Small Cask Purchase Opportunity

We have recently started filling Octave casks with our new spirit and are selling these for private consumption to either private individuals or groups of friends. The Octaves contain around 50 litres of Spirit and are anticipated to mature quickly with bottling anticipated after around 5 to 7 years. The price per cask is affordable for an individual or as a purchase by a whisky club with the opportunity to personalise the cask by having your own inscription on one end of it and also be personalising the bottles at a future date.

This is the perfect opportunity to buy a cask of whisky which comes from the same distillery that has just won two trophies at the International Wine and Spirit Competition. Our 40 year old won the Trophy for the Best 40 year old Scotch Whisky and our 30 year old won the Trophy for the Best Cask Strength Scotch Whisky.

To find out more about this opportunity then the best starting point is to read my original blog on the subject and the comments at the end of the blog, http://blog.glenglassaugh.com/?p=76 it is also worth reading the two question and answer blogs http://blog.glenglassaugh.com/?p=80 and http://blog.glenglassaugh.com/?p=82 

 I have attached a copy of the cask purchase application form and the final terms and conditions and you should also read these prior to deciding to purchase. If you do decide to purchase then please complete the order form and sign it and then either scan it and email to me or post it to me and I will then be able to counter sign it, accepting the order. We will then require the money to be transferred into our account prior to filling your cask. After filling you will receive a cask ownership certificate and digital photograph of your cask.

If you have any questions then just email me direct and I will do my best to answer them.

Kind Regards

Stuart Nickerson

Managing Director

Glenglassaugh Distillery Company Limited

Glenglassaugh Distillery

Portsoy

Aberdeenshire

AB45 2SQ

Scotland

Telephone +44 (0) 1261 842367

Fax +44 (0) 1261 842421

Mobile +44 (0) 789 6250892

skype  glenglassaugh_sn

mailto:casks@glenglassaugh.com

www.glenglassaugh.com

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(And lots too about Irish whiskey)

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Del Mar | Annamult | Stoneyford | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland

Come see us at The Gathering!
Royal Mile Whiskies has bottled the Offical ‘The Gathering’ whisky; a 1983 Linkwood, 25 years old, 46% abv. and limited to 625 bottles. Now available to purchase exclusively either from our shop on the Royal Mile (opposite St Giles Cathedral) or at the actual event on Saturday and Sunday and (if there is any left after the weekend!) online from 10.00am, Monday 27th July.

Royal Mile Whiskies will be the only Specialist Whisky retailer at The Gathering this weekend and can be found in the Talisker Taste Experience area.

The Gathering 2009 is a celebration of the culture and history of Scotland and a major part of the Homecoming Scotland 2009 festivities. The two-day event will be the greatest international Clan gathering the world has ever seen, and the largest Highland Games to have been held in Scotland. Set in Edinburgh’s majestic Holyrood Park on July 25th-26th and featuring international Highland athletes, outstanding pipers and captivating Highland dancers, plus a fantastic live music line up and Scotland’s finest food and drink! Enjoy a real feast of entertainment and fun for all the family! Tickets available at: www.clangathering.org (at the time of publishing this link appears to be not functioning-WI)
Slainte!

Royal Mile Whiskies
379 Royal Mile
Edinburgh EH1 1PW
Tel: 0131 225 3383

3 Bloomsbury Street
London WC1B 3QE
Tel: 0207 436 4763

info@royalmilewhiskies.com

The new ‘sharp shoulder’ bottle style from the famed Isle distillery Bowmore, 15 year old and finished in sherry casks. The nose is typical of Bowmore; peat smoke intermingled with rich fruits (raisins, dried plums & apricots) and hints of chocolate followed by a slight maritime aroma. The peat smoke is not over whelming. Some slight hints of burnt caramel. The taste is quite mild but warming and while there is sweet smoke it is also very earthy (think damp earth after a heavy rain). Copper, like tasting a penny when you were a child, coffee and chocolate. The finish is quite long and presents coffee & chocolate, some heather (a hint of perfume), oranges, malt and the earthy smokiness followed by very dry malt.

