Kingston Single Malt Society www.kingstonsinglemaltsociety.com A social club for the appreciation of Single Malt Whisky since 1998 FEBRUARY 17th, 2020 VOLUME 13; NUMBER 8a HIGHLAND PARK SINGLE CASK SERIES 13 YEARS This evening's menu with Single Malts from OLD BOTTLED EXCLUSIVELY FOR EMPIRE STATE SOUTH HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Distilled: 2004; Bottled: 2018; CASK # 6046; LIMITED TO 593 BOTTLES VINTAGES 395790 | 750 mL bottle Price: $347.95 Spirits, Whisky/Whiskey, Scotch Single Malts 65.8% Alcohol/Vol. DEANSTON DRAGON’S MILK STOUT CASK FINISH VINTAGES 13558 | 750 mL bottle Price $86.95 Spirits, Whisky/Whiskey 50.5% Alcohol/Vol. DEANSTON 1995 OLOROSO CASK MATURED Vintage 1995; Bottled 2019; Stated Age: 23 years old Bottled for Distillery Exclusive Limited Edition VINTAGES 13558 | 700 mL bottle Price $275.00 Spirits, Whisky/Whiskey 50.2% Alcohol/Vol. HIGHLAND PARK TRILLIUM LCBO 644377 | 750 mL bottle Price: $249.95, Spirits, Whisky/Whiskey 61.4% Alcohol/Vol. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- Upcoming Dinner Dates MENU th March 16 , 2020 - Irish / Speyside th Welcoming Dram & 1st Nosing: NOMAD April 20 , 2020 - Lowland / Islay May 25th, 2020 - Campbeltown / Speyside (introduced by: Ken Goodland) nd June 22 , 2020 - BBQ (Final Exam) th th Soup: West African Peanut Soup, July 20 , 2020 - 9 “Matt” / International Night Friday August 28th 2020 - 13th Annual Premium Night Toasted Peanuts and Coconut Milk st nd September 21 , 2020 – Campbeltown/Lowland/Speyside/Highlands 2 Nosing: HIGHLAND PARK EMPIRE STATE October 19th, 2020 - Highlands / Islands (introduced by: John Leighton) November 16th, 2020 - Highlands / Islands December 7th 2020 - Christmas Dinner Appetizer: Sun Dried Tomato & Local Aged January 25th, 2021 - Robbie Burns Dinner Cheddar, Arancini with Sofrito and Basil February 15th, 2021 – Campbeltown / Lowland / Highlands / Islay th 3rd Nosing: DEANSTON DRAGON’S MILK STOUT March 15 , 2021 - Irish / Speyside / Highlands April 19th, 2021 - Campbeltown / Islands / Islay CASK FINISH (introduced by: Bill Gorham) th May 17 , 2021 - Campbeltown / Speyside th Entree: Roasted Pork Rack, Honey Glazed Heirloom June 28 , 2021 - BBQ (Final Exam) July 19th, 2021 - 10th “Matt” Night Carrots, Rosemary Roasted Mini Potatoes Friday August 27th 2021 - 14th Annual Premium Night with a Mushroom Marsala Sauce September 20th, 2021 - Campbeltown / Lowland / Speyside / 4th Nosing: DEANSTON 1995 OLOROSO CASK Highlands / Islands / Islay October 18th, 2021 - Speyside / Highlands (introduced by: Bill Gorham) th November 15 , 2021 - Speyside Dessert: Chocolate Caramel Tart December 6th 2021 - Christmas Dinner th 5 Nosing: HIGHLAND PARK TRILLIUM ---------------------------- (introduced by: John Leighton) JANUARY - KSMS Financial Statement ---------------------------- (Money from 61 January attendees @ $75) = $4575.00 January dinner 71 persons ($50.00/ea) = $3550.00 COST OF THE MALTS (Money remaining for buying Single Malt) = $1025.00 Cost of Single Malts = $1693.70 NOMAD OUTLAND WHISKY LCBO 644153 | 750 mL bottle Cost of Pours per Person = $18.41 Price $64.15 Made in: Jerez, Spain By: Gonzalez Byass & KSMS Monthly operational balance = ($-668.70) Co. Spirits, Whisky/Whiskey 40.7% Alcohol/Vol. $ Cost per person (All inclusive) = 85.95 ---------------------------- ---------------------------- 88 - OILY Lagavulin 9 Year House Lannister is one of eight single malts Scotch whiskies made to commemorate the eighth and final January Raffle Result season of Game of Thrones. Set to hit shelves in the fall of 2018, this Islay single malt was aged 9 years and bears the Congratulations to Ken Goodland sigil for House Lannister--a golden lion. winner of the Tullibardine 1993 Vintage. During the course of the raffle 7. CAOL ILA DISTILLERS EDITION $ 90 - FRUITY & RICH a total of 375 was raised. Not to bore you with the technical data of Moscatel sherry Thank you everyone! wine, but what is important to note is the taste profile of the wine so you can have an idea of why your beloved Caol Ila is ---------------------------- showing you a softer, more delicate side. Moscatel is sweet, honeyed, and often showing tastes of peaches, apricots, and THE TOP PEATY ISLAY oranges and is rarely bottled on its own. SINGLE MALTS UNDER $100 6. PORT CHARLOTTE ISLAY BARLEY 2011 Islay (EYE-la) is a true bucket list destination for fans of peaty 90 - PEATY & RICH single malts. But, if you can’t make it to the isle in person, you Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2011 is made using barley grown can take a trip to Islay one sip at at time. Just pick up one of on three Islay farms: Dunlossit, Kilchiaran, and Sunderland. In our favorite peaty bottles, each available for $100 or less. addition, it is made from two different barley varieties, DEC 28, 2019 Oxbridge & Publican. Distilled in 