Tickets for the 2nd Masterclass at the UK’s Midlands Whisky Festival 2011 are on sale now !

Willie Tait Jura UK Masterclass.

The Man Himself

We are ecstatically chuffed to accept this whisky giant to tutor at this special event on 24th September.

You will be tasting some of the rarest & most delicate single malts Jura has to offer, Jura 30 yo & 21 yo Anniversary. Demand for these tickets will be extremely high and only 30 places are available priced just £10.

Event time : 2:15 till 3:00 pm (45min duration).

All samples will be pre-poured at table settings.

Click on the link to Buy tickets for Willie Tait Masterclass  

Tasting of Single-Malt Scotches from Scottish Independent Bottler Gordon & MacPhail
Tuesday, August 16th 2011 4:30 P.M. & 6:00 P.M.

Joe writes,

Next Tuesday we will host a tasting of some excellent malts from one of our favorite bottlers, Gordon & MacPhail. As usual we will have pourings in the store at two times, free of charge. The malts on offer will show a wide spectrum: Lowlands – Highlands – Speyside and Islands. Although we will not have any malts showing big peat there will be a young buck from Orkney that will keep most happy, it’s a real cracker. We will also have one or two closed distilleries, and bottlings ranging from great values in younger whisky to ancient gems. Full details soon, watch the website. ( It’s Getting Better )

In addition we’ll be putting out special offers on all manner of single-malts this week over Twitter. If you’re not on that particular social media platform you should seriously consider signing up and following us @federalwine. All offers will be released first on Twitter then following that, a roundup of the week’s offers will appear in next week’s newsletter. These will comprise both new and old releases and all will be extremely limited in quantity.

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Email: info@federalwine.com
Phone: (617) 367-8605
Web: http://www.federalwine.com/  

On the 25th of august Malmaison Aberdeen will become host to an evening of what promises to be a truly unforgettable night of outstanding whisky and stunning food. Come along and join the Master distiller of the Tullibardine Distillery, for 4 courses partnered with 4 carefully selected Whiskies for only £65. Allow John Black to excite and enlighten you with his knowledge and answer every question you may have during the evening. John has literally spent his whole life at distilleries having been born at Cardhu distillery in Speyside and spent the rest of his working life running and managing distilleries. John has worked tirelessly at the task of bringing Tullibardine back to life and has brought all of his years of skill and experience to bear in the resurrection of the distillery.

7.30pm start.

Love Whisky? Come along, We Dare You!

Whisky Dinner with Tullibardin Distillery

Pre-dinner

Tullibardine Aged Oak
Lobster ravioli, tomato and basil compote
fish cream reduction
Tullibardine 1993

Slow cooked ox cheeks, smoked bacon & shallots,
horseradish pomme puree and maderia jus

Tullibardine 1988

Warm chocolate fondant,
pistachio ice cream

Tullibardine Port wood finish

Cheese Selection

Tullibardine 1964

Bernd Staber
Bar Manager
Malmaison Aberdeen
49-53 Queens Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4YP
T: 01224 327 370   
F: 01224327371
E: bstaber@malmaison.com

Miner's Delight Inn

Second Saturday Scotch Sipping at Six

2nd Saturday    each month    6 – 9 p.m.    no reservation required

Enjoy 5 half-ounce samples of single malt Scotch whisky: $20

♦  We feature 3 single malts, including a Malt of the Month *

♦  You roll a die then pick a whisky from one of the six Scotch regions

♦  You pick your Connoisseur’s Choice from our menu of 73 single malts

Peruse our whisky library. Learn about our single malts in our menu book: distillery info, tasting notes, & more.  Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres. Non-whisky drinkers welcome.

Featured malts:

* 10% off bottles of the Malt of the Month

August 13, 2011

Glenfiddich 15 yo *

Dalmore 12 yo

Deanston 12 yo

September 10, 2011

anCnoc 12 yo *

Cragganmore  12 yo

Arran Machrie Moor

October 8, 2011

Benromach 10 yo *

GlenDronach 12 yo

Highland Park 12 yo

November 12 , 2011

Glen Grant 10 yo *

Longrow CV

Glenkinchie 12 yo

Visit the Miner’s Delight Inn at http://www.minersdelightinn.com/

Bob at work...

Balvenie Tasting at TWE Vinopolis with Drs Forrester & Whisky

[This week we are joined by the TWE Vinopolis shop assistant manager and tastings organiser Chris Bolton, to talk us through our recent event at the hands of Balvenie’s whisky doctors – Forrester and Whisky]

 Throughout the years that TWE has been running its humble sanctuary for mind and body inside the vaulted Vinopolis arches, many…(Please click on the link below to read the remainder of the article)… 

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Andrew is intrigued by Sam's advanced bottle holding technique

Daily Whisky Tastings

every day in August – 5PM in our tasting room.

