Iron Smoke Distillery Launches Drink Recipe & Tipping Website to Support Bartenders Globally

‘SmokeOutCovid19.com’ will support bartenders across the world affected by the Coronavirus

Fairport, NY — Iron Smoke Distillery launched a new website aimed at helping out-of-work bartenders affected by the Coronavirus. SmokeOutCovid19.com is a portal/host for instructional drink-making recipes and videos uploaded by bartenders. Site visitors can donate directly to out-of-work bartenders and service industry workers.

Since the site launched on March 26th, nearly 100 bartenders from states across the country have joined to share their specialty drinks, connect with others, and receive tips from grateful (and thirsty) patrons,

Iron Smoke Distillery created the site in partnership with Managed Services Team as a way to offer support and assistance to people who have lost their livelihood during the difficult times created by the Coronavirus. The restaurant and beverage industry has been disproportionately hit as measures are implemented to reduce the risk and curb the spread of the virus. SmokeOutCovid19.com’s mission is to help supplement lost income, perhaps teach people a new skill, and allow them to continue to enjoy one of life’s best pleasures– a properly made cocktail.

CEO and Founder, Tommy Brunett said “To address the new catchphrase – ‘We’ll all get through this together’ – we as a company wanted to create a united front of friends, families, regular guests and fans of each and everyone of these champions of the service industry to help support them in this time of desperate need for a financial life jacket. This will also be glorious for people who are stuck at home for awhile and need cocktail ideas as well.”

Bartenders who are interested in participating can upload recipes and/or videos by making a free account and connect their Venmo or PayPal account to receive donations. All proceeds will go directly to the participating bartenders. Those looking to help can visit SmokeOutCovid19.com to look for drink recipes and videos and “tip their bartender” by donating to their individual page.

The new website comes in conjunction with the announcement that Iron Smoke Distillery will pivot to hand sanitizer production. In conjunction with Rochester Midland Corporation, they will produce hand sanitizer en masse for communities where it is most needed. 2,000 bottles of the first production will be donated to local first responders, and each subsequent batch will have a portion earmarked for community donations.

About Iron Smoke Distillery

Based in Fairport, NY Iron Smoke Distillery produces distinct world-class bourbons and whiskeys that can be enjoyed neat or in classic cocktails. They produce the multiple award-winning whiskeys, including Iron Smoke Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Iron Smoke CASKet Strength, Iron Smoke Single Barrel Special Reserve, Rattlesnake Rosie’s Apple Pie Whiskey and Rattlesnake Rosie’s Maple Bacon Whiskey in their 21,000-square foot facility. As a New York State small-batch farm distillery, Iron Smoke uses local ingredients from Finger Lakes family farms within a 50-mile radius of our distillery. The stripped mash from production is returned to the farms to be used as feed for their livestock. Their tasting room, the “Watering Room and Sideshow” features a fully licensed bar with all New York State Wines, Beers, and Spirits as well as weekly live music and world-class entertainment. Winners of the prestigious Double Gold in last year’s North American Bourbon & Whiskey competition, recipient of a 95.5 rating in the 2018 Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible and named Forbes Magazine one of the “10 Best Bourbons Outside of Kentucky.”

The Society kitchen is open for business, serving up 20 flavourful casks that pair perfectly with food. We’re taking inspiration from our Danish friends and exploring the concept of smørrebrød – an open sandwich with endless flavour combinations, much like the Society whiskies! And for those of you who aren’t able to get out just now, we even have some inspiration on how to get creative with foods that you’ll find in your store cupboard. Click over to the Outturn Hub now to find out more.

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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

Blair Athol 30 Year Old

1998 vintage single cask bottled for the the Signatory Vintage 30th Anniversary series. Blair Athol 30 Year Old 1988 vintage Highland single malt Scotch whisky. Single cask refill sherry butt #6847 bottled December 2018 for the Signatory Vintage 30th Anniversary series. 519 bottles.

