#WhiskyDad – tweet and win!

Father’s Day is approaching rapidly and with it a busy time for The Whisky Exchange – you really like buying your dads tasty drinks. This year, we’ve decided to ramp up the celebrations by a few notches with a competition. Well, not one competition, but 11 of them – welcome to #WhiskyDad.

We’ve got a pool of great prizes – a big stash of whisky from around the world – and we want to give them away. All you need to do to be in with a chance of grabbing one is tweet us.

What we’re looking for is a tweet containing a picture of a whisky that you reckon your dad would like as well as a few words telling us why. Add a #WhiskyDad and an @whiskyexchange to the tweet to make sure that we see it, and then follow us so we can send you a direct message if you win – do all that and you’ve entered the competition.

To get you going, here’s an example from me:

#WhiskyDad I reckon @DavidInHorsham would enjoy this – everyone loves a drop of Speyburn @whiskyexchange pic.twitter.com/swqMY3JJr6

— Billy Abbott (@cowfish) June 9, 2016

Each morning we’ll choose our favourite tweet of the past 24 hours and send the tweeter a prize from our big box of goodies. And then the fun starts again – every day until Father’s Day itself, 19 June.

For those of you concerned about our web team’s social lives, don’t worry – we won’t be making them work on weekends, and will be announcing Friday, Saturday and Sunday’s winners each Monday. But make sure you keep an eye on Twitter each weekday morning to see who’s won.

You can find full details over on our #WhiskyDad page, but for now – get tweeting!

Originally published on The Whisky Exchange Blog – #WhiskyDad – tweet and win!

Announcing our 6th Anniversary Bourbon Release and Distillery Birthday Celebration Saturday June 25th  11am – 6pm

In celebration of our sixth year anniversary, Rock Town Distillery will release a limited edition bourbon whiskey called, “Rock Town Four Grain Sour Mash Straight Bourbon Whiskey.” It will be available for purchase only at the distillery in downtown Little Rock, starting at 11am on Saturday, June 25th.

Rock Town Four Grain Sour Mash Arkansas Straight Bourbon Whiskey

• $49.99 per 375ml bottle
• 100 proof Straight Bourbon
• Available only at the distillery tasting room
• Paid 50% deposit reserves your bottle
• Call 501-907-5244 to reserve your bottle

6th Anniversary Celebration Tastings

Rock Town will also offer two exclusive sit down tastings on Saturday, June 25th at 2pm and 5pm of four rare and exceptional Rock Town whiskeys paired with local cheese and meats:

• 6th Anniversary Four Grain Sour Mash Bourbon Whiskey – 100 proof
• Single Barrel Hickory Smoked Whiskey – Cask Strength
• Single Barrel Rye Whiskey – Cask Strength
• Our now Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey – Cask Strength

Space is extremely limited for the tastings and the cost is $40 per person. Tasting reservations can be made at http://store.rocktowndistillery.com/product-category/tastings/

6th Anniversary Celebration Tours

As a thank you to our friends and supporters we will be offering:

• Free tours 11am to 6pm held periodically throughout the day on Saturday June 25th

The 2nd Annual Harlem Whiskey Festival aims to make whisky hip, fun, cool, sexy & accessible to women.

Tickets can be purchase via our site, www.harlemwhiskeyfestival.com

June Whisky Auction – LIVE NOW!

Welcome to Just Whisky’s post-Feis Ile 2016 Auction! We are now Live and taking bids on over 1,000 lots. As you can imagine, we have a fantastic array of bottles from the recent Islay Festival with lots from Bowmore, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Kilchoman, Lagavulin & Laphroaig. 

Other highlights include an incredible 1965 Ardbeg in Museum Case with Miniature, a huge selection of Rare Malts bottles, a 1953 Glenfarclas. In amongst the auction, we also have a very rare and sought after Old Parr hand blown Elizabethan decanter. Macallan fans will be bidding on the 1946 Select Reserve and Easter Elchies bottles.

Bidding comes to an end from 8PM on Sunday the 19th June.

View the Entire Auction here

Father’s Day is June 19th. WhiskyFest San Francisco and WhiskyFest New York are guaranteed to sell out so buy your tickets now for someone who loves whisky as much as you do!

Thursday, June 8th Gordon & Macphail Tasting 4:30 or 6:00

Joe writes, This Thursday we’ll host Joe Swanson from Gordon and Macphail, one of the oldest independent bottlers of single malts in Scotland. Founded in 1895, Gordon and Macphail have been the backbone of the single-malt industry since before there really was a single-malt industry, also bottling the world’s oldest single-malt ever at 70 years old. We will taste some wonderful single-malts, including a very interesting one from Blair Athol, whom you don’t see very often. The line-up and special tasting-only pricing are as follows: Blair Athol 9 year old 43%, regularly 74.99 – on sale 67.99 Longmorn 12 year old 43%, regularly 72.99 – on sale 65.99 Secret Stills Islay 14 year old 45%, regularly 79.99 – on sale 71.99 Highland Park 24 year old 43%, regularly – 239.99 – on sale 214.99 Caol Ila 10YO Cask Strength 2004 vintage 59.5%, regularly 119.99 – on sale 107.99 One more TBA

 Len Rothenberg

Federal Wine & Spirits

Email: info@federalwine.com

Phone: (617) 367-8605

Web: http://www.federalwine.com/

HELP US CHOOSE AN EXCLUSIVE ARRAN WITH LOUISA YOUNG

Join Arran brand manager Louisa Young for an evening of discovery, tasting the distillery’s range of whiskies and helping The Whisky Exchange choose its next exclusive single-cask bottling. Our host for the evening is Louisa Young, senior brand manager, who has been telling whisky fans all about Arran for the past eight years. Arran has been a firm favourite of whisky fans around the world since launching its first whisky in 1998. The distillery hit a milestone last year with the launch of its first 18-year-old whisky and we’re continuing the celebrations with this tasting.

