DOUBLE WIN FOR DRAMBUIE AT LIQUEUR MASTERS 2013

Drambuie is pleased to announce its double-award win for Drambuie and Drambuie 15 at The Spirit Business Liqueur Masters 2013.

The results follow the brand’s entry of both liquids into this year’s Masters, with Drambuie 15 awarded the top accolade of Master and Drambuie receiving Gold.

Tim Dewey, Global Marketing Director at Drambuie, said: “We are thrilled to be recognised for not one, but two of our products by one of the industry’s most respected awards, with the wins highlighting Drambuie’s on-going objective to provide a superior liquid to consumers.”

The highly prestigious Spirit Masters series, now in its sixth year, is fast becoming one of the most respected and high profile trade competitions in the industry, rewarding the finest brands on excellence. Drawing entries from around the world, each spirit is judged on its own merit by a panel of independent judges.

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About DRAMBUIE®

Drambuie is an extraordinary blend of the finest aged Scotch whisky, spices, and heather honey. The recipe was created more than 260 years ago exclusively for Prince Charles Edward Stuart of Scotland.

Drambuie has always been produced in Scotland. It was first produced at The Broadford Hotel on the Isle of Skye and in 1909 production was taken to Edinburgh. Chosen by the cellars of Buckingham Palace, the House of Lords and sent to the British Army during two World Wars, Drambuie quickly gained popularity.

In 1950s America, Drambuie became synonymous with the classic cocktail favoured by the Rat Pack – The Rusty Nail™. Today Drambuie is enjoyed neat, over ice and as a long refreshing drink mixed with ginger beer. The new Drambuie 15 Year Old is a whisky connoisseur’s expression of Drambuie, best sipped and savoured neat or over ice. For more information visit www.drambuie.com, facebook.com/UKDrambuie or @Drambuie.

Drambuie can be found in all good drinks specialists and supermarkets.

Drambuie (70cl) UK RRP £23.99 | Drambuie 15 Year Old (70cl) UK RRP £32
Drambuie (50cl) UK RRP £18.69 | Drambuie 15 Year Old (50cl) UK RRP £26.99

Thursday 5th December   Starts at 7:00 pm
Amrut Indian Whisky
The irrepressible and entertaining Ashok Chokalingam will bring us a selection of Amrut’s world- renowned whiskies inluding a preview of two new single casks to be released in December. The first will be a single cask Pedro Ximenez sherry matured and the second a peated malt in port pipe. Be the the first on your block to taste these remarkable whiskies.
But not content with these two, we’ll also have five others:
•Amrut single malt
•Award-winning Fusion
•Intermediate Sherry
•Portanova
•Kadhambam
£20.00  Click here to buy

Friday 13th December Starts at  7:00 pm    

Compass Box

A tasting of Compass Box Special Blends with Chris Maybin, Commercial Director of Compass Box.
On offer for your delectation:
• Delilah’s (matched with a small glass of fine beer!)
• Great King Street
• Oak Cross
• Spice Tree
• Hedonism
• Peat Monster 10th Anniversary Limited Edition
• The Gen eral
£25.00  Click here to buy

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Duncan Taylor Dimensions Single Cask, Cask Strength Offerings at Mora’s Fine Wine & Spirits (E. Setauket, New York)

Duncan Taylor Dimensions Bruichladdich 1992 19 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch 101.6 Proof – $189.99

(6 bottles available)

Duncan Taylor Dimensions Macallan 1995 16 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch 109.6 Proof – $139.99

(12 bottles available)

Mora’s Fine Wine & Spirits

www.moraswines.com

631-941-4458

sev.clemens@moraswines.com

UK vlogger Joe Ellis a.k.a Whisky Wednesday reviews a single malt for specially bottled for Aldi. The Glen Marnoch 18 Year Old.

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Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño Stays True to Win the Ballantine’s Sponsored BMW Masters

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño today showed his true courage and conviction, holding his nerve on the 18th Green to secure the title at the prestigious BMW Masters at Shanghai’s Lake Malaren Golf Club; a prestigious European Tour event also sponsored by Ballantine’s, the world’s No. 2 Scotch whisky.