Blair Athol Distillery was established in 1798 in Pitlochry and with footprints in four centuries it is one of oldest working malt whisky distilleries in Scotland. Purchased by Arthur Bell & Sons in 1933 it is the spiritual ‘home’ of Arthur Bell’s range of blended scotch whisky complete with distillery visitor centre and Blair Athol Distillery tours. Although a large proportion of Blair Athol’s malt whisky cascades into blends, Bell’s to be precise, independent bottlings of Blair Athol single malts feature in the popular Connoisseurs Choice and Signatory Vintage ranges.

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Welcome to this weeks episode of the show. To keep you entertained during the lock down I’m reviewing a number of bottlings from the independent bottling company Hannah Whisky Merchants under their Lady of the Glen label.

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“UMIKI – Ocean Fused Whisky From The Heart of Japanese Pine” by Yoshino Spirits Co.

Osaka, JAPAN, 20th March 2020– Yoshino Spirits Co. has added UMIKI Whisky – “World’s First Ocean Fused Whisky” to its portfolio, initially available in North American, Asian markets in April and rest global markets after May and onwards.

The ocean is known as the source of life and the ever-green pine tree is known as the symbol of life in Japan.

To honor the life-giving ocean and the long-living pine tree that graces the coasts of Japan, filtered desalinated ocean-water from depths of Pacific ocean is blended with Japanese ocean-side distilled malt whiskies and grain whiskies in reserve after the curation is finished in Japanese Pine barrels.

This unique production process gives UMIKI its name; whereby UMI means OCEAN and KI means TREE in Japanese.

UMIKI is “World’s first Japanese Pine barrel aged whisky” and “World’s first ocean water fused whisky that uses only renewable water source for blending”

This sustainable process brings an exceptional smoothness with sea-breeze on the nose, rounded floral taste on the palate and a soothing freshness in the finish to UMIKI.

UMIKI has already picked up awards, winning Double Gold Awarded from China Wine & Spirits Awards 2020 and Gold Medal from World Spirits Award 2020.

For more information please visit www.umikiwhisky.com

About Yoshino Spirits Co.

Yoshino is a private company based in Osaka, exporting finest Japanese whisky, wine and spirits to the world. For more information please visit www.yoshinospirits.com

John Distilleries Manufactures Hand Sanitizers to Combat COVID -19

India’s leading alco-bev establishment – John Distilleries Pvt Ltd announces the production of hand sanitizers at its distilleries in Bangalore, Davanagere and Goa. These supplies will be donated to healthcare institutions in India to help overcome the shortage of hand sanitisers due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

John Distilleries is joining hands with the Government to combat the shortage of hand sanitizers by using the extra neutral alcohol (ENA) at its facilities to manufacture Alcohol Based sanitizers.

‘The demand for sanitisers especially in healthcare institutions is growing rapidly, and we would like to provide our facilities and services to assist the Government in overcoming this short supply. During these critical times, we believe it is our duty to do what we can to help authorities fight this pandemic successfully,’ said Paul P John, Chairman- John Distilleries Pvt. Ltd.

While John Distilleries is taking on this social responsibility in India, The Sazerac Company, North America’s largest producer of distilled spirits and investor in John Distilleries, is taking on massive production of hand sanitisers to combat demand across America. John Distilleries still recommends that washing your hands exhaustively with soap and water is the best way to clean hands. Hand sanitizers are suitable in the absence of water.

About John Distilleries

Established in 1996, John Distilleries grew to be a leading spirit company in less than a decade, not just in India but across the globe. With a dedicated team of nearly 2000 employees working across 10 manufacturing units spread over 7 states across India, John Distilleries has a strong portfolio of brands in various liquor categories including the globally renowned Paul John Single Malts. For more details, please contact publicrelations@jdl.in

Get ready, we’re bringing Smokehead to you.

For the next few weeks we’ll be hosting a variety of Instagram live events including tastings, boilermakers, cocktail making sessions, food, music, interviews with fellow Smokeheads, giveaways and other cool Smokehead stuff.

