You’re invited to attend the

Tullibardine Scotch Dinner

Thursday May 9^th

   6:30 PM   $65 per person

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 Small plates paired with different expressions of single malt

Enjoy an evening of revelry and scotch with host James Robertson, from the Tullibardine Distillery in the Highlands of Scotland. James will guide you through a range of Tullibardine single malts while the Iron Goat culinary team expertly pairs each dram with the perfect small plate accompaniment.

Contact info@irongoat.ca for tickets

The Iron Goat Pub & Grill, 703 Benchlands Trail, Canmore, Alberta T1W 3G9 CANADA

Richard Paterson Whisky Masterclass – Wednesday 15th May 2013

We are delighted to announce that Master Blender Richard Paterson of Whyte & Mackay, one of the best known and charismatic characters of the whisky world, will be returning to visit us in May to present a whisky masterclass.

Richard is a third-generation master blender, and he uses his skill and experience to great effect in creating both The Dalmore and Isle of Jura single malts and, more recently, for the recreation of the Shackleton whisky that was taken out to Antartica in 1907. He has been involved in the whisky industry since the tender age of 17 and quality and style are synonymous with everything that he does. He is someone who educates and entertains in his own inimitable style (watch out for the fireworks!) and this is going to be an evening not to be missed.

He will be taking us through a range of whiskies on the night, including malts from The Dalmore, and there may well be a few surprises as on Richard’s last visit one lucky person got to taste one of the oldest and highest value whiskies available in the world at that time – so you never know… Tickets for this special event are £30 and there are only 35 tickets available (with a maximum of 4 tickets per booking) so don’t delay.
See below for all the details and if you have any queries just contact us.

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

UPCOMING EVENT

Richard Paterson Whisky Masterclass

Date Wednesday 15th May 2013

Time 7pm for 7.30pm
Venue Stanton House Hotel, Stanton Fitzwarren SN6 7SD

Details Come and meet the man responsible for Ken’s conversion to whisky! This is going to be an event that sells out very quickly so book now.

Tickets are £30 per person, and this also entitles you to a discount of £5 against a bottle of one of the featured whiskies if bought or ordered on the night of the tasting. Tickets are very strictly limited, and allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, with a maximum of 4 tickets per booking. As these tastings usually sell out within hours it is best to book ASAP. To buy tickets just log on to www.whiskyandwines.com and place an order for the number you require.

Admission to the tasting is by ticket only, and the whiskies tasted will be available to purchase on the night so come prepared.

N.B. We have negotiated special rates at the hotel for anyone who wants to stay overnight after the tasting – click here for further details.

Milroy’s of Soho Single Cask Bottling

Milroy’s of Soho have become famous for their single cask bottlings of rare and collectible spirits. This is thanks to a long tradition begun by brothers John and Wallace Milroy in the 1960s of travelling to Scotland, selecting choice casks from the distilleries themselves, and bottling under the Milroy’s of Soho name. We choose the casks with an aim to bottle unusual or particularly outstanding examples of single malt whisky for our discerning whisky lovers back home, and these have become rare collectibles in their own right.

Coming soon are four more exclusive bottlings of some fantastic casks we’ve been lucky enough to track down!

Islay Single Malt 2008
Zuidam Dutch Rye 2007
Millstone Dutch Single Malt 1999
Glen Elgin 1995

Stewart Buchanan joins us from the esteemed Speyside distillery of Benriach to talk us through their fascinating history and the intriguing range of single malt whiskies they produce.

As with all our Ambassador Nights the £20.00 ticket price can be redeemed against purchases made on the night.

Landing circa April 2013: email lee.tomlinson@milroys.co.uk quoting the relevant bottling to pre-register interest.

Our mailing address is:

Milroy’s of Soho
3 Greek Street
London, England W1D 4NX
United Kingdom

World Whiskies Awards

We are delighted that 2 of our expressions won in their categories for Best Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky at the recent World Whiskies Awards. Fighting off competition from other high quality whiskies, Tomatin 12  won the 12 Years and Under category and Tomatin 18 won the 13 to 20 Years category. We are extremely proud of this achievement, highlighting the consistently high quality of spirit produced here at the distillery. www.tomatin.com/news

Belladrum Art Competition

Something a bit different, we are continuing our connection with local music event, Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, by calling upon artists, sculptors, makers and designers to create a work of art using ex-Tomatin whisky casks which will be displayed at the festival in August and for years to come. This will generate a lot of exposure for the brand and should have some exciting results! www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk/tomatin.html

Tasting Calendar 2013

Benriach Ambassador Night

Tuesday 9th April 2013, 6.30-8.30pm Milroy’s of Soho, W1D 4NX

Stewart Buchanan joins us from the esteemed Speyside distillery of Benriach to talk us through their fascinating history and the intriguing range of single malt whiskies they produce. As with all our Ambassador Nights the £20.00 ticket price can be redeemed against purchases made on the night.

