Made from 100% local New York malted barley, our single malt ages a minimum of two years in new American oak barrels before finishing in ex-sherry casks for six months. With rich notes of praline, candied apple, and burnt almond on the finish, this exceptional single malt rivals some of the finest Scotch whiskeys. 

Maker Note

Handcrafted With a Weather Eye

Bender’s is a complex yet accessible corn whiskey that’s produced on San Francisco’s Treasure Island. Sourced from a distillery not far from where one of our founders was born, each batch of Bender’s is unique.

Our second batch of Old Corn has been aged for a minimum of 9 years in charred oak barrels and is blended in small batches of 2000 bottles or less. Our take on a classic bourbon style whiskey, Old Corn boasts subtle notes of toasted wood, vanilla, and caramel with a rich honeyed finish. Perfect in an old fashioned over a large ice cube, or with ginger beer, each bottle is crafted to warm the discriminating palate.

Cantera Negra Cafe combines our hand-crafted 100% pure blue agave spirit with coffee to create a delectable blend that boasts a rich and silky cafe flavor with a hint of smokiness. This coffee liqueur is so impeccably smooth that it can be savored over ice, and is the ultimate choice for any cocktail recipe that requires a cafe liqueur. Our meticulous approach to growing, distilling, and blending ensures that Cantera Negra Cafe is exceptionally rich and smooth, providing an unparalleled taste experience.

Alan Shayne founded Spirit Imports in 1993. An experienced veteran of the spirits industry, Shayne founded The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America. In the nearly three decades since his daughters Lauren and Gabrielle joined the family business they have built a portfolio of eight brands and dozens of releases. The Classic Cask is a label of distinctive single barrels and strictly limited releases of Single Malt from some of the best distilleries. Each bottle is numbered in series, once a release is gone it is gone forever. This Classic Cask 23 Year Old Caribbean Rum Finish is part of a series of four twenty-three year-old Spirits released in tandem. After 23 years of aging the whisky was placed into former Caribbean Rum casks that once held Solera aged rums, for 6 months. During that period, it picked up the distinctive rum features which added a new dimension to this thoroughly engaging whisky.

Hailing from the Hinch Distillery in Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland, this delightful Single Pot Still whiskey features oats in its mashbill, imparting a subtle creaminess. While the majority matures in bourbon casks, a small portion ages in sherry casks, adding a touch of spice to the overall character.

Tasting Notes

Nose: Delight in aromas of porridge and cream, accented by hints of lime zest and cinnamon spice.

Palate: Experience the indulgence of oat and raisin cookies alongside lemon shortbread, with a gradual build of spice.

Finish: Revel in a creamy, zesty conclusion, complemented by lingering peppery oak notes.

The first extra-aged Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey to join Elijah Craig’s award-winning family of Bourbons. A unique combination of spicy rye grains and sweet corn, coupled with a steadfast attention to detail, give Elijah Craig Straight Rye the perfect balance of flavor and smoothness.

TASTING NOTES

COLOR: Medium chestnut

AROMA: Dark chocolate with spices and a hint of smoke

TASTE: Rich baking spices and honey backed up with smooth oak influence

FINISH: Long and lingering

AWARDS

PLATINUM BEST OF CLASS - SIP Awards, 2020

DOUBLE GOLD - San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2021, 2022

TOP 10 OF 2020 Whisky Advocate, 2020

Nose: Black cherry fruit leather, stewed strawberries, orange peel, molasses, cinnamon bark, sage

Taste: Cherry turnover, spiced apples, sun-dried raisins, candied orange rind, rosemary, savory spice

How to Enjoy: Pour it over ice and garnish with a cherry.

Unopened bottles have a 3 Year shelf life, once opened, refrigerate for up to 30 days.

The Dalmore 25 Year Old is an exceptional and unique whisky.

The spirit is initially matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon casks, yielding soft vanilla and honey notes. The whisky is then carefully apportioned between casks which have held 30-Year Old Matusalem Oloroso Sherry and Tawny Port Pipes. It is then brought back together to harmonise in a first fill ex-Bourbon cask, creating something truly exceptional.

