As lots of you already know, our Compass Field thirtieth Anniversary Mix is launching subsequent week. We all know you’re excited as a result of about 1/4 of the bottles are pre-sold. To have fun we’re internet hosting an in-person launch tasting at KWM subsequent Wednesday, with Scott Ellis from Compass Field. We have now additionally added extra house to the Compass Field Digital tasting on Friday, July twenty ninth with Whisky Make James Saxon. Element under.
As a consequence of demand, we now have additionally added extra house to our Elixir Distillers Single Casks tasting with Celine Tetu on Friday, July 22. We all know lots of you wish to return to doing in-store tastings, and accordingly, we now have additionally added a brand new in-store model of Elixir Distillers Single Casks, albeit hosted by one in every of our workers…
We have now additionally added two different new digital tastings which are certain to be fashionable. GlenAllachie Gross sales Director Ronan Currie shall be our visitor on Saturday for our GlenAllachie Digital Cask Launch. We shall be launching the GlenAllachie 15 12 months KWM Oloroso Cask in early August. The tasting can even be a possibility to pattern numerous different GlenAllachies not accessible on the market! Picture to the correct… sorry for the tease!
The opposite new tasting is Moist Scorching Whisky Summer time – FOMO Warning! As soon as extra we now have strung collectively a choice of uncommon and in-demand whiskies that you simply’ll solely have the chance to buy in the event you participate within the tasting! Bowmore, Clynelish, Highland Park, Imperial (not our cask), Kilkerran, Laphroaig x2 & Springbank… new we are saying extra?!
In new whisky information, we now have whiskies from North Star Spirits, South Star Spirits, and Bimber Distillery to fill you in on. There’s extra, which must wait till subsequent week’s full Malt Messenger, however we wished to get the phrase out on these now, having freshly arrived in-store.
I do wish to spotlight one in every of them although, the North Star Spirits Blended Malt 7 12 months for Ukraine. The producer has bottled the whisky as a fundraiser for Ukraine, saying “We have now bottled the strongest whisky we now have for the strongest folks we all know.” Each KWM and importer Gold Medal Advertising shall be donating $10/every, from each bottle offered in assist of Ukrainian refugees. Bottles might be pre-ordered now, and shall be accessible subsequent Wednesday!
I hope you take pleasure in this Malt Messenger Bulletin. The subsequent full Malt Messenger is arriving every week from in the present day.
Joyful Stampede!
Sincerely,
Andrew Ferguson
Kensington Wine Market
In This Version
1. A Whisky for Ukraine from North Star Spirits!
2. New Whiskies from North Star Spirits
3. Introducing: South Star Spirits
4. Introducing: Bimber Distillery
5. New Tastings
6. Different Up-Coming Tastings
A WHISKY FOR UKRAINE
FROM NORTH STAR SPIRITS
Each KWM and Gold Medal Advertising (the importer) will every donate $10 from each bottle offered to a charity in assist of Ukranian refugees!
North Star Spirits launched this whisky, in assist and solidarity with Ukraine. Solely 500 bottles have been launched of this 7-year-old blended malt, bottled at 65.5%. North Star has donated 100% of its proceeds from this bottle to charity! In Their Phrases: “We bottled the strongest whisky we now have for the strongest folks we all know.”
North Star Mix Malt 7 12 months for Ukraine – 65.5% – Sherry Butt – Producer Tasting Observe: “Nostril: Stewed bramble jam and a contact of roasted espresso. Palate: Maple syrup, butterscotch and allspice. End: Fearless and defiant.” – $125 – Restrict 1 Per Buyer!
NEW WHISKIES FROM NORTH STAR SPIRITS
We have now some fascinating new whiskies from North Star, together with a really darkish, although expensive, GlenAllachie… the image doesn’t actually do it justice!
1. North Star GlenAllachie 13 12 months – 56.8% – Sherry Butt – Producer Tasting Observe: “Nostril: darkish chocolate, dried grape stems. Palate: quick oloroso rush, coated with toffee chews & treacle. End: lengthy, dry, chocolate-covered shortbread. – $220 – 88.2pts Whiskybase
2. North Star Glen Elgin 15 12 months – 53.4% – Oloroso Hogshead – Producer Tasting Observe: “Nostril: syrup sponge pudding with vanilla custard. Palate: Ginger pill and smooth herbs & spices. End: Liquorice allsorts & black espresso.” – $135
3. North Star Orkney 15 12 months – 59.7% – Oloroso Hogshead – Producer Tasting Observe: “Nostril: marzipan, sourdough pizza balls & white chocolate. Palate: on the spot hug to the style buds, like treacle. End: malty almond paste with marshmallow fondant.” $135 – Restrict 1 Per Buyer!
