Alcohol Archives - Macaloney's Island Distillery & Twa Dogs Brewery

AGM Dram 2024 – Triple Distilled Pot Still: Ex-Islay Quarter Cask – 55% ABV

AGM Dram 2024 – Triple Distilled Pot Still: Ex-Islay Quarter Cask – 55% ABV

By

This bottling has been specially commissioned for the 2024 AGM.

One of three AGM whiskies that are some of the oldest here at the distillery.

 

At 5 years old, with a sweet oak presence instantly recognizable along with delicate vanilla notes, this is a whisky that truly marries the best of both worlds. It has subtle laphroaig notes that are noticable and wprk beautifully in this well balanced whisky.

 

 

ABV: 55%

700ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

An Aba

By

An Aba, our Whiskymaker’s lightly peated ‘sherried’, signature expression was crafted from a select marrying of Kentucky Bourbon casks, Spanish Oloroso barriques, Portuguese shaved-toasted-re-charred (STR) red wine barriques, virgin American oak casks, and Spanish Pedro Ximénez casks.

 

Nose: Complex and layered whisky with light peat on the nose, including fresh pine and oak, orange liqueur, lemon sherbet, rum and raisin fruit cake, liquorice, vanilla sponge cake, ripe banana, gooseberry, red currant, dried mango and milk chocolate.

 

Palate: It has a lush creamy mouthfeel, medium peat, burnt heather and bonfire embers, leading to prunes, dried figs and apricots. Also on the palate there is malted milk, stewed apples, peaches, blooming heather, lavender and daffodils, developing to linseed oil, marzipan, lingering oak and a dry, light peat finish with an essence of the seaside, befitting our island location.

 

15 PPM

ABV: 46%

750ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

An Loy

By

An Loy, formerly known as Glenloy, is our ‘Whiskymaker’s Signature Selection’ whereby we carefully selected our classic single malt whisky from a combination of 60% first use Bourbon casks for a delicate, clean presentation, 15% from Dr. Swans wonderful Portuguese STR red-wine barriques for pronounced oak and sweet red-berry contribution, and 15% Oloroso / 10% PX Spanish Sherry casks for wonderful, rich and delicate fruit cake and plums. Together they compliment the tropical fruits and creamy presentation of our new-make house style (which garnered a Gold Medal at the prestigious World Whiskies Awards) to create the following tasting notes for this, our inaugural release whisky:

 

Nose: Fruit, floral and Sherry notes followed with oak, vanilla, malt, and sea breeze.

 

Palate: Creamy, caramelized orange, vanilla, potpourri, fruit cake, blackcurrant, honey, wood spices, and lingering oak.

 

 

Our An Loy whisky has been ‘dressed up’ befitting the quality of the spirit. Each bottle and carton are individually numbered. The carton has an image of Vancouver Island that wraps around all four sides, befitting the fact that this is an ‘island whisky’, and in addition to the gold foil and embossing, there are notes encompassing a bit of history, why it was named An Loy, house character and tasting notes, etc.

 

ABV: 46%

750ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Cask Strength St. Mallie: Portuguese Re-Charred Red Wine Barrique (57% ABV)

By

Now available in cask strength (57% ABV) for the first time St. Mallie, formerly known as Invermallie, is our connoisseurs / collector’s edition. Now with an 11% increase to the ABV, the creamy mouthfeel adds a complex layer to this already incredible whisky.

 

It is an ever-changing series of classic single malt expressions based on unique one-off single casks, or other special selections. With individually numbered bottles, it is sought after by those who appreciate fine whisky.

 

This St. Mallie special release comes from a select re-charred red wine barrique imported from Europe. This barrique underwent the Dr. Jim Swan shave-toast-rechar preparation and gives a wonderfully complex nose with red berries, dried fruit, demerara sugar, leather, oak and honey. The palate is creamy and full bodied with layers of tropical fruits, wood spices, brandied dark fruit cake, cigar, cocoa, Maltesers, oats and honey. The finish is long with dried fruit and lingering oak.

 

ABV: 57%

700ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Cath-Nah-Aven

By

Cath-Nah-Aven is our salute to the great Sherried whiskies from the banks of the river Spey. This award-winning Vancouver Island distilled classic single malt spirit was carefully matured in premium Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez casks from Andalucía in Spain. This whisky is carefully selected from a range of  American (Quercus alba) oak casks. These were married by our Whiskymaker to create a complex red-berry, plum, and oak nose that compliments and enhances the fruit and floral notes of our new-make spirit.

