Islay is a majestic, weather beaten land combining natural beauty with the rugged outdoors and we want to give two of our friends from around the world the chance to explore our island home on the ultimate Bowmore adventure.

Along with our Brand Advocates Ken Hames and Colin Prior, the winners will enjoy a unforgettable five day trip to Islay, from surviving on an uninhabited island overnight to photographing majestic eagles at dawn, this trip will be the ultimate outdoor lovers adventure around Islay.

After experiencing all the outdoors can throw at you its back to the Bowmore distillery to enjoy your reward. Highlights of your trip will include:

• Dawn Islay photography master class with Colin Prior
• Construction of a hide with Ken Hames
• An overnight expedition to the island of Scarba
• Foraging for lunch
• VIP tour and an in-depth tasting at Bowmore including some very special expressions

For your chance to win this ultimate experience just click on the button below.

Whisky Ramblings Via Video #23

Mark Dermul, Belgian Whiskyblogger, puts the wonderful Islay whisky of Port Ellen from 1982 head-to-head. One bottling from Douglas Laing in their Old Malt Cask series and one bottling from QVID, a Belgian retailer. Grand whisky, no two ways about it.

http://youtu.be/XYS7xoImOnk

ARMORIK Millésime 2002: celebrating 25 years of Breton Whisky with a 10 years old single malt whisky

The 100 years old family distillery from northern Brittany releases its first Armorik 10 years old.

25 years ago, on the northern coast of Brittany, the first Breton whisky was released from Warenghem distillery’s warehouses. To celebrate this anniversary, we are proud to launch our first ARMORIK 10 years old.

ARMORIK Millésime 2002, Oloroso Sherry Cask N° 3261, is the first in a series of single casks launched to celebrate 25 years of whisky in Brittany. These casks, distilled in February 2002 and selected for their unique quality, have been secretly preserved in the silence and the twilight of our warehouse. Once a year, a cask from this batch will be bottled in a specific packaging highlighting the men behind this whisky.

ARMORIK Millésime 2002, 1st edition
Single Cask, 56.1%, Un-chillfiltered
Distilled: February 25th, 2002
Bottled: May 2012
Cask: N° 3261 – Sherry Oloroso
Nb. of bottles: 748

Whisky in Brittany: 25 Years of innovation

Year 1987 marked a turning point for Warenghem distillery. Our 100 years old family distillery started producing Breton whisky! Considering that Brittany, Ireland and Scotland shared the same Celtic roots, Gilles Leizour and Bernard Le Pallec decided to create a unique distillery inspired by the traditional techniques of its Scottish cousins.

Our artisanal, familial distillery boasts more than 100 years of experience in liqueurs and spirits. Driven by our motto «Tradition and Innovation», our team of 15 people passionately work to manufacture high-quality products.

Warenghem distillery’s range is sold in supermarkets and specialist shops in France and is rapidly growing on export markets such as Holland, Germany, Belgium and USA.

Follow us on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Distillerie-Warenghem/140303299334911

Or Visit us on:  www.distilleriewarenghem.com

Contact Distillerie Warenghem: info@distillerie-warenghem.com

Distillerie Warenghem, route de Guingamp, 22300 Lannion, France, +33 (0)2 96 37 00 08

Bruichladdich Octomore 5.1

‘The world’s peatiest whisky’ returns, with this the fifth annual release of Octomore from Bruichladdich distillery, Islay. Peated to 169ppm, Bruichladdich Octomore 5.1 is 5 years of age, bottled in 2012 at cask strength, 59.5% abv.

Only £97.50
(£81.25 ex vat)

Click here to buy Bruichladdich Octomore 5.1

Port Charlotte PC10 / 59.8%

Port Charlotte PC10, a limited edition annual bottling which has been created from a heavily peated Bruichladdich spirit. Matured in American oak casks for 10 years and bottled at cask strength, 59.8% vol.

Only £80.00
(£66.67 ex vat)

Click here to buy Port Charlotte PC10

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www.abbeywhisky.com
0800 051 7737

The Blog Team assist with quality ‘checks’ at Abhainn Dearg Distillery on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

Visit the Blog HERE to read all about it…

www.ralfy.com takes you through the transformation from boring to malt-sexy with Whisky Review 309 – Deanston 12yo

Thanks to everyone who bought tickets for the tasting on October 10
However we are now sold out!

The next tasting is on October 24th (7pm in Bookends, @Butchart)

If you have a ticket for this Wednesday, please bring your membership card or pick it on the night.

Come along to the next whisky tasting event.
We will have some super whisky on offer.
We will announce soon when tickets go on sale soon!

All members from last year must pay membership again this year.
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ALL members must renew their membership for this year.
Please see details below about how to do this.

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE MALT WHISKY SOCIETY

We also need to get EVERYONE to become a member of the Malt Whisky Society.
To do this follow these steps:
1. Go to www.ausa.org.uk
2. Register a new account
3. Search for “Malt Whisky Society”
4. Add “Malt Whisky Society Student Membership” (£2) to your basket (like amazon.com)
5. Go to your basket – you MUST add “Societies Union” membership (£1) before you can pay
6. Follow payment instructions – you NEED a credit/debit card to pay.
7. Bring along your reference on a bit of paper/your mobile phone to the next whisky event and we will give you your membership card.

CASH PAYMENTS
It is possible to pay for membership with cash at the Butchart Recpetion desk during opening hours.

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£3 = 4 whiskies!

Date: Wednesday 24th of October
Time: 19:00
Where: Bookends in Butchart Centre (University Rd)
What to bring: money for raffle

You can still come to this event without becoming a member.
You should become a member as soon as possible.

