Spirits

No exaggeration – here’s a dram for those who seriously reflect on flavour, want high ABV and relish super heavily peated whiskies.

Edition 14.3 of Bruichladdich’s Octomore series was made with 100% Concerto Barley from Octomore farm on Islay and matured for five years in first-fill ex-American whiskey casks and second-fill wine casks.

Black Art 11 has been created using pre-renaissance casks from Bruichladdich Distillery (pre-2001) which have been safeguarded and maturing on Islay for 24 years.

The first non-XO release from Cognac house Tesseron still offers plenty of complexity, with notes of spice and stewed fruit alongside floral notes. A versatile Cognac that is a beautiful sipper but will transform your Cognac cocktails, and one made with eaux-de-vie from the region’s two top areas, Grande and Petite Champagne.

Forget about what you think you know about moonshine. Like ripe tropical fruit, MoShine Passion Fruit has tangy and sweet accents for a rich smelling ‘shine. The fresh passion fruit juice flavor is packed with a fistful of sweet that’ll leave you begging for another sip.

The Sazerac Company has introduced Handy & Schiller Barreled Cocktails, named for two men who had an impact on the cocktail culture in New Orleans: Thomas Handy and John Schiller.

This stylish Lalique crystal decanter pays homage to Macallan’s curiously small stills – which are essential to creating the distillery’s heavyweight, concentrated spirit. On the nose there are aromas of overripe banana, white peach and shortbread biscuit, whilst the palate displays notes of marshmallow lemon sherbet, pear drops and toasted oak. 

Bring home the bacon with this limited edition PiggyBank Rye Aged 10 Years. This Straight Rye Whiskey celebrates a decade of innovation since our first Best Rye Award (Triple One, WWA 2012), bottled in a porcine decanter based on a 19th century Berkshire Bitter Pig.

Montenegrin grape brandy is made with a combination of two indigenous grape varieties Vranac and Kratošija. Specifics of both varieties come to the fore by aging in inox tanks at least a year.

This ruddy amaro is herbal and seductive, revealing bittersweet flavors of orange, chamomile, licorice, and juniper. Serve frozen or chilled, and see how the drink's expressions change and develop as the temperature rises.

The 23 | 01 | Bn_Qa rum, crafted by Mount Gay distillery, offers an adventure of unique aromas and flavors. The nose teases with floral, caramel, mango hints, while the taste unravels a unique blend of tropical fruit, nail polish, spicy anise, and juniper.

50% - Knob Creek Rye is patiently aged for 7Yr in deeply charred barrels and bottled at 100 proof to give it the signature Knob Creek full flavor. At 7Yrs, Knob Creek Rye achieves its optimal flavor profile resulting in the perfect balance between sweet and spicy.

From Diageo’s most prestigious whisky range comes this superb 1997 Lagavulin. Matured in three refill American oak casks, it was bottled in 2022 at a considerable 25-years-old. Aromas of carbolic soap, birchwood bonfires and bergamot oil fill the nose and lead to notes of lapsang souchong and sea spray on the palate.

This 2023-release continues the collaboration between Bowmore’s master blender Ron Welsh and Aston Martin’s chief creative officer, Marek Reichman. Matured in a combination of American oak and ex-oloroso sherry casks for 22 years, this whisky offers aromas of heather, honey, cherry, lychee, tobacco leaves and aniseed on the nose.

In homage to the ancient civilization of the Picts, MACRAY is matured in carefully selected oak casks, using centuries old knowledge, to produce a characterful Blended Scotch Whisky that represents the Pictish spirit.