We have now three thrilling new tastings to fill you in on, and a brand new KWM Bourbon Cask as well, so we thought we’d higher get a fast publication out to share the information. Two of the tastings, one every in-store and digital, are to have fun the launch of our Kensington Wine Market thirtieth Anniversary Mix, so I’ve included a teaser on that too, regardless that we received’t be launching it till the thirteenth.
The Compass Field tastings will characteristic not simply our thirtieth Anniversary Mix, but additionally the KWM twenty fifth Anniversary Mix from 2017. They may also be your solely alternative to pattern, and enter the poll to buy two different Compass Field releases, the Vellichor and Experimental Grain. Our allocation of each of those whiskies is small, so we’ve determined to reward individuals within the tastings with a chance to buy the bottles.
We have now additionally received an Elixir Distillers tasting developing subsequent month. Our pal Celine Tetu can be becoming a member of us dwell from Scotland to pattern by way of 7 Single Malts of Scotland whiskies, together with the 4 new KWM single casks. Contributors within the tasting may also have a chance to enter a poll to buy a SMOS Ben Nevis 1997.
In new whisky information, we’ve a brand new unique Bourbon cask. The Woodford Reserve Double Oaked KWM Cask is our first ever unique from the Woodford Distillery, and it arrived in-store immediately…
Lastly, one other new Scottish single malt has hit our shores, the Lochlea First Launch. This Lowland single malt, bottled at 46% is made with estate-grown barley on the farm distillery. One curious reality, Lochlea was dwelling to Robert Burns throughout his childhood.
As all the time, within the occasion of a discrepancy in value, the purpose of sale at KWM can be taken as appropriate.
I hope you take pleasure in this Malt Messenger Bulletin. Wishing you a secure and Joyful Canada Day!
Sincerely,
Andrew Ferguson
Kensington Wine Market
In This Version
1. Introducing: The Woodford Reserve Double Oak KWM Bourbon Cask
2. Coming Quickly: The Compass Field KWM thirtieth Anniversary Mix
3. Compass Field Whiskies You Can’t Purchase… Until…
4. Introducing: Lochlea Single Malt
5. New Tastings
6. Different Up-Coming Tastings
INTRODUCING: THE WOODFORD RESERVE DOUBLE OAKED KWM BOURBON CASK
Our first ever unique Woodford Reserve Bourbon has simply arrived, a Double Oaked single barrel. Woodford has lengthy been one in every of my favourites of the legacy Bourbon makers, probably as a result of they distill in copper pot stills, and make use of a bitter mash. I’ve all the time considered the Double Oaked because the Scotch drinker’s Bourbon!
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked KWM Cask – 45.2% – Completed in a New Closely Toasted Calmly Charred Barrel – Cask #10042515 – My Tasting Be aware: “Nostril: nutty, goat’s milk darkish chocolate, polished oak and vanilla; caramel tarts and buttery pecan pie; brandy-soaked cherries and orange peel. Palate: extra brandy-soaked cherries, and singed orange peel, with bitters… is that this an Previous Common? a great deal of toasted oak, vanilla, and extra of that game-y goat’s milk darkish chocolate; nonetheless nutty too, with figs in honey and grilled dates. End: warming and spicy with pretty aromatics; each citrus and darkish fruits; candy, toasty and chocolatey. Remark: that is my sort of Bourbon, not too woody, however full of aromatics and fruits; why go to the difficulty of blending an Previous Common, with all of the added sugars, when you’ve this? Simply pour it in a glass and serve; whether or not so as to add an ice dice is as much as you!” – $100
COMING SOON: THE COMPASS BOX KWM 30TH ANNIVERSARY BLEND
I’m not going to enter the standard quantity of element on this thrilling new Blended Malt simply but. Let’s save that (and my tasting be aware) for the following full Malt Messenger. However I do wish to tease its pending launch, which can be Wednesday, July 13, coinciding with the in-store launch tasting for the product. We have now each In-Retailer (July 13) and Digital (July 29) Launch Tastings deliberate, and open for registration now. Particulars beneath.
Within the meantime, we’re taking pre-orders, restricted to 2 bottles per buyer, and right here is what John Glazer, Compass Field Founder & Whisky Maker needed to say in regards to the whisky:
“The town and the wilderness: two compelling areas for the creativeness to wander round. And few spots mix the enchantment of each like Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Right here yow will discover metropolitan comforts, however with one thing of a Wild West mentality. We have now chosen to replicate this dualism by way of the whisky you maintain in your hand, created with Andrew Ferguson of Kensington Wine Market to have fun the shop’s thirtieth Anniversary.