4. North Star Secret Highland 13 12 months – 42.9% – First Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt – Producer Tasting Observe: “Nostril: rubber, sherry, dried fruits & toffee. Palate: Raspberry chocolate, waxy with some smoke. End: Heat tarmac, licorice, clear & fruity.” – $115
INTRODUCING: SOUTH STAR SPIRITS
There’s a clear hyperlink to North Star Spirits right here, however there may be rather more to it than that, however I’ll allow them to inform you in their very own phrases…
In Their Personal Phrases
“South Star Spirits Is a whisky bottling firm born from 4 whisky fans who’re constructing a distillery within the coronary heart of one in every of Scotch Whiskies most cherished areas. We’re celebrating this new addition to the magical world of distillation by releasing a small batch vary of matured single malt whiskies to let you already know we’re right here…hey! The Dál Riata Distillery shall be situated within the coronary heart of Campbeltown producing single malt scotch whisky with traditions and kinds which are in line with whiskies distilled and matured on the western seaboard. If you want to study extra and be a part of us on our journey, please go to….”
1. South Star Spirits Highland 10 12 months Single Malt – 48% – Hogsheads – Producer Tasting Observe: “Nostril: Wealthy & intense smoke, some gentleness to it. Palate: Distinct peat, vanilla & salt. End: Lingering ashy notes with simply sufficient oak.” – $96
2. South Star Spirits Islay 8 12 months Single Malt – 48% – First Fill Hogsheads – Producer Tasting Observe: “Nostril: Dried oranges with a whiff of tobacco. Palate: Thick, nutty darkish chocolate. End: Lengthy, nutty & very clear.” – $96
3. South Star Spirits Speyside 10 12 months Single Malt – 48% – First Fill Hogsheads – Producer Tasting Observe: “Nostril: Fruity, floral & citrusy lemon slice. Palate: Syrupy toffee with a contact of saltines. End: Cinnamon on baked apples & pears.” – $96
INTRODUCING: BIMBER DISTILLERY
Bimber Distillery was based in 2015 on the outskirts of London. Whisky is comprised of barley, floor-malted for them at Warminster Maltings. The fermentations are lengthy, in wood washbacks, and the distillation gradual in small-ish stills.
1. Bimber Apogee Pure Malt Whisky – 46.3% – 12 12 months – Completed in ex-Bimber Distillery Casks – Producer Description: “Apogee attracts from generations of historic experience mixed with fashionable virtuosity and class to supply an alluring, versatile and deeply fascinating whisky. Artfully composed from a choice of the best world whiskies, the aromas and flavours of Apogee have been enhanced additional by way of sympathetic maturation in casks sourced from London’s award-winning Bimber Distillery. Apogee XII is a flawlessly balanced, meticulously crafted unity of outstanding world whiskies, created as a celebration of the effective artwork of mixing. ” – $92
2. Bimber Canada Version 2021 – 58.7% – Producer Description: “The Canada Version Cask journey started at Bimber’s single farm, the place 100% of their barley is grown. It’s then historically ground malted, hand-mashed and fermented slowly for seven days of their wood washbacks that had been hand-made on the Bimber cooperage. They use direct hearth to warmth their small copper pot stills, and mature their spirit in hand-selected casks. This whisky was drawn from a exceptional ex-bourbon oak cask and bottled completely for PWS Imports.” – $152
3. Bimber ex-Bourbon Cask Batch No. 3 – 51.6% – Producer Tasting Observe: “Aromas of inexperienced apples, dried apricots, milky cereal, vanilla sponge cake and coconut fill the nostril, complemented by notes of vanilla, caramel, orchard fruits, baked apricots, peppery spice and charred oak all through the palate.” – $115
THREE NEW TASTINGS
1 IN-PERSON & 2 VIRTUAL
We have now 3 actually thrilling new tastings arising in July. Particulars under!
ELIXIR DISTILLERS SINGLE CASKS – IN-STORE!
· Date: Thursday, August 11
· Time: 7 PM
· Price: $50
· IN-STORE TASTING
Elixir Distillers has turn out to be one in every of our greatest companions lately, and so they maintain feeding us some completely superb single casks. This current batch was chosen within the Winter or Spring of 2021, however as a consequence of all of the challenges round logistics lately, they’ve solely simply arrived! Friends will pattern 7 Single Malts of Scotland bottlings, 6 of them cask power single cask whiskies. Contributors will strive the 4 most up-to-date KWM casks: Ardmore 11 12 months, Glenburgie 22 12 months, Imperial 22 12 months, and Mannochmore 13 12 months, and three others: Ben Nevis 1997, Linkwood 11 12 months, and Reserve Casks Glencadam 10 12 months. That is the very same vary we’re doing just about with Celine, however in particular person on the retailer, hosted by one of many KWM staff. 7PM, Thursday, August 11.
GLENALLACHIE VIRTUAL CASK LAUNCH WITH RONAN CURRIE
· Date: Saturday, August 13
· Time: 5 PM
· Price: $35
· Choose-Up Date: July 16 (Estimate)!
