Come Eat and Enjoy the Peat!
Morton’s in Northbrook Hosts a Five Course Johnnie Walker Scotch Dinner on Friday, February 5th

Join Morton’s The Steakhouse in Northbrook for a golden evening complete with five courses of Morton’s signature cuisine paired with exquisite scotch from Johnnie Walker. Learn how to sip, savor and enjoy the differentiating notes of flavor and smoothness between the labels of Johnnie Walker on Friday, February 5th for a 6:30 PM Reception and 7 PM Dinner.

General Manager of Morton’s The Steakhouse in Northbrook, Tom Lange says, “While many may think of scotch as more of an after dinner enjoyment, the Johnnie Walker labels really compliment the bold but simple flavors of our classic steakhouse dishes at Morton’s. This event is a great opportunity for both scotch and non-scotch drinkers alike to explore the different finishes and peatiness of the labels.”

Morton’s Johnnie Walker Scotch Dinner will include the following courses and pairings:

First Course
Grilled Lamb Chops
Johnnie Walker Red

Second Course
Tomato, Fresh Mozzarella and Basil
Johnnie Walker Black

Third Course
Beef Wellington
Served with Sautéed Garlic Green Beans and Mashed Potatoes Johnnie Walker Green

Fourth Course
Upside-Down Apple Pie, Vanilla Ice Cream Johnnie Walker Gold

Fifth Course
Selection of Cheeses
Johnnie Walker Blue

$125 per guest
Inclusive of tax and gratuity

For further information or to make a reservation for Morton’s Johnnie Walker Scotch Dinner in Northbrook, please contact General Manager Tom Lange at 847-205-5111 or tom.lange@mortons.com. Morton’s The Steakhouse in Northbrook is located at 699 Skokie Blvd. Northbrook, IL 60062.

Please contact me if you would be interested in a segment about pairing scotch with food. Also, please contact me for images, to learn more about the Morton’s Johnnie Walker Scotch Dinner or to attend this event.

Morton’s Restaurant Group, Inc. is the world’s largest operator of company owned upscale steakhouses. Morton’s steakhouses have remained true to its founders’ original vision of combining generous portions of high quality food prepared to exacting standards with exceptional service in an enjoyable dining environment. The Company owns and operates 76 Morton’s steakhouses located in 64 cities in 27 states, and in Puerto Rico and five international locations (Toronto, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, and Mexico City), as well as Trevi, our Las Vegas Italian restaurant.
Caiti Carrow
Empower Public Relations
Senior Publicist
C: 312.912.2705
O: 312.584.8813

This from our friends at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America;

The Society hosts the Single Malt & Scotch Whisky Extravaganza in 13 markets around the United States throughout the year including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle (spring and fall) and Washington, DC.

This is our 17th year hosting the event. The Extravaganza is a connoisseur’s evening featuring over 100 rare & exceptional single malt and Scotch whiskies. The evening includes a delicious dinner buffet as well as a selection of premium imported cigars for our guests’ later enjoyment. The Single Malt & Scotch Whisky Extravaganza brings the discerning enthusiast the opportunity to sample the participating whiskies in a sophisticated and elegant environment with genuine camaraderie and knowledgeable representatives from each participating distillery. 

For more information on the Single Malt & Scotch Whisky Extravaganza, please visit our website at www.singlemaltextravaganza.com. 

Tickets to the events for non-members of the Society are $135.00 per ticket; we offer a discounted rate to our Society members at $120 per ticket.

The Society is offering Whisky Intelligence readers the Society members price; W.I. readers will be able to purchase their first two tickets at $120.00 each and any ticket thereafter will be $135.00 each. Please quote WISME10 as your promotional code to recieve the discounted price.

Please contact the Society at 800-990-1991. 

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America, Ltd.

10210 NW 50th Street

Sunrise, FL  33351

F: 954.749.2257

SIGNATORY WHISKY SEMINAR
Wednesday, February 10, 6:30-8:30pm

Signatory National Brand Ambassador Ed Kohl is back in town, and will be introducing a lucky group of whisky enthusiasts to a wide range of malts from the independant bottler Signatory, including offerings from Aultmore, Blair Athol, Glen Elgin, Caol Ila, Mannochmore, as well as Edradour distillery. Ed will also be introducing Smokehead Single Malt to Chicagoland. $10 W/Binny’s Card / $15 non-members.

Call 847-438-1437 or email lakezurich@binnys.com for reservations.
Lake Zurich
975 S. Rand Road | Lake Zurich | 847-438-1437

Visit Binny’s at http://www.binnys.com/

Announcing Whyte & Mackay Whisky Auction Fundraisers for Haiti

(This from Richard Paterson);

Everyone has been touched by what’s happened in Haiti and here at Whyte & Mackay we’d like to do our bit to try and help. To that end, we’ve teamed up with Oxfam to offer a couple of auctions that you can access via ebay.

