IMPEX BEVERAGES ANNOUNCES THE DEBUT OF THEIR INDEPENDENT BOTTLING LINE

THE IMPEX COLLECTION 

San Francisco, CA – July 8, 2021: Sam Filmus and Chris Uhde of ImpEx Beverages announced today the debut of The ImpEx Collection with Edition One.

This edition, which features Scotch Whisky & World Whisky expressions, marks the end of a long journey and a realization of a dream for the company’s President and Vice President.

About the selection process, Sam Filmus, President of ImpEx Beverages, said, “Finding the symphony of nose, palate, and finish is key. Sometimes we are looking for the original style the distillery offers and other times it’s about finding the surprise cask that is totally different from the norm. For us it’s about making sure those truly special gems don’t get lost and being able to bring unique and special options to the customer.”

Chris Uhde, Vice President of ImpEx Beverages, added, “There is a lot of great whisky out there and choosing a cask for The ImpEx Collection is always a very carefully thought-out process. When selecting a cask, I ask myself three questions:

1. “Is it delicious?”
2. “Would I be proud to share and enjoy this whisky with friends?”
3. “Does the cask fit in a complementary way with the other casks being offered in the release?”

Only if the answer to all three is “Yes!” then I have found a cask worth including in The ImpEx Collection.”

In addition to Single Casks, The ImpEx Collection includes vattings of multiple casks,. Production size is always small, because spirits this special are always rare. Once they’re consumed, they live on only in memory.

The ImpEx Collection is inclusive and inviting, welcoming people to branch out beyond what they’re familiar with and try something new. These bottles are meant to be shared, whether for special occasions or simply among friends.

Edition One features the following expressions:

SCOTCH WHISKY:

• The ImpEx Collection 25 yo Springbank Cask #94 (1993 Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish)
• The ImpEx Collection 40 yo Blend Cask #34 (1980 Sherry Butt)
• The ImpEx Collection 28 yo Cameronbridge Cask #115125 (1982 Sherry Butt)
• The ImpEx Collection 12 yo Caol Ila Cask #313250 (2008 Hogshead)
• The ImpEx Collection 14 yo Glen Elgin Cask #9800012 (2006 Bourbon Barrel)
• The ImpEx Collection 21 yo Orkney Cask #58 (1999 HHD)

WORLD WHISKY:

• The ImpEx Collection 3 yo M&H Cask #2017-0123 (2017 ex-Bourbon finished in ex-PX Sherry HHD)

When asked what was the most special part of the experience, Sam & Chris both agreed that it was the support of industry friends like Oliver Chilton, Tal Chotiner, Tomer Goren, Joshua Hatton, and Susannah Skiver Barton that made all of the difference. “Their willingness to work with us on this project to help bring it to a successful launch was amazing, we couldn’t have done it without them” Sam said.

With its launch today, excited consumers can begin to look for these amazing expressions on store shelves in specialty retailers across the US.

About ImpEx Beverages

In 2008, a new chapter began for Sam Filmus, after years in the business captaining JVS Imports. With ImpEx Beverages, his vision was to import premium and rare spirits from around the world, with a special emphasis on the best of what Scotland has to offer.

In 2018, Chris Uhde joined Sam as his business partner in ImpEx Beverages and together they have expanded the portfolio and vision for ImpEx.

Now, ImpEx boasts an impressive portfolio, including some of the most notable small to medium sized distilleries and independent bottlers.

ImpEx Beverages imports Whisky, Gin, Rum, and Mezcal from Scotland, Belgium, Wales, Japan, Israel, and Mexico with future anticipated additions from unexpected destinations. We also feature a fine line of Liqueurs and Cordials produced in the US.

Regardless of your preference, you are sure to find something that pleases from the ImpEx Beverages Portfolio.

For more information on where to find Edition One of The ImpEx Collection, please reach out to office@ImpExBev.com.

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RARE FINDS WORLDWIDE NOW ACCEPTS CRYPTOCURRENCIES AS PAYMENT FOR RARE WHISKY CASK PURCHASES

HONG KONG – Rare Finds Worldwide, Hong Kong’s leading whisky brokerage, has announced that it will begin accepting major cryptocurrencies as an additional form of payment for cask purchases.

