Dear Client

This month we are pleased to offer you ten (10) new bottlings under the OLD MALT CASK label, two (2) from the Advance Sample 20 cl range and , two (2) from PREMIER BARREL all building up stock for Christmas. We also present the first bottling from our new brand – DIRECTOR’S CUT – being a Sherry cask maturation of a Blair Athol 16 year old with more being released next month. Two (2) mid month releases will be made from the OLD & RARE range which you can see on our (late) P.S. to this communication.

Meanwhile tasting notes for OLD MALT CASK follow –

OMC 1989 Caol Ila 14 Year Old Nose: Warming and sweet – running to a soft tar/burnt toast style Palate: Initially sweet, developing to burnt ashes and coal dust Finish: Distinctly Islay, sweetly smoked + a soft tar and ashes quality (J)

OMC 2053 Highland Park 14 Year Old Sherry
Nose: Orange zesty initially – warms to dark spices + damp oak.
Palate: Distinctly phenolic + black coffee + more spices and aniseed.
Finish: Now softer on the peat – but all those other flavours conjoin. (F)

OMC 2081 Royal Lochnagar 14 Year Old Nose: Clean & fresh – herbal & fruity + fresh home baked style Palate : Fruitily sweet – warm & spicy peaches in syrup + vanilla & toffee Finish: Long, still fruity & spiced with more herbal characteristics (J)

OMC 2087 Mortlach 15 Year Old Nose: Sweet & nutty + orange flavoured marzipan + soft leather Palate: Richly spiced – now zesty + a mouth coating oily/vanilla style Finish: Long – remaining spicy, now runs drier + a light, gristy, smokiness (J)

OMC 2042 Bladnoch 18 Year Old Sherry Finished
Nose: Attractively spiced with – ultra sweet barley – and citric fruits
Palate: “Bigger” than anticipated – full of malt & orange marmalade
Finish: Clean and fresh – still distinctly citric – still rather barley’d in style (F)

OMC 2084 Allt A’ Bhainne 18 Year Old Nose: Opens toffee’d then runs to a sweet gristy – fruity quality Palate Delicate & sweet, carrying a fruity (peaches) & spicy trait Finish: Long, still spicy running to an attractive lemon zest style (J)

OMC 2083 Glenlivet 19 Year Old Nose: Sweetly spiced + oak wood shavings + a dunnage warehouse style Palate: Remains spicy, runs to wine gums + an attractive orange bitters quality Finish: Medium long, still richly spiced (nutmeg?) with an oak tang (J)

OMC 2097 Caol Ila 20 Year Old
Nose: Full of phenols – oiliness (engine room style) + gentle spices.
Palate: Mouth coats in sweet peat, drying salt, iodine & creosote.
Finish: Peat prevails + warming spices + late soot and ashes. (F)

OMC 2086 Rosebank 21 Year Old
Nose: Clean, sweetly herbal, lightly barleyed and oaky.
Palate: Drier than anticipated + more herbs, liquorice, spices & cough drops.
Finish: Now creamy, fudgy, still spiced + a real barley sugar quality. (F)

OMC 2056 Port Ellen 28 Year Old Nose: Still clean & fresh – carrying a spicy, sweet, vanilla’d character. Palate: Opens sweetly – quickly runs to coal based chimney smoke + tar Finish: Long – sweet & smoky – honey on burnt toast + damp bonfire ashes (F)

The ADVANCE SAMPLES are:

SMC 0404 Blair Athol 12 Year Old Sherry
SMC 0402 Arran 14 Year Old

Tasting Notes for PREMIER BARREL are:

PRB 0106 Laphroaig 11 Year Old
A sure-fire sea-shanty of salty sails, seaweed and saline swashbuckling -packing particularly powerful and provocative peat….. a mesmerising marine mogul of medication – make no mistake, Ma’am.! (F)

PBR 0103 Mortlach 14 Year Old
May I monopolise and muse multifariously over my magisterial Mortlach? It is certainly salubriously spiced with supremely satisfying superb and scintillating citrus – it has a titancially titillating toast of taste – tantamount to toffee! (F)

Tasting Note for DIRECTOR’S CUT –

DIR 0001 BLAIR ATHOL 16 Year Old Sherry
Nose: Like a fruit basket in style + spice & lightly fired pastry
Palate: More (lightly smoked) spice + sugar steeped soft red fruit
Finish: Interesting Barley sugar precedes a dry malty gristiness. (F)

Beyond the DIRECTOR’S CUT information (priced and printed together with our OLD & RARE/PREMIER BARREL) we should say that at time of printing we only have 42 cases of the BIG PEAT Christmas pack remaining of the original 1830 cases filled. No more will be bottled so if you need any, please react fast, as there are less than three trading months to Christmas! Lastly – cradles are now available for the 4.5 litre REALLY BIG PEAT bottles (sent separately) at the cost of £10.00 per unit. So much information – sorry!

