THE FAMOUS GROUSE SETS NEW WORLD RECORD

As countless world records have been broken in London this month a new one has been awarded north of the border as The Famous Grouse unveiled a 228 litre bottle of its blended whisky – the largest bottle of whisky in the world. Scotland’s favourite whisky was awarded the Guinness World Record by an official adjudicator in front of fans at the brand’s birthday celebrations yesterday (Sunday 12th August) – having exceeded its target of 200 litres comfortably. The bottle stands at an impressive five feet five inches tall and holds the equivalent of 9,120 drams of whisky. It took three hours to fill the enormous bottle with help from a number of VIP guests, Paul McLean of MCLEANSCOTLAND & ANGELS WHISKY CLUB, included. The bottle will now sit proudly on permanent display at The Famous Grouse Experience for visitors taking a tour at the distillery to see. The bottle has travelled over 1,200 miles from Svetla, a town near Prague, where it was handmade by Czech glass manufacturers BOMMA. The Czech company were commissioned by The Famous Grouse as the only people skilled enough to make a hand-blown bottle of this size.

Glen Gribbon, Director of The Famous Grouse, commented: “We have been gearing towards this momentous day for a long time and it’s been extremely nerve-wracking for all involved. We are so thrilled to bring this record to the home of Scotch whisky and are relieved that it’s now official – we have the biggest bottle of whisky in the world! “The bottle will now be displayed at The Famous Grouse Experience so fans can visit and see the bottle for themselves.”

The record was awarded by an official Guinness World Record adjudicator as the brand marked its 107th birthday and The Famous Grouse Experience celebrated 10 years since opening at Glenturret Distillery, Scotland’s oldest and most visited distillery.

As well as witnessing a new world record, guests enjoyed live entertainment, a new whisky tour around the distillery and highland games demonstrations from strongman Gregor Edmunds. Gregor was crowned Scotland’s Strongest Man in 2002 and has won a host of Strongman competitions including the Highlander Challenge World Championships last year.

The Famous Grouse takes the world record from Jack Daniel’s who entered into the Guinness World Record Book last year by producing a 184 litre bottle.

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TOP: Guinness World record adjudicator Jack Brockbank declares The Famous Grouse has taken the world record for the largest bottle of whisky
BOTOOM: Tracy McCafferty, General Manager at The Famous grouse Experience, with the world’s largest bottle of whisky and Guinness World Record certificate

Tomatin 30 Year Old Limited Release Whisky

Tomtain 30 year old limited release, a combination of European and North American oak casks matured for over 30 years.

A superb tasting malt whisky, limited to 1500 bottles per annum.

Gold Medal – San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2012

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The Beautiful Auchentoshan 1966 44 year old!

DELICATE, ELEGANT & REFINED

One of the rarest expressions of a lowland malt, triple distilled on the 8th November 1966. During many long years of slow and even maturation this unique triple distilled spirit has been expressed in its present form, getting closer and closer to the pinnacle of its creation and in 2011 the whisky was bottled to preserve this perfect moment in time. Over 44 years in a Bourbon Hogshead the whisky has experienced an unserpassed level of cask oxidation. One of only 263 bottles ever released!

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Glenfiddich 50 year old

Unveiled by Peter Grant Gordon at The Glenfiddich Distillery in July 2009, Glenfiddich 50 Year Old is not just a part of the Glenfiddich history; it is their history. The first vatting was created from just nine casks, laid down between 1937 and 1939, one for each of the founder, Willliam Grant’s children, who helped their father build

The Glenfiddich Distillery by hand in 1886. Glenfiddich 50 Year Old is the darkest Glenfiddich whisky, with an astonishing taste. It has a well-balanced nose, with a pleasantly sweet woody aroma. This progresses to a smooth sweet fruity flavour.

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Highland Park 50 year old

With only 275 bottles produced, this prestigious edition is set to become an exclusive collectors’ item. Each bottle is unique, encased in an intricate ‘net cage’ of hand-crafted ornate Sterling silver created by Scottish jewellery designer Maeve Gillies, who took inspiration from Orkney’s elemental forces. Maeve’s bottle design celebrates Orkney: its seas, island life, wild elements, incredible natural light and the passage of time.This took home the Best Limited Edition at the World Whiskies Design Awards 2012.

