July Outturn: Are you feeling playful? We are….
A hint of heat from that golden globe in the sky and thoughts turn to games out on the grass. Refreshments will, of course, be required and July’s First Friday serves up a winning set of 12 delicious drams.

24.107 Gorgeous toffee
Speyside Spey
£52 inc P&P
“WOW! What an aroma”

28.20 A hazelnut in every bite
Highland Southern
£45 inc P&P
“Toasted hazelnuts, walnut bread and linseed then….white chocolate”

July Society Recommendations: 24.107 & 28.20
£80 inc P&P
Buy 24.107 & 28.20 together and save £17

Enjoy!

Visit the Society at http://www.smws.co.uk/ for details on how to join the Society today. The whiskies are excellent!

If you are in negotiations for a mining concession in a small African country and need to jolly along the proceedings here’s your chance. For multiple cases of Johnnie Walker contact Hugh Belsham of Trentino Distribution at tel +44 1992 637373 or email winesales@runbox.com

He has your negotiation tools;

247 Cases, Black Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 43% Alc, refillable,Gift Box, Coded.

 Price per case, Euro 144.00

1200 Cases, Black Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 43%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per case, Euro 154.00

220 Cases, Black Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 43% Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per case, Euro 153.00

900 Cases, Black Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box

Price per case, Euro 165.00

100 Cases, Black Label, 3 bottles each case, bottle size 450cl, 43%Alc, refillable, Gift Box. Cradle, Coded

Price per case, Euro 100.00

600 Cases, Black Label Australian Import, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 70cl, 40%Alc, refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per case, Euro 126.00

52 Cases, Blue Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 43%Alc, refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per case, Euro 406.00

193 Cases, Blue Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 43%Alc, refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per case, Euro 371.00

200 Cases, Blue Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 43%Alc,  refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per case, Euro 426.00

60 Cases, Blue Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 40%Alc,  refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per case, Euro 431.00

900 Cases, Gold Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box with glass, Coded

Price per case, Euro 144.00

130 Cases, Green Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 43%Alc, refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per case, Euro 235.00

409 Cases, Red Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per Case Euro 73.00

500 Cases, Red Label, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per Case Euro 83.00

900 Cases, Red Label, 6 bottles each case, bottle size 100cl, 40%Alc, Coded

Price per Case Euro 40.00

890 Cases, Red Label Australian Import, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 70cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Coded

Price per Case Euro 58.00,

500 Cases Swing, 12 bottles each case, bottle size 75cl, 40%Alc, non refillable, Gift Box, Decoded

Price per Case Euro 194.00

Todays (3 July 09) conversion rates 1 Euro = 1.400USD = 0.8565UKP

The Double Barrel  from Douglas Laing is released this month in Europe and it might take some time before it hits the shelves in Canada and the USA. W.I. will let you know when it arrives on this side of the Atlantic!

Visit Douglas Laing at http://www.douglaslaing.com/

The announcement of a new limited edition Balvenie is always eagerly awaited here in Dufftown. Last year’s RumCask was extremely well received. What has been chosen to succeed it? We want Warehouse 24 members to be the first to know, so we can now reveal that this year’s limited edition is;

NEW LIMITED EDITION ANNOUNCED
Our Malt Master has revealed the successor to last year’s limited edition release. The Balvenie Madeira Cask is a spicy counterpoint to the rich sweetness of last year’s RumCask. Available in selected shops from September and being bottled right now, the new Edition is finished in casks that once held Madeira, the fortified wine from Portugal’s Atlantic archipelago.  The Balvenie Madeira Cask is the latest in a series of six 17 Year Old limited edition releases by The Balvenie Distillery Malt Master, who retains a passion for experimentation even after 30 years in the role. Each year’s edition has used different cask types to create a new expression of The Balvenie for limited release. David Stewart describes his latest release as having extracted some wonderful rich spice and distinct raisin flavours from the Madeira cask. The Balvenie Madeira Cask 17 Year Old provides a fascinating contrast to the sweeter RumCask, complementing beautifully The Balvenie’s uniquely honeyed character.

Please visit the Balvenie at http://www.thebalvenie.com/

Federal Wine & Spirits
Blackadder Single Malts

New Releases

“Blackadder’s bottlings tend to sell out immediately. The sort of whiskies Robin Tucek has always sold are now in vogue and where the interest among whisky enthusiasts increasingly lies.” – Whisky Magazine

This week we are getting a new batch of single malts from Blackadder, We’ll have 12 expressions but all in small quantity only mostly12 bottles, but some as few as six bottles, Judging by their rarity and past I feel these will sell out very quickly.

