The Bladnoch 8-Year-Old Launch
03 October 2009 – 18:00 pm – Main Hall – £10.00

Join us for the launch of Bladnoch’s 8-year-old malt, the first since the distillery reopened. The celebrations will include a tasting by John Lamond, while the Robert Burns Fellow, Rab Wilson, will toast the new arrival in verse. Music is provided by Willie Drennan and members of the Ulster-Scots Folk Orchestra.

Visit both the distillery and the festival at;

http://www.bladnoch.co.uk/

http://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/

The 2nd Annual St. Paul Scotch & Whiskey Fest
 
St. Paul Scotch & Whiskey Fest 2009 is our 2nd annual whiskey fest located on the property of The Happy Gnome. This is North America largest whiskey fest by number of whiskies (over 300) and attendees (2500 tickets available). St. Paul Scotch & Whiskey Fest is for the enthusiast of all levels and areas of interests. We will have a separated area where brand managers and distillers will sample a couple of their whiskies and attendees can sit in at no additional charge. There is four classes available being taught by educators from Cellar’s Wine and Spirits. And, of course over 300 whiskies to sample.

Ticket price will only be $10, drink tickets will be available for sale for tastes of whisky. You choose what you want to sample.

On Saturday October 24th in the year of 2009 may the Islay people rub elbows with the Bourbon folks and much rejoicing be abound as the St. Paul Scotch & Whisky Fest bagpipes sound at 12 noon.

http://stpaulscotchandwhiskeyfest.com/

18, 19 & 20 September 2009

REMINDER: With the Whisky Galore Festival just around he corner, it’s important to book your accommodation as soon as possible.  If you are having any problems finding or booking accommodation, please contact the festival administrator, Gillian Hamill.

Email: info@whiskygalorefestival.com or Tel: 01871810088.
 
The first ever Whisky Galore Festival takes place on the beautiful island of Barra in September, 2009. This Hebridean jewel is the very same island where Whisky Galore – the hilarious 1949 Ealing comedy, based on the book of the same name by Compton MacKenzie – was filmed.

In typical island fashion, Barra and Vatersay embrace the opportunity of yet another party. The Whisky Galore Festival is a unique chance to savour that renowned island hospitality and be part of history in the making.

Experience a little Whisky Galore magic… 
 
Contact: Gillian Hamill. 

Main Office, Castlebay Hall, Castlebay, Isle of Barra.
Tel: 01871810088.  Email: info@whiskygalorefestival.com

For a full list of event on Friday, Saturday and Sunday visit the Festival at: 

http://www.whiskygalorefestival.com/

Accommodation on the island is limited – for information check out the Links page…..

We have a unique dinner planned for Tuesday October 13th at Beyond Restaurant with Chef George Koay and Chef Lynda Larouche ( formally from Watermark on Kits beach) preparing a 6 course dinner.  Paired up with this culinary delight are four single malt scotch whiskies – private bottlings that you will only be able to taste here.  ( will take orders if anyone wishes to purchase some when they officially arrive in November)   

The Evening selections

Appetizer
 
Longmore 12 year  – 46% Cooper Choice bottling, 120 bottles available in Canada

Organic strawberry tomato fondue,

Potato bacon prawn croquette

Mortlach  18 years – 46% Coopers Choice bottling,  sherry Butt cask, 120 bottles available ( $125)

Pacific Sablefish filet

Dungeness crab au jus

Palate cleanser

Lapharoig – 10 yr old,  46% Coopers Choice Refill cask , 120 bottles available ( $98)

Fallow venesion  Bourguignon

Organic parsnip, carrots, pearl onion,

Shaved blue cheese

Ileach  Cask Strength, 58%, placed 2nd in the world out of 3840 single malts , 97 rating, $125)

Blue cheese crème brulee

Dark chocolate petit four

White chocolate macarron fresh rasberries

Whip cream

Date:    Tuesday October 14th, Beyond Restaurant, Century Plaza Hotel, 1015 Burrard Street, Vancouver ( lots of parking around the area)

Reservations:  Please  email me of call 604- 687-0575  for reservations!

