Whisky is Big in Austin, and Whisky is Hot in Atlanta

3nd Whiskies of the World Expo Austin, Texas, is coming back on September 27 to Westin at the Domain.

2nd WoW Atlanta, Georgia to take place on November 8, at Fox Theatre.

Tickets are on Early Bird sale and VIP tickets will sell out.

WoW Austin and Atlanta promise two stupendous evenings of nosing and tasting the world’s finest whiskies, special and limited bottlings during the VIP hour, unique Masterclasses, whisky swag, cigars—all the fun WoW staff, now with a local twist! If you live in Texas or Georgia, you have already made it easy on yourself; for all those non-locals who include Austin or Atlanta on their tourist destination map, now you have both an excuse and an occasion. Take a whisky mini-vacation, and in addition to spirits celebration, enjoy the beautiful scenery, authentic foods, and the atmosphere the beautiful cities have to provide.

Hotel Reservations Austin
The Westin at the Domain is offering Whiskies of the World attendees rooms at $159 a night for Sept 26 and 27.
Price includes parking and internet and is valid until Sept. 12.
Use this link to make reservations.
https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/Whiskies

Just Whisky’s June auction is drawing to a close this weekend. With a great selection of bottles still at bargain prices we’d suggest getting over there to get bidding. All the latest Feis Ile bottles as well as their usual excellent selection of old & rare are up for auction.

Catch the action at www.just-whisky.co.uk Auction ends SUNDAY 15th @ 8PM UK time.

Sullivans Cove 2014 World’s Best Single Malt under the hammer – http://r.ebay.com/rmd0wV 

With a $1 starting bid price, this is your opportunity to own one of the last remaining and extremely rare bottles of the 2014 World Whiskes Awards – World’s Best Single Malt Whisky. Up against over 300 different whiskies from across the world, this bottle of whisky (Bottle 462 of 516 from barrel # HH252) is from the same Sullivans Cove French Oak Cask took out the the prestigious 2014 award. This year it was up against the likes of Scotland’s Bunnahabain, Aberfeldy, Glenkinchie and Glenlivet distilleries, as well as Japanese powerhouse Yamazaki. 

Previous winners of the award include: 

            • 2013: Ardbeg Galileo (Scotch)

            • 2012: Yamazaki 25 year old (Japanese)

            • 2011: Yamazaki 1984 (Japanese)

            • 2010: Ardbeg Corryvreckan

            • 2009: Highland Pak 21 year old (Scotch)

            • 2008: Yoichi 20 year old (Japanese)

            • 2007: Talisker 18 year old (Scotch) 

The World Whiskies Award is considered the most prestigious in the world for whisky producers and the manager and part-owner of Sullivan’s Cove, Patrick Maguire, said it will put Australia and Tasmania firmly on the world whisky map. “It’s the big one, there are a few big ones in the world such as the Jim Murray Whisky Bible and Liquid Gold awards, but the World Whiskies Award is it, that’s the one everybody wants,”. 

Hand-crafted to perfection in a copper pot still, Sullivans Cove Single Cask French Oak Whisky is double distilled using Tasmanian barley and only the purest wilderness water from Tasmania’s mountains and forests. Matured in hand selected French Oak Port casks and allowed to settle and clear naturally, this single malt retains full, creamy lingering flavours and is considered to be one of the best whiskies in the world according to experts such as Jim Murray. 

We have been lucky enough to secure one of the last remaining bottles of barrel # HH525. All bottles of Sullivans Cove French Oak Cask are now sold out from stores, even the bottles from other barrels that were not submitted to the coveted award. This is a unique opportunity to own and be able to enjoy the best whisky in the world! 

At the completion of the auction, we will be donating 10% of the final purchase price to a local Tasmanian charity – Speak Up StaychatTY. Speak Up StaychatTY do a fantastic job in raising awareness for those suffering anxiety and depression and promoting youth suicide prevention. http://www.staychatty.com.au/ 

Whisky Details: 

Distillery – Sullivans Cove

Location – Tasmania, Australia

Cask – French Oak

Barrel Number – HH0525

Bottle Number – 462 or 516

Barrel Date – 24/10/2000

Bottled Date – 19/03/2013

Alc / Vol % – 47.5

Standard Drinks – 26.2

Size – 700ml 

World Whisky Awards judges tasting notes and comments – “Tunnock’s Caramel wafers. With a touch of smoke. Excellent balance.” Ed Bates “Toasted almonds, grated nutmeg and some fruit toast on the nose. Burnt almonds, autumn fruits stewed with golden raisins. Light, peppery and intriguing.” Seáneen Sullivan “Keeping it simple in a very good way. Honey, vanilla and haystacks. All combine with apples and caramel.” Jason Thomson “Campfire smoke that enriches the malt and wood. A match made in heaven with a smooth buttery feel.” Joseph Cassidy “Great balance, lovely spices come through with time.” Jamie Milne

Russell’s Reserve K&L Exclusive Single Barrel #19 Kentucky Bourbon 750ml ($59.99)

Finally, the much-hyped barrels from last September’s visit to Wild Turkey distillery have arrived. Our group of spirits buyers left the facility in Lawrenceburg, KY about as impressed as they could possibly be. There are some wonderful things happening with Jimmy and Eddy Russell’s traditional American whiskey. We picked seven casks in total, but only the first three have been bottled at this point. Barrel #19 is the oakiest of the bunch with aromas of pencil shavings, graphite, and oak spices on the nose. The finish is deceptive, however; it’s a brooding undertone of concentrated caramel and creme brulee. At 55%, however, that creaminess is difficult to pin down, so a bit of water is recommended to tame this single barrel beast.