TASTING NOTES

The Aroma: Exotic fruits, citrus, vanilla pods, treacle toffee, and fig cake

On the Palate: Madagascan vanilla pods, thick treacle toffee, and chocolate truffles

Finishing Notes: Maple syrup, dark chocolate, and spiced gingerbread

Award-winning whisky

IWSC Gold 2018 - International Wine and Spirit Competition 

Alan Shayne founded Spirit Imports in 1993. An experienced veteran of the spirits industry, Shayne founded The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America. In the nearly three decades since his daughters Lauren and Gabrielle joined the family business they have built a portfolio of eight brands and dozens of releases. The Classic Cask is a label of distinctive single barrels and strictly limited releases of Single Malt from some of the best distilleries. Each bottle is numbered in series, once a release is gone it is gone forever. This Classic Cask 23 Year Old Oloroso Sherry Finish is part of a series of four twenty-three year-old Spirits released in tandem. After 23 years this whisky was finished for 6 months in first fill Oloroso Sherry butts. Antique mahogany in color the Oloroso finished bottlings have a fresh sweet bouquet, that exhibit pears and nutty aromas. Butterscotch and walnut are prominent on the palate followed by an extraordinarily smooth finish.

Founded by Joe Giildenzopf, Jamie Giildenzopf and Brad Neathery, Oak & Eden is a product of Texas-based Sanctified Spirits Company. The innovative finishing process they use for their whiskeys involves putting a spiral of wood in their bottles of bourbon and rye. The tight five-inch spirals are crafted from American white oak, allowing a maximum surface area for the whiskey to interact with the wood. Currently, the company offers four different products: A straight bourbon, a rye whiskey, a wheated bourbon, and a bourbon finished with red wine-steeped oak. All aged two years, these high-rye mash whiskeys are masterfully distilled and aged in charred new American oak barrels, delivering a distinctive whiskey full of spice and fruit. A 5 long spiral cut piece of French Oak is rested in cabernet sauvignon before resting in this bottle of bourbon. The combination of American bourbon whiskey, finished with a French red wine seasoned Oak spire delivers an incredibly distinctive sweet, and fruity flavor profile. To create this expression Oak & Eden partnered with Marker Cellars winery to infuse their cabernet sauvignon into this award-winning bourbon: a remarkably smooth combination of corn, rye and barley.

In 1988, near a scenic stream called Lithia Creek in Ashland, Oregon, Jack Joyce and Bob Woodell, fraternity brothers at the University of Oregon, opened the doors of Rogue Brewery. For fifteen years, Rogue Brewery brewed beers such as Dead Guy Ale, Dad's Little Helper and Brutal IPA under the tutelage of John Maier, Rogue Brewery's brewmaster. Then, with the addition of Master Distiller John Couchot in 2003, Rogue Spirits was born. Couchot, who earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Evergreen State College in Washington, was a professional chemist for six years before jumping ship to make spirits. They take pride in all their whiskeys being handcrafted. This starts at the selection of grains, brewing, and distilling, then ends with aging and bottling. All Rogue's spirits are made from ingredients off their own Rogue farms and Oregon Single Malt Whiskey is no exception. It's a handcrafted single malt whiskey that's pot-distilled in small batches using malted barley that has been smoked using cherry and alder wood. It is aged for a minimum of 5 years in new American Oak barrels, char 3. It is then bottled at 80 proof with no chill filtering involved. 

This highly unique American blended whiskey is made entirely from local New York State grains and patiently aged in hand-picked oak barrels.  Made of nothing but 100% American whiskey, it is subtly matured and expertly blended to perfection. It is finished with French Oak for up to a year which conveys a very soft and graceful whiskey.  Enjoy it neat or on the rocks for a truly unique sipping experience!

2020 96 Points – The Tasting Panel

2020 91 Points – Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible

2019 91 Points – Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible

MADE WITH REAL, AUTHENTIC SICILIAN ALMONDS

Color: A transparent, pearly colour with an unmistakable coppery glint.

Aroma: The fragrance of almonds with a hint of intense yet pleasant bitterness, which reminds some people of marzipan.

Taste: Deliciously sweet and smooth, characterised by its appetising aroma with marzipan nuances. The intense, lingering aftertaste of almonds ends on the palate with hints of vanilla, cherries and cocoa.

Enjoy this sweet, smooth liqueur with ice after a meal, and let yourself drift away to a Mediterranean garden in the company of friends and family.

The sea is everything! Inspired by the invigorating coastal air and the endless mysteries of the sea, HENDRICK’S Master Distiller Ms. Lesley Gracie considered a bold possibility: expressing the glorious sensory delights of the sea, in a gin. And so began HENDRICK’S NEPTUNIA.

HENDRICK’S NEPTUNIA is a limited release that captures the magic of the sea, in a gin. Ms. Lesley Gracie's creation is as refreshing as her muse, the mighty waves that lash the Ayrshire coast. Infused with an exquisite blend of locally sourced coastal botanicals and with a remarkable crisp citrus finish.