C$84 or £43

Score 88 Points

Available worldwide and at http://www.lfw.co.uk/

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

A new selection from our Collectors’ Loft now available online (more
available in store!)

You may view the latest post at
https://www.lfw.co.uk/blog/2009/07/23/collectors-loft-updated-2/

Best regards,
admin
ship@lfw.co.uk
Loch Fyne Whiskies

The Whisky Show is a new luxury whisky event that aims to showcase the finest examples of the distiller’s art. The inaugural Whisky Show will take place in London’s prestigious Guildhall on 6th-7th November 2009.

Focusing on premium bottlings above each brand’s standard expression (longer-aged whisky and/or special bottlings), The Whisky Show will offer a fantastic opportunity to both the knowledgeable connoisseur and the passionate whisky fan wanting to learn more.  With only limited spaces available for each day, tickets for this boutique event are sure to be in high demand.

Full details at http://www.thewhiskyshow.com/2009/nl/nl_090721.html

One of two in the series, the other being matured in Oloroso sherry wood. This bottling is limited to 6,000 bottles from full term maturation in sherry wood. Manzanilla is a bone dry style of fino sherry from the Atlantic port of Sanlucar de Barrameda and Manzanilla means ‘little apple’. The nose is fruity (raisins & apricots) and sherried with a background of butter and vanilla toffee. The taste is strong at first and sherried with huge sweetness & banana with a back ground that is slightly meaty & oaky. Hints of cold tea, pine resin & very dry. Oddly the sherry aspect is not the dominate characteristic. The finish is very long and quickly shows malt and a mildly waxy woodiness and then very dry with hints of Lapsang Souchong tea. A nice dram indeed.

Very interesting.

C$89

Score 83 points

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From the Springbank Distillery;

Peter Currie will be in the London shop at 26 Chiltern Street on Wednesday, 22nd July with some of the Hazelburn 12 and Springbank 2001 vintage from 11.00 am until 7.00 pm, so if you can manage to come along for a taste, you will be very welcome.

SPRINGBANK 2001 VINTAGE

Nose: Malty, summer fruits. Hints of citrus; lemon meringue pie. Buttery toffee, confectionary and just a hint of spice.
Palate: Wow! What an excellent burst of flavour. Rich and creamy. Honey, vanilla, butterscotch sauce and tropical fruits.
Finish: Smooth with slight hints of smoke and salt. Is this whisky really only eight years old? The small cask maturation has given the whisky a maturity and wisdom well beyond its years.
Availability: Beginning of August, Worldwide but limited
Cost: £38.00 plus p&p

HAZELBURN 12 YEAR OLD

Nose: Incredibly rich, the influence of the sherry casks is immediately apparent. Sweet and chocolatey, there are also notes of apricot, orange marmalade, almonds and marzipan.
Palate: Malty, fruity and elegant. A very well-balanced and rounded dram with hints of oak, figs and nuts.
Finish: A long, lingering fruity sweetness.
AVAILABILITY:  Beginning of August:  Worldwide but Limited
COST: £42.50 plus p&p

Visit Springbank at http://www.springbankwhisky.com/

We have just been informed by the Whisky Exchange that they still have a few tickets left for both events as shown below;

Dear All,

We’re very grateful to have received such a massive response to the question ‘anyone for a Jura tasting?’ and, indeed, it has left us with a problem (130 people chasing 50 places). To alleviate this we’ve managed to get a second tasting lined up a few days later so you’ll have to choose between:-

Isle of Jura (Tuesday 11th August at 6.30pm)

Willie Tait the Brand Ambassador NOT Distillery Manager (naughty us!) will be running through 7 different expressions from the Isle of Jura distillery, at least 5 of which you’ll almost certainly never have tasted (one of them isn’t released and you’ll be the first members of the public to try it J )

VS.