Dates and information about forthcoming tastings

A D Rattray Ambassador Night

Thursday 18th April 2013

Come along to taste some fantastic independent whiskies bottled by A D Rattray on the west coast of Scotland. A D Rattray is an independent bottler of high repute and every whisky of the evening will be from a different distillery so a huge variety of flavours will definitely keep your palate guessing! As with all our Ambassador Nights the £20.00 ticket price can be redeemed against purchases made on the night. £20.00

Talisker Ambassador Night

Tuesday 30th April 2013

Come along to taste the fantastic range of single malt whiskies from the Isle of Skye’s only distillery Talisker. The ever exuberant Colin Dunn will talk us through the iconic whiskies from this famous island distillery. As with all our Ambassador Nights the £20.00 ticket price can be redeemed against purchases made on the night. £20.00

Whisky and Food Pairing

Wednesday 22nd May 2013

This evening will take you on a wonderful exploration of food and whisky pairing. Be prepared to be inspired and even surprised by some fantastic combinations complied by some of the best eateries around Soho. £55.00

THE PERFECT WHISKY MATCH – THE DAVIN PROJECT INVITATION 

Hi and thank you for participating in this next grand adventure!  One of the things I love to do is promote good whisky and for those of you who don’t know me that well I also love to promote whiskies from Canada.  Why?  Well because I have been drinking it most of my adult life, I’m a proud Canadian and I truly feel there are several great Canadian Whiskies on the market that most of the world will never get to try.

Davin de Kergommeaux is a certified Malt Maniac, a writer for several large whisky magazines and as of last year published what I consider the “epitome” of what Canadian Whisky history is.  The book not only debunks many myths and common mistakes but truly enlightens the reader with why Canadian whisky is different and worth drinking. It is not surprising to me that his book has won Bronze for best Spirits Book of 2012 and is shortlisted again for a prestigious American award.  The idea to do a whisky book review/twitter tasting came to Davin and me in February and we quickly started working on accomplishing that goal.  To our surprise and delight, 32 people replied to the invite & I felt bad I had to turn away more than half.  The great part of this particular adventure is that this (we believe) has never been done before.  So thank you, again for taking the plunge and joining us!

For the month of April, please read the first 9 chapters.  Canadian whisky has a very distinct style, not only in the way we make it, but the way it smells and tastes.  You will find so much information in these chapters that will really help you once we start the tastings!  And as of this date, feel free to tweet about the upcoming event, take/post pictures (as some of you have and they’ve been great!)  Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, wherever you want!  All the hype we can create, the better.   The schedule will be as follows on Twitter (HASHTAG – #DavinTT):

Thursday May 2^nd at 5:00pm EST (contact me if you need to know what time this will be in your region) we will discuss chapter 10 – 13.  Feel free to ask Davin any questions, promote discussion amongst the participants, etc.   We will take 30 minutes (no more) to do that.  At 5:30pm, we will open mystery bottle “week 1”, nose/taste, discuss, share our thoughts.  At the end of the hour, we will reveal which of the four distilleries the sample came from and what the whisky was.

Thursday May 9^th at 5:00pm EST, we will discuss chapter 14 – 17.  Follow same format:  Q&A, discussion, etc.. until 5:30, then bottle “week 2”.  At the end of the hour, we will reveal etc.

Thursday May 16^th at 5:00pm EST, chapter 18 – 21.  Same format, and end with whisky “week 3”

Thursday May 23^rd at 5:00pm EST, chapter 22 – 25.  Same format, end with the last mystery sample.  And of course take a few minutes to thank Davin, etc…

For those of you who are bloggers, we encourage you to blog about the book, the experience, the whiskies and/or Davin.  If that’s at all possible before the end of May or first week of June, that would be awesome!   My blog will be up by May 31^st so if anyone has theirs done by then, I’d be happy to add it to mine, etc..   Just let me know.  Let the fun begin!   If you have any questions, feel free to get a hold of me.

CHEERS!

Johanne (@whiskylassie)

The Whisky Tasting School

The Victoria Highland Games Association is once again pleased to present “The Whisky Tasting School” on both May 18 and 19, 2013 at the 150th Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival at Topaz Park. There will be three sessions each day (noon, 1:45 pm and 3:30 pm) featuring different single malt whiskies presented by ambassadors representing a variety of Scotch single malt distilleries. Guests will sit down and enjoy a Scottish educational and cultural experience on the Victoria “Whisky Trail”. This year’s lineup promises to be the best “The Whisky Tasting School” of all!

The registration fee is $35 and includes a one-day field entry (value $15). Whisky School guests are also able to buy an engraved Victoria Highland Games Glencairn whisky nosing glass for $15 (one per guest per class). Guests must be aged 19 years or older to attend! 

Each session offered is limited to 44 guests. In previous years all sessions have sold out prior to the Games so don’t be late in registering! Download the registration form here. 

Details on the 6 sessions plus complimentary Heritage Tent presentation are as follows:  

1) Saturday May 18th 12-1:00 PM. The Whyte and Mackay Blending Seminar with J. Wheelock 

Want to impress your friends at parties? Want to improve your resume? How about… sampling some excellent Whiskies while trying your hand at being a Master Blender? The Whyte and Mackay Blending Seminar will be conducted by ambassador J. Wheelock and the lucky attendees will nose and sample 5 of the component Whiskies in the Whyte and Mackay Special and then actually blend them together. Participants will then go on to compare with their neighbours as to how well they did compared to the control sample of Whyte and Mackay Special Blend. Seats are limited, don’t miss your chance to have the best bragging rights in town. P.S. We’re just kidding about the resume thing. This only counts as FUN.”

(Note: the Saturday & Sunday seminars are identical in format).

2) SOLD OUT!! Saturday May 18th 1:45-2:45 PM. Scotch & Irish Whisk(e)y 101 with Graeme Macaloney PhD. SOLD OUT!!

Looking to understand how Scotch & Irish whiskies are made, where their flavours come from, and taste the final product? This Scotch & Irish Whisky 101 tasting session will encompass classic whiskies including blended Scotch, triple distilled Irish whisky, a Speyside single malt and Island Scotch single malts from Edrington and Beam Global. A Scotsman and university trained in fermentation, Graeme Macaloney will take you through an organoleptic tasting experience of these ‘old-country’ whiskies and how they are made.

3) Saturday May 18th 3:30-4:30 PM.  Around The World in Six Whiskies with Roberto Roberti 

Strap yourselves in for a round the world journey where ambassador Roberto Roberti will show case some exceptional award winning whiskies from a variety of countries. This class will be conducted so that the attendees will not know which whisky is which until revealed by Roberto. Test your skills and see if you can determine from where each whisky is from!

4) SOLD OUT Sunday May 19th 12-1:00 PM. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society with Colin Southcombe SOLD OUT

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is the largest private whisky club in the world and it has finally arrived in British Columbia! Society whiskies are by their very nature unique, extremely limited and quite deliciously varied. Colin Southcombe will be leading this class and the single malts being poured will be a revelation!

5) SOLD OUT! Sunday May 19th 1:45-2:45 PM. The Independents with Roberto Roberti SOLD OUT!

Ambassador Roberto Roberti has reached into his magnificent bag of whiskies to formulate the lineup for this class which will feature two of Scotland’s most famous independent bottlers including some award winning blends, some single cask limited editions and a two whiskies from a distillery whose name was only recent revealed.

6) Sunday May 19th 3:30-4:30 PM. The Whyte and Mackay Blending Seminar with J. Wheelock 

Want to impress your friends at parties? Want to improve your resume? How about… sampling some excellent Whiskies while trying your hand at being a Master Blender? The Whyte and Mackay Blending Seminar will be conducted by ambassador J. Wheelock and the lucky attendees will nose and sample 5 of the component Whiskies in the Whyte and Mackay Special and then actually blend them together. Participants will then go on to compare with their neighbours as to how well they did compared to the control sample of Whyte and Mackay Special Blend. Seats are limited, don’t miss your chance to have the best bragging rights in town. P.S. We’re just kidding about the resume thing. This only counts as FUN.”

(Note: the Saturday & Sunday seminars are identical in format).

7) Sunday May 19^th 1:00-1:40 PM. Whisky 101:  An illustrated talk on the History, Manufacture & Flavour Origins of Whisky, with Graeme Macaloney PhD. No charge, no whisky tasting, no registrations required – simply go to the Heritage Tent.

This is a general interest talk and illustrated PowerPoint presentation (no whisky tasting / no charge attendance) located in the near-by Heritage Tent on the history of whisky, the process by which it is made, and how this affects flavour. This interactive presentation will include samples of important ingredients including peat, malted barley and peated malt for touching and tasting. Any unanswered questions you may have on how whisky is made will be welcomed. This talk has been carefully timed to allow Whisky School participants to attend both the Whisky Tasting School and this nearby Heritage Tent presentation.

NOTE: Condition of Entry to The Whisky Tasting School is that guests DO NOT DRINK and DRIVE.

