Happy New Year From Whisky Intelligence!

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MCLEANSCOTLAND

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Thank You for a Wonderful Year! 

 With dozens of tastings and over a hundred whiskies, 

this year was our biggest whisky tasting year yet! 

To everyone who enjoyed a scotch, bourbon, whiskey, or rye with us

– and to all who we’ve yet to have the pleasure of meeting-

 We wish you a Happy New Year, 

and hope to see you in 2018!

Diageo embraces voice technology to inspire consumers to create cocktails at home

Launching a new skill for the Amazon Echo Show in the UK to help consumers create great cocktails at home this Christmas.

Called ‘The Bar’ the new skill is inspired by Diageo’s award-winning website thebar.com, which has been helping millions of consumers to make amazing cocktails at home since 2013.

Blink-and-You’ll-Miss-It Whiskey Allocation Kentucky Owl 11 Year Old Rye Whiskey (750ml) ($139.99)

The last parcel we got in of the Kentucky Owl 11 Year Rye sold through in a matter of minutues. Much to our delight (and whiskey drinkers everywhere), we were able to secure some more. Whether you missed out the first time around, or we’re looking to get more, now is the time to act!

Right to the chase here – this is a special insiders’ alert about a crazy deal that fell into our lap this morning: a parcel of the insanely limited Kentucky Owl 11 Year Old Kentucky Rye Whiskey, bottled at 55.3%, and previously so rare that most stores only got a case or two. Our initial 60 bottle allocation sold out in about twenty minutes after a flurry of customers gobbled up every last bottle, even with a one bottle limit per customer. With something like this you might want to come back and read the rest after after you get your bottles…otherwise it might be gone by then. Kentucky Owl is a project recently acquired by Stoli Vodka, but what’s in the bottle is put together from mature stocks of Kentucky whiskey that has already seen black market prices of up to $800 a bottle for some of the initial Bourbon releases. We’re were incredibly lucky to land a reasonable allocation of this rye whiskey and there’s no doubt what’s left won’t last the day. We’ve tasted the rye and it’s legit. It’s rich, and spicy, and full of sweet baking spices like clove and cinnamon on the finish with power from the high proof. Anyone in search of a special gift or collectible bottle will be more than thrilled with the quality, especially in today’s market. Live on the site for now, the rest of our allocation arrives next week.

Photo Credit Scotch Trooper

Give the Scotch Journey of a Lifetime! 

The Scotch Whisky Advent Calendar features 25+ year old drams, single-barrel releases, and long sought after distilleries sure to delight and surprise any whisky lover. The majority of selected whiskies are extremely rare, never been seen before and will not be seen again, making each bottle extremely collectable. 

In addition to a fantastic scotch selection, the calendar comes with extra gifts:

You’ll receive an exclusive whisky glass, distillery booklet, collectable lapel pen, embossed brochure and a personal tasting notes journal. 

 Click Here for more Info and Ordering

Ralfy reveals the whiskyoftheyear with ralfy review – Whisky Of The Year 2017

Diageo in 2017 – Iconic “lost” distilleries revived in major scotch investment

On 17 December 2017, Diageo turns 20 years old. To celebrate this milestone Diageo is looking back over 20 years of its history and highlighting memorable moments since it was formed back in December 1997. 2017 saw Diageo announce that Port Ellen and Brora, two of the most revered “lost” distilleries in the global spirits industry, are to be brought back to life in a powerful statement of confidence in the future of Scotch whisky.

1983Port Ellen 32 Year Old “15th Edition Special Release” Cask Strength Scotch Whisky (750ml)

$2,100.00

Whisky Advocate

Matured in refill European oak sherry butts, this year’s Special Release has more weight than many previous expressions and a fascinating smokiness that comes across like a just-lit fire: fire lighter, burning paper, fire grate, and wood smoke. The more active oak adds walnut skin notes and rich dried fruits before the smoke returns. All very sophisticated with enough sweetness to balance. Excellent, but, ouch, that price! (DB, Winter 2015)

K&L Notes

The exceptional Port Ellen distillery has recently been tapped to be reopened, but it’s unlikely that the new facility will replicate the incredible heights that were achieved there before the closure in the year that this special whisky was distilled. One of the most celebrated modern bottlings of Port Ellen, the 15th release is also the year Diageo really jumped the shark. Suggested retail for this bottle was well above $4000 when it was originally offered to us. It continues to trade world wide for around $3000. We are extremely lucky to get a small amount at this unthinkably low price. It’s still very expensive, but it’s easily the best price for any Diageo-bottled Port Ellen in the United States and perhaps even the world. This legendary whisky has garnered praise from critics and cognoscenti and represents some of the final stocks distilled before the tragic closure of this special distillery.

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It’s that most wonderful time of the year. So what better way to celebrate over the festive season than with an easy to create (but sure to impress) aperitif such as The Macallan Fine Oak Copa. The lemon wheel fills your nose with citrus aroma followed by fresh and lively flavours of The Macallan Fine Oak 12 Years Old. The dry Oloroso sherry complements the whisky, whilst the sparkling tonic water helps to cleanse your palate. From everyone at The Macallan, we wish you a fantastic end to 2017 and an inspiring start to 2018.

35ml Fine Oak 12 Years Old

15ml Oloroso sherry

Top with tonic

Method: Add all ingredients to a Copa glass filled with ice and garnish with a lemon wheel