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WORLD’S NO. 1 ISLAY MALT WHISKY TOASTS THE QUEEN’S CORONATION 

Laphroaig® Single Malt Scotch Whisky, distributed by Maxxium UK, has reported strong sampling figures from the Coronation Festival, staged in the Gardens of Buckingham Palace to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation.

The four-day event saw 60,000 visitors tour the Gardens of Buckingham Palace, as they enjoyed a unique showcase of British products, including the Royal Warrant holder and No.1 selling Islay single malt whisky, Laphroaig.

Providing over 14,000 samples, the Laphroaig stand offered visitors the chance to taste the brands signature 10 Year Old and vibrant Quarter Cask as well as purchase a bottle from Laphraoig’s full portfolio.

Laphroaig Distillery Manager, John Campbell also attended the Festival and treated an audience of 150 consumers to a nosing and tasting of Laphroaig 10 Year Old, Quarter Cask and 18 Year Old within the Food and Drink theatre.

Laphroaig became a Royal Warrant holder in 1994 when Prince Charles visited the distillery to personally bestow his Royal Coat of Arms on Laphroaig. The brand remains the only single malt whisky to have received this honour and today every bottle of Laphroaig proudly bears his coat of arms.

Peter Sandstrom, Marketing Director at Maxxium UK, commented: “We are very proud of Laphroaig’s Royal Warrant and the Queen’s Coronation marked the perfect occasion and platform to showcase Laphroaig’s portfolio, which allows us to grow the brands popularity and introduce new consumers to whisky. The numbers we have reached over the course of the four days are extremely encouraging and representative of the growth of Laphroaig fans around the world.”

Notes

• Laphroaig is the No.1 selling Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky globally
• Unmistakably peat-smoke flavours are delivered by burning local Islay peat, containing unique traces of seaweed and heather.
• One of only a few distilleries that still uses traditional malting floors and dries and infuses its own malt with the thick blue smoke from old peat-fired kilns.
• The Friends of Laphroaig programme keeps fans of the brand up to date with special offers and news from distillery manager, John Campbell. On signing up, members are allocated their own square foot of land on Islay, and their names are added to the members’ book in the friends lounge at the distillery. Members who visit the distillery are invited to collect their ‘rent’ – a dram of Laphraoig.   The community comprises more than 540,000 like-minded Scotch fans from more than 190 countries.

Please enjoy our brand responsibly. www.drinkaware.co.uk

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What’s in a Nose? An Exploration of the Olfactory Epithelium

At the excellent Auchentoshan Taste Experiments show I went to a week or two ago, I had a minor revelation during Rachel Barrie’s chat about how chemistry affects the DNA of whisky. It occurred when I thought I overheard someone … Continue reading >>

New PROVENANCE Bottlings, Plus 3 New Bottlings of PREMIER BARREL For August 2013

This month we are releasing eight (8) new PROVENANCE Single Malt bottlings, three of which also appear as 20 cls bottlings, plus 3 new bottlings of PREMIER BARREL..

PROVENANCE Tasting Notes follow:

PRV1012 CAOL ILA YOUNG & FEISTY

Opens salty and sooty on the nose – smoked ham style before a burnt biscuit quality appears. The palate is oily, carrying a dry, smoky character and develops to a charred malt quality. Long is an understatement here as the finish is massively Islay in style and just runs and runs. (J)

PRV1029 TALISKER YOUNG & FEISTY

Clean, salty, peppery, ozone-y- and, sweetly smoked – all apply to its nose. Oceanic, with sweet peat and sweet malt plus iodine warming up the palate – it all runs to a finish with phenolic quality, mocha and more salty cues. (F)

PRV1010 GLEN GRANT 9 YEARS

The nose opens with a fruity (macerated watermelon) style then develops to a delicate honey’d sweet character. Initially sweetly spiced and still honey’d, the palate then runs to a peppery, spiced quality. The finish is medium long, still spiced and carries an orange pith style. (J)

PRV1028 BALMENACH 10 YEARS

Opens clean and fresh on the nose, carrying a crushed sugar and fruitily sweet character. The palate remains sweet and develops to a crisp malty quality running to smooth honey. The finish is medium long – now running spicier – with a dry oak style. (J)