The first is for a full week’s stay on the Jura Lodge on the isle of Jura, where up to eight people can stay for a week, enjoying the scenery and sounds of the beautiful island. They will also receive gift bottles of whisky and a tour of the distillery, learning more about the various Jura expressions including Superstition and Prophecy.

On top of the stay, Whyte & Mackay whisky will provide the transport (or the costs of) for the eight people to get to Jura.

Click this link for the auction for the Jura Lodge. http://tinyurl.com/yg57h8b

The second is for a chance to win me – not for keeping – but for me to come to an event you are putting on – or your home – and put on a whisky presentation, letting you try various expressions, learn more about whisky and generally have a good time. Again, there will be no cost to you. Whyte & Mackay will pick up all the travel and associated costs for me. Your only cost is the auction.

Click this link for the auction for the master blender tasting session. http://tinyurl.com/y8uahvw

Both of these are available to anyone who stays in the UK. That doesn’t stop people from outwith the UK bidding, it just means that in the case of the Jura auction, you have to get to the UK before we transport you to Jura and in the second auction that you have to have a UK venue or location we can meet at.

Let’s hope we can raise a lot of funds here for something which has devastated a lot of lives. As you would expect we’ll be using our social media connections – my twitter feed, Jura’s twitter feed, the Whyte & Mackay twitter feed, the Jura Pictures page, The Diurachs Facebook page and other sites – to promote this.

The auctions will be running for 10 days. Please spread details of these far and wide so we can raise as much as possible.

All whisky tastings take place on Thursday nights from 7:30pm until approximately 10pm at the Tollbooth Tavern, 167 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotchland

February 4th Thursday: Mortlach £27/24*- Sold Out

Cadenheads 1992-March 2009 16yo Bourbon hogshead 57.2% 263 bottles

Golden Cask 1994 55.1%

Signatory 5.8.91-10.3.9 17yo sherry butt 46%

Flora & Fauna 16yo 43%

Gordon & MacPhail 1954-2008 40%

February 11th Thursday: Rum £18/15*-

February 18th Thursday: Springbank £18 ALL PROCEEDS TO WATERAID (No member’e discount)-
Springbank 18yo 46%

Springbank 12yo Claret wood expression cask strength

Springbank CV 46%

Springbank 12yo cask strength

Longrow

March 4th Thursday: old/sherried/peaty/rare/unusual/mystery £20/17*-

Springbank private bottling 1996-2009 13yo frsh sherry hogshead 56%

Birnie Moss ‘intensely peated’ from Benriach distillery 48%

Dewars 12yo 43%

Caol Ila unpeated 10yo bottled 2009 65.8%

Ardmore 25yo 51.4%

+ a mystery dram

March 18th Thursday: 5 anonymous Islay/peaty malts at 40% No.2 £16/13*-

Glenkeir Treasures (2 malts vatted The Whisky Shop)

Pride of Islay 12yo 40% Gordon & MacPhail

Islay Storm single malt

The Ileach single malt

special guest Brora 1982-2008 43% refill sherry butts Gordon & MacPhail

April 1st Thursday: old/sherried/peaty/rare/unusual/mystery £20/17

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- tbc

Future dates:-

29th April, 13th May Highland Park, 27th May, 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)

(Maybe it’s time to move to Edinburgh! – WI)

Visit the Jolly Toper at www.jollytopertastings.co.uk

Glencadam Tasting – 3rd February

Tickets (£3) on sale now!
Location: Chalpaincy, High Street, Old Aberdeen
Time and Date: Wednesday 3rd February 2010
What to Bring: Membership Card + money for raffle

Glenlivet Tasting – 10th February

Tickets on (£3) sale the following Wednesday
Location: Chalpaincy, High Street, Old Aberdeen
Time and Date: Wednesday 10th February 2010
What to Bring: Membership Card + money for raffle

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Coming soon….

Benromach
Ardbeg
Glenmorangie
Laphroaig

It is defintely going to be a very good year….!

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Please Note:
Unfortunately due to exams we have decided not to have a Burns night event.

University of Aberdeen Malt Whisky Society
The Chaplaincy
High Street
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB24 3TT
aberdeenwhisky@googlemail.com

The catalogue for the McTears Winter Whisky Auction auction is up and available:

www.catalogue-host.co.uk/mctears/2010-02-03 

 
The SMWS bottlings are top rate and the guide price suggests they’ll go for a song. Ditto some of the other Independent Bottlings – real gems in there.

The SMWS Glenmorangie 125.1, 125.2 and 125.3 which are being sold without fanfare but are stellar and sold out on the morning of their release.

Many of the lots are from the Nick Brown Collection

It’s time for the second edition of Whisky-Meet in Bergen next month.
Have you heard of this festival???
With visitors from Japan, Scotland, New Zealand, USA, Denmark and Norway, and 16 masterclasses to choose from, I’m confident that this will be a great weekend of whisky for everyone.