Our mailing address is:
University of Aberdeen Malt Whisky Society
The Butchart Centre
University Road
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB24 3UT
United Kingdom

Glenfarclas 1968 “My Tribute”

Private Exclusive Dinner Events

My tribute to the 175th Anniversary of the Glenfarclas Distillery Luc Timmermans has had a long love affair and collecting history with Glenfarclas and, in particular, casks dating from 1968. Not only was this the year that the distillery first began to market its single malt in its own right, and to build stocks for the future but it was also the year of his birth.

At exclusive private whisky dinners all over the world Luc Timmermans will present this exquisite whisky, the My Tribute cask, sadly Luc Timmermans last cask from the mythical 1968 vintage.

Exclusive private dinners will be organized in Belgium, Singapore & Taipei.

The presentation package holds more than just a bottle of whisky. It tells you a story about the mythical 1968 vintage and the history of this fine and independent distillery. So while you are enjoying this exquisite 44 year old whisky at home with your closest friends and family you can read and experience the story and history of this fine distillery.

The presentation pack holds :

-70cl bottle of the Glenflarclas 1968 “My Tribute” Single cask, Single Highland Malt,
-2 Crystal Cut Glencairn “My Tribute” tasting glasses
-1968 Booklet by Ian Buxton describing Luc’s story, the background and comments of Luc Timmermans and notorious whisky reviewers -Book by Ian Buxton describing the History and 175 years of independence of this great 6th Generation Family owned distillery

Since this fine cask only yielded 175 bottles only 175 people will be able to join this experience.

More information at www.glenfarclas.be

A message from Gordon at about his latest project…

“Hope everyone’s alright!

I’ve been trying to get a forum on my WordPress blog but apparently it’s not possible on the .com ones , so I resurrected the old forum to link in with the Islay Visit blog (hence the slight name change ) . I altered the structure a bit and deleted a few posts that were slightly out of date .  Thought I’d let you know incase you want to participate again.

Cheers

Gordon

Thanks,
The Warehouse No.4 Forum “

This month we offer you three (3) new bottlings under the OLD MALT CASK label –one (1) new OLD & RARE – two (2) CLAN DENNY Old Grain releases, three (3) ADVANCE SAMPLES and two (2) from the DIRECTOR’S CUT selection.

Tasting Notes for OLD MALT CASK follow:

 OMC 2195 Inchgower 16 Year Old Sherry
Nose: Initial caramelised oranges warm to rich spices + polished oak
Palate: sweet & mouth coating, developing to soft leather and sweet spice
Finish: Long, now drier – runs to a more tannic/oaked/camphor character (J)

OMC 2196 Macallan 16 Year Old
Nose: Spiced + polished oak + wooden fruit boxes & ripe apples
Palate: Sweet & malty – develops to a warmingly spiced tablet style
Finish: Long, spicy with ripe bananas – now runs drier + an oak tang (J)

OMC 2199 Allt A’ Bhainne 21 Year Old Sherry
Nose: Richly spiced – sweet & nutty – carrying a hazelnut praline style
Palate: Mouth coating – warmingly spiced – still nutty + butterscotch
Finish: Long & richly spiced + a cigar boxes & cedar wood character (J)

The 3 Advance Samples OLD MALT CASK are as follows:

SMC0428 Glen Spey 10 YEARS
SMC0433 Tamdhu 14 YEARS
SMC0434 Aberlour 12 YEARS

Tasting Notes for the OLD & RARE release:

OAR 0176 Highland Park 27 Year Old
The nose opens with a sweet, macerated fruit quality that runs to a softly smoked character. Equally sweet, now mouth coatingly spiced on the palate, it carries a vanilla tablet style developing to a late burnt oak style. The finish is long – still sweetly spiced with late soft smoke lingering. (J)

Tasting Notes for CLAN DENNY:

DEN 0087 Cambus 37 Year Old
Opens sweetly spiced on the nose, carrying a tangy, caramelised oranges quality with a dark chocolate style. The palate is warming and mouth coating, still spicy with a salty butterscotch (salt toffee) character. The finish is surprisingly long with a creamy, caramel custard style plus more of those sweet spices. (J)

DEN 0070 Dumbarton 46 Year Old Bourbon
Massively and sweetly spiced early on the nose – it then softens to a truly fruity mixed bag – beyond which detect sugar and light oak. The palate is BIG, still fructiferous but carries black coffee, sweet spices and vanilla flavours – all neatly (and too swiftly) replicated on the finish. (F)

Tasting Notes for DIRECTORS CUT:

DIR 0023 Springbank 15 Year Old Sherry
Nose: Big, briny, interesting and spicy. Softens to ginger, peat, tobacco & cedar.
Palate: Still spiced, lightly oaked, salty, gristy, citric plus toffee & liquorice.
Finish: More tobacco + camphor, mocha, soft smoke + heather honey (F)

DIR 0025 Macallan 21 Year Old
Nose: Fresh & fragrant – sweet & fruity – developing to a butter plus crushed sugar style
Palate: Sweetly spiced & honey’d character carrying a barley sugar, citric quality
Finish: Medium long – still distinctly sweet – evolving to a tangy orange pith style (J)

Please note the BIG PEAT 20 cls bottles are now packed in Gift Boxes. With only 12 weeks to Christmas perhaps keep a note on your chimney about BIG PEAT @Xmas – which we hope you will consider, together with some of this month’s releases.

Yours faithfully

Fred Laing

Visit Douglas Laing & Company at www.douglaslaing.com