Hamish’s Hidden Malt:
Win the full Game of Thrones Limited Edition set of bottles and chest to match!

In our latest edition of Hamish’s Hidden Malt we are offering up a highly collectible prize: a Game of Thrones Limited Edition Chest (1 of only 205!) with the full set of 8 original bottles in the series representing each house including Cardhu, Clynelish, Dalwhinnie, Lagavulin, Oban, Royal Lochnagar, The Singleton of Glendullan, and Talisker.

To be in with a chance of winning this incredible prize all you have to do is purchase any of the featured bottles below to automatically enter into our giveaway. One lucky winner will be chosen from all these orders and sent this striking chest filled with single malt treasure! Winter isn’t quite coming just yet but I’m sure like Jon Snow you could put your feet up with a dram of Cardhu or Dalwhinnie any time of the year!

Take a gander below and enter before Friday 18th June is up. All orders from now until then will be in with a chance of winning. But win or lose you’ll still receive a lovely new malt to your door. Good luck!

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GLENFIDDICH GRAND SERIES PRIZE DRAW

Glenfiddich’s Grand Series is a range of well-aged single malts that have each been finished in an unusual cask – everything from rum to Champagne. To celebrate the series we’re bringing you the chance to win a VIP experience at Tom Sellers’ Restaurant Story, including all travel and a stay in a 5* hotel. To enter, just buy any whisky from the series before the end of June.

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3550+ lots to bid on…including this 68 YO Macallan!

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Glen Moray Warehouse 1 2005 Tokaji Finish

Following on from the 2020 inaugural Warehouse 1 release, this Tokaji Finish from Glen Moray is the first of three releases scheduled for 2021. The first expression is a spectacularly sweet bottling of five casks of Glen Moray distilled in 2005 and matured for over 15 years, first in ex-bourbon casks before being finished in casks having previously held Hungarian Tokaji Wine. It’s been bottled at a cask strength of 53.6% abv without chill filtration or added colouring.

£74.95 … buy now →

The nose is sweet with sugared almonds, caramel toffees and freshly baked gingerbread. On the palate, these flavours mingle with malt and maple syrup to create a whisky befitting of a Tokaji cask selection. Divine!

Natalie, W Club Manager
at The Whisky Shop

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 392: Springbank 23 Year Old 1996 Private Bottling

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an outstanding Springbank. He was fortunate to try this Private Bottling a few weeks ago in a fabulous tasting with Michiel Wigman and Jeroen Koetsier. So once it became available to the public, Mark hurried to secure a bottle. Brace yourself, for it’s a belter as the logo – reminiscent of the son of Krypton – suggests. ‘Nuff said.

https://youtu.be/cPwkTuop_eI

Wolfburn Langskip Scoops Top Honours

Wolfburn’s Langskip single malt whisky has won top honours at The Spirits Business Awards, being awarded a Gold Medal in the highly prestigious Scotch Whisky Masters competition.

‘Langskip has previously won several international awards,’ says Mark Westmorland, Global Brand Ambassador. ‘But this one is especially pleasing as it’s our first UK gold medal, and doubly impressive coming from the Scotch Whisky Masters. We’re chuffed to bits.’

Langskip is Wolfburn’s flagship single malt whisky, being matured for six years in top-quality bourbon barrels and bottled at a premium 58% ABV, to ensure a huge depth of flavour.  ‘Whisky fans globally have been enjoying it since launch three years ago,’ comments Mark. ‘It’s a consistently strong seller and benefits from being almost cask strength. Hopefully this latest award helps get it into the hands of some new fans!’

ABOUT LANGSKIP:

Wolfburn’s strongest expression takes its name from the Norse word for longship – the Viking vessels that once dominated the Caithness coast. Sleek, smooth, purposeful and strong, the legacy of these ships surrounds the Wolfburn distillery – in addition to settlements and burial sites, Wolfburn’s home town of Thurso was named by the Vikings in honour of the god Thor.  This beautifully rounded single malt is the result of long fermentation and gentle distillation, followed by maturation in first-fill bourbon casks, which are laid down for six years in our purpose-built warehouses. Its smoothness is matched only by its strength.

ABOUT WOLFBURN:

The original Wolfburn Distillery was founded just to the west of Thurso by William Smith in 1821.  In its day it was one of the largest distilleries in Scotland, producing, according to HMRC records, 28,056 “gallons of proof spirit” in a single year.  Taking its name from the stream that provided the water – the Wolf Burn – the distillery operated until around 1870.  The reasons for its closure are lost in time, but by 1877 the newly produced Ordnance Survey maps showed it being in ruins.