Best wishes

Fred

PS. Through the middle of October we will also have two (2) further OLD & RARE bottlings available whose tasting notes are:

Caol Ila 30 year old:
Distinctly Islay initially on the nose, it runs to a sweet, spiced and oaky style – containing a late suggestion of both salt and citrus. The palate opens with sweet barley, and crunched sugar developing a late smoke and camphor quality. That all runs into a finish showing the same cough drop style – plus a drift of smoke and a touch of soot. (F)

Laphroaig 25 year old:
Opens sweetly spiced with a creamy – honey and polished oak character. This Laphroaig requires little or no water…, just give it some time to “chambré” in the glass – then on the palate detect a surprisingly sweet trait before mouth coating waves of peat plus smoke and rich spices appear. The finish is long – carrying soft chewy tar followed by a lemon & honey cough drop quality plus a lingering BBQ charred bell peppers style. (J)

PPS. Last month’s offer on the MacDuff 21 Year Old is still applicable – BUY 5 CASES AND RECEIVE THE 6TH CASE OF MACDUFF FREE. We are extending this same offer to include the GLEN GRANT 15 Year old so perhaps before Christmas you can also consider to BUY 5 CASES AND RECEIVE THE 6TH CASE OF GLEN GRANT FREE.

Visit Douglas Laing & Company at www.douglaslaing.com

Scotland – Single Malt Scotch

Famous Grouse 18 Year Malt Whisky 750ml – 4 available ($65.99)

K&L Wine Merchants
http://www.klwines.com
Phone: 877-KLWines (toll free 877-559-4637)
Email: wine@klwines.com
San Francisco, Redwood City, Hollywood CA

October Outturn: Naughty Nectar
A sweet selection of 12 single cask, single malts to set your heart aflutter…

7.70 Naughty nectar
Speyside Lossie
£65.60 inc free p&p
The nose conveyed elegance and maturity – perfumed honey, dried coconut and exotic fruits (lychees, star-fruit, water melon, Keith Floyd’s flambéed barbecued bananas)

WOW: Closed distillery
99.13 Exotic scenes in a Bedouin tent
Highland Eastern
£100 inc free p&p
The intriguing nose offered so much – we found beeswax, honey, brown sugar, leather, polish, tobacco and tequila – but couldn’t resist the powerful image of platters of exotic fruits served by belly-dancers in a Bedouin prince’s tent

77.26 A foodie dram
Highland Northern
£70 inc. free p&p
Surprisingly prickly for its age, with sharp, citric notes, but warming – ‘like opening the door of an oven’… Appetising food scents immediately crowded us: apple and pear crumble with brambles; pork sausage

53.154 Surfer’s sundown dram
Islay
£60.10 inc. free p&p
Unreduced the nose was like the soft smoke of burning driftwood on a distant dune. Damp coarse sand, seaweed and brine fill the nostrils

G5.3 Extraordinary taste intensity
Single Cask Grain
£51.60 inc. free p&p
We found a fabulous, unusual nose – polished oak, coconut and perfumed smoke; curry spices, toasted sesame seeds and aniseed

October Outturn SAVINGS:
Oct Naughty Pair: 64.32 & 93.46

Sinful Sipping Trio: 26.82, 37.49 & 93.46

Electric Six: 64.32, 26.82, 37.49, 93.46, 4.155 & 53.154

Oct Outturn Browse all bottlings (51 single casks online)

