To coincide with the first release of a Single Malt from the Glenglassaugh Distillery in over 20 years, Ralfy at www.ralfy.com presents another Vlog called “whisky review 238 1/3 – Glenglassaugh 31yo (Sig)”. I hope you will enjoy watching this one folks!
Burns’ Night Tasting & Dinner
Wednesday January 25th 2012, 7.00pm
Blackfriars, Friar Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne
These dinner events are perfectly formed for our esteemed regular customers, but also their partners/wives/husbands who may not be quite so familiar or partial to the Uisgea Beatha. Whilst there is obviously a heavy bias towards whisky at any of our events, this one is designed to involve anybody who enjoys good food and drink in general.
This one is a real ‘earthy’ Burns’ dinner with the traditional three-courses of Cock-a-Leekie soup, Haggis, Neeps and Tatties and Cranachan, plus a whisky tasting to boot!
Whisky will be served with each course although wine will be available at extra cost.
Your £30 pays for the meal itself, a dram with each course plus a shortened whisky tasting at the end of the night.
Blackfriars Restaurant has been at the top of many North-East of England eatery lists including The Observer, Metro and Hi-Life Dining Club. It is also in the Michelin, Harden and Which? Good Food guides as well as holding an AA Rosette. The food is good and hearty and eminently appropriate for the whisky to come.
If you would like to order tickets for this tasting as a gift, we can email you a PDF with ticket/s for you to print and pop in a card. Just email us at info@thewhiskylounge.com after placing your order.
Reminder…last orders is this Monday (midday)!
Just a reminder that we need your orders by midday on Mon 19 Dec to guarantee your gifts arrive in time for Christmas (on courier authority).
It also looks very likely we will sell-out of our Cask Ends Parcels before the end of the month; we’ve sold over half already. Order now to get your hands on these mouth-watering, three bottle mystery parcels.
Cask Ends Parcel 1: Ex-sherry casks
£105 OR £148 with 26.82
Cask Ends Parcel 2: Ex-sherry & Ex-bourbon casks
£99 OR £142 with 26.82
Cask Ends Parcel 3: Campbeltown & Islay Casks
£115 OR £158 with 26.82
26.82 Soft light at sunset
15 yo, Ex-sherry butt (Highland Northern)
Light and fresh with a hint of Palma violets…
Available only with our Cask Ends Parcels
Cask Ends Parcels
Society Little Extras
Browse all bottlings
(50 single casks online)
Extra Stocking Fillers
In putting together our Cask Ends Parcels, we’ve discovered a couple of fantastic stocking fillers – namely two different bottles of Cider Apple Brandy and some port…
Cask 2. Toffee apples and scented cedar
Cider Apple Brandy – £39.80
Delightfully creamy and buttery (Weather’s Originals), also has
toffee-apple tartness, scented cedar and a hint of rubber
Cask 4. Summer garden parties
Cider Apple Brandy – £39.80
Treacle toffee, Demerara, plum chutney, cinnamon, vanilla and a
scattering of fallen green apples on the orchard floor
Edinburgh Hogmanay: Limited tickets released
Due to popular demand, we have released a few more tickets for our Hogmanay event in the Members’ Room at 28 Queen Street. Tickets for the event in The Dining Room and The Vaults have long sold-out so don’t miss this last chance to buy tickets. More details
Book an Event: Festive Dining & Suppers
This year the Society is capturing the essence of Christmas with a feast for the senses. Enjoy flaming cocktails, a fabulously festive three-course meal and whisky ‘affogato’
More details
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The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ
Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm).
Visit the Society at http://www.smws.co.uk/memberships for your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers.
Loch Fyne Whiskies ‘UK Christmas Deliveries’
Orders placed here before Tuesday 20th will be delivered to all UK addresses before Christmas Day.
Best regards,
Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk
On the tenth day of Christmas Abbey Whisky gives to you…
Glenglassaugh Distillery – Rare Cask Series
Glenglassaugh Distillery stands at the east end of Sandend bay approximately two miles to the west of Portsoy.
Mothballed for over 22 years, rumours circulated in 2008 that the distillery was to open and once again produce its high quality single malt whisky. On the 29th of February 2008 whispers became reality and Glenglassaugh distillery was bought by the newly formed Glenglassaugh Distillery Company. During the next few months around £1.0m was spent refurbishing and on 25th November 2008 Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond officially re-opened the distillery.
