THE MACALLAN REVEALS LATEST LIMITED-EDITION WHISKY: EDITION NO.4

AN EMBODIMENT OF THE NEW SPEYSIDE DISTILLERY

New York, July 11, 2018 – The Macallan has unveiled Edition No.4 – a new limited-edition whisky. The fourth release in the innovative Edition Series, Edition No.4 embodies the craftsmanship and pioneering design of the new Macallan Distillery in Speyside, Scotland, which opened in June 2018. The liquid  demonstrates the mastery of whisky making on the estate since 1824 and is another exceptional example of The Macallan’s dedication to quality.

Edition No.4 explores the whisky making process, exposing the detail of its creation for true transparency. This limited-edition whisky has been shaped by the use of incomparable oak casks, which are the single greatest contributor to the outstanding quality, natural colors and distinctive aromas and flavors of The Macallan. Nick Savage, The Macallan’s Master Distiller, has handpicked casks to reflect a modern flavor profile while staying true to The Macallan Sherry-seasoned oak casks maturation.

The meticulous attention to detail and quality in the oak cask selection brings different dimensions as each cask imparts its own influence to the whisky, delivering surprising aromas and character. Crafted from a combination of European and American oak casks, Edition No.4 presents a zesty, vibrant and invigorating single malt that brings notes of rounded honey, sweet toffee and citrus fruits.

While previous releases, Edition No.1 and Edition No.2, highlighted the influence each cask has on the taste and flavor of the whisky, Edition No.3 provided an insight into the aromas. Edition No.4 stands out by revealing the structure of the whisky, drawing parallels on how the new Macallan Distillery is constructed, and showcases the lengths The Macallan goes to when creating single malts.

Taking inspiration from the structure of the new distillery, Edition No.4 exposes the role of each cask in the making of the whisky. European oak Sherry-seasoned casks from Tevasa provide the foundation, contributing rich notes of dried fruit and delivering a layer of wood spices and root ginger, while European oak Sherry-seasoned casks from Jose y Miguel Martin and Diego Martin Rosado shape the form of the whisky, offering notes of dried fruit, dates and figs.  American oak Sherry-seasoned casks from Vasyma balance the structure, imparting vanilla, toffees and butterscotch. The capstone which completes the composition is represented through refill sherry-seasoned oak casks, bringing the bright, lively character of citrus fruits.

Nick Savage, The Macallan Master Distiller, notes: “Edition No.4 is a celebration of The Macallan’s whisky making heritage as we enter an exciting new era, marking the coming together of our history and new horizons in the creation of two structural masterpieces: a remarkable whisky and a magnificent new distillery.”

With an ABV of 48.4% and a natural color of burnished copper, Edition No.4 is a distinct whisky that pushes the boundaries of innovation and reflects the passion, traditions and craftsmanship that goes into the art of the perfect cask selection.

The Edition No.4 limited edition pack featuring a hand signed print of The Macallan Distillery by Magnum photographer Paolo Pellegrin will be available in select retailers across the US as of July 2018 for a SRP of $100.

For further information visit: https://www.themacallan.com/

Tasting notes:

Color: Burnished copper  

Nose: Bold and rounded honey with a sweet toffee apple note. Orange zest follows a background of ginger and nutmeg. Robust, polished matured oak comes at the end in contrast to the subtle green wood and floral undertones.

Palate: Nutmeg with wood spices and green cloves open up immediately, with a calm following the intense beginnings, leaving a sweet and vanilla viscous mouth coating.

Finish: Fruity with oaky sweetness, long and lasting.

About The Macallan

Founded in 1824 in the heart of Speyside, The Macallan is one of the world’s’ most admired and awarded single malt whiskies. The reputation of The Macallan is based on a product of outstanding quality and distinctive character, founded upon a set of guiding principles, the Six Pillars. An unrivalled obsession with quality has been the hallmark of The Macallan since its’ founding by Alexander Reid on a plateau above the river Spey in north-east Scotland. The distillery is surrounded by the 390 acre Macallan estate, with Easter Elchies House at its center, a Highland Manor built in 1700.