PRV1019 MACDUFF 15 YEARS

Opens with a buttery sweet character on the nose and carries a creamy vanilla’d quality plus apricot jam. The palate is sweetly spiced, carrying a ripe fruit character. The finish is medium long with barley sugar, then develops to a drier, spicy style. (J)

PRV1024 BRAEVAL 12 YEARS

The nose opens attractively spiced with a bees wax quality and develops to flambée’d orange zest – crêpe suzette style. The palate is warming, still spicy with more orange qualities – now infused in warm caramel. The long finish remains zesty before running drier to lemon pith. (J)

PRV1026 TAMDHU 12 YEARS

Heavy with toffee and a crunched sugar character as it opens on the nose – softening to a more citric and clean style.. The palate is full – mouthcoatingly sweet, again with a toffee flavour – later with juicy barley, raisin and honey– all of which are rounded up in the big, more spiced finish (F)

PRV1016 GLENGOYNE 15 YEARS

Opens fresh and fragrant on the nose, carrying a buttery, sweet quality plus a malty character. The palate opens sweetly and develops to candied fruit. The finish is medium long, still sweet, with toffee and a late orange pith style. (J)

PREMIER BARREL Tasting Notes:

PBR0126 Talisker 5 YEARS

Talk to me Talisker – and tabulate tutorially your talismanic penchant for perky pepperiness and peat with particulary pelagic properties of stimulating sweet and saline spirited/spell boundedness. (F)

PBR0127 Craigellachie 8 YEARS

Covet this cracker of a Craigellachie! Gloriously gristy, sympathetically spiced – furthermore, full bodied – fundamentally FIRST rate and frankly frightfully fructiferous (F)

PBR0128 Mortlach 10 YEARS

Michty (sic) me! Manage magnanimously my monumental mainstay of this mollifying Mortlach. Hospitably hail its hallmarked halo of honest, heart warming – and high spirited honey. (F)

PRV1024 BRAEVAL 12 YEARS

The nose opens attractively spiced with a bees wax quality & develops to flambée’d orange zest–crêpe suzette style. The palate is warming, still spicy with more orange qualities–now infused in warm caramel. The long finish remains zesty before running drier to lemon pith. (J)

PRV1026 TAMDHU 12 YEARS

Heavy with toffee and a crunched sugar character as it opens on the nose – softening to a more citric and clean style.. The palate is full – mouth coatingly sweet, again with a toffee flavour – later with juicy barley, raisin and honey– all of which are rounded up in the big, more spiced finish (F)

PRV1016 GLENGOYNE 15 YEARS

Opens fresh and fragrant on the nose, carrying a buttery, sweet quality plus a malty character. The palate opens sweetly and develops to candied fruit. The finish is medium long, still sweet, with toffee and a late orange pith style. (J)

PREMIER BARREL Tasting Notes:

PBR0126 Talisker 5 YEARS

Talk to me Talisker – and tabulate tutorially your talismanic penchant for perky pepperiness and peat with particulary pelagic properties of stimulating sweet and saline spirited/spell boundedness. (F)

PBR0127 Craigellachie 8 YEARS

Covet this cracker of a Craigellachie! Gloriously gristy, sympathetically spiced – furthermore, full bodied – fundamentally FIRST rate and frankly frightfully fructiferous (F)

PBR0128 Mortlach 10 YEARS

Michty (sic) me! Manage magnanimously my monumental mainstay of this mollifying Mortlach. Hospitably hail its hallmarked halo of honest, heart warming – and high spirited honey. (F)

SOUTHERN COMFORT RELEASES LIMITED EDITION FOOTBALL WRAPPED BOTTLE

Extends Partnership as an Official Sponsor of Fantasy Football on ESPN

August, 2013, LOUISVILLE, KY – Southern Comfort has released a limited edition football wrapped bottle to mark their sponsorship of ESPN’s Fantasy Football for the 2013 season.

“We’re extremely excited to release these unique football wrapped Southern Comfort bottles to kickoff the upcoming season,” said Jason Kempf, Southern Comfort Brand Director. “We encourage fans to pick up a bottle to enjoy with friends during their fantasy football drafts and throughout the 2013 football season.”