 

On the palate, this Sherried classic single malt has a huge body with a creamy mouthfeel. the plums, raisins, and spices, are complimented by structured tannins and oakwood notes, that ultimately yield to a background of juicy malt barley. The finish and development are long and complex with a symphony of diverse flavours for your personal exploration!

 

ABV: 46%

700ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Customizable Label St. Mallie: Portuguese Re-Charred Red Wine Barrique

By

Customize a bottle of our award winning St. Mallie: Portuguese Re-Charred Red Wine Barrique with a message, image, or logo of your choosing. You can create a memorable and totally unique gift that you won’t find elsewhere.

 

Custom Label Information (please read before ordering): We use pre-printed labels templates which means that there is a limited amount of space to add a graphic or text. Please see the label image with the blue box (Note: the red outline around the label is not printed). In this area we can add text, pictures, logos, or artwork. We recommend keeping text to a minimum or using a single image or graphic because of the limited space. Please allow for up to 2 business days for label creation and 2 days for order processing prior to shipping.

 

Please email your graphic or text to info@macaloneydistillers.com and provide your name and order number so we can match your email with your purchase.

 

This St. Mallie special release comes from a select re-charred red wine barrique imported from Europe. This barrique underwent the Dr. Jim Swan shave-toast-rechar preparation and gives a wonderfully complex nose with red berries, dried fruit, demerara sugar, leather, oak and honey. The palate is creamy and full bodied with layers of tropical fruits, wood spices, brandied dark fruit cake, cigar, cocoa, Maltesers, oats and honey. The finish is long with dried fruit and lingering oak. An earlier release of this whisky won Canada’s Best Single Cask Single Malt in the 2020 World Whiskies Awards.

 

ABV: 46%

750ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Island Drams Collection – Tasting Pack

By

This tasting pack lets you sample 5 of our different award winning whiskies:

  • An Loy – Classic Single Malt – Ex-Bourbon, Red Wine, Oloroso, & PX casks – World Whiskies Awards 2021 & 2022, Best Canadian Single Malt
  • Kildara – Triple Distilled Pot Still – Ex-Bourbon, Virgin American Oak, Oloroso, & PX casks – World Whiskies Awards 2023, World’s Best Pot Still
  • Cath Nah Aven – Classic Single Malt – Premium Spanish Oloroso & Pedro Ximénez (PX) casks – World Whiskies Awards 2019, Canadian Best New Make
  • St. Mallie: Red Wine Barrique – Classic Single Malt – Matured in Premium Portuguese Red Wine Barriques – World Whiskies Awards 2021 & 2022, Canadian Best Single Cask Single Malt
  • Siol Dugall – Peated Single Malt (54 ppm) – Ex-Bourbon, Virgin American Oak, & Red Wine casks – World Whiskies Awards 2023, Best Canadian Single Malt

 

ABV: 46%

Contains 5 x 50ml Bottles

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Kildara

By

 

This island whisky is from our triple distilled single potstill range – triple distilled using only the best unmalted and malted barley available. The patient, yet purposeful, triple distillation produces a complex, layered and balanced new-make spirit. Dr. Swan described our original new-make which trickles off our copper pot stills as “the best that I have tasted in any distillery at this stage, super fruity.” This triple-distillate is even smoother and fruitier!

 

Kildara, our Whiskymaker’s Signature Expression, was married from a select combination of Kentucky Bourbon, Spanish Oloroso, virgin American, and Spanish Pedro Ximénez (PX) casks. The result is a full bodied, triple distilled single potstill, island whisky with pronounced Oloroso and PX notes including dried fruit cake, vanilla crème laced with cinnamon, demerara sugar, and old seasoned leather notes. Abundant tropical fruits include candied orange, dried apricot, figs, ripe blackberries, blackcurrant jam, dried raisins and roasted nuts. The complexity continues with barley, malt and dried hay, butterscotch, milk chocolate, light tobacco and ocean breeze.

 

The palate is velvety-soft, resplendent with full bodied Sherry and tropical fruit. Oatmeal develops to oak spices, coffee, dark chocolate orange, nectarines, stewed plums, blackcurrant, red currant and sultanas, coming together as sweet dark fruitcake and honey. The finish presents dried fruit with a hint of salt and dulse, lingering oak and more Sherry, ending with hazelnut and almond raspberry pie with a drizzle of dark chocolate.

 

Kildara won ‘World’s Best Pot Still Whisky’ at the prestigious 2023 World Whiskies Awards.

 

ABV: 46%

700ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Killeigh

By

This island whisky is from our triple distilled single potstill range – triple distilled using only the best unmalted and malted barley available. The patient, yet purposeful, triple distillation produces a complex, layered and balanced new-make spirit. Dr. Swan described our original new-make which trickles off our copper pot stills as “the best that I have tasted in any distillery at this stage, super fruity.” This triple-distillate is even smoother and fruitier!

