Whisky

Finnish malt rye whisky is made from malted rye. The additional malting step brings out the fruity flavours in the rye much more clearly, and the rye malt is also slightly more acidic and bready than unmalted rye. In general, rye is rarely malted for whisky production. Rye malt is widely used in bread production in particular. The special feature of this edition bottled exclusively for Germany is the finish in Oloroso sherry casks. The Kyrö Distillery Company was founded in 2012 by five friends during a visit to the sauna.

The Johnnie Walker Blue Label Umami flirts with the enigmatic umami character usually associated with culinary delicacies from first-class restaurants. The umami character is often described as the 'fifth Taste'.

Master Blender Emma Walker was supported for this special bottling by 3-star chef Kei Kobayashi, who usually combines Japanese culinary art with French culinary art in his dishes and restaurants. Together, they brought together rare and hand-picked whiskies from inland and coastal regions of Scotland until the sweet and sour, complex and deep umami character with its meaty facets of this Johnnie Walker blended whisky was achieved.

This 26-year-old Strathisla belongs to Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice series and was matured in a single refill American Hogshead. It was bottled exclusively for a German importer. The independent bottler is probably the one with the largest cask inventory. Already decades ago, the Urquhart family cultivated the important contacts to the distilleries, and now the range is correspondingly wide. In the meantime, their malts from the 'Distillery Labels' series are often considered original bottlings, as many of the distilleries included do not bottle themselves. The 1786 Strathisla Distillery is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland and takes its name from the river of the same name that flows near the distillery site.

Under this label, the independent bottler G&M has been bottling this Single Malt for the distillery for decades.

Among collectors, it is considered an original because of the authentic label.

This 13-year-old Auchroisk belongs to Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice series, which has been bottled by the independent bottler since the 1960s. In 2018, the complete range was restructured. Each Single Malt is created as a single cask or from a small number of casks. Detailed information about the vintage and cask type can be found on the bottle label. The Auchroisk was matured in refilled Bourbon Hogsheads.

The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve is a successful whisky made from 10-15 year old malts that matured in different casks. Ex-bourbon casks made from American white oak, Matusalem Oloroso sherry casks and Cabernet Sauvignon barriques were used. Its character complements a good cigar perfectly.

The Legendary Dark Silkie comes from the town of Donegal on the west coast of Ireland. It is produced by Sliabh Liag Distillers, who have named themselves after the peninsula on which Donegal is located. Until Sliabh Liag Distillers' own distillery is completed, they are initially producing this blend of Irish, triple-distilled, peated single malts, some of which are matured in sherry casks, unpeated single malts matured in ex-bourbon casks and a proportion of smooth grain whiskeys that have spent their maturation period in oak casks.

'Silkies' are mythical seal creatures from Irish mythology that transform into irresistibly beautiful women on land.

Patagonia No 11 is part of the Icon of Wales series from the Welsh company Penderyn. The blended malt was created through a collaboration between the distillery and the Patagonia La Alazana Distillery. The bottling honours the Welsh heritage in southern Argentina. In 1865, 153 Welsh immigrants arrived in the province of Chubut in Argentina and began a new life there. The descendants of the Welsh immigrants successfully preserved their cultural traditions. For this reason, the Welsh-speaking community in Chubut invited Professor Brian Morgan at the end of March 2022. Morgan, one of the founders and first chairman of Penderyn Whiskey, gave a lecture on the Penderyn brand and met the owners of La Alazana Distillery. They had travelled 600 km from the Andes to offer a diverse selection of single malt whiskies for tasting purposes. This meeting developed into a close and friendly business relationship, which in turn led to the Penderyn Patagonia.

With the Ardbeg Blasda, the limited edition of a slightly smoky malt (8ppm smoke) was released in 2008. Blasda in Gaelic stands for sweet and delicious. With little smoke, the more subtle flavours of Ardbeg come to the fore.