Langside Distillers – BLENDED & MALT SCOTCH WHISKY SPECIALISTS

FEBRUARY – 2010 DOUGLAS (of Drumlanrig) MALT WHISKIES

1 DOD0059 BEN NEVIS 12 Dec-96 46.0
2 DOD0046 BLAIR ATHOL – SHERRY 13 Jul-95 46.0
3 DOD0088 GLEN ORD 11 Mar-98 46.0
4 DOD0089 GLENGOYNE 10 Nov-99 46.0
5 DOD0082 BOWMORE 11 Sep-98 46.0
6 DOD0075 CAOL ILA 11 Sep-97 46.0
7 DOD0095 PORT ELLEN – SHERRY 26 Mar-83 46.0
8 DOD0092 HIGHLAND PARK 11 Jun-98 46.0
9 DOD0064 ARDMORE 12 Mar-96 46.0
10 DOD0068 AULTMORE – SHERRY 13 Jan-96 46.0
11 DOD0099 BALMENACH 11 May-98 46.0
12 DOD0079 BENRINNES – BOURBON 11 Apr-98 46.0
13 DOD0071 CRAIGELLACHIE – SHERRY 9 Sep-99 46.0
14 DOD0065 DAILUAINE – SHERRY 11 Aug-97 46.0
15 DOD0087 GLENTAUCHERS – SHERRY FINISHED 9 Nov-00 46.0
16 DOD0093 KNOCKANDO – SHERRY 9 Aug-00 46.0
17 DOD0090 LINKWOOD – BOURBON 12 May-97 46.0
18 DOD0080 LONGMORN 10 Jul-99 46.0
19 DOD0094 MACALLAN 12 Oct-97 46.0
20 DOD0086 MORTLACH 12 Sep-97 46.0
21 DOD0066 STRATHISLA 12 Jul-96 46.0
DISTILLERY CLOSED

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Loch Fyne Whiskies News has stocked a new item, ‘Springbank 18yo (2010 Release)’

 Springbank 18yo (2010 Release)
 46% abv
 £61.90 inc vat
 £52.68 ex vat

Best regards,
Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk

Jefferson’s Presidential Select 17 Year Old  Ketucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

$104.99

“A wheated bourbon from the old Stitzel-Weller distillery. A gentle, richly-textured whisky, loaded with fruit and spice. Black raspberry jam, caramel apple and papaya, along with warming cinnamon and subtle teaberry, on nutty toffee, nougat and creamy vanilla. Spicy, polished oak finish. Superbly balanced, sophisticated and very drinkable. An outstanding whiskey!”
Score: 96 Points John Hansell, Malt Advocate Magazine 
 
Join Our American Whiskey Club

We seek out unique expressions of American whiskeys that we find to be particularly delectable and buy an allotment. The whiskey you receive in our club is meticulously taste-selected by our devoted staff. It is unique to D&M as well as your personal collection!

By joining our club, you will receive a bottle every 3 months of the best that American Whiskey has to offer – shipped right to your home or office along with background material on the producer and our staff’s tasting notes on the product.

The cost tops out at $100 but usually much lower.

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

The Dalmore distillery is soon to release Candela, an outstanding 50 year old single malt. Selected from the oldest maturing stocks of any Highland distillery and with spirit dating from the last 140 years, Candela is set to become one of the most sought after expressions the world has ever seen.

Just 77 incomparable Candela decanters are available worldwide. Each decanter, and accompanying hand-crafted crystal case, provides a fitting complement to the precious liquid it carries.

Find out more about The Dalmore Candela. To secure your own decanter, contact candela@thedalmore.com

 

 Bruichladdich S 1988 21yo

Distilled: 11 February 1988

Bottled: 11 December 2009

Matured in Hogsheads

Limited to 525 bottles from casks 58 and 59

By chove! Here’s a genuine Bruichladdich and for a super-fair price!

Everything is in place, nice cereal notes about the aroma, with a little whiff of smoke about the schnoz. Fruity, spicy and immensely satisfying, original style Bruichladdich, I love this stuff and most definitely an ace!

On the Flavour map I have this in square E6:
Complex

A Signatory unchilfiltered bottling.

See ‘label explanations’ above for more information.

Price excluding VAT: £38.21
£44.90 Including VAT at 17.5%
46% abv

 …’ I love this stuff and most definitely an ace!’

The Enduring Legacy Of Dewars- A Company History
Ian Buxton

The rags to riches story of John Dewar & Sons is probably the most colourful of any whisky company, largely owing to the remarkable talents of John Dewar’s two sons, John Alexander Dewar (who finished as Lord Forteviot) and his brother Thomas (who was created Lord Dewar of Homestall) – and as such provides a fascinating insight into the Scotch whisky industry during its formative and most colourful era.

The Dewar’s story is also a benchmark study in the history of advertising and marketing, in which dark arts Tommy Dewar was a pioneer. “If you don’t advertise you fossilise”, was one of his aphorisms, as were “advertising is to business what imagination is to poetry” and “keep advertising and advertising will keep you”.

In this extensive company history, leading whisky writer Ian Buxton tells the story for the first time, building on unique access to the Dewar company archives and bringing the story from the firm’s foundation in 1846 right up to the present day.

To quote Charles MacLean’s Foreword, “This is not only a beautiful book, it is engaging and informative.”