Most bottlings are Raw Cask (Cask Strength,) three at 46%- 45. I have tasted most of these single malts . The quality is fantastic . Some bottlings are from closed distilleries and are hard to find bottlings sought out by whisky fanatics.

Blackadder is a samall, hand-crafted brand little known to the general public but highly prized by malt connoisseurs. The Raw Cask line is as close to tasting single malts direct from the cask. Adding water to these cask strength single malts makes them bloom in aroma and flavor. Then you will really taste the quality and the depth of these whiskies.

Peat Reek 46% $76.99
Aberlour 17 Y.O. 46% $107.99
Auchroisk 18 Y.O. 46% $110.00
Lochranza 11 Y.O. 53.6% $120.00 (Isle Of Arran) 
Isle of Jura 14 Y.O. 55.6% $125.00
Tomatin 17 Y.O. 59.1% $145.00 
Balmenach 17 Y.O. 57.4% $165.00
Linkwood 17 Y.O. 56% $165.00
Mortlach 17 Y.O. 58.4% $175.00
Lochside 26 Y.O. 55.8% $265.00 (Closed Dist.)
Blairfindy 31 Y.O. 43% $275.00
Glenury Royal 34 Y.O. 47.7% $325.00 (Closed Dist.) 

Joe Howell
Please pass this on to friends interested in interesting whisky

Joseph Howell
Federal Wine & Spirits
Email: joe@federalwine.com
Phone: (617) 367-8605

Web: http://www.federalwine.com/

July Outturn Preview
July Outturn isn’t released until Friday 3 July. Be amongst the first to sample its delights with our special preview selection:

35.27 Floating turtles over Lynchburg
Speyside Lossie
£46 inc P&P
“Flavours of honey, golden syrup and strawberries and cream”

93.35 Men wrestling on a pebble beach
Campbeltown
£49 inc P&P
“Sweet but masculine with spicy Japanese rice crackers and burnt rope”

July Preview Pair
Buy 35.27 & 93.35 and save £5
£90 inc P&P

Offer Ends: Thu 2 July

Available: Web and telephone (0131 555 2929, Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm)

Enjoy!

Whisky twitcher: “one who will travel long distances to seek out the rarest, new single cask malt whiskies before they fly away”. Visit the Scotch Malt Whisky Society at http://www.smws.co.uk/ for details on how to become a member and to have the opportunity to buy their single malts.

A Book Launch and Whisky Tasting for “Whisky Legends of Islay” by Robin Laing will be held at Edinburgh Central Reference Library from  7:30pm to 9:30pm on Friday June 26th, 2009. The event is free however you must reserve a ticket via central.music.library@edinburgh.gov.uk    The book is  available from Amazon.

If you’d like to chat to like minded people about whisky, here’s your chance.

From Mark at Whisky Whisky Whisky;

Whisky Whisky Whisky is an independent whisky forum which aims to promote unbiased discussion regarding all types of whisky and whiskey. Over 240 members have signed up since the forum was launched in November 2008 and there are already over 500 tasting notes which have been posted by members and are listed by distillery. The forum runs regular monthly live online tastings, having previously covered Japanese whisky and single grain whiskies, as well as being simply a place for a chat about whisky, whether it’s information or humour you are after.

To take part in this excellent forum please visit http://www.whiskywhiskywhisky.com/forum/index.php

For those looking for PC6 The Strath Spirit Merchants in Victoria, BC still have a good supply…and they ship!

Visit the Strath at http://www.strathliquor.com/

Cask Ends Sale: Back for an Encore
Mon 22 June to Thu 2 July
Members loved our last Cask Ends Sale, so much so we’re offering another bite of the cherry.

Back is our ever-popular Mystery Malt parcel with a selection of spectacular Society single casks. We’re also mixing things up with three Regional parcels and parcels from both the Speyside and Highland regions. We’ve given the identity of one bottle in these parcels but the rest are a mystery.

You can be certain that all the bottles taking centre-stage are one-of-a-kind, Society single cask, single Scotch malts.

Parcel prices start from only £80!
Availability is very limited and the sale ends Thu 2 July. So in other words, be quick to bag your parcel.

Full detaisl on membership and how to purchase excellent Society malts visit http://www.smws.co.uk/shop/whisky/