Somethings Old, Somethings New

“Somethings Old, Somethings New” For those of you that missed our 4/23/25 with IAN PALMER, you missed one of our best tastings. His North American executive told me that Ian enjoyed his night in Atlanta and hopes to return in the future. Back to May 8th: Let’s begin with a rare official bottling of Teaninich 10-Year 43% ABV from Diageo’s Flora & Fauna collection. As is my wont, I often pair Teaninich and Dailuaine, I’ve selected as independent bottling of Dailuaine 10-Year 46% ABV from the Jas. Eadie Whisky Co. Onto the new GlenAllachie 8-Year at 46% ABV. This whisky is alive, a vibrant malt that has full-flavor as its middle name. My favorite HL malt is Glen Garioch. I have chosen the Founders Reserve NAS bottling at 48% ABV.

You will love it! The new Kilkerran 8-Year Cask Strength at 55.8% ABV is a bourbon bomb.  Ranald Watson, Findlay Ross, and Gavin McLachlan selected those 8-year casks that had attained full maturity and vatted them together without filtration, coloration, or reduction. Our last (but never least) dram is the GREAT Laphroaig Quarter Cask, a fine NCF expression that comes in at 48% ABV. The quarter casks are 125L which is a quarter of the 500L sherry butt and port pipe casks.

So, do join us and bring a friend, because “good whisky is made great when shared among friends.” Join our dramming family…

WHISKY MENU

1. TEANINICH Single Malt / 10-Year (Flora & Fauna range) / 43% ABV / OB / Dist
Owner: Diageo Scotland Ltd. (Diageo plc) / Highland (Northern)

2. DAILUAINE Single Malt / 10-Year / 46% ABV / NCF / IB: James Eadie Whisky Co.
(Rupert Patrick) / Dist Owner: Diageo Scotland Ltd. (Diageo plc) / Speyside
(Central)

3. GLENALLACHIE Single Malt / 8-Year / 46% ABV / NCF / OB / Dist Owner: The
GlenAllachie Consortium (Walker, Stevenson & Savage) / Speyside (Central)

4. GLEN GARIOCH Single Malt / ‘1797 Founder’s Reserve’ / NAS / 48% ABV / NCF /
OB / Dist Owner: Beam Suntory UK Ltd. (Suntory Holdings Ltd.) / Highland
(Eastern)

5. KILKERRAN Single Malt 8-Year / ‘Bourbon Cask’ – 2023 Annual Release #8 / CS
55.8% ABV / NCF / OB: Glengyle Dist / Dist Owner: J. & A. Mitchell & Co., Ltd. (The
Hedley G. Wright Trust) / Campbeltown

6. LAPHROAIG Single Malt / ‘Quarter Cask’ / NAS / 48% ABV / NCF / OB / Dist
Owner: Beam Suntory UK Ltd. (Suntory Holdings Ltd.) / Islay (Kildalton)