With our sold-out Japan Vs Scotland now finished (look out for a post soon with the results), we are quickly onto our next series.

Some of you may remember the last time we looked at independently bottled whiskies and the fantastic tastings that ensued. Well we’re at it again.

6 whiskies assembled from 6 of the finest ‘Indie’ bottlers in the land, for your delectation.

For those of you not in the know, Independent bottlers are those that take it upon themselves to buy casks from distillers, either already having reached maturity or not, warehouse and bottle it under their own name and label. These bottlings can give a fascinating incite into the distilleries in question as they are more often not unadulterated by the likes of chill-filtration or caramel colouring.

Click on the below links for details and tickets for your tasting area…

DATES AND VENUES:

LIVERPOOL Weds 15th APRIL 7pm JENNY’S BAR, FENWICK ST.
NEWCASTLE Weds 15th APRIL 7pm BLACKFRIARS, FRIARS STREET
LONDON Weds 15th APRIL 7pm SALT BAR, SEYMOUR ST., W2
MANCHESTER Friday 17th APRIL 7pm BRITONS PROTECTION
SHEFFIELD Tuesday 21st APRIL 7pm THE TAP, SHEFFIELD STATION
LEEDS Thurs. 23rd APRIL 7pm CROSSKEYS, WATER LANE
BRIGHTON Thurs. 23rd APRIL 7pm LORD NELSON, TRAFALGAR ST.
YORK Sat 25th APRIL 7pm BRIGANTES, MICKLEGATE

For those who wish they could come along but can’t make it, we also have our tremendous…

TASTING FROM HOME PACKS!

And for those of you in London (or not too far from it), please don’t forget we are less than 2 weeks from the start of our London Whisky Weekender on April 11th and 12th. Tickets are still available for both days, but get your skates on and clear your diaries!

This should be a real whisky weekend to remember with so much going on so is it worth risking missing out? Click HERE or on the banner for details and tickets.

That’s all for now – more news soon! We hope to see you all soon.

Slainte,
Eddie, Amanda and Joe
The Whisky Lounge Team.

The Whisky Lounge Ltd
Unit 3
61a Osbaldwick Lane
York, North Yorkshire YO10 3AY
United Kingdom

Whisky Ramblings Via Video #107

Mark Dermul, Belgian Whiskyblogger, tries a bottling from the little-know but quite large Loch Lomond Distillery. Due to the fact that they have different types of stills, they produce lots of different styles of whisky, both malt and grain. Mark tried the Inchmurrin 12 Year Old, which is not the worst offering from this Highlander he has tried so far, but is still a far cry from a good whisky, he feels.

http://youtu.be/qXymRPDYEGA

 Our March auction is now live and ends on Monday 6^th April 2015!

View March Auction

This is an incredible auction with almost 1,200 bottles available. We have a few highlights for you this month, starting with this highly collectible Macallan 1949 Millenium Decanter, matured for an impressive 50 years. 

This month’s curious rarity is this Dalmore 1939 Gallie & Co, bottled most likely during the late 1940s or early 1950s, this is without a doubt a piece of liquid history from a bottler which has ceased to exist from 1975.

Pappy Van Winkle has become the beacon of American whisky collecting. This month we have a great selection of the highly sought after range! 

For our first time we are bringing to the market a Port Ellen Feis Ile 2008, arguably the most sought after bottle of Port Ellen. This is the only official single cask Port Ellen, which yielded a mere 220 bottles! This exceptional collectible will no doubt be one to watch this month! 

Please remember! There is no registration fee, our commission structure is very competitive and we offer worldwide shipping. For our terms and conditions please click here.

With over 15 years of experience in the whisky industry, Whisky Auctioneer specialises in auctioning whisky whether it be fine, old, rare, collectable or affordable. Formed in 2013 and based in Perth, central Scotland, we aim to be the most comprehensive website for the buying and selling of whisky online.

www.whiskyauctioneer.com

Happy Bidding!

Littlemill 26 Year Old 1988 Old & Rare Platinum Exclusive 

Specialist online whisky shop, TheWhiskyBarrel.com, today releases a new addition to the outlet’s range of exclusive bottlings.