Amrut Indian Single Malt (Monday 17th August at 6.50pm)

Ashok Chokalingam the International Operations Manager from Amrut Distillers in Bangalore will be coming along to show off 6 whiskies from their range:-

Amrut New Make Spirit

Amrut 46%

Amrut Peated 46%

Amrut Fusion 50%

Amrut Cask Strength 61.9%

Amrut Peated Cask Strength 62.8%

 AND 2 Single Malts from Scotland……

THIS WILL PRINCIPALLY BE A ‘BLIND’ TASTING, so you’ll need to be on your toes to pick out the scotches from this excellent line up

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Tickets for BOTH of these events will be available to book from 3pm on Tuesday 21st July   BUT!!!!!   you’ll have to decide which one you want to attend, as we intend to give as many people as possible a chance to get places at one of these events. If there are places remaining on either event after the close of business on Tuesday, we’ll make it an option for you to grab a slot on the other event.

If this sounds too confusing, when you ring to book just say which one you want to go to, and if you want to do both we’ll take a contact number from you and let you know if you’ve been successful!

Tickets for the Isle of Jura tasting will be £30pp, Amrut will be £20pp and there’ll be a maximum of 2 places per booking

Best of luck with the redial button

The Team

The Whisky Exchange

Vinopolis

1 Bank End

London

SE1 9BU

Tel:-  +44 (0) 207 403 8688

Fax:- +44 (0) 207 403 8788

e-mail:-   vinopolis@thewhiskyexchange.com

website:- www.thewhiskyexchange.com

Whisky Intelligence is catching up;

Arran Pomerol Cask Finish / 70cl / 50% / Distillery Bottling
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
A high-strength Arran, aged in traditional casks for eight years before 6 months of finishing in posh Merlot-based Pomerol claret La Conseillante.
Price: £41.99 Inc. VAT

Balvenie 1978 / Cask #2705 / 70cl / 53.8%
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
A single cask of Balvenie from the 1978 vintage, bottled at cask strength by the distillers in February 2009. Just 176 bottles of this were yielded from the cask.
Price: £450.00 Inc. VAT

Jack Daniel’s Oregon’s 150th Birthday / 43% / 75cl / 75cl / 43%
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
A special bottling of Jack Daniel’s to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the state of Oregon. This JD has been bottled at the slightly-higher-than-usual strength of 43%.
Price: £59.99 Inc. VAT

Dalmore 1980 / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
A delicious medium-full sherried dram from the Dalmore, this 1980 is nutty and chocolatey without being over-heavy. elegant and sophisticated.
Price: £250.00 Inc. VAT

Kilkerran “Work in Progress” / 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
A five year-old release from Springbank’s Glengyle distillery, this Kilkerran is the first of a series of planned annual releases over the next few years until the spirit reaches 12 years old. Exciting stuff.
Price: £29.25 Inc. VAT

Mortlach 1990 / 17 Year old / Sherry Cask / 70cl / 54.7% / Murray McDavid
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
A cask strength Murray McDavid bottling of Mortlach from an Oloroso sherry cask. Neither ACE’d nor otherwise monkeyed around with by way of colouring or chill-filtration.
Price: £47.99 Inc. VAT

Clynelish 1992 / 16 Year old / Cask #5871 / 70cl / 46% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
Yet another superb quality Clynelish for our Single Malts of Scotland series. This 1992 vintage has been bottled from a single Bourbon barrel at 46%.
Price: £46.99 Inc. VAT

Glenrothes 1990 / 18 Year old / 46% / 70cl / SMS / 70cl / 46% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
Our first Glenrothes for Single Malts of Scotland is a single cask refill sherry cask from the 1990 vintage, bottled at 46%.
Price: £44.99 Inc. VAT

Port Ellen 1979 / 29 Year old / Cask#7089 / 70cl / 53.9%
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
Bottled in early 2009 just shy of its 30th birthday, this 1979 Port Ellen has come from cask 7089, described on the label as ‘oak’. That’s a relief, then.
Price: £140.00 Inc. VAT

Caol Ila 1991 / 18 Year old / Cask# 194/200 / 70cl / 56.1% / Speciality Drinks Ltd
Thursday, July 02, 2009, 5:00:00 PM
A batch of two hogshead casks vatted together to produce our latest cask strength Caol Ila 1991 for Single Malts of Scotland.
Price: £54.99 Inc. VAT

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