 

Killeigh is a salute to our distillers who love how Kentucky Bourbon wood allows our house style with its plethora of tropical fruits to shine through. Embellished by our Master Whiskymaker with Portuguese moscatel sweet white wine oak casks and virgin American oak casks, the result is a distillers delight.

 

The nose presents cream soda, soft vanilla and oak, with apricot, pear, hints of banana, sweet pea flowers, milled oats and honey. The white wine is delicate and layered with wet coastal forest and sea breeze. The palate is velvety-creamy with more tropical fruits including sweet lychees, mandarin orange, and delicate banana embellished with honey and barley water. Fresh rose petals and a potpourri of dried flowers and wood spice yield to vanilla, oak and coconut with a hint of linseed, nutmeg and cinnamon. The development includes light moscatel white wine, crème fraîche, toasted hazelnut, and sea salt, drying to a long, lingering oak finish. Superb!

 

 

Killeigh won Best Potstill Whisky in Canada at the prestigious 2022 World Whiskies Awards.

 

ABV: 46%

750ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Kirkinriola Virgin American Oak

By

Kirkinriola Virgin Cask, now receiving the aclaim it deserves, taking home Gold at the 2025 Canadian Whisky Awards.

 

Having previously been awarded a stunning 93/100 by Whisky Advocate & 8.3/10 by Whisky Magazine, Kirkinriola lets its flavour do the talking. And now fully matured in a single virgin American oak cask, this becomes even more apparent. As with all Macaloney triple distilled whiskies, there is a huge emphasis on being true to the craft and creating the smoothest, fruitest flavour profiles through our trickle distillation techniques.

 

Nose:
The nose has a symphony of treacle, dried fruit, heather, perfume, lemon & lime, kiwi, pineapple, bananas, geranium, bramble jam, red currant, candied orange, acacia honey, figs, vanilla bean, and cream soda. There’s also white chocolate, barley water, wholemeal biscuit, pecan, roasted almonds, pipe tobacco, sandalwood, cinnamon, pine resin, furniture polish, and coastal gorse.

 

 

Palate: The palate has an impressive body and mouthfeel with heather honey, sticky toffee pudding, rum, dried apricot & figs, cherries, sultanas, raspberry jam, and fruit cake. Rich tannins are accompanied by ginger, nutmeg, aniseed, digestive biscuit, malted milk, and Brazil nut. The oak finish is long and dry with juniper, cocoa and salted dark chocolate.

 

ABV: 46%

750ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Kirkinriola: Moscatel Cask

By

This island whisky is from our triple distilled single potstill range – triple distilled using only the best unmalted and malted barley available. The patient, yet purposeful, triple distillation produces a complex, layered and balanced new-make spirit. Dr. Swan described our original new-make which trickles off our copper pot stills as “the best that I have tasted in any distillery at this stage, super fruity.” This triple-distillate is even smoother and fruitier!

 

This single cask series, Kirkinriola (pronounced ‘kirk-in-riola’), is our connoisseurs / collector’s single-cask edition. Like the passionate, spirited Ulster-Scots, it is an ever-changing series of triple-distilled potstill expressions based on unique one-off single casks, or other special selections. With individually numbered bottles, it is sought after by those who appreciate fine whisky.

 

This triple distilled single potstill, island, whisky was fully matured in a single moscatel sweet white wine barrique made with European oak. The nose is resplendent of Muscat grape, sweet white wine and a well-developed European oak presence including vanilla, honey, and marzipan, walnut and nutmeg. Barley, oatmeal and malted milk yield to abundant tropical fruits including dried apricot, ripe peaches and sultanas.

 

The creamy mouthfeel leads to full bodied moscatel and oak, vanilla beans, dried ginger, ripe cherries, pear, lychees, dried coconut and lemon zest. The juicy barley and malt suggest digestive biscuits layered with treacle, followed by linseed, comfortable leather furniture, walnut, almonds and pecans, with a hint of salt and dry oaken finish. Enjoy!

 

ABV: 46%

750ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Kirkinriola: Portuguese Re-Charred Red Wine Barrique

By

This island whisky is from our triple distilled single potstill range – triple distilled using only the best unmalted and malted barley available. The patient, yet purposeful, triple distillation produces a complex, layered and balanced new-make spirit. Dr. Swan described our original new-make which trickles off our copper pot stills as “the best that I have tasted in any distillery at this stage, super fruity.” This triple-distillate is even smoother and fruitier!

