Diageo Special Releases 2022 – Elusive Expressions

Diageo’s infamous Special Releases is back for its 21st year and so is our annual tasting of the famed collection. At this tasting, attendees will be amongst the first to sample these eight new drams and, even more exclusively, learn about these exceptional whiskies with one of the UK’s top whisky ambassadors, Diageo’s Colin Dunn himself!⁠

THE DETAILS
Venue: Glaziers Hall, London SE1 9DD
Date: 7 December
Time: 7.30-10pm
Price: £55

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Peterson-Dumesnil House and Bourbons Bistro

Host Bourbon Tasting Oct. 19th

Louisville, KY (September 27, 2022) – The Peterson-Dumesnil House and Bourbons Bistro are once again partnering to host a special Bourbon Tasting on Wednesday, October 19th from 5:30pm-7:00pm. The event will be held outside on the front porch and grounds of the Peterson-Dumesnil House, 301 S. Peterson Avenue.

Attendees will enjoy a warm welcome cocktail, 4 bourbon tastings, and four appetizers provided by Bourbons Bistro. Jason Brauner, Bourbons Bistro co-owner and Founder of Buzzards Roost bourbon, will lead the group through a selection of bourbon flights with food pairings. Jason has been featured in multiple podcasts, documentaries, and publications for his bourbon expertise, including The New York Times, Garden and Gun, Southern Living and Wine Spectator. Bourbons Bistro was just named 2022 Bar of the Year by Whisky Magazine.

Tickets are $75 and must be purchased online in advance. The event will also include music and several giveaways. All proceeds benefit the Peterson-Dumesnil House Foundation and its mission to preserve and maintain the 153+ year old historic landmark. Capacity is limited!

About the Peterson-Dumesnil House

Located in Crescent Hill, the Peterson-Dumesnil House is a beloved Louisville landmark that provides the community with a sense of historic identity and serves as a gathering place for various functions and events. The Foundation’s Board of Directors works to maintain and preserve the House and grounds for future generations to enjoy. For more information, visit petersondumesnil.org.

 

MONDAY 3rd October 2022 – 6:30pm – Soho

There are many distilleries in Scotland which started life as mills, but none of them had quite the scale of Deanston. This huge plant was constructed on the banks of the fast-flowing River Teith in 1785 by Richard Arkwright who used it as one of the sites for the development of the Spinning Jenny. It also had what was claimed to be the largest water wheel in Europe. It can claim to be one of the greenest distilleries in Scotland. All of its power is generated by a turbine house which processes 20 million litres of water an hour. Brendan McCarron will be coming down in this particular evening taking us through the line-up below:

Deanston Virgin Oak
Deanston 12 Years Old
Deanston 2000 Vintage organic
Deanston 2007 Calvados
He will also bring a special cask sample to share with all of you!

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MONDAY 10th October 2022 – 6:30pm – Soho

Masataka Taketsuru was born in 1894 into a sake distilling family that resided in Hiroshima. In 1918, the young Taketsuru embarked on a trip to Scotland to learn about the process of making Scotch whisky. He was fascinated by whisky and was excited to learn more. He enrolled at the University of Glasgow, taking chemistry classes. He also apprenticed at multiple distilleries. These distilleries include Longmorn, Hazelburn, and James Calder.

Taketsuru met and married a Scottish woman named Rita, and in late 1920 the couple returned to Japan. In 1923 he signed a 10-year contract with Kotobukiya Limited (Suntory). This position saw him direct in the construction of Yamazaki, the first whisky distillery in Japan, and subsequently, become involved in the production of Yamazaki whisky.

Taketsuru left Kotobukiya in March 1934, and later in the year established his own company: Dai Nippon Kaju Co,. Limited (later Nikka). The company was based in Yoichi in Hokkaido. Yoichi Distillery started distillation in 1936. In 1940 the first Nikka Whisky was launched.

In this particular evening Nathan Shearer will be taking you through the history of Nikka and the different expressions that characterises the distillery.