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Milroy’s of Soho August Newsletter

A particularly exciting month for us here at Milroy’s of Soho with two of our favourite distilleries, Arran and Glendronach releasing new bottlings. Most excitingly though is the new Longmorn Sports Day Bottling, our newest bottling. Also available for pre-order are the latest peaty offerings from Bruichladdich. Be sure to follow our blog and read our thoughts and tasting notes and wisdom on these and other whiskies.

MILROY’S OF SOHO SINGLE CASK BOTTLING

Longmorn 1999, Aged 13 Years
Launched to coincide with the Olympics this is a splendid refreshing summer dram. Top tip from Milroy’s of Soho staff: try it chilled down or even frozen. £35

BALVENIE TUN 1401 – Batch 5/ 50.1% ABV
Created to celebrate Malt Master David Stewarts 50th Anniversary in the whisky industry, the latest batch offers incredible value for money when considering the average age of this whisky is 39 years old! Be quick – The Balvenie 30 year old is over £300 so this is being snapped up.

Nose – Typical Balvenie, honey and spice with incredible sweet vanilla and lively blood orange. Water really opens up the nose and sherry casks really start to show their quality.
Palate – More honey, vanilla and fruity sherry note, develops with dark chocolate, cinnamon and dark fruit flavours. Incredibly good!
Finish – Lingers for minutes with the rich honey notes.

£175 per bottle (only 12 bottles available, one bottle per customer).

BRUICHLADDICH Octomore 5th Release – PRE-ORDER NOW
The latest super peaty offering from Octomore will be bottled at 59.8%abv and should be with us early August. £TBC

BRUICHLADDICH PC10 – PRE-ORDER NOW
The latest release of PC10 will again be limited to just 6,000 bottles, matured exclusively in American oak and bottled at a mighty 59.8%abv there will not be much of this to go around. £TBC

EDRADOUR – PRE-ORDER NOW
The latest peated whisky from Edradour has been matured in Bordeaux wine casks and will be available in the coming weeks. Edradour Ballechin #7, Bordeaux wine cask £61.50

GLENDRONACH
Another excellent batch of single sherry cask bottlings from Glendronach are now in store, but as Glendronach’s global audience grows so the availability decreases, there are only finite quantities of these beauties available.

GlenDronach Single Cask 1993, Cask 536 Oloroso Sherry Matured
An avalanche of Demerara sugar and honey on the nose and repeated on the palate with additional notes of rich grapes, raisins and toffee. Only 596 bottles made. £79

GlenDronach Single Cask 1990, Cask 2966 Pedro Ximénez Sherry Matured
Grapes, figs and coffee on the nose, with more dried fruits and delicious dark chocolate and spices on the palate followed by a long coffee and chocolate cake finish. Only 539 bottles made. £90

GlenDronach Single Cask 1971, Cask 2966 Pedro Ximénez Sherry Matured
Incredible depth of flavour and aroma, going from sweet dried fruit and Demerara to rich dark chocolate and figs, leading into a full flavoured palate with notes of sweet molasses and mocha. Only 529 bottles made. £575

ARRAN

The Devil’s Punch Bowl
Only 6,660 bottles created of this marvellous whisky, the first time non-peated and peated Arran whisky has been combined and what a combination it makes. Apple, pear and spices with soft earthy peat creeping in at the very end. Predominantly sherry cask, the Devil’s Punch Bowl oozes refinement and shows excellent cask management. £75 (Limited stock so just one bottle per customer)

UPCOMING TASTING EVENTS
For an evening of fun, entertainment and a bit of learning you just can’t beat a whisky tasting.

How to Taste Whisky, 4th September 2012, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
The perfect introduction to the world of whisky, this tasting is a must for those who are just starting to discover whisky and all its joys, as well as a great gift for those whose passion and palate for whisky is ever growing. All will become clear and you will leave with a broader understanding of this wonderful elixir. Tickets £45

Until next month, cheers!