 

This single cask series, Kirkinriola (pronounced ‘kirk-in-riola’), is our connoisseurs / collector’s single-cask edition. Like the passionate, spirited Ulster-Scots, it is an ever-changing series of triple-distilled potstill expressions based on unique one-off single casks, or other special selections. With individually numbered bottles, it is sought after by those who appreciate fine whisky.

 

This particular Kirkinriola special release single cask comes from a select Portuguese recharred red wine barrique imported from Europe. This barrique underwent the Dr. Jim Swan shave-toast-rechar (STR) preparation and gives a wonderfully complex nose with apricot, papaya, pears, honey, oats, and sherried fruit cake. The palate is creamy and full bodied with cereal and a symphony of floral and fruit notes including roses, honey, nectarine, papaya, apricot, apples & candied orange. Layered into this are red wine, blackcurrant, wood spices and a lingering oak finish with a hint of sea breeze befitting an island distillery. Enjoy!

 

ABV: 46%

750ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Na Braiche

By

This single malt whisky was crafted from new-make that took ‘Canadian Best’ at the prestigious World Whiskies Awards. Jim Murray’s 2020 Whisky Bible scored this whisky 93 points. One the nose there are ripe red berries, tropical fruit, toffee, toasted oak and wood spices. The palate is smooth and creamy with tropical fruits, fruit cake, honey, citrus, dark chocolate, juicy malt, a hint of sea salt, emerging spices and a long oak finish.

 

Nose: Wonderfully complex with red berries, dried fruit, demerara sugar, oak & honey

Palate: Smooth, creamy, layered tropical fruits, wood spices, cocoa and heather-honey, with a lingering oak finish.

 

 

ABV: 46%

700mL Bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

Oaken Potstill

By

Previously called Oaken Poitín

 

Traditionally distilled using Irish methods and matured in select STR (shave-toast-rechar) Portuguese red wine barriques, this is the first ever triple-distilled pot still whisky spirit in Canada and one of the first outside of Ireland. Whiskymaker Dr. Graeme Macaloney studied the pot still process in Ireland before recreating it here on Vancouver Island. He then overlaid the maturation expertise learned from the legendary Dr. Jim Swan. The new make spirit underpinning this triple distilled pot-still spirit won Canada’s Best New Make at the World Whiskies Awards in 2021

 

Nose: Apricot, papaya, pears, honey, oats and Sherried fruit cake

 

 

Palate:  Full bodied, creamy and smooth, with cereal and a symphony of floral and fruit notes including roses, honey, nectarine, papaya, apricot, apples & candied orange. Layered into this are red wine, blackcurrant, wood spices and a lingering oak finish.

 

ABV: 46%

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

750ml Bottle

Searaidh Braiche

By

Here it is! Our first ever Sherry-matured single malt. This single malt spirit is not merely ‘finished’ in Sherry casks but is matured from start to finish in a combination of Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez STR casks. STR stands for Shave Toast Rechar as developed by the late great Dr. Jim Swan. It made our Mac na Braiche and Invermallie STR the huge successes that they are. Now, thanks to our Spanish cooperage in Jerez, we have STR barriques (225L) that infuse robust oak notes, better oxygenation, and charcoal filtering to round off the massive Sherry-bomb notes one expects from Oloroso and PX matured single malts.

The classic single malt spirit underpinning this Searaidh Braiche spirit won gold at the 2019 World Whiskies Awards for best newmake in Canada and top 2 in the World. The Searaidh Braiche also won a gold medal in the 2021 John Barleycorn Awards.

Tasting Notes:  This classic sherried single malt spirit has a rich body and creamy mouthfeel. The plums, raisins, tropical fruit and wood spices are complemented by structured tannins and oak, that ultimately yield to a background of juicy malt barley. The finish and development are complex with a hint of sea salt and symphony of sherry and tropical fruit notes.

 

This sale will extend past Black Friday. In fact, if it proves popular, we may make it a permanent change!

 

ABV: 46%

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered

750ml Bottle

Single Cask St. Mallie Virgin Wood

By

St. Mallie, in a virgin cask. The first of it’s kind and available only as a limited release.

 

Whilst the virgin cask still has our house-style of big juicy Canadian malt and super-charged fruity esters, the result continues to be sweet, delicate, and with floral dessert wine notes which balances beautifully with the virgin oak. In fact, the spirit underpinning this single malt whisky won a gold medal and came World top 3 in the new-make category at the World Whisky Awards

 

 

Billy Walker once told our Master Whiskymaker, Graeme Macaloney:”Don’t be frightened of using these casks”, and Graeme is pleased to report the result is quite spectacular.

 

ABV: 46%

700ml bottle

Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered