Now in its second year, the Jewish Whisky Company is proud to announce the return of Whisky Jewbilee, its charity whisky festival.

While open to all lovers of whisky, rye and bourbon, the Whisky Jewbilee began as a charitable, Glatt Kosher catered whisky tasting event for the New York-based Jewish community.  In 2012, on short notice and with less than 4½ weeks of planning, the Jewish Whisky Company was able to gather 32 brands, 150+ whiskies and 250 attendees to the inaugural Whisky Jewbilee held in NYC.

Having the luxury of time to plan for 2013, the Jewish Whisky Company saw an opportunity to plan for two Whisky Jewbilee events.

Both events will be Glatt Kosher catered by the award winning Ari White, Executive Chef, Gemstone Caterers; Pitboss, Wandering Que.

This year attendees can expect more than 45 brands, 200+ whiskies and for the first time, a special festival bottling for the Whisky Jewbilee (see attached image).  Attendees can expect the low entry fee of $110 to get into one of the events.  Members of the Jewish Whisky Company’s Single Cask Nation (http://www.singlecasknation.com/) can expect a price of $90 for a ticket to either Whisky Jewbilee event.

The dates of the Whisky Jewbilee events are as follows:

• Wednesday, October 9^th in Mt. Kisco NY at Grand Prix, New York’s premier racing and gaming center (333 N Bedford Rd, Mt Kisco, NY  10549).
  • Gaming is from 5pm – 7pm (all racing and gaming ends when tasting begins)
  • Tasting is from 7pm – 10pm
  • Tickets for the Mt. Kisco event can be purchased here: https://whiskyjewbilee.ticketbud.com/mt-kisco
  • Maximum capacity: 600 people
• Thursday, October 10^th in New York City at Zanger Hall (347 W 34^th St, New York, NY  10001).
  • Tasting is from 7pm – 10pm
  • Cigars and bourbon outside (weather permitting) from 8pm – 10pm
  • Tickets for the NYC event can be purchased here: https://whiskyjewbilee.ticketbud.com/nycity
  • Maximum capacity: 325 people

The special festival bottling is of a single barrel from Heaven Hill distilleries and is a 15 year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon from a high-rye mash bill, bottled at 122.6 proof (61.3% ABV).   The barrel rendered fewer than 100 bottles and is expected to be priced at $110 per bottle.  Those who wish to purchase the festival bottling will have to sign up at the Jewish Whisky Company table at either Whisky Jewbilee event; 40 bottles will be allotted to both Whisky Jewbilee events. This very special Whisky Jewbilee bottling of Heaven Hill Kentucky Straight Bourbon is first come, first served.

Jewish Whisky Company, LLC has partnered with Support Connection as the charity organization of choice for these two events.  Support Connection is a Not-for-profit organization providing free breast cancer and ovarian cancer support services for patients and their families: http://www.supportconnection.org/.  A portion of proceeds from both Whisky Jewbilee events will benefit Support Connection.

For more information, contact the Jewish Whisky Company here:

Phone: 203.689.5163

Toll-­‐Free: 866.883.7528

Email at: info@whiskyjewbilee.com

Bowmore on the Rockies

November 1^st – 3^rd 2013 – Banff Alberta

This event won’t come as a complete surprise to everyone. I’ve been bouncing ideas off the wall for years and just a few weeks ago one finally stuck. When Bowmore launched the Black Bowmore 1964 42 Year about 4 years ago, they indicated they would be following it with White and Gold expressions. The Black was stunning; we poured it at two separate tastings, and sold close to 30 bottles of the stuff. The White was sampled in the No. 1 vaults at Bowmore and the Gold opened for a KWM event didn’t disappoint either. All the while I had a vision to put on an Epic once in a lifetime tasting of the trilogy that would draw people to it from across Canada and around the world. A sit down in store tasting or whisky dinner wouldn’t do, this range of whiskies is worth nearly $40,000.00 at auction, this would have to be a weekend extravaganza.

For about the last 2 ½ years ideas have been batted around with the good people at Bowmore and their local representatives at Lifford. Whiskies were horded and what was initially just a Trilogy tasting turned into a Trilogy +2. In the wake of the 1964 Trilogy, Bowmore released the 1964 Fino, so we set one of those aside. Around that time I managed to put my hands on one of the original Black Bowmores, the 1995 bottling. Well the time has come; these whiskies aren’t going to sit idle any longer, we’re going to open them all at a never to be repeated event November 1^st and 2^nd 2013.

