A message from Eddie Ludlow
Email: eddie@thewhiskylounge.com

Hi all,

Well I for one am glad to see the back of that snow and ice – it was cool for a while, but certainly outstayed its welcome!

I hope you all had a great Burns Night on or around the 25th January. We had a great time at the dinner we held at Meltons in York and everyone survived pretty much intact!

A few things to tell you about for February (and March). Our series of Glenmorangie tastings continues on to London, York, Lancaster and Leeds.

Then in March we have a Peat \’World Series\’ coming up…Yes LEEDS! We have a new venue to welcome to the fold and I really want to make sure the events there are as much a success as they are elsewhere! So including the new venue, we have the following coming up;

Glenmorangie – Innovation and Invigoration £20 per person
We are tasting through from new-make up to £120 a bottle \’Signet\’ and taking in some pretty special whiskies inbetween. As always we are taking a very pragmatic view of the tasting with no holds barred scoring and feedback. It has been great fun so far and I don’t expect this to change in the remaining fixture. Friday 5th March, City Inn, Granary Wharf, Leeds

Peat – A Global Event, £20 per person
A series of blind tastings looking at the influence of peat in whiskies from six different countries. Peat is on a high at the moment, with the whiskies from Islay – known for being pungent in the main – being extremely popular. This has given rise to distilleries from all over the world attempting to emulate peated Scotch whiskies in order to capitalise on this popularity. But just how good are they? We find out the hard way!

Friday 26th March, Britons Protection, Gt. Bridgewater St., Manchester – sold out, see extra date on 9th April!
Saturday 27th March, Blackfriars, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Friday 9th April, Britons Protection, Manchester
Tuesday 20th April, The Red Lion, Crown Passage, London SW1
Friday 23rd April, City Inn, Granary Wharf, Leeds
Sunday 25th April, Meltons Too, Walmgate, York
Monday 26th April, The Sun Hotel, Church St., Lancaster

Brighton Whisky Festival
In between all of this we have our first whisky festival of the year on the sunny south coast! If you are in the area or now plan to be in the area, these are the current details…The 1st Brighton Whisky Festival
Saturday 20th March 2010
The Brighton Hilton Metropole, Kings Road, Brighton
12pm-6pm
£16 per ticket, £5 per masterclass

Perhaps not quite on the same scale as our more established festivals, Brighton should nonetheless be a great day, with plenty of exhibitors and whiskies to explore! If you have never been to one of our festivals before, prepare to be delighted! Details of exhibitors confirmed are now on the main site (www.thewhiskylounge.com) as are the masterclasses. Although details of all of these events are available on the website, to book tickets you still need to email me direct. If in the email you can specify the event, venue, number of tickets and provide a name and contact number for payment that would be most helpful. Online payments will be accepted very soon, please keep checking the website!

Hope you are able to make one or two events and I look forward to seeing you very soon!

Cheers,

Eddie

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