Time and place:
Hotel Grand Terminus Bergen – Norway
February 12th and 13th

See http://www.whiskymeet.no for more information.
Or send me a email on frode@ght.no

Happy new year
and Slainte
Frode Harring

Federal Wine & Spirits  
 
Glenmorangie Tasting
Release of Sonnalta PX
Dr. Bill Lumsden
Thurs Jan 28
Pourings at 5:00 P.M. & 6:00P.M.

 
Dr. Bill Lumsden at work

I’m very pleased to welcome to Federal Dr. Bill Lumsden, Head of Distilling and Head of Whisky Creation for Glenmorangie and Ardbeg. Dr. Bill is one of the best and most respected throughout the industry. This down to earth guy is not only a scientist, he is a magician, too.

He’s done a little magic for us, He waved his pipette and the Glenmorangie prices melted down. We will have the best pricing in years for this tasting and for you at home, too.

Great Whisky – Great Pricing. I hope Bill’s competitors take notice that without people buying, they won’t be working.

This tasting will center on the release of Sonnalta PX which Glenmorangie feels is the BEST sherried casked whisky in the world.

So come by and try the Best with the Best. We will take orders for signed bottles if you want one for a gift or yourself. They make a great conversation piece when friends come over to taste.

This tasting will be remembered for a long time. Bring a friend or a coworker. No reservation necessary, but please try to come right at 5:00 or 6:00 .

The Malts

Glenmorangie Pricing OLD NEW Tasting

Original $52.99 $41.99 $34.99

LaSanta (Sherry) $67.99 $53.99 $49.99

Nectar D’ Or (Sauternes) $73.99 $67.99 $64.99

Quinta Rubin (Port) $67.99 $53.99 $49.99

Sonnalta PX 46% $84.99 $76.99

Extremely Rare 18 Y.O. $154.99 $89.99 $87.99

Astar 57.1% $83.99 $75.99 $74.99

Signet $214.99 $199.99 $189.99

Tasting Prces are good for advance orders through the tasting day only

Please pass this on to any friends who are scotch enthusiasts.

Joe Howell
Federal Wine & Spirits

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

Dear Friend of Robbie’s Drams,
 
WHISKY AN’ A’ THAT VII
 
Tickets for this year’s Whisky An’ A’ That VII Festival on Saturday 29th May, are now on sale.
 
Tickets are £16 each and are available to order on-line by clicking on the below link.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1
 
You can also purchase your tickets by telephone. Hotline number: 01292 284279
 
For more information on what will be our biggest Festival to date, then please click on:
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/festival_2010.asp
 
NEW ARRIVALS
 
Just arrived in store this week is the 11th bottling in the Bruichladdich Links golfing series, which is The Vancouver Golf Club in Canada.
 
Feast on the alluring warmth of the spirit as it passes over the palate creating pockets of flavour to tease and reward as you discover all on offer. Hot buttered popcorn, red fruits, crisp cereal, mint fudge, Cassis, dark chocolate with cloves.
 
This 16y/o is a limited edition of only 6000 bottles, priced at £49.00 Limited stock left.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1971
 
Another Bruichladdich bottling that is selling well, is the latest bottling in the Octomore Series.
 
The Octomore Orpheus 2.2 is bottled at 140ppm and has been matured in an American Bourbon cask, before being transfered to a Chateau Petrus wine cask. Not one for the faint hearted.  This dram is heavily peated and a limited edition of 15,000 bottles.
It is priced at £85.00
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1830
 
Isle of Jura have also recently released a heavily peated single malt which is the first bottling in a series of annual releases.
 
The Prophecy is un-chillfiltered and the peatiest Jura bottled to date. The nose is tarry with bonfire notes and the palate has peat smoke and cinnamon.
It sells for £49.99 a bottle.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=3068
 
Another interesting new release is the Glengoyne Merchants’ Choice.
 
This 12y/o was specially selected by the top 6 Independent Whisky Merchants in Scotland and is a limited edition of 284 bottles. This bottling is highly collectable and retails for £102.50 a bottle.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1144
 
For a full list of our New Arrivals from the last few months, then please click on the below link.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/products.asp?id=25
 
 
LAST CHANCE TO BUY WHISKIES
 
Arran Peacock, Icons of Whisky 12y/o Limited Edition £38.99
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=22509
 
Arran Robert Burns 250th Anniversary Bottling Limited Edition of 6000(only 1800 in UK) LAST FEW BOTTLES IN STOCK £50.00
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=3001
 
Port Charlotte PC8, last bottling in series Limited stocks!!! £65.99
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1990
 
 
For a full list of our whiskies, then please log onto
 www.robbiesdrams.com
 
U.K and worldwide shipping available.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/shipcharge.asp
 
Regards
Robin Russell
Robbie’s Drams
 
www.robbiesdrams.com
www.robbiesdrams.co.uk