Angels Whisky Club September 2012 Newsletter – Scotch Whisky News
September 11th, 2012
Angels Whisky Club September Newsletter
Hello Angels, members and friends, welcome to our September newsletter. More news, gossip, topic and tastings for you including; Whisky news from South Africa our new columnist… Marc Pendlebury; http://angelswhiskyclub.com/awc/marcpendlebury.asp
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Another wee story from Hans Offringa http://angelswhiskyclub.com/awc/hansireland.asp
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The Scottish weather. Summer (thats a laugh to start with!) 2012
Well, what can we say? to anyone who has been here, or those of us who live here, it’s known. But this year we have a strange one for you … some parts of Scotland do not have enough water to make whisky! The western isles, outer isles etc have had so little rain, their water supply is down to unmanageable levels. With no enough water, we cannee make whisky! On the other hand, other areas of Scotland (east) we have had too much rain! making a ruin of the barley fields, giving some distilleries a headache where to obtain their barley. So, good and bad, typical Scotland I must say!
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A grand Laphroaig 1997 dram, a masterpiece for the Russian Whisky Society http://angelswhiskyclub.com/awc/fromrussia.asp
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The worlds largest whisky bottle; http://angelswhiskyclub.com/awc/famousnews.asp a new world record created by Famous Grouse, and Paul helped make it!
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Tours in September
A group from Sweden – The Wash Act Society – joined us for a whisky tour including; Tullibardine, Glenturret, Ben Nevis, Talisker, Gaelic Whiskies, Edradour plus Scottish scenery, castles and lochs as you would imagine!
The Malt Whisky Society of Finland, on tour again with us to Islay.
Including, Springbank cask selection and visit, Lagavulin, Kilchoman, Bruichladdich and Jura. “Once more into the breach my friends”! We welcome back Mika and the gang, second tour this year! The tour ends with a whisky dinner, at least 6 samples to try oot including a “wild” one!
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Morrison Bowmore Distillers said a strong performance by all its single malt whiskies had boosted profits and turnover. The company recorded a 7.4% rise in turnover to £44.6million in 2011, while operating profits jumped 70% to £6.8million and pre-tax profits nearly doubled to £6.1million from £3.3million.
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Something we mentioned on our website last year; the world’s first alcohol-free, whisky-flavored drink ArKay. This golden substitute has the appearance, taste, and aroma of traditional whisky – but with 0 alcohol, 0 calories, 0 Sugar. “ArKay is produced with no alcohol, at all, in the first place,” says VP of Sales, Josh Polky; in the Fort Lauderdale office of ArKay Beverages Inc. No calories, no fat, no sugar, no hangover guaranteed! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? LET US KNOW
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DIAGEO ANNOUNCE 2012 COLLECTION OF LIMITED-EDITION SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES IN THE ‘SPECIAL RELEASES’ SERIES Diageo has announced its Single Malt Scotch Whiskies to be released in limited edition this autumn in the Special Releases series. All are at natural cask strength. As usual, the series embraces some exceedingly rare and therefore increasingly sought after single malts from the dwindling stocks of long-silent distilleries alongside expressions from familiar and less familiar working distilleries, but at unusual ages. The eight single malt releases this year are: Auchroisk™ 30 year. Brora™ 35 year old. Caol Ila™ 14 year old. Dalwhinnie™ 25 year old. Lagavulin™ 12 year old. Lagavulin™ 21 year old. Port Ellen™ 32 year old. Talisker™ 35 year old
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