10 Years Of The Glenfarclas Family Casks

In 2007 J&G Grant formally launched ‘The Family Casks’; an exclusive collection of 43 vintage dated Single Cask Whiskies ranging from 1952 to 1994. It was a remarkable achievement at the time for any distillery to have casks bottled from a continuous run of years and was the only known collection to span 43 years.

The Family Casks are the best single casks from the distillery’s warehouses, bottled at cask strength and at natural colour which is displayed perfectly in clear flint bottles.

Ten years later and the range has exceeded all expectations. Many expressions have now sold out or have only a finite number of bottles left; it’s a race against time for whisky enthusiasts to find their favourite year! The range has been extended up to and including 2001, there are no more 1952 or 1953 Family Casks remaining, and the most popular is the 1979 release- another surprise from the collection as this is one of the lightest expressions available!

At the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival George Grant hosts an extremely popular event open to just 20-30 people, where festival-goers join in the nosing and tasting process to choose the next Family Cask edition. This is a unique opportunity to be able to offer fans, and we are delighted to even see some familiar faces return each year to take part. Keep an eye out on the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival website to find out if this golden opportunity will arise again next year.

The latest installment of the collection has been chosen and is almost ready to begin its bottling process; a 2002 first fill Oloroso sherry butt, cask number 3770, which is maturing nicely in one of our dunnage warehouses. We look forward to launching it later this year!

A full interview with George Grant, 6th Generation of the Grant family, about the Glenfarclas Family Casks can be found at ScotchWhisky.com

For more information about the range, please contact info@glenfarclas.com

Ralfy has a taste of Tomatin, not tomatoes with Ralfy Review 656 – Tomatin 12yo @43%vol (bourbon & sherry cask)

Announcing our 7th Anniversary Whiskey Release and Distillery Birthday Celebration Saturday June 24th  11am – 6pm

Can you believe it’s been 7 years? Time flies when you’re having fun!

You’ve been waiting for it and it’s finally ready. In celebration of our seventh year anniversary, we’re releasing our “Rock Town Sherry Cask Wheat Whiskey”. It is a limited edition, one time bottling and will be available for purchase only at the distillery in downtown Little Rock, starting at 11am on Saturday, June 24th.

 • $49.99 per 375ml bottle
• 100 proof
• Available only at the distillery tasting room

7th Anniversary Celebration Tasting

Rock Town’s 7th Anniversary Warehouse Masterclass is a seated tasting hosted by founder and head distiller Phil Brandon at the distillery. During the tasting you’ll learn about the production of Rock Town’s whiskey, the influence of the flavor grain in bourbon and learn about the influence of sherry cask aging. The tasting will include these Rock Town whiskeys:

• 7th Anniversary Sherry Cask Wheat Whiskey
• Arkansas Bourbon – Flavor Grain Series – Chocolate Malt
• Arkansas Bourbon – Flavor Grain Series – Golden Promise Malt
• Arkansas Bourbon – Flavor Grain Series – Peated Malt
• Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey

Starts at 6:30 on Saturday, June 24th. Space is extremely limited for the tasting and the cost is $40 per person. Tasting reservations can be made here

7th Anniversary Celebration Free Tours, Food Trucks, and More

As a thank you to our friends and supporters we will be offering:

• Free tours 11am to 5pm (held periodically throughout the day on Saturday June 24th)
• Food Trucks in our parking lot for your dining pleasure
• Cocktails and local craft beer in the warehouse

Friday, June 16th, 5-8PM SIA

Enjoy an opportunity to sample SIA’s much buzzed about new blend! This popular whisky has been a big hit ever since it’s uniquely crowd-funded release.

“Outstanding! One of the best for its style. Distinctive.”

– Whisky Advocate Magazine

“The blend is light, smooth, and just subtle and sophisticated enough to entertain the experienced while not losing the novice.”