Whisky Tastings every day in August @ WHISKI Rooms

Whisky – Distillery Visits – Taste your way through the Regions

Every day at 5PM our specialist whisky shop located in our sister venue, WHISKI Rooms will be hosting a variety of fun and informal whisky tastings. We have a great line-up of distillers visiting to talk through their ranges from Glenfiddich to Bowmore and more. Introduction to Whisky, Whisky and Chocolate and cocktials to name a few, there will be one to take your fancy…

All tastings are held in our beautiful tasting room within our whisky shop and cost £15 pp.

See our whisky tasting schedule here.

Call our shop on 0131-225-1532 to book now.

All tastings held at
WHISKI Rooms
4 – 7 North Bank Street
Edinburgh
EH1 2LP
 
Contact Us:
Phone:0131-225-1532
www.whiskirooms.com

*HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERIES WHISKEY TASTING– THURSDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2011*

First of all, many thanks to all those of you who agreed to let yourselves be filmed at the Arran whisky tasting last month. You can see the video, including an interview with Andy Hogan, at http://www.furryfeet.tv/cotswolds/venue_video.php?footprint=425  (don’t blame us for the background soundtrack – not our choice!).

Now for news of another first for Arkwrights. On Thursday 15th September we will be hosting our first American whiskey tasting and are looking forward to Henry Joe from Heaven Hill Distilleries coming along to expand our knowledge and taste buds with various whiskies from America’s largest independent family-owned and operated distillery.

Henry Joe will talk us through all the ins and outs of America’s Native Spirit (as declared by an Act of Congress, no less!) but just to whet your appetite for what’s to come we will be tasting from an eclectic range of small batch and single barrel bourbons as well as some straight rye, corn and wheat whiskies – styles that are rarely all produced at one distillery. These differing whiskies will offer a variety of flavours – ranging from spice, vanilla, smoky corn and sweet oak, through mint and chocolate to stewed fruits, nuts and ginger!

The tasting will be a great chance for you to find out more about a very different style of whiskey production and maturation, and to widen your whisk(e)y tasting horizons. And remember, if you come along to this tasting not only will you get to try some great American whiskies you will also be supporting Scotch whisky as those bourbon barrels are vital to the Scotch whisky industry!

Stanton House

The tasting will be held at Stanton House Hotel, Stanton Fitzwarren (www.stantonhouse.co.uk), and will commence at 7.00 for 7.30pm. Tickets are £12.50 per person, and this also entitles you to a discount of £3 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 and, as most of you already know, these tickets sell very quickly so it is best to book ASAP. To buy them just log on to www.whiskyandwines.com and place an order for the number you require, or telephone us on (01793) 765071, or call in and see us at Arkwrights, The Dormers, Highworth, Wiltshire.

Admission to the tasting is by ticket only, and most, if not all, of the whiskies tasted will be available to purchase on the night so come prepared.

These evenings are a great chance to try some new whiskies that you might not encounter otherwise, and to be educated and entertained at the same time. Come along and join us!

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

Masters Series Fall 2011

Join us for a series of tastings featuring wine and spirits chosen by one of America’s foremost wine and spirits authorities, F. Paul Pacult, editor of The Spirit Journal.

Wednesday, September 7, 7:00 p.m.

Ardbeg “Mega-Tasting” with David Blackmore

Ardbeg, from the windswept shores of Islay, is the epitome of classically robust, smoky and peaty single malts. Whisky journalist and author Paul Pacult welcomes Global Brand Ambassador David Blackmore to guide you through Ardbeg’s distinctive roster of single malts.

Come Sample:

Ardbeg New Make Spirit
Ardbeg 10 Years Old
Ardbeg Airrigh nam Beist
Ardbeg Corryvreckan
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Ardbeg Alligator
Ardbeg Double Barrel Cask Sample
Ardbeg Mystery Cask Sample

Tuesday, October 4, 7:00 p.m.

Glenmorangie “Mega-Tasting” with Dr. Bill Lumsden

Glenmorangie, the lightest, purest and most elegant of single malts will be the focus of this memorable evening. Come experience these exquisitely harmonious single malts with Paul and Dr. Bill Lumsden, Master Distiller and creative genius behind both Ardbeg and Glenmorangie. Don’t miss this chance to taste the best from the Northern Highlands including:

Glenmorangie Original
Glenmorangie Lasanta Sherry Wood
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban Port Wood
Glenmorangie Pride or Quarter Century 25 Years Old
Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or Sauterne Wood
Glenmorangie Extremely Rare 18 Years Old
Glenmorangie Astar
Glenmorangie Finealta
Glenmorangie Signet

$95 per person

For reservations call Keens Steakhouse (212) 947-3636

– Please register early as we expect this event to sell out –

Please fax back to us at (212) 714-1103

August Outturn: A curious sweetie shop
This August Outturn is a curious sweetie shop bursting with delightful temptation…mmm, where to start?

