Whisky Sale!
All Bruichladdich & Westland whiskies are %10 off with the corresponding coupon codes
“BRUICHLADDICH” &
“WESTLAND”
This is a great deal, as it applies to
all whiskies from the related distilleries – not just those featured during the event.
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Smokehead TV is back for episode 2 this Sunday 19th at 5pm – ‘Rock-in cocktails’ featuring friend of Smokehead – Gaz Jones.
Gaz is an ambassador for Coca-Cola Signature mixers – delicious little bottles of delight co-created with top mixologists to mix with premium dark spirits. We’ll be unleashing our High Voltage Smokehead and showing you what drinks harness its electrically smoky appeal. And paying tribute to music tracks that we at Smokehead think capture our upbeat outlier way we like to look at things.
Mikey Sim will be mixing Smokehead cocktails along to the tracks and if it all works out – it’ll be amazing! Grab a bottle and join us this Sunday.
Stay safe, stay indoors, Smokeheads.
During this challenging time, £1 from the sale of each bottle purchased from www.smokehead.com will be donated to the Drinks Trust and The Ben to support their mission of providing care and support to our hospitality colleagues.
SUPPORT U.S. BARTENDERS BY BLENDING YOUR OWN WHISTLEPIG WHISKEY AT HOME
Flaviar crowdsources new WhistlePig HomeStock Whiskey from armchair blenders
Flaviar, the world’s largest spirits community, has teamed up with WhistlePig Whiskey, the leading distiller in the fast growing, ultra-premium and luxury rye whiskey category, to deliver scores of ‘Blend your own whiskey kits’ direct to its members’ doors this month ahead of a virtual blending event intended to lift spirits in this difficult time of social distancing.
Flaviar will provide a rare opportunity for spirits lovers to come together and participate in an innovative blending experience. Following on the heels of the award-winning Farmstock Series, which WhistlePig previously used as their innovative blending platform, the crowd creation of WhistlePig HomeStock Whiskey will harness the creativity of whiskey lovers from across the U.S., calling on them to select their perfect combination of Rye, Wheat, and Barley Whiskey.
The result will be a unique, limited whiskey release, WhistlePig HomeStock Whiskey. Available this Spring, WhistlePig will donate 20% of online bottle sales via Flaviar and Caskers to the United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) Foundation’s Bartender Emergency Assistance Program providing funds for its COVID-19 Relief Grants that will assist those currently out of work or in financial distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flaviar members can apply online to receive their blending kit, complete with blending tools, component base whiskeys and instructions from WhistlePig’s Master Blender, Pete Lynch. They can then put their exacting taste buds to the test and see if they have what it takes to create a winning blend. Flaviar members will be encouraged to donate at various touch points in the campaign including during the live blending session and when purchasing a bottle of WhistlePig HomeStock.
Flaviar’s community of whiskey enthusiasts will submit their preferred blend to an expert panel for consideration and tune in for a live-streamed tasting at the end of April. The top three blends crowd-sourced from members will be recreated live on air by WhistlePig’s Pete Lynch, with members able to blend and taste alongside them, then vote for their favorite in a live poll. The winning recipe from this virtual crowd-blending experiment, will then be bottled and released as WhistlePig HomeStock Whiskey, Blended Together, While Apart.
Pete Lynch, Master Blender at WhistlePig Rye Whiskey: “The most important thing we can do right now is stay home. By inviting people to blend whiskey at home, we hope to create a sense of community among fans, while raising some valuable funds for our friends in the bar industry. FarmStock has been one of our most exciting whiskey journeys, and we’re thrilled to partner with Flaviar to continue that story with HomeStock.”
Grisa Soba, co-founder of Flaviar adds: “If someone asks ten year’s from now, ‘what did you do during the lockdown? I bet they won’t expect you to say ‘I learned how to blend a whiskey’. Our members have pretty refined palates and so we’re confident with a little guidance from Pete, the concoctions they craft at home will ensure WhistlePig HomeStock will be a dram to savor.”
The WhistlePig HomeStock Blending Kits are available exclusively to Flaviar members to claim until April 17, 2020. To join Flaviar and experience great events like ‘HomeStock’ live blending, plus a quarterly spirits delivery shipped direct to your door, monthly shipping credits and access to a curated range of craft spirits, hidden gems and classic favorites and more, visit Flaviar.com.
https://flaviar.com/whistlepig-crowdblending
ABOUT FLAVIAR
Founded in 2012, Flaviar is the world’s largest premium spirits club, with operations in the US and Europe. Flaviar offers a better way to experience fine spirits.
