It may be a summer holiday weekend in the U.S., but it’s the middle of winter in Australia. The inaugural Whisky Live Sydney will be held the week of August 31 through September 6, and organizer Doug van Tienen explains the emphasis on events for bar and restaurant staff as well as whisky lovers. He’ll also update us on the growing number of Australian whisky distilleries. In the news, Diageo announces major cuts in Scotland, more details on the John Ramsay Glenrothes release, and word on limited-edition releases from The Balvenie and Old Pulteney.

To listen to Episode #207 visit http://www.whiskycast.com/

PRESS RELEASE
Gourmand Book Awards, Paris July 1st 2009.

Best Spirits Book in the World, 

Third Place.

There are only 2 or 3 writers in the world who know as much as Ulf Buxrud about whisky from all countries.

He already won a Best in the World Award in 2006 for a whisky book, the Rare Malts.

This year he wins third Best in the World for his book on Japanese whisky.

Japanese Whisky – Facts, Figures and Taste by Ulf Buxrud, Malmoe, Sweden.

A little bit of information about the above mentioned club and full details can be viewed at:

http://www.sassenachs-dram.co.uk/index.html

July Outturn: Are you feeling playful? We are….
A hint of heat from that golden globe in the sky and thoughts turn to games out on the grass. Refreshments will, of course, be required and July’s First Friday serves up a winning set of 12 delicious drams.

24.107 Gorgeous toffee
Speyside Spey
£52 inc P&P
“WOW! What an aroma”

28.20 A hazelnut in every bite
Highland Southern
£45 inc P&P
“Toasted hazelnuts, walnut bread and linseed then….white chocolate”

July Society Recommendations: 24.107 & 28.20
£80 inc P&P
Buy 24.107 & 28.20 together and save £17

Enjoy!

Visit the Society at http://www.smws.co.uk/ for details on how to join the Society today. The whiskies are excellent!

If you are in negotiations for a mining concession in a small African country and need to jolly along the proceedings here’s your chance. For multiple cases of Johnnie Walker contact Hugh Belsham of Trentino Distribution at tel +44 1992 637373 or email winesales@runbox.com

He has your negotiation tools;

247 Cases, Black Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 43% Alc, refillable,Gift Box, Coded.

 Price per case, Euro 144.00

1200 Cases, Black Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 43%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per case, Euro 154.00

220 Cases, Black Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 43% Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per case, Euro 153.00

900 Cases, Black Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box

Price per case, Euro 165.00

100 Cases, Black Label, 3 bottles each case, bottle size 450cl, 43%Alc, refillable, Gift Box. Cradle, Coded

Price per case, Euro 100.00

600 Cases, Black Label Australian Import, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 70cl, 40%Alc, refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per case, Euro 126.00

52 Cases, Blue Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 43%Alc, refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per case, Euro 406.00

193 Cases, Blue Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 43%Alc, refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per case, Euro 371.00

200 Cases, Blue Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 43%Alc,  refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per case, Euro 426.00

60 Cases, Blue Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 40%Alc,  refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per case, Euro 431.00

900 Cases, Gold Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box with glass, Coded

Price per case, Euro 144.00

130 Cases, Green Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 43%Alc, refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per case, Euro 235.00

409 Cases, Red Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per Case Euro 73.00

500 Cases, Red Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per Case Euro 83.00

900 Cases, Red Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 40%Alc, Coded

Price per Case Euro 40.00

890 Cases, Red Label Australian Import, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 70cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per Case Euro 58.00,

500 Cases Swing, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per Case Euro 194.00

Todays (3 July 09) conversion rates 1 Euro = 1.400USD = 0.8565UKP

From the Springbank Distillery Society; “We are having some high quality canvas prints produced which will measure 36cm x 46cm.   The initial run will be 120 prints, which will be available exclusively to Society members, at a cost of £50 each.

In the bottom right hand corner will be the print number and in the bottom left hand corner will be the members’ own personal life membership number.

If you are interested in obtaining one of these exclusive prints please e mail to society@springbankwhisky.com or telephone 01586 552009, quoting your Society membership number.  

These will be sold on a strictly first come first served basis.” http://www.springbankwhisky.com/springbank/

July 3: SMWS Australia Winter Whisky Dinner, Canberra

July 4: SMWS UK New Outturn Open Tasting, London

July 5 & 9: Annual Scotch Extravaganza, Dundee Dell, Omaha, Nebraska

July 6: SMWS UK New Outturn Open Tasting, London

July 8-12: Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, Louisiana

July 10: SMWS Australia Winter Whisky Dinner, Sydney

July 11: Beer, BBQ, & Bourbon Festival, Nashville, Tennessee

July 11-25: Classic Malts Cruise, Scotland

July 12: SMWS UK Sunday Roast Tasting, Edinburgh

July 13: Gordon & MacPhail Benromach Tasting, Hollywood, California

July 14: SMWS New Member Tasting, London

July 16: Springbank Cask Selection Tasting, Kensington Wine Market, Calgary, Alberta