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño shot a four under par final round to finish on eleven under for the Championship, holding off Francesco Molinari and Thongchai Jaidee who both finished ten under par.

Earlier in the week Ballantine’s, which has recently announced a new global marketing campaign ‘Stay True, Leave An Impression’, asked the players at the BMW Masters to write a word that represented what inspired them to ‘Stay True’ and ‘Leave An Impression’ on the game of golf, with a range of answers from family through to patience.

After his performance over the last four days, Fernandez-Castaño’s choice of the word ‘winning’ could not be more appropriate:

“It doesn’t get any better than this.  The first event of the first ever Final Series and I got the victory.  There’s never a bad time for a victory, but this has been just the perfect one.”

He had not been looking at the leaderboards all day until he first glanced over on the 15th hole and noticed his long name at the top. He afterwards admitted that it affected his game, but he stayed true to himself to earn the victory, despite a double bogey on the final hole:

“You don’t have a three shot advantage that often, so there’s many things going on in your mind.  I didn’t want to mess up and I almost did, so it’s a weird feeling! As I said, I’m not used to having a three shot advantage when I’m playing such a big tournament like this, but hopefully I’ll get many more opportunities and next time I’ll do better.

It’s pretty much like playing at home and it’s been great to see the crowds this week – they have been pretty amazing! There’s definitely bigger crowds than in previous years, and that just shows that golf is growing here in China and there is big potential and a bright future ahead.”

To find out more about the Ballantine’s campaign, Stay True, Leave An Impression, as well as Ballantine’s and golf, please go to http://www.ballantines.com/

Caption:

BMW Masters 2013 Champion Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño is presented with a bottle of Ballantine’s 30 year old whisky by Pernod Ricard Managing Director Horace Ngai.

Notes

About Ballantine’s:
Ballantine’s is the No.1 Scotch whisky in Europe and the No.2 Scotch whisky in the world and the range sells over 70 million bottles a year worldwide. Ballantine’s has won more than 120 trophies and medals at international competition 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 exclusive 40 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.

Ballantine’s association with golf can be traced back to at least 1960, when the Ballantine’s Tournament took place at Wentworth golf course. More than fifty years later, Ballantine’s sponsors both the BMW Masters and the AAM Scottish Open, and has also been title sponsor of the Ballantine’s Championship and an Official Sponsor of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in 2009 and 2011.

Greetings Society Members,

Just sending a quick newsflash to lead you into the weekend….

New Society Bottling

I have some great news for you…the new Society release has been bottled and will be ready for dispatch by the middle of next week! A large majority of the bottling has been reserved already but there are still a few bottles available if you have not yet ordered one. The price for the new Springbank 12 year old Port bottling is £55.00.

For bottles being reserved in Campbeltown and sent out to addresses within the UK, I will be able to take payment for your bottles from Monday onwards. I have some of your payment details on file but for the others could I please ask you to get in touch with me as soon as you can to arrange the payment and delivery. If you would prefer to phone rather than email these over, you can reach me on 01586 55 2009.

Unfortunately bottles which have been reserved to be sent to our European Cadenhead’s shops will not be delivered there until 2014 as the last of the 2013 orders have already been organised/sent. The Baden store have told me their next order will be in Spring 2014 and the other shops will most likely place their next order between January and March 2014. I will let you know as soon as I can when the shops will be receiving their next order which will include the Society bottles. Can I kindly ask that you wait until you have heard from me before phoning the shops to ask if they have arrived.

Some of the Cadenhead’s shops have been in touch with me to say that there have been Society bottles reserved in their shop for a few months which have never been paid for or collected. We have agreed that from now on, shop owners will keep these unpaid bottles reserved for two months before giving other Society members the chance to purchase them. I feel this should be long enough to collect the bottles as it is unfair to expect the shop owners to keep them unpaid for a long period of time. If you are unable to physically get to the shops you could perhaps get in touch with the shop and have the bottles posted out to you.