Bowmore on the Rockies will be held in Alberta’s scenic resort town of Banff Friday November 1^st and Saturday the 2^nd 2013, hosted by myself along with Jamie MacKenzie (Director of Sales the Americas) and Iain Macallum (Master of Malt) of Morrison Bowmore. The price for the weekend includes 2 nights of accommodation at the Rimrock Hotel, 4 tastings, 2 dinners, a breakfast, lunch and tickets to the Banff Film Festival. A Bowmore Dinner will be held on the Friday night at a prestigious restaurant in Banff, followed by VIP seating at a dueling pianos bar. Saturday will feature Auchentoshan and Glen Garioch tastings, tickets to some Banff Film Festival screenings and the climactic Bowmore Trilogy +2 Dinner at the Rimrock. This once in a lifetime tasting is limited to just 26 participants.

Bowmore on the Rockies Nov 1-3 2013 – $1350 +GST

(for a single occupant for a standard room)

Includes:

• 2 nights accommodation at the Rimrock Hotel in Banff
• 2 breakfasts
• 2 dinners
• 1 lunch
• 4 tastings including the climactic sampling of the Bowmore 1964 Trilogy + 2

–      Bowmore Black 1964 21 Year (1995 bottling)

–      Bowmore Gold 1964 44 Year

–      Bowmore White 1964 43 Year

–      Bowmore Black 1964 42 Year

–      Bowmore Fino Cask 1964 46 Year

Conditions:

• Space is limited to 26 whisky drinking participants.
• Room upgrades are available on request.
• Couples or guests sharing a room with another participant can save up to $400 on the second ticket.
• A limited number of companion spots for spouses/partners who will not be drinking whisky, but will be attending the dinners are available at an add on price of $500 +GST. This includes wine.
• Payment can be made by cheque made out to Ferguson Whisky Tours, or through PayPal on request.
• Registration is non-refundable.

Andrew Ferguson

Scotch Expert & Store Co-Manager

Kensington Wine Market

Scotch Malt Whisky Society Canada Ambassador

1257 Kensington Road NW Calgary Alberta T2N 3P8

P. 403.283-8000 Toll Free. 888.283.9004

http://fergusonwhiskytours.com/bowmoreontherockies/

JURA UNBOUND BRINGS STORYTELLERS TOGETHER

Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin.

Something very special will be happening in the Guardian Spiegeltent at the Edinburgh Book Festival every night at 9pm between the 10th-26th August. For Jura Unbound, hand-picked writers and performers from across the globe will fuse words and music into new forms of storytelling before a live audience.

Just like Jura, every Unbound performer has broken with convention, forged their own path and is richer for it. From Ljodahått – some of the finest poets Norway has ever produced – to Scottish author Alan Bisset, every storyteller brings with them a blazing trail of tales that could keep any bar open until late. Each and every night will be an entirely different, raw and surprising experience. Visit www.edbookfest.co.uk for the full lineup of irresistible characters.

Jura Unbound is free to attend for all Diurachs, and you’re even entitled to a dram of 10 year old whisky so you can settle in and watch such delights as the Literary Death Match cartoon spectacular in true Jura style.

If Edinburgh is just one journey too far, keep your space by the fire with all of the latest updates, pictures, videos and exclusives on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

Sláinte!

Become an honorary Diurach to find out about more exclusive tastings, events and all of the latest updates from our beloved island. Be part of our story

GlenDronach Special Releases, Whiskies from the old and the new world

Included in the cornucopia of delights that we’ve received recently are the latest batch of GlenDronach single cask releases, some exciting new whiskies from New Zealand & America and a fabulous old Macallan.

We’ve shown some of these new arrivals below and you can check out more in our New Products section on the website.

On the tastings front, we have just two tickets left for our Glenfarclas Family Casks tasting so if you want to try some fabulous whiskies from the 1950s through to the 1990s then you need to act quick and book up now!

Sláinte!
Fran and Ken
Arkwrights Whisky and Wines
www.whiskyandwines.com

GLENDRONACH SPECIAL RELEASES BATCH 8

These sherried lovelies are, as ever, something rather special and worth checking out with prices starting at just £47.99!

Buy Online: FROM £47.99

OVEREEM SINGLE MALT WHISKY

From the Old Hobart Distillery, one of the growing band of Tasmanian distilleries, comes these two beauts. One is Sherry cask matured and the other is Port cask matured. We’ve sampled them both and found them to be rich and surprisingly complex drams.

Buy Online: £139.99

MACALLAN 1970 SPEYMALT

Another beauty from the Gordon & MacPhail Speymalt series – the name under which they bottle single malt from Macallan distillery. Great quality and amazing value.

Buy Online: £379.99

E H TAYLOR SMALL BATCH BOURBON

This was sampled at our recent Buffalo Trace tasting and it was one of the favourites of the evening for many who were there. We found it to be smooth, rich and well balanced with a delightful spicy finish that danced on the tongue!

Buy Online: £102.99

Whisky Live Paris 2013 – The 10th Edition

On the occasion of our 10th anniversary, Whisky Live returns to the Maison de la Mutualité. Over three days – the 28th, 29th and 30th September 2013 – we will be providing our visitors with yet another unforgettable experience.

A meeting of amateurs, connoisseurs and professionals

Private individuals and industry professionals have been coming together for Whisky Live Paris for ten years now. This year’s show will be held on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th for consumers and on Monday 30th for industry professionals only. Like every other before it, this year, our tenth consecutive, is an occasion to both re-invent ourselves, and to continue to inspire, satisfy and delight beginners, connoisseurs and experts.

“Beyond Tasting:” a theme designed to take you further than you have been before

Our passion for whisky and other spirits goes much further than simple, straight-forward tasting and so this year, Whisky Live Paris aims to introduce our visitors to much more than an a classical approach to sensorial analysis.

Far more than the sum total of the material ingredients used in their production, the whiskies and other spirits on show this year owe much to a specific culture, to a particular moment in history and to their often very singular identities, carefully enhanced by the work of true craftsmen. Through a number of unique and original experiences, Whisky Live Paris 2013 will be pushing back the boundaries of taste and smell.

Tastings, masterclasses, experiences, taste-matches: Whisky Live Paris 2013 has no shortage of surprises in store for you!

Maison de la Mutualité: the perfect location

For the second year running, Whisky Live Paris returns to the Maison de la Mutualité. A wellknown and highly regarded private conference centre in the heart of Paris, the Maison will be allowing us to use all three floors – one more than last year – making a total of 2500 m2 available to whisky and spirits exhibitors.

http://www.whiskylive.fr
http://www.facebook.com/WhiskyLiveParis

Whisky Live is an international event, now well established in all four corners of the planet – from Shanghai to New York, Glasgow to Johannesburg – and happenings all throughout the year. Since 2003 France hosts this event each year in September: Whisky Live Paris has rapidly become one of the biggest whisky and spirits shows in the world and is now considered to be something of a right of passage, as much for amateurs as for professionals.

Bruichladdich & Springbank Single Malt Tasting, August 21 at Mora’s Fine Wine & Spirits (E. Setauket, New York)

On Wednesday, August 21^st between 4-7pm we will be tasting 6 exceptional single malts from Bruichladdich and Springbank with Rick Long from Winebow, Inc. Join us to taste or simply order online to take advantage of special discounted event pricing through August 28^th. Please visit Mora’s Monthly Spirit Tasting page for more information!

Bruichladdich Rocks Single Malt Scotch

Event Price: $38.24  Regular Price: $44.99

Hazelburn 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch

Event Price: $87.29   Regular Price: $96.99

Bruichladdich 16 Year Old The Laddie Sixteen Single Malt Scotch

Event Price: $103.49   Regular Price: $114.99

Springbank 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch

Event Price: $54.89   Regular Price: $60.99

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch

Event Price: $54.89   Regular Price: $60.99

Longrow 11 Year Old Red Single Malt Scotch

Event Price: $86.39   Regular Price: $95.99

Mora’s Fine Wine & Spirits

www.moraswines.com

631-941-4458   sev.clemens@moraswines.com

Isle of Arran 18th Birthday Tasting

[This time we hand you over to Enrico, our shop’s Japanese whisky expert and resident Italian. He really likes whisky from Arran…] We decided to host this tasting to celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the Isle of Arran distillery, a … Continue reading >>

As part of The Famous Grouse brand birthday celebrations on 10th & 11th August, The Famous Grouse Experience in Crieff is offering fans a sneak peak of their new sampling room – and a free blending session with Master Blender Gordon Motion.