Cost: Members – $ 55             Non Members –  $65

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Special thanks to:   Chefs  Lynda Larouche  and George Koay and the staff at Beyond Restaurant.   The single malts will be supplied by VonAlbrecht & Associates.  See you there

Slainte

Marcus VonAlbrecht

Email: mava@telus.net

http://www.thequaich.com/

A new event added to the schedule:

Fred Noe (Master Distiller Jim Beam) has just been added to the schedule at Liquor World of Bardstown during the 2009 Kentucky Bourbon Festival. He will be hosting a bottle signing on Tuesday, Sept. 15th from 4 to 5 P.M. Also, a new tasting has been added to their schedule. They will be tasting Jim Beam’s new Red Stag on Saturday Sept. 19th from 3 to 5 P.M. It is completely free to attend both events.

Liquor World of Bardstown will be hosting a number of bourbon tastings and bottle signings during the 2009 Kentucky Bourbon Festival (Sept 15th through Sept. 20th 2009). They are all absolutely free to attend, sample the great bourbons, and meet many of the industry’s master distillers. Hanging out and mingling with other bourbon and whisky enthusiasts is strictly encouraged.

Craig Beam (Master Distiller Heaven Hill) will be tasting the new Evan Williams Honey Reserve, Henry McKenna Single Barrel, and Evan Williams 1783 on Wednesday, Sept. 16th from 3 to 5P.M., as well as signing bottles.

Thursday Sept. 17th is a full schedule of tastings and signings:

Levick Distillery (KY Walker, Boone County, Prestige Bourbon) will be hosting a bourbon tasting from 2 to 3P.M.

Jim Rutledge (Master Distiller Four Roses) will be hosting a tasting and bottle signing from 3:30 to 5 P.M. Jim will be celebrating the release of this year’s Four Roses Marriage, as well as Liquor World Of Bardstown’s Private Bottling of Four Roses Uncut.

Greg Davis (Master Distiller Barton) will be tasting Ridgemont Reserve 1792 and signing bottles from 4 to 5 P.M.

Julian Van Winkle (Pappy Van Winkle) will be signing bottles from 5 to 6P.M.

Parker Beam (Master Distiller Heaven Hill) will be signing bottles and tasting Evan Williams Single Barrel and Elijah Craig from 6 to 7 P.M. Parker will also be celebrating his birthday.

Friday, Sept. 18th

Chris Morris (Woodford Reserve Master Distiller) will be on hand to sign bottles and host a sampling of Woodford Reserve from 3:30 to 5:30 P.M.

Don Outterson (Owner / Distiller Woodstone Creek) will immediately follow Chris Morris in hosting a tasting of his unique bourbon as well as signing bottles from 5 to 7 P.M. Don will be helping Liquor World celebrate the release of Woodstone Creek Barrel #1, which was previously only sold at the distillery, and will now be sold exclusively at Liquor World of Bardstown.

Drew Kulsveen (Owner Kentucky Bourbon Distillers) whose small distillery produces many great bourbons (Old Bardstown, Rowan’s Creek, Noah’s Mill, Willett, Johnny Drum, and the Vintage Bourbon line) will be hosting a bourbon tasting and bottle signing on Sunday, Sept. 20th. from 1 to 2 P.M. Drew will be helping Liquor World celebrate the release of their new exclusive Willett Single Barrel which will be Uncut and Unfiltered.

Whiskey River and Rogue Dead Guy Whiskey will be following Drew with a joint whiskey tasting from 2 to 3 P.M.

Also expected to stop by throughout the week to sign bottles are Fred Noe (master Distiller at Jim Beam), Tom Bulleit (Bulleit Bourbon), and potentially Bill Samuels (Master Distiller Maker’s Mark).

Also, a tasting of Jim Beam’s new Red Stag is yet to be scheduled.
Liquor World of Bardstown is located at 93 N. Salem Dr., Bardstown, KY 40004. Please call (502) 349-7560 for more information. Must be 21 or older.

Liquor World of Bardstown has just added a few more things to their schedule of tastings during the 2009 KY Bourbon Festival.

Preston Van Winkle will be joining his father, Julian, on Thursday, Sept. 17th from 5 to 6 P.M. for a joint bottle signing. This will present a unique chance to meet both generations of distillers at one time.

Also, Rick Wasmund (Wasmund’s) has just committed to do a bottle signing and whisky tasting on Saturday, Sept. 19th from 1 to 3 P.M. Rick’s product is a unique Virginia Single Malt Whisky. Wasmund’s also produces whisky making kits which come with either rye or malt spirits, a charred oak mini barrel, and instructions so that you can age you own whisky. We will be tasting from one of the kits that Rick has been aging himself so that everyone can see how it progresses.

It is completely free to attend these signings and to sample the bourbons. Mingling and talking with other bourbon enthusiasts is encouraged. Please call (502) 349-7560 for more information.

I promised in my last email that I would write to you again with all the final details for the live webcast we will be doing at Maker’s Mark distillery in Kentucky so here they are.

The online event will be happening on Friday 25th September at 8pm Kentucky time which I’m told is Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). I believe that works out at 1am on Saturday 26th for the UK. I know this isn’t an ideal time for our FOLs in Europe but for anyone who can’t tune in, the video will be available a week or so later on the Laphroaig website for you to watch at your leisure.

Of course I hope as many of you as possible tune in live as you will be able to submit questions to the panel (Kevin Smith from Maker’s Mark, John Hansell who is the Editor of ‘Malt Advocate’ and of course myself) during the show. Anyone whose question is read out during the live broadcast will be sent a special prize as well so remember to include your email address when you submit the question.

We also have a special webpage set up which has a countdown on it as well as some further information on the event. If you go to http://www.distillerylive.us.com and make sure you bookmark the page so that you don’t forget the address on 25th!

Since my last email I have had a few emails from FOLs who don’t know what time the show will be on in their country. I’m going to update the webpage with the time in some countries but there will I’m sure be too many to list so you can also try looking online to work out the time conversion. On the www.distillerylive.us.com website we have now got a link to a page which will show the time of the show in your country.

As I mentioned in my last email we will be tasting a range of Laphroaig expressions including the 10 Year Old, the new 18 Year Old and finally the 25 Year Old. There are also some special items I am really excited about. The guys over at Maker’s Mark have found a famous chef who is going to come and cook some lovely food for us, designed to compliment Laphroaig and Maker’s Mark whiskies. Hopefully I can get hold of the recipes in advance so all you culinary experts can try out the recipes too.

As I mentioned in the last email we will also have a cocktail section. Thanks to everyone who has already emailed me their suggestions for cocktails, we’ve had a lot of fun trying out your recipes. Remember anyone whose cocktail is made during the show will win a special prize. If you still haven’t emailed your suggestion you still can, just drop me a line at info@laphroaig.com with the subject line: Distillery Live recipes.

In other news I have created a Twitter account – I am still a bit of a novice but am really enjoying connecting with some more FOLs from around the World in real-time. If you would like to follow my ‘tweets’ (as I have been told they are called) then go to http://www.twitter.com/laphroaigwhisky. I will be updating my twitter with news in the build up to Distillery Live but I will of course also be updating the FOL homepage.

Slàinte,

John Campbell

D Johnston & Company (Laphroaig) Ltd, 310 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, registered in the United Kingdom, registration number SC028072

Roll Out the Barrels!
WhiskyFest San Francisco
Arrives October 16, 2009

Please join us at Malt Advocate’s 3rd annual San Francisco event, where we will have a table showcasing our very own D&M whisky bottlings. Purchase your tickets today and be sure to  stop by and say hello!

America’s largest whisky celebration returns to San Francisco for the 3rd year with over 200 of the rarest – and most expensive – whiskies from around the globe available for tasting. Put on by Malt Advocate, the premiere magazine for the whisky enthusiast, WhiskyFest will again feature an educational focus that will let distillers not only explain how whisky is made, but also how to identify, sniff, swirl, and enjoy one of the most revered spirits in the world.

Event Details
The 3rd Annual WhiskyFest San Francisco will take place at the
San Francisco Marriott on Friday, October 16, 2009 from 6:30pm – 9:30pm.

Tickets
Regular Admission: $95 (includes Scottish crystal tasting glass, 1-year subscription to Malt Advocate magazine, event program with tasting notes section, all seminars, gourmet buffet and beverages throughout the evening) until September 15th; $105 after

VIP Admission: $150 (includes all of the above plus one hour early admission with limited ticketing, special VIP hour only whiskies, and canvas tote bag).

