Hi All,

Well that was it then.

The summer that was and then wasn’t. A summer of mixed sports results – a poor world cup (for any nation other than Spain), a good run at Wombledon by Murray and an unbeaten England cricket team. Some good weather, some not so good… Well I hope that you managed to have a great one whatever you did!

Whisky on the other hand waves goodbye to the hot weather with the promise of an exciting program of autumn and winter events here at The Whisky Lounge. We would be foolish to disappoint…

Festivals

The York Whisky Lounge Festival 2010
Saturday 18th September
The Guildhall, St. Helens Square, York
12-4pm, 5-9pm
£15 per session

The Manchester Whisky Lounge Festival 2010
Saturday 2nd October
The Castlefield Rooms, Castle Street, Manchester
11am-4pm
£18 per ticket

Both of these fantastic events return for more whisky-related fun than ever before! Both have new and old friends in attendance and both have a fantastic roster of masterclasses for you to choose from.

I won’t waste email space going on about exhibitors here – instead why not pop to the website to find out for yourself and to buy tickets. You will not be disappointed by the line-ups we have for you, with representatives from Scotland, England, Ireland, Japan, India and the USA!

Springbank Tastings

It has taken me a while, but I have finally talked the most staunchly independent of distilleries into doing a series tastings with us – a big seal of approval! For those of you who have never experienced Springbank, you are in for a treat. The only distillery in Scotland to malt all of its own barley also produces three different variations from the same site – Hazelburn, Springbank and Longrow. These are produced using differing barley peat levels and distillation styles. They have also opened another distillery and will be sampling with us some of the newly matured Kilkerran from this! We will be welcoming Iain Scott, a very humorous and friendly character, to spill the beans on Springbank…

This is a great and truly iconic distillery and the whiskies are of the highest quality, so make sure you are at one of the tastings below to enjoy!

Friday 3rd September – Blackfriars, Newcastle
Friday 10th September – Britons Protection, Manchester
Friday 8th October – City Inn, Leeds
Saturday 9th October – The Hilton, Tower Bridge, London SE1
Sunday 24th October – Meltons Too, York

Tickets to all of these are £20, and Springbank are kindly offering one of their tastefully branded tasting glasses for everybody who purchases a bottle on the night! Again, go to the website to buy tickets or for further info.

I will have further news on our final tastings of 2010 very shortly, but that should keep you going for now!

I hope to see you at one or more of these events but in the meantime take care of you and yours and speak soon…

Slainte!
Eddie

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Eddie Ludlow
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