Nikka Super
Nikka Coffey grain
Nikka Miyagikio
Nikka Yoichi
Nikka Taketsuru
Nikka Tailored

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MONDAY 17th October 2022 – 6:30pm – Soho

The Glen Grant distillery is nestled in Scotland’s bucolic Speyside region. Rivers brim with cool, fresh water fed by hundreds of natural springs, and the fields boast the ideal conditions for growing barley. That is why Speyside is the undisputed champion of producing premium single malt Scotch whisky. The Glen Grant’s Scotch Whisky distillery is located in the northern end of the village of Rothes in Speyside. In this particular evening there will be Chris Dennis the BA for Glen Grant distillery, which will take us through the drams that characterise the distillery, the line-up is going to be:

Glen Grant 10years Old
Glen grant 12Years Old
Glen Grant 15years Old
Glen Grant 18Years old
Glen Grant 12years old non-chill-filter
Mystery dram from the distillery!

Glen Grant and their team has also organised an incredible ruffle for the evening, where the lucky person will be taking home a nice and special gift from the Distillery!

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MONDAY 24th October 2022 – 6:30pm – Soho

The original distillery held a set of pot stills with rectifying plates in their necks (also known as Lomond stills), allowing different flavour streams to be produced. Expansion in 1990 saw a second pair of the same design being installed, before the distillery installed two continuous stills three years later in which to make its own grain whisky. Two ‘traditional’ swan neck pot stills were added in 1998, before an additional continuous still, set up to produce grain whisky from a 100% malted barley mash, was installed in 2007. With the recent addition of two more Lomond stills, Loch Lomond has the capability to produce 11 different distillates for its whisky brands (not including the spirit coming from Glen Scotia). Wine yeasts have also been used to help create different flavours. In many ways it is more akin to a Japanese approach to distilling than a Scottish one.

In this particular evening Gary mills will talk us through their expressions with a real breadth of flavours!

Loch Lomond Peated Single Grain 
Loch Lomond 12 Years Old
Loch Lomond 12 Years Old Inchmurrin
Loch Lomond 12 Years Old
Loch Lomond 14 Years Old
Loch Lomond 18 Years Old
And a special dram to finish of the evening direct from the distillery!

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MONDAY 31st October 2022 – 6:30pm – Soho

Co-founders Bill Dobbie and Alasdair Day first met in 2013 and formed R&B Distillers with the common goal of building Scotland’s leading artisanal distiller. Focusing on local production, provenance, quality and doing things differently. By 2015, they had identified the Isle of Raasay as providing the ingredients for the perfect dram, and planning permission to begin work revitalising the Isle of Raasay’s nineteenth century Borodale House into a state-of-the-art distillery, visitor centre, and luxury accommodation was granted in 2016. Starting with a blank sheet of paper, they set about designing a distillery to create exceptional whisky that develops elegance, complexity, and depth early on in the maturation process that encapsulates Raasay’s style, character and impressive geological variety. On the 31st of October we will be taking you through a journey of Single Cask Sample from the Raasay Distillery and the line-up will be the below:

Unpeated Ex-Rye Single Cask Sample – Cask Strength
Unpeated Chinkapin Single Cask Sample – Cask Strength
Unpeated Ex-Bordeaux Single Cask Sample – Cask Strength
Peated Ex-Rye Single Cask Sample – Cask Strength
Peated Chinkapin Single Cask Sample – Cask Strength
Peated Ex-Bordeaux Single Cask Sample – Cask Strength

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EAT, SLEEP, DRAM, REPEAT

Come and immerse yourself in all things Springbank, Kilkerran and Cadenhead’s in our exciting new whisky experience: Eat, Sleep, Dram, Repeat!*

Encompassing all three companies under the J&A Mitchell banner, this new experience invites guests to spend three nights in our guesthouse in Campbeltown. During your stay, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a Springbank blending session, a range of exclusive tastings, access-all-areas tours of each distillery and lots more.

