SCOTTISH INDEPENDANCE
Thursday, August 19, 7:00-8:30pm
Longtime Scotch importer and expert Ed Kohl will be teaching us the art of single cask selection and demonstrating the quality of whisky available from independant bottlers. This seminar will feature cask selections from Signatory and newly introduced Chieftain’s Choice, as well as showing of the sublime, peated delight of Isle of Skye and Smokhead. $15 W/Binny’s Card / $20 non-members.
Call 630-654-0988 or email willowbrook@binnys.com for reservations.
Willowbrook Store
6920 Kingery Hwy | Willowbrook | 630-654-0988
Summer Ticket Sale!
Early bird ticket sale from Aug 15 – Sept 18. This will be the best price for tickets and is your reward for acting early. It’s time to start planning your itinerary now for the week ending on March 26, 2011, or as we like to call it WoW Week.
Purchase tickets at http://www.whiskiesoftheworld.com/store/index.php?cPath=17
(This arrived on the 16th and too late to be published on Monday or even Sunday which was the 15th)
Please join us on Thursday 26th August at Edinburgh’s Bramble Bar to sample our new Spirit Drink range and try some exciting Bramble cocktails, using one of our four innovative Glenglassaugh Spirit Drinks. Challenge your perceptions and your tastebuds with creations from the cream of Scotland’s mixologists. Drop in from 2.00pm to 4.00 pm and meet the team while soaking up some Edinburgh Festival atmosphere!
RSVP to ronnie.routledge@glenglassaugh.com or stop by on the day – the doors will be open.
Glenglassaugh Sprit Drinks & cocktails
@ Bramble Bar & Lounge,
16a Queen Street,
Edinburgh
EH2 1JE.
Tax Free Weekend – August 14 and 15 – Watch for Our Special Weekend Sale
Irish Whiskey Tasting Cooley Distillery, County Louth with Tim Herlihy
Tuesday August 17th. 2010
5:00 P.M. or 6:00 P.M.
Joe writes,
Tim will taste us on whiskies from 4 different Cooley brands of 4 different styles. You may taste why Malt Advocate called Cooley Distillery of The Year this year.
Tyrconnel Single Malt is Pot Still whiskey has the depth of a single malt, with finesse and elegance, yet soft on the palate.
Kilbeggan is a uniquely Irish Whiskey, very easy drinking and approachable, but with its own distinctive style. The finest grain and malt whiskey are blended together for the smooth, sweet taste and lovely malty finish that is Killbeggan Irish whiskey.
Connermara is an Irish Single Malt from before coal was brought to Ireland, when peat or turf was used to dry the barley, a style of whiskey lost, until Cooley revived it. A Great Thing!!!
Greenore is Grain whiskey that is the quiet whiskey that is the biggest part of the blend, Grain whiskey is very rarely mentioned when it comes to whiskey, the Grain whiskey that goes into the blends for The Cooley Distillery, they felt with the quality of their Grain Whiskey, that it was only proper to show the Grain Whiskey on it’s own.
We will taste the following:
Reg Special
Tyrconnel Single Malt $36.99 $32.99
Tyrconnel 10 Y.O. Madeira Finish $94.99 $85.99
Kilbeggan Blended $23.99 $20.99
Kilbeggan 15 Y.O. $110.00 $99.99
Connermara Peated $49.99 $44.99
Connermara Cask Strength $66.99 $60.99
Greenore 8 Y.O. Grain Whiskey $42.99 $38.99
You can pre-buy this weekend and Beat The Tax! If you need any information on these or any other products, Call me
Federal Wine & Spirits
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Email: info@federalwine.com
Phone: (617) 367-8605
Web: http://www.federalwine.com/
145th SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GATHERING & GAMES
WHAT: 145th Scottish Highland Gathering & Games
WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, September 4 & 5 (Labor Day Weekend)
WHERE: Pleasanton, CA – Alameda County Fairgrounds
HOURS: 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
PRODUCER: Caledonian Club of San Francisco
WEBSITE: www.TheScottishGames.com
“A Taste of Whisky at the Games” Whisky Tastings & Master Seminars
Join us at the Whisky Seminars and sample and learn about some of the finest whiskies…..
Tasting: Advance $17.00 – At Games $20.00.
Includes 6 tastings, tasting brochure and souvenir tasting glass.
Single Malt Scotch Whisky Tastings: Second Saturday Scotch Sipping at Six At The Two Bit Cowboy Saloon In The Miner’s Delight Inn, Wyoming.
