GlenDronach OB Cask 529 1993 17yo 60.5%alc.
Oloroso Butt

Distilled 26/02/1993

Bottled June 2010

Limited to 627 bottles and so limited to 1 each.

GlenDronach Cask 529 1993 17 year old
Barcode: 5060088792483

Price excluding VAT: £54.89
£64.50 Including VAT at 17.5%

 
GlenDronach OB Cask 3182 1991 18yo 51.7%alc.
Pedro Ximinez Puncheon

Distilled 15/11/1991

Bottled June 2010

Limited to 633 bottles and so limited to 1 each.

GlenDronach Cask 3182 1991 18 year old
Barcode: 5060088792452

Price excluding VAT: £56.09
£65.91 Including VAT at 17.5%

 
GlenDronach OB Cask 2621 1990 20yo 57.9%alc.
Oloroso Butt

Distilled 20/06/1990

Bottled June 2010

Limited to 546 bottles and so limited to 1 each.

GlenDronach Cask 2621 1990 20 year old
Barcode: 5060088792469

Price excluding VAT: £63.74
£74.89 Including VAT at 17.5%

 
GlenDronach OB Cask 3315 1989 20yo 53.2%alc.
Pedro Ximinez Puncheon

Distilled 09/11/1989

Bottled June 2010

Limited to 522 bottles and so limited to 1 each.

GlenDronach Cask 3315 1989 20 year old
Barcode: 5060088792438

Price excluding VAT: £62.89
£73.90 Including VAT at 17.5%

GlenDronach OB Cask 1040 1978 31yo 51.2%alc.
Oloroso Puncheon

Distilled 29/12/1978

Bottled June 2010

Limited to 645 bottles and so limited to 1 each.

GlenDronach Cask 1040 1978 31 year old
Barcode: 5060088792476

Price excluding VAT: £131.06
£154.00 Including VAT at 17.5%

GlenDronach OB Cask 718 1972 38yo 51.5%alc.
Oloroso Butt

Distilled 02/03/1972

Bottled June 2010

Limited to 396 bottles and so limited to 1 each.

GlenDronach Cask 718 1972 38 year old
Barcode: 5060088792490

Price excluding VAT: £235.74
£276.99 Including VAT at 17.5%

GlenDronach OB Cask 489 1971 39yo 48.8%alc.
Oloroso Butt

Distilled 25/02/1971

Bottled June 2010

Limited to 541 bottles and so limited to 1 each.

GlenDronach Cask 489 1971 39 year old
Barcode: 5060088792445

Price excluding VAT: £248.51
£292.00 Including VAT at 17.5%

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Loch Fyne Whiskies has updated their ‘Collectors’ Loft’

A new edition of the Collectors’ Loft has gone online today.

You may view the latest post at
https://www.lfw.co.uk/blog/2010/07/12/new-collectors-loft-2/

Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk

From Richard Paterson “The Master Blender”

Fancy winning a rare whisky that’s not ever going into the shops?
 
Last week (Sunday) I was telling you about the whiskies I made for the F1 Force India team. Now, they’re very rare and won’t be on sale in the shops, but here’s a chance to win them by answering one simple question. Just head over to this link and enter before July 17. Good luck!

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Aberlour ‘Spiorad na Feis’ Limited Edition available now!
 
Greetings!

Do not miss out on this exclusive bottling commission to celebrate the forthcoming Hebridean Celtic Festival.

Read on for more details.
 
Aberlour Limited Edition Bottling
Scotland’s whisky sales are expected to take an unexpected boost with the launch of a special malt by one of the UK’s top music festivals.

The Hebridean Celtic Festival in Stornoway (14th-17th July) is now in its 15th year and attracts visitors from around the world, including countries such as Germany, Australia, Canada and the USA. To mark the special anniversary milestone it has joined with Duncan Taylor, the 2009 Independent Bottler of the Year, to present its festival whisky.

Called ‘Spiorad na Fèis’ (Spirit of the Festival), the single malt whisky is distilled by Aberlour and will be on sale from £44 per 70cl bottle. A limited edition minature version will also be exclusively available from the festival shop in Stornoway at £4.85.

The new whisky has also been supported by leading Scottish group Runrig, one of the festival’s first Hall of Fame members. Calum Macdonald helped a local tasting panel select the malt from a choice of three.