*subject to availability

FIND OUT MORE

Springbank Distillers Ltd, 9 Bolgam Street, Campbeltown, Scotland, PA28 6HZ
http://experience.springbank.scot/
tours@springbank.scot

This is just a subtle, ALL CAPS AND IN BOLD reminder that if you are interested in purchasing this year’s KWM Whisky Calendar and taking advantage of our Early-Bird pricing option, you only have until WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 2022 to do so.

If you have already purchased your KWM 2022 Whisky Calendar or are not currently interested then you are free to sigh in relief and scroll further down the page and browse our upcoming virtual and in-store whisky tastings.

Cheers,

Evan

ENDING SOON! –

THE KWM 2022 WHISKY CALENDAR EARLY-BIRD OFFER

ENDING SOON!

THE KWM 2022 WHISKY CALENDAR EARLY BIRD OFFER

Pre-Pay Early Bird Special Offer ENDS OCTOBER 5TH!

Select this option if you wish to save $60 on the regular price of $460, by prepaying now in full (please note this cannot be combined with other offers or discounts). You will be charged $400+gst when we receive your order.

$400+gst

(no discounts)

EARLY BIRD PRICING OPTION ENDS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 2022!

The KWM Whisky Calendar, aka “25 Days of Dram Fine Whisky”, is back for the 9th straight year. Once again the calendar will have a fresh new look, which will be revealed in a few weeks’ time. This year’s calendar includes 24 50ml premium whiskies, a custom logo Glencairn glass, and a 100ml Scotch Malt Whisky Society whisky for Christmas Day. You can follow along with us on the KWM Blog starting December 1st or on one of our various social media channels as we introduce and discuss each day’s whisky. And there is more…

Because they were such a big hit the last two years, we will once again be hosting the Whisky Calendar Recap Tastings throughout the month of December. Purchasers and recipients of the KWM 2022 Whisky Calendar will be able to join us for any or all of the 5 virtual tastings on December 5, 10, 15, 20 and after Christmas on the 28th, at 7 PM MT. Each of them will cover the 5 previous day’s whiskies in the Calendar.

We always keep the exact whisky list a secret – there are too few surprises left in this life – but we can tell you this year’s Calendar includes 3 KWM exclusive casks, a couple of whiskies in their 20s, and more than a dozen distilleries and producers never before featured in any of our prior Whisky Calendars. We are confident that we have put together another fantastic Calendar this year, and we know you are going to love it!

Best of all, if you select the pre-pay preorder option, you will save $60! This option was very popular last year, and completely sold out 2020’s original production in just 2 weeks!

We anticipate the KWM 2022 Whisky Advent Calendars should be ready for pick up in early November. That is, so long as everything goes as planned, which, in the Post-Covid Era, you can never be 100% sure of. But we’ve planned accordingly, and ordered early from all of our suppliers!

UPCOMING TASTINGS

Our Fall Tasting Schedule is coming soon, but in the meantime, here are a few events to entertain and delight you!

North & South Star Whisky with Iain Croucher

·     Date: Friday, September 30

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $30

·     This is an in-person tasting!

Iain Croucher, the man behind North Star and South Star whiskies, as well as the coming new Dál Riata Distillery in Campbeltown, is coming to town for the first time, so we are rolling out a fine range of malts. We’ll sample 8 expressions of North & South Star whisky, including the Blended Malt for Ukraine, a 13-year-old rather sherried GlenAllachie, and a 26-year-old Tobermory. A steal for $30.

Friday, September 30 @ 7PM.

SMWS October 2022 Virtual Outturn

·     Date: Wednesday, October 5

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $55

·     This is a VIRTUAL TASTING!

Log in, pour your drams, and join us from home, the beach, or the woods for the October 2022 Scotch Malt Whisky Society Canada Virtual Outturn Tasting. The KWM team will be your guide as you sample through an exciting range of 7 new, never-before-sampled SMWS whiskies. Wednesday, October 5, 7 PM.

*Active SMWS Members will Save $10 on one set of samples for the tasting. For the $10 discount, individual SMWS members must register independently. The price will not show online when you submit but will be adjusted when we review and process the order.

