Posts in Scotch
Spirits Newsletter: Our Finest Buys in Scotch & Bourbon

Today's Newsletter is all about relationships, which are ultimately the backbone of entire spirits program—specifically, our direct relationships with many of the finest distilleries and independent bottlers in the whiskey game. We've cultivated long-standing ties with these invaluable players to bring our most dedicated spirits connsoisseurs one spectacular single cask after another through our K&L Exclusive Cask progam, and today we're expressing our heartfelt gratitude for this good fortune by highlighting some of the finest and most distinctive Scotch and Bourbon selections in our inventory.

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Day Drinking with David: Old Malt Casks Edition

Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard tastes through the unique Old Malt Cask Scotch from Hunter and Laing on this episode of his weekly Instagram Live show, Day Drinking with David. He tastes through nine exclusive casks.

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Back On the Trail: the Spirits Newsletter

Fresh off a trip to Kentucky, K&L’s Spirits Buyers have put together a newsletter chock full of amazing finds. In these pages, they recount their visit to Ross & Squibs Distillery, plus showcase some of our latest new arrivals (and pre-arrivals for those who want to get a jump on the game). Fans of rum, whisky, gin, brandy… don’t miss the latest K&L News!

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Day Drinking with David: Battle of the 10 Year Single Matls

Today's Day Drinking with David is at his NEW DAY AND TIME: Tuesdays at 1:30PM Pacific on Instagram Live @klwines. In this episode, K&L Wine Merchant's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard presents the Battle of the 10 Year Single Malts: Arran, Laphroaig, Tobermory, Edradour. All these are available on our website, klwines.com. Thanks for watching!

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Day Drinking with David: Italian Bottlers Edition

K&L’s Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard on his weekly Instagram Live show, Day Drinking with David. This week: Italian Bottlers, Silver Seal, Antique Lion, plus a sneaky Starthisla, and some rum to start. Join him every week at 1:30 PM on Thursdays @klwines.

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Day Drinking with David: Mezcal and the Oldest Scotch Ever Bottled Edition

Each week, K&L's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard hits Instagram Live @klwines with his weekly show. In this episode, David tastes through our new Maguey Melate K&L exclusives as well as the insane new Glenlivet 80 Year Old from Gordan and Macphail.

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Day Drinking with David: Double Trouble Edition

Day Drinking with David is K&L's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard's weekly Instagram Live show, where he pops the cork on craft spirits of every stripe. This week, he's joined by his partner-in-crime, Andrew Whiteley, K&L's other Spirits Buyer, to taste five of our K&L Exclusive barrels.

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Day Drinking with David: Hodge Podge Edition

David Othenin-Girard is one of the world’s best resources on craft spirits. Each week, he opens up some bottles on Instagram Live, sometimes with guests, sometimes by his lonesome, but always with lots of viewer questions and insight.

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Day Drinking with David: Bimber and Bourbon

On this episode of Day Drinking with David, our Spirits Buyer Extraordinaire opens up some bottles of Bimber, a single malt Scotch handcrafted in London. Later in the show, he pops the tops on a few bottles of Four Roses.

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Day Drinking with David: Gordon and MacPhail, Benromach Edition

On this episode of Day Drinking with David, meet Richard Urquhart, the man behind Gordon & Macphail and BenRomach, a company with 100+ years of history bottling Scotch. Take a tour of their distillery in Elgin.

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Celebrate Fall Equinox with our Spirits Newsletter

On this, the first day of fall 2020, we’re not reaching for the pumpkin spice, thank you very much, but would far prefer a glass of a rousing spirit chosen by our experts on the subject: K&L Spirits Buyers David Othenin-Girard and Andrew Whiteley. In these pages are some of their top picks, from Mezcal to single cask Bourbon and beyond.

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Day Drinking with David: Not Your Grandpa's Scotch

In this episode of Day Drinking with David, the Good Sir opens up some hard-to-find/off-the-beaten-path bottles of Scotch, including Munros, Tweeddale, Raasay, and Barrel to Bottle, for his tasting/your viewing pleasure.

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Day Drinking with David: Arran Whisky and Buffalo Trace

Two different distilleries, two different worlds, one man with the palate and the passion to open them up and taste along with you. Join our host with the most as he tastes through Arran Scotch and Buffalo Trace Rye. It’s always gallons of fun to drink with David during the day!

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