Flaviar members enjoy a full suite of benefits including quarterly tasting boxes and full-size bottles sent directly to their home, invitations to exclusive virtual spirits events, access to rare and original spirits available only to members, free shipping, over 200K member reviews and more.
Flaviar is here to help more people try more new things more often. Flaviar membership is $300 per year, or $95 a quarter.
For more information visit www.flaviar.com You’ve got to try this!
ABOUT WHISTLEPIG RYE WHISKEY
Founded in 2008, WhistlePig Rye Whiskey is the premier aged rye whiskey, featuring the bold and often untapped flavor of rye. WhistlePig Whiskey is leading a surge of innovation in the emerging field of North American whiskey. As the most decorated rye whiskey – having received the coveted ‘Best in Show Whiskey’ title from the 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, WhistlePig is widely viewed as the world’s finest Rye. With the opening of its distillery on its 500-acre Vermont farm in the fall of 2015, WhistlePig has also become one of the leading farm-to-bottle rye whiskeys in the world. For additional information please visit whistlepigwhiskey.com. Please enjoy WhistlePig Rye Whiskey Responsibly.
ABOUT THE UNITED STATES BARTENDERS’ GUILD
Founded in 1948, the United States Bartenders’ Guild®️ is a non-profit professional society of bartenders and other hospitality professionals uniting the hospitality community to advance professional bartending. The USBG believes that every US bartender achieves greater personal and professional success by connecting to diverse local and national hospitality communities. Through our network of over 40 communities nationwide, the USBG connects members with peer-to-peer learning, expert instruction, community service projects, and skills-based competition. Learn more at www.usbg.org.
ABOUT THE USBG NATIONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION:
The USBG National Charity Foundation’s mission is to advance the lifelong stability and well-being of service industry professionals through education and charitable activities. The Foundation accomplishes this mission through programming that focuses on social responsibility, community service, and philanthropy. You can learn more about the NCF at www.usbgfoundation.org.
ABOUT THE BARTENDER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:
The purpose of the Bartender Emergency Assistance Program is to assist those in the bar industry who are in need of assistance as a result of a catastrophic event or an emergency hardship. Fire, weather, medical, national crisis, or a family emergency, the BEAP is here to assist bartenders in their time of need. Our goal is to assist as many qualified industry members as possible each and every year. We are striving to ensure that the BEAP is sustained as a safety net for those in the industry who need it most. Our hope is that you will support us to “help us serve those who serve us.” www.usbgfoundation.org/beap
Buy any 70cl bottle of Glen Scotia from our online shop before 30th April to be entered into our competition to win a free bottle of this world-class dram (worth £275!).
Matured in the finest American oak barrels and married in first-fill bourbon casks before bottling, Glen Scotia 25 Year Old has recently been awarded the coveted ‘Platinum’ medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2020.
The nose brings maritime notes, followed by red apple, orange peel and vanilla syrup on the palate, before a long lingering finish with spicy ground ginger. Simply delicious.
Shop our Glen Scotia range to win.
Enjoy free delivery on all orders over £99.
In times of trouble, triumph and everything in between, whisky brings people together. Even though we’re currently keeping our distance, we’d love to keep sharing our passion for whisky knowledge with you. To help keep spirits up, you can save 30% on all Edinburgh Whisky Academy courses, until we can get together and meet again.
Keep dramming, keep learning.
Sláinte 🥃
Usually you will see the Maltstock flyers in many relaxed whisky places you visit. In these bizarre times we’re all staying at home. We realize that one of the difficulties you all face is you have no chance of picking up a flyer and get relaxed. Well, not a physical version……
The virtual flyer is hidden on websites from our Maltstock friends and sponsors. Why not join the hunt? Can you find all the hidden flyers? There are some great prices to be won!
Simply go to the Maltstock website for all info.
https://www.maltstock.com/thehunt
Can you find all the hidden virtual flyers? We’ll be giving away a couple of very relaxed prizes to the those whom can find the most flyers
Please stay healthy everyone, stay relaxed and look after each other!
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 12th 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.
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
JACK DANIEL’S BRINGS CHASE RICE LIVE FROM HOME FOR SWEET RELIEF MUSICIANS FUND
Jack Daniel’s Presents Chase Rice Friday Night Happy Hour
Friday, April 3 at 7 p.m. ET on Facebook and Instagram
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. – Jack Daniel’s and Chase Rice have a long history of collaborating to create meaningful moments and memories and that tradition continues this Friday as they come together to host a “Friday Night Happy Hour.” Rice is set to perform songs from his home to benefit Sweet Relief Musicians Fund’s COVID-19 Fund.
