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The Anvil Contents The Anvil Contents The Whisky List Flavour Camps The Key & Independant Bottlers Drink Local Whisky Flights The Whisky lisT he following is a catalogue of all our whisky Ton the back bar. For your convienience it is alphabetised regardless of style, country or region. Take note of the flavour camps on the left to give you a snapshot of what the whisky tastes like, these are explained overleaf. Slainte Mhath! The FlAvour CAmps To aid your decision making we have grouped whiskies into categories that encompass the main favour profles whiskies can exhibit. Gone are the days where the region a whisky came from truly determined its favour and style. Te rise of technology and communication has broken down the geographical barriers and allowed a new world style of experimental distilling to take place. FRUIT NINJAS Tropical fruits, pineapple, bannana, mango. Berries, citrus, cherries. Tese moreish, quafable drams are great paired with food and owe their profle to longer fermentation periods yielding more complex fruity characteristics. Maturation is ex Bourbon Casks is heavily prevalent here as the vannilins bring out the best in these drams, adding favours of coconut, lemon custard and general sweetness. Typically highland malts from Scotland showcase these characteristics but Japanese and eastern whiskies quickly adopting this delicious, juicy style. FRESH AS A DAISY Floral, herbaceous, light and elegant. Tese drams showcase delicate qualities. Subtle and refned nuances come and go, a thinking person’s whisky. Tese drams make excellent aperitifs, stimulating the palate for an evening of libation and dinner. Floral qualities are developed through many channels - ofen these whiskies are triple distilled (a typically Lowland regional style), or are produced in stills with tall necks and multiple refux points. Expect grassy fresh favours, nuttiness, dried fowers and cereal grains. Barley sugar and shortbread biscuits. THE CONFECTIONERS ART Dessert whiskies reign supreme in this category. Caramel, butterscotch, vanilla. Golden syrup, dark treacle, pecan pie. Tese tempting drams get their favours primarily through our friend Quercus Alba or American Oak. Te sweet nuances that bourbon imparts into these charred casks beautifully compliments the creamy favours of the barely. Pure decadence. Tese bad boys pair wonderfully with heavy chocolatey stouts to bring a little balance SPICE TRADERS Sherry Bombs, Xmas puddings, gingernuts. Tese deliciously complex drams owe their favour to European Oak. Te sherrybutts from Jerez, the port pipes from Porto, and the limousin casks from Cognac all impart their previous resident’s profle into a whisky along with the tannic rich, spice laden profle of the oak itslef. Traditionally scotch was more ofen aged in European Oak due to the lef over barrels in UK docks but since 1920s Bourbon barrels became the cheaper option as sherry fell out of favour. Typical favours include sherry, dried fruits - sultanas, raisins, candied peel, spices - cinnamon, nutmeg, wood, caramel, orange, Christmas cake. SALTY SEA DOGS Sea dogs, mariners, costal drams, there’s a whole world out there by the ocean. Tese whiskys dominate with salty, mineral rich favours. Seaspray, umami seaweed & beachside bonfres are some favours that will appear here. Most likely developing from their terroir or situ on costal regions, our Sea Dogs have been battered by coastal winds and ofen lef to age in open windowed warehouses. Medicinal peat dug up from areas previously underwater and comprised of marine plant matter is ofen used to dry the grains in this category bringing with it subtle smoke. Tis is a favour camp that challenges the preconceptions of cask vs distillery infuence. BIG BELTERS Cask strength, peat monsters, phenolic fends. Tese whiskies are huge and punchy in favour and showcase earthy ofen medicinal favours ingrained in the grain during the drying period afer germination. Smoke from burning peat fres permeate the husk of the barley and impart favour from the outset, only to be sofen with time and maturation. Peat is a material consisting of partly decomposed vegetable matter forming a deposit on acidic, boggy, ground, which is dried for use as fuel. Peatiness is measured in PPM - Phenols Parts per Million with 55PPM considered as heavily peated. Tese bad boys have an aquired taste and a cult following. BREAFAST OF CHAMPIONS Now we’re not telling you to drink whisky for breakfast but... this goes pretty great over your cornfakes. Cereal grains and fresh favours dominate this category. Hay and toasted oats, porridge with swirled honey and a pot of flter cofee on the go. Teir delicate favours lend wonderfully to drinking straight up unadulterated served with a delicious triple cream cheese. MA’S FRUIT LOAF Baked fruit bread fresh out of the oven. Tese whiskies showcase favours of baking spices - cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and cocoa along with stewed