June Previews: Wet Your Whistle Savings
66.31 only£28.50 with ANY Preview Pair

Wet your whistle before the rest of the herd this June. Buy Preview Pairs 1.153 & 44.44 for only £79 (save £10.90) OR 1.153 & 27.80 for only £86 (save £10.40)..AND buy 66.31 for £28.50 (save an extra £11.70).

1.153 A cornucopia of mellifluous sweetness
Speyside Spey
£42.20 inc. Free P&P
Chocolates, toffee, coconut, currant buns, millionaire shortbread, biscuit box and manuka honey. Hints of menthol, mint and smoke prevented it floating away like candy floss on a summer’s breeze
Age: 9 years            Cask:  First-fill ex-bourbon barrel

44.44 Continental brunch
Speyside Spey
£47.70 inc. Free P&P
Fruity with baked apples, oranges and limes, followed by a green house (flower stems, hints of compost), leather saddles and musky horsehair.
Age: 9 years            Cask:  First-fill ex-bourbon barrel

27.80 Old hemp ropes in a fishing boat
Campbeltown
£54.20 inc. Free P&P
We were sniffing and imagining all sorts – oilskin coats, lobster boxes, freshly dug soil and balls of wool; sage, heather, linseed oil and polish. “National Geographic magazines in a bothy” and “old hemp ropes in a fishing boat” will give a flavour
Age: 13 years            Cask:  Refill ex-bourbon hogshead

And with *ANY Preview Pair…66.31 for only £28.50

66.31 Apples at Hallowe’en
Speyside Deveron
£28.50* inc. Free P&P (save an extra £11.70)
Smoked cheese, charred apples on a barbecue, toffee apples and cinnamon sticks; a hint of sulphur and a taste of sweet brown apples and wet fruit wood ash
Age: 11 years            Cask:  Refill ex-sherry butt

Offer Ends: Thu 3 June, or until we sell out

SIX June Outturn Previews
@ Aberdeen Mal & Birmingham & Brighton Hotel du Vin
Be amongst the first members to sample six preview drams from June Outturn. Fom Mon 31 May, SIX new June drams will preview behind the bar at Aberdeen Malmaison and Birmingham and Brighton Hotel du Vin. 

SMWS Whisky Tasting & Events
New Outturn Open Tasting – London, Sat 5 Jun
New Outturn & Sunday Roast Tasting – The Vaults, Sun 6 Jun
New Outturn Open Tasting – London, Mon 7 Jun
Whisky & Gems with Nicholas James – London, Wed 9 Jun
Whisky & Diamonds with Eric Emms – London, Thu 10 Jun
Taste of Islay London Cruise – Edwardian Cruise Boat, Thu 17 Jun
Two Distilleries, One Day Tour – The Vaults, Sat 19 Jun
Blend Your Own Whisky Lunch – The Vaults, Sun 20 Jun
Wokingham Preview Sensory Tasting – Cantley House, Thu 24 Jun
Dundee Preview Tasting – Hilton Hotel, Fri 25 Jun
Inverness Preview Tasting – Kingsmills Hotel, Fri 25 Jun

Visit http://www.smws.co.uk/memberships to join the Society and for the opportunity to buy Society whiskies for yourself!

Here are some of the new whiskies that are expected over the next couple of weeks:

1.       Laphroaig 10Yr – Only expecting 12 bottles. 1/customer. – $57.49

2.       Nikka From the Barrel – $53.49

3.       Miyagiko 12 – $119.49

4.       Takesuru 21 – World’s Best Blend 2010 Re: Whisky Mag – $139.49

5.       Arran Pomerol Finish – $76.99 – Already Here

6.       Arran Pinot Noir Finish – $76.99 – Already Here

7.       Compass Box Spice Tree – The Whisky the SWA tried to ban.  Really  amazing colour and complexity. – $63.99 – Already Here

8.       Royal Lochnagar Distillers Edition 2009 – $85.99

FYI

Slainte!

Andrew Ferguson
KWM Scotchguy

403-283-8000
888-283-9004
1257 Kensington Rd. NW
Calgary, AB, Canada
T2N 3P8

scotchguy@kensingtonwinemarket.com

Loch Fyne Whiskies has stocked a new item, Johnnie Walker Blue Label plus Accessory Bag

Johnnie Walker OB Blue Label & Accessory Bag 40%alc.

A special edition with the bottle of Blue Label presented in an accessory bag.

Scotch is one of the world’s greatest currencies, and this is the most prestigeous gift. A blend of whiskies, some reputedly over 65 years old, true to the Walker style full flavoured, well ballanced, impecable.

