Instructor Jordan Via with students at Stillwater Spirits in Petaluma, CA

Hands-on Whiskey Class: Grain selection, fermentation, distillation, barrel aging, proofing & bottling

Class Includes:

Denver International Airport shuttle to and from Breckenridge
Sunday night welcome BBQ
Five nights lodging in Breckenridge
Breakfasts and lunches
Hands-on instruction with Master Distiller Jordan Via (Monday through Thursday)
Demonstrations and presentations by industry professionals and suppliers
Optional morning walk with ADI President, Bill Owens

-Jordan Via and the staff at the American Distilling Institute

For more information, call Bill Owens at 510-886-7418

Bill’s Warning: consuming alcoholic beverages at high altitude can get you drunk fast, so limit your drinks to 1 per hour. Bottom’s up!

Location: Breckenridge Distillery, Breckenridge, CO

Dates: Sunday, June 3 through Friday, June 8, 2012

Sign up today!

Send a check for $35,00 to:

ADI
Box 577
Hayward, CA 94541

or… visit distilling.com to pay online

Glen Garioch, Single Malt Scotch Tasting on Tuesday, May 15th: you’re invited!

Join us for a vertical tasting of Glen Garioch Single Malt Scotch (with cheese pairings) hosted by Morrison Bowmore Distillers and directed by Master of Malts Iain McCallum.

The tasting will include Founder’s Reserve, 12 years old and three special vintages: 1994 Small Batch Release, 1997 Single cask exclusive to Park Avenue Liquor Shop and 1998 Single cask exclusive to Astor Wines and Spirits. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Please RSVP by May 10th to Ashley@savonacommunications.com

A few words from the Dundee Dell;

“Scotch Tasting on Sunday, May 6th @ 4 p.m. Scott has been planning this tasting and is so excited to give it! It is $50 per person (plus tax and gratuity) Hope to see you there!”

Next scotch tasting will be:

Sunday, June 3
Sunday, July 1
MEGA TASTING = August

From David at Nickolls and Perks: Thanks goes out to all who attended the wonderful Benriach/Glendronach tasting last week, for making the event a success. Stewart was I felt a welcome presenter of the Scotch dram for us, he delighted us in the detail of production methods without overstretching our tolerances and we will be seeing him again.

Perhaps by way of a contrasting style we look forward now to receiving Colin Dunn (Diageo) on Friday 18th into the Stourbridge cellars.

Diageo Spirits with Colin Dunn
Friday 18th May
at 7:30pm

Colin is a consummate performer who handles all types of occasions from festivals
to major drinks brand launches, always keeping the audience in touch and smiling.

Event Drams : Dufftown Singleton 15, Talisker 18, Rosebank 21
, Glen Spey 21, Johnnie Walker Gold Label 18, Lagavulin 12.

+ Colin may bring some extra accompaniment along !

Tickets £25

Slainte!

www.nickollsandperks.co.uk

The Society will present 5 of its rare and unique single cask, single malt Scotch whiskies. Dinner will be prepared by Executive Chef Bill Morris and Executive Sous Chef Jim Campbell and paired with our select expressions.

DATE: Thursday, May 17, 2012
TIME: 7:00pm – 9:00pm. Registration begins at 6:30pm.

The Rainier Club
820 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA

TICKET PRICE: $100.00 per person
Business Casual. Jackets Preferred. No denim or athletic attire.

To purchase tickets call 800.990.1991

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America, Ltd.
10210 NW 50th Street
Sunrise, Florida 33351
800-990-1991

Reminder: Boston’s First Big Whisky Event of the Year
Sets Sail in One Week.

Whisky Tasting and Dinner Cruise Aboard The Spirit of Boston
May 2nd 7:00-9:30 PM

The Whisky Guild will return for this special annual event. One week from today, we’ll embark upon a spectacular harbor cruise with a great selection of whiskies available to taste – and a buffet dinner. It is almost sold out, a night you do not want to miss. This is one of the best events to come to Boston. It promotes whisky, yet in my eyes this is an event for consumers – novice to aficionado – to not only taste and talk about malts, but to engage with ambassadors, distillers, blenders, and distillery managers. They attend not just to promote their wares, but to get the chance to hear what you are looking for. They take the input you give them very seriously, so speak up, ask questions, and get your money’s worth.

VIP access gives an extra hour to sample the offerings and more of them beginning at 6 PM. This was a great time in the past and one we’ve been anxiously anticipating all year. You’ll enjoy the opportunity to sample from more than 100 rare and exclusive whiskies, poured by distillery managers, Ambassadors and master blenders from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Japan.

We’re extremely grateful to Whisky Guild for bringing this superlative event with a broad range of whiskies to our neighborhood. We believe that our customers in particular will appreciate and enjoy this unique event. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to be out on the water, sipping scotch, and enjoying a cigar (smoke ’em if you got ’em) on the deck of a luxury cruiser. Did you miss Whiskyfest Chicago? Whisky-Live New York? No worries, you have this- every bit as good, no, better: you’re out on the harbor.