On 4th December 2008 the first of the new spirit ran from the stills and was filled into cask No 1 on the 16th December. After 3 long years, Glenglassaugh single malt whisky has come to age once again and is currently being bottled… literally as we write! (http://www.facebook.com/groups/glenglassaugh/)
It doesn’t seem like three years since Alex Salmond pushed the button to start grinding the very first mash for the refurbished Glenglassaugh, but it is, and the whisky world is a much happier place with this wonderful whisky here once again…
In celebration of this imminent arrival Abbey Whisky would like to offer you these Rare Casks Series malts at a special rate as part of the Abbey Whisky Winter Whisky Festival 2011.
Prices will be frozen for the duration of the festival.
Glenglassaugh / 36 Year Old Rare Cask Series / Sauternes
Speyside Single Malt Whisky
This single malt scotch whisky spent 34 years of its life in a refill hogshead before being transferred for the last 2 years to a first fill ex-Sauterne cask. The result is an exceptionally complex dram with a perfect balance of fruits, spices and hidden exotica. Natural cask strength, non-chill filtered, no colour added and bottled on site at Glenglassaugh distillery.
Bottles individually numbered from discrete single cask bottlings, packaged in lined wooden box and certificate of ownership.
List Price – £375.00
Festival Price £340.00
Glenglassaugh 1966 / 45 Year Old / Rare Cask Series
Speyside Single Malt Whisky
Another superb bottling from Glenglassaugh Distillery. This 45 Year Old speyside malt laid to rest since 1966 is a powerful whisky, reminiscent of the finest rich fruit cake with a medley of fruits and spices. Natural cask strength, not chill-filtered, no colour added and bottled on site at Glenglassaugh distillery.
Bottles individually numbered from discrete single cask bottlings, packaged in satin lined wooden box with 2 cut crystal glasses & certificate of ownership.
List Price £1400.00
Festival Price £1350.00
Abbey Whisky | Specialist supplier of rare, collectable and exclusive scotch malts. | Edinburgh, Lothian PO Box 23996, United Kingdom
Beam Announces Agreement to Purchase Cooley Distillery, Award-Winning Irish Whiskey Company
Beam Entering Fast-Growing Irish Whiskey Category
Opportunity to Leverage Beam’s Strong Distribution and Brand-Building Capabilities
Award-Winning Portfolio of Irish Whiskeys Includes Kilbeggan and Connemara
Dublin, Ireland, and Deerfield, Illinois, December 16, 2011 – Beam Inc. (NYSE: BEAM), a leading global premium spirits company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Cooley Distillery, the award-winning independent Irish whiskey producer. The acquisition of Cooley, the industry’s only remaining independent Irish whiskey distillery, will mark Beam’s entrance into one of the spirits industry’s fastest-growing categories. The purchase price is approximately $95 million on a debt-free basis.
Cooley owns and produces the Kilbeggan, Connemara, Tyrconnell and Greenore brands. It currently sells approximately 250,000 9-liter cases per year – divided among its brands, private label products and bulk sales to third-party customers – and has production capacity to support substantial future growth. Beam expects the acquisition to be earnings neutral in 2012 and increasingly accretive moving forward.
“Cooley is one of only three sources for Irish whiskey, and the only independent player, so this transaction is a unique and compelling high-return opportunity to enter one of the industry’s highest growth categories,” said Matt Shattock, president and chief executive officer of Beam. “We see the opportunity to leverage our combination of scale with agility to further build consumer demand for Cooley’s award-winning brands, and to expand distribution off a relatively small base in key export markets for Irish whiskey across North America and Europe. Cooley’s brands and distilleries have a heritage that’s unmatched in the world of Irish whiskey, so they will be a great fit with our portfolio of brands with long and rich histories. We look forward to being good stewards of these iconic Irish assets. We are also eager to work with the Cooley team, led by the Teeling family, who have built Cooley with so much pride and passion, to capitalize on the opportunities that lie ahead.”
John Teeling, Chairman and Founder of Cooley Distillery, said, “Beam understands whiskey. They have the culture, experience and global strength to enable the Cooley portfolio of brands to reach their potential in the fast growing Irish whiskey category. The renaissance in Irish whiskey, most evident in the United States, is now spreading across the world. Through Beam, our brands, built on quality, will be introduced to a host of new consumers. I am certain that the marriage between Cooley and Beam will benefit all.”
With both grain and malt distilleries, Cooley is able to produce a complete range of Irish whiskey styles. The company’s Kilbeggan Distillery, opened in 1757, is reputed to be the world’s oldest distillery and produces Cooley’s flagship blended Irish whiskey. Cooley’s many accolades include being named European Spirits Producer of the Year for an unprecedented four consecutive years by the International Wine & Spirit Competition (2008-2011).
