Whisky Agency – Our new stock list

We´re happy to present our new range of bottlings. You may find the new entries as attached including –
 
Our 6th series “Insects”:

-Clynelish 1989 ex-bourbon
-Lochside 1981 ex-bourbon
-Miltonduff 1980 ex-bourbon
-Glen Grant 1973 ex-sherry

 
The latest “Perfect Dram” – additions:

-Linkwood 1973 ex-bourbon
-“A Speyside” 1969 ex-bourbon
 
as well as the new
 
“Private Stock” design:
-Clynelish 1972 sherry wood
-Bunnahabhain 1967 sherry wood

For any details or tasting notes please check our website: www.whisky-agency.com or contact us via email: post@whisky-agency.com.

MARA Malt Rarities Rare & Old Tasting November 20th

Our next rare & old tasting will be held on November 20th at Villa Konthor, Limburg. Here`s where you can find the tasting line-up & pics online: “Tasting”. http://maltwhisky-mara.com/index2.htm

For any interest or bookings please do not hesitate to contact us at:  roland.puhl@t-online.de

Our homepage www.maltwhisky-mara.de.

Sincerest Regards and many greetings from Limburg/Germany 
 
Limburg News
Werner-Senger-Straße 23
65549 Limburg
Phone: +49 (0)6432 5758
E-Mail: newsletter@whisky-agency.com
Website: www.whisky-agency.com

Order your tickets via http://www.whiskylive.fr/billetterie/grand-public/

*18 – 40 YEAR OLDS ONLY (WHISKIES THAT IS!) – THURSDAY 19TH AUGUST 2010*

We have had numerous requests to run a tasting that will give people the opportunity to sample some older whiskies and so on Thursday 19th August we will be presenting a tasting of six whiskies ranging in age from 18 to 40 years old.  These will include both peated and unpeated whiskies from various distilleries, and there may well be one or two from closed/mothballed distilleries.

This is a great opportunity to come along and sample whiskies that due to age, scarcity or price (or all 3!) are not in your selection of everyday drinking malts.  You’ll be able to see why it is that distilleries go to the expense of maturing some of their whiskies for a considerable period of time, and what the effects of this longer maturation period are on the characteristics of a whisky.

So as to give everyone present a chance to savour and discuss these whiskies fully we are restricting numbers to just 32 people for this event.  It will be held in our usual venue of Stanton House Hotel  (www.stantonhouse.co.uk) and will be in the Cedar Room, which overlooks the lake and parkland. 

The tasting will commence at 7.00 for 7.30pm and, as it will feature older and rarer whiskies, tickets are priced at £35.00.  Some of the whiskies tasted will be available to purchase and your ticket price includes a discount of £3 against any of these if bought or ordered on the night of the tasting.

And if you really want to treat yourself, we have agreed special accommodation rates with Stanton House so why not stay over for the night?  Prices range from £80 for a basic double room up to £110 for a Prestige Double – contact us (details below) for further information.

Tickets are allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. 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 Arkwrights reserve the right to restrict the number of tickets per person.

Tasting tickets always sell very quickly (usually within 48 hours), and with numbers for this particular tasting being so restricted then it is best to book ASAP.

We look forward to seeing you for a great evening of whisky tasting.

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

Four Roses, Yeasts and Mashbills The Britons Protection, Manchester REMINDER

Friday July 30th 2010, 7.30pm

£20.00 / ticket
 
Julian Howard from Inspirit makes a first visit to the ‘BP’, arguably the Lancashire home of Bourbon. He is going to introduce a fascinating tasting of not only ‘bottled’ products, but also cask samples that demonstrate the amount of forethought and research that goes into putting Four Roses Bourbons together. The distillery uses a unique recipe of not only yeasts, which most Scottish distilleries could learn a thing or two from, but also mashbills. A mashbill, basically, is the recipe of grains that will make up the Bourbon – the proportion of corn, rye and barley used.

YOU are going to have a unique insight into the world of a Kentucky distiller and his secret recipes. This is bound to be a fantastic evening and tickets as always are limited.

As always each tasting is designed to be fun and enjoyable for all levels of whisky drinker, and is not a lecture. You will almost certainly learn something new every time, but if you don’t walk out with a smile on your face then we have done something wrong!