Airing live on Rice’s Instagram and both Jack Daniel’s and Rice’s Facebook pages this Friday, April 3 at 7 p.m. ET, the virtual concert will feature acoustic performances of current Top 25 single “Lonely If You Are” off his recent chart-topping surprise release The Album Part I and a sneak peak of new music off the forthcoming Part II as well as other hits from his multi-Platinum career.
“We initially had February and March off this year so we could focus on writing and recording The Album Part II, and I can’t wait to see what everyone thinks of the new music we’ve been working on,” says Rice. “I’ve really missed playing for our fans, so connecting with them virtually while raising money for a good cause and drinkin’ some Jack Daniels is a damn near perfect Friday night in my books!”
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity that for the past 24 years has been offering vital assistance to professional musicians and music industry workers in need. The world has been shocked by the devastating effects of COVID-19. Due to massive cancellations, many in the music industry are struggling to find the means to make ends meet during these unprecedented times. Sweet Relief has created a COVID-19 Fund to provide immediate assistance with medical expenses, lodging, clothing, food and other vital living expenses to those impacted due to sickness or loss of work.
“It’s been heartbreaking to see what this virus is doing around the world, and one of the places it’s hit closest to home for me is seeing all of my friends in the music industry lose out on work,” shares Rice. “I’m honored to join Sweet Relief Musicians Fund and my friends at Jack Daniel’s to support our own during this tough time.”
Rice has previously partnered with Jack Daniel’s to give back in other ways, including a private concert at the Tennessee distillery recognizing the nearly 70 percent of firefighters who volunteer their service, which was highlighted by a $75,000 donation to the National Volunteer Fire Council, as well as a flyaway trip for Rice’s most loyal fans to thank them for their role in the chart-topping success of his smash hit “Eyes On You.”
For more information, visit www.chaserice.com. Follow on Twitter and Facebook @ChaseRiceMusic and on Instagram @ChaseRice.
About Chase Rice
With over 1.6 million albums sold and more than 1.1 billion total streams, plus a legion of passionate fans at his high-energy concerts across the globe, Chase Rice has established himself as a powerful force in Nashville and beyond – but he genuinely sees new releases The Album Part I and The Album Part II as the launching pad for music that says what he wants to say, how he wants to say it. With songs such as lead single “Lonely If You Are” featuring sleek rhymes over heartland six strings and keys mixed with EDM-laced drama, this is the same gravely-voiced Chase Rice fans first fell in love with years ago – but better. Freer. Unbeholden and uninhibited, somehow capable of evoking Chris LeDoux and The Chronic, campfire singalongs and stadium anthems, all at once. The series follows his sophomore album, Lambs & Lions, released with Broken Bow Records in 2017 and featuring two-week chart-topper “Eyes On You” – Rice’s first No. 1 as an artist and the most-streamed song of his career with over 350 million streams and counting. Lambs & Lions followed Ignite the Night, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums and No. 3 on the all-genre chart, producing a pair of Top 5 hits; “Ready Set Roll” and “Gonna Wanna Tonight.” After supporting Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival stadium tour, Rice has consistently sold out 2,500-3,000 seat venues on his own headlining tours. 2020 will see him join forces with Brantley Gilbert and Rascal Flatts on their nationwide tours.
About Jack Daniel’s
Officially registered by the U.S. Government in 1866 and based in Lynchburg, Tenn., the Jack Daniel Distillery, Lem Motlow, proprietor, is the first registered distillery in the United States and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Jack Daniel’s is the maker of the world-famous Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey, Gentleman Jack Rare Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Apple, Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select and Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails. Today, Jack Daniel’s is a true global icon found in more than 170 countries around the world and is the most valuable spirits brand in the world as recognized by Interbrand.
It’s time again for an update on everything Springbank.
Currently the world is facing uncertain times and, from everyone at Springbank, we hope that yourself, family and friends are all doing your utmost to keep each other safe. Following the advice issued by the UK and Scottish Governments on March 23rd, we have shut down our operations at Springbank, Glengyle and Cadenhead’s until further notice. This does mean that there may be a few delays in regard to any new releases but we hope that business will return to normal before long.
This month we have an update on sales teams events, upcoming releases, a round-up of distillery news, letting you know what has been happening (and what we are planning for the future) at Springbank and Glengyle, in Campbeltown and beyond.
Distillery News
After the winter break we resumed production in January, with the first mash of the year taking place on Tuesday the 13th of January. Prior to this we had a new lyne arm fabricated and installed on the wash still, as the old one had sprung a hole and was too thin to weld repair. We were sure to get it made to the exact same size and dimensions as the old one so that nothing changes with our wash distillation.