Distilled at the lost Littlemill Distillery in the Scottish Lowlands in November 1988, we selected a 26 year old expression matured in a refill sherry hogshead cask and bottled in March 2015 by Hunter Laing & Co. of Glasgow under the company’s Old & Rare Platinum Selection label.

Littlemill Distillery was located in Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Established in 1772, it was one of the oldest working distilleries in Scotland, indeed one of the oldest in the world, when it closed in 1994 and was subsequently demolished in 2004.

Today, well-aged Littlemill Scotch whisky stocks are gaining a prized reputation and, of course, are becoming increasingly rare. Fittingly, just 150 bottles of this delicious golden nectar are available exclusively to customers of TheWhiskyBarrel.com. Shipping to customers worldwide including; the United States, Canada and Japan.

Littlemill 26 Year Old 1988 Old & Rare Platinum / 54.6%

Tasting Notes

Nose: A light gold whisky with a nose of vanilla custard powder giving way to apples, pears and slightly leafy notes of butterscotch coming through late.

Taste: On the palate it has a creamy mouthfeel with butter shortbread at the start, followed by apple skins and a cinnamon note.

Finish: The finish is long, dry and slightly fruity, with a hint of oak.

£249.74 GBP (£208.12 ex VAT) $310 USD 

The Whisky Barrel

www.thewhiskybarrel.com

So far 2015 has been an amazing year

March 19th at the Waldorf Hotel London, Cadenhead’s received the Icons of whisky award for 2015. The award was for the Whisky retailer of the year 2015 multiple outlets, we also won an award for Longrow Red as best Campbeltown malt (More due later in the year) Our Stores in Scotland also won best retailer of the year in the Scottish retailer awards.

We would like to thank the team at Whisky Magazine for the award and for hosting an amazing evening for the whisky industry here in the UK and from around the world.

Our biggest thanks has to go to you our loyal customers who have helped us grow and develop the range over the years. Without you we would not still be trading 173 years after we opened the first whisky bottler & independent merchant shop in Aberdeen.

Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop & Tasting Room

26 Chiltern Street London W1U 7QF

Tel: 020 7935 6999

• Westland Peated Single Malt Whisky 750ml ($69.99) By distilling a highly-peated single malt whisky and marrying that with an entirely unpeated single malt whisky, Seattle’s Westland Distillery has created something magically delicious, more akin to Talisker or Springbank, rather than Ardbeg or Lagavulin. The smoke and phenolic elements are definitely present, but never detract from the soft, oily fruit and the inherent creaminess of the spirit, which are definitely the stars of the show. Imagine everything you love about Longrow or Bunnahabhain, but in a different package distilled in the Pacific Northwest and that’s the Westland Peated in a nutshell. A major accomplishment for North American distilling.
• Westland Sherry Wood Single Malt Whisky 750ml ($69.99) Seattle’s single malt sensation Westland Distillery is back with a new expression aged in sherry that mimics some of the finest and most beloved Speyside malts from Scotland’s Highland region. In the style of Macallan or Glenfarclas, the supple, soft, fudgy, cocoa flavors are more pronounced from the sherry maturation and the richness of the palate is enhanced beyond what we’ve seen in the standard Westland expression. It’s a more decadent version of what we already love about America’s top single malt distillery and an exciting glimpse into what’s promising to be a very bright future.

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

Dailuaine Distillery Founded 1852 by William Mackenzie

Located in the stunning speyside region, the founder was a part owner of a much more remote distillery you might know called Talisker, William had a partner in his new venture in the form of a banker James Fleming who was also setting up Aberlour distillery around the same time.

Dailuaine is one of those malts that so many mistake for another distillery when they see it on our shop board they think it’s Dalwhinnie? (Perfect example of seeing what you want rather than what is)

The distillery was seen as a modern state of the art distillery back in 1852 it was also the first distillery in Scotland to have a pagoda roof built in 188/9 during a rebuilding period between 1884 and 1889 making it the largest in the region at that time. Sadly the original pagoda roof was totally destroyed by a fire in 1917, after rebuilding the distillery opens again in 1920.