Festival Director, Caroline MacLennan, said: “We wanted to provide something for our many visitors to enjoy, a special memento of our 15th anniversary. We know that it will go down well with those who enjoy a good whisky. With its Gaelic name and excellent taste, those who buy it will be getting a unique reminder of the fun times to be had at the festival.

“We are grateful to Duncan Taylor for their advice and guidance in putting ‘Spiorad na Fèis’ on the shelves.”

Euan Shand, Managing Director for Duncan Taylor Co Ltd: “We are delighted to be associated with the success of the 15th HebCelt festival. The aroma, flavour and full body of this unique bottling will evoke great memories with every dram, long after the festival is over. The impressive line up is on the back label, so this whisky is the perfect souvenir to reminisce with in months to come.”

The Aberlour was specially selected for the bottling and will be left completely natural. Bottled at 46% abv, it is a full bodied Speyside, offering a honeyed sweetness and rich fruits on the nose and palate, typical of this distillery. All the colour is from the cask during its 15 year maturation. This is a unique bottling, limited to the celebration of the HebCelt anniversary.

Aberlour 15 Year Old ‘Spoirad na Feis’ 46%
Limited edition bottling for the Hebridean Celtic Festival
£44.00

Visit http://www.singlemaltsdirect.com/magento/aberlour-15-year-old-hebcelt-festival-malt.html to purchase.
 
Contact Information
phone: 0845 6066145
email: info@singlemaltsdirect.com

Arran OB 15th Anniversary 54.6%alc.

Distilled 1999

Bottled 2010

Finished in Amontillado Sherry Casks

A limited edition of 5640 bottles to mark the 15th anniversary of Isle of Arran Distillery.

Arran 1999 15th Anniversary
Barcode: 5060044481987

Price excluding VAT: £42.47
£49.90 Including VAT at 17.5%

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July 2010, Edinburgh: Independent bottler and distiller, Ian Macleod Distillers, has launched a new Limited Edition Pomerol Finish of its award winning Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, The Six Isles. 

Finished in the finest French oak Pomerol wine casks, the Limited Edition Six Isles brings a new dimension and depth to the original Blended Single Malt Scotch Whisky, enhancing its rich, peaty and honeyed flavours with spicy, red fruit notes.

Described as having a smoky, spicy nose with notes of strawberries and wine gums, the fruity, peaty body of the Pomerol Finish brings in herbal and chocolate undertones before a fresh, salty and minty finish.

Masterfully blending six full-bodied Single Malts from each of Scotland’s whisky producing islands of Islay, Jura, Skye, Mull, Orkney and Arran, The Six Isles is unique. Bringing together every distinctive style and flavour of each island, from the smoky peat from Islay to the soft, heathery and iodine notes of the Orcadian malt, The Six Isles is as a sensory voyage through the malt whiskies of the islands of Scotland. 

Taking its lead from original Pomerol wine casks, the tube and bottle label of the New Limited Edition Six Isles is an eye-catching deep red with embossed gold lettering, reflecting the high quality of the Island Blended Malt’s heritage.

Just 3,266 bottles of The Six Isles Limited Edition Pomerol Finish will be available throughout the UK and worldwide from select specialist retailers. RRP £37.49 70cl.

Established in 1933, Ian Macleod Distillers is one of the largest and most widely respected independent family companies within the spirits industry. The award winning Ian Macleod portfolio, which includes Glengoyne, King Robert II, Langs, The Six Isles and Smokehead, as well as gin, rum, and vodka, currently has combined total sales of more than one million cases, with 85% being exported to over 65 markets worldwide. 

For further information visit: www.ianmacleod.com

Ian Macleod Distillers encourages responsible drinking

 www.drinkaware.co.uk  www.scotch-whisky.org.uk

Notes  
 
The Six Isles Pomerol Finish Limited Edition
 
Description

Nose: Smoky, salty, wine gums, spicy and wild strawberries

Body: More peat smoke, soft fruity heart followed by herbal notes and chocolate.

Finish: Fresh, salty, and minty
 
Colour:  Natural and unchill-filtered
 
Wood Type;  French oak Pomerol wine casks
 
Cask Numbers: 90631-90638
 
No. of Bottles:  3266
 
Strength: 46 % 70cl
 
Distillation Date: 2003
 
Bottling Date: 2010
 
Price  £37.49

July Outturn Update: Wish List Top 5

We’re now a week into the new July Outturn, and our bottles are flying off the virtual shelves.  So much so we’ve had to replace one of the bottles in our July Best Buy Pair (see below for more details).

