Whisky Ramblings Via Video #11
In his 11th Whisky Rambling on video, Belgian whisky blogger Mark Dermul takes us to an iconic movie location from Star Wars in Tunisia (which he has just restored with some friends), where he tasts the Highland Park Leif Eriksson. May the Malt/Force be with you!
Nomination close for the all-time 2012 design contest
The all-time 2012 nominations are now closed. There are still 3 months left to give your star-ratings for the best 10 finalists in every category. For those who like statistics. In total we have 114 nominees assigned as follow: 62 … Continue reading →
Malt Madness by Johannes van den Heuvel has published Liquid Log Entry #400
You can find it on http://www.maltmadness.com/malt-whiskey/liquid-whisky-blog-400.html. In the article he explains in a little more detail some of the reasons, circumstances and considerations that led to him drastically changing his lifestyle, reduce his malt whisky consumption and step back as editor of Malt Maniacs.
www.ralfy.com likes to help out the less-experienced whisky drinker with Whisky Review #277 – Three best malt whiskies for beginners…. happy to help!
A friend of ours has taken on a different job; The BenRiach Distillery Company has appointed Dumbarton-born Stewart Buchanan as its very own Brand Ambassador! He’ll cover both BenRiach and GlenDronach whiskies. A Brand Ambassador is the public face of an organisation who best embodies its products and services, who better than Stewart who can talk for hours about his beloved malts! But will he still travel on his beloved motorbikes? He explained: “I was working in the Tobermory Distillery when Billy Walker and his associates bought BenRiach in 2005. He asked me and Alan McConnochie to come across to get BenRiach up and running and back to its original glory. I lived in the distillery for a month as I worked all hours of the day and night preparing to return it to production”. He’s been there since! Stewart’s passionate about the whiskies he helps produce.
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Bushmills Irish Whiskey, will sponsor the 2012 Irish Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club. The sponsorship means that Bushmills Irish Whiskey will be the official whiskey of the 2012 Irish Open and will have exclusive whiskey pouring rights at the tournament, which takes place between 28th June and 1st July, the ‘Freedom of the Distillery’ awaits the Irish Open winner .
As always, we are interested in your views, stories and photos, you know where we are!
Liz and Paul. Angels Whisky Club
Yellow Spot 12 year old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Spot on in Ireland. Pernod Ricard’s Yellow Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey has announced a return of Yellow Spot 12 year old just in time to become our last all-time Design Award nomination in 2012. Mitchell’s brand was Green … Continue reading →
Please find the latest from The Whisky Shop
Part Own A Cask Of Glenmorangie – June 2012 This year, the Men of Tain will distil their wisdo…(please click on the link below to read the remainder of the article)…
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The Whisky Shop
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ARDBEG DAY June 2nd – More Goings-On! Restrictions Relaxed!
Firstly, we are pleased to announce a few more goings-on in our area if you are coming through to Edinburgh today.
10am: We are open and selling the Ardbeg Day whisky.
11:30 – 2:30: Ardbeg Islay-lympic Games Peat-athlon at the Hub (on Castlehill, just up the hill from our shop)
2:00: Karen Fullerton will be giving a 20min Ardbeg day tasting session at the Hub for a select number of Committee members.
Sign up at the Hub on the day.
2:30: Prize/Award giving for the Games including a trip to Islay and Ardbeg Distillery.
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Secondly, we have amended the rules for purchasing the Ardbeg Day whisky originally outlined here
Please ignore the part that says anyone buying the Ardbeg Day bottling must also purchase an official 70cl of any other Ardbeg (10, Uigeadail or Corryvreckan). The rest still stands (especially the 1 per customer part).
Why the change? There appears to have been a simple miscommunication from Ardbeg as we were led to believe that this was a release with a volume similar to past Feis Ile bottlings and that it was the product of two casks. It was with this information that we took the unprecedented step to make Ardbeg Day purchases tied to another sale of Ardbeg. At some point last week a figure of 12,000 bottles was mentioned and this has now been confirmed by Ardbeg themselves.
Although we still expect demand to be high, it isn’t quite as rare as we thought so we don’t want to force people to buy another bottle at the same time. Our allocation remains 48 bottles, in line with all the other UK embassies. We’re a little embarrassed by all this and hope you won’t tease us too much should you come to Edinburgh tomorrow to join in the Ardbeg Day fun.
That is all!
Neil, Royal Mile Whiskies
www.ralfy.com goes on location to an Auction House with Whisky Review 276 – Advice on Whisky Auctions from Angus.
How to Set Up a Triangular Nosing
It’s 11pm in a crowded bar. My friends are having a passionate discussion about whether the whiskies in the two glasses in front of them taste the same. My friends both ordered the same whisky but as there was only enough left in the bottle on the bar for one dram, the bartender had to open…(please click on the link below to read the remainder of the article)…
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Ludo