For more information visit www.us.themacallan.com. The Macallan can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Old Tullymet Scotch Whisky – A truly historic Scotch whisky, with roots dating back over 200 years, this blend takes its name from the now-shuttered Tullymet Highland Single Malt Distillery (originally Auchnagie Distillery).  A key malt component in the famous blending giant, Dewar’s, Tullymet quickly gained notoriety for outstanding quality, but could not keep up with demand.  That same quality continues today with this affordable blend containing a high percentage of single malt – at least 25%.  With loads of dried fruits, nuts, vanilla, and warm baking spices, it’s a fruitcake in a glass.  Enjoy neat, on the rocks, or in a highball with a twist of lemon.  Slainte!

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Our new location is open for tastings and tours

Starting this Thursday!

12pm-5pm

Our new location is open for tastings and tours

Starting this Thursday!

12pm-5pm

6731 West Coast Rd, Sooke, B.C.

We’re so excited to show you our new space!

Open 12 am – 5 pm, 7 days a week.

Check out our new tasting room and exclusive merchandise.

Let Master Distiller Jason MacIsaac show you our new distillery, including our new copper stills!

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Start your summer off fresh with the new
Sheringham swag.

FlexFit hats, t-shirts and sweatshirts featuring our refreshed logo,
and new glassware and barware available too!

And as always, we invite you to

#MakeitaSheringham 

Directions:

From Port Renfrew         From Victoria 

Our address is 6731 West Coast Rd, Sooke, B.C. (In the building behind the Suds and Pups Carwash) Parking is on the side and behind the building.

Now easily accessible by BC Transit.

From Downtown Victoria, take the number 50 bus, which turns into the number 61 bus. Get off at Otter Point at Ayre and walk South toward Highway 14. Turn right, and walk one block (about 400 m total from the bus stop).
We’re located behind the Suds and Pups Carwash.

Just Whisky Auction Live – Amazing Selection of Whisky

Just Whisky is delighted to go live with their 56th auction, this time with an incredible array of drinkers, collectors & solid investment grade Whisky for you to bid on.

Full Flora & Fauna Set (26 Bottles)

Islay is well represented, with high points including the incredibly rare Ardbeg Double Barrel (Asia Special) housed in a bespoke Purdey & Sons leather gun case and Bowmore 50 year old, which recently set an all-time record of £26,691. If you missed out on that one, now is your chance to secure this fantastic Whisky.

Elsewhere on the shelves, they have the new Annual 2018 Releases from Macallan, including the 18, 25 and sought after 30-year-old. If you missed out on the Edition 4, now might be a good time to add it to your collection. Speyside is further represented by many aged whiskies like the Glenfarclas 60-year-old, Balvenie 40 year old.

Enough talk! Let’s view the auction!

www.just-whisky.co.uk

JULY OUTTURN UPDATE

Numbers from this month’s Outturn are dwindling, hunt down your favourite flavour before these rare breeds become extinct. To help keep you on track, here are some tasty targets to aim for – order now to avoid disappointment.

THE CHARLIE MACLEAN MASTERCLASS

Charlie MacLean joined the Society at its outset in the early 1980s and became a chair of the Tasting Panel in 1992. This July we’re celebrating our long-standing relationship with Charlie and reflecting on his involvement with us as we discuss his journey with whisky.

Throughout the month, Charlie will be sharing his extensive knowledge in the form of whisky masterclass videos, helping you experience our exceptional single cask,single malt whiskies
at their best.

First up, he explains how to approach the Society’s cask strength bottlings.

VIEW VIDEO

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 here for membership information

This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

The Whisky Barrel releases their latest exclusive bottling, 

Specialist online whisky shop, TheWhiskyBarrel.com, is proud to release an exclusive single grain Scotch whisky from Strathclyde Grain Distillery to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of the Glasgow Garden Festival.