We’re about to obtain our first ever KWM unique single cask of GlenAllachie… and we’re stoked! Ronan Currie, Gross sales Director, has generously agreed to remain up and be a part of us stay from Scotland to host a digital launch tasting. Our vary will embody numerous limited-edition whiskies not even accessible on the market, together with the GlenAllachie 10 12 months Batch 6, GlenAllachie 11 12 months Grattamacco Cask, GlenAllachie 12 12 months Sauternes Cask, GlenAllachie 13 12 months Rioja Cask, and GlenAllachie 21 12 months Batch 1 (not pictured(. To spherical out our traces, contributors can even get to pattern the GlenAllachie 18 and our GlenAllachie 15 12 months KWM Oloroso Cask! Saturday, August 13, 2022, 5 PM!
WET HOW WHISKY SUMMER – FOMO WARNING!
· Date: Tuesday, August 16
· Time: 7 PM
· Price: $85
· Choose-Up Date: Out there NOW!
Think about this a warning… there’s a FOMO storm on the horizon, anticipated to make landfall through the moist scorching whisky days of summer time. Our tasting vary consists of: Bowmore 21 12 months Aston Martin Ed., Highland Park Wild Rose Single Cask, Kilkerran Closely Peated Batch 5, Laphroaig 10 12 months Cask Power, Laphroaig Cairdeas 2021, LMDW Clynelish 25 12 months, SMOS Imperial 1995 25 12 months (not our cask), and Springbank 21 12 months. And we now have bottles of all 8 of those whiskies accessible on the market (by poll), however just for contributors on this tasting. Tuesday, August 16, 7 PM.
OTHER UPCOMING TASTINGS
COMPASS BOX KWM 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN-STORE LAUNCH TASTING WITH SCOTT ELLIS
· Date: Wednesday, July 13
· Time: 7 PM
· Price: $50
· IN-STORE TASTING
· Solely 8 spots left!
Compass Field Whisky has been one in every of our greatest and most supportive companions over the past 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 an enormous approach. Over the past 12 months and a bit, we’ve been working with John Glaser and whisky Maker James Saxon on one other bespoke whisky. Nicely, the Kensington Wine Market thirtieth Anniversary Mix has simply arrived, and to have fun we shall be internet hosting each in-person and digital launch tastings. Scott Ellis, Western Regional Supervisor for Compass Field Whisky in North America, shall be our visitor for the in-store launch tasting. Friends 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 can even have the chance to enter a poll to buy each the Vellichor and Experimental Grain. 7 PM, Wednesday, July 13 !SPACES ADDED!
ELIXIR DISTILLERS SINGLE CASKS WITH CELINE TETU
· Date: Friday, July 22
· Time: 5 PM
· Price: $45
· Choose-Up Date: AVAILABLE NOW!
Elixir Distillers has turn out to be one in every of our greatest companions lately, and so they maintain feeding us some completely superb single casks. This current batch was chosen within the Winter or Spring of 2021, however as a consequence of all of the challenges round logistics lately, they’ve solely simply arrived! Celine Tetu, aka Lily, Elixir Distillers’ Worldwide Gross sales Supervisor, shall be our visitor as we pattern 7 Single Malts of Scotland bottlings, 6 of them cask power single cask whiskies. Contributors will strive the 4 most up-to-date KWM casks: Ardmore 11 12 months, Glenburgie 22 12 months, Imperial 22 12 months, and Mannochmore 13 12 months, and three others: Ben Nevis 1997, Linkwood 11 12 months, and Reserve Casks Glencadam 10 12 months. 5PM, Friday, July 22. !SPACES ADDED!
COMPASS BOX KWM 30TH ANNIVERSARY VIRTUAL LAUNCH TASTING WITH JAMES SAXON
· Date: Friday, July 29
· Time: 5 PM
· Price: $40
· Choose-Up Date: AVAILABLE NOW!
Compass Field Whisky has been one in every of our greatest and most supportive companions over the past 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 an enormous approach. Over the past 12 months and a bit, we’ve been working with John Glaser and whisky Maker James Saxon on one other bespoke whisky. Nicely, the Kensington Wine Market thirtieth Anniversary Mix has simply arrived, and to have fun we shall be internet hosting each in-person and digital launch tastings. James Saxon, Compass Field Whisky Whisky Maker, and creator of our thirtieth Anniversary Mix shall be our visitor for the digital launch tasting. Friends 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 can even have the chance to enter a poll to buy each the Vellichor and Experimental Grain. 5 PM, Friday, July 29.
!!NEW DATE!!! Oddball Distilleries – A+ Malts from the B Workforce
· Date: Tuesday, August 9
· Time: 7 PM
· Price: $75
· Choose-Up Date: Out there NOW!
· VIRTUAL TASTING
Neglected, underappreciated, and in some instances, flat-out unknown distilleries would be the focus of this tasting that includes among 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, as a way to convey you a line-up that’s sure to enchantment to essentially the most discerning of whisky geeks. This has a really stellar vary in the event you can look previous the manufacturers and distilleries, to see some diamonds within the tough. 7 PM, Tuesday, August 9.
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