The Food Show – Auckland 28-31st July 2016

The Food Show Auckland at ASB Showgrounds has been great and we are excited for the next two days! Come and find us at Stand H26 to taste test our Whiskies and view our wide selection of stock! It’s been crazy busy and incredibly tiring but we will be back at again! We have: – […]

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National Bourbon Day // June 14

NATIONAL BOURBON DAY 2015 Happy ‪National Bourbon Day‬ all!! What ‪bourbon‬ will you choose to have a dram of to celebrate?! ‪#‎JackDaniels‬ ‪#‎WoodfordReserve‬ ‪#‎RockHillFarms‬ ‪#‎Balcones‬ ‪#‎HighWest‬‪ #‎EagleRare‬ ‪#‎Colonel‬ #Bourbon ‪#‎American‬ ‪#‎Kentucky‬ ‪#‎Tennessee‬‪ #‎Texas‬  There is something about bourbon that’s captured our global attention. In North America sales have soared and in the U.S., where bourbon originates, one […]

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Whisky of the Week: Bushmills 10 Year Old 70cl, 40.0%

Bushmills 10 Year Old 70cl, 40.0% A very special edition of the Bushmills 1608 blend, this commemorates the distillery’s 400 year anniversary. Jim Murray awarded the blend 94 points. Built on the foundations of 400 years of producing classic Irish whiskey, Bushmills 1608 is a superiorly smooth, flavorful, melt in your mouth whiskey. This whiskey […]

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Whisky of the Week: ISLE OF JURA EXPERIMENTAL

ISLE OF JURA EXPERIMENTAL Cask #1124 70cl / 58.8% Great to find these different Whiskies for you to select, We are increasing our selection of rare whiskies. A little-known experimental vatting of Isle of Jura from 2003 that was a young, heavily-peated cask from 1999 married for a year with a much older cask from […]

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Whisky of the Week: Kininvie 23 year old Batch # 1

Kininvie 23 year old Batch # 1 Kininvie was the “secret distillery” at the William Grant & Sons campus in Dufftown that is home to Glenfiddich and The Balvenie. It existed as a separate stillhouse near the Balvenie’s stillhouse, but shared mash tuns and washbacks with the Balvenie. The stills were also used to produce the […]

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Whisky of the Week: # 60 Mortlach

Whisky of the week # 60 Mortlach Rare Old 50cl, 43.4% Mortlach distillery is a distiller of Scotch whisky in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. Founded in 1823-1824, the distillery is currently owned by Diageo. The whisky is a key component in several Johnnie Walker bottlings. The first release from the new range of Mortlach single malts […]

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Whisky of the Week #61 – Big Peat Christmas

Whisky of the week # 61 Big Peat at Christmas 70cl, 55.7% Now is the time to find that great early Christmas present, this will earn you all the brownie points you need over the Christmas break. Big Peat is in my top 10 Whiskies without a doubt,If you haven’t tried it I suggest you […]

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Whisky of the week # 59 Hankey Bannister

Whisky of the week # 59 Hankey Bannister Heritage Blend 70cl, 46.0% They were more successful than they could ever have imagined – Hankey Bannister & Co. was established in 1757 and there whisky is still popular with discerning whisky lovers today. Upon uncovering a rare 1920s bottle of Hankey Bannister, Inver House Master Distiller […]

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Arrived! Glen Garioch 1991 – Batch 38

Glen Garioch 1991 – Batch 38 70cl, 54.7% What a cracker! Just enough smoke and peat for me. Delicious! Distilled in 1991, before the closing of the floor maltings in 1994, this is a lightly peated single malt from Glen Garioch, one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. Bottled in 2010, expect delicious butterscotch and […]

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Whisky of the Week 58 – 1792 Ridgemont Reserve. 75cl, 46.9%

Whisky of the week # 58 Ridgemont Reserve Back to Bourbon. 1792 Ridgemont Reserve. 75cl, 46.9% 1792 Ridgemont Reserve is a distinctively smooth, handcrafted small-batch bourbon, patiently aged 8 years in new charred oak barrels in Bardstown, Kentucky. This 93.7 proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey was named for the year Kentucky became a state. Rich […]

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