For one weekend only, visitors will have the chance to meet Gordon and learn about his job producing the nation’s favourite whisky. The exclusive tasting sessions will include a sensory nosing and tasting and a blending demo. In addition, one lucky fan will be asked to volunteer to be Gordon’s assistant and help create the bespoke blend.

There will be three 30-minute bespoke blending sessions at: 11am, 1pm and 3pm on Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th August 2013 with Gordon Motion, Master Blender and Lucy Whitehall, Global Brand Ambassador. Only 20 places are available at each session. The bespoke blending sessions will be free. Signed sample bottles of the bespoke blend will be available to buy at the end of each session, priced £30 (this also includes a tour of the distillery).

The Famous Grouse Experience

1.          Glenturret Distillery, The Hosh, Crieff, Perthshire PH7 4HA 01764 656565; www.thefamousgrouse.com/lda/visit-us/visitor-centre

The Relaxed Whisky Weekend
6 – 8 September 2013

Hello relaxed whisky enthusiasts!

In just 5 weeks from now the 5th Maltstock will start. It promises to be a fantastic weekend. And even if you can’t make it we have some exciting news for you:

10% discount at Whiskysamples.eu
Starting now every Malttsock newsletter subscriber (that’s you!) will get a 10% discount at whiskysamples.eu. This offer is valid until 15 August. Simply go to http://www.whiskysamples.eu,/, browse through their very fine selection of samples and order. When finishing your order you enter the discount code “Maltstock” and the 10% discount will be processed. This offer is open to every Maltstock newsletter subscriber, not just the ticket holders.

Maltstock clothing
We’ve had some requests for Maltstock polo’s and t-shirts. These will be available to order in our webshop within the next few days. Order your polo or t-shirt before August 21 and you can collect it at Maltstock. We won’t have a lot of clothing available for sale during the Maltstock weekend. You can also order at Maltstock we’ll send it to you afterwards.

Maltstock masterclasses
We have a record number of 11 (!) different tastings this year. Wow! Plus a special bonus tasting for the winners of the whisky quiz (more later). Everyone with a Maltstock ticket should have received an e-mail with an link to an online form, to let us know which tatsings you would like to attend. The Benriach/Glendoranch tasting with Donald MacLellan is one everyone can attend: it’s at the campfire. Please notice that the tasting on friday evening is at the same time as the whisky quiz, and the one on Saturday morning is the same time as the walk.

5% discount The Whiskyshop Duftown
Just a quick reminder: every ticket holder gets a 5% discount at the excellent and relaxed Whiskyshop in Dufftown. Click here to visit the online shop.

Almost SOLD OUT
That’s right, we’re almost sold out! Currently we have only two beds available at theMaltstock dorms. After that you can only buy tickets without accommodation. There’s however a campsite nearby. The nearest hotel is about 4,5 kilomters away. More information on alternative accommodation can be found here.

Let’s all just bottle a bit of this very nice weather at the moment and bring it to Maltstock just in case 🙂 See you all in 5 weeks!

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Relaxed greetings,
Arthur, Bob, Rogier & Teun

To mark The Famous Grouse Brand Birthday we are delighted to invite you to celebrate with us at The Famous Science Festival. Come along on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th of August to visit our giant whisky cask and take part in a host of interactive science experiments. There’s fun for all the family with treasure hunts, tours and blend your own whisky sessions.

As well as The Famous Science Festival, there will be a brand new blending experience open to guests over the weekend giving whisky lovers the chance to try their hand at blending their own whisky.

EVENTS 2013 – 2014

August

THE FAMOUS GROUSE BIRTHDAY
Come and celebrate our birthday this August. The Famous Science Festival will pop up at The Famous Grouse Experience in Crieff for two days only, bringing a host of intriguing experiments and fascinating investigations for all the family. All visitors to the distillery over the weekend will have free access to The Famous Science Festival. August 10th and August 11th 10am-6pm.

November/December
CHRISTMAS FAYRE WEEKEND WITH SANTA
Stock up with food, crafts and gifts. November 30th and December 1st 10am-6pm.

SANTA’S GROTTO
Come and meet Santa in our snow filled grotto. December 14th and 15th, 21st and 22nd 1pm-4.30pm. December 23rd and 24th 10am-4.30pm.

Visit the blog http://blog.thefamousgrouse.com for full info on all of our upcoming events.

Famous Best Wishes,
Lucy Whitehall
The Famous Grouse Global Brand Ambassador