SMWS Tastings & Events (49 events online)
Steak & Whisky Tastings – London, Mon 10 Oct
Malmaison Aberdeen Dinner – Malmaison, Wed 12 Oct
Whisky, Sausage & Beer Tastings – Queen Street, Fri 14 Oct
Melrose Preview Tasting – Town House Hotel, Fri 14 Oct
New Members Tasting – London, Thu 20 Oct
Apple Day Celebrations – The Vaults, Fri 21 Oct
All About Sherry – Queen Street, Wed 26 Oct
Oxford Preview Tasting – Oxford Castle, Fri 28 Oct
Sheffield Preview Tasting – Leopold Hold, Fri 28 Oct
Chester-le-Street Preview Tasting – Cricket Club, Fri 28 Oct

More Society tastings

Society Hogmanay Celebrations: Sat 31 Dec

The Vaults Hogmanay: There will be music to get your feet tapping. A sturdy bowl of stovies will be served to keep you going. The tempo will rise as we get ready for the bells; with Annabel sharing her dram of the year.

Hogmanay Gala Dinner, The Dining Room: After a Champagne welcome we serve a five-course dinner in the comfortable surroundings of The Dining Room. Afterwards the night is yours to spend where you like.

Hogmanay Member’s Room Event: Enjoy a fantastic two-course, live music and dancing as we see in the bells in the Members’ Rooms

Whisky Magazine’s 2012 Independent Bottler of the Year www.whiskymag.com/awards/ibc/2011 

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.

www.ralfy.com  puts on a silly hat to make a serious point in Whisky Review 222 – Stewart’s Cream of the Barley

REVEALS THE NAMES OF THE TOP 20 US and UK FINALIST BARTENDERS For THE AUCHENTOSHAN SWITCH

A Trans-Continental Bartender Swap

US Finalists Travel to Las Vegas For the Final Showdown on October 26, 2011

Glasgow, Scotland (October 5, 2011) – This past August, Auchentoshan® Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Scotland’s only triple-distilled single malt, announced a bartender talent search like no other – the The Auchentoshan Switch, where two outstanding barkeeps in the US and the UK will switch places and switch countries for two weeks to work in one of New York City’s and London’s most prestigious bars. Bartenders were asked to enter by submitting a video of themselves creating a lemonade and an Old Fashioned cocktail with Auchentoshan Three Wood. Well folks, the judges have voted and the votes are in. The group of top 20 US finalists will travel to Las Vegas on October 26 to participate in the showdown hosted by the United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) where the top US bartender will be named. This bartender will travel to the UK and work at famed 69 Colebrooke Row. The finale in London will take place on October 24, resulting in one bartender being sent to New York City to ply their trade.

And today we happily announce the finalists – both US and UK. Congratulations to all and may the best bartender cross the pond!

US BARTENDER FINALISTS – In alphabetical order by last name, including the bar/city where they work:

–          Jeff Bell from PDT, New York City
–          Amber Berry from Ward III, New York City
–          Gina Chersevani from PS7’s, Washington, DC
–          David Curiel from Dalva Hideout, San Francisco
–          Michael Flannery from Michaels, New York City
–          Abigail Gullo from The Beagle, New York City
–          Dev Johnson from Employees Only, New York City
–          Charles Joly from The Drawing Room, Chicago
–          Mirjana “Mindy” Kucan from Grand Prize Bar, Houston
–          Jason Littrell from Death & Co, New York City
–          Ian McCarthy from Boiler Room, Omaha
–          Alexandra Parks from Green Russell, Denver
–          Zachary Safron from Metro, Lafayette
–          Steve Schneider from Employees Only, New York City
–          Rachel Sergei from The Jack Rose, Washington, DC
–          David Shenaut from Kask/Rum Club, Portland
–          Ezra Star from Drink, Boston
–          Lucinda Sterline from Little Branch, New York City
–          Clinton Terry from PX, Alexandria
–          Jenn Tosatto from Manifesto, Kansas City

Check out this video compilation of the US finalists: http://bit.ly/r2dxvT  

UK BARTENDER FINALISTS – In alphabetical order by last name, including the bar/city where they work:

