Loch Fyne Whiskies News has posted some new items;
Dailuaine CC 1994
43% abv
£26.50 inc vat
£23.04 ex vat
Glenrothes 1978
43% abv
£385.00 inc vat
£334.78 ex vat
Best regards,
Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk
Visit Loch Fyne Whiskies at http://www.lfw.co.uk/
Some new bottlings are now available at Kensington in Calgary;
1. Bruichladdich Black Arts – $135
2. Kilchoman First Release – $90
3. Kilkerran Work in Progress – $70
4. Duthies Cragganmore 15 – $94.99 – Exclusive
5. Duthies Caol Ila 13 – $87.49 – Exclusive
6. Duthies Glen Scotia 17 – 101.99 – Exclusive
7. Duthies Auchentoshan 19 – $108.49 – Exclusive
8. Signatory Bowmore 1972 – $634.99 – Exclusive – This was one of the highlights of the KWM fall Speyside tour, only 10 bottles.
9. Douglas of Drumlanrig Port Ellen 1983 – $249.99 – Exclusive – Only 6 bottles!
The following whiskies are also going to be back in stock:
1. Bunnahabhain 12, 18, and 25
2. Tobermory 15
Contact Kensington at 403.283.8000 or toll free 888.283.9004
“Our latest release, Dewar Rattray Cask Collection #20, is the most successful ever with 92% sold on pre orders (i.e. prior to bottling)”.
The single casks are:
Glenburgie 1983 – a Chivas Speysider waiting to be discovered
Glen Elgin 1994 – classic Speyside from a hidden Diageo gem
Highland Park 1995 – a soon to be rare single cask offering from this Edrington distillery
Springbank 1997 – like the Springbank casks of old….very rare IB offering
Tamdhu 1967 – 42 year old, amazing depth, only 98 bottles and rrp of under £100 in UK
Benrinnes 1996 – sherry hogshead – a cask revelation! First class Diageo single cask malt at non-Diageo prices! (rrp £40 in UK)
All available in usual UK, Europe, and Japanese outlets. The Springbank, Highland Park and our award winning Arran 1996 cask will be available in Canada: Alberta and British Columbia in December.”
Visit A. Dewar Rattray at http://www.adrattray.com/
Exciting New Exclusives From Park Avenue Liquor Shop.
Big news! We are proud to announce that we’ve just received two new whiskies that are exclusive to Park Avenue Liquor Shop. Both are limited bottlings and come from well respected distilleries. But enough fluff. See below to read more about these additions as well some great new prices on other whiskies.
Hope to see you at WhiskyFest on November 10th in New York City.
If you have any questions about anything please contact us.
Cheers!
Jonathan and Eric
Park Avenue Liquor Shop
292 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-685-2442
info@parkaveliquor.com
www.parkaveliquor.com
Four Roses Single Barrel: Private Selection Exclusive to Park Ave Liquor Shop
From Master Distiller Jim Rutledge, the recipe for this eight and a half year-old beauty is, 35% Rye 60% Corn 5% Malted Barley. The result is a bold combination of fruit and spice. It is a smooth 107.2 proof with a lingering finish that leaves you wishing there were more than just 200 bottles made.
Our Price:$65
Tuthilltown Spirits: ‘Park Avenue Whiskey’ Exclusive to Park Ave Liquor Shop
P.A.L. Tuthilltown
This is the very first Private Label bottle for a U.S. retailer. It is 100% Rye
and is already creating a considerable amount of buzz from our customers and fans of the Tuthilltown Distillery.
Our Price: $45
– per 375ml bottle
Bushmills 1608
This crystal malt whiskey is carefully blended with classic Bushmills malt whiskey matured in a combination of American oak casks and Spanish Oloroso Sherry casks, lending notes of vanilla and honey, dried fruit and nuts to the final blend. There is also a small proportion of aged Irish grain whiskey contributing a sweet, fresh crisp note.
Old Price: $115
New Price: $86
Crown Royal Cask 16
Crafted from 50 premium whiskies and finished in rare cognac casks made from Limousin oak. Cask 16 is complex yet well balanced with aromatic hints of spicy pear, dried fruit and oak. The “16” represents the cask’s place of origin.
Old Price: $105
New Price: $65
Crown Royal XR
XR is impeccably crafted at the venerable Waterloo Distillery. The whisky is remarkably smooth, full-bodied and rich. The golden amber liquid is creamy with slight notes of vanilla. Limited availability.
