Hello Fellow Scotch Lovers –

I wanted to remind you that this Wednesday, April 7th is Whisky Live in NYC. Through our industry relationships, we’ve been able to secure an amazing discount for members of ForScotchLovers.com. Read more about it below.

If you are in the New York area, I’d urge you to attend. It is a great way to taste a wide variety of whiskies while meeting the brand ambassadors and other terrific people who spend their lives making whisky.  There’s also great food, music, and a lot of new friends.

If you do attend, please stop by the ForScotchLovers booth #118.  I’d would be honored to meet you, and share a dram of Bruichladdich with you.

I hope to see you all there.

Doug Stone
Founder
ForScotchLovers.com

Whisky Live New York, during New York Tartan Week, once again returns to the spectacular Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, 23rd Street on the Hudson River, on Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Whether you are a seasoned whisky lover or a novice, you can expect to experience an incredible and in-depth insight into the world of whisky, great food and fantastic entertainment. Whisky Live New York will bring the world of whisky to life, increasing your knowledge of whiskies and a chance to meet the whisky experts.

Please accept this invitation to join us for a night out at beautiful Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, NYC. Use this Special Discount Code for 20% off your ticket purchase (ny10web31), at Whisky Live New York 2010in the Ticket Offer Code box.

The Whisky Explorers Club

Members of the Whisky Explorers Club* experience great whiskies from around the world, delivered to thier door, and share those experiences with others.
Six (6) times a year you’ll receive four (4) tasting sample bottles of tremendous whiskies from around the world. These whiskies will arrive packaged with no brand or age identity, along with instructions on how to unmask each whisky’s true identity on our website by contributing your own whisky ratings and reviews.
A Whisky Explorers membership also makes a great gift

Visit  http://www.forscotchlovers.com/distillery_row/whisky_explorers_club to learn more about membership in the Whisky Explorers Club.

*Membership is extremely limited, and on a first-come bases.

WHISKEY ROADSHOW

Friday, April 9, 6:00-8:00pm

If you have a passion for scotch, bourbon, cognac, tequila and other specialty spirits, Binny’s “Whiskey Hotline” should be on your speed dial. It’s headed up by Brett Pontoni — our resident expert and Duke of Distilled Spirits. Brett’s job is to talk whiskey, sample whiskey, buy whiskey, write about whiskey, and hand select exclusive barrels of whiskey. Winner of countless industry awards, Brett and his world famous Whiskey Hotline are hitting the road. Meet Brett Pontoni during one of his upcoming store appearances. He’ll be pouring his personal favorites during a special series of open house tastings.

Call 312-768-4400 or email southloop@binnys.com for reservations.

Chicago – South Loop  1132 S. Jefferson Street | Chicago | 312-768-4400

The Brandy Library in New York will be holding their Single Malt Saturdays from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m on April 10th, 17th and 24th

Visit www.brandylibrary.com for further details.

Monday 5th
Laphroaig/Ardmore Scotch tasting 6 to 8 pm

Tuesday 6th
Isle of Arran Scotch tasting 6 to 8 pm

Wednesday 7th
Whisky Live NYC

Thursday 8th
Isle of Jura Scotch tasting 7 to 9 pm

Friday 9th
Connemara Irish Whiskey tasting 6 to 8 pm

Saturday 10th
Single Malt Saturday 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m

April 8th Thursday 7:00 PM and April 11th Sunday 4:00 PM Single Malt Tasting.

Ladies’ Choice Tasting, Gentlemen always welcome! Let Cortney, Jeni, Rachel and Corilee regale you with their fave whiskies. Glenmorangie, Ardbeg, Bunnahabhain, Tullibardine, more! $50 per person.

Contact the Dell at  patg@dundeedell.com

5007 Underwood Avenue
Omaha, NE 68132-2235, United States
(402) 553-9501

Scotch Tasting
Thursday April 15th.
5:00 P.M. & 6:00 P.M.

We will have a tasting Thursday April 15, 5:00 P.M. & 6:00 P.M.

We will have full details next week. If you are up against the tax deadline, don’t wait till 11:59 P.M. on the 15th like a crazy person. Get your returns off before 5:00 P.M. and stop in and have a dram or two and enjoy the evening.

It will be a wonderful tasting.

Joe

Federal Wine & Spirits

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

THE SPIRIT OF SPEYSIDE WHISKY FESTIVAL: THERE’S MORE THAN JUST WHISKY ON OFFER

Some of the world’s most iconic whisky distilleries are lining up to celebrate one of Europe’s largest whisky festivals next month.

The impressive line-up for the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival (Thursday, 29th April – Monday, 3rd May) includes distilleries such as The Glenlivet, Glenfiddich, The Macallan and Benromach – four of over 50 distilleries in the Speyside region of Scotland, and just a few of the many distilleries taking part in this year’s festival.

Visitors to the five day festival can tap in to over 230 different events ranging from distillery tours, whisky masterclasses, guided whisky walks and landrover tours to ceilidhs, a musical, canoe trip, cooperage tours, live music, poetry sessions, free events and locally organised family friendly activities. 