Wednesday, October 5th @ 7 PM

SMWS October 2022 In-Person Outturn 6 PM

·     Date: Thursday, October 6

·     Time: 6 PM

·     Cost: $60

·     This is an in-person tasting!

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society Canada’s October Outturn tasting will feature new, never-before-featured whiskies. The range will be the same as the virtual tasting the night before but will also include nibbles from our friends at Peasant Cheese, and the comradery that can only come from 20 SMWS Members in our tasting room. Please note we will not be holding back stock of the Outturn bottles specifically to purchase for this in-person tasting, though there will likely be bottles of most whiskies still available.

Thursday, October 6 @ 6 PM.

 

Amrut Whisky with Ashok Chokalingam

·     Date: Friday, October 7

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $55

·     This is an in-person tasting!

Our friend Ashok is returning to Calgary for the first time in a number of years and we are thrilled to have him in store for an in-person tasting. A lot has changed since we last saw Ashok, he is now Amrut’s Distillery Manager. We will sample 7 Amrut expressions, including, if the stars align, a special treat.

Friday, October 7th @ 7 PM

OLD first MALT edition CASKs

·     Date: Tuesday, October 11

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $50

·     Virtual Tasting

Now that’s a mouthful, isn’t it? Excuse the cheek, but we feel this is going to be an awesome tasting! We’ve recently received a curious new range of Old Malt Cask and First Edition whiskies from our friends at Hunter Laing. The tasting will include 7 single cask whiskies from Ben Nevis, Glenburgie, Highland Park, Jura, Linkwood, Miltonduff, and Royal Lochnagar. All in all, we will dabble in 141 years of single malt Scotch whisky.

Tuesday, October 11th @ 7 PM

KWM Casks Bruichladdich Cask Launch – In-Store Tasting

·     Date: Thursday, October 13

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $50

·     This is an in-person tasting!

We’ve somehow managed to keep a lid on the fact that we have had a new KWM exclusive Bruichladdich cask quietly slumbering up at our warehouse for months. Thanks to our favourite Bogyman – “Supply Chain Issues” – we have received no fewer than a dozen single casks in the last 3 months; a typical year’s worth. One of the last of the dozen casks to arrive, we made the decision to hold the Laddie back for a Fall release to give some of our other casks a chance to shine. In addition to being the first consumers to sample our new Bruichladdich cask, tasting participants will also have the opportunity to sample our prior Bruichladdich cask and a selection of 5 other recent KWM single cask bottlings. If history is any guide, this Bruichladdich cask won’t last long. So the icing on the cake for those who attend our virtual or in-person tasting is that they will have an opportunity to purchase a bottle a week before any other consumers!

Thursday, October 13th @ 7 PM

KWM Casks Bruichladdich Cask Launch – Virtual Tasting

·     Date: Friday, October 14

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $40

·     Virtual Tasting

Same as above, but Virtual. From the comfort of your own home!

Friday, October 14th @ 7 PM

Shelter Point Returns with Chris Read

·     Date: Tuesday, October 18

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $20

·     This is an in-person tasting!

One of our favourite Canadian Distilleries, Shelter Point, has been on a bit of a hiatus from Alberta in recent months. Now they are coming back, and in fine form too, with new whiskies, a new brand ambassador, and a new importer. Brand Ambassador Chris Read will be our guide as we sample through 7 Shelter Point whiskies, including the soon-to-be-released Evans Family Reserve, and Shelter Point 10 Year.

Tuesday, October 18th @ 7 PM

Rye Not Rye? Virtual Tasting

·     Date: Tuesday, October 20

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $40

·     Virtual Tasting

If all you know of Rye is Crown Royal, we are sorry (mostly because we believe Rye Whisky should actually contain…well…rye; absurd, right?). Rye is making a comeback and as a city that is home to one of the best Rye producers in the world, we are not strangers to good old-fashioned (not the cocktail) near-100% Rye whiskies. Luckily more and more people are jumping on the rye train and the flavours are vastly different even if the mash bills are the same. Canada has very loosey-goosey rules when it comes to what makes Canadian Rye Whisky, other countries have more firm rules on how Rye Whisky can be made and we want to share those with you. Harmony and Evan are proud to present a lineup of near-100% Rye-based whiskies that are sure to knock your boots off.