July 17: SMWS UK Summer BBQ Tasting, Edinburgh

July 23: Ardbeg Tasting with Davinia Small, Binny’s South Loop, Chicago

July 24: SMWS UK New Member Tasting, Edinburgh

July 24: SMWS UK Preview Tastings, Stirling & Newcastle

July 25: SMWS UK Clans Gathering Tasting, London

July 29: Lord Mayor’s Appeal “Magic ‘o the Malt” Charity Tasting, London

August 15: Beer, BBQ, & Bourbon Festival, Cary, North Carolina

August 15-16: Whisky Fringe, Edinburgh

August 18-21: The Scottish Sale: Whisky, Bonhams, Edinburgh

August 31-September 6: Whisky Live, Sydney, Australia

September 4: Scotch Tasting, Binny’s, Naperville, Illinois

September 4-6: Maltstock, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

September 6-7: Whisky Live at the San Francisco Highland Games, Pleasanton, CA

September 6-11: Whisky Week Dinners, Scotland

September 10: The Whisky Guild Whisky Dinner Cruise, New York City

September 12: Whisky Live, Glasgow, Scotland (NOTE DATE CHANGE)

September 15-20: Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Bardstown, Kentucky

September 17: Whisky Live on the Docks, Newport, Rhode Island

September 17-19: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival, Stockholm, Sweden

September 18-20: Whisky Galore Festival, Isle of Barra, Scotland

September 25-29: Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival, Dufftown, Scotland

September 24-28: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival, Stockholm, Sweden

September 26-28: Whisky Live, Paris, France

October 2-4: Pot Still Festival, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

October 3-4: Whisky Weekend 2009, Bremen, Germany

October 4-5: Whisky Live, Barcelona, Spain

October 5-7: Glenlivet Whisky School, Glenlivet Distillery, Ballindalloch, Scotland

October 8: SMWS US Chapter Single Malt Scotch Extravaganza, Chicago

October 15: Whisky Live on the Docks, Annapolis, Maryland

October 16: Malt Advocate’s WhiskyFest, San Francisco

October 20: Whisky Live, Los Angeles, California

October 22: SMWS US Chapter Single Malt Scotch Extravaganza, Boston

October 23: Whisky Live, Toronto, Ontario

October 24-25: Lindores Whiskyfest 2009, Oostende, Belgium

October 28: Whisky Live, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

October 28: SMWS US Chapter Single Malt Scotch Extravaganza, Washington, DC

October 30: SMWS US Chapter Single Malt Scotch Extravaganza, Philadelphia

November 7: Whiskies of the World Expo, Washington, DC

November 10: Malt Advocate’s WhiskyFest, New York City

November 4-6: Whisky Live, Cape Town, South Africa  (NOTE DATE CHANGE)

November 7-8: Spirits in the Sky Festival, Leuven, Belgium

November 11-13: Whisky Live, Johannesburg, South Africa

November 13-15: International Whisky Festival/Whisky Live, Leiden, The Netherlands

November 18: SMWS USA Chapter Single Malt Scotch Extravaganza, San Francisco

November 19-20: New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Fredericton, New Brunswick

November 20: SMWS US Chapter Single Malt Scotch Extravaganza, Santa Monica, California

November 28: Tampa Bay Spirits Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida

December 3: SMWS US Chapter Single Malt Scotch Extravaganza, Hollywood, Florida

January 22-24, 2010: Victoria Whisky Festival, Victoria, British Columbia

March 27, 2010: Whiskies of the World Expo, San Francisco

April 29-May 3, 2010: Spirit of Speyside Festival, Dufftown, Scotland

April 23, 2010: Malt Advocate’s WhiskyFest, Chicago

April 24, 2010: Spirit of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

May 22-30, 2010: Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Islay, Scotland

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EPISODE 206: JUNE 28, 2009

Jim Murray’s 2009 Whisky Bible named a hard-to-find rye whiskey as the Best Rye Whiskey in the World Under 10 Years Old. That whiskey is Templeton Rye, produced illegally for generations by farmers in Templeton, Iowa — but now legally available in Iowa and Illinois. Scott Bush and Keith Karkhoff started bottling the legal version of Templeton Rye in 2006, and it’s become a cult favorite among rye whiskey lovers. Scott updates us on Templeton’s success and future in this episode. In the news, Old Taylor Bourbon is back home at Buffalo Trace, the SWA wins a battle against an Italian imitator, and another distillery is in the works for the area around St. Andrew’s in Scotland.

To listen to Episode 206 visit WhiskyCast at http://www.whiskycast.com/

Loch Fyne Whiskies News has posted a new item, ‘Collectors’ Loft’.

A new edition of the Collectors’ Loft is now online…You may view the latest post at

https://www.lfw.co.uk/blog/2009/07/02/collectors-loft-3/

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admin ship@lfw.co.uk

Loch Fyne Whiskies

The Double Barrel  from Douglas Laing is released this month in Europe and it might take some time before it hits the shelves in Canada and the USA. W.I. will let you know when it arrives on this side of the Atlantic!

Visit Douglas Laing at http://www.douglaslaing.com/