Welcome to Angels December newsletter.
 
First of all may we take this opportunity to welcome all the new members signed in recently! We hope you enjoy the website as much as you do the actual drams of your choice!
 
With the holiday season just around the corner, we thought we would wish you all a Happy Christmas and an even better Hogmanay (new Year). Liz and Paul certainly will be enjoying a dram or four this December in between tours – aye, we have three in December!
 
So what’s new at Angels?
 
Seasonal cocktails; http://angelswhiskyclub.com/awc/whiskycocktails.asp  why not enjoy a seasonal cocktail, whisky of course!
 
Well – how would you like a blend your own bottle?
It is an online blending session, then posted to you (some countries may find difficulties in this) becoming an exclusive one off whisky!
Let us know what you think and we can send you details.
 
Jim Murray Whisky Bible; we had many comments on our question; “Is there any point to this book?”
Please see http://angelswhiskyclub.com/awc/membersclubpage.asp for the conversations that went on! We welcome more thoughts and any suggestions on this whole tasting/scoring topic.
“It is up to readers to make up their own minds and their discover for themselves what they like/dislike, not to short-circuit the process using someone else’s opinion”.  Charles Maclean. Votes now being taken on your “Favourite Whisky 2011”  let us know your top ten – or top three, or THE BEST one.
 
The Big Whisky Interview. More of these are planned covering a wide scope of topics and individuals, not only people in the trade!
If you have an idea or person to interview, please let us know.
 
Whisky Cruise; aye, we are in the planning stages of a whisky cruise 2012. This will be from Liverpool to Manchester and in conjunction with a whisky festival.
All interested please ask for further details of this unique “first” for the Mersey ferries.
 
Whisky Live.  Next year we have been made official agent for whisky live Dublin. Apart from arranging many tastings and events, we have an easy to book tour to coincide with this.
All welcome to tour Irish distilleries and sample the drams with us in Dublin next May, just let us know.
 
Own your own cask;   more and more popular, we have had several members asking for guidance and ideas on this topic, http://angelswhiskyclub.com/awc/angelscaskoffer.asp
We are here to advise and help, we do not hold casks ourselves and are not connected to any trade house or distillery that does, hence we are impartial. Can we assist you?
 
Ernie, one of our new members; “I will send an article on an Austrian Distillery called Roggenhof, in January as I have many tasting in the coming weeks to prepare…and above all Xmas is coming”.
Ernst J. Scheiner.   Do you have a story to tell?

THE BEST WHISKY FILM I HAVE SEEN LATELY SUPERB!!! LOOK ON OUR HOME PAGE, lower left area, a stunning wee trawl with a good dram. Many more of these online at Angels.

Signing off with a Christmas Turkey dinner;

20 Easy Steps to Cook a Turkey
1. Go and buy a turkey.
2. Take a drink of whisky (scotch or bourbon).
3. Put turkey in the oven.
4. Take another two drinks of whisky.
5. Set the degree at 180 ovens.
6. Take three more whiskies of drink.
7. Turn oven the on.
8. Take four whisks of drinky.
9. Turk the bastey.
10. Whisky another bottle of get.
11. Stick a turkey in the thermometer.
12. Glass yourself a pour of whisky.
13. Bake the whisky for four hours.
14. Take the oven out of the turkey.
15. Take the oven out of the turkey.
16. Floor the turkey up off the pick.
17. Turk the carvey.
18. Get yourself another scottle of botch.
19. Tet the sable and pour a glass of turkey.
20. Bless the saying, pass and eat out.

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