Winter warmers

Fancy something different? Here are five alternatives to add to your home-bar this year.

Notes of Gingerbread

Gwalarn

(meaning north west wind)

Blend of whisky from Celtic region distilleries and bottled in France. An aromatic palette combining vanilla, leather and smoky tobacco and honey, then in the mouth aromas of gingerbread combined with flavours of candied fruit.

RRP: £35.99

Availability: The Whisky Exchange

Great Looking Bottle

Peerless Small Batch Rye

A bottle based on the design of the Peerless ‘doubler’, a pot still responsible for the final distillation and produced by Verescence, the world’s leading glass manufacturer for the beauty industry in high end virgin glass, typically reserved for perfume and cosmetics.

RRP: £80

Availability: Native Spirits, Whisky Exchange, Master of Malt

Classic Cocktails

Catoctin Creek 80 Proof Roundstone Rye

Virginia rye whisky is the classic American spirit for cocktails such as the Manhattan and Sazerac. This is a classic Virginian rye at a fantastic price.

RRP: £37

Availability: Native Spirits, Whisky Exchange, Master of Malt, Southport Whisky

Award-Winning Taste

Sagamore Spirit Double Oak Rye

Won Master of Category in The Drinks Business Spirits Business Spring Blind Tasting 2021.

RRP: £69

Availability: Native Spirits, Whisky Exchange, Master of Malt

Smoky Peaty

Kornog

(meaning west wind)

Bouquet of aromas from lemon peel to beeswax are enhanced with a touch of vanilla on the nose, perfectly balanced in the mouth blending the smokiness of peat with fruit and spices (ginger, white pepper), the result of patient ageing.

RRP: £70