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Silent season is a tradition in the whisky industry where our Still Room and Warehouse close for rest and repair each summer. It’s not a job to be hurried as you can imagine. This year’s silent season will take place from 28 June – 10 August, which will also allow our production team to take a well earned rest after a busy year producing the Glengoyne you all know and love.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SILENT SEASON AT GLENGOYNE

Although we won’t be distilling, the distillery and shop will still remain open 7 days and we are looking forward to welcoming visitors to see the other side of distillery life. We have crafted a new range of Silent Season Experiences for you to enjoy, and you’ll be sure to receive a warm Glengoyne welcome.

THE TEAPOT TOUR AND TASTING

Until the 1970s, many distilleries used to keep their workers sweet with a daily dram; Glengoyne was no exception, but the tipple our workers enjoyed has a story of its own.

To celebrate the launch of Teapot Dram No. 9 join us for a tour of the distillery grounds where you’ll hear tales from Glengoyne’s rich past, and how this iconic whisky came to be. Then enjoy a tutored tasting to unlock the bold and complex flavours of two award-winning whiskies from the Glengoyne Collection. Finally, you’ll be taken to a special spot to enjoy a dram of the newly poured and much sought-after Teapot No.9.

After your tour, the distillery shop will be open if you’d like to take home your very own bottle of Teapot No. 9 before it sells out.

This tour is currently only available from 28 June – 10 August and does not include a tour of our production areas which will be closed for maintenance.

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Great BBQ food & whisky @ Maltstock 2023

Boy are we feeling relaxed today! It’s less than three months until this years’ Maltstock! And we’re back at our regular venue. No restrictions. Just a weekend of massive relaxed fun!

Our line-up is almost complete now. And we’ll be bringing you up to date on our Facebook page and coming newsletters.

We have some very good news for those of you who have forgotten to buy their ticket, we still have a few tickets available! So you can still join the relaxed fun. The fastest way to get relaxed is to simply click on this link:  https://www.maltstock.com/shop

Relaxed Maltstock crew at the Whisky in Leiden festival last weekend.

BBQGuru returns!

A lot of you will definitely remember the BBQGuru. They have spoiled us a couple of years by hosting the Saturday BBQ. Remember the roast hog? The past years they have been very busy with hosting excellent BBQ events worldwide and (successfully) competing in competitions. But now it’s time for them to get relaxed again.

So it’s with great pleasure we can announce that Harry Havinga and his relaxed team will return to Maltstock! We won’t put them to work too much. They will provide the Saturday midnight snack. We are really looking forward to this.

So with The Hielander Scottish breakfast, a Friday midnight snack by Sugar Hill and our fantastic regular BBQ team, we perhaps should consider renaming the weekend to foodstock 😉 (and we’ll have more food news in our next newsletter….)

P.S. Of course we also cater for those among you who like their plants better than meat or other dietary requirements! Just make sure to let us know!

Ian Forteath makes his debut!

Perhaps his name won’t ring a bell with everyone. But those who have met Ian know what an amazing relaxed, funny and knowledgeable man he is. We are very happy he will be coming to Maltstock this year. Ian is the Master Blender at angus Dundee distillers, who have Glencadam and Tomintoul in their portfolio. We had the assistant manager of Glencadam 15 years ago at our very first edition. So it’s great to see Angus Dundee return to Maltstock!

Ian will be hosting a masterclass on the Friday and several “Drinks with…” sessions on the Saturday. Definitely something to look forward to!

The Maltstock team will be relaxing in Campbeltown next week. More news when we return!

Have a wonderfully relaxed day!

Bob, Klaas, Stan & Teun

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Dates announced for 2024 

If you like to plan ahead, you’ll be pleased to know we’ve published the 2024 dates for the in-person Diploma in Single Malt Whisky & Diploma in the Art of Tasting Whisky at Arniston House. Plus, we’ve added (another) extra date in November this year due to popular demand.

Diploma in Single Malt Whisky

16 & 17 November 2023

23 & 24 May 2024

23 & 24 September 2024

26 & 27 September 2024

Diploma in the Art of Tasting Whisky

25 September 2024

Space is limited to 16 per course. Pay upfront or spread the cost over 3, 6 or 9 months with a payment plan. Prefer to study at home? The online course is waiting for you. With anytime access to the seven modules, you can learn to your own schedule, approaching the interactive material on-demand, at your leisure.

Save 20% when you enter the code EWA2306 at checkout – but hurry, you only have until midnight on Friday 30 June.

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“I Can’t Wait to Spark Joy in Our Visitors”

Ellie Nichols, Senior Visitor Assistant at

The Scotch Whisky Experience

Susan Morrison, Chief Executive and Ellie Nichols, Senior Visitor Assistant discuss the new tour at

The Scotch Whisky Experience.

Anticipation builds as work nears completion on the enhanced tour at The Scotch Whisky Experience, located at the top of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Following a major investment of £3 million the new tour is expected to launch in July.

The Scotch Whisky Experience has been sharing the delights of Scotch whisky to a global audience of 8.5 million visitors for more than 35 years and is one of Edinburgh’s five-star attractions.

Susan Morrison, Chief Executive of The Scotch Whisky Experience, said “it has been so exciting to see the development of our new immersive visitor experience and we cannot wait to share it.  This unusual technology and our brilliant team of guides will lead visitors through the distilling process using a unique method of storytelling.”

More than just a liquid, Scotch whisky is an expression of Scotland and its rich traditions and natural heritage. The new tour promises to take visitors on a captivating journey across the country to discover what makes whisky the spirit of Scotland.

As well as learning about the distilling process, the immersive experience will also give visitors an appreciation of the importance wood has on the character and flavour of Scotch before the angels have their share.

Excitement is palpable amongst staff who will shortly begin their training with the new technology. Ellie Nichols, Senior Visitor Assistant at The Scotch Whisky Experience, said; ”working at The Scotch Whisky Experience sparks joy and I love teaching people about whisky.  I can’t wait to spark the same joy in our visitors. This new, completely immersive, experience is going to capture their attention from the minute they step through the doors. This is such a unique place, and I can’t wait to be part of the future of The Scotch Whisky Experience.”

The July launch of this enhanced tour at The Scotch Whisky Experience will ensure even more visitors are welcomed into the extraordinary world of Scotland’s whisky heritage.

The Scotch Whisky Experience is a five-star visitor attraction, where visitors learn about all aspects of Scotch whisky, situated on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. As well as tours and tastings, guests can purchase whisky and souvenirs in the shop or enjoy a meal at the Amber Restaurant & Whisky Bar.

The Scotch Whisky Experience is also home to one of the largest whisky collections in the world, The Diageo Claive Vidiz Scotch Whisky Collection.

The Experience is available in 20 languages with family-friendly and tailored tours and is fully wheelchair accessible.

Open daily with tours available from 10:00 – 17:00

(extended hours at weekends and high season)

Tours range from £21.00 per person and are available to book online at: www.scotchwhiskyexperience.co.uk

ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE^® 2023 Results Announced

June 12, 2023 (Hawthorne, NY) – Ultimate Spirits Challenge (USC), since 2010 the world’s most prestigious global spirits competition, today releases the results of the 2023 Challenge. USC 2023 proved to be the fourteenth consecutive year of record submissions. Entries arrived from more than 50 spirit-producing nations.

The judging, held through May and early June, determined 68 Chairman’s Trophy winners, 300 Finalists, and 514 Great Values. As always, USC was conducted at the custom-designed Ultimate Beverage Challenge (UBC) Evaluation Center, located in Hawthorne, NY.

Says UBC Co-Founder and Judging Director F. Paul Pacult, “Aside from being the largest USC ever, this year’s Challenge was likewise the most global, with an impressive array of quality distillates from places as far away from New York as China, Australia, India, Kazakhstan, and Chile. Virtually all categories saw healthy gains and all whiskey categories.

“Since producers tend to enter their top-shelf marques into USC, it’s clear that they look to us for the most accurate and unbiased data in the industry.”

After undergoing careful analysis through multiple panels, all products are rated on the 100-point scale by the spirits industry’s most renowned judges including buyers, journalists, educators, authors, and bar owners. Spirits scoring 85+ points receive a detailed tasting note. All spirits scoring 80+ points receive an individual results page, which provides all downloadable marketing material.

View complete results at www.ultimate-beverage.com/usc2023results

ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE 2023 CHAIRMAN’S TROPHY WINNERS

READY-TO-DRINK COCKTAIL

Whiskey: Witherspoon Whiskey Old Fashioned

WHISKY – CANADA

Crown Royal Extra Rare 29 Years Old

WHISKEY – IRELAND

Blended: Midleton Very Rare Vintage Release 2023

Single Malt: Teeling Blackpitts Peated

Single Pot Still: Red Spot 15 Years Old

WHISKY –JAPAN

Hayashi 24 Years Old Ryukyu

 WHISKY – SCOTLAND

Blended: Dewar’s 18 Years Old

Blended Malt: Johnnie Walker Green Label

Independent Merchant: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask No. 78.58 Baking easter treats 9 Years Old

Single Malt-Highland: Aberfeldy Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Cask Finish 15 Years Old

Single Malt-Island: Highland Park 21 Years Old

Single Malt-Islay: Bowmore 18 Years Old

Single Malt-Speyside: Mortlach 16 Years Old

WHISKEY – USA

Bottled-In-Bond: Henry McKenna 10 Years Old Single Barrel

Blended: Old Elk Wheat N’ Rye

Bourbon: W.L. Weller Full Proof

Flavored: Ole Smoky Apple Pie Tennessee Moonshine

Rye: Tumblin’ Dice Rye Small Batch, Barrel Proof 7 Years Old

Single Barrel: Bower Hill Bourbon

Single Malt: Courage & Conviction Sherry Cask

Tennessee: George Dickel Reserve Cask Strength 17 Years Old

Wheat: Bainbridge Battle Point Two Islands Hokkaido Mizunara Cask

Other: Barrell Private Release Whiskey Finished in a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Barrel

WHISK(E)Y – WORLD

M&H APEX Dead Sea Single Malt

ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE…No shortcuts. Just honest, impartial judging.

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Ultimate Beverage Challenge (UBC) provides expert evaluation of spirits for producers, importers, and marketers through its innovative annual competition: Ultimate Spirits Challenge. UBC partners are F. Paul Pacult, Sue Woodley and David Talbot.

WIN A RARE SINGLE CASK
GLENFIDDICH 25 YEAR OLD

To celebrate the latest addition to the Glenfiddich Grand Series – the 29-year-old awamori cask finished Grand Yozakura – we’re offering a chance to take home an exceptionally rare expression from this venerable Speyside distillery. The prize is a 25-year-old Glenfiddich bottled exclusively for the lucky winner of the draw. All you have to do to enter is buy any Grand Series whisky and you’ll be in with a chance to win.

Every Glenfiddich Grand Series bottle ordered in the month of June is an entry into the draw. Entries will close at 11.59pm on 30 June 2023. Good luck!

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Classic powerful and peaty 10-year-old Laphroaig single malt aged for most of its life in ex-bourbon casks before a finishing period spent in ex-oloroso sherry casks to create the perfect marriage of sherry and smoke.