– Martin Ball from Corrido, Manchester
– Divyesh Chauhan from Match Bar, London
– Matthew Dakers from Whistling Shop, London
– Kevin Griffin from The Raconteur, Edinburgh
– Andrew Harrod from Wabi, London
– Richard Hunt from Hawksmore, London
– Scott Ingram from Blythswood Square, Glasgow
– Alex Kratena from Artesian, London
– Simon La Moon from Zetter Townhouse, London
– Bruce Lerman from Epernay Champagne Bar, Leeds
– Antonino Lo Iacono from The Dukes Hotel, London
– Giuseppe Miggiano from The Bar at Chancery Court, London
– Khalil Moh’d Lahham from Donovan’s Bar/Brown’s Hotel, London
– Martyn Nicol from Blythswood Square, Glasgow
– Matt Roberts from Quo Vardis, London
– Andreas Tsanos from Lonsdale, Notting Hill
– Tom Walker from Bramble, Edinburgh
– Sam Watson from Purl, London
– Faye Woodcock from The Blind Pig, Glasgow

“We were so excited to have such great feedback, a cavalcade of interest, and so many great video entries for our first ever Auchentoshan Switch,” said Hannah Fisher, Auchentoshan Brand Manager. “It’s obvious that the brand is very relevant to today’s top bartenders in the UK and the US and we can’t wait to see what these incredibly talented bartenders will show us at the finale. Congratulations to all the finalists!”

THE SWITCH. The Switch will take place in early 2012 when the winning US bartender will spend two weeks behind the stick at the famed London bar 69 Colebrooke Row, while the winning British barkeep will get to spend his or her two weeks at a well known bar in New York City. 69 Colebrooke Row is home to the Drinks Factory, one of the only bar-related drinks labs in the world. There they will become incorporated into the daily bar procedures as well as visiting producers and sourcing quality ingredients. In NYC, the UK bartender will work at one of the hottest cocktail bars in Gotham’s underground scene. We’re not revealing the name of the bar just yet, but with no menus there, bartenders cook up individually prescribed concoctions according to their customer’s mood. Here the presentation of the cocktail is as dramatic as the cocktail itself. The winner will be part of both a theater of performance and a chemistry lab at the same time. And yes, there will also be some time for sightseeing as well.

ABOUT AUCHENTOSHAN SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

The award-winning Auchentoshan portfolio includes Auchentoshan Classic, 12 Year Old, Three Wood, 18 Year Old and the limited release 21 Year Old, in addition to select vintage, limited edition releases. Auchentoshan is available nationwide in the US and in more than 45 countries worldwide. The Auchentoshan portfolio is imported to the US by Skyy Spirits, LLC. Auchentoshan recently relaunched its website at www.auchentoshan.com. Join the Auchentoshan conversation on Facebook.

ABOUT UNITED STATES BARTENDERS’ GUILD (USBG) (www.usbg.org)

The United States Bartenders’ Guild is an organization of beverage professionals dedicated to the continued refinement of our craft. Such refinement is achieved through advanced product education; original hand crafted cocktail competitions; and aggressive involvement with other professionals in the beverage industry throughout the country and internationally. It is our intention, desire and main focus to become the most skilled, knowledgeable and professional group of bartenders in the industry. With the resurgence and ever increasing popularity of the cocktail, there is a high demand for creative and professional bartenders. As an industry leader the USBG is responsible for raising the bar and creating new trends to keep our competitive edge. The USBG is currently in the following locations: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Denver, Hawaii, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New York, North Texas, Northern California, Oregon, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Rhode Island, San Diego, St. Louis, Tampa Bay.

ABOUT 69 COLEBROOKE ROW – LONDON (www.69Colebrookerow.com)

Tucked away off the Islington Green end of Essex Road, 69 Colebrookee Row bears an impressive pedigree. Opened in mid 2009, it’s the brainchild of Tony Conigliaro, widely acknowledged as one of the UK’s pioneering drinks creators. The tiny space, with a capacity of only 40 people, is identifiable only by a lantern and has no name at all. Entry is via video entryphone, booking by phone, text or email only. When you step inside, the interior blends 1950s Italian café style with a film noir feel: large ceramic sinks behind a wooden bar add a touch of old Berlin.