Springbank 16 year old Madeira 

Also bottled earlier on this week is a Springbank 16 year old Madeira single cask which has been bottled especially for our UK retailers. This is extremely limited with only 630 bottles available. Bottled at 56%, this whisky spent it’s first 10 years in a Refill Bourbon cask before being transferred into a Fresh Madeira for the final 6 years. It was distilled in June 1997 and bottled in October 2013. This will be available in UK retail shops including the 3 Cadenhead’s Shops in Campbeltown, Edinburgh and London. The price for this is £70 and no Society discount will be available as it is just so limited. If you would like a bottle can I ask you to please get in touch with the shop directly as I will not be taking orders for this – simply because I will not be able to keep track of how many bottles they have available. Each shop will only have an allocation of between 30 and 60 bottles and I imagine they will sell very quickly.

Ardshiel Hotel crowned THE WINNERS! 

In case you haven’t heard yet, I am delighted to tell you that the Ardshiel Hotel WON the prestigious Scottish Field Whisky Bar of the Year award ‘by a country mile’!! It is fantastic news for Flora and Marion who have invested a lot of time, effort and money into making the bar as phenomenal as it is. It is a great achievement for a hotel in such a small town to win this award as they were up against some stiff competition from much bigger bars in the cities. It is something that as a town we are very proud of and it can only help to boost visitor numbers and help to keep raising the profile on our wee town! A big thank you to all of you who took the time to vote for the Ardshiel and help to spread the news – it was definitely worth your time!

That is all for just now so I hope you all have a great weekend and will be in touch soon!

Slainte,

Mairi

Mairi Paterson

For the Springbank Society

To join the Springbank Society please contact them at society@springbankwhisky.com

Colour – Golden honey

Nose – Initial aromas of liquorice are followed by poached pears, chocolate, cream and marzipan. Springbank’s traditional earthy and coastal influence qualities also make an appearance.

Palate – There is no mistaking the red wine tannins from the Gaja Barolo casks, complemented by earthy and woody notes. Swedish lingonberries and rhubarb crumble give the whisky some sweetness and a touch of sea salt also comes into play.

Finish – This is like raspberry ripple ice cream but combined with peat and spices and a medium dry finish.

SPRINGBANK 9 Year Old Gaja Barolo Wood Expression

Stunning New Aberlour Christmas Range

Take a look at the brand new range from Aberlour including an exciting
new Whisky Shop Exclusive

Aberlour have released three fantastic new whiskies in time for Christmas and one of them is exclusively available from us!

Please click on any of the links to buy.

Aberlour Non Chill Filtered 12 year old, exclusive to The Whisky Shop

£49.99

The Whisky Shop is delighted to be the exclusive UK retailer of the brand new non chill filtered Aberlour 12 year old over the Christmas period.

This really is the perfect Christmas whisky; bottled at 48% opening with aromas of baked apples, raisins, light caramel and nutmeg. With a delicious creamy texture with dried fruit, marzipan, fudge, a touch of nutmeg and pepper and a lingering rich fruit with delicate spice finish, we think it’s pretty hard to beat.

Aberlour 15 year old Select Cask Reserve

£69.99
This brand new release from the Speyside distillery has been matured for 15 years in both sherry and bourbon casks which lead lead to a soft fruity aroma and a sweet richness from the Sherry Casks.

Strong malty with honey and caramel flavours to open, moving on to become more complex and rounded with hints of vanilla and finally an intense, dry finish with a slight sharpness.

Aberlour 18 year old
£99.99

And finally, another exciting new release: the 18 year old, a fantastic addition to the Aberlour family.

Rich and complex, notes of toffee and butterscotch combine with ripe peach and bitter orange. The 18 year old demonstrates a perfect structure; initial notes of soft apricot and cream are offset by developing flavours of old leather and oak with a touch of honey. A very long and balanced finish which progresses to a gentle oak flourish.

The decorations are up and for a lot of us the shopping has started…

We have some great new products for Christmas 2013 and for the Month of November we will give you FREE postage on all orders of English Whisky co. products over £50!

MINIATURE GIFT PACKS

You love our gift packs and this year we have introduced a miniatures gift pack, including chapter 6, 11 and 12. The perfect present to introduce your friends and family to The English Whisky Co. family.

£14.99