Tuesday, October 20th @ 7 PM

Glenfarclas KWM 30th Anniversary Tasting with Deborah Stewart – 6 PM & 8 PM

·     Date: Tuesday, October 25

·     First Seating Time: 6 PM

·     Second Seating Time: 8 PM

·     Cost: $40

·     These are both in-person tastings!

Glenfarclas’s Deborah Stewart will be our special guest as we celebrate the launch of our Glenfarclas 1992 KWM 30th Anniversary Family Cask with an incredible vertical tasting. We will sample the Glenfarclas 15, 21, 25, 30, and 40-year-olds, as well as the KWM Cask Strength 21 Year and our new 1992 Family Cask. In all, 181 years of liquid history for just $40!!!

Tuesday, October 25th @ 6 PM andTuesday, October 25th @ 8 PM

Kinda Rare & Old Whiskies: 20 is the new 30

·     Date: Wednesday, October 26

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $150

·     Virtual Tasting

You should know the drill by now: the big man has identified a range of whiskies he wants to taste, and the range is unlikely to disappoint. This time around we have a range of 8 whiskies: 6 in their twenties and 2 in their early thirties. We have a trio of old Edradours, a pair of Millstones distilled in the 1990s, a Gordon & MacPhail Miltonduff from 1989, and OB single casks of BenRiach (1997) and GlenDronach (1990). In total, you’ll enjoy just shy of 200 years worth of single malt whisky!

Wednesday, October 26th @ 7 PM

Bog v. Bodega: Peat Monsters & Sherry Bombs

·     Date: Thursday, October 27

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $80

·     This is an in-person tasting!

Peat and sherry are unquestionably the big guns in the whisky world. While these are arguably the most polarizing styles of whisky out there, they’re also far and away the most in demand. The theme for this tasting is elegantly simple: dark-sherried beauties meet bold smoky beasts. From the bodegas of Jerez to the peat banks of Scotland, we’ll work our way through some of the most intense flavours on the spectrum. Though not a tasting for the faint of heart, Curt has pulled together some special bottles for this range!

Thursday, October 27th @ 7 PM

Boutique-y North-West Euro Express w/ Dave Worthington

·     Date: Saturday, October 29

·     Time: 5 PM

·     Cost: $50

·     Virtual Tasting

Can you think of a better way to spend an early Saturday evening in October than geeking out on whisky with Boutique-y Dave and the KWM crew? We have selected 8 whiskies for the tasting, released as a part of Boutique-y’s North-West Euro Express. The range highlights single malts, ryes, and a buckwheat spirit (that can’t legally be called whisky) from North West European Distilleries. We’ll be sampling drams from Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, and Switzerland.

Saturday, October 29th @ 5 PM

Glenfarclas Family Casks 2021 – The 1990s

·     Date: Tuesday, November 1

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $100

·     Virtual Tasting

On the one hand, this tasting was a great opportunity for us to feature our new Glenfarclas 1992 KWM 30th Anniversary Family Cask… But it also has the added benefit of allowing us to sample some of the amazing Summer 2021 Glenfarclas Family Casks we received in the Spring. There were too many to fit into one tasting, so we broke them down into the 1990 and the 2000s. This tasting will feature the following S21 vintages: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, and 1998; as well as our own exclusive 1992 cask.

Tuesday, November 1st @ 7 PM

Elixir Distillers Single Casks w/ Celine Tetu

·     Date: Friday, November 4

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $50

·     This is an in-person tasting!

