Saturday Tickets Now Sold Out!
But not to worry – the UK’s largest whisky festival is a two-day event and we still have both Sunday and weekend tickets available. You’ll find all the same great experiences at the show each day, including more than 800 whiskies from 100+ exhibitors, masterclasses, Dream Drams and lots more.
Experience a truly ‘life-changing’ whisky experience in aid of a fantastic charity
In aid of Spinal Injuries Association
London, UK: On Friday 30th August, an intimate tasting session is being hosted by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society at their tasting rooms in London, in collaboration with world-renowned whisky commentator Jim Murray. The event will support the Spinal Injuries Association, a national charity working with spinal cord injured people across the UK.
This exclusive event offers a very special chance for 20 guests to spend an evening sampling some of the finest and rarest whiskies in existence, with one of the greatest whisky writers of all time, whilst supporting a fantastic charity too.
Jim Murray is the world’s leading commentator on whiskies, having become the world’s first full time whisky writer in 1992. Author of the annual, bestselling ‘Whisky Bible’, which is currently in its 16th edition & heading to 1 million copies sold. Jim is also a consultant blender, travelling the world training the next generation of blenders. He will be leading this special tasting session, taking guests on a journey through eight specially selected ‘mystery drams’, giving his own personal insight into each selection, and offering expert tutelage to help guests have the ultimate in whisky tasting experiences.
As with any Jim Murray event, the evening will be entertaining and fun-filled, catering for all guests, no matter their level as a whisky enthusiast.
The evening will conclude with the chance to sample one of the Society’s own single cask malts, with each guest also receiving a hand-signed copy of the ‘Whisky Bible’ – the envy of any collector!
With only 20 tickets available, this event is a chance to spend an evening in the company of one of the real masters of malt, whilst also helping to change the lives of spinal cord injured people across the UK.
Tickets are £200 per guest and will be sold on a first come, first served basis. Buy your ticket today via SIA’s website here: www.spinal.co.uk/events/whisky-tasting.
50,000 people live with a spinal cord injury (SCI) in the UK, and 2,500 people are injured or diagnosed with an SCI every year. The Spinal Injuries Association supports SCI people as well as their families and friends, from the moment of injury, during rehabilitation and at any time afterward.
Find out more about Spinal Injuries Association visit www.spinal.co.uk.
Notes:
About The Spinal Injuries Association
Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) is the leading national user-led charity for spinal cord injured (SCI) people. Being a user-led organisation; SIA are well placed to understand the everyday needs of living with an injury. SIA are here to meet those needs, by providing key services to share information and experience, and to campaign for change, ensuring each person can lead a full and active life. SIA supports spinal cord injured people and their families with practical and emotional support, advice and information, empowering them to lead full and independent lives.
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About SCI
Every year in the UK over 1,000 people experience a spinal cord injury and there are an estimated 40,000 spinal cord injured people in the UK alone. Spinal cord injury is life changing. It can happen to anyone, at any time. Spinal cord injury often causes paralysis and can also affect many other aspects of a person’s health.
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Glenkeir Whiskies Limited
Suite 2 (Rear) Melisa House
3 Brand Place, Brand Street
Glasgow, G51 1DR
United Kingdom
We are pleased to announce the release of a new Distillery Exclusive, selected for the first time by Archie Jackson, Assistant Distillery Manager. This special bottling has already won Gold in the Scottish Field Whisky Challenge. Having worked at Glenfarclas since 1983, Archie knows a good cask when he finds one – and for this he chose a fantastic 2008 first fill sherry butt, which gave us 656 bottles at 64.1% alcohol by volume. Bottles are currently available at the visitor centre and are priced at £100. Please note that this bottling is strictly limited to one per visitor and is only available to purchase in person – it can not be shipped.
Saturday August 24th
11AM-6PM:
Single Malt Tasting: Edradour, Signatory, & Kinahan’s
Presented by single malt expert Tony Marino, this tasting features lesser-seen distilleries and independent bottlers. We’ll have with new and rare single malts from Edradour, Kinahan’s, and the Signatory Vintage portfolio to try from 11AM-6PM.