“Pour a glass and expertise a complete basket of ripe peaches and golden apples from the farmers’ market, flavours delivered by single malts from the Mortlach and Teaninich distilleries, aged in lively American oak barrels. They duke it out with the whiskies from the Caol Ila and Ardbeg distilleries, single malts from Scotland’s wild west coast. Like a ranger from the mountains, they stride into city with the scent of campfire on their garments.
“Lush and fruity; advanced and smoky – town skyline and the Rocky mountains introduced collectively in a single whisky. Whether or not or not you might be capable of beat a path to Calgary in 2022, we hope you’ll be a part of us in toasting Kensington Wine Market and 30 years dedicated to bringing scrumptious wines and spirits to Canada.
“John Glaser, Founder & Whiskymaker, Compass Field”
Compass Field KWM thirtieth Anniversary Mix – 49% – The whisky consists of 37%* 20 yr outdated Caol Ila, 30%* 20 yr outdated Teaninich, 23%* 19 yr outdated Mortlach, and 10%* 17 yr outdated Ardbeg from Recharred, first-fill and refill American oak casks. – $195 – Restrict 2 Per Buyer – Pre-Order Now!
*Joke in regards to the recipe for this whisky, it has a margin of error… extra on that within the subsequent Malt Messenger!
COMPASS BOX WHISKIES YOU CAN’T BUY… UNLESS…
We have now simply obtained two Compass Field whiskies, each in very small portions. Whereas we’d like to get everybody who needs one a bottle of every, we are able to’t. Particularly with respect to the Vellichor. So relatively than do a broad-based poll, we’ll solely offer them to individuals in one in every of our two Compass Field KWM thirtieth Anniversary Launch Tastings, listed beneath below New Tastings!
Listed here are the main points on these whiskies you may’t purchase except you participate in a tasting!
1. Compass Field Vellichor – 44.6% – Producer Description: “‘Vellichor’ is a brand new phrase and refers back to the fragrant ambiance inside second-hand bookshops. For this undertaking, we’ve mixed advanced and impressively mature whiskies from famend distilleries, in addition to parcels of blends which have been aged for a few years in ex-Sherry butts, to encapsulate this distinctive perfume.” – Producer Tasting Be aware: “Hints of leather-based, polished furnishings and the crackling dustiness of decades-old pages on the nostril. The palate is stacked with luxurious malty notes, tropical fruit and Sherry character, with a fragile however persistent peatiness. ” – $700 – Solely Out there by Poll To Tasting Contributors!
2. Compass Field Experimental Grain – 46% – Producer Description: “We have now used a particular parcel of whisky made on the Loch Lomond Distillery from peated malted barley, distilled of their copper Coffey nonetheless. Regardless of this being 100% malted barley, using a column relatively than a pot nonetheless throughout distillation means this can’t be labeled as a single malt – it’s the good spirit round which to construct a novel blended grain Scotch whisky. ” – Producer Tasting Be aware: “An appetising aroma of contrasts: banana and toffee mingle with tender, savoury barbecue smokiness and hints of rum and raspberry. Take pleasure in a tender and oily palate of almond and vanilla earlier than a curiously scrumptious flavour of burnt pine cones develops.” – $155 – Solely Out there by Poll To Tasting Contributors!
INTRODUCING: LOCHLEA SINGLE MALT
Lochlea is an unbiased, family-owned farm distillery, within the Lowlands of Scotland. Traditionally, the farm was dwelling to a younger Robert Burns from 1777-1784, the place he each lived and labored. The distillery’s whisky is made with its personal barley, and its supervisor needs to be acquainted: John Campbell, previously distillery supervisor at Laphroaig.
Lochlea First Launch Single Malt – 46% – First Fill ex-Bourbon & Pedro Ximenez Sherry Casks – Producer Tasting Be aware: “Nostril: Bursting with recent orchard fruit, apple, zesty orange, and pear drops. Some brown sugar, toffee, and vanilla fudge within the background. Palate: Wealthy and candy, with burnt caramel and hazelnuts. Loads of stewed fruit and now some toasted oats, cinnamon and clove coming by way of. End: Medium mouth coating, holding on to that recent fruit, cereal sweetness and delicate spice.” – $88
THREE NEW TASTINGS
1 IN-PERSON & 2 VIRTUAL
We have now 3 actually thrilling new tastings developing in July. Particulars beneath!