Elixir Distillers has become one of our best partners in recent years, and they keep feeding us some absolutely amazing single casks. The most recent batch was selected in the Winter or Spring of 2021, but due to all the challenges around logistics these days, they only just arrived in the late Spring! We did a version of this tasting in the summer with Elixir Distiller’s Celine Tetu, and now she’s coming to town, so we’ll feature the same range in-store. Guests will sample 7 Single Malts of Scotland bottlings, with 6 of them being cask strength, single cask whiskies. Participants will try the 4 most recent KWM casks: Ardmore 11 Year, Glenburgie 22 Year, Imperial 22 Year, and Mannochmore 13 Year, and 3 others: Ben Nevis 1997, Linkwood 11 Year, and Reserve Casks Glencadam 10 Year.

Friday, November 4th @ 7 PM

…By Any Other Name: Secret Whiskies from Not So Secret Distilleries

·     Date: Tuesday, November 8

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $40

·     Virtual Tasting

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

A little bit of Romeo and Juliet for you, folks. But what is in a name? We sorta think that’s a topic for group discussion. And a discussion is almost always more enjoyable over a few drams (this is incontrovertible truth). There are a few distilleries in Scotland that are very protective of their brand. There are others that simply produce a handful of in-house styles under different names. In both cases, we often find labels that make us second-guess our distillery knowledge. For this event, we’ll be tasting a few very well-known distilleries bottled under some very different names. We’ll tell some stories and maybe even speculate a bit in some cases. Join us for an evening of sipping, sleuthing, and secret revealing. Curt was really excited about this range, and we can assure you it won’t disappoint.

Tuesday, November 8th @ 7 PM

Fall Single Malt Festival – Night 1 & Night 2

·     Date 1: Tuesday, November 10

·     Date 2: Tuesday, November 24

·     Time: 7 PM to 9 PM

·     Cost: $75

·     This is an in-person festival tasting!

As we did in the Spring for our 30th Anniversary, we are offering two more-or-less identical Fall Single Malt Festivals, two weeks apart, both for a moderately smaller crowd than usual, to give as many of our whisky friends as possible a chance to attend. There will be up to 100 whiskies to sample, and the price includes a 30th Anniversary KWM logo glass. As always, our neighbour Peasant cheese will be lining your stomachs with delicious cheese, charcuterie, sausage rolls, and other treats! Both Festivals are limited to 80 participants and we are asking people to only register for one date or the other, not both, out of respect for other customers.

Thursday, November 10, 7 PM – 9 PM & Thursday, November 24, 7 PM – 9 PM.

Boutique-y Cool & Unusual Whisky w/ Dave Worthington

·     Date: Saturday, November 12

·     Time: 5 PM

·     Cost: $70

·     Virtual Tasting

This will surely be one of the most fun ranges we sample with Boutique-y Dave. It includes 4 recently release That Boutique-y Whisky Co. Blends at 22, 32, 42 and 52 years of age! The last one is a real curiosity, as having fallen below 40% it isn’t legally whisky… but it will be interesting to try! To round out the lineup we are adding Ledaig 21 Year, Allt-A-Bhaine 23 Year, and a teaspooned presumably Glen Scotia 24 Year. 216 years of liquid history, with one of the industry’s most entertaining hosts!

Saturday, November 12th @ 5 PM

Glenfarclas Family Casks 2021 – The 2000s

·     Date: Tuesday, November 15

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $65

·     Virtual Tasting

No, we won’t be sampling the KWM 30th Anniversary Family Cask in this session, but we still have an incredible lineup of Glenfarclas single casks. We held back a bottle each of some of the highlights from the Summer 2021 Glenfarclas Family Cask releases. In this session, we’ll sample bottlings from 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Tuesday, November 15th @ 7 PM

Kinship Collection 2021 +1

·     Date: Tuesday, December 6

·     Time: 7 PM

·     Cost: $225

·     Virtual Tasting

Who doesn’t love old Islay malts? We bought a couple of sets of the 2021 Kinship Collection from Hunter Laing because we knew we were going to want to open one for a tasting. The set consists of:

Ardbeg 19 Year, Bowmore 33 Year, Bruichladdich 29 Year, Bunnahabhain 31 Year, Caol Ila 40 Year, and Laphroaig 23 Year. But that’s only 6 whiskies, and we like to have at least 7 at our tastings, so we are tossing in a lovely sherried First Edition Laphroaig 14 Year to round out our range. Join the KWM team as we sip our way through 189 years of Islay glory!