Louisa will be presenting the following whiskies on the night:

Arran 10 Year Old
Arran 14 year Old
Arran 18 Year Old
Arran Port Finish
Arran Machrie Moor 6th Edition

We will then finish with two cask samples, selected by the Arran team and brought down specially for the evening. Those attending the tasting will vote for their favourite, which will be bottled as a Whisky Exchange exclusive later in the year. A range of great whiskies and the chance to have your say on an exclusive bottling – we’ll see you there!

The tasting will take place on Tuesday 21 June at 7.30pm

£35 per ticket

BOOK YOUR TICKET

Tickets on sale now!

VENUE

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

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

Single Malt Scotch Tasting
with independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail
Thursday, June 9th
4:30 P.M. or 6:00 P.M.

Next week we will have Joe Swanson in the store to host this tasting. He will pour a number of single malts, some new and some that we have not seen for a while. Father’s Day is less then two weeks thereafter, and we suspect that the whiskies in this tasting would make very nice gifts indeed. A full list of malts will be announced on Monday.

Joe Howell

Federal Wine & Spirits

Email: info@federalwine.com

Phone: (617) 367-8605

Web: http://www.federalwine.com/

Get bidding this weekend on Stitzel‑Weller bourbons and more!

This month we have some very rare bourbons from Stitzel‑Weller distillery bottled in Lawrenceburg between 1983 and 2002 – some of the greatest bourbons ever made and incredibly hard to find.  Japanese whiskies are leading the auction, but there are many other great whiskies to bid on.

Get bidding, and good luck! The Whisky Auction team.

We are hosting 2 more Whisky Tasting Fundraisers for the displaced people of Fort McMurray. Some of the residents will be able to start heading back to town to check things out this week but it will still be awhile before the cleanup is such that they can actually move back to their homes. These are our men, women and children and they still need our help.

As I mentioned in our last email we are partnering with our food and whisky providers to raise money for the Canadian Red Cross’ Alberta Fire Appeal. The Canadian Red Cross is, along with other agencies, assisting our displaced citizens with food, clothing, necessities, lodging and counselling. The deadline for the federal government’s Canadian Red Cross donation matching is today, May 31st. We were hoping to make one large donation after our whisky fundraisers were complete but today we made a donation of $5000 to ensure the government top up.

The Edrington Group, the owners of The Macallan and Highland Park distilleries have offered to match the $1320 we raised from our first whisky tasting fundraiser we hosted. Thank you very much Dan and the folks at Edrington!

We committed to hosting  a series of 5 Whisky events to raise money for our fellow Canadians, our goal was to raise $10,000 and we’re still heading that way.  We looked at all the agencies fundraising and the Red Cross has the lowest administration costs with 91% of all money raised going to support those in need.

In addition to the generous support from our whisky partners we would also like to thank our food partners for their generous donations as well:

Gordon Food Service

Cioffi’s Meats

Hallmark Poultry

D’Original Sausage Company

Finest at Sea

Click here to donate directly to the Canadian Red Cross Alberta Fires Appeal

Whisky Tasting Monday, June 6th @ 7pm

Our fourth whisky tasting fundraiser is gonna be a bit different. Ryan Cheverie from Brown-Forman is gonna hang with us pouring some of the finest American made whisky while ya’ll enjoy some down home country cookin’.

Brown-Forman owns some of the best known whisky brands around: Woodford Reserve, Collingwood and of course Jack Daniels. B-F has also just acquired 3 Scottish distilleries; Glendronnach, BenRiach and Glenglassaugh. Who knows what he’s gonna bring along!

So come on down to The Kitchen for our early summer American Picnic, sip some whisky, hear some tales, have some great food and enjoy some southern charm and all for a good cause.

Our talented kitchen team will be creating a great southern picnic to accompany some of Brown-Forman’s greatest whiskies.

So grab one of our limited tickets and join us and Ryan on Monday, June 6th for a whisky picnic here at The Kitchen.

As always there are only 30 tickets available and I can assure you they sell out fast.

Be sure to plan for a safe ride home!

The cost for this event is only $60 plus GST and is open to only 30 people!  click here to register

Whisky Tasting Wednesday June 7th @ 7pm

The fifth and final whisky tasting in our Fort McMurray Fundraising series is our Independent Bottlers tasting, hosted by Roberto Roberti and The Fountana Group.

The Fountana Group represents some of the finest independent bottlers around: Gordon & MacPhail, Dewar Rattray, Blackadder and others.

Roberto will be here showcasing some of the best from these Independent Bottlers and . . . ? a surprise or 2?

There will be light fare prepared by our culinary team to accompany these wonderful whiskies.

So grab one of our limited tickets and join us and Roberto on Wednesday June 8th for this fundraising whisky tasting here at The Kitchen.

There are only 30 tickets available and I can assure you they sell out fast.

Be sure to plan for a safe ride home!

The cost for this event is only $60 plus GST and is open to only 30 people!  click here to register