COMPASS BOX KWM 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN-STORE LAUNCH TASTING WITH SCOTT ELLIS
· Date: Wednesday, July 13
· Time: 7 PM
· Value: $50
· IN-STORE TASTING
Compass Field Whisky has been one in every of our greatest and most supportive companions during the last 30 years. We had been honoured when, in 2017, they collaborated with us on the now legendary bespoke Kensington Wine Market twenty fifth Anniversary bottling. To assist mark our thirtieth Anniversary, they’ve as soon as extra come by way of for us in a giant method. Over the past yr and a bit, we’ve been working with John Glaser and whisky Maker James Saxon on one other bespoke whisky. Properly, the Kensington Wine Market thirtieth Anniversary Mix has simply arrived, and to have fun we can be internet hosting each in-person and digital launch tastings. Scott Ellis, Western Regional Supervisor for Compass Field Whisky in North America, can be our visitor for the in-store launch tasting. Visitors may have the chance to pattern 7 Compass Field whiskies, together with each the KWM twenty fifth and thirtieth Anniversary bottlings, the Vellichor, Experimental Grain, Flaming Coronary heart 2015 and two different releases. Contributors within the tasting may also have the chance to enter a poll to buy each the Vellichor and Experimental Grain. 7PM, Wednesday, July 13
ELIXIR DISTILLERS SINGLE CASKS WITH CELINE TETU
· Date: Friday, July 22
· Time: 5 PM
· Value: $45
· Decide-Up Date: Out there Friday, July 29!
Elixir Distillers has change into one in every of our greatest companions lately, and so they hold feeding us some completely wonderful single casks. This latest batch was chosen within the Winter or Spring of 2021, however attributable to all of the challenges round logistics as of late, they’ve solely simply arrived! Celine Tetu, aka Lily, Elixir Distillers’ Worldwide Gross sales Supervisor, can be our visitor as we pattern 7 Single Malts of Scotland bottlings, 6 of them cask energy single cask whiskies. Contributors will attempt the 4 most up-to-date KWM casks: Ardmore 11 Yr, Glenburgie 22 Yr, Imperial 22 Yr, and Mannochmore 13 Yr, and three others: Ben Nevis 1997, Linkwood 11 Yr, and Reserve Casks Glencadam 10 Yr. 5PM, Friday, July 22.
COMPASS BOX KWM 30TH ANNIVERSARY VIRTUAL LAUNCH TASTING WITH JAMES SAXON
· Date: Friday, July 29
· Time: 5 PM
· Value: $40
· Decide-Up Date: Estimate July 5!
Compass Field Whisky has been one in every of our greatest and most supportive companions during the last 30 years. We had been honoured when, in 2017, they collaborated with us on the now legendary bespoke Kensington Wine Market twenty fifth Anniversary bottling. To assist mark our thirtieth Anniversary, they’ve as soon as extra come by way of for us in a giant method. Over the past yr and a bit, we’ve been working with John Glaser and whisky Maker James Saxon on one other bespoke whisky. Properly, the Kensington Wine Market thirtieth Anniversary Mix has simply arrived, and to have fun we can be internet hosting each in-person and digital launch tastings. James Saxon, Compass Field Whisky Whisky Maker, and creator of our thirtieth Anniversary Mix, can be our visitor for the digital launch tasting. Visitors may have the chance to pattern 7 Compass Field whiskies, together with each the KWM twenty fifth and thirtieth Anniversary bottlings, the Vellichor, Experimental Grain, Flaming Coronary heart 2015 and two different releases. Contributors within the tasting may also have the chance to enter a poll to buy each the Vellichor and Experimental Grain. 5PM, Friday, July 29.
SMWS CANADA JULY 2022 VIRTUAL OUTTURN
· Date: Thursday, July 7
· Time: 7 PM
· Value: $45
· Decide-Up Date: Out there now!
· VIRTUAL TASTING
The KWM Whisky Group can be your information as you pattern alongside by way of the July 2022 SMWS Canada Outturn. Share your tastings notes and feedback with Evan and his co-host(s). Bottles from the Outturn will go on sale on the finish of the tasting! Thursday, July 7, 7PM.
!!NEW DATE!!! Oddball Distilleries – A+ Malts from the B Group
· Date: Tuesday, August 9
· Time: 7 PM
· Value: $75
· Decide-Up Date: Out there now!
· VIRTUAL TASTING
Ignored, underappreciated, and in some instances, flat-out unknown distilleries would be the focus of this tasting that includes a few of the most uncared for distilleries within the Scotch Whisky world. We needed to drag a few of these poor unloved drams out from the orphanages, the cabinets below the steps, and different assorted nooks and crannies, in an effort to deliver you a line-up that’s sure to enchantment to essentially the most discerning of whisky geeks. This has a very stellar vary, if you happen to can look previous the manufacturers and distilleries, to see some diamonds within the tough. 7 PM, Tuesday, July 20
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