Tuesday, December 6th @ 7 PM

FREE DELIVERY

We are proud to offer Free City Wide Delivery on all orders over $100 Monday-Friday!

Orders under $100 are subject to a flat rate $10 delivery fee.

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Meet The Maker:
Drew Mayville Master Blender of Buffalo Trace Tasting

Join us on Friday 30th of September for a peek behind the scenes of one of America’s most prestigious  whiskey brands!

We will be hosted by Buffalo Trace’s  one and only Drew Mayville, Master Blender and Director of Quality of Buffalo Trace. The only distillery to win “Distillery of the Year” an unmatched seven times!

At Sazerac, Drew has worked hands on with all the award-winning products produced at Buffalo Trace in addition to the other highly acclaimed spirit categories of the company. Drew is active in overseeing a number of award-winning products produced at various locations for Sazerac, and promoting and educating the public on some of the world’s finest spirits. His passion is not only to make the finest quality products but also to delight and excite the consumer with his work.

About the Evening

Friday 30th of September

19:30 – 21:00

£120 ticket price

You will be walked through this amazing line up by the man responsible for the blend in each bottle. You will also be given a sneak peak at a new blend that Drew has created.

Book Your Ticket!

ENJOY A DRAM ON US
THIS WORLD TOURISM DAY

Since the 1960s, our distillery doors have been open, welcoming many visitors from near and far. That’s why on 27th September, we will be celebrating  World Tourism Day, highlighting the importance of tourism and its values.

To mark this important day, we will be giving visitors who have booked a distillery experience for 27th September an additional complimentary dram of the extraordinary, limited edition release, The Legacy Series: Chapter Three.

We have a wide range of distillery tours and experiences available, from  creating your own Glengoyne  to pairing the world’s “best chocolate truffles” with our award-winning whiskies,

The origins of distilleries are often, as they should be, obscured by the clouds of half-truth and myth. Such is the case with Highland Park.  Was it founded by famed priest turned smuggler Magnus Eunson, or by farmer David Robertson in 1798? The distillery’s ornate wrought ironwork gate certainly attests to the 1798 story. It first appeared as single malt in the late 1970s, as an eight-year-old, but the packaging was revamped in the 1980s (and repeatedly ever since) when the 12- and 18-year-old expressions were introduced. It soon built up a strong, even cult, following with the range expanding continually. As well as a core range with age statements, various series have been released themed around Orcadian history and Norse gods.

In this particular evening David Miles will be coming down talking us through the line-up below:

Highland Park 12Years Old
Highland Park 15 Years Old
Highland Park 18Years old
Highland Park Cask Strength
Highland Park 25Years Old

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In this meeting the Local Review Board will go over Wolfcraig Distillery’s Grounds for Appeal statement and deliver a verdict on its outcome.

The meeting will be held in public and will also be broadcast, which we will send you a link for closer to the time.

As you know, we remain committed to building the home of Wolfcraig in Stirling. We aim to attract new tourists, create career opportunities and boost the local economy through our exciting new Scotch Whisky brand.

We are hopeful of a positive outcome from this meeting in October.

Final call: get your ticket and relax!

Just a relaxed reminder that you only have a few days left to get your ticket for this year’s Maltstock. You have until 18 September, so pop into our online shop now: https://www.maltstock.com/shop

It’s going to be a fantastically relaxed weekend! We’re really looking forward to it. You have as many as 4 very relaxed masterclasses to choose from on Friday. And we’re hosting a record breaking 32 “Drinks with…” sessions on Saturday, presented by no less than 12 different speakers. Saturday night will be the moment of truth, can you believe all the great stories and drams with Billy, Jess, Mark, Connas and Tatsuya! Reliable sources tell us they are having a blast preparing for this unique session.