Observing the growing demand for optionality and convenience, Rare Finds Worldwide has taken the step to adapt to new preferences of the market by accepting major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stable coin as an additional form of payment for whisky cask purchases. This move marks the beginning of Rare Finds Worldwide’s support for the growth of cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, it also maximises convenience and customer experience for investors as the additional payment method will increase the Brokerage’s flexibility and accessibility to Crypto holders.

“Faced with extreme market volatility in Crypto-related markets, investors are turning to more stable alternative assets such as whisky to weather the storm,” said James Odell, Managing Director of Rare Finds Worldwide. “Whisky is fast becoming ‘liquid gold’, reflecting its growing status as a collectible asset that appreciates strongly in value due to its rarity. We see a correlation between Crypto-related investors, diversifying their portfolio to a more stable alternative assets returning up to 20-40% per year . Whisky provides high returns and with an abundance of collectors, investors and specialist auctioneers, it’s creating a highly liquid environment in which to trade whisky.”

The process for buying specialist rare casks remains the same leveraging the expertise of inhouse portfolio managers who select the best investments based upon return objectives for clients . At the point-of-sale ETH/BTC/USDT/USDC/ will be available to transfer to Rare Find Worldwide’s account as an alternative method of payment. Security of ownership via sales contracts, a delivery order, reputable storage and insurance remains the same with all casks registered tax free in bond with HMRC.

Commenting Freeman Ho, Whisky Specialist at Rare Finds Worldwide, said: “Targeting rare whisky casks that are at the cusp of reaching their premium years has been a very successful strategy for us. Our strategy is to supply ultra-rare, premium whiskies at below market rates, leveraging our longstanding relationships with premium distilleries, collectors and suppliers. Through the combined brokerage and fund partnership, we are well-positioned to meet the growing demand for whisky as the next hot luxury collectible asset from a younger generation of affluent Asian Crypto investors and connoisseurs.”

About Rare Finds Worldwide

Rare Finds Worldwide is a tailored whisky brokerage that offers collectors and investors the opportunity to increase wealth with rare Single Malt Scotch Whisky. The firm offers private client’s exclusive access to some of the oldest and most prestigious single malts in the world, as well as taking advantage of ultra-premium cask procurement from Tier 1 distilleries such as Macallan, Dalmore and Bowmore to name a select few. Our team comprises of experienced investment banking professionals and alternative investment specialists, whose passion for whisky has evolved into a consultancy that focuses on delivering only best in class product, with authentic provenance, to our family of whisky investors and collectors. The firm’s largest investor is Platinum Rise Capital Partners, an investment and development finance company headquartered in Hong Kong.

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Immerse in our sensory world of flavour experiences and reawaken your appreciation for our extraordinary casks.

AN ABUNDANCE OF HIDDEN DELIGHTS

CASK NO. 38.30

CASK TYPE:  Ex-bourbon barrel & hogsheads

AGE:  25 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Old & dignified

DEMOLISHED DISTILLERY

SOUPER TROOPER

CASK NO. 44.134

CASK TYPE:  Ex-bourbon barrel

AGE:  16 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Spicy & sweet

ROASTY-TOASTY-TASTY

CASK NO. 68.34

CASK TYPE:  Re-charred hogshead

AGE:  10 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Deep, rich & dried fruits

SILVER MEDAL WINNER AT LONDON’S 2020 INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRIT COMPETITION

2020 HIGHLAND FESTIVAL BOTTLING

TRADITIONAL BUTTERSCOTCH FUDGE

CASK NO. 35.266

CASK TYPE:  1st fill ex-bourbon barrel

AGE:  12 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Sweet, fruity & mellow

ODDLY SATISFYING

CASK NO. 16.43

CASK TYPE:  Re-charred hogshead

AGE:  9 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Peated

GIVING SPIRIT BOTTLE – 100% of profits will go to Indspire – read more here

SWEET FILTH

CASK NO. 93.145

CASK TYPE:  1st fill ex-bourbon barrel

AGE:  8 years

FLAVOUR PROFILE:  Oily & coastal

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Save on award-winning whisky from Aberlour!

Receiving Double Gold at this years San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Casg Annamh might be a bit tricky to pronounce for most, but is adored by many. Meaning ‘Rare Cask’ in Scots Gaelic, this has big sherry character and bottled at a lovely strength of 48% abv.

We also have Click and Collect available again – check each product for availability in your local store!