The maltings didn’t start up until later that month, with all our malt bins having been filled by the time we shut down for Christmas there was no room for any more until the 24th of January. Fear not, our malting team were put to good use in bringing all the casks out from the warehouse for our annual ‘vatting season’ whereby we vat all our Springbank, Longrow, Hazelburn and Kilkerran products for the following year to allow the different cask types to marry. This is a very labour intensive process and takes 3 months to complete properly but our skilled production team made it look easy, as usual.
Our bottling hall has continued to bottle all of our famous single malts, and great Cadenhead’s bottlings as well, including a number of special releases that you’ll be able to enjoy later this year.
And finally, the new warehouse is nearing completion! We are hoping that by this summer we will be able to show everyone this amazing new facility.
Sales Team Events
The sales team have been grounded in Campbeltown for the time being until it is safe to resume our travelling. Here’s an update on what we were up to at the start of the year and our plans for future events (fingers crossed we can make them).
Once again we have been travelling far and wide to share the story of Springbank and Kilkerran. David has been busy at work (sunning himself) in New Zealand and Australia. Cara enjoyed her time on Sweden’s Cinderella cruise but came back with a cough so has been drinking plenty of Springbank to warn any virus off. Nicole has been settling into the bright city lights moving from Islay to Campbeltown in between trips to Canada and Prague. Melanie has been keeping us all in line at Campbeltown HQ whilst Grant has been up and down the UK spreading the good word of Springbank and Kilkerran.
Future Events
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, all future sales team events have been suspended. We will follow government guidelines and hope to be back on the road visiting as many of you as possible soon.
Please remember, the Events Section of the Springbank Website is updated whenever we have new information to share with you all.
Springbank Website – Events Page
New Releases
As we approach summer we shall be releasing some new batches of our regular favourites and a new release from Kilkerran further in advance.
Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 3
The next edition of our peat in progress will soon be available – the exact launch date will be determined, in part, by when our staff are able to return to work. This batch will be 80% Bourbon to 20% Sherry maturation and still packs a punch of peat and tropical fruits.
Springbank 21yo
An eclectic mix of bourbon, sherry, port and rum casks have been selected and vatted for the legendary Springbank 21yo, which is scheduled to bottled and released in May.
Hazelburn Sherrywood
Our annual release of Hazelburn fully matured in Oloroso sherry casks is shaping up beautifully and is almost ready to be bottled as a 12yo.
Longrow 18yo
The rich, smokey and complex character which is Longrow 18yo 2020 edition will be ready to enjoy during the long summer nights. This bottling has been drawn from a mixture of bourbon, sherry and rum casks.
After summer the society can also look forward to Glengyle’s first Kilkerran 16yo release, look out for Society alerts and social media updates for more information when this will be available.
Campbeltown Malts Festival Cancelled
It was with a heavy heart that we cancelled Campbeltown Malts Festival 2020 which was due to take place in May. However, we took the decision to protect our employees, community members and customers from any further spread of Covid-19. We are disappointed that we won’t be enjoying a few drams together in Campbeltown this way but we are working on another project at this time so stay tuned for updates on how we can enjoy some whisky together.
Although this year’s festival won’t be going ahead we hope to still see you at Campbeltown Malts Festival 2021.
Society On Tour
Here at Springbank HQ we have been racking our brains to enrich our Society members’ Springbank experience and give you all something back to show our appreciation for your support. After great deliberation we have come up with “Society on Tour.” This concept will see our sales team travelling the globe to hold Society member tastings with an eclectic selection of samples.
Some of you may have been lucky enough to come along to our first Society on tour tasting in Edinburgh this February. For those who couldn’t make it, don’t worry we are already planning future events.
Social Media
You can follow Springbank on Social Media:
Facebook – Official Springbank Whisky
You can follow Kilkerran Single Malt on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram too.
Slainte,
The Springbank Team
Hi Maltstockees!
These are strange times! So let’s facilitate a little bit of escapism! Let’s do an online afternoon detox walk!
Most of you will recognize Dennis as one of a relaxed duo of brand ambassadors for The Glenrothes. For years now, Dennis and Jan have hosted our morning walk on the Saturday of Maltstock. They are also ambassadors for Irish whisky. And they have presented many amazing drams from Ireland the past few years.
Dennis will be hosting a very special detox walk on Facebook. Sharing his thoughts on a couple of relaxed drams he’ll take us for a walk. You can join him next Sunday 5th of April at 15:00 CET (Amsterdam).
If you are based in the Netherlands and want to join Dennis in the tasting, that is also possible. For €15 Dennis will arrange for you to receive the drams he is going to taste. Sets can be ordered with him until Thursday the 2nd of April 12:00 CET. Please contact Dennis at dennis@blacksheepredsheep.com for more information about this relaxed offer.
Annette, Bob, Klaas, Stan and Teun