2nd Saturday every month 6 – 9 p.m. no reservation required
Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres to cleanse your palate between 5 half-ounce samples of single malt Scotch whisky: $20. (Cash bar for non-whisky drinkers).
► Enjoy 3 featured single malts, including a Malt of the Month *
► Roll a die and choose a single malt from one of the six Scotch regions
► Pick your connoisseur’s choice from our single malt Scotch whisky menu
Featured Malts:
* 10% off bottles of the Malt of the Month
August 14, 2010
Glenkinchie 12 yo *
Highland Park 12 yo
Glenrothes Alba Reserve
September 11, 2010
Glenrothes Select Reserve *
Dalmore 12 yo
Isle of Jura Prophecy
October 9, 2010
Benromach 10 yo *
Speyburn 10 yo
Edradour Caledonia 12 yo
November 9, 2010
Old Pulteney 12 yo *
Ardmore Traditional Cask
GlenDronach 12 yo
December 11, 2010
New Beginnings:
This tasting will include three young, limited release whiskies from privately held distilleries: One’s a new distillery, one’s a newly reopened distillery that sat silent for more than a century, and one’s a reopened distillery that had been mothballed for the better part of a decade.
Visit the Miner’s Delight Inn at http://www.minersdelightinn.com
Precious Cargo fills a wooden 12-pack case we found in an antique store in Miltonvale, Kansas, in May 2010. The store owner guessed the case was from the 1930s. Thanks to Laphroaig’s medicinal nose, the US government imported Laphroaig single malt Scotch whisky through prohibition and doctors issued prescriptions for “strictly medicinal” use.
Maltstock – Newsletter 6
Reminder: tickets need to be bought in advance
Less than 4 weeks until Maltstock. This is a reminder to all of you who are planning to come to Maltstock, but haven’t bougth your tickets yet. Maltstock tickets have to be bought in advance through our online webshop. There will be no ticket sales at the Maltstock gates. So if you haven’t got your tickets yet click here to go to our webshop.
Once you’ve got your tickets can also immediatly send us your preferences for the free tastings. And you can profit from the extra discount for Maltstock guests for the new Octomore 3_152 as you read about in our previous mailing.
MALTSTOCK
Two whisky enthusiast (the Laddies Bob and Teun) organised Maltstock for the first time last year. This whisky gathering was a roaring success. Maltstock will return this September. From 3 to 5 September people from various countries will come together for a weekend of unique relaxed whiskyfun.
Program
The full program you can find online at www.maltstock.com. Some of the highlights are the presence of Stuart Nickerson from Glenglassaugh distillery, Douglas Campbell from Tomatin distillery and Stewart Buchannan from BenRiach distillery. We are very proud to have Stuart Thomson at Maltstock as well. He’s back! Also present will be Balvenie, GlenDronach, and Amrut distillery. Furthermore most of the best independent bottlers will be represented, like Adelphi, Berry Brothers, Dewar Rattray, Daily Dram, Douglas Laing, David Stirk’s Exclusive Malts and many more. You can try almost all the whisky without extra charge, except for the collection of old and rare whisky from the Dutch Whiskycollectors “Full Proof”.
Other highlights are the big campfire, the BBQ, the whisky quiz and sharing and enjoying good whisky in good company in a relaxed setting.
Maltstock starts Friday afternoon and ends Sunday afternoon. We eat, drink, sleep (small dorms with bunk beds) and have a great time on the same location. So unlike the many whisky fairs, at Maltstock there is plenty of time to enjoy a great whisky in a very relaxed setting with great company.
Free tastings
Just like last year we again will have several tastings which are free for the people at Maltstock. There will be masterclasses by Stuart Nickerson (Glenglassaugh), Douglas Campbell (Tomatin) and Stewart Buchannan (BenRiach). As well as masterclasses from Balvenie, and Amrut. And very special: a new make tasting. Your chance to compare 15 to 20 different new makes in one tasting.
And we will have a blending competition. Together with your friends try and compose a good blend. Trust me it is more difficult than it seems. There will be a nice prize for the best blend.
There will also be a world première: try all ten different white dog (new make) from Four Roses distillery! Along with something very special!!!
Tickets for the free tastings are bookable online now. You do of course need to buy your Maltstock tickets first.
Costs
Maltstock costs just 150,- euro’s for a whole weekend. And almost everything is included! Two nights accommodation, BBQ, whisky quiz, free tastings, plenty of whisky, campfire and a real Scottish breakfast. We are very proud the people from the Highlander Inn in Craigellachie will travel from Scotland to Maltstock to prepare a real Scottish breakfast for us. What better way to start the day.
