Hi all,

Hope all is well with you all.

With summer now upon us we have some what I would call summer-orientated whisky tastings for you…

Isle of Arran Distillers
With the Newcastle and Manchester legs of these tastings having taken place, we have three more to complete – all of which take place this week! Celine Tetu is due to be with us for these so a good evening for all is guaranteed! We are going to be sampling some superb whiskies from this young distillery including some rare cask finishes and a couple of brand new bottlings.

The dates remaining are…

Friday 25th June – Leeds – City Inn, Granary Wharf
Sunday 27th June – York – Meltons Too, Walmgate

For tickets and info please click here to be taken directly to the events page. Tickets are £20 each

Bourbon – Four Roses, Yeast and Mashbills
Most people when they think of Bourbon think of a fairly one-dimensional affair in comparison to single malt whisky. I was privy to a tasting by Four Roses earlier this year which opened and blew my mind all at the same time! I have invited Julian Howard from Inspirit to come along to Newcastle and Manchester only – for the time being – to do the same for you. You will be tasting cask sample bourbons from Four Roses demonstrating the difference between using different yeasts and ‘mash-bills’ (grain recipe). This is a fantastic tasting and I hope to roll this out into the other venues later in the year. The dates are…

Friday 30th July – Manchester – The Britons Protection, Gt Bridgewater Street
Friday 6th August – Newcastle – Blackfriars, Friar Street

Tickets and info will be on the website in the next few days so please either email me if you would like me to reserve your places, or check back with the website very soon. Tickets are £20 each.

Sheffield and Newcastle Whisky Lounge Festivals
Lastly, I would like to thank everybody who turned out for these fantastic events. For our first ‘attempt’ in Sheffield I thought it was a great show and as for Newcastle…

If you would like to have a look there is a great video of the Newcastle event and also some nice photos from the Sheffield event on our Facebook page. Follow this link to find them –

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Whisky-Lounge/117227954967292?ref=ts

or you can go to YouTube if you don’t do Facebook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2jKTYPelEI&feature=related

York Whisky Lounge Festival – 18th September 2010
The date is now announced and you can now buy tickets for this, the oldest and most established of our festival events. Tickets cannot purchased through our website, but through the York Food and Drink Festival site of which we are part. It is a two session event this year due to the popularity of the event and the exhibitor roster is as impressive as ever…
More a little later in the year!

Manchester Whisky Lounge Festival – 2nd October 2010
Not yet ready for full take-off, I can reveal to you the date for this final festival event of the year. It is looking like being the biggest festival yet for us, both in terms of exhibitors and customers so watch this space for updates – or follow me on Twitter.

Autumn/Winter Program of tastings
I am working on this as we speak and will have info for you very soon!

Well that’s it for now, but I am looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you all soon!

Cheers,

Eddie Ludlow
Whisky Evangelist

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