fruits, bramley apples, raisins and sticky tofee pudding. Rich and homely, we recommend these with a nutty Gouda or served stirred down with a touch of italian vermouth and bitters in a sweet Manhatten. PANCAKE PARLOUR Sweet and yummy delights, pancakes can be enjoyed with so many toppings! Tese whiskeys show favours of maple, honey, banana, butterscotch, tofee and caramel. Tey’re rich and viscous and make a banging Old Fashioned. Match these suckers with a trufed pork salami or hot chorizo. Delicious! SPICE UP YOUR LIFE Peppery, herbaceous and homely, this category is dominated with classic style Rye whiskeys. Expect to note favours of menthol, ginger, allspice and nutmeg along with toasted nuts and poached fruits. Stir this down into the New Orleans classic the Vieux Carre and pair with some smoked almonds. The key B.B.&R. = Berry Brothers & Rudd CS = Cask Strength DE = Distillers Edition D.T. = Duncan Taylor D.L. = Douglas Laing D.L. O.P. = Douglas Laing Old Particular F&F = Flora & Fauna Range G&M = Gordon & MacPhail G&M C.C. = Gordon & MacPhail Connisouirs Choice G&M D.L. = Gordon & MacPhail Distillery Label LD = Lost Distillery Range L.M.D.W. = La Maison Du Whisky M.M.W.M. = Te Modern Malt Whisky Market R.&B.T . = Rest & Be Tankful Whisky Company S.M.S = Te Single Malts of Scotland S.V. = Signatory Vintage T.B.W.C. = Tat Boutique-y Whisky Company T.O.W.C. = Te Odd Whisky Coy T.W.A. = Te Whisky Agency W&M = Wilson & Morgan W.L.T. = Whisky Live Tokyo independAnT BoTTlers Tere is a big tradition in Scotland of distilleries swapping and selling barrels of matureing whisky. Te sale of barrels gave rise to the grocers that turned into the great blending houses that we see today such as Johnnie Walker & Sons and the Chivas Brothers. As well as blending whisky, some of these grocers kept the whisky to be bottled as single malt, the main one being Gordon & MacPhail, opening in 1895. Gordon & MacPhail where realesing single malt whisky when the distilleries themselves where still selling their stock for blending. Tese days there are many buisnesses, societies and clubs that buy barrels from distilleries and mature them independently, allowing us to exprerience charicteristics in whisky that the distillery may not release. Aberfeldy 12yo Single Malt $11 Fruit Ninjas Bourbon Casks Highlands - Scotland 40.00% Aberfeldy 17yo by Cadenheads Single Malt $21 Fruit Ninjas Bourbon Casks Highlands - Scotland 46.00% Aberfeldy 21yo Single Malt $30 Fruit Ninjas Bourbon Casks Highlands - Scotland 40.00% Aberlour 12yo Single Malt $12 Fruit Ninjas Bourbon & Sherry Casks Speyside - Scotland 40.00% Aberlour 18yo Single Malt $38 Fruit Ninjas Sherry Casks Speyside - Scotland 43.00% Single Malt Fresh as a Aberlour 23yo 1989 by Cadenheads $30 Daisy Bourbon Cask Speyside - Scotland 54.90% Aberlour A’bunadh Single Malt $21 Big Belters Sherry Cask Speyside - Scotland 60.10% Acorn to Cask by Speyside Cooperage Single Malt $12 Fruit Ninjas Bourbon Casks Speyside - Scotland 40.00% Alisa Bay Single Malt $23 Spice Trader Refll Bourbon Casks Lowlands - Scotland 48.90% Single Malt Fresh as a Allt-A-Bhainne 21yo 1992 by Cadenheads $24 Daisy Bourbon Cask Speyside - Scotland 54.00% Amrut Single Malt $14 Fruit Ninjas New & Used American Oak Bangalore - India 46.00% Amrut CS Single Malt $19 Fruit Ninjas New & Used American Oak Bangalore - India 61.80% Amrut Fusion Single Malt $14 Spice Trader New & Used American Oak Bangalore - India 50.00% Amrut Intermediate Sherry Single Malt $26 Spice Trader Bourbon & Sherry Casks Bangalore - India 57.10% Amrut Kadhambam Single Malt $27 Big Belters Rum, Brandy & Sherry Casks Bangalore - India 50.00% Amrut Naarangi Single Malt $28 Fruit Ninjas Orange Infused Oloroso Sherry Cask Bangalore - India 50.00% Amrut Peated Single Malt $16 Fruit Ninjas New & Used American Oak Bangalore - India 46.00% Amrut Peated CS Single Malt $21 Fruit Ninjas New & Used American Oak Bangalore - India 62.80% Amrut Portonova Single Malt $26 Big Belters New & Used American Oak & Port Casks Bangalore - India 62.10% Amrut Single Cask 888 Single Malt $33 Spice Trader New American Oak Bangalore - India 62.80% Single Malt Fresh as a AnCnoc 12yo $14 Daisy Bourbon Casks Highlands - Scotland 40.00% AnCnoc 18yo Single Malt $36 Spice Trader Bourbon & Sherry Casks Highlands - Scotland 46.00% AnCnoc 22yo Single Malt $36 Spice Trader Refll Sherry Casks Highlands - Scotland 46.00% AnCnoc Cutter Single Malt $22 Big Belters Bourbon Casks Highlands - Scotland 46.00% AnCnoc Flaughter Single Malt $18 Salty Sea Dogs Bourbon Casks Highlands - Scotland 46.00% AnCnoc Peter Arkle Bricks Single Malt $17 Spice Trader Bourbon & Sherry Casks Highlands - Scotland 46.00% AnCnoc Peter Arkle Casks Single Malt $17 Fruit Ninjas Bourbon & Sherry Casks Highlands - Scotland 46.00% AnCnoc Vintage 1997 Single Malt $16 Spice Trader Bourbon & Sherry Casks Highlands - Scotland 46.00% White Dog Fresh as a Archie Rose Behemoth Spirit $18 Daisy None N.S.W.
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