Old Price: $225
New Price: $160
October 2009 – London, UK
Scotch whiskymaker Compass Box announces the return, reincarnation and relaunch of their much talked-about and much heralded malt whisky The Spice Tree. “The original Spice Tree created quite a following due to its flavour profile, so after the Scotch Whisky Association forced us to stop making it, I was determined to find a more “acceptable” way to achieve the
same style,” explains whiskymaker John Glaser. “It’s taken almost four years, but we’ve done it.”
First launched in 2005, Compass Box was forced to discontinue production under a legal threat by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) for their pioneering use of the highest quality French oak inner staves.
This, despite rave reviews from consumers, trade and press. They agreed to disagree with the SWA and halted production. (For the full story, see www.compassboxwhisky.com.) Over the past three years whiskymaker John Glaser has developed a new maturation process which yields similar if not superior results to the previous method, and this new process is something the SWA can’t take any issue with.1 The new SPICE TREE also features a very bold new pack. (See photograph, attached.)
The Spice Tree is a 100% malt whisky from northern Highland distilleries, (notably and primarily malt whisky distilled at the Clynelish distillery). The whiskies are all a minimum of ten years-old, primarily from first-fill American oak casks, before being re-racked into bespoke barrels with heavily toasted new French oak heads for up to two additional years.
The Spice Tree returns to market globally throughout this autumn with a recommended price of £35 per bottle in the United Kingdom.
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1 Rather than using inner stave inserts, as they did for the original Spice Tree, they rack the whisky into barrels with heavily toasted new French oak heads. They have created a method for getting a super heavy toast on the cask heads which imparts a flavour profile similar to the flat staves used for the original Spice Tree. It is a similar technique used for their Oak Cross whisky, except the toasting is much heavier and the whisky stays on the wood much longer, up to two years.
VISIT www.bladnoch.co.uk TO ORDER YOURS NOW….
(From the Society in Edinburgh);
We have a fantastic new membership offer that your readers may be interested in – A free bottle of Society single cask whisky up to the value of £50 when buying membership online. Any bottle in our online shop – up to the value of £50
So not only do you get our beautiful membership pack, chocked full of Society goodies, including four 10cl single cask bottle, all the benefits of Society membership, you get a bottle of the very finest single cask single malts available too!
Code FREE BOTTLE at http://bit.ly/Free50SocietyBottle
Your friends at the Society.
Loch Fyne Whiskies News has posted some new items (apologies, it’s taken W.I. a few days to catch up);
Talisker 30yo 2009 Bottling
53.1% abv
£207.00 inc vat
£180.00 ex vat
Mannochmore 18yo
54.9% abv
£92.90 inc vat
£80.78 ex vat
Pittyvaich 20yo
57.5% abv
£125.00 inc vat
£108.70 ex vat
Caol Ila 10yo (Unpeated Style)
65.8% abv
£49.90 inc vat
£43.39 ex vat
Lagavulin 12yo 2009 Bottling
57.9% abv
£56.90 inc vat
£49.48 ex vat
Port Ellen 1979 30yo 9th Annual Release
57.7% abv
£230.00 inc vat
£200.00 ex vat
SOLD OUT
We believe in the UK the majority of bottles are being sold through Diageo’s own shops:
Lagavulin: 01496 302400
Caol Ila: 01496 840207
Justerini & Brooks: 020 7484 6400
Brora 30yo 2009 Bottling
53.2% abv
£240.00 inc vat
£208.70 ex vat
Benrinnes 23yo
58.8% abv
£136.00 inc vat
£118.26 ex vat
Best regards,
Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk
The Spirit of Kilbeggan
The limited release of Spirit from the refurbished pot stills in the Old Kilbeggan Distillery
Cooley Distillery, Ireland’s only independent whiskey distillery, has released a limited bottling of the new Spirit distilled by the 19th century refurbished still in operation in the Old Kilbeggan Distillery in County Westmeath.
The Old Kilbeggan Distillery is the oldest distillery in the world and to mark its 250th anniversary, a pot still from the 19th century was refurbished and distilling recommenced on the 19th of March 2007. This is the oldest pot still in use in the world and will revive a traditional age old style of distillation not seen in Ireland for many years. Earlier this year a second pot still, handcrafted by Forsyth’s Copper Smiths of Scotland to match the original still, was commissioned. The full distillation process is now on show to the public in the Old Kilbeggan Distillery.
