Fancy a taste of the 40 year old Whyte & Mackay? Fancing winning a £550 bottle?

Rumour reaches me that there’s some fun being planned for me at WhiskyLive in Glasgow in September with free drams being handed out to anyone who comes along looking like me – and the best Richard-a-like getting a £550 bottle of the Whyte & Mackay 40 year old.

Even if you can’t make it along, you can join in the fun. Post a picture online of trying your best to look like me and I’ll pick one and send them a signed bottle of the 40 year old. Feel free to even post a link to your pic in the comments section below…( at http://tinyurl.com/2evoqv6 )

Of course, now that I know about this, it would serve you all right if I shaved my ‘tache off on the morning of Whisky Live!

Online Special Offer
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ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT!!
 
So what are you waiting for!!!!
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www.robbiesdrams.com

30ltr & 50ltr Casks of whisky for sale!!!

Dear Friend

Thank you for taking an interest in our company and for signing up to receive advanced warning of new releases from St George’s Distillery.

First things first, you may or may not have heard that we recently had a fire here at the distillery. No need to panic though as no one was hurt and most importantly none of the whisky was damaged! You’ll be pleased to know everything is running as normal, we are still open 10:00am until 5:30pm for the shop and tours and we are still making our whisky.

The reason we are writing to you today is that we have a limited number of 30 & 50 litre casks for sale, filled with our 3 year old single malt whisky. These will be sold at cask strength and will be both un-chillfiltered and have no artificial colouring. The price for the 30ltr cask will be £1200 and the 50ltr cask will be £1800, this works out to be less than £20 per bottle @46% and you get to keep the barrel. On a first come, first served basis, customers will have the option of these casks containing peated or unpeated whisky. These prices include the cask, contents, all taxes paid and delivery to mainland England which means these are exceedingly good value.

Our 30ltr cask is already on our website to buy www.englishwhisky.co.uk and our 50ltr cask will be following shortly. Please note that these won’t be ready for delivery until November 2010.

We strongly recommend that you collect your cask, whilst we are very cautious choosing the couriers we use – you will definitely take more care on the journey home than even the best courier.

Kind Regards
Andrew Nelstrop
English Whisky Co. Ltd
St George’s Distillery
Harling Road
Roudham
Norfolk
NR16 2QW
Email: info@englishwhisky.co.uk
Web: www.englishwhisky.co.uk
Tel: +44 1953 717939

WHISKY ON THE HUDSON
August 26, 2010, 7:00-10:30
Pier 59, West 23rd Street New York, NY

Join us for the Whisky on the Hudson, one of the premier whisky events in the Tri-State Area. We host Whiskey enthusiasts enjoy the opportunity to sample from more than 150 rare and exclusive whiskies,  by distillery managers and master blenders from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Japan.

Boarding Time: 7:00-7:30
Sail Time: 7:30-10:30

SHIP : CORNUCOPIA MAJESTY

Last chance for tickets http://www.whiskyguild.com/tasting_dc.html

Item Number 300456699703

An opportunity for the collector of rare and unusual whisky bottles. Bottle No1 of 222 bottles taken from cask No. 6966, a 28 yo hogshead of Inchgower distilled on the 30th of June 1982 and bottled on the 5th of August 2010 at cask strength 50.7% abv.  It was bottled by the lads at Bladnoch Distillery ably assisted by Ralfy whilst all the time continuing to run his video camera. Although Raymond and Ralfy have both signed the bottle, Raymond takes no responsibility for the angle at which Ralfy applied the label, no alcohol having been consumed during the filming.

The bottling process has been recorded for posterity in one of Ralfy’s famous UTube videos and the proceeds will go to a local old folks charity in Wigtown, so bid as generously as you can (a very old Wigtown Charity called the Wigtown Players who provide Christmas dinner for old folk).

To view the bottling process at Bladnoch visit;  http://whiskyreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/bladnoch-forum-bottling-factory.html

To view the ebay auction visit;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/28yo-Inchgower-UTube-bottle-signed-Ralfy-Raymond-/300456699703?pt=UK_Collectables_Bottle_Pots_ET

Ralfy & Raymond

In a burst of energy Ralfy is dashing around Scotland; “just recorded a three-part at Daftmill with Francis to go on-line later this year, included a warehouse nosing review! … interesting stuff !” and “New this week at www.ralfy.com  …whisky review #146 – Penderyn Welsh Whisky“. (Yes, we know Penderyn is not in Scotland).