CONTENTS

Foreword by Charles MacLean

1. History: “Most men are great believers in heredity until the son makes a fool of himself.”

2. People: “No two men are alike, and both of them are glad of it.”

3. Aberfeldy Distillery: “We have a great regard for old age – when it is bottled.”

4. Dewar’s Blends: “We never brag about our long lineage, except upon the label.”

5. Awards: “The quality of the article should be its greatest advertisement.”

6. Timeline: “The only thing you can get in a hurry is trouble.”

Available from Neil Wilson Publishing www.nwp.co.uk

Loch Fyne Whiskies has stocked a new item, ‘Highland Park ‘Magnus”

Long awaited, limited and highly desirable ‘replica’ style Highland Park, don’t hesitate!

Highland Park Magnus 15yo
52.6% abv
£69.90 inc vat
£59.49 ex vat

Best regards,
Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk

Dear Friend of Robbie’s Drams,
 
WHISKY AN’ A’ THAT VII
 
Tickets for this year’s Whisky An’ A’ That VII Festival on Saturday 29th May, are now on sale.
 
Tickets are £16 each and are available to order on-line by clicking on the below link.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1
 
You can also purchase your tickets by telephone. Hotline number: 01292 284279
 
For more information on what will be our biggest Festival to date, then please click on:
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/festival_2010.asp
 
NEW ARRIVALS
 
Just arrived in store this week is the 11th bottling in the Bruichladdich Links golfing series, which is The Vancouver Golf Club in Canada.
 
Feast on the alluring warmth of the spirit as it passes over the palate creating pockets of flavour to tease and reward as you discover all on offer. Hot buttered popcorn, red fruits, crisp cereal, mint fudge, Cassis, dark chocolate with cloves.
 
This 16y/o is a limited edition of only 6000 bottles, priced at £49.00 Limited stock left.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1971
 
Another Bruichladdich bottling that is selling well, is the latest bottling in the Octomore Series.
 
The Octomore Orpheus 2.2 is bottled at 140ppm and has been matured in an American Bourbon cask, before being transfered to a Chateau Petrus wine cask. Not one for the faint hearted.  This dram is heavily peated and a limited edition of 15,000 bottles.
It is priced at £85.00
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1830
 
Isle of Jura have also recently released a heavily peated single malt which is the first bottling in a series of annual releases.
 
The Prophecy is un-chillfiltered and the peatiest Jura bottled to date. The nose is tarry with bonfire notes and the palate has peat smoke and cinnamon.
It sells for £49.99 a bottle.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=3068
 
Another interesting new release is the Glengoyne Merchants’ Choice.
 
This 12y/o was specially selected by the top 6 Independent Whisky Merchants in Scotland and is a limited edition of 284 bottles. This bottling is highly collectable and retails for £102.50 a bottle.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1144
 
For a full list of our New Arrivals from the last few months, then please click on the below link.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/products.asp?id=25
 
 
LAST CHANCE TO BUY WHISKIES
 
Arran Peacock, Icons of Whisky 12y/o Limited Edition £38.99
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=22509
 
Arran Robert Burns 250th Anniversary Bottling Limited Edition of 6000(only 1800 in UK) LAST FEW BOTTLES IN STOCK £50.00
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=3001
 
Port Charlotte PC8, last bottling in series Limited stocks!!! £65.99
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/product.asp?id=1990
 
 
For a full list of our whiskies, then please log onto
 www.robbiesdrams.com
 
U.K and worldwide shipping available.
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/shipcharge.asp
 
Regards
Robin Russell
Robbie’s Drams
 
www.robbiesdrams.com
www.robbiesdrams.co.uk

Johnnie Walker Blue Label King George V
PRICE: $599.00
CSPC: +952556
STATUS: Specialty Regular
SIZE: 3 x 750ml per case

 In an already glittering crown of perfection, rests a natural phenomena, crafted by man, into a work of priceless value and rarity –Jim Beveridge, Master Blender, Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker Blue Label King George V Edition celebrates the first Royal Warrant granted to John Walker and Sons Ltd. to supply Scotch whisky to the British Royal Household in 1934, in recognition of the quality and appeal of its whisky. This exquisite spirit is handcrafted from rare whiskies produced only in distilleries that operated during the reign of King George V (1911 – 1936), including several which no longer exist.

Features some of the world’s rarest and most valuable whiskies, including whisky from the famed Port Ellen distillery, the stills of which are no longer operational.  Port Ellen represents a lost generation of Islay Whiskies and the smokiness, the peatiness is of a fundamentally more profound, complex nature than any other Islay Whisky.  Carefully handcrafted to recreate the Johnnie Walker blending style from the King George V era.  Oak casks dating back to last century have been used to age these precious whiskies from the four corners of Scotland. The result is a highly distinctive whisky, smooth with age, without the tannins associated with younger oak casks.

Tasting Notes: 

Nose: Profound smoky initial aroma followed by sweet, fresh fruit (apples, pears, bananas), malt characteristics; developing into rich dried fruit / spicy complexity (raisins, figs, cinnamon).

Palate: Smooth with a rich, fruity sweetness. Warming with subtle flavours of sandalwood and smoke.

Taste: Powerful, complex, rich and smooth

Finish: Mouthwarming and lingering rich peaty finish.

With Water: Releases new flavours, more fresh fruitiness and more smoke on the palate. Outstanding.

Kris Steed
RESERVE BRANDS GROUP

From Stuart McHardy
Email: staurtmch@tiscali.co.uk

My “Tales of Whisky and Smuggling” – in print since 1991 – is now being made available in bespoke editions by House of Lochar Publishers. These print on demand runs can incorporate a new cover featuring your logo and an introduction specifically tailored to you and your members’ needs. April will also see the publication of my new “Tales of Whisky” by Luath Press, and special offers are available for this title can also be arranged. Both titles can, if required, be supported by my activities as a professional storyteller and musician.

Visit The House of Lochar Publishers at http://www.houseoflochar.com/