ABOUT SKYY SPIRITS, LLC

The eighth-largest spirits company in the US, Skyy Spirits, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A. (Reuters CPRI.MI – Bloomberg CPR IM), together with its affiliates Gruppo Campari. Launched in 1992 with the introduction of its flagship brand, SKYY® Vodka, Skyy Spirits has grown exponentially, building a portfolio unrivaled in its quality, innovation and style, making it a top choice among distributors, retailers and consumers. Skyy Spirits manages Gruppo Campari’s portfolio in the US with such leading brands as SKYY® Vodka, SKYY90®, All Natural SKYY Infusions®, Campari®, Wild Turkey® Straight Kentucky Bourbon, American Honey®, Russell’s Reserve®, Glen Grant® Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Cabo Wabo® Tequila, Espolón® Tequila, Ouzo 12®, X-Rated® Fusion Liqueur®, Frangelico®, Carolans Irish Cream®, Irish Mist® Liqueur, Sagatiba® Cachaça and Jean-Marc XO Vodka®. Skyy Spirits is also the exclusive US distributor of The Glenrothes® Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Bowmore® Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Auchentoshan® Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Glen Garioch® Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Flor de Caña® Rum, Midori® Melon Liqueur, Hibiki® Whisky and The Yamazaki® Single Malt Whisky.

Skyy Spirits was founded and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. More information on the company can be found at www.skyyspirits.com, www.facebook.com/skyyspirits, Twitter: @SkyySpirits and www.camparigroup.com. Please enjoy Skyy Spirits brands responsibly and in moderation.

Tasting Notes: Redbreast 12yo Cask Strength

A ripple of excitement went through the whiskey world last week when it was revealed that Pernod Ricard’s Irish Distillers Ltd, owners of the Midleton complex, were launching a cask strength version of arguably the distillery’s greatest brand: Redbreast 12 year old, a single pot still (as we have to call them now) whiskey that has […please click on the link below to read the remainder of the article…]

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Loch Fyne Whiskies has Stocked a new item, ‘Bruichladdich PC9’

 Bruichladdich PC9
 59.2% abv
 £66.90 inc vat
 £55.75 ex vat

An Ataireachd Ard: The Surge of the Sea Limited to 6000 bottles and so limited to 2 per person.

Best regards,
Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk

Hello Fellow Scotch Lovers –

Last weeks’ email was about a rare whisky called Ardbeg Alligator and, as many of you unfortunately learned, rare whiskies go fast.

This weeks email is about an exceptional blended whisky, Dewar’s Signature Blended Scotch Whisky.

Dewar’s Signature is the result of over 160 years of blending experience. The whisky’s secret lies in combining an Aberfeldy Single Malt of great age, with other distinct and mature whiskies, each carefully selected for its exceptional character and balance. The final marrying process brings the whiskies together to create a mellow, silky blend with notes of rich fruit and dark honey.

The whisky is a limited edition blend, with each individually numbered bottle marked with the signature of founder John Dewar. World renown whisky critic Jim Murray called Dewars Signature “an outstanding addition to the highest echelons of blended Scotch whisky”.

We usually sell a bottle of Dewars Signature for around $230, but thanks to some great “negotiating” by our man Nicky The Neck, the price for a bottle of Dewars Signature is just $189.95. That’s a savings of over $40 on a bottle!

I hope you will take advantage of this exceptional opportunity, and do it it fast….because as always, once our limited supply is gone, its gone.

Until next Wednesday….

Doug Stone
Founder
www.ForScotchLovers.com

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DEWAR’S SIGNATURE BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY

____________________________ TASTING NOTES – Courtesy of our friend Dr. Whisky

Fresh and fruity off the start, soft and sweet with lots of honey and berries. Chocolate and cream. Some aged grain whisky, corn and some sweet smoke. Earl Grey tea. Satsuma tangerine Body Shop soap. Like with the Dewars 18, one can sense the growth of the malt flavours in the glass.

Gentle, but active. Christmas-y spices and apricots. A bit of baby powder. French toast/eggy bread. Burst of dry sherry that comes and then goes, firesmoke, and then some pine or sappy oak. Flavours linger through the finish, but in a subdued manner, with the more aged malts making their presence known.

Buffalo Trace Fans,

The 2011 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) will go on sale Friday, October 7th, at 8:00 a.m.

George T. Stagg
Eagle Rare 17
Sazerac Rye 18
William Larue Weller
Thomas Handy Rye

To distribute these coveted whiskeys to as many Bourbon lovers as possible, sales of the BTAC are limited as follows: You may purchase one bottle of George T. Stagg, plus your choice of ONE additional BTAC bottle. If you do not want any Stagg, you are not required to buy it— however you may still buy only ONE other BTAC bottle of your choice. We cannot sell two bottles of the same thing, under any circumstances. Sales of the BTAC are first come, first serve; there is no waiting list.