“Also look out for three Flash-Vlogs relating to the unique Bladnoch Forum Inchgower on e-bay ! (This is part of the ‘Scotland dashing’).

Blended Scotch Whisky On Sale

J & B Rare 70cl Save £3 Was £16.99  Now £13.99
Monkey Shoulder 70cl Save £3 Was £22.99 Now £19.99

Scotch Whisky MALTS On Sale

Malt of the Month (when it’s gone, it’s gone…)
Aberlour 10yo 70cl Save £7 Was £26.99 Now £19.99

Cragganmore 12yo 70cl Save £5 £29.99 £24.99
Glenkinchie 12yo 70cl Save £6 £32.99 £26.99
Talisker 10yo 70cl Save £5 £33.99 £28.99
Singleton Dufftown 12yo 70cl Save £6 £33.99 £27.99

Information below about some of the tastings going on in the Edinburgh stores as part of the Edinburgh festival.

(From Rebecca at Oddbins);

Our Royal Mile store will be holding in-branch tastings, which are free of charge. Malt suppliers will be coming to each of the tastings and showing their malts, so do feel free to pop along and sample. The store is having malt tastings every day except Sundays, until the 5th of September. They take place in the afternoons between 1 and 5pm. I have included their address and phone number; do feel free to contact them (or Annabelle and I) with any questions::

Royal Mile Store
223 High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1PE
0131 220 3516

In addition, our Queensferry Street store is holding a paid malt tasting tomorrow at 7:30pm (August 25th). It takes place at the address below and the tickets are £15:

The Magnum
1 Albany Street
EH1 3PY

For any any further details, please feel free to call the store on 01312267589.

Finally, please see below a selection of additional malts on promotion for the Edinburgh festival. This promotion will run until the 12th of September and will apply to all Scottish stores.

Caol Ila 12yo, £26.99, reduced from £31.99, save £5

AnCnoc 16yo, £32.99, reduced from £42.99, save £10

Old Pulteney 17yo, £39.99, reduced from £49.99, save £10

Macallan Fine Oak 10yo, £24.99, reduced from £29.99, save £5

AnCnoc 12yo, £22.99, reduced from £27.99, save £5

Benriach 15yo, £31.99, reduced from £36.99, save £5

Dalwhinnie 15yo, £28.99, reduced from £33.99, save £5

Glenkinchie 12yo, £26.99, reduced from £32.99, save £6

BUSHMILLS MASTER DISTILLER ANNOUNCES FINAL NINE IN GLOBAL CHALLENGE
 
Bushmills Master Distiller Colum Egan today announced the names of the nine contenders who will represent their countries in the international finals of a Bushmills Irish Whiskey® competition that has attracted the interest of tens of thousands of people around the globe.
 
The finalists from the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, South Africa, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Bulgaria will be competing for their chance of glory in the Make it at Bushmills finals later this month. The overall winner will be announced on Thursday 26 August at an awards dinner in the village of Bushmills on Ireland’s stunning north coast.
 
The line-up for the finals was decided by votes, cast by members of the public, on Facebook, for the hundreds of contenders who originally entered the competition. Launched in the New York Stock Exchange on St Patrick’s Day, it offers a prize of a 30 day stay in Bushmills, a chance to be the first person ever from outside the distillery staff to create a new blend of one of the world’s best loved Irish whiskeys, a month’s luxury penthouse accommodation in Ireland and £5,000 spending money.
 
The overall winner will be selected following a two-day ‘Bushcamp’ later this month when contestants will face the Master’s Challenge – a test of skill set by Master Distiller Colum Egan. The performance of the contenders will be judged by a panel that includes Irish rugby legend, Keith Wood and Foy Vance, one of Ireland’s most respected singer-songwriters.
 
Congratulating the shortlisted contenders, Colum Egan said:
 
“All of the finalists have done a fantastic job to make it this far – they have already won their place at Bushcamp. Their character, sense of humour and passion for life are what inspired people to vote for them. I have no doubt these qualities will be tested at Bushcamp when all nine contenders attempt to prove to us they have what it takes to make it at Bushmills.
 
“We’ve been overwhelmed by the interest Make it at Bushmills has generated and it’s been fantastic to see the competition talked about in blogs, magazines, newspapers and TV shows all around the world.
 
