– Masterclasses –

Ancnoc, Balblair & Old Pulteney £25
Lukasz Dynowiak tastes and compares whiskies from three top Highland distilleries.

Glenfarclas £25
A luxury tasting experience with one of Scotland’s only family run distilleries.

Japanese Whiskies With Suntory £25
A venture into some of Japan’s extraordinary whiskies led by Zoran Peric.

Cigar & Whisky Pairing £15
Award winning cigar distributor, Hunter & Frankau will be pairing Dalmore single malts with the finest Cuban cigars on the roof terrace.

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– EXHIBITORS –

Yamazaki // Hakushu // Ardbeg // Balvenie // Murray McDavid // Bunnahabhain // Hibiki // Dalmore // Gordon & McPhail // Duncan Taylor // Compass Box // Glenfarclas // Glenfiddich // Glengoyne // Glenlivet // Springbank // Macallan // Mortlach // Nikka // Kavalan // Amrut // Glenmorangie // Laphroaig // Kilchoman // Ledaig // Tobermory // Highland Park // Ardmore // Arran // Penderyn // GlenDronach // Clynelish // Glengoyne // Oban // Talisker // Hunter Laing // Douglas Laing // Redbreast // Teeling // Tomatin // Evan Williams // Smooth Ambler // That Boutique-y Whisky Company // Kilchoman // Four Roses // Michter’s // BenRiach // Benromach // Jura + more

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The Whisky Shop Dufftown Autumn Festival

Win a bottle of Michter’s 20 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon

This summer, we’re all about bourbon. We’ve paired up bourbon with barbecue, shown you how to make a Mint Julep, tried to answer the question ‘What is bourbon?‘, and, to cap it all, are giving away a bottle of the excellent Michter’s 20 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon.

The folks at Michter’s are bottling some amazing whiskey, but it’s the limited-edition single-barrel bourbon that has really excited the collectors, connoisseurs and geeks. With only a tiny number of bottles released every year, and only a fraction of those making their way outside of the USA, we’re very pleased to have been able to get one to give away in our prize draw.

It’s so rare, that I’ve not had a chance to try it. Fortunately, Stu managed to have a taste at The Whisky Exchange The Whisky Show last year:

MICHTER’S 20 YEAR OLD SINGLE BARREL BOURBON

Nose: Rich and polished, and surprisingly bright considering its age. Seductive notes of leather and mocha.

Palate: Toffee and classy oak dominate, then solid spiciness comes through. The richness masks the high abv.

Finish: Very long, with complex spice intertwining with the oak and fruit. Sensational.

To enter, all you need to do is buy a bottle of the flagship Michter’s US*1 Small Batch Bourbon before 11.59pm on 9 August 2016. You can find full details on our Michter’s competition page. Good luck!

This September you and a guest can join a intimate group of Whisky Aficionado’s to honor Janet Sheed Roberts, the granddaughter of William Grant, the founder of Glenfiddich on this extraordinary five-day, Whisky -focused trip to Scotland. We hope you can all join us on this very rare and exclusive, ‘never to be repeated’ trip.

Read the latest Article in Robb Report By Richard Carleton Hacker featuring this once in a lifetime Experience

Take The Trip Of A Lifetime To Taste Rare Whisky In Scotland

Universal Whisky Experience, 1621 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001

DAYS OUT SUMMER 2016 Visit us for a tour of the Distillery. We run the St Georges Tour every hour on the hour (10am – 4pm) 7 days a week. This tour includes coffee or tea whilst you wait for the tour to start. A guide will then take you onto the distilling floor and explain how whisky is made. You then move onto Warehouse 1 to see the whisky in casks, and to breathe in the amazing aroma caused by the Angels Share escaping, before finally finishing with a taste of one or two of our wonderful malt whiskies. A full price adult ticket for just £10.00, comes with a £5.00 voucher to spend in the shop for any English Whisky over just £30.00.

Summer Nature Trail We will be hosting a fun Nature Trail from 19th July – 31st August 2016 in the grounds of St Georges Distillery. For children all ages, walk the nature trail and see how many of the animals and trees you can spot, then mark them off your sheet. Contributions to our charity box would be welcome. Open daily from 10am – 5pm

UNIQUE GIFTS Looking for a unique gift for a wedding, anniversary or special event, then perhaps we can help? From only £39.99, we can produce a personalised label with your whisky of choice. Alternatively we can produce an engraved bottle with the text, logo or image of your choice from only £54.99.

Sandringham Flower Show We will be exhibiting at the 135th Sandringham Flower Show in the Food Hall Marquee on Wednesday 27th July and would love you to join us for a little tipple. We look forward to seeing you there! Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival at Snape Maltings For the weekend of 24th & 25th of September, Snape Maltings will once again be filled with the finest local produce, celebrity chefs, and food and drink lovers travelling from far and wide. We will be in the main tent to showcase our range of whisky, liqueurs and giftpacks.

Klaas at Islay

Klaas, is on his way to Islay to make it even more relaxed. This is news of great proportion! His visit usually results in Islay entering the age of Aquarius. People can’t sleep because of the exitement. It’s not the Beatles, Michael Jackson or the Stones that make the heads of Islay woman spin. No, it’s Klaas in the maltstock car, just driving it in a very relaxed way.