The price this year for the BTAC is $69.99 per bottle.

Don’t forget to visit aisle 10B for our extensive selection of bourbons, including: Abraham Bowman Virginia Limited Edition Rye Whiskey TPS Private Barrel

Your Spiritual Advisors @ The Party Source

The Party Source, 95 Riviera Drive, Bellevue, KY 41073.

A Tale of Wonder

Once upon a time there was a poor distillery, unloved by its owners who no longer had any need for its fabled whiskies. The dust was gathering in corners of the building, water was coming through holes in the roof and small items like pumps were disappearing.

Then after a period of around 21 years along came a group of investors who wanted to buy a distillery which could produce whiskies of the highest quality that they would be proud of. Samples of whisky were taken, consumed and it was declared that here was a whisky of the very highest quality, capable of winning the ultimate accolades. So discussions took place, money exchanged hands and soon the distillery was under new ownership, new hands were on the helm and the distilling equipment was being lovingly refurbished, ready for use.

On the 24th November 2008, 22 years after it fell silent, Alex Salmon, first minister of Scotland started the inaugural milling for the first mash of a new era for Glenglassaugh distillery. The first mash itself took place on the 28th November and the first spirit distillation on the 4th December with the first cask being filled on the 16th December of 2008.

In the meantime the owners faith in their investment has been rewarded with the aged whiskies winning the most prestigious awards of “Best Single Cask Scotch Whisky” and “Best 40 Year Old Scotch Whisky” at the International Wine and Spirit Competition 2009 plus a double gold medal for the 26 year old whisky at San Francisco International Spirits Competition and voted best 40 year old Scotch Whisky in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2010.

Those first casks filled in 2008 which will become 3 years old and officially single malt scotch whisky on the 16th December 2011.

To mark this momentous occasion Glenglassaugh Distillery Company is pleased to announce the release of a very special bottling. The very first cask, a refill butt, that was filled on that “first cask filling day in 2008” was emptied and refilled into 2 smaller casks on the 16th December 2010. These smaller casks were a first fill ex-Pedro Ximenez (PX) sherry hogshead and a first-fill ex-Palo Cortado sherry hogshead. On the 16th September 2011 the whiskies were returned from these two casks into the original butt and are now marrying for a period of exactly three months.

On the 16th December 2011 the cask will be emptied and approximately 650 bottles will be filled with the whisky, at cask strength, at natural colour and with no chill-filtration, by the employees of Glenglassaugh. It will then be shipped to those lucky individuals who can pre-purchase one of these unique and very rare bottles and we will try to achieve this in time for Christmas.

The bottles are now available for pre-ordering by either purchasing direct from the on-line shop, www.glenglassaugh.com  or by visiting us at the distillery.

The 700ml bottle which will be packaged in an outer tube with a certificate of authentication and will cost £90.00 plus shipping. It is possible to pick-up the bottle direct from the distillery from 19th December onwards in which case there will be no shipping charge.

The Small Print

There will be no discounts for cask owners on this purchase.

Sales will be restricted to one bottle per person per email address and anyone who tries to purchase multiple items will have any money paid refunded for the second and any subsequent purchase and there will also be an administration charge added.

All orders received through the on-line shop will be accepted as confirmation of purchase of a bottle, unless the money is refunded due to duplication of order.

More Octave Developments

Our initial sales of ex-sherry Octaves for filling and maturing, was so successful that we had started a waiting list for the second shipment even before we had received the first delivery. Well most of the first orders have all now been filled and the good news is that the second, larger order, should be here before the end of the month. So far we have not sold it all out but even as I type this blog, another order appears so we may end-up pre-selling them all before they arrive.

All of the original delivery of the sherry Octaves had been ex-Oloroso sherry but in the next delivery we will be able to offer the alternative of ex- Pedro Ximenez Octaves too. We will also be able to offer filling either type of cask with peated or un-peated spirit.

If you have already ordered your sherry Octave and it is due to be filled from the second delivery then please let us know whether you wish an ex-Oloroso cask or an ex-PX cask.

Once again please feel free to leave any comments.

Slange

Stuart