Richard Paterson, the Master Blender is at it again;

I’ve gone on at length, telling people how good the Whyte & Mackay 30 year old whisky is and it’s won countless awards to back up the claim that it’s one of the best blended whiskies in the world.

Now, we wanted to have a bit of fun and give some more people the chance to try this whisky (it normally sells for £150 a bottle), so we’ve come up with an event across the UK that’s a little bit Willy Wonka and a little bit… Special.

So if you fancy the chance to win £300 worth of whisky for £15 read on…

As we speak, stores large and small across the UK are receiving their bottles of Whyte & Mackay Special – but they’ve got new labels on them and those labels say that 250 of the bottles are filled with 30 year old whisky and not the Special.

So here’s the deal. Find one of the bottles with the label on it. Buy it. Open it and look at the inside of the cap and you’ll be told if you’ve got Special in the bottle or 30 year old. If you’ve got 30 year old, get in touch (details are on the label) and not only can you keep the bottle you have, we’ll send you another bottle of 30 year old in its original packaging free (and if you insist, we’ll send you a bottle of Special too if we’ve got any lying about, but I think most people will be happy with two bottles of 30 year old).

I know where the bottles have gone – there’s a sealed brown envelope in my desk with all the details – but no one else does.

Now you may be wondering what brought this about? Instead of telling, let me show you a video which shows why you never say no to Richard Paterson…

Whyte & Mackay #whiskyhunt2 30 Year Old Whisky Special Promotion, And for those who haven’t tried it, here’s the tasting notes for the 30 year old (and the Special, so people can tell the difference):  Tasting notes for the Whyte & Mackay 30 year old whisky, Tasting notes for the Whyte & Mackay Special whisky: Click here to view the embedded video (for all three). http://www.themasterblender.com/2010/09/22/announcing-whyte-mackay-30-year-whisky-special-promotion-whiskyhunt2/

Let’s see who can be first to find a bottle. We used the hashtag on Twitter #whiskyhunt when we did the Whisky Safari in Glasgow and London, let’s update that to #whiskyhunt2 for this.

Happy hunting!

Richard Paterson at work..