2011, the barley is malted and peated to a level of 40ppm. The single malt matures in a 12. KILCHOMAN 100% ISLAY 8TH EDITION combination of casks: 75% in 1st fill American whiskey casks 86 - PEATY and 25% in 2nd fill wine casks. Bottled at 50% ABV. The 100% Islay series from Kilchoman is made using Optic barley harvested on the isle. The peat level here is ~ 20ppm 5. BUNNAHABHAIN CEÒBANACH versus the brand's standard 50ppm offerings. Unlike previous editions, this is matured in oloroso sherry butts in addition to 90 - SMOKY & SWEET ex-bourbon barrels. This no-age statement single malt has no The barley used to make Bunnahabhain Scotch has not been color added and is non-chillfiltered. Bottled at 50% ABV, this peat-dried since 1963 (any effects of peat flavor come from is a limited edition release which yielded 12,000 bottles. the local water used to make it, which naturally runs through Kilchoman 100% Islay 8th Edition is available beginning fall the peat bogs on its journey to the distillery). Ceòbanach, 2018. which is Scots Gaelic for "smoky mist" is the first release to be made with Islay-grown, peat-dried barley since the 1960s. Fun fact: the stills used to process it are kept separate from 11. BOWMORE 15 YEAR the other stills at Bunnahabhain so as not to affect the other 86 - RICH & FRUITY releases. Though without a formal age statement, it is the Fans of sherried scotch and you wine lovers out there, step product of 10 years of work from Master Distiller Ian right up! Bowmore 15 Year is a whisky aged in a combination MacMillan, released un-chill filtered. of ex-bourbon and sherry casks, but it's the portion of the whisky that gets aged the final 3 years in 1st fill sherry casks 4. PORT CHARLOTTE 10 YE AR that really give this whisky that deep rich color and fruity taste. Note: Formerly called Bowmore Darkest 15 Year. 91 - PEATY & RICH Port Charlotte 10 Year is a permanent addition to Bruichladdich's portfolio and replaces the multi-vintage 10. LAPHROAIG QUARTER CASK Scottish Barley bottling. Made using 100% Scottish barley 87 - OILY & PEATY from the Inverness Shire region. This 10 year old bottling Harking back to the days of the 19th century, this bottling matures in a variety of casks: 65% in 1st fill American takes 5-11 year old aged whisky into smaller casks only 125 whiskey, 10% in 2nd fill American whiskey, and 25% in 2nd fill liters large (a quarter of a Sherry cask). This was the size that French wine casks. Port Charlotte bottlings are the heavily two men could carry to market for sale back in the day. Giving peated single malt line distilled at Bruichladdich with the more surface area to the amount of liquid in the barrel brings barley peated to 40ppm. Bottled at 50% ABV, it is non- out more vanilla and oily notes from the wood. chillfiltered and has no color added. Available beginning May 2018. 9. ARDBEG AN OA 88 - RICH & FULL BODIED 3. LAGAVULIN 16 YEAR An Oa (pronounced an oh) is a peated Islay single malt 92 - FULL BODIED & PEATY comprised of whiskies that were aged in several types of Though not officially (read, legally) established until 1816, casks of including Pedro Ximenez, virgin oak, and ex- there are records that date distillation here going back to bourbon. These whiskies were then married together in a 1742. Malted barley produced just a hop, skip, and a jump large French oak vat in Ardbeg's Gathering Room. The whisky away at neighboring Port Ellen is utilized. Everything is long is named for the Mull of Oa located on the Oa peninsula. This at this distillery: fermentation, distillation, and maturation. is the most southwesterly point of Islay. This Ardbeg release Good things do indeed come to those that wait. Bottled at marks the first permanent addition to their portfolio in close 43% ABV after 16 years in oak barrels. to ten years. Bottled at 46.6% ABV, this is non chill-filtered. Released September 2017. 2. ARDBEG UIGEADAIL 93 - FRUITY & RICH 8. LAGAVULIN 9 YEAR (GAME OF THRONES - First launched in 2003, Ardbeg Uigeadail [Oog-a-dal] is a HOUSE L ANNISTER) marriage of some young and some very old oloroso sherry aged single malt along with Ardbeg aged in ex-bourbon doesn’t mean that the whisky is, by default, chill-filtered. It’s at barrels. The name Uigeadail means "a dark, mysterious the distiller’s discretion to mention it or not. place." Fun to say and even more fun to drink. It is also the Very few distilleries opt to not chill-filter their lower-proof name of the loch from which Ardbeg gets its water. Bottled at whiskies, but there are exceptions, including Widow Jane 10 cask strength with no age statement. year bourbon (45.5% ABV) and Westward American single malt (45% ABV) in the U.S., and Glenglassaugh, BenRiach and Glen 1. LAPHROAIG 10 YEAR Grant in Scotland, all of which offer non-chill filtered single 96 - PEATY & VANILLA malts at 43% ABV.