To make it even more special: the guys from Compass Box will be putting together a special breakfast whisky to accompany this Scottish breakfast.
Maltstock is 3 to 5 September just south of Nijmegen in Overasselt, the Netherlands. There’s a bus stop right in front of Maltstock. For directions, please check our website.
We can tell you so much more about Maltstock. But who better to hear from than the people who were there last year? On our website you can read their comments and reviews. We also have a lot of pictures online.
We hope to meet a lot of you at Maltstock. If there are any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to contact the organisation: info@maltstock.com
See you in September, see you at Maltstock!
Arthur, Bob, Eline, Rogier & Teun
www.maltstock.com
On-sale NOW
August Outturn: 11 mouth-watering single casks
WOW-wee, this August Outturn explodes with a colourful cartwheel of characters. Delve straight in this First Friday, find your saviour flavour.
125.39 Gateau de Mille-feuilles
Highland Northern
£67.40 inc. Free P&P
A stunning multi-layered dessert; ripe peach stone, vanilla pods in mucovado sugar, wood spices, custard apple and pain au chocolat.
Pair Recommendation: Buy 125.39 with 35.39 for £97 (save£12.60)
48.23 Marshmallows and barley fields
Speyside Spey
£40.20 inc. Free P&P
The palate had sweet and creamy vanilla with warm toasted marshmallows and candy floss; a spicy prickle brought candied fennel and tarragon, and zingy chocolate limes
Trio Recommendations: Buy 48.23 with 76.71 & 27.82 for £138
(save £17.70)
19.47 Dried roses in a shoe-box
Highland Eastern
£58.30 inc. Free P&P
The palate tasted of sweet biscuits and golden syrup sponge, but with the welcome muscularity of ginger cake, malt loaf and exotic teas.
33.90 Cocktails in a chimney
Islay
£57.30 inc. P&P
Coconut, elderflower and lime aromas suggested exotic cocktails, but the Malt-meister was in a malt kiln; certainly there was peat smoke, chimneys, coal-dust, charcoal, tar and liquorice.
DRAMA at Hotel du Vin & Malmaison
Our August Outturn is also creating some drama at Aberdeen Malmaison & Birmingham and Brighton Hotel du Vin.
Sample drams 19.47, 36.47, 76.71 & 3.163 at each of the three hotels
Ask at the bar for more details
Browse all bottlings at http://tinyurl.com/33qnu8d (84 different bottlings)
2010 Edinburgh Festival Events this August
Our programme of Tutored Tastings at The Vaults and 28 Queen Street is almost underway, don’t miss out on a ticket…
The Vaults: Wed 11, Fri 13, Wed 18, Fri 20, Wed 25, Fri 27 August
Queen Street: Thu 12, Sat 14, Thu 19, Sat 21, Thu 26, Sat 28 August
SMWS Whisky Tasting & Events
New Outturn Open Tasting – London, Sat 7 Aug
New Outturn & Sunday Roast Tasting – The Vaults, Sun 8 Aug
New Outturn Open Tasting – London, Mon 9 Aug
Steak & Chips Tasting – The Vaults, Mon 23 Aug
London Eye Sundown Tasting – London, Fri 27 Aug
Aberdeen Preview Tasting -Caledonian Thistle Hotel, Fri 27 Aug
Harrogate Preview Tasting – Old Swan Hotel, Fri 27 Aug
Visit the Scotch Malt Whisky Society for your chance to join at www.smws.co.uk
Whisky Festivals and Glenfarclas Events
Over the next few months, we will be sampling Glenfarclas at the following events. We do hope you will be able to join us.
11th August 2010
8PM Glenfarclas tasting in the Commercial Hall, Dufftown
For full details please click here. http://www.dufftown.co.uk/whisky_nosing.php
14th & 15th August 2010
Whisky Fringe, Edinburgh – Whilst we will be there, tickets have now sold out.
24th August 2010
Glenfarclas Happy Hour at the Marco Polo Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong
28th & 29th August 2010
Whisky Live Taipei, Taiwan
3rd & 4th September 2010
Cöpenicker Whiskyherbst, Germany
4th September 2010
Whiskymessen, Copenhagen
27th September 2010
3.30PM Glenfarclas tasting in Dufftown for the Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival.
30th September to 2nd October and 7th to 9th October 2010
Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival, Sweden
1st to 3rd October 2010
Potstill Festival, Netherlands