Klaas will be traveling the island of Islay these two weeks. This is your chance, your opportunity to take a selfie with the Maltstock car and the true Maltstock Rockstar. Don’t let this once in a lifetime opportunity pass without asking Klaas for a selfie with him and the car. He might be seen as a legend on Islay, he sees himself as just a normal human being, and acts that way. Don’t be afraid, scared or shy and send your selfies with Klaas and the maltstock car to selfie@maltstock.com. The best selfie wins a relaxed bottle of whisky!

Only 6 weeks left to get your tickets.

Only 6 weeks left to buy a Maltstock ticket and register for the masterclasses. Until the 25th of August it’s possible to let us know which masterclasses you prefer. The program can be found at www.maltstock.com, we have a wooping amount of 10 masterclasses for you to choose from this year. Get your ticket(s) here: SHOP

Everyone with a Maltstock ticket should have had an email with a link to the masterclass preference form. If you didn’t receive this mail and you do have a Maltstock ticket. Please let us know at info@maltstock.com

New website

As some of you already have seen, we have a new website. the URL is the same (maltstock.com) but the website is has more pictures, more info and is more relaxed overall. But of course we value your opinion too, and would like to ask you if you have any feedback, positive or negative.

Just Whisky Auction – Ends Soon! 

Just Whisky’s 32^nd auction ends Sunday 17^th July from 8PM UK time 

If you’re looking to secure a bargain, make sure and place your bids NOW for the best chance of securing the lots. 

Check out all the lots and get involved at www.just-whisky.co.uk

Scotch whisky is very different to a few decades ago. Demand is up and as drinkers’ tastes change, distilleries tweak their recipes. The spirit, the casks and the resulting whiskies are all different to how they used to be. Well, most of them anyway. There are a few distillers who still make old-fashioned whiskies – distillers like Benromach. We’ve got a fantastic bottle of whisky from the distillery to give away, so read on…

Rocky popped up to visit the folks at Benromach a couple of years back and you can read all about his trip here – not much has changed, but the distillery’s old-school drams are turning more heads than ever before.

The distillery’s style is typified by Benromach 10 Year Old – an oily dram with hints of soft smoke hiding under sweet toffee, fruit and rich maltiness. This is what I thought:

BENROMACH 10 YEAR OLD

Nose: Runny honey, green leaves, waxed apples, cinnamon, wood smoke and a touch of linseed oil.

Palate: Wood smoke kicks things off, with vanilla toffee, hazelnuts and the linseed from the nose sitting alongside. Darker notes of raisins, brown sugar and spice develop, as well as a touch of sappiness.

Finish: The smokiness hangs around, with apple skin and freshly ground malt slowly fading.

Comment: The waxiness and malt, along with the puff of smoke, remind me of some of the older bottles I’ve tried. Old-fashioned whisky at its best.

While it’s the distillery’s new whiskies, produced since it restarted in 1998, that are getting the most praise, owner Gordon & MacPhail occasionally unearths an old gem in its warehouses. The latest release is one of those – an incredible 35-year-old whisky.

We’re celebrating the launch of the new Benromach 35 Year Old with a prize draw – we have a bottle to give away to one lucky customer. All you need to do is buy a bottle of Benromach 10 Year Old before 11.59pm on Tuesday 9 August and we’ll enter you into the draw.

You can find full details here – good luck!

Photo Credit Charlotte Graham/Guzelian

YEAR-LONG CHARITY WHISKY TASTING MARATHON REACHES HALFWAY MARK ON JULY 25th 2016. 

183 of 366 unique whiskies will have been reviewed and filmed on a daily basis as part of a challenge to raise £5000 for a UK children’s charity. 

Ben Bowers, of Hemingbrough, North Yorkshire, is attempting to film a review and history of 366 different whiskies from 366 unique distilleries over the course of 366 days. 

Having commenced on January 25th 2016 (otherwise known as “Burns’ Night”) Ben aims to review ‘A Dram A Day’ until January 24th 2017, uploading a video of every review on a daily basis to a YouTube channel. Each video also provides background history and anecdotes on each whisky, providing an informative guide to new drinkers. 

On Monday July 25th, Ben will upload the review for Dram 183, the halfway mark of this mammoth challenge. 

He aims to raise £5000 for The Childrens Heart Surgery Fund, a UK based charity helping babies and children requiring complex surgeries due to congenital heart defects, along with providing support for their families. This funding goal was inspired by the issues the best friend of his 6 year old daughter has had to endure after being born with a hole in his heart, and who will require a complete valve replacement when he is strong enough. 

Donations of each 25ml sample (the equivalent of 1 unit of alcohol) have been generously supplied by whisky fans around the world, along with suppliers and distributors. At the time of writing Ben is only 30 samples short of the full 366 enabling him to complete the challenge. 

Ben has had to continue the reviewing Drams during a family holiday to Florida and will also need to juggle the birth of a third child in October with the final stages of his mission. 

Ben also hopes to seal a publishing deal for a personal diary of the challenge to raise even more funds for the charity upon completion.