Greetings fellow Whisky Lovers! Only a few days remain before the main thrust of our Douglas Laing tastings take place across the UK. Tickets are still available for all tastings, but be quick if you want to take part in this tremendous celebration of independently bottled whisky shenanigans!

For those who wish they could come along but can’t make it, we also have our tremendous and new… TASTING FROM HOME PACKS! Click on the relevant date and venue below for further info and tickets…

DOUGLAS LAING – DATES AND VENUES:

SHEFFIELD         Tuesday 14th OCT 7pm      THE TAP, SHEFFIELD STATION
LIVERPOOL        Weds 15th OCT 7pm           JENNY’S BAR, FENWICK ST.
LEEDS                Thursday 16th OCT 7pm     CROSSKEYS, WATER LANE
MANCHESTER   Friday 17th OCT 7pm          BRITONS PROTECTION
NEWCASTLE      Friday 17th OCT 7pm          BLACKFRIARS, FRIARS STREET
YORK                  Saturday 18th OCT 7pm      BRIGANTES, MICKLEGATE
BRIGHTON         Weds 22nd OCT 7pm          LORD NELSON, TRAFALGAR ST.

We hope you can make it and have a great weekend! Look out for our final tasting series – Blind Islay Fury – coming up in November…

Slainte, Eddie, Amanda and Joe The Whisky Lounge Team.

A Kilchoman Whisky Tasting With N&P – 5th November 2014

Starts 7:00 pm

Kilchoman are visiting just 14 selected shops as part of their ‘UK Land Rover Tour’, arriving at the 16th Century cellars of Nickolls and Perks on November 5th.

This highly sought after whisky tasting is held by family owner of the distillery George Wills who’s coming to N&P especially for this event!

See the video and buy your tickets here

At the previous Midlands Whisky Festival you may have had a dram or two of the Machir bay 2014 release and the 100% Islay 4th edition …they went down quite well we heard.

Well, at this tasting we will be concentrating on more whiskies from the multi-award winning Kilchoman Distillery, featuring some new and exciting releases!

Kilchoman have also released a bottling exclusive to the retail shops who will be hosting a tasting for the them, called the ‘UK Land Rover Tour bottling’, which is cask strength.

So, do you fancy a taste of the smallest distillery on Islay this November?

– Kilchoman 100% Islay 4th Edition

– Kilchoman Machir Bay 2014 Release

– Kilchoman Loch Gorm

– Kilchoman Port Cask Matured

– Kilchoman Original Cask strength

– Kilchoman Cask Strength Exclusive UK Land Rover Tour Bottling

Just Whisky’s October Auction is now LIVE and will run until Sunday 19th October. Head over there to check out the lots on offer.

http://www.just-whisky.co.uk/

A Kilchoman Whisky Tasting With N&P – 5th November 2014

BUY  (SINGLE TICKET) £20.00 inc VAT

Kilchoman are visiting just 14 selected shops as part of their ‘UK Land Rover Tour’, arriving at the 16th Century cellars of Nickolls and Perks on November 5th.

This highly sought after whisky tasting is held by family owner of the distillery George Wills who’s coming to N&P especially for this event!

At the previous Midlands Whisky Festival you may have had a dram or two of the Machir bay 2014 release and the 100% Islay 4th edition …they went down quite well we heard.

Well, at this tasting we will be concentrating on more whiskies from the award winning Kilchoman Distillery, featuring some new and exciting releases!

Kilchoman have also released a bottling exclusive to the retail shops who will be hosting a tasting for the them, called the ‘UK Land Rover Tour bottling’, which is cask strength.

So, do you fancy a taste of the smallest distillery on Islay this November?

– Kilchoman 100% Islay 4th Edition

– Kilchoman Machir Bay 2014 Release

– Kilchoman Loch Gorm

– Kilchoman Port Cask Matured

– Kilchoman Original Cask strength

– Kilchoman Cask Strength Exclusive UK Land Rover Tour Bottling

To coincide with Just Whisky’s auction going live on Friday 10^th October, the guys over there have produced a great few blog posts specialising in Japanese Whiskies. Featuring Hanyu, Kawasaki & Karuizawa this is a must read for anyone interested in these beautiful collectable bottles.

Head over to Just Whisky’s blog to read on …

Please join us Monday, October 20th for an intimate Scotch tasting with Ross Graham the Scotch ambassador for Aberlour and Glenlivet.

ABERLOUR Single Malt Scotch 16 Year
ABERLOUR A’Bunadh Single Malt Scotch
GLENLIVET Single Malt Scotch 18 Year
GLENLIVET Single Malt Scotch 21 Year

WHAT: Glenlivet / Aberlour Tasting
WHERE: The Party Source Spirits Library
WHEN: Monday, October 20th at 6:30pm
COST: $25

>>>Click HERE to Reserve Your Seat

Pat is really excited for the Scotch Tasting this Sunday (Oct 5th)!  He is Calling it his “Barely Legal Tasting” This should be a great tasting and I want to go because It is fun to hear some of Pat’s stories and he has so much knowledge, I mean he is the one that buys all of the Dell’s scotches! 

Scotch Tasting
Sunday, October 5

Time 4 pm

Cost $50 per person

We hope to see you there!

Single-Malt Scotch Tasting
Thursday, October 2nd
4:30 P.M.  OR  6:00 P.M.
Featuring Independent Bottler Gordon & MacPhail
Lead by Importer, Gary Kiemach
Free

Left: Michael Urquhart, who is retiring as Managing Director of G&M and handing over the title to the first ever non-family member to hold the position. Right: His successor, former COO of G&M, Ewen Mackintosh

Those of you who joined us for our last tasting of whiskies from the Gordon & MacPhail portfolio back in March will remember Gary Keimach. Only six short months later he’ll be back in the store again with a whole new set of offerings (plus the always reliable Benromach 10 year old from the distillery owned by the bottlers). Gary is a font of knowledge and we’re lucky to have him. Come pick his brain, learn, and taste through a lovely line-up. The two tastings (one at 4:30, one at 6) will be identical, so pick whichever works best for you but please be prompt. Bring a fellow whisky-nerd, a scotch-curious acquaintance, or just come yourself — but you won’t want to miss this tasting. We’ll taste the following whiskies, with pricing information to follow shortly:

G&M Bunnahabhan Cask Strength 9 Y.O.  (Peated )
Regularly $94.99, At the Tasting $84.99

Benromach 10 Y.O. $59.99, At the Tasting $49.99

G&M Scapa 10 Y.O. $71.99, At the Tasting $64.99

G&M Smith’s Glenlivet  15 Y.O. $89.99, At the Tasting $80.99

G&M Ardmore 15 Y.O. $79.99, At the Tasting $71.99

G&M Mortlach 25 Y.O. $274.99, At the Tasting $249.99

Prices subject to change without notice.

 Joe Howell
Federal Wine & Spirits
Email: joe@federalwine.com
Phone: 617-367-8605
Web: http://www.federalwine.com/

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Hi folks. We’re now live with the 42nd auction. We hope you enjoy it.

Kind Regards from Glasgow

The SWA Team

Please click here to view the 42nd Auction