Bottles will begin hitting shelves in early August with a suggested retail price of $16.99. They will be available nationwide while supplies last.

Along with the release of the wrapped bottled, Southern Comfort is also launching the Fantasy Getaway Sweepstakes. One winner and a guest will receive a four day/three night stay trip to New York from Friday, January 31, 2014 to Monday, February 4, 2014. Fans may enter by texting the word “SOCOFANTASY” to 68405 or online at www.socofantasygetaway.com.

About Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort®, a fruit, spice, and whiskey flavored liqueur, was created in New Orleans by bartender M.W. Heron in 1874. Today, it is enjoyed by friends in over 100 countries around the world and continues to grow as an icon brand.  Please visit us at SouthernComfort.com and facebook.com/southerncomfort.

Please Drink Responsibly.

Spirit Specialty, 15-50% Alc. by Volume, Southern Comfort Company, Louisville, KY ©2013

The ESPN Fantasy Football Logo is a trademark of ESPN, Inc. Used with permission of ESPN, Inc. ESPN is not affiliated with this sweepstakes.

A note from Templeton Rye;

“Greetings from Templeton!

We’re excited to announce the introduction of our new community exclusively for Templeton Rye enthusiasts – the Templeton Rye Bootleggers Society.

We would like to extend you this invitation to sign up for free membership.

Please click on the link below to complete your membership profile and be one of the first people to become an honorary citizen of Templeton, Iowa.

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We look forward to seeing you!

– Your friends at Templeton Rye”

OLD PULTENEY AND CLIPPER RACE SERVE UP GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP

‘Maritime Malt’ Whisky Teams up with Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

First time Team Sponsor, the single malt Scotch whisky Old Pulteney, today announced its yacht entry in the Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race. The yacht, which is part of the newly designed Clipper 70 fleet will debut in the ninth edition of the world’s longest ocean race and will be called Old Pulteney.

Old Pulteney’s decision to sponsor a yacht in the Clipper Race is rooted in the whisky’s strong maritime heritage and long standing involvement with sailing. Pulteney Distillery is one of the most northerly on the UK mainland – and whisky connoisseurs even say they can detect a faint hint of the sea in the delicious malt thanks to its windswept location and close proximity to the North Sea.

Known as the ‘Maritime Malt,’ Old Pulteney holds the coveted title of ‘World Whisky of the Year’ for 2012 in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible – one of the industry’s highest accolades. The whisky achieved top ten status in the UK single malt market in 2012 as well as being the fastest growing single malt in Travel Retail and now positioned number 20 in the category. The brand is flourishing in many other countries around the world.

Clipper Race Founder and Chairman, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston toasted the announcement today and remarked: “When I set sail for my historic circumnavigation back in 1968, on board were 12 bottles of whisky and homemade fruitcake. Old Pulteney have a great history of supporting sailing and we look forward to toasting our successes with them as we travel around the globe. We are extremely pleased to welcome our new Team Sponsor, Old Pulteney on board for the Clipper 2013-14 Race.”

Old Pulteney Senior Brand Manager Margaret Mary Clarke commented: “Old Pulteney has a long and rich association with the sea, from our coastal location and maritime heritage to our involvement with sailing communities around the world today. We are therefore thrilled and very proud to unveil our partnership with the Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Race, which will be our biggest global sponsorship to date. Our whisky is enjoyed by people who love sailing and with Clipper, we are looking forward to embarking on the sailing adventure of a lifetime.”

People from around the world and from all walks of life compete in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race; over 650 crew members from over 40 nationalities are set to take part in Clipper 2013-14 Race, which starts Sunday, 1 September from St Katharine Dock, London. The Clipper Race fleet is made up of twelve brand new identical ocean racers with each one sponsored by a different destination or brand.

The Clipper Race generates intense global media coverage and provides a powerful marketing platform for global brands. Old Pulteneyplans to utilise this platform in each of its key territories through brand activation sand awareness exercises which will be announced as the race progresses.