Photo by Robert Hall

Taste Scotch: Meet Laphroaig’s Master Ambassador and Generate Parkinson’s Disease Donation

(Atlantic   City,Wyo.) First Fridays and Second Saturdays every month, from 6 till9 p.m., you’ll find Barbara and Bob Townsend, owners of Miner’s Delight Inn, pouring single malt Scotch whisky in the inn’s saloon. Their Two-bit Cowboy Saloon offers 86 single malts from 50-odd Scottish distilleries.

International Whisky Day honored the birth of English whisky writer Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson’s Malt Whisky Companion is the world’s best selling book on the subject.Jackson fought Parkinson’s Disease for almost ten years and passed away in August 2007.

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Attend the inn’s First Friday tasting on April 5, 2013 ($40) and the Townsends will donate five percent of the night’s proceeds to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (http://www.pdf.org/) to help find cures for this terrible disease.

Then mark your calendars for May’s Second Saturday tasting. On May 11, 2013, Laphroaig Distillery Master Ambassador Simon Brooking will be here to pour whiskies from the Laphroaig range. Your cost for the night’s tasting will be $10.

You don’t need a reservation for tastings, but the Townsends appreciate a call, 332-0248, if you’re taking a large group. You’ll find their Scotch menu and other upcoming events at http://www.minersdelightinn.com/, and you’ll receive the inn’s Scotch whisky updates when you “Like” the inn on Facebook.

The Relaxed Whisky Weekend
6 – 8 September 2013

Fellow Whisky Enthusiasts,
It has been a while since we’ve been in contact. We don’t want to be bothering you with unnecessary E-mails. And we have been busy putting together our 5th anniversary program. The time has come to inform you.

5th Anniversary prize draw
This year is the 5th edition of Maltstock! To celebrate this we have a very special prize draw. You have a chance to win a bottle of Ardbeg every month! All you have to do is buy a Maltstock ticket. So if you haven’t got any tickets yet, and want to come, please go to our online shop soon and buy your tickets to avoid disappointment. Next draw is Tuesday 9 April! If you have any questions about tickets, contact us at shop@maltstock.com.

Maltstock Program
We have been busy… no really! Aside from a few bits and bobs our program is nearly complete. Some special items still will be added to our program to celebrate our anniversary as well. We will inform you about these later.

This year at Maltstock:

The Whisky (in random order)

• WhiskyBase (Silver Seal, Archives)
• WIN (Berry’s Douglas Laing, Exclusive Malts, Adelphi, Kilchoman, Blackadder, Carn Mor, etc.)
• Bresser Timmer (Cadenhead, Whisky Agency, Chieftains, Single Malts of Scotland, Tomatin)
• Scott’s Selection
• Full Proof (Collector of older bottlings)
• van Zuylen (Malts of Scotland, Zacapa, Wilson Morgan)
• Suntory
• Kintra

The quiz
Back by popular demand, albeit a little bit shorter than last year. Michael Lord of The Whisky Shop Dufftown (http://www.whiskyshopdufftown.com) will again host the infamous Maltstock Whisky Quiz.

The Tastings
Like every year, free tastings will be available for all our guests. In July all guests will receive an E-mail inviting them to make a choice. Confirmed tastings:
• Suntory, Tatsuya Minagawa
• Glenrothes, Jan Iedema, Dennis Hendriks
• Master of Malt
• Cadenhead, Mark Watt
• Amrut, Ashok Chokalingam
• Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk (not a masterclass)
• Benriach-Glendronach (at the Campfire)

On the menu
Highlander Inn Breakfast
The tremendously well-known and renowned Highlander Inn will be making breakfast again at Maltstock. It has become somewhat of a tradition now and we are very happy to see them return. Nothing beats a start off the day with a full Scottish breakfast in the middle of the Overasselt bogs. http://www.whiskyinn.com

BBQ Guru
Last year, diner at Maltstock was a real treat. This year it will even be better! BBQ Guru will be with us again to tickle our taste buds with an American Style BBQ. The menu is being composed at the moment and will, no doubt, be momentous again! http://www.bbqguru.nl

Maltstock on tour
The maltstock team has been frequenting Whisky events to spread Maltstock gospel. Want to meet us? We will be present (at least) at:

• 20th of April: Whisky in Leiden: http://www.whiskyinleiden.nl
• 2-6 May: Spirit of Speyside Festival: http://www.spiritofspeyside.com
• 15-16-17 November: the International Whisky Festival in The Hague: http://www.whiskyfestival.nl

We hope to meet you all at Maltstock!

Arthur, Bob, Rogier and Teun

For more information please look at our website. http://www.maltstock.com If you have any questions or suggestions please contact us via this form. Click here