The Garden Festival took place in Glasgow between the 26^th of April and 26^th of September 1988 and attracted over four million visitors. It was one of the five National Garden Festivals and the only one in Scotland.

The National Garden Festivals were based on the German post-war ‘Bundesgartenschau’ idea for reclaiming large areas of disused or neglected land in cities. The Glasgow site is now home to the Glasgow Science Centre and a digital media village on the banks of the River Clyde.

Strathclyde Grain Distillery sits within the Gorbals district of Glasgow, just along the River Clyde from where the Garden Festival took place. The distillery is Glasgow’s only grain distillery but hasn’t always just made grain whiskies. A set of stills was installed in 1956 and the distillery produced a single malt, Kinclaith. In 1975 Strathclyde stopped producing malted whisky and turned to producing grain whisky for blends. There are no official bottlings of Strathclyde or Kinclaith available.

Strathclyde 30 Year Old 1988 is available exclusively from TheWhiskyBarrel.com. Distilled on the 9^th of June 1988 and bottled on the 10^th of June 2018. Single barrel #62125; there are just 137 bottles available. There will be a restriction of two bottles per customer in the interest of fairness.

Available exclusively from The Whisky Barrel, shipping to customers Worldwide including the United States of America, Canada and Japan. 

Strathclyde 30 Year Old Glasgow Garden Festival | 1988 | TheWhiskyBarrel.com| 54.3%

Tasting notes 

Colour: Golden syrup.

Nose: Sweet butterscotch and toffee. 

Taste: Caramelised sugar, rich toffee and Scottish vanilla tablet. 

Finish: Medium dry, satisfying finish with hints of fudge and toffee lingering. 

Price: £130 GBP / $143 USD (+ P&P) 

Notice:-

Q) What is the product called?
A) Strathclyde 30 Year Old 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival

Q) When will this product be released/was it released?
A) Wednesday 11^th July 2018.

Q) Where is it available?
A) Scotland, off-trade, TheWhiskyBarrel.com.

Q) Is this product already available in other markets?
A) Scotland only, TheWhiskyBarrel.com ships worldwide.

Q) How much is it?
A) £130 GBP / $143 USD (+ P&P)

Q) Who handles the product’s distribution?
A) In-house at TheWhiskyBarrel.com.

Q) What is the ABV of this product?
A) 54.3% ABV natural cask strength.

Q) Why has this product been launched?
A) Limited Edition single cask distillery exclusive for The Whisky Barrel. 

The Whisky Barrel is a speciaslit online whisky and spirits merchant based in Fife, Scotland and  was established in 2007. The Whisky Barrel won Whisky Magazine Online Retailer 2018 and was International Wine & Spirits Competition runner-up in 2016.

N.B. Prices correct at the time of publishing and are subject to currency fluctuation.

The Whisky Barrel releases their latest exclusive bottlings, Irish Single Malt, 14 Year Old, 2003, Exclusive Malts 

Specialist online whisky shop, TheWhiskyBarrel.com, is proud to release another fantastic Irish Single Malt from a mystery distillery on the Cooley Peninsula in Ireland.

The Irish Single Malt 14 Year Old 2003 is the follow-up to last year’s sell-out sister cask.

The Whisky Barrel has teamed up with The Creative Whisky Company to bring you a second helping of this great malt. Its providence is a secret distillery in Ireland. Single cask whiskey releases from this distillery are rare, making this bottling even more interesting.

Irish whiskey is enjoying a booming resurgence with new distilleries popping up across the Emerald Isle.

Distilled in a refill-sherry Hogshead on the 15^th of December 2003, cask number 200503, bottled in June 2018 with an ABV of 50.5%, yields just 264 bottles. This Irish Malt was very popular last year, not least because it is something of an unusual and very interesting product. This new release is more of the same; put simply, a must-try.