-whiskeyreviewer.com

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 164: Eaglesburn 1 Year Old Aged Spirit ‘Xenna’

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries anther Dutch spirit… A new craft distillery in Holland – named Eaglesburn – is hard at work putting spirit to sleep for bottling as single malt, but it will not be ready until Christmas 2008. But in the meantime owner Bart Joosten produces gin and rum. However, you can get a taste of things to come with his 1 year old cask aged spirit which he dubbed Xenna. The spirit was distilled on 6^th April 2016, the very same day his niece Xenna was born. In honor of the little girl’s first birthday, he bottled some of this spirit on 6^th April 2017. It will be many more years before Xenna can enjoy the spirit that carries her name, but luckily we do not need to show that patience. Lo and behold! Despite the young age, this spirit already shows great potential and left Mark mightily impressed!

https://youtu.be/4UE5IbUUNns

Benromach scoops gold at San Francisco World Spirits Competition

The Benromach Distillery Company Ltd is toasting success after winning gold in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC) with one of its rarest expressions to date.

The Benromach 35 Years Old single malt received a gold award in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition after impressing forty-three spirit experts who judged a record-breaking 2,100 entries.

Handcrafted using the finest ingredients at the Forres distillery, Benromach 35 Years Old is an exceptional whisky with a strong heritage and an original tale or two, having been laid down to mature in the 1980s before the Urquhart family revived the distillery in 1998. Golden amber in colour, Benromach 35 Years Old (ABV 43%) is a most satisfying Speysider with cinnamon hints and beeswax polish, stewed pear and a delicate charred Oak edge.

Keith Cruickshank, Distillery Manager, said: “Receiving this award from some of the industry’s most influential experts is a great achievement and recognises the high quality of our handcrafted Speyside whiskies.

“We are very proud of our history at Benromach.  Many of the traditional working practices used to create Benromach 35 Years Old are embraced today at the distillery.  Indeed we handcraft our whisky using sight, sound, smell and touch, just as they would have at the distillery many years ago. To have this whisky and others in our portfolio rewarded with this global recognition is testament to the skill and quality we ensure goes into everything we produce.”

Launched in 2000, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition has become one of the most influential competitions in the spirits calendar due to the integrity and impartiality of the judging process. Scored by leading figures from across the industry, each sample is blind tested without producer or price point information being revealed.

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For more information, imagery or interview requests, please contact Katie Mackenzie on katie.mackenzie@mucklemedia.co.uk or gordonmacphail@mucklemedia.co.uk or via phone on 01463 214 965.

Benromach Distillery

Originally built in 1898, Benromach Distillery was brought back to life when leading whisky specialists Gordon & MacPhail purchased it in 1993. The distillery was extensively re-equipped over a five-year period before it was officially opened by HRH Prince Charles in 1998.

In reopening Benromach Distillery, Gordon & MacPhail decided to create a classic Speyside single malt – a style that draws its influence from Speyside whiskies pre-1960s.

Benromach Distillery is located on the outskirts of the ancient market town of Forres. A four-star visitor centre is open to the public throughout the year for tours and tastings. Benromach Distillery is a member of the world-famous Malt Whisky Trail.

“Michter’s honour a historical legacy tracing back to the founding of America’s first whiskey company in 1753.”

‘Michter’s’ are one of Milroy’s favourite American Distilleries. A delectable range at a tasty price. The US-1 expressions, so named to honuor Michter’s heritage harkening back to America’s first whiskey company, consist of some of the finest single barrel and truly small batch whiskeys available. Distilled to Master Distiller Pamela Heilmann’s exacting specifications, no US-1 whiskey is ever released until Willie and the Michter’s tasting panel deems it ready..

Buy Michter’s on the Milroy’s Web Store

Ralfy mixes malt and rum with Ralfy Review 655 – Balvenie 14yo Caribbean Cask @ 43%vol

June Outturn brings the satisfying comfort of a hearty brunch with 21 new single casks with flavoursome foodie characters to taste and explore. This First Friday also packs a pretty punch with eight powerful peaty whiskies, including three exclusive bottlings for this year’s Feis Ile, Islay’s festival of whisky and music.

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