Due to the terrible nature of public transport. Whisky Wednesday will be slightly delayed but we will get a video out to you on Wednesday….just not sure when.

Cheers,

Phil.

Exclusive Loch Lomond Inchmurrin Single Cask lands in World of Whiskies at Heathrow Terminal 5 

Loch Lomond Whiskies has created an exclusive Loch Lomond Inchmurrin Single Cask bottling in partnership with World Duty Free.  Just 278 bottles of the 10-year-old Loch Lomond Inchmurrin Single Cask will be available exclusively at World Duty Free’s World of Whiskies store, located in Heathrow’s Terminal 5.

On the nose, the Loch Lomond Inchmurrin Single Cask is fruity and sweet with a hint of spice. The palate offers layers of sweet vanilla and barley sugar, while the lemon and lime finish delivers a citrus edge, giving way to maple syrup and a mild oak spiciness.

This non-chill filtered Single Malt Scotch Whisky was distilled in the Loch Lomond Distillery’s unique straight neck pot stills in January 2008 and bottled at cask strength – 57.1% ABV – in February 2018.

Loch Lomond Whiskies’ partnership with World Duty Free – who own and operate the specialist World of Whiskies stores – and Heathrow, follows on from successful sales of Loch Lomond Group’s Global Travel Retail (GTR) Scotch whisky range at World of Whiskies outlets in airports throughout the UK.

André de Almeida, Managing Director of Global Travel Retail at Loch Lomond Group, said: “We’re delighted to have had the opportunity to create this limited edition Loch Lomond Inchmurrin Single Cask, which will be exclusive to World of Whiskies in Terminal 5.  This is a great example of a trinity project between Loch Lomond Group, World Duty Free and Heathrow.”

Kathryn Kindness, Commercial Category Manager from World Duty Free, said: “We’re delighted to be able to offer this unique, limited edition Loch Lomond Inchmurrin Single Cask bottling to our World of Whiskies customers at Terminal 5.  Travellers won’t be able to get their hands on this in any other location in the world, so it will be the ideal addition for their collections or to purchase as a special gift.”

Chris Annetts, Retail and Service Proposition Director, commented: “We are delighted to offer Heathrow passengers this unique and exclusive British product. Whisky is loved the world over and this additional cask adds to our fantastic range of distillations to suit every taste.”

Founded in 1814, Loch Lomond Whiskies can trace its roots back to the Littlemill distillery, which was established in 1772 and is thought to be one of the oldest in the world. Its current malt and grain distilleries, in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire on the banks of Loch Lomond, were built in the 1960s and are among only a few in the industry to maintain an onsite cooperage. The malt distillery at Alexandria also features a unique combination of traditional swan neck and distinctive straight-necked pot stills, enabling it to produce a diverse range of flavour profiles.

For further information, visit www.glenscotia.com 

Notes 

Retail price: £59 per 70cl bottle 

About the Loch Lomond Group:

• Loch Lomond Group is an independent distiller based in Alexandria and is home to several award-winning spirit brands that are sold in more than 125 countries worldwide.
• Loch Lomond distillery has been producing the finest single malt whiskies since 1814.
• Images and interviews with key staff from the Group are available upon request.
• www.lochlomondgroup.com

About the brands:

Loch Lomond Whiskies:

• Loch Lomond Distillery has one of the oldest heritages in the industry. It was founded by American, Duncan Thomas, the owner of the Littlemill distillery which was licensed in 1772.  In the 1930s Duncan Thomas was at the forefront of innovation within the Scotch whisky industry and his innovative philosophy is ingrained into everything that is done at Loch Lomond to this day.

• Loch Lomond 12 Year Old has been awarded Gold Medal status at 2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Other expressions in this collection are Loch Lomond Original; Loch Lomond 18 Year Old; Loch Lomond 50 Year Old, Loch Lomond Classic; Loch Lomond Signature, Loch Lomond Single Grain and the Inchmurrin and Inchmoan collection.
• Loch Lomond Inchmoan 12 Year Old has been awarded Best Highland Single Malt 12 Years and Under at the 2018 World Whiskies Awards
• Official social media accounts are Twitter: @LochLomondMalts Instagram: @lochlomondmalts Facebook facebook.com/lochlomondwhiskies

Sullivans Cove
World’s Best Single Cask Single Malt Whisky

We are thrilled to share the news that our American Oak – cask HH0351 – won the award for World’s Best Single Cask Single Malt Whisky at the World Whiskies Awards 2018.

We also won Best Australian Single Malt for Double Cask DC087, and Best Australian Single Cask Single Malt for American Oak cask HH0351.

It’s great recognition for our dedicated and passionate team to have a Sullivans Cove whisky crowned “World’s Best” for a second time.

This would not have been possible without your support – Thank you!

Although these specific casks aren’t available, prime examples of these styles are available on our web store now.

Please click on the link below to purchase.