Try our August Recommendations:
PAIR OFFER: Buy 4.154 & 3.177 for only £84.90 (save £10)

4.154 Edinburgh rock and bath salts
Highland Island
£51.70 inc free p&p
A sweet, zesty, even peppery taste, with light smoke in the finish and nuts in the aftertaste

3.177 The gentle giant
Islay
£43.20 inc free p&p
Aromatic smouldering nose with the leather and subtle smoke, and both smoky bacon and salt & vinegar crisps, alongside pork crackling

TRIO OFFER: Buy 50.44, 73.43 & 93.45 for £132.20 (save £15)
50.44 A pleasant little charmer
Lowland
£56.50 inc free p&p
Tropical fruits (orange, pear, lychee, glacé cherries) sunny splashes of flowers (violet, jasmine, geranium), grass and toffee

73.43 Meadow flowers and herbs de Provence
Speyside Deveron
£47.50 inc free p&p
Fresh with fruit (green apple, pineapple) flowers (lilies), butterscotch and polished wood, turning herbal (herbes de Provence

93.45 An unusual sweetie shop
Campbeltown
£43.20 inc free p&p
Treacle toffee, liquorice, aniseed, tattoo ink (what?) and moist ginger cake followed each other in rapid succession

CASE: Take the Aug PAIR, TRIO and ADD 28.23 for £274.50 (save £30)
28.23 Attention grabbing spicy wood
Highland Southern
£62.40 inc free p&p
Hay, grass, wood-sap, sawdust, some delicate floral notes, peppery spice, blackcurrant jam and lots of nuts (macadamia, almond, hazelnut)

Something different? Try our new single cask grain whisky and single cask Carribean Rum:

G5.2 Strumming the strings of the soul

R3.2 Because the lady loves Milk Tray

Browse all bottlings
(60 single casks online)

Society Tastings & Events (48 Society tastings online)
Free Music Night at The Vaults – The Vaults, Sun 7 Aug
Steak & Whisky Tasting – London, Mon 8 Aug
New Members’ Tasting – London, Thu 18 Aug
Winchester Preview Tasting – Royal Hotel, Fri 19 Aug
Chester Preview Tasting – New Blossoms Hotel, Fri 19 Aug
Durham Preview Tasting – Oldfields Restaurant, Fri 19 Aug
Aberdeen Preview Tasting – Caledonian Thistle Hotel, Thu 25 Aug

More Society tastings

Edinburgh Festival Fever is HERE
Celebrate the Edinburgh Festival at the Society with our programme of Tutored Tastings – three specially selected Society drams and a bit of chat for only £12! Dates available:

Thu 11 Aug at 28 Queen Street
Fri 12 Aug at The Vaults
Sat 13 Aug at 28 Queen Street
Thu 18 Aug at 28 Queen Street
Fri 19 Aug at The Vaults
Sat 20 Aug at 28 Queen Street
Thu 25 Aug at 28 Queen Street
Fri 26 Aug at The Vaults
Sat 27 Aug at 28 Queen Street

Plus get you hands on last few tickets to our
Festival Tasting with John Campbell

Win Tickets to Whisky Live in Glasgow: Sat 3 Sept
The nice folks at Whisky Live have kindly given us a PAIR of complementary tickets to this year’s Whisky Live in Glasgow. You could be in with a chance of winning the tickets by simply emailing us with your name and contact details. Competition ends Fri 19 August

Enjoy Full Day access to the show along with tickets to one of the master classes being held. CAN’T WAIT? – We’ve also secured an exclusive 10% discount for SMWS members just use promo code ‘SMWS10’ on their website. More Whisky Live

EMAIL us

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ
Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm).

Visit the Society at http://www.smws.co.uk/memberships for your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers. 

WhiskyFest San Francisco VIP tickets are very limited. Order your tickets now while they are still available!

San Francisco
Friday, October 7, 2011 | 6:30 – 9:30 pm
San Francisco Marriott Marquis

$4 handling charge per ticket. A per order fee of $4.50 applies to all telephone orders.

Tickets are on sale now at whiskyfest.com. Buy yours today to guarantee your spot at the premier event for whisky enthusiasts!

For additional information,
visit Malt Advocate on the web at whiskyfest.com
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