The Creative Whisky Company, based in Dumfries & Galloway, bottles a wide range of malt whiskies. The company specialises in Exclusive, single cask, single malt whiskies.

Available exclusively from The Whisky Barrel, shipping to customers Worldwide including the United States of America, Canada and Japan. 

Irish Single Malt 14 Year Old | 2003 Exclusive Malts| 50.5%

Tasting notes 

Colour: Copper gold.

Nose: Lots of golden syrup and crisp apples. 

Taste: Crisp green apple peel mixed gently with melted brown sugars. Malt biscuits wrapped up in a sweet melody of tropical fruits, melon and a hint of citrus. Extra weight is brought by the heavy sherry cask influence, adding to the silky mouthfeel. 

Finish: Dry and sweet with a good length. 

Price: £57.14 GBP / $64.43 USD (+ P&P) 

Notes:-

1. Q) What is the product called?
   A) Irish Single Malt, 14 Year Old, 2003, Exclusive Malts
2. Q) When will this product be released/was it released?
   A)  Friday 6^th of July 2018.Q) Where is it available?
   A) Scotland, off-trade, TheWhiskyBarrel.com.

   Q) Is this product already available in other markets?
   A) Scotland only, TheWhiskyBarrel.com ships worldwide.

   Q) How much is it?
   A) £57.14 GBP / $64.43 USD (+ P&P)

1. Q) Who handles the product’s distribution?
   A) In-house at TheWhiskyBarrel.com.

Q) What is the ABV of this product?
A) 50.5% ABV natural cask strength.

• Q) Why has this product been launched?
  A) Limited Edition single cask bottled exclusively by Berry Bros. & Rudd for The Whisky Barrel. 

The Whisky Barrel is a speciaslit online whisky and spirits merchant based in Fife, Scotland and  was established in 2007. The Whisky Barrel won Whisky Magazine Online Retailer 2018 and was International Wine & Spirits Competition runner-up in 2016.

N.B. prices correct at the time of publishing and are subject to currency fluctuation.

THE SAZERAC COMPANY NAMED IMPORTER OF THE YEAR 

Sazerac earned the most points in the 2018 San Fransico Worlds Spirit Competition 

            New Orleans, LA (July 11, 2018) The Sazerac Company received the prestigious award of Importer of the Year at the 2018 San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC). The Importer of the Year award recognizes the single importer earning the most points, measured by the number and level of awards won in a given year.

The SFWSC is the world’s most respected and influential international spirits competition, and the largest event of its kind in the United States. At this year’s San Francisco World Spirits Competition it was a record breaking year with 2,469 spirits entered in over 100 categories. Forty eight judges taste the spirits in a blind taste testing and give the spirit a medal based off of what they think it deserves.

The Sazerac Company was awarded Importer of the Year because it earned the most medals equating to points. Complete results for the 2018 San Francisco World Spirits Competition can be found at http://sfspiritscomp.com/results/.

About Sazerac

Sazerac is one of America’s oldest family owned, privately held distillers with operations in the United States in Louisiana, Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Maryland, California, and global operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, India, Australia and Canada. For more information on Sazerac, please visit www.sazerac.com.

Monkey Shoulder Midnight Café

Maltstock regulars will know our Midnight café. This has been THE place to relax after a day of Maltstock goodness for a couple of years now. Have a chat, smoke a cigar in the tent outside, enjoy the music, a beer, a cocktail or soda and don’t forget our midnight snack!

This year we have something special planned for you. Monkey Shoulder will be with us in the café to serve us some relaxed cocktails.

The Monkey Shoulder Midnight café will be open during Maltstock on Friday from 23:00h and on Saturday from 00:00h. Of course this is all part of Maltstock and drinks and snacks will be available at no extra charge!

Bunnahabhain
Moine Bordeaux Red Wine Cask

£75

Kilchoman
2006 Single Cask LFW Exclusive

£130

Loch Lomond
1999 Paul Lawrie Autograph Edition>

£150