“The strong international interest in Bushmills is further reflected in the fact that since creating our first official Bushmills Global Facebook page earlier this year, it has attracted more than 30,000 fans, making it the world’s second biggest Irish Whiskey Facebook site,” adds Colum.
 
The finalists’ progress at Bushcamp will be charted on-line from 25-26 August at the Bushmills Facebook page – facebook.com/bushmills1608.
 
NOTES 
 
The nine finalists for the Make it at Bushmills Challenge are:
Ivan Ivanov – Bulgaria
Koen Cassiers – Belgium
Loïk Tavernier – France
Sietse Offringa – Netherlands
Allister Brown – Northern Ireland
Kevin O’Sullivan – Republic of Ireland
Lance Ralph – South Africa
Nick Ord – United Kingdom
Joshua Wortman – United States

The Old Bushmills Distillery: The Old Bushmills Distillery in County Antrim.

Macallan 18yo (43%, OB, -/-2009)

“Exclusively Matured In Selected Sherry Oak Casks From Jerez, Spain” On the nose there is Christmas cake, toffee, plump brandy soaked raisins and fruit cake. There are also loads of sherry and hints of cinnamon, heather and clove with oak notes in the back ground. A very nice collection of aromas that work well together. The taste is strong at first with sherry and cocoa along with the wood notes and the Christmas cake. Spicy. Loads of sherry, this is a big sherries dram and quite so. The finish is once again of sherry and the oak, it’s long and sweet at first but the finish soon changes to dryness and some hints of malt pop up. A really nice finish to be sure.

A big sherried whisky to be sure with good depth.

C$250

Score 87 points

The Tolbooth Tavern

All whisky tastings take place on Thursday nights from 7:30pm until approximately 10pm at the Tolbooth Tavern, 167 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotchland. You’ll find this location on Google Maps at the bottom of the page.

Tickets : £17*/20 or when a tasting’s theme requires buying more expensive bottles the increase will be reflected proportionally in the ticket price.

At least 5 drams, cask strength being the preferred option when a choice is available and affordable.

Refunds only possible if tasting not sold out or if ticket can be resold.

The tastings aim to inform and entertain. The relaxed approach is still structured and props are used so the tastes and smells of the various influences on production can be experienced first hand, for example there will be the opportunity to smell and/or taste both malted and un-malted barley, yeast and new make spirit.

The tasting usually ends with a raffle where every entrant wins a miniature’s worth of whisky left over from previous tastings, entry to the raffle is an additional £2 and any further donations being collected for World Vision’s ‘Sponsor a Child’ scheme (we’ve collected more than £1500 to date).

All tastings include oatcakes, shortbread and chocolates. The Tollbooth offers meals up to the time of tasting.

ENTRY BY PREPAID TICKET ONLY – prices from £17* *first timers & members discount, 13 month membership = £10, 2nd year’s membership £5 then all subsequent years free. Want to taste the whiskies but can’t attend? We can bottle them for you to take away. Empty minis always appreciated.

Thursday September 2nd Old/Sherried/Peaty/Rare/Unusual

Thursday September 16th old Caol Ila £t.b.c.

25yo 43% Diageo,

25yo 55.2% Cadenheads

25yo 54.1% Bladnoch Forum

30yo 54.2% Bladnoch Forum

another 25yo+

Thursday September 30th Old/Sherried/Peaty/Rare/Unusual £t.b.c.

Thursday October 14th Longmorn £t.b.c.

official 15yo 45%

Duthies 19yo 46%

12yo 53.4% Bladnoch Forum

1971 43% Gordon and MacPhail

another

Thursday October 28th Old/Sherried/Peaty/Rare/Unusual £t.b.c.

Thursday November 11th World whiskies No. 3 £t.b.c.

Millstone 8yo 43% (Holland)

Kilbeggan 15yo (Ireland)

Weidenauer (Austria)

Eddu Silver (France)

2 others

Thursday November 25th Old/Sherried/Peaty/Rare/Unusual £t.b.c.

Thursday December 9th non-Islay peaty drams £t.b.c.

Caperdonich 10yo 58.5% The Whisky Exchange

Talisker 53.9% from distillery only

Longrow

two others

Thursday December 23rd Old/Sherried/Peaty/Rare/Unusual £t.b.c.

Future tastings:-

peaty blends 40% : date and price tbc
Islay Mist
Islay Hallmark 8yo
Black Bottle 10yo
Black Grouse
Black Bottle
plus a special guest (Brora or Port Ellen)

http://www.jollytopertastings.co.uk/