If you like rich smooth yet complex drams then this is a malt for you.

Over the last few decades I recall anyway, we have bottled several amazing vintages from this fantastic distillery. This season sees a rather stunning wine cask matured hitting our taste buds. (Stephen at Cadenhead’s)

Creations Grey Stripe Smokey Robust 23 years old 54.3 Vol. 1991

This is a great Blended scotch from our creations range. Made with 1 Cask of Caal ila and 1 Cask of Invergordon

Grey stripe (Robust smoky embers) (Composition: Cao Ila, Invergordon)

This dram is a deep dark colour with more taste than most blends on the market if I could give it 5 stars I would. Worth mentioning this is a cask strength blend and its quite unique.

Nose: Smoke is present , fairly mellow and not attacking. Invergordon provides lots of vanilla and custard cream notes. This nose makes you want to dive in.

NEW ARRIVALS

Scotland – Single Malt Scotch

• Auchentoshan American Oak Single Malt Whisky 750ml ($34.99)

• Glen Garioch Founder’s Reserve Single Malt Whisky 750ml ($42.99)

BACK IN STOCK

Scotland – Single Malt Scotch

• Balvenie 14 Year Caribbean Cask Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 10 available ($74.99)

• Glen Garioch 12 year old Single Malt Whisky 750ml ($54.99)

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

www.ralfy.com discusses alcoholic strength impact with Whisky Review 529 – Benromach 10yo Cask Strength @ 57%vol

Teeling Whiskey scoops top accolades at International Spirits Competitions

World Whiskies Awards (WWA) and San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC)

Teeling Single Malt – World’s Best Irish Single Malt (WWA)

Jack Teeling – World’s Best Global Whisky Ambassador (WWA)

Teeling Small Batch – Best Blended Irish Whiskey (SFWSC)

Teeling Small Batch – Double Gold Medal (SFWSC)

Teeling Single Grain – Gold Medal (SFWSC)

Teeling Single Malt – Gold Medal (SFWSC)

The Teeling Whiskey Company (TWC) has continued to build on its reputation as one of the world’s finest producers of Irish whiskey by receiving a number of significant awards from two of the world’s top spirits competitions; the World Whiskies Awards and the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

First held in 2007, the World Whiskies Awards search for the very best whiskies in the world. Teeling Whiskey Irish Single Malt was honoured with the accolade of ‘World’s Best’ and founder and MD of TWC, Jack Teeling, was awarded the prestigious title of ‘World’s Best Global Whisky Ambassador.’ Held in London, this year’s competition saw more than 300 whiskies put through their paces with three rounds of rigorous tastings, to win the coveted title of the ‘World’s Best’.

Further to this, Teeling Whiskey Small Batch has been honoured the coveted ‘Best Blended Irish Whiskey’ at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and four gold medals were awarded for the Teeling Small Batch, Single Grain and Single Malt whiskeys. As the first comprehensive, International judging competition ever to be held in the USA on an annual basis, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition is one of the most respected in the industry.

Commenting on the wins, Jack Teeling said “I am humbled to be named ‘World’s Best Global Whisky Ambassador’ but more importantly the reputation for our whiskeys continues to increase. Over the past three years, Teeling Whiskey has been embraced both in Ireland and across the world in over 35 export markets. We are extremely proud of the whiskeys we have produced to date and it is an honour for our whiskeys to be recognised as the world’s best in these two competitions. With construction of our new distillery in Dublin almost complete, we are excited to continue to provide high quality and unique expressions to Irish whiskey drinkers around the world.”

The Teeling Whiskey Company was founded by Jack Teeling in 2012 to revive his family-old trademark of Irish whiskey and bring distilling back to Dublin, where Walter Teeling had a distillery in the Liberties in the 18^th century.  In January 2014, The Teeling Whiskey Company announced a €10 million investment in a new distillery and visitor centre at Newmarket in The Liberties. Work started on site in August 2014 and is on schedule to open to the public in May 2015. This will be the first new distillery in Dublin city in 125 years.

For more on Teeling Whiskey Company and its award winning Irish Whiskeys, visit www.teelingwhiskey.com