There is significant consumer interest in the distillery and in the nature of the new Spirit produced by the ancient pot still. To satisfy this interest and whet the appetite for the launch of mature whiskey in mid 2010, Cooley has released this limited bottling of aged Spirit distilled in Kilbeggan. Cooley has bottled 3,000 small six centilitre bottles of Spirit, each matured for one month as well as another limited bottling of 1,000 packs of three by six centilitre bottles containing Spirit aged for one month, one year and two years, which will enable consumers to sample the maturing Spirit.
Jack Teeling, Sales & Marketing Director for Cooley Distillery commented, “For over 50 years the pot stills in Kilbeggan were cold until distilling recommenced in 2007. Since then there has been keen interest and intrigue in what style of whiskey the ancient pot still will produce. This limited release of the Spirit of Kilbeggan offers consumers a chance to anticipate the outcome.”
This limited edition bottling is exclusively available through the Visitor Centre Whiskey Shop in Kilbeggan and the Celtic Whiskey Shop on Dawson Street, Dublin 2 (www.celticwhiskeyshop.com).
For More Information:
Jack Teeling +353-1-8332833
Sales & Marketing Director
Additional Information
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The Kilbeggan Distillery dates back to 1757 and is acknowledged as the oldest distillery in the world. The distillery was a stalwart of the Irish whiskey industry through the glory years of the 1800’s when Irish whiskey was the spirit of choice around the world.
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However the early 1900’s saw the demise of Irish whiskey due to a combination of factors including the Irish War of Independence, Prohibition in the US and resistance to change to modern whiskey distillation techniques. This resulted in a major slump in traditional Irish whiskey export markets and caused many well established distilleries to close. The Kilbeggan distillery was a victim of the industry malaise and stopped distilling in March 19th 1954.
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The Old Kilbeggan Distillery was rescued in 1988 when Cooley Distillery bought the old distillery “lock, stock and barrel” with the aim of restoring distillation. While developing the company, Cooley kept the working distillery as a museum and utilised its extensive warehouses to mature whiskey. As part of Cooley’s strategy to resurrect ancient brand of Irish whiskey they named their flagship brand “Kilbeggan”.
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Kilbeggan Irish whiskey has won a host of different medals over the past 10 years including a Gold Medal and “Best in Category” at Los Angeles International Wine & Spirit Competition (LAIWSC) in 2009, and Silver Medal from International Review of Spirits 2009.
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The Old Kilbeggan Distillery and the Kilbeggan whiskey brand are celebrated their 250th anniversary in 2007. To celebrate this landmark Cooley decided to take a further step to resurrect the heritage of the Kilbeggan brand by re‐commencing distillation on site in the Old Kilbeggan Distillery. This began on the 19th of March 2007, 53 years since distillation stopped. One of the old stills was re‐commissioned and is the oldest pot still distilling in Ireland producing a style of whiskey not seen in Ireland for many years.
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This is another step in the rejuvenation of the Irish whiskey industry which has been enjoying tremendous growth on a global scale and has re‐emerged as the drink of choice for many people around the world.
www.kilbegganwhiskey.com
www.cooleywhiskey.com
Subject: Whisky Release Tasting in Vancouver
If you plan to be in Vancouver early next week, here is an opportunity
to taste a few of the Release offerings:
Premium Whisky Release Preview Tasting
Tuesday, October 27 (two sessions available)
6:00 – 7:30 pm OR 8:00 – 9:30 pm
39th & Cambie Tasting Room (5555 Cambie Street, Vancouver)
Tickets $35 per person at 39th & Cambie Customer Service – 604-660-9463
*Special guest speaker: Gerry Tosh, global ambassador for
Macallan and Highland Park distilleries. Gerry was just awarded Whisky Magazine’s 2009 Ambassador of the Year.
*Featuring limited-edition whiskies from the Islay, Orkney and
Highland regions of Scotland; Japan, India and the United States.
*Tasting flight includes:
+125633 Amrut Cask Strength Limited Edition, $90, India
+546366 Nikka Whisky From the Barrel, $59, Japan
+870550 Woodford Reserve 1838 Sweet Mash Master’s Collection Bourbon, $140, USA
+364224 BenRiach 15 YO Tawny Port Finish, $95, Highland
+107441 Bruichladdich 1989 Guigal Blanc Cask, $190, Islay
+748152 Highland Park 15 YO, $95, Orkney
+292862 Macallan 21 Year Old Fine Oak, $350, Highland
+500231 Highland Park 18 YO, $150, Orkney (not part of the
Whisky release)
http://www.bcliquorstores.com/whisky-release-october-31-2009