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Glenury Royal 35 Year Old

1984 vintage 1st fill sherry butt for G&M’s 125th Anniversary. Rare lost distillery bottling. Glenury Royal 35 Year Old 1984 Highland Lowland single malt Scotch whisky. Single first fill sherry butt bottled May 2020 for the Gordon & MacPhail 125th Anniversary series. 397 bottles.

Stewed fruit aromas with notes of polish lead to cinnamon. Sweet and drying with flavours of cherry, orange peel and subtle coffee. A medium and fruity finish with lingering aniseed and sherry.

Glenury Royal Distillery was established to the north of Stonehaven in 1825. Only three distilleries in Scotland have been permitted to use ‘Royal’ in their title and it was granted to Glenury in 1835 by King William 1V. Glenury Royal was a malt whisky distillery which operated from 1825 with just two stills until they were increased to four in 1965. The distillery closed in 1985 and was demolished in 1993 but the square support base of the round brick chimney remains with a plaque attached. The site is now a private housing estate on the edge of Stonehaven. Glenury Royal Distillery is a lost Scottish Highland malt whisky distillery.

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Coleburn 47 Year Old

1972 vintage refill sherry puncheon at 62.4% G&M anniversary bottling. Long lost distillery. Coleburn 47 Year Old 1972 Highland Speyside single malt Scotch whisky. Single refill sherry puncheon butt bottled March 2020 for the Gordon & MacPhail 125th Anniversary series. 363 bottles.

Nose: Sweet butterscotch, ripe fruit and subtle floral aromas. Caramelised sugar develops alongside waxy citrus peel, slowly transforming into fresh guava.
Taste: Intensely sweet; fruity flavours of apricot and cooked apple with a subtle mouth-warming chilli spice edge. Subtle charred oak flavours give way to a soft undertone of mint leaves.
Finish: A medium finish with sweet and ripe autumnal fruit and a lingering dry herbal note.

A Dundee based firm of whisky blenders commissioned the architect Charles C. Diog to design Coleburn malt whisky distillery in 1897 and it duly opened in 1899 at Coleburn farm just to the south of Fogwatt in Scotland’s Speyside whisky region. Coleburn Distillery was built beside Colburn railway station which ensured a speedy connection to the southern whisky blenders. This distillery closed in 1985 and whilst many of the buildings remains most of the equipment has gone. Recent releases are few and are highly collectable, an example being Gordon & MacPhails Coleburn Rare Old.

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Gordon & MacPhail Discovery Tasting and 70cl Bottle 23rd July 7pm

Explore the great range of Gordon & MacPhail’s Discovery Collection and receive a full size bottle of your favourite at the end of the event.

You will receive 6 drams from the range of Bourbon, Sherried and Peated whiskies for the event hosted by Alistair Milligan from Gordon & MacPhail.

Once you have picked your favourie we will then send you a full bottle, with free delivery!

£70.00

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Singleton: what is one is actually three.

Welcome to a very expensive history lesson.

Dufftown, Dullan and Ord are three of the most important distilleries within the mammoth of Johnnie Walker. But, in their own rights, they have a huge amount of diversity within being ‘typical’ Speyside and Highland distilleries.

Cutting to the chase, we got to sample the most expensive and oldest single malt that Diageo have ever released, The Singleton 54YO.

The finale of The Paragon of Time series, the prior release being a 53YO, this is the most expensive whisky I’ve ever sampled…but is it worth the money? Not only is this an amazing opportunity for myself, but it’s also a history lesson in all sense. So do head to the video and have a listen!

Amongst this archaic sample of liquid history, there is also reviews of the 21YO, 25YO and a 38YO which is very, VERY different.

https://youtu.be/HvnCtmyjKy4

Origin Spirits Ireland Ltd, a pioneer in avant-garde single malt spirits, is proud to announce the launch of its latest commercial release whiskey, Currach Single Malt Irish Whiskey – Atlantic Wakame Seaweed Cask. 

Bio:  
Currach Single Malt Irish Whiskey is a true innovation in the world of whiskey and the first to be finished in seaweed charred casks. Currach’s first expression was made with Irish Atlantic Kombu Kelp seaweed, a brown seaweed varietal, launched in March 2020 and is now sold in over 20 international markets worldwide.

After the success of its initial Atlantic Kombu release, Origin Spirits is delighted to release its second whiskey expression. Currach Single Malt Irish Whiskey – Atlantic Wakame Seaweed Cask.