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

Balvenie 15 Year Old / Single Sherry Cask #16290

Single barrel #16290 has been matured exclusively in a European oak sherry butt for at least fifteen years. Bottled at 47.8% vol.

£84.95
(£70.79 ex vat)

Click here to purchase Balvenie Single Sherry Cask #16290

TOMATIN 12yo 40%

Tomatin’s  flagship malt – this has been around since 2003, when it took over from the 10 year old. It goes from strength to strength…

Tasting Notes

Nose – A complex, fresh and airy bouquet which contains rich malt and fruity aromas with a hint of peatiness.

Taste – The palate is rewarded with a unique combination of attractive flavours – a balance of apples, pears and malt with a gentle hint of nuttiness introduced by the subtle use of sherry wood. Very smooth and silky.

Finish – A wonderfully rich and elegant taste produces a long and satisfying finish; there is an oily richness which leads to a desire for more…

Cask – Matured in 1st or 2nd fill American oak casks , 1st fill bourbon barrels and finished in sherry butts for a minimum of 6 months.

Information About Tomatin

Tomatin Distillery home of the finest Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, is located in the Monadhliath Mountains just south of Inverness, capital of the Highlands of Scotland. Established in 1897, Tomatin (to rhyme with satin) is also one of the highest distilleries in Scotland at 315 metres above sea level. The soft waters of the Alt-na-Frith (Free Burn) which run clear and pure through the Monadhliath Mountains help to create a Highland Malt with delicate flavours, yet a rich and mellow style. Its undoubted quality and consistency make for a truly fine dram. A proud testimony to the art of distilling.

www.ralfy.com re-re-reviews (that’s three reviews over five years of the same brand of scotch) with Whisky Review 462 – Aberlour A’bunadh Batch 48

All members of Taster’s Club will get a free bottle of Johnny Walker from Ray Donovan this June 

Taster’s Club, a premium whiskey of the month club, has linked up with the SHOWTIME original series Ray Donovan, to offer their membership base a free bottle of Johnny Walker this month – free of charge. 

Taster’s Club sends a top-shelf whiskey (bourbon or scotch) to its members each month along with information to learn all about whiskey culture and production. Johnny Walker happens to be the favorite drink of Ray Donovan, the main character in the series. In addition, members will be sent a free DVD of the first season of the show. 

Mack McConnell, founder of Taster’s Club: “We were really happy to link up with Ray Donovan and the folks at SHOWTIME on this project. Taster’s Club members are huge whiskey fans and are going to be super happy to get their hands on an extra freebie this month. A lot of our new members in June will be gift recipients from Father’s Day – so this will be a great way to welcome them into the club.” 

Ray Donovan season two premieres on July 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. 

Synopsis of Ray Donovan:

Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, RAY DONOVAN stars Emmy® and Golden Globe®  Award nominee Liev Schreiber as LA’s best professional fixer, the man called in to make the city’s celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls’ most complicated and combustible situations go away.  This powerful one-hour drama unfolds when his father, played by Oscar® winner Jon Voight, in his Golden Globe-winning role, is unexpectedly released from prison, setting off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.

THE JUNE OUTTURN – MORE FUN THAN A BARREL OF MONKEYS!

The June Outturn is now available; for complete tasting notes and to purchase please visit http://www.smws.ca/

Cask No. 70.8 Youthful & zesty – yet complex!
7 years old; refill barrel; 59.4%
The nose offers grass, flowers, white wine and lemon sherbet – youthful and spring-like – yet complex with creme brulee, pencil shavings, clove and liquorice. Honey and marzipan sweetness flood the palate, followed by citric zest, apple, grape and slate, with tingling heat.

Cask No. 48.37 Real old-fashioned lemonade
9 years old; 1st fill barrel; 58.6%
On the nose neat, moving from a dusty rye bread to a freshly baked fruity malt loaf. The taste is sweet and herbal; cinnamon, nutmeg and an empire biscuit. With water becoming more lemony and fresher; lemon cordial and a Mint Aero chocolate bar, and in the taste a lemon meringue pie.

Cask No. 73.57 Jamaican Rumtopf
21 years old; refill barrel; 55.7%
Very heady aroma like a musky perfume followed by aromatic sandalwood and herbal notes in a tartar sauce. The taste is initially hot then very creamy and buttery. With water, turning into a Rumtopf using high ester Jamaican rum as well as becoming juicy and fruity; it left us wanting more!

Cask No. 30.77 This is nuts!
16 years old; refill sherry butt; 57.7%
Sweet and nutty aromas, toffee doughnuts, fruit and nut fudge and toasted tea cakes. The taste is that of chocolate raisins, marzipan and almonds. Adding water releases mixed nuts and in the taste plum chutney with malt vinegar and an old Amontillado sherry.

Cask No. 31.26 BBQ smoke by a rolling sea
24 years old; refill hogshead; 53.6%
The nose carries sea-spray, seafood barbecues and beach bonfires; slate, aniseed, buttery pastry and butterscotch; charred ham later. The palate has serious smoke, sweet, woody, earthy elements and lots of savoury stuff (smoked ribs, bacon, barbecued scallops).

Cask No. 29.132 Hospitals and Japanese restaurants
21 years old; refill butt; 56.6%
The nose gives creosote, leather, hay, tarry driftwood, menthol cigarettes, burnt marshmallows and sea-drowned bonfires – eventually hospitals and Japanese restaurants (miso-soy-teriyaki combo). The palate has peat smoke, clove-studded ham, roast parsnips and cooked seaweed.

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Great Scotch for Father’s Day

Gift wrapping available at the checkout – let us deliver to the lucky recipient!

Tomatin, Braeval, Springbank and many more Burns Malts for Father’s Day

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