VIP Boarding Time: 6:00pm
Boarding Time: 7:00pm
Sail Time: 7:30-9:30pm

Regular Ticket Price $95
VIP Ticket Price $115 (Board At 6:00pm)
Price includes Whisky, Dinner & Whisky Tasting Glass

Tickets may be purchased directly from The Whisky Guild at:
www.whiskyguild.com/tasting_boston.html
Federal customers will receive at 15% discount with the code: FEDERAL

The boat leaves from 200 Seaport Boulevard at 7:30, please bring a valid ID.

Whisky Magazine names Federal Wine & Spirits 2012 National ‘Retailer of the Year’

Whisky Magazine is based in the UK, but is the international journal of record for scotch whisky in the world.

Joe Howell
Federal Wine & Spirits

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Email: joe@federalwine.com
Phone: 617-367-8605
Web: http://www.federalwine.com/

The end is near!

First of all, a big thank you to everyone!

The Aberdeen Whisky Festival 2012 was a huge success, attracting over 300 people, and raising £1,000 for Childreach International! Thanks to this, a yearly festival celebrating the “Water of Life” in Aberdeen is now a reality, and we promise to be back, bigger and better next year. You can still take part in the celebration, by getting a bottle of Aberdeen Whisky Festival 2012 Whisky. This is an exclusive, limited bottling, offered by Single Malts Direct. It is a 14yo Mortlach, bottled at cask strenght. A real bargain at £50! They ship worldwide as well, so everyone can enjoy it!

Find it here: http://www.singlemaltsdirect.com/aberdeen-whisky-festival-2012.html

Photos of the Festival will be up soon, on Facebook and on www.aberdeenwhiskyfestival.com

Jura Tasting!
Tickets for sale at the Societies Reception in Butchart (ask for Laura, from 10am to 2pm)
Wednesday 2nd May 7pm @ Butchart Centre:

Prices are £5 for members, £6 for non-members.
This will be another great tasting, conducted by the distillery manager himself!
This distillery tasting will be limited to 50 people, so act fast!

Please note, to attend this event, please register at www.isleofjura.com and become a Diurach. Bring along a copy of your certificate to the tasting.

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In Other News:

Thursday 26th – Sunday 29th April: ISLAY TRIP
This will be 4 days of pure, unchill-filtered, uncoloured epicness.
Prepare to hear all about it when we get back!

Wednesday 9th May: AUMWS AGM (7pm in Bookends)
Are you interested in joining one of the most fun committees on campus next year? Do you want to take part in organising some of the best events? You can be on the committee next year, and take the Society to a new dimension! It looks amazing on your CV!! If you feel you have what it takes, get in touch, the usual positions will be open (President, Secretary, Treasurer, H&S Officer) and more can be created! In order for the Society to continue as strongly as it has been these past few years, we need all the help we can get! Even if you are not sure about what you can do, please come along, it will be a good laugh!

The above tastings start at 7pm sharp in the Butchart Centre – details below…

Location: BookEnds (top floor), Butchart Centre, University Road, Old Aberdeen
(click here for map)
Time: 7pm sharp
What to Bring: £3/£5 for entry + Membership Card + money for raffle

join our Facebook group!
follow us on twitter!
and bring your friends!

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In Support of Childreach International

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Our mailing address is:

University of Aberdeen Malt Whisky Society
The Butchart Centre
University Road
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB24 3UT
United Kingdom

aberdeenwhisky@googlemail.com

ACTOR ELIJAH WOOD OF DJ WOODEN WISDOM TO PERFORM AT ‘BUSHMILLS LIVE’

Bushmills Village: 23rd April 2012: Bushmills™ Irish Whiskey has announced that globally-renowned actor Elijah Wood will perform a DJ set at ‘Bushmills Live’ – the festival of handcrafted whiskey and music taking place at the Old Bushmills Distillery on the 20th and 21st June.

He joins a bill that already features multi-platinum selling band Snow Patrol – whose fee for the festival is being donated in full to the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast – and award winning artists Iain Archer and Foy Vance.

Wood, along with his friend Zach Cowie, will take to the stage under the name Wooden Wisdom. The duo has DJ’d at Bushmills launch events in the past, but this will be the first time that they will have performed at an event together outside of the United States.

Widely regarded as one of the most gifted actors of his generation, Wood has recently completed production for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, where he will be reprising his role as Frodo Baggins. Wood made an indelible mark in the trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in the lead role of the hobbit, Frodo. Directed by Jackson, the films; The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King were all critically lauded as well as being box office record setters. In addition, Return of the King won the Academy Award* for Best Picture as well as 11 Academy Awards in all, tying Titanic for the record. Wood is also the founder of record label Simian Records.

Elijah Wood recently appeared in ‘Bushmills Since Way Back’– an initiative that celebrates the friendships of artists across the world, and works with them to produce unique content inspired by their passions.

Fans of Bushmills Irish Whiskey can win the chance to attend the festival by entering a competition on the Bushmills Facebook page – facebook.com/bushmills1608.