Our first maritime release, the fresh sea-song notes characteristic of native coastal flora vigorously emboldens HENDRICK’S signature combination of Cucumber and Rose, culminating in an astonishingly crisp citrus finish.

HENDRICK’S NEPTUNIA GIN is a captivating base for classic gin cocktails. HENDRICK’S NEPTUNIA lends the gin & tonic a refreshing seaside spin; adds fathoms of coastal botanicals to the Bayside Sparkling Sangria; and enhances the citrus zing of the Gin Gimlet.

Do not be secretive about your own HENDRICK’S NEPTUNIA adventures! Share a photograph, drawing or etching of yourself & your HENDRICK’S NEPTUNIA cocktail. Go on, we dare you! Bizarre costumes and names (for you or the cocktails) are optional. #HendricksNeptunia

One of the ‘super-premium’ members of our core range and another heavy hitter in the awards department, like all of our single malts, this is non-chill filtered and natural colour.

With a strong sherry influence, our 25 Year Old is the perfect example of how well Bunnahabhain matures and the extent of the complex range of sweet oaky layers and nutty flavours which can be achieved by those few extra years in cask.

Tasting Notes

Colour: Amber gold

Nose: Scents of rich sherry, blossoming into sweet caramel and polished leather.

Palate: An initial taste of sweet berries and cream that evolves into a feast of roasted nuts and malt.

Finish: Soft and dry with a delicate hint of sweet sugar and spiced oak that linger long on the tongue.

George Dickel has teamed up with the Leopold Bros to produce an innovative rye whisky offering.The release blends George Dickel’s column still rye produced at Cascade Hallow Distillery with Leopold Bros’ Three Chamber Rye to recreate a historic style. This union between column distilled rye and Three Chamber distilled rye turns back the hands of time, returning to an era that saw heavy-bodied rye whisky served at bars and saloons throughout America. The Cascade Hollow component of this blend is a never-before released traditional column still rye.

Before cocktails were cocktails and even before Scotch was Scotch, Drambuie has been a premium Scotch liqueur at the heart of great cocktails. In its native Gaelic, Drambuie means the drink that satisfies. Though the exact recipe has been a closely guarded secret since it was brought to Scotland in 1745, for the past 200 years, Drambuie has been made with aged Highland whisky, heather honey, herbs and spices.

TASTING NOTES

NOSE: Aged malt whisky combined with a mix of floral and herbal overtones and rich honey

TASTE: A complex arrangement of herbal, spicy, sweet, and honey notes

FINISH: Voluptuous and full-bodied

Mars Shinshu is Japan's highest whisky distillery, at 798 meters just over 2,600 feet nestled between Japan's Southern and Central Alps. Mars Shinshu is owned by the Hombo family, who have been in the business of distillation for over a century. Whisky became a part of the Mars Shinshu production line up in 1949. In 1984, Shinshu decided to move their southernmost Kyushu distillery to the picturesque alpine Miyada village, where the high altitude and cool climate make for suitable conditions for whisky-making. The whisky is produced from waters that pass through granite rock, this water is high in natural minerals. This whisky is named after Kiichiro Iwai, known as "The Silent Pioneer of Japan Whisky," and the former mentor of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka and Suntory Whisky. Iwai sent Taketsuru to Scotland to learn the art of whisky-making. Taketsuru returned to Japan, presenting a whisky-making report the Taketsuru Notes to Iwai. Taketsuru was the first Japanese to learn the art of whisky-making. Mars Shinshu's whiskies continue to be some of the most inexpensive Japanese whiskies on the market, and they are full of high-quality character and complex flavor. Iwai Tradition is a blended whisky, comprised of both single malts, grains, and blended whiskies. Mars Iwai 45 is a higher proof version the original spirit, distilled from a high corn mash of 75% corn, and 25% barley aged in ex-Bourbon casks delivering a unique flavor profile with a distinctive bourbon influence.

Each barrel of Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve is hand-picked and bottled individually to become one-of-a-kind. It's bottled at 120 proof so it's an even bigger expression of Knob Creek. You'll find more pronounced flavors and a smokier aroma with a finish that's smooth and complex. Pour a finger and sip it neat. Then open it up with a drop of water or a filtered ice cube.

Enjoy the following cocktail recipe:

2 slices Granny Smith or Fuji apple
45 ml Knob Creek Bourbon
60 ml draft cider
20 ml agave nectar
10 grates cinnamon
Ice

In a mixing glass, muddle I slice of apple and cover with the other ingredients (save the other slice of apple for garnish). Fill with ice and shake well for 10 seconds. Strain over fresh ice in a tall glass (allowing some of the apple chunks through) and garnish with an apple slice