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 199: Benromach 10 Year Old

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries the Benromach 10 Year Old. When Gordon & Macphail – owners of – released their very own Benromach 10 Year Old in 2009, it was not an immediate success. But when they relaunched it in new livery in 2014, suddenly it was on everyone’s radar. Rightfully so. This is a fantastic old school malt whisky!

https://youtu.be/7xV5xq7rOds

GLEN SCOTIA 24 YEAR OLD 1992 HART BROTHERS

$181.00

ABV: 49.5% AGE: 24 Year Old. VINTAGE: 1992. CASK TYPE: Oloroso Sherry Hogshead. BOTTLER: Hart Brothers. REGION: Campbeltown

Glen Scotia 24 Year Old 1992 vintage Campbeltown single malt Scotch whiskey. Matured in an Oloroso sherry hogshead bottled April 2016 by Hart Brothers for the single cask series. Glen Scotia Distillery was established in 1832 in Campbeltown at the foot of the Kintyre Peninsular on the west coast of Scotland. Situated on the south side of Campbeltown’s High Street beside the lost Lochrin and Dalintober Distilleries where their rear walls were lapped by the tides of Campbeltown Loch. Glen Scotia Distillery is now one of only three whiskey distilleries in Campbeltown where a further thirty have come and gone. Both peated and un-peated malt whiskey are produced for its expanding range of single malt whiskies such as Glen Scotia Double Cask and the Glen Scotia 15 Year Old.

Thursday, March 29th 4-6 PM:

Glen Grant 

Join us this week for a tasting of Glen Grant single malt scotch! Established in 1840, the centuries-old Speyside malt remains one of the biggest selling single malts in the world. Guest will be treated to rare favorites and new releases from the centuries old distillery, with whisky experts present for all your scotch questions.

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UNSEEN IN THREE DECADES – HOLY GRAIL OF MACALLAN RELEASED AT NEXT BONHAMS HONG KONG SALE

Macallan Peter Blake 1926 60 year old (left) and Macallan Valerio Adami 1926-60 year old (right) estimated at HK$3,600,000 – 4,600,000 each

Hong Kong – Bonhams presents two rare vintage Macallan bottles unseen in public since they were auctioned over three decades ago in the 1980s – the 60 Years Old 1926 (Peter Blake Label) and the 60 Years Old 1926 (Adami Label), each estimated at HK$3,600,000 – 4,600,000 (£330,000-425,000; US$460,000 – 586,000). Both will headline in the next Fine and Rare Wine and Whisky sale on 18 May 2018 in Hong Kong.

Bonhams Head of Fine Wine and Whisky in Hong Kong, Daniel Lam, said: “These bottles are incredibly rare. The exceptional calibre of the whisky combined with the wonderful artwork from two towering figures of 20^th century Pop Art –  Peter Blake and Valerio Adami – represent a unique marriage of excellence.  Only 24 of these bottles were produced, and the sale is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for collectors to acquire the Holy Grail of Macallan.”

The whisky was bottled in 1986, and Macallan commissioned Peter Blake and Valerio Adami to design labels for very limited editions, to offer as corporate gifts to the distillery’s most valued customers. Only 24 bottles – 12 of the Blake label and 12 of the Adami – were produced.  They are elegantly presented in specially commissioned cabinets or Tantaluses, based on the traditional ‘Brass and Glass’ distillery spirit safe.

Sir Peter Blake (born 1932) and Valerio Adami (born 1935) are among the most highly acclaimed 20^th Century Pop artists. Blake is most popularly known for co-creating the Beatles’ album cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club band in 1967, which was voted by ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine as the number one album of all time from a list of 500. Valerio Adami is an Italian artist famous for painting bold, flat forms outlined in thick, black lines, in a style reminiscent of comic art.

About Bonhams 

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and antiques, motor cars and jewellery. The main salerooms are in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, with auctions also held in Knightsbridge, Edinburgh, Paris, San Francisco and Sydney. With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 60 specialist areas. For a full list of forthcoming auctions, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com.

While getting to Jura may be difficult at times The Whisky Shop are making it easier, exclusively offering three of our new expressions across the UK throughout March.

Our new signature style sees sweetness from American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels combine with a hint of subtle smoke, further enhanced by specially selected casks from around Europe. Our new defining character, is the ultimate marriage of highland and island styles.

We’re confident you’ll enjoy exploring the new whiskies just as much as we’ve enjoyed crafting them – after all, while Jura may not be the easiest place to make whisky, we like to think it’s the best.

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Hand-making something unforgettable takes time – around 12 years in our experience. Explore a perfect balance of sweetness, with just a whisper of smoke in a whisky that only Jura could make. Flavours: Aromas of chocolate; liquorice to taste; soft smoke to finish. Spirit Style: A smooth island malt with a subtle smoky sherry finish. Cask Finish: Matured in American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels for 12 years and finished in Oloroso Sherry casks from Jerez, Spain.