Price excluding VAT: £123.40
£144.99 Including VAT at 17.5%

Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk

May Top-up Tipplers:
Stop to Re-fuel with 1.153 & 27.80 
BUY the pair for £86 and save £10.40

1.153 A cornucopia of mellifluous sweetness
Speyside Spey
£42.20 inc. Free P&P
Chocolates, toffee, coconut, currant buns, millionaire shortbread, biscuit box and manuka honey. Hints of menthol, mint and smoke prevented it floating away like candy floss on a summer’s breeze
Age: 9 years            Cask:  First-fill ex-bourbon barrel

27.80 Old hemp ropes in a fishing boat
Campbeltown
£54.20 inc. Free P&P
We were sniffing and imagining all sorts – oilskin coats, lobster boxes, freshly dug soil and balls of wool; sage, heather, linseed oil and polish.
“National Geographic magazines in a bothy” and “old hemp ropes in a fishing boat” will give a flavour
Age: 13 years            Cask:  Refill ex-bourbon hogshead

May Outturn Recommendations: TOP-UP while you still can (selling fast)

Smoky Sherried Pair: Buy 10.71 & 93.38 for £85 (save £10.40)
Best Buy Pair: Buy 95.11 & 35.38 for £88.50 (save £11)

Case Offer: Buy all SIX for £287.70 (save £35)
10.71 Onions Spring Eternal                                 
9.49 It’s in the bag                                                           
35.38 “Fire in the hole!”                                               
125.35 Amontillado and Aubergine                 
39.75 Cuban Memories                                               
G1.7 Flamed Christmas Pudding

SIX June Outturn Previews

@ Aberdeen Mal & Birmingham & Brighton Hotel du Vin
Be amongst the first members to sample six preview drams from June Outturn. From Mon 31 May, SIX new June drams will preview behind the bar at Aberdeen Malmaison and Birmingham and Brighton Hotel du Vin. 

SMWS Whisky Tasting & Events

Seafood & Society Dram Tasting – The Vaults, Mon 24 May
All things Japanese Night – The Vaults, Thu 27 May
Liverpool Preview Tasting -Malmaison, Thu 27 May
Aberdeen Preview Tasting – Thistle Hotel, Fri 28 May
Bristol Preview Tasting – Hotel Du Vin, Fri 28 May
Pan-Asian Curry Experience – London, Sat 29 May
New Outturn Open Tasting – London, Sat 5 June
New Outturn & Sunday Roast Tasting – The Vaults, Sun 6 June
New Outturn Open Tasting – London, Mon 7 June
Whisky & Gems with Nicholas James – London, Wed 9 June
Whisky & Diamonds with Eric Emms – London, Thu 10 June

For your chance to join the Society please visit them at www.smws.co.uk

From Colin;

As promised here is the link to vote in a Dragon’s Den-style competition within Shropshire where I have been fortunate enough to get through to the final.

The voting will be decided by 1/3 online voters, 1/3 by the interview panel (who I am presenting to in the video), and 1/3 from the audience at the Shropshire Industry awards on 4th June.  As well as a £4,000 prize which I will put towards bottling equipment to start exporting the publicity will be of great help for when I begin trading in June.

Video where people can vote for THE WHISKY TASTING COMPANY:
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/business/2010/05/10/star-idea-finalist-video-for-the-whisky-tasting-company/

The voting is at the bottom of the text on the page (just select ‘Whisky Tasting Company’ and then click on ‘VOTE’)

Preview of web site (Please note: there is no functionality on this early version, and this is not yet on my own web site)
http://www.fisheye-webdesign.co.uk/preview/whisky/dark/

I’ve also attached some photos of the whisky sets in case you send this on to people who don’t know about what the product is. (See below)

p.s. I hope to be open at the start of June at www.whiskytastingcompany.com – ready for the fathers’s day rush !

Thanks for your vote !

Colin Sinclair
The Whisky Tasting Company Ltd.
179 Wenlock Road
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LB

colin@whiskytastingcompany.com

Vote for Colin!

Upcoming Events

It’s an Eastern assaults as Euan, Lin & Mark are all off to various destinations in Asia. First up is Whisky Live Shanghai which Euan and Lin will be attending on the 21st – 22ndof May. Euan and Lin will then be off to the Vinexpo in Hong Kong. They hope to bump into old friends and to make new ones whilst on their travels.

 
It is all-systems-go as Mark prepares for Whisky Live Singapore on the 24th of May. This will be the first Whisky Live to be held in Singapore at the famous Raffles Hotel. Mark is looking forward to having a new show to go and tell his stories to new faces. Look out for Black Bull 12 and 40 year old as they make their debut in Singapore, although the 40yo may be hidden under the stand!