The same process is used to create both expressions, the only variance being the seaweed used to char the individual casks. The flavours from both products are starkly different, yet share the same single malt DNA while having distinctive sweet, savoury and maritime qualities of their own. This shows the incredible diversity of Ireland’s maritime terroir, and how this influences our single malt whiskey.

Currach Wakame Cask is an intriguing whiskey – complex yet subtle, vegetal yet sweet, light yet deep.

Made from 100% Irish malted barley, it is a triple distilled single malt Irish whiskey, initially matured in 1st fill American oak ex-bourbon barrels before being finished in Atlantic Wakame seaweed charred virgin American oak casks. It is non-chill filtered, with no caramel colouring, and is bottled at 46% alc./vol. The initial batch is limited to only 3000 bottles.

Wakame Seaweed:
Sustainably hand-harvested off the wild Atlantic coast of Co. Clare, Wakame seaweed is 100 % naturally grown and organically certified. Wakame, a green seaweed varietal, is both rare and seasonal, and considered to be the king of seaweeds.

Wakame seaweed grows in the extreme lower shore on wave-battered rocks and in rock pools along the coast of Ireland. It grows in the winter months and is harvested in mid-spring/early summer when it is at its nutritional prime. Wakame is known for its’ low light limitations and therefore does not grow in the mid-summer months.

Wakame has a subtle, but distinctive taste and texture. It has a briny, salty, and umami flavour with a degree of sweetness. It is traditionally used in salads, soups, snacks, and as a seasoning, particularly in Japanese and other Asian cuisines.

Seaweed Harvesting:
Seaweed harvesting employs about 400 people in Ireland, mostly on a part-time basis, as it is very weather and tide dependent. Fourth Generation Seaweed Harvesters, The Talty Family, ensures only the finest seaweeds are selected for Currach Single Malt Whiskey. All their seaweeds grow naturally off the Wild Atlantic Way in Co. Clare. Hand-harvested in season to provide optimum nutrition, their seaweeds are organically certified. The precious harvesting waters are also tested quarterly to ensure they are of the highest quality.

Quote: 
Patrick Shelley, Founder of Origin Spirits Ireland Ltd. said;

“Our vision with Currach was to create a single malt Irish whiskey inspired by the various elements of the Irish terroir. We are fortunate to have some of the best malted barley in the world and our coast yields an abundance of organic and sustainable seaweed. The union of these elements together in a whiskey is a world’s first.

We were very encouraged by the success of our initial Kombu release which is now available in 20 countries, and wanted to let our consumers further discover the diversity of Ireland’s maritime terroir with our Atlantic Wakame Cask”

“Currach Atlantic Wakame Cask is a whiskey of sensory paradoxes. At its heart, it is a smooth Irish single malt but with the subtle briny and maritime characteristics often found in Scotch, thus giving it a uniquely rich, multi-layered and complex character”

Tasting Notes:
Nose: An intriguing and enticing nose, as sea salt and rye cracker aromas give way to a golden caramel sweetness, backed by vegetal hints with a touch of iodine.

Palate: Cracked pepper and oak spice, followed by briny yet sweet maritime notes, complemented by a white wine fruitiness, butterscotch and herbal green tea undertones.

Finish: An elegant sweet and salty finish with a touch of liquorice and plenty of umami and maritime character.

RSP Ireland: 
60,00€

Availability: Available now at Origin Spirits Online Store (originspirits.ie) and from select retailers internationally in the coming weeks.

Social Media: (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) @currachwhiskey

Website: http://currachwhiskey.com/

New at The Whisky Shop: Bimber Oloroso Cask Batch 2

Hailing from the north west of London, Bimber take a traditional and hand-crafted approach to creating their single malt. Limited to 920 bottles, this is matured in first-fill bourbon with a finish in oloroso sherry casks imparting notes of raisins and cinnamon spice to compliment their tropical, fruit forward spirit.

SOLD OUT! Bimber Oloroso Cask

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LAGAVULIN 11 YEAR OLD OFFERMAN EDITION

Limited edition whisky from Islay, or as the man himself has described it, ‘a tiny island off the coast of Scotland, where god’s chosen elixirs are distilled, barreled, and prepared for consumption.’ This collaboration between Lagavulin and Parks & Recreation actor Nick Offerman has been finished for four months in Guinness stout casks. It promises lots of dark chocolate, roasting coffee beans and classic Lagavulin peat.

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