Grab a bottle and tune into our first Instagram live on Sunday 12^th at 5pm with our brand ambassador Mikey Sim and custom Ducati aficionado, Tyler Lunceford. We’ll be talking the Original Smokehead, and maybe getting a bit sidetracked.

If you need a refill, head over to Smokehead.com, and we will do our best to get a bottle to you before we go live.

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During this challenging time, £1 from the sale of each bottle purchased from www.smokehead.com will be donated to Drinks Trust to support their mission of providing care and support to our hospitality colleagues.

Stay safe, stay indoors, Smokeheads

Whisky for Collectors
Final Bottles…

Rare & Limited Edition Whiskies

We’ve got some legendary bottles of single malt, grain and blended Scotch whisky. Here is a choice selection of the last few bottles of these remaining lines including Ardbeg, Clynelish and Imperial.

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Closed Distillery Series, Part 2. This week we’re looking at a Speyside with a  name change and a Highland who should really still be around. Caperdonich: Oroginally called Glen Grant No.2, they used to send the distillate over the road to GG1 via an over-road pipe, that only lasted for five years. Reopened in 1965 and named Caperdonich, the distillery was eventually demolished in 2010. Glenury Royal: Founded by a man who was the first to walk one thousand miles in one thousand hours…you hope his whisky is better than his achievements. Founded in 1825 and closing in 1983, Glenury went under radar for a long time, it’s now a highly sort after bottling with a high value price tag.

Canadian craft distillery wins World’s Best

and Canadian Best at World Whiskies Awards 

Saanich BC, Canada, March 27, 2020: Macaloney’s Caledonian Distillery’s peated single malt whisky new-make has been named Worlds Best Whisky New Make at the 2020 World Whiskies Awards, UK (http://www.worldwhiskiesawards.com/). These prestigious annual awards are the most competitive, attracting top international whisky brands. The Vancouver Island based distillery claimed several top WWA’s including:

• World’s Best New-Make, gold medal for its Peated Single Malt Whisky New-Make.
• Canadian Best Single Cask Single Malt Whisky, gold medal for its STR Red Wine Barrique Single Cask Single Malt Whisky.
• Bronze medal for its Glenloy Classic Single Malt Whisky.

This Scottish influenced distillery & brewery uses traditional distillation techniques, copper potstills, and BC-grown barley to make surprisingly smooth, and remarkably fruity and complex single malts.

Dr. Graeme Macaloney, President & Whiskymaker said of the awards: “It’s a truly amazing accomplishment for our young distillery. There are some really fantastic distilleries, years and decades older, with more mature whiskies who regularly compete for these awards. These awards are a testament to our world class expertise including the late-great Dr. Jim Swan, ex-DIAGEO Master Distiller Mr. Mike Nicolson, and the rest of our team who focus on quality every day.”

The Best in World New-Make has since been matured into Macaloney’s Peated Mac na Braiche, the first ever peated single malt whisky in Canada to be peat-smoked at the distillery using Canadian barley and local peat in a combined soaker-smoker. It is available at top liquor stores, the distillery Visitor Centre, and online via the distillery’s website.

The other Gold and Bronze medal whiskies will be part of Macaloney’s ‘inaugural whisky launch’ being planned for the near future. Pre-orders for these limited release, numbered bottles may be made by contacting the distillery shop on a first-come basis.

About us: Macaloney’s Caledonian Distillery & Twa Dogs Brewery is a destination craft distillery & brewery funded by Canadian single malt whisky & beer enthusiasts from coast-to-coast via an on-going Frontfundr equity crowdfunding campaign. The Visitor Centre gift store is open 7 days per week and under normal circumstances offers kilt-clad guided tours & tutored tastings.

Contact:

For media or trade enquiries:

Graeme@MacaloneyDistillers.com

To reserve inaugural whiskies or for private cask:

Shop@MacaloneyDistillers.com

For online ordering of current whiskies:

htps://victoriacaledonian.com/product-category/whisky/

For equity crowdfunding:

https://www.frontfundr.com/Company/caledonian-brewery-distillery