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Where some see a challenge, Diurachs see opportunity. Crafted from seven-first fill American and French Oak casks, discover an ingenious and complex expression with a great depth of flavour. Flavours: TA more complex, intense flavour experience. Peach aromas, candied orange to taste and a hint of smoke. Spirit Style: A subtly smoky island malt influenced by seven different French and American Oak casks. Cask Finish: Jura Seven Wood has been shaped by seven separate Oak woods: first-fill ex-bourbon American White Oak, Vosges, Bertranges, Jupilles, Allier, Tronçais & Limousin barrels.

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Casked at the turn of the century, Jura 18 combines the flavours from American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels and Premier Grand Cru Classé red wine casks for a full-bodied experience that’s well worth the wait. Flavours: Aromas of toffee; black forest fruits to taste; bitter chocolate to finish. Spirit Style: A rich island malt with refined smoky notes finished in red wine casks. Cask Finish: Matured for eighteen long years in American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels and enriched by superior Premier Grand Cru Classé Bordeaux barrels

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FIND OUT MORE BY VISITING OUR BRAND NEW WEBSITE

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Jura Whisky
St Vincent Plaza, 319 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5LP
www.jurawhisky.com

GLENDRONACH 18 YEAR OLD ALLARDICE

$101.17

ABV: 46.0%
AGE: 18 Years Old
CASK TYPE: Oloroso Sherry cask matured
VOLUME: 70cl

Glendronach 18 Year Old Highland single malt Scotch whiskey. Matured in Oloroso sherry casks, this sublime richly sherried malt is truly unforgettable. Sweet aromatics of fudge and muscovado sugar. Fruit compote and glacier morello cherries provide added complexity. On the palate remarkable flavours of stewed fruits and all-spice marry together with classical aged Oloroso and toasted walnut bread and chocolate orange. Glendronach Malt Whiskey Distillery was established north east of Huntley in the Highland whiskey region by James Allardice in 1826. The malting floors at Glendronach Distillery closed in 1996 and it was the last distillery in Scotland to heat its stills directly with flames from a coal-fired furnace, until it had to comply with new regulations in 2005. Glendronach Distillery is resplendent with a traditional cask iron mash tun, wooden washbacks, four stills. Famous for its well-aged and top quality sherried single malt, for example Glendronach 21 Year Old Parliament, and single cask releases. The distillery is now owned by Brown Forman of America.

Tickets on sale today Monday March 26 at 10:00am

This is your reminder: tickets for Spirit of Toronto 2018 go on sale this morning, Monday March 26, at 10:00am!

These may be purchased as follows:

• In person at Roy Thomson Hall’s box office at 60 Simcoe Street
• By calling Roy Thomson Hall’s box office at (416) 872-4255
• Online through Roy Thomson Hall’s website

Buying tickets online for several people? Please keep reading!

Masterclasses: the more, the merrier?

May we make a suggestion based on feedback from our regular guests?

If this is your first time coming to the show, one masterclass will be plenty, leaving you with ample time to explore the tasting halls, take in some live jazz and see why everyone is queuing for the beef and Yorkshire pudding.

For those determined to attend masterclasses at both 7pm and 8:30pm, please allow enough time to check-in, collect your glass and event programme, leave your jacket at the coat check, and queue for the class itself. But please keep in mind that attending two classes leaves little time to enjoy the event itself!

Buying Multiple Tickets Online

If you are buying multiple tickets and wish to attend different masterclasses than your fellow ticketholders, please note that you will be required to build these different selections as separate packages before proceeding to the checkout to pay for the full order.

Furthermore please note that masterclasses cannot be purchased without including a ticket to Spirit of Toronto as part of your package.

For example…

Buying tickets to the show for yourself and a friend, but planning on attending different masterclasses? Purchase your tickets as follows —

Select the following as Package #1 and and click ‘Continue’:

Sat 5/5/18 6:30PM Spirit of Toronto 2018
Sat 5/5/18 5:30PM Nothern Border Collection 2018
Sat 5/5/18 7:00PM Discovering Dutch Whisky

You will then be prompted for the number of tickets being purchased for Package #1, after which you may either “Go to Cart” to pay for your purchase, or “Build Another Package” to select a different grouping of masterclasses as Package #2:

Sat 5/5/18 6:30PM Spirit of Toronto 2018
Sat 5/5/18 5:00PM No Italy, No Cocktail
Sat 5/5/18 8:30PM Deconstructing Forty Creek

When finished building all your packages you may now select ‘Go to Cart’ to review your order and proceed to the checkout page.

There’s always standby…

Didn’t get the classes you wanted? Not much of a planner? There may still be hope: any empty seats courtesy of no-shows will be assigned to those waiting on standby. Note that this only applies to the classes at 7pm and 8:30pm; please review the FAQ section of our website for more details.