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- Suggested retail price: $599 and $279
- Thursday, June 16 (for as long as they last), we're pouring one ounce of each for $12.50
Glenfiddich is a remarkable house. The Glenfiddich 12 Year was one of only three single malt whisky available when Mark and I started tending bar in 1986. The 12 year has been on the back of our bar for the last 24 years.
While the Glenfiddich regular marks have consistently remained a benchmark, their special bottlings are often remarkable. Thursday night we will pour two such special bottlings side-by side at cost. We're also going to feature cocktails with the Glenfiddich 12 year at the ridiculous price of $9.
Glenfiddich "Reserva Rum Cask Finish" 21 Year ($279)
This new release is a particularly exciting project of Master Distiller Brian Kinsman. He has taken a small lot of older whisky, aging in the Glenfiddich warehouse, and finished it in barrels that had previously held Caribbean rum. A remarkable detail is that the Glenfiddich folks were not content to purchase a used rum cask, but instead made their own rum to age in the barrels first. The disposition of this rum is unknown, but you can bet I'm looking for it.
The effect on the whisky is to add exotic notes of fig, ginger, lime and toffee to this archetypal Speyside malt. Exciting stuff!
Glenfiddich "Excellence" 26 Year ($599)
Glenfiddich Excellence is a new expression aged exclusively in ex-bourbon American oak casks sourced from the Kelvin Cooperage in Kentucky (which happens to be owned by a Scottish family). This is the first Glenfiddich expression to be aged entirely in ex-Bourbon casks. At 26 years old, this whisky is old enough to have graduated college and moved out. There is no peat smoke on the nose, but there is a bit of the heavy char that comes from the Bourbon barrels.
Upcoming in The Spirits Project
- June 23: Glen Scotia 21 Year Scotch Samaroli (1992) $11
- June 30: Duncan Taylor Single Cask Enmore Distillery 1985 27 Year Rum; Guyana $5
- July 7: Duncan Taylor Single Cask Long Pond Distillery 2000 23 Year Rum; Jamaica $4