In 2011 plans were laid to resurrect the old distillery. Construction began in 2012 and in January 2013 the new Wolfburn Distillery commenced production, thereby becoming the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland.  Situated 300m from the site of the original distillery, the new Wolfburn operates in much the same way as the old: craftsmen use traditional methods to produce fine spirit, which is laid down in best quality oak casks to await the day when it is bottled as single malt scotch whisky.  Wolfburn’s single malt scotch whiskies are now available in 31 countries globally.

Wolfburn Distillery, Henderson Park, Thurso, Caithness KW14 7XW

www.wolfburn.com

Twitter @wolfburn_whisky

www.facebook.com/wolfburn

John J. Bowman Single Barrel Virginia Straight Bourbon Awarded

Double Gold Medal at 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition

Distillery Spirits Receive Six Medals in Total

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA (June 1, 2021) – A. Smith Bowman Distillery’s John J. Bowman Single Barrel Virginia Straight Bourbon received the prestigious Double Gold medal at the 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Each entry was subject to rounds of blind tastings and individual evaluation on both taste and design by judges, and a Double Gold medal indicates the recipient spirit received Gold medal ratings from every member on the judging panel during the judging process. Additionally, one spirit from the Distillery was awarded a Gold medal, three were awarded Silver medals, and one was awarded a Bronze medal.

Double Gold

• John J. Bowman Single Barrel Virginia Straight Bourbon

Silver

• Isaac Bowman Port Finished Virginia Straight Bourbon
• Bowman Brothers Small Batch Virginia Straight Bourbon

Spirits entered into the San Francisco World Spirits Competition are judged over four days of highly controlled blind tastings by a panel of 25 judges made up of respected, experienced industry experts. Complete results and more information on the 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition can be found at sfspiritscomp.com

About A. Smith Bowman

A. Smith Bowman’s distilling roots date back to the years before Prohibition when the Bowman family had a granary and dairy farm in Sunset Hills, Virginia. They used excess grain from the family estate to distill spirits. In 1934, after the Repeal of Prohibition, Abram Smith Bowman and his sons continued the family tradition and built a more modern distillery in Fairfax County, Virginia called Sunset Hills Farm.  The Distillery was moved in 1988 and is now nestled in Spotsylvania County near the city of Fredericksburg, 60 miles away from the original location.

As a small and privately owned company, A. Smith Bowman Distillery continues the time-honored traditions on which it was founded. Considered a micro-distillery by today’s standards, A. Smith Bowman produces an assortment of hand-crafted spirits distilled from only the finest natural ingredients and using the latest technology. This micro-distillery focuses on the production of premium spirits honoring the legacy of Virginia’s first settlers. As Virginia’s oldest and most award-winning distillery, its various brands have earned numerous prestigious awards over the years, including John J. Bowman Single Barrel, which received a double gold medal at the 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. For more information on A. Smith Bowman, please visit www.asmithbowman.com.

Glen Scotia Dunnage Tasting Kits are here!

The Glen Scotia Malts Festival is a celebration of all things whisky, Glen Scotia and the distillery’s hometown of Campbeltown – ‘the whiskiest place in the world’. While we can’t travel to meet face-to-face in Campbeltown this year, Glen Scotia are bringing their much-anticipated private dunnage tasting to your homes, along with a variety of other ways to get involved and celebrate from afar.

What’s in the Dunnage Tasting Pack?

Inside the lid of your Dunnage Tasting Pack is a password you’ll need to join the pre-recorded tasting. Glen Scotia Distillery Manager & Master Distiller, Iain McAlister, has personally selected 5 drams from the dunnage warehouse, and each one offers a window into Glen Scotia’s whisky making history and Campbeltown’s Victorian whisky heyday.

• Glen Scotia Double Cask – 46% ABV

Glen Scotia 1st Fill Bourbon 2015 – 60.5% ABV

Glen Scotia Refill/1st Fill Bourbon 1999 – 59% ABV

Glen Scotia Refill Bourbon/1st Fill Oloroso 2002- 58.7% ABV

• Glen Scotia Refill Bourbon/1st Fill Ruby Port 2002- 53.8% ABV

Each pack will contain a link and password to an exclusive tasting with Iain (pre-recorded). Grab a glass, enjoy, and don’t forget to visit the rest of the festival!

Glen Scotia
Dunnage Tasting Kit

£50.00

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