To stand a chance of winning they will have to submit a photo of themselves and a friend and explain why they and their friend should be in the audience for Bushmills Live.

As well as listening to great music, those fortunate to win a ticket to the festival will also have the opportunity to make their own blend of Bushmills Irish Whiskey.

Colum Egan, Master Distiller at the Old Bushmills Distillery said: “I am really looking forward to welcoming Elijah to the Old Bushmills Distillery. He is a great actor and DJ and I have already seen him perform at a fantastic Bushmills party in Los Angeles. The line up for Bushmills Live just keeps getting better and I now can’t wait for 20th June!”

To win tickets to Bushmills Live or to find out more, visit facebook.com/bushmills1608. Entry closes at 23:59 GMT on 27th April 2012. Terms and conditions apply.

*OSCAR® and ACADEMY AWARDS® are registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Notes

Biography

Widely regarded as one of the most gifted actors of his generation, Elijah Wood continues to challenge himself with roles spanning the spectrum of style and genre.

Wood was recently seen among an ensemble cast in Celeste and Jesse Forever, a Rashida Jones and Will McCormack film that was screened at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. This summer, Wood returns for a second season of the hit FX comedy Wilfred. He has recently wrapped production on Franck Khalfoun’s re-make of the thriller Maniac and on Stewart Harcourt’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, in which he plays Ben Gunn, alongside Eddie Izzard and Donald Sutherland.

Wood has also recently completed production for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, where he will be reprising his role as Frodo Baggins. He made an indelible mark in the trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in the lead role of the hobbit, Frodo. Directed by Jackson, the films: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and Return of the King were all critically lauded as well as being box office record setters. In addition, Return of the King won the Academy Award for Best Picture as well as 11 Academy Awards in all, tying Titanic for the record. Wood is also the founder of record label Simian Records.

Captions

Elijah Wood: Elijah Wood performs with DJ partner Zach Cowie as DJ Wooden Wisdom at the Bushmills Irish Whiskey ‘Since Way Back’ event in New York City. Elijah and Zach are set to appear at the Bushmills Live music and whiskey festival June 20-21: the first music festival held at the Bushmills Irish Whiskey distillery, and the first time the pair has DJ’d together overseas.

‘Bushmills Live’: The stage is set for ‘Bushmills Live’, the landmark whiskey and music festival taking place at the Old Bushmills Distillery on 20th and 21st June 2012.

Competition

The Facebook competition is open to people in:

· Belgium

· Bulgaria

· Germany

· Great Britain

· Netherlands

· Northern Ireland

· Portugal

· Republic of Ireland

· USA

From each, one pair of finalists will win tickets to ‘Bushmills Live’.

All of the Jolly Toper’s whisky tastings normally take place on Thursday nights from 7:30pm until approximately 10pm at either The Tolbooth Tavern or The Kelderkin, both in the , F Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, meals available up to the time of the tastings. For more details on the tastings themselves, please click here

P/O/U/R/S = Peaty, Old, Unusual, Rare and Sherry cask matured. Recently many people have requested the exact nature of the line up at the ‘pours’ tastings remain secret so a proper ‘blind’ tasting can be held. However I understand some people would be more comfortable knowing which drams were to be tasted before commiting to attending. If this is the case get in touch and I can let you know- providing they have been already arranged of course.

* = £3 discount for first timers and members. Membership costs £10 for 13 months.

Future dates:

Thursday 19.04.12 P/O/U/R/S £20/17* at The Kilderkin

Ideal For Living Social Vouchers holders who want an introduction to whisky:-

Not only will there be the usual peaty, old. unusual, rare and sherried drams but they will cover different types of whiskies: blend, a single grain, a closed distillery, a malt over 25 years old and a whisky from outwith Scotland.

Thursday 26.04.12 P/O/U/R/S £21/18* at The Tolbooth

Thursday 03.05.12 P/O/U/R/S £20/17* at The Kilderkin

Ideal For Living Social Vouchers holders who want an introduction to whisky:- Not only will there be the usual peaty, old. unusual, rare and sherried drams but they will cover different types of whiskies: blend, a single grain, a closed distillery, a malt over 25 years old and a whisky from outwith Scotland.

Friday 18.05.12 P/O/U/R/S £20/17* at The Kilderkin

Ideal For Living Social Vouchers holders who want an introduction to whisky:- Not only will there be the usual peaty, old. unusual, rare and sherried drams but they will cover different types of whiskies: blend, a single grain, a closed distillery, a malt over 25 years old and a whisky from outwith Scotland.

Monday 21.05.12 P/O/U/R/S £20/17* at The Tolbooth

Ideal For Living Social Vouchers holders who want an introduction to whisky:- Not only will there be the usual peaty, old. unusual, rare and sherried drams but they will cover different types of whiskies: blend, a single grain, a closed distillery, a malt over 25 years old and a whisky from outwith Scotland.

*** MORE DATES WILL BE ADDED AS TIME GOES ON ***

*** phone for details if you’re particularly anxious***

FOR TICKETS PLEASE CLICK HERE
http://www.universalwhiskyexperience.com/events/tickets