The Irish whiskey category grew 11.5% in 2010 to 4.86 million cases according to Impact Databank. The leading markets for Irish whiskey, according to Impact, are the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, South Africa and Germany.
The transaction is structured as a tender offer in which Beam will offer Cooley’s stockholders $8.25 in cash for each outstanding share of Cooley stock. The transaction is conditioned upon holders of at least 80% of Cooley’s outstanding stock accepting the offer and other customary closing conditions. Holders of over 75% of Cooley’s outstanding stock have irrevocably agreed with Beam to tender their shares in the offer. The parties expect to complete the transaction in the first quarter of 2012.
About Cooley Distillery
Cooley Distillery is the award winning independent Irish whiskey distillery. Established in 1987, Cooley takes its name from the location of its distillery, situated at the foothills of the Cooley Mountains, in Co. Louth. Cooley has an award winning portfolio of Irish whiskeys including Kilbeggan Irish whiskey, Tyrconnell Single Malt, Connemara Peated Single Malt and Greenore Single Grain Irish whiskey. To learn more about Cooley Distillery visit www.cooleywhiskey.com .
Ballantine’s Finest Amplifies Innovation with New Packaging
Two executions of the limited edition bottle have been created; each designed to look like a speaker, while retaining the recognisable shape and style of Ballantine’s Finest. The pouring bottle has a striking foil label depicting a speaker while the second is designed to create impressive back-bar stand-out and lights up intermittently as if pulsing to the beat of the music playing in the venue, powered by batteries or mains electricity.
The Ballantine’s Finest ‘Speaker’ bottle will be available to bars and nightclubs in key markets and follows on from the hugely successful ‘graphic equaliser’ bottle that launched in 2009 as part of the ‘Listen to Your Beat’ campaign. In 2010, the bottle was awarded a prestigious StarPack award for innovative design and 66,000 bottles were produced over three production runs.
Global Brand Director for Ballantine’s Peter Moore comments: “The ‘Listen to Your Beat’ campaign has energised our on-trade accounts by engaging consumers with creative and pioneering packaging. This latest development builds upon the brand’s reputation for innovation and highlights its ongoing association with music.”
Created by London-based packaging agency The Core, the inventive ‘speaker’ bottle is suitable for both display and pouring purposes and will be available exclusively to the on-trade.
Notes:
About Ballantine’s
Ballantine’s is the No 1 ultra-premium whisky in Asia Pacific, selling more than 70 million bottles a year worldwide. Ballantine’s has won more than 80 trophies and medals at international competitions in the past 10 years for quality as a result of its unique richness of character and perfect balance. The range, from Ballantine’s Finest to the iconic 30 Year Old, is the most extensive in the world of Scotch and is maintained by the latest in a tradition of Master Blenders that dates back to 1827.
About Chivas Brothers
Chivas Brothers is the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard – the world’s co-leader in wine and spirits. Chivas Brothers is the global leader in luxury Scotch whisky and premium gin. Its portfolio includes Chivas Regal, Ballantine’s, Beefeater Gin, The Glenlivet, Royal Salute, Aberlour, Plymouth Gin, Longmorn, Scapa, 100 Pipers, Clan Campbell, Something Special and Passport.
In July 2010 Chivas Brothers launched The Age Matters campaign to help consumers understand the importance of Scotch whisky age statements.
For further information visit: www.chivasbrothers.com
Midleton Distillery Trip: Single Pot Still Irish Whiskeys Pt.1
In early May, TWE Blog was one of a small group of highly-privileged whisky folk invited to attend a special event at the Midleton distillery in Cork. Although the invite mentioned the launch of the Midleton Single Pot Still releases, … Continue reading >>
On the 9th day of Christmas Abbey Whisky gives to you…
Macallan Lalique 55 Year Old
Crystal Decanter
Macallan Lalique 55 year old is an exceptional malt whisky that has matured for 55 years in Spanish oak, Sherry casks.
This beautiful Lalique decanter draws its inspiration from Macallan’s natural colour with the design based on a perfume bottle design by René Lalique from the early 1900’s.
Only 420 crystal decanters of this exceptionally rare malt have ever been released.
List Price – £15,000
Festival Price – £12,500
Abbey Whisky | Specialist supplier of rare, collectable and exclusive scotch malts. | Edinburgh, Lothian PO Box 23996, United Kingdom
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