You will not be sent a ticket through the post. Your details will be added to the event register and all you need to do is print the payment confirmation page and bring it with you to the event.

http://www.thewhiskylounge.com/

Richard Paterson The Master Blender

AMERICA! I’m back! I hope Boston, New Orleans and Dallas have whisky

(This was sent later Tuesday by himself)

Apparently, some of you Americans were missing me, so here I am back again for some more whisky and cigar adventures (well, in places you’re allowed to smoke anyway…) and here’s what I’m up to – hopefully get to meet a few of you…

Monday July 19
A quick blogger meet-up and lunch with Kirsten Amann, Catherine Stanton Schiff and Kenneth Kansky at Post 390 and then I’ll be at Davio’s, 75 Arlington Street, Boston in the evening for a trade dinner. Should be fun (as long as the jetlag stays off!)

Tuesday July 20
Easy day until 4pm and then it’s tastings and masterclass galore at Federal W&S and at Omni Parker House. The Omni Parker House one should be good for those who get along as everyone is getting a copy of my book and a bottle of Dalmore 15.

Wednesday July 21
A fond farewell is bid to Boston as I get to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail (did they check who they had invited? Do they put ice in these cocktails?) and I’ll be doing events in and around the Hotel Monteleone. One of the events, starting at 4.30pm, will see me doing a classroom style event with the drinks being poured, the Dalmore 12, 15, 18, Gran Reserva and King Alexander.

Tales of the Cocktail has a huge online presence, I’ll send the details out later for those who can’t make it along.

Thursday July 22
I’m taking the day off. I wish! Starting off at 11am I’ll be doing a book signing in the Hotel Monteleone, then having a chat with Kevin Jenkins of The Chef & the Fat Man fame. But it won’t be too long a chat as I’ll have a plane to catch, getting into Dallas at around 9pm. Someone tell me a decent place to go for a late night drink and cigar!

Friday July 23
I can guarantee I’ll be sweltering from all the running about I’ll be doing as I’ve got a bunch of private events on before a cigar event at Javier’s, 4912 Cole Ave. Dallas.

Saturday July 24
Not much on apart from  a mad dash to the airport to catch another plane and get back to New Orleans (in case they are missing me) and get ready for the Spirited Awards at The Roosevelt Hotel that night.

Sunday, July 25
Sleep. Aye, maybe if you’re another Richard Paterson. More Tales of the Cocktail fun with a presentation on Scotland’s Whisky Legends and Pacult involving myself, F. Paul Pacult and Colin Scott from Chivas. This is actually going to be a cracker as we’re discussing some terrific points about whisky – I’ll do another blog post about it later – and then I’m a guest at an event called Ahead in an Online World which apparently is going to tell us about stuff called Twitter, Facebook, blogs and so on. Never heard of any of it. All I want to know is can I put my whisky glass on the old-fashioned CD tray?

Monday July 26
Travel back to Glasgow. Might sleep, might prepare some notes for an online whisky tasting I’m doing with some guys in Australia on the Wednesday.

Anyway, that’s what I’m officially up to. There’s some spare time in most of the cities, so let me know if there’s anywhere worth popping into. After all, the last time this suggested, I popped into a little company called Twitter…

Bushmill’s Irish Whiskey Wants YOU! – Irish Whiskey News

From Matt at Bushmills;

“Thanks again for mentioning Make It At Bushmills in March; I just wanted to let you know that the voting is now open to find the lucky winner; already there’s been 2,500 votes!

To vote, all you need to do is go to the Bushmills global facebook page and click on the ‘Vote For Me’ tab.

If you’d like to know any more, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Best wishes,

Matt”

The original article;

Bushmills’ Master Distiller, Colum Egan, is offering one lucky person the chance to share in his life in Bushmills for 30 days, and if they can prove they’ve captured the Bushmills way of life, they’ll get the chance to be the first person outside of the Bushmills distillery ever to create their own blend of Bushmills whiskey. They’ll also get to stay at a luxury penthouse and be given £5,000 spending money too!

It’s a great chance to share in the experience of creating one of the world’s best loved Irish whiskeys and to show that they have what it takes to ‘Make it at Bushmills’.

It’s the chance of a lifetime to work alongside one of the world’s greatest whiskey makers, Colum Egan, Bushmills Master Distiller, and learn some of the ancient secrets that go into this great whiskey. Entrants will compete against people from their own countries for votes to win a place at the global final: Bushcamp. Social media will play a key role in helping entrants to gain votes, so I thought you might like the chance to be a part of the ‘Make it at Bushmills’ journey from the outset.

If you’re interested in more information about this global challenge you can enter or follow the competition via the Bushmills Facebook page: www.facebook.com/bushmills1608.

Tolbooth Tavern Edinburgh

All whisky tastings take place on Thursday nights from 7:30pm until approximately 10pm at the Tolbooth Tavern, 167 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotchland. You’ll find this location on Google Maps at the bottom of the page.