So you don’t miss out, we’ve put together our July Wish List – the top 5 bottles currently selling online (as rated by you, our members).  Get your hands on a bottle now before they are gone forever….

1) 93.39 Master and commander
2) 33.38 Perfect pitch of heat
3) 121.35 Simple yet complex
4) 41.45 Audrey Hepburn in a ball gown
5) 53.141 Chinese food in an old-fashioned hotel

Best Buy Pair: Buy 93.39 & 121.34* for £75 (save £9.40)
93.39 Master and commander
Campbeltown
£42.20 inc. Free P&P
Crème caramel, onion chutney, raisin and cake mix; cherry pie, blueberries and prunes came later.       

121.34 Pears in a satchel
Highland Island
£42.20 inc. P&P
Sweet and fruity with pear juice, custard and icing sugar. We also found lemon meringue, dark chocolate and white wine

Tickle Your Festival Fancy
Delve straight into the wonderful world of the single cask by joining us this August at our Members’ Room at The Vaults & 28 Queen Street as our expert explores three out-of-this-world Society drams.

SMWS Whisky Tasting & Events
World Cup Final: Viewing & BBQ – Queen Street, Sun 11 Jul
World Cup Final Viewing – London, Sun 11 Jul
Whisky Galore with matched drams – London, Wed 14 Jul
Best of Edinburgh Tasting – London, Fri 23 Jul
Summer Whisky Tasting – The Vaults, Mon 26 Jul
Stirling Preview Tasting – Golden Lion Hotel, Fri 30 Jul
Newcastle Preview Tasting – Northern Counties Club – Fri 30 Jul
Pan-Asian Curry Experience – London, Sat 31 July
Cigar and Whisky Tasting – London, Thu 5 Aug
York Preview Tasting – Bedern Hall, Fri 6 Aug
Greenock Preview Tasting – Tontine Hotel, Fri 6 Aug

Visit the Society at www.smws.co.uk for your chance to join

Miniature Kilchoman Spring 2010 Release 3yo 46%alc.

A 5cl bottling from Islay’s newest distillery.

Price excluding VAT: £7.23
£8.50 Including VAT at 17.5%

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The Lost Blend is back…

The Tweeddale Blend, Blended Scotch Whisky has been recreated by Stonedean Limited and is now available after an absence of over 70 Years.

An indulgent blend of an aged single grain whisky and eight individually selected aged single malt whiskies with a high malt content (50% grain, 50% malt). In keeping with the original recipe it has not been chill filtered and has been bottled at 46% alcohol by volume. It contains Scotch whiskies from the Lowlands, Highlands, Speyside and Islay. Each whisky is draw from a single cask, the youngest is 10 year old and the oldest 21 years old.

The Tweeddale Blend was first produced by J & A Davidson (Est. 1820) in Coldstream by the river Tweed in the Scottish Borders. Then by Richard Day who started with the business as an office boy and took over the business in 1923. The blend continued to be produced up until World War 2 but had not been produced since.

www.stonedean.co.uk

Alasdair Day the Great Grandson of Richard Day founded Stonedean Limited with the sole purpose of recreating the lost blend using his Great Grandfather’s original cellar book passed down through the family, which contains the “recipes” for several blends produced by J & A Davidson between 1899 and 1916.

The Tweeddale Blend is currently available at Loch Fyne Whiskies and Royal Mile Whiskies

Glenrothes S 1989 20yo 55.7%alc.

Distilled 31/12/1989

Bottled: 09/04/2010

Matured in a Recharred Butt #24377

Limited to 384 bottles

If Pooh’s chum Tigger had a sister this is it and she’s called Ester, but like Tig she’s all over the place, charming and very challenging. The majority of the experience from the start is fruity esters, bananas, cream soda, Demerara sugar, bouncing all over the place and from the very first instant. On the mouth cool, chocolate and sweetness on the side of the tongue (not possible surely?). Water beefs up the fruit, then, out of the blue, tobacco! Flip-me! Where did that come from?

Ace for all the fun. Square I7 on the Flavour Map, I think.
Rich/Smoky

Price excluding VAT: £59.15
£69.50 Including VAT at 17.5%

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