On Wednesday 25th January 2017 Scots will celebrate their national poet, Robbie Burns with a wee dram of fine scotch whisky. Please see below some information on two of the best places to celebrate the bard this January: 

London’s oldest whisky shop Milroy’s will play host to a lively Burns Night shindig on Wednesday 25th January with haggis cocktails and free whisky drams. Burns Night may be all about tradition but Milroy’s expert bartenders have created a special cocktail for the night using a relative newcomer on the whisky block, R&B Distillers’ Raasay While We Wait. The cocktail will be a peppery play on the classic ‘Bobby Burns’ and has been inspired by the spicing used in haggis. For the inquisitive reveller, there will also be a chance to preview a free sample of the second batch of this lightly peaty single malt to toast to the haggis!  

Meanwhile, in West Hampstead, The Gallery present’s Whisky 101: Siren of the Glen on Tuesday 24th January for an early Burns Night celebration. The Gallery have invited the seductively dangerous, Siren Carft Beer Co., and The Glenlivet, an iconic distillery from the Scottish Highlands, for a night of beer and whisky exploration. This ‘Whisky 101’ event will feature a menu showcasing the effect of barrel aging has on beer and whisky.

Tickets are £20 and include four flights of whisky, four samples of beer and four food pairing canapes curated by The Gallery Head Chef. The Gallery has also devised a selection of cocktails especially for the night based on the whiskies highlighted. 

Ticket link: https://billetto.co.uk/en/events/whisky-101-siren-of-the-glen

January Auction Live!

Ends Sunday 22nd January from 8pm

We have got an absolutely cracking auction lined up this month to cure those January blues! Quality, collectable and very drinkable whiskies are crammed into every nook and cranny waiting on your bids. Let’s start with one of the show stoppers – a 1951 Macallan.

Only two sherry butts met the required quality threshold deemed necessary for this bottling. Just 62% of the spirit that was originally filled in to these two ancient sherry butts remained after the angels had their share, leaving just 37% for your enjoyment, producing only 632 bottles.

In this month’s auction, we have a marvellous array of Port Ellen’s mainly consisting of the official Special Releases.

In fact, it’s a complete set with the exception being the 2016 bottling.

The distillery holds a grip of many enthusiasts as it does to any visitor arriving on Islay via ferry. Today it might exist as a maltings but its warehouses dominate the final approach to the island and confirm that you’re in peated whisky country.

Check out the entire auction which ends on Sunday 22^nd right here at

www.just-whisky.co.uk/

MONDAY 23 JANUARY
7.30PM
£65
Tickets now on sale
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DIAGEO SPECIAL RELEASES 2016 WITH COLIN DUNN

Join us for the chance to try some of the most anticipated whiskies of the past 12 months.

For our first tasting of the year, we’ll be trying seven whiskies from the incredible Diageo Special Releases 2016 line-up. This limited-edition range is one of the biggest launches of the whisky year, and the tasting will include rare drams from closed Port Ellen and Brora.

VENUE

BROWNS COVENT GARDEN
THE JUDGE’S COURT
82-84 ST MARTIN’S LANE
LONDON WC2N 4AG

PLEASE ARRIVE AT THE VENUE FROM 7.15PM FOR A 7.30PM START

Thursday, January 19th, 3-7PM:

Glenlivet 

Come by for an in-store scotch tasting featuring Glenlivet. Promoted as “The Single Malt that Started it All,” Glenlivet distillery was founded in 1824 in Moray, Scotland- and has operated almost continuously since. Guests will be treated to a selection of award-winning drams, with distillery representatives and whisky experts present throughout. 

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Four weeks to the start, have you registered yet?

The first World Whisky Forum is closing in and we will all meet Feruary 9-10 in Sweden. The speakers list is really superb and the participants are registering from various parts of the whisky world. Please check out the website for more information about tickets and program, http://www.worldwhiskyforum.org/. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

Our host Box Distillery sends a winter welcome

Right now winter is getting it’s grip on the north of Sweden and we just got a great postcard from our local host for the event, Box Distillery.

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CELEBRATE: BURNS NIGHT AT THE SOCIETY

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ

Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm). Visit the Society at here for membership information

This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

Does a seven night European river cruise and a SMWS ‘The Vaults’ whisky tasting/dinner sound like something you might be interested in?

European River Cruise & Whisky Tour

Does a Edinburgh whisky tasting/dinner and a seven night European river cruise packed with extras and a special guest (our head distiller) Patrick Maguire float your boat? Well, excuse the pun, and get more information below:

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