Tickets : £17*/20 or when a tasting’s theme requires buying more expensive bottles the increase will be reflected proportionally in the ticket price.

At least 5 drams, cask strength being the preferred option when a choice is available and affordable.

Refunds only possible if tasting not sold out or if ticket can be resold.

The tastings aim to inform and entertain. The relaxed approach is still structured and props are used so the tastes and smells of the various influences on production can be experienced first hand, for example there will be the opportunity to smell and/or taste both malted and un-malted barley, yeast and new make spirit.

The tasting usually ends with a raffle where every entrant wins a miniature’s worth of whisky left over from previous tastings, entry to the raffle is an additional £2 and any further donations being collected for World Vision’s ‘Sponsor a Child’ scheme (we’ve collected more than £1500 to date).

All tastings include oatcakes, shortbread and chocolates. The Tollbooth offers meals up to the time of tasting.
ENTRY BY PREPAID TICKET ONLY – prices from £17* *first timers & members discount, 13 month membership = £10, 2nd year’s membership £5 then all subsequent years free. Want to taste the whiskies but can’t attend? We can bottle them for you to take away. Empty minis always appreciated.

22.7.10 Old/Sherried/Peaty/Rare/Unusual £t.b.c. including:-

Rare Ayrshire (Ladyburn) 1975 45.2% Signatory

Laphroaig Cairdeas (11yo to 19yo) 2010 Feis Ile 57.3%

Glenrothes 1990 – 02/08 17yo 46% sherry butt 395 bottles Cadenheads

Glentauchers 2006 -2009 46% barrel 921 20cl bottles Carn Mor

Potter’s Distillers, Kelowna, British Columbia 15yo Indian Corn Cadenheads

http://www.jollytopertastings.co.uk/

Four Roses, Yeasts and Mashbills
Blackfriars, Newcastle Upon Tyne 
Friday August 6th 2010, 7.30pm 
www.blackfriarsrestaurant.co.uk 

£20.00 / ticket   

Julian Howard makes his first trip to The Whisky Lounge in Newcastle – aside from the Whisky Festival of course! He is going to introduce a fascinating tasting of not only ‘bottled’ products, but also cask samples that demonstrate the amount of forethought and research that goes into putting Four Roses Bourbons together. The distillery uses a unique recipe of not only yeasts, which most Scottish distilleries could learn a thing or two from, but also mashbills. A mashbill, basically, is the recipe of grains that will make up the Bourbon – the proportion of corn, rye and barley used.

YOU are going to have a unique insight into the world of a Kentucky distiller and his secret recipes. This is bound to be a fantastic evening and tickets as always are limited.

As always each tasting is designed to be fun and enjoyable for all levels of whisky drinker, and is not a lecture. You will almost certainly learn something new every time, but if you don’t walk out with a smile on your face then we have done something wrong!

You will not be sent a ticket through the post. Your details will be added to the event register and all you need to do is print the payment confirmation page and bring it with you to the event.

http://www.thewhiskylounge.com/Events.aspx?id=134

Competition from BenRiach Distillery;

WIN A BOTTLE OF BENRIACH 25YO

We’ve got 3 bottles of the superb BenRiach 25yo up for grabs. For your chance to win, simply sign up to our e-newsletter.

Winners will be selected at random on September 1st 2010.

Good Luck!

http://www.benriachdistillery.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=competition

The “96 Isles and 5 Whiskies Cruise” dinner

Dear Whisky Friends,

A very special and exclusive dinner organized by Glann ar Mor Distillery will take place on Saturday18Th September, boarding from Lezardrieux harbour on the Northern coast of Brittany. After a visit of the nearby distillery, a magic cruise will take us from isle to isle in the beautiful Brehat archipelago on an old fishing boat, while we will be dining with rare whiskies including Celtique Connexion, Glann ar Mor and Kornog.

We will be sailing on the “Nebuleuse”, a former Dunde tuna boat of 89 tons, 19 meters long and 6 meters wide built in 1949.

To join us for this exciting event, you will find full details and booking form on the distillery’s webpage dedicated to this event at http://www.glannarmor.com/dinerwhiskyEN.htm.
Price for the full afternoon and evening program is 225 € per person, and in order to guarantee optimum comfort aboard there are only 24 bookings available.

Place and time : 18 September at 02:00 PM at Glann ar Mor Distillery, then boarding at 04:15 PM in Lezardrieux (22740 Brittany, France).

Yech’ed Mad !

Martine and Jean DONNAY
Contact : info@glannarmor.com

Glann ar Mor
The Celtic distillery with a Breton Heart