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Tomatin Whisky Tasting – Thursday 13th September 2012

For our next tasting we are ‘travelling’ to the Highlands to sample whisky from Tomatin, a distillery that is situated in the Monadhliath Mountains just south of Inverness. Founded in 1897, although it’s a large scale distillery the whisky making is on a very personal level – not least because many of the families involved actually live on site, a most unusual occurrence nowadays and something that gives a strong sense of community to the whole process.

Described as having delicate flavours, yet a rich and mellow style we thoroughly enjoyed getting requainted with Tomatin whisky recently and on Thursday 13th September Alistair Mutch will be coming along to present various expressions from the range. These will go from their deluxe 12 year old blend Antiquary, through the various ages of the Tomatin single malts right up to their 30 year old that was awarded this years ‘The Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award’ – always a top award to get as it is voted for by the visitors to the Whisky Fringe rather than industry pundits.

See below for all the details and if you have any queries just contact us.

Sláinte!
Fran and Ken
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UPCOMING EVENT- Tomatin Whisky Tasting
Date Thursday 13th September 2012

Time 7pm for 7.30pm

Venue Stanton House Hotel, Stanton Fitzwarren SN6 7SD
Details Tickets are £12.50 per person, and this also entitles you to a discount of £3 against a bottle of one of the featured whiskies if bought or ordered on the night of the tasting. Tickets are very strictly limited, and allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis and as these events sell out very quickly it is best to book ASAP. To buy tickets just log on to www.whiskyandwines.com and place an order for the number you require, or telephone us with your payment details on (01793) 765071, or call in and see us at Arkwrights, The Dormers, Highworth, Wiltshire.

Admission to the tasting is by ticket only, and the whiskies tasted will be available to purchase on the night so come prepared.

N.B. We have negotiated special rates at the hotel for anyone who wants to stay overnight after the tasting – contact us for further details of rates.

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New Arran Ambassador

Here Come The Girls! Women Lead the Way for Arran Whisky
 
Award winning Scotch whisky producer, Isle of Arran Distillers, has appointed a new female ‘Ambassador of Arran’ from Japan to help drive sales in the territory.

Celebrating her contribution to sales of Arran Malt, Ms Keiko Manni was awarded the prestigious title recently at Arran’s annual open day after she made the trip to the distillery from Japan with her colleague Ms Sueko Yamada.

Over the past five years, both ladies have contributed significantly to driving forward sales of Arran Malt in Japan; Ms Manni is the Spirits Block Leader for Tokyo’s prestigious department store, Isetan, whilst Ms Yamada is in charge of the Sprits bar in the store, which is a key retailer of Arran Malt in Tokyo.

Whilst visiting the distillery Ms Manni and Ms Yamada sampled a number of casks, using their expert palates to select a new cask which would appeal to their home market. With the guidance of Master Distiller James McTaggart, and Arran’s Senior Brand Manager Louisa Young, they selected a Single Bourbon Cask distilled in 2001 to bottle exclusively for sale in Isetan in Tokyo.

Louisa Young, Senior Brand Manager at Isle of Arran Distillers, said: “Our export sales to Asia are significant and Japan is a key market for us. Keiko and Sueko have long been champions of our wonderful range of single malts so we were delighted to host them as our guests on this trip organised by our Japanese distributor Whisk-e. ”

Ms Manni and Ms Yamada’s visit to Arran is highly significant as these women are leading the way in what is traditionally a male dominated business.

Louisa continued: “Letting three females run loose in a distillery warehouse for an afternoon of cask sampling certainly gave our Distillery Manager a run for his money! It is great to see that the role of females within in the whisky industry has increased on a global level and they are more than making their mark in highly regarded, influential positions.”

Visit Isle of Arran Distillery at www.arranwhisky.com

New Single Malts of Scotland

Just a quickie to announce the arrival of some new Single Malts of Scotland releases from our sister company Speciality Drinks Ltd (SDL). They’ve been quite quiet on the bottling front this year, but with The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show … Continue reading >>