 
Recent Visitors

We were pleased to meet our American friends in Huntly on Friday and take them on a mystery tour around the North East.  Steve Fox and Ken Young from Preiss Imports were in town with Mark Monfery from Texas and Brent and his wife Rai from McScrooges in Knoxville so we thought we would show them the sites.  Following a few samples at Brewdog we headed for Pennan – the setting for Local Hero, a famous film from the 80’s.  After lunch in Portsoy we crossed country to the Speyside Cooperage where we met up with Brett from Binny’s in Chicago. We were then privileged to visit Forsyth’s Coppersmiths before returning to Huntly for a dram or two stopping by a few distilleries and snow damaged warehouses on the way.

Speyside Festival

Speyside Festival was upon us on the 29th April – 3rd May. It was a busy week all round with people from all around the world coming to tastes whiskies and tour distilleries. Mark had various tasting events throughout the weekend, one which included a game of Whisky bingo. All in all it was a successful weekend and all of us at Duncan Taylor look forward to next year’s festival
 
Doing Our Bit For The Environment

Green is the way forward! We have just introduced our first outer cases made from recycled  cardboard. They still look the same, but as everyone knows, every little bit helps in saving the planet.

This is just the beginning for Duncan Taylor in their way of becoming a more environmentally friendly  company.
 
New Bottlings

Port Ellen 1983 27yo Cask 672 49.4%
Colour: Bright Gold
Nose: Sweet, gooseberries, oily, shortbread, custard, grassy, soft smoke
Taste: Light wet ash, hints of chlorine, olive oil, smoked cheese, waxy, slightly farmyard like
Finish: Quite creamy, touch medicinal with burnt wood and orange sherbet
Comment: A fresh Port Ellen with a fruity ashiness – cracking!
 
Rare Auld Caol Ila 1981 Cask. 3491
Colour: Pale Amber
Nose: Very fruity, stewed apples, French fancy’s, lemon and toffee chews
Taste: Soft smoke, chilli oil, quite spicy aniseed and basil.
Finished: lots of creamy notes, wham bar’s, and oranges
Comment: Fruity Caol Ila with a touch of spice!

Peerless Caperdonich 1968 41 Year Old 52.6% Cask 2595
Colour: Amber
Nose: Rich toffee apples, cinnamon, spiced oak, cherries, blackberries, strawberry milkshake and orange flavoured jelly
Taste: Sweet, spice, brown sugar, treacle, red fruits, pomegranate and vanilla
Finish: Pickles and spices, cardamom and strawberries
Comment: A spicy Caperdonich!

Rare Auld Dallas Dhu 1981 29 Year Old 53% Cask 388
Colour: Straw
Nose: Lemon sherbet, milk chews, strawberry plants, lemon thyme
Taste: Syrupy, dry, vanilla, courgettes in butter, fennel and oranges
Finish: Soft, grassy and refreshing
Comment: A refreshing summer dram
 
To view more tasting notes, please follow this link:
http://www.duncantaylor.com/products/new_bottlings.html

Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd
Whisky Merchants and Brokers,
4 Upperkirkgate, Huntly,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB54 8JU
website: www.duncantaylor.com
email: info@duncantaylor.com
Phone: +44 (0) 1466 794055
Fax: +44 (0) 1466 794618

Purveyors of the worlds most exclusive range of Scotch Whiskies

Since 1936, Ian Macleod Distillers, through its dedication to tradition and quality, has amassed an unrivalled cask stock from Scotland’s many distilleries. This enviable collection includes extremely rare malts, some from closed or mothballed distilleries. The Chieftain’s collection hallmark is that each bottling must be fit for a King, a Leader or in the Celtic world, a Chieftain.

Allt A Bhainne 31 Year Old, Chieftain’s Bottling, Single Malt Scotch Whisky $139.99. Very citrus driven nose with tangerines  and lemons. The palate is lemony with pepper and smoke.

Caol Ila 17 Year Old, Chieftain’s Bottling,  Single Malt Scotch Whisky
$99.99. The nose offers salt, shortbread and smoke. The palate is really soft and fruity but maintains salt, smoke, iodine and medicinal characteristics.

Linkwood 16 Year Old, Chieftain’s Bottling,  Single Malt Scotch Whisky
$77.99. The nose shows honey, faint smoke and sweet tropical fruit. The palate offers a creamy texture with flavors of peaches, milk fat and toasted nuts.

Port Ellen 25 Year Old, Chieftain’s Bottling,Single Malt Scotch Whisky
$319.99. The nose is really fruity – bread fruit, honey, salt, toffee, granola, roasted pumpkin seeds. The palate is spicy and salty, showing Serrano peppers and crushed red chili flakes, mango, peaches, lavender and dry smoke.