For more information on ticket sales or event information, visit:
http://maltadvocate.com/docs/whiskyfest/san_francisco/default.aspx

At D&M we keep between two and three hundred different Single Malts on our shelves all the time. Why do we do that? Because each of these whiskies is an individual, and there are times that call for a seriously smoky malt, an Ardbeg, say. Then, there are those bright and pretty mornings when only a delicately ladylike Rosebank will fit the bill.

If you have a hankering for Single Malts (and the heart of a Scotsman) you might check out one of our two Single Malt clubs:

The D&M Single Malt Aficionado’s Society http://tinyurl.com/kt6tns

and the

D&M Single Malt Connoisseur’s Club. http://tinyurl.com/lurshc

D&M http://www.dandm.com/

Hello!

This month’s live online tasting is entitled Spirited September and will take place on the weekend of the 26th and 27th. We will be trying out everything that is too young to be legally called whisky. Full details
here:

http://www.whiskywhiskywhisky.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2157

I hope you will join us with a dram or two to hand.
—
Slàinte!
Mark (butephoto)

http://www.whiskywhiskywhisky.com/forum

The Companions of the Quaich in Ontario have added a dinner & tasting as highlighted below:

Monday September 14: Hamilton Chapter

Tuesday September 15:  Oakville Chapter

Monday September 21: Collingwood Chapter

Thursday September 24:  Cambridge/Kitchener-Waterloo Chapter

Friday September 25: Cornwall Chapter

Sunday September 27:  Orillia Chapter

Monday September 28: Creemore Chapter

Tuesday September 29:  Niagara on the Lake Chapter

Wednesday September 30:  Toronto Chapter

Find full details about each dinner & tasting by visiting them at http://www.thequaich.com/

Le Petit Vendome – Isle of Skye / Signatory / Edradour with Ed Kohl
October 6 2009 7-9 pm
event to be held at
TAYLOR’S STEAKHOUSE
LA CANADA
901 Foothill Blvd.
La Canada , CA 91011
rsvp call 818-952-4084

Vendome Toluca Lake – Isle of Skye / Signatory / Edradour with Ed Kohl
October 8 2009
event to be held at
Ca Del Sole
4100 Cahuenga Blvd
Toluca Lake, CA 91602-2831

to reserve tickets call
818-766-9593

Wades Wines – Gordon & Macphail w/Michael Urquhart
October 15 2009
event to be held at
Moz budda lounge
30105 Agoura Rd
Agura hills ca 91301
rsvp 818-597-9463

Beverage Warehouse – Gordon & Macphail w/Michael Urquhart
October 12, 2009
event to be held at
Truxton’s American Bistro
8611 Truxton Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90045
rsvp call 310-306-2822

Isle of Skye / Signatory / Edradour with Ed Kohl

Traverso’s
September 20 th
Contact
Michael or Fred
707-542-2530 or info@traversos.com

To be held
Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel
170 Railroad Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
4:30 pm

Admission
$ 50.00 – general
$35.00 –club member

“Isle of Skye / Signatory / Edradour with Ed Kohl”

British Banker’s Club / Beltramo’s
Monday, September 21st

To be held at:
British Banker’s Club
1090 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Ph. 650-327-8769
6:00 pm

Admission
$50.00 – must purchase in advance

“Isle of Skye / Signatory / Edradour with Ed Kohl”

Jackson’s Wine & Spirits
Tuesday, September 22nd
Ph. 925-284-4100

To be held
Metro Lafayette
3524 Mt.Diablo Blvd
Lafayette, CA 94549
6:30 pm

Admission is $ 45.00

“Isle of Skye / Signatory / Edradour with Ed Kohl”

The Whisky Shop
Wednesday, September 23rd
Ph. 415-989-1030

To be held:
E & O Trading Company
314 Sutter Str
San Francisco, CA 94108
6 :30 pm

Admission: $ 45.00

“Isle of Skye / Signatory / Edradour with Ed Kohl”

Roberts Market Portola Valley
September 25
Ph 650-851-1711

To be held
Parkside Grill
884 Portola Road Ste A 1
Portola Valley, CA 94028
6 pm