3446) – Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
(70cl, 55.4%) £86.56
Ledaig 7 Year Old 2008 (casks 700752 & 700753) – Un-Chillfiltered Collection (Signatory)
(70cl, 46.0%) £32.15
Tasmania
1812 Indefatigable
(70cl, 50.0%) £5220.00
That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Tobermory 21 Year Old (That Boutique-y Whisky Company)
(50cl, 51.2%) £66.95