Springbank 39 Year Old, Chieftain’s Bottling, Single Malt Scotch Whisky
$469.99. The nose shows apricots, lemon, curacao, tobacco and a touch of smoke. The palate shows dry leaf smoke, salt, lemon, thyme, apricots and orange.

Order yours today at www.dandm.com

Hello Fellow Scotch Lovers –

I am excited to present to you with an opportunity to purchase an amazing limited production whisky: Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX.

Sonnalta PX is a Limited Edition Glenmorangie, with only 600 cases/3,600 bottles shipped into the USA in January of 2010.

This exceptional whisky is extra matured (finished) in the world ‘s best sherry casks from Pedro Ximénez, known as the ‘king of sherry ‘.

The price for the whisky is $79.95, plus S+H (limit: 1 bottle/member).

If you want a bottle, please purchase your whisky ASAP. We have a very limited supply, and once it’s gone, it’s gone!.

Enjoy!

Doug Stone
Founder
www.ForScotchLovers.com

A Limited Edition Glenmorangie, Extra Matured (finished) in Pedro Ximénez casks Sonnalta PX is extra matured in the world ’s best sherry casks from Pedro Ximénez, known as the ‘king of sherry ’.

Combined with Glenmorangie’s award-winning expertise in wood finishing, the result is a rich, full-bodied single malt .

We believe Sonnalta PX to be the best sherry cask whisky in the world.

TASTING NOTES:

Color: Deep amber

Nose: Dark chocolate, sun-dried raisins with molasses, dark coffee and Seville orange marmalade

Taste: Sweet flavors of orange peel and honey with hints of prunes, plump raisins and toasted almonds

Finish: Long and rich with hints of licorice, walnut oil, toffee and raisins

Pedro Ximénez – THE KING OF SHERRY

• In the early 1500’s, legend has it that a soldier and adventurer named Pedro Ximénez brought a rare grape to Jerez, Spain

• It soon became synonymous with sherry of the highest quality, and to this day Pedro Ximénez sherry is renowned as the finest in the world –
the ‘King of Sherries’

Loch Fyne Whiskies has stocked a new item, ‘Johnnie Walker Black Label Centenary Edition’

Johnnie Walker OB Black Label 12yo Centenary Edition 40%alc.

Celebrating 100 years of Black Label (1909-2009).

The undisputed king of whiskies and my favourite of all listed on this web site.

The orchestration and depth of this whisky defies every competitor, if Talisker is like ‘Won’t get fooled again, this is Who’s Next, the entire album! Ace.

Price excluding VAT: £21.19
£24.90 Including VAT at 17.5%

Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk

There were three in the bed and the little one said roll over, roll over…

May Outturn: PICKY Pairs

Every First Friday we put together our selection of Society recommendations for you to taste and explore (which you all love).  But have you spotted your own coalition for your drinks cabinet this May Outturn?

Pick your own pairing and we’ll give you a £10 saving – just use promotional code PICKY at the online checkout.  Here’s how:

1) Log onto our website
2) Pick the two bottles that have caught your eye
3) When you come to pay enter code PICKY
4) We’ll take £10 off your total order

You can use the code as many times as you like (buy four bottles and save £20, six bottles and save £30, and so on and so on…)

SMWS May Outturn Recommendations
Here’s a quick reminder but be toot sweet, these dapper drams sell-out fast

Smoky Sherried Pair: Buy 10.71 & 93.38 for £85 (save £10.40)

Best Buy Pair: Buy 95.11 & 35.38 for £88.50 (save £11)

Case Offer: Buy all SIX for £287.70 (save £35)
10.71 Onions Spring Enternal                                 
9.49 It’s in the bag                                                           
35.38 “Fire in the hole!”                                               
125.35 Amontillado and Aubergine                 
39.75 Cuban Memories                                               
G1.7 Flamed Christmas Pudding                          

SMWS Whisky Tasting & Events
Cafe Spice Nameste – Cafe Spice London, Tue 18 May
Cardiff Preview Tasting – Novotel Cardiff Centre, Fri 21 May
Islay and Island Tasting – 28 Queen Street, Sat 22 May
Cafe Fish & Dram Tasting – The Vaults, Mon 24 May
All things Japanese Night – The Vaults, Thu 27 May
Liverpool Preview Tasting -Malmaison, Thu 27 May
Champagne Tasting – 28 Queen Street, Thu 27 May
Aberdeen Preview Tasting – Caledonian Thistle Hotel, Fri 28 May
Bristol Preview Tasting – Hotel Du Vin, Fri 28 May
Pan-Asian Curry Experience – London, Sat 29 May
Whisky & Gems with Nicholas James – London, Wed 9 Jun
Whisky & Gems with Eric Emms – London, Thu 10 Jun

Visit the Society at www.smws.com