Festival goers can also enjoy a rare peek behind the scenes at other well-known distilleries in the area, usually closed to the public, including Mortlach, Benrinnes and Tomintoul.

After discovering the delights of the dram, whisky lovers and would-be gourmets can take the opportunity to learn more about the spirit’s role as an ingredient or accompaniment. Workshops looking at the relationship between whisky and chocolate to whisky and sausages will run throughout the Festival, with a number of distilleries as well as local hotels and restaurants hosting lunches and dinners featuring menus carefully constructed to complement the contents of their casks.

And what better way to work off these indulgences than by joining one of the many walks through Whisky Country? Take a gentle “dramble” around the seven distilleries of Dufftown, or take advantage of one of several guided walks with the Speyside Rangers or a ‘hike’ with whisky expert Dave Broom to the summit of Ben Rinnes and enjoy the panoramic views across the Cairngorms north to the Moray Firth and south to Lochnagar.   And there’s the chance of spotting mountain hare and ptarmigan on other guided walks and off-road trails in the wilder parts of the Cairngorm National Park. 

Visitors can also follow in the footsteps of the Speyside smugglers – whose illicit stills were hidden in the hillsides and backcountry braes and whose existence echoes in the culture and customs of whisky communities today – where festival goers will be invited to join ceilidhs and concerts performed by traditional talents.

There’s more than just whisky on offer at the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival – the added blend of music, food and fun is sure to guarantee that visitors will be immersed in the culture of Whisky Country and experience the true taste of the Speyside spirit of hospitality.

www.spiritofspeyside.com for further information and on-line bookings

ENDS

– Easy access by rail or air, including a number of low-cost airline options to Aberdeen and Inverness airport
– The Festival runs a subsidised dial-a-bus service and taxi voucher scheme
– The Festival also runs several competitions and awards including a Whisky Cocktail Competition, Photographic Competition and the prestigious Spirit of Speyside Whisky Awards
– Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2010 has received funding from EventScotland and is also financially supported by many other private and public partners
– EventScotland is the national events agency.  EventScotland is working to make Scotland one of the world’s leading event destinations. By developing an exciting portfolio of sporting and cultural events EventScotland is helping to raise Scotland’s international profile and boost the economy by attracting more visitors.  For further information about EventScotland, its funding programmes and latest event news visit www.EventScotland.org

– Media information from Caroline Keith at caroline@thekeithconsultancy.co.uk

All of the Jolly Toper’s whisky tastings take place on Thursday nights from 7:30pm until approximately 10pm at the Tolbooth Tavern, 167 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, meals available up to the time of the tastings. For more details on the tastings themselves visit: http://www.jollytopertastings.co.uk/whisky-tasting-details/

April 1st Thursday: old/sherried/peaty/rare/unusual/mystery £32/29*

Macallan 1958 80 degrees proof (45.7%) 26 2/3 Fluid ounces bottled by Campbell Hope and King, Elgin

Cadenheads Caol Ila 1984 – 02/10 25yo Bourbon hogshead 55.2% 250 bottles

Forty Creek Barrel Select (Canada) 40%

Dalmore 21yo 43%

Cutty Sark 18yo 43%

a mystery dram

April 15th Thursday: World Whiskies £tbc–
India- Amrut Fusion single malt 50%

Japan- Super Nikka blend 43%

Australia- Lark single malt 43%

Canada- Lot No. 40 40%

USA- tbc

Europe- Freise Hynder, Holland

Future dates:-

29th April,

13th May Highland Park,

27th May, Sunday 2.30pm

30th May £38/35,

10th June Anonymous Islay malts 43% The Ileach 12yo single malt, The Pibroch 12yo single malt, Smokehead single malt, Six Isles plus a special guest (Brora or Port Ellen),

24th June and 8th & 22nd August

Future tastings:-

peaty blends 40% : date,drams & price tbc
Islay Mist
Islay Hallmark 8yo
Black Bottle 10yo
Black Grouse
Black Bottle
plus a special guest (Brora or Port Ellen)

Tonight! Thursday April 1st 7:00 PM Whisky and the Castle
Single Malt Tasting benefiting Joslyn Castle

Tonight! Thursday, April 1 7:00 PM $60 per person. Brora 30 is featured, 7 more great scotches! 

Tickets at the door, or online www.joslyncastle.org

Dear Whisk(e)y Lover:

This Monday, April 5th, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. come down to Brandy Library for a very special Spirit School as we welcome from across the pond, guest imbiber, Rob Allanson.

Rob is the editor of Whisky Magazine, and will be regaling us with stories and facts about his dizzying distillery travels. The cost for this event is $50 (all inclusive of drams and food), and space is very limited; this is one you just cannot miss. Hope to see you there.

Space is very limited, so please RSVP: ethan@brandylibrary.com and leave your phone number for us to call you.

Cheers!