Highland Park release Valfather, its most peated whisky to date
Highland Park single malt Scotch Whisky has launched a special edition whisky, Valfather, the final part of the Viking Legend series inspired by the Orkney based distillery’s Viking history.
The trilogy highlights the journey to Ragnarök, the battle at the end of the world and has inspired the packaging and taste profiles of the whiskies created by Highland Park’s master whisky maker, Gordon Motion.
Valfather, named after Odin, the mightiest of the Norse Gods, is the distillery’s most peated release to date. Created using whisky matured in refill casks to reflect the ethereal and lighter feel of Valhalla, Odin’s hall, the whisky’s higher phenolic level displays Odin’s power.
Gordon Motion, master whisky maker, Highland Park, said: “Valfather and the whiskies in the Viking Legend series uses more of our heavily peated malt, making the series more like cousins, rather than a brother or sister to the core range. Overall, this whisky is the richest and smokiest in taste profile compared to the rest of the series and our classic whiskies.
“As well as our hallmark aromatic peat smoke, it tastes of creamy vanilla, toasted cedar wood with a long floral aromatic finish offset by notes of crisp apple and sweet fragrant pear.”
The Viking Legend series rise in phenolic level throughout the collection and each have their own distinctive taste profile. Valkyrie the first in the series, uses predominantly European sherry seasoned oak, while Valknut uses American sherry seasoned oak and Orkney’s tartan barley.
Inspiration for the packaging design came from the ancient picture stones from Stora Hammars in Gotland, Sweden. The brand has partnered with Danish designer, Jim Lyndvild, to bring the collection to life.
Valfather will be released globally from August 2019. To find out more visit: www.highlandparkwhisky.com
Notes
About Highland Park Valfather:
RRP: £60
ABV: 47%
Volume: Available in 70cl and 75cl depending on region
Natural colour
Tasting notes:
Appearance: Natural colour, bright gold
Nose: Crisp apple with sweet fragrant pear
Palate: Creamy vanilla crème brulee with toasted cedar wood and warming paprika
Finish: Long floral smoke perfectly offset by notes of fresh fruit
About Highland Park, the Orkney Single Malt with Viking Soul:
Whisky has been distilled at Highland Park in Kirkwall, Orkney since 1798. Founder Magnus Eunson, was a direct descendant of Vikings who settled in Orkney over 1,000 years ago. A butcher and church officer by day and a bootlegger and smuggler by night, he set up an illegal whisky-making operation at a little bothy (a stone hut) at High Park, overlooking Kirkwall.
It is still the site of the distillery today and although we say Highland Park was founded in 1798, that’s actually the year the authorities finally caught up with Magnus.
Few trees survive the gale-force winds on Orkney. This makes the island peat woodless and rich in heather. This then helps create the trademark Highland Park flavour profile of aromatic smoky peat and sweet heather honey.
About Jim Lyngvild:
Jim is a Danish designer and a true Viking. His Viking lineage includes his 36th great grandfather Ragnvald Eysteinsson who was the 1st Earl of the Orkney Islands. He can trace his family tree all the way back to the 8th century.
Today, Jim lives in a Viking inspired castle which he designed himself in the Danish village of Faaborg. He is well-known for his creativity and vivid imagination.
A successful businessman and designer of many things including part ownership of Frejdahl, a Danish Brewery.
The very last release in the limited edition Viking Legend series has been revealed and you can pre-order your bottle at Loch Fyne Whiskies now!
Highland Park
Valfather
£60
The very last release in the acclaimed Viking Legend series from Highland Park, Valfather continues the celebration of Orkney’s Norse history in a collaboration with Danish (and bona fide Viking!) designer Jim Lyngvild.
This is the third and final release in the series of limited editions that began with Valkyrie and Valknut. Bottled at 47% abv, this expression is made with 100% refill casks.
The latest limited edition from Highland Park has arrived and it is the third and final release in the acclaimed Viking Legend series. Discover ‘the Orkney Malt with Viking Soul’ and pre-order your bottle of Valfather now!
Highland Park Valfather
£60
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