About Clipper Ventures Plc

Clipper Ventures Plc was established in 1995 by legendary yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail solo non-stop around the world in 1968-69.  Sir Robin founded the company on the premise that sailing should be made available to everyone, regardless of age or experience. So he launched the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in 1996. The company owns and operates its own matched fleet of ocean racing yachts and so far more than 3,000 people have competed in the eight editions of the Clipper Race to date. The company also owns the rights to the professional solo round the world VELUX 5 OCEANS race and runs a successful events division offering corporate sailing and development programmes. Today Clipper Ventures is recognised as a leading international marine events company which is focused on developing and promoting major global events such as the Clipper Race.

Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race

The Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race will start on Sunday 1 September from St Katharine Docks London, and return almost a year later after completing the 40,000 miles route, making it the world’s longest ocean race. The event was established by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston to give everyone, regardless of sailing experience, the opportunity to discover the exhilaration of ocean racing. 650 people representing more than 40 nations will compete in the Clipper 13-14 Race on twelve brand new 70-foot yachts designed by renowned naval architect Tony Castro. It’s the largest race ever. Crew members can sign up for the whole circumnavigation or one or more of eight legs. The only qualification for the race is the minimum age of 18 (there is no upper age limit) plus a thirst for adventure. The overall race is divided into individual stages and points are accumulated in a Formula 1-style scoring system. The yacht with the highest total points at the finish wins the Clipper Race Trophy.

About Old Pulteney

Old Pulteney is one of the world’s finest and most distinctive single malt Scotch whiskies. Known as the ‘Maritime Malt’, it is crafted in the windswept coastal town of Wick, home to the Pulteney Distillery which is one of the most northerly on the Scottish mainland. The distillery was established in 1826 in the heart of ‘Pulteneytown’, the town created to house fishermen during Wick’s famous herring boom which drew a fleet of over 1000 boats and 7000 workers to this remote and rugged harbour.

Old Pulteney is the embodiment of this place, its people and its remarkable history. The skilled Pulteney distillery team continue to craft their whisky using the most traditional and time-honoured techniques that most others have long abandoned. This includes the uniquely shaped Pulteney stills, which are reflected in the design of the Old Pulteney bottle on shelves today.

Matured in hand-selected oak casks, the resulting whisky has been acclaimed for its excellence, its smooth drinking style and faint hint of the sea. Old Pulteney holds the coveted title of ‘World Whisky of the Year’ for 2012 in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible – one of the industry’s highest accolades. The whisky also achieved top ten status in the UK single malt market in 2012 and is flourishing in many other countries around the world.

Old Pulteney continues to celebrate all things related to its maritime heritage and is renowned for its long standing support of sailing adventure across the globe.

August Update: Pick of the Specials Board  

We’ve chalked up this month’s bottlings with some inspired meaty pairings. A few choice cuts have already sold out: here are the top five dishes ordered by members from this months menu…

1) 66.43 Charmingly hefty and manly

10yo Refill ex-bourbon barrel, £44.10

Pair with Texan style sticky BBQ ribs

8 available… Buy

2) 76.107 A Moroccan tagine

24yo Refill ex-bourbon hogshead, £79.00

Pair with Moroccan spiced lamb neck fillets

24 available… Buy

3) 9.73 Frighteningly easy to drink

16yo Refill ex bourbon barrel, £57.40

Pair with chicken in ginger & spring onion marinade

26 available… Buy

4) 53.187 Simplicity at its best

22yo Refill ex-bourbon hogshead, £74.80

Pair with surf & turf

34 available… Buy

5) 4.179 Compartments of complexity

22yo Refill ex-bourbon hogshead, £85.00

Pair with rosemary & honey Wiltshire cured pork loin

20 available… Buy  

August Offers: This Months Serving Suggestion

August TRIO: 7.92, 29.121 & 30.77 for only £165

45 available… Buy

August PAIR: 9.73 & 30.77 for only £99

45 available… Buy

Butcher’s Half dozen CASE Offer: 66.43, 72.37, 9.73, 7.92, 29.141 & 30.77 for only £325

Only 5 left…  Buy  

Browse August Outturn

*30.77 is exclusive to our August offers

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.

New – Westport
15 Year Old Burns Malt (52.5%)

Rare opportunity to enjoy Glenmorangie
with a teaspoon…

Buy – $57.96

New – Glenrothes
25 Year Old Burns Malt (51.1%)

Great value 1988 vintage single cask expression
of the Speyside favorite.

Buy – $98.25

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