Loch Fyne Whiskies Presents ‘LFW.co.uk’

So there you have it, the new LFW.co.uk. Our first attempt at a ‘proper’ website, built from new foundations. When you set out to build a house you assure yourself that you will not move in before it is absolutely finished, the reality is that five years later the skirting needs the top coat of paint […take a peek at the new website via the link below..]

THE LINK

Best regards,
Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk

A mighty strong dram

The Auld Enemy Dram is retailing at £195, and is now available to buy at Vino’s Edinburgh stores and online at www.vinowines.co.uk or via the Glengoyne shop.

It has a rich mahogany colour with a heavy and robust nose of hazelnut, prunes, cocoa powder and liquorice with BBQ spice. The palate is powerful with a good balance of red apple, raisins, wafer cone and subtle citrus. The finish maintains strength with increased fruits and dry spice.

New Tour….the Teapot Tipple Tour

This year Glengoyne is adding the Teapot Tipple Tour to its array of tours. This tour will have all of the fun of the Glengoyne Tour, but will be followed by an in-depth, tutored tasting in our sumptuous Club Room.

You will sample three unique, full strength and un-chill filtered drams beginning with The Teapot Dram – lovingly recreated in memory of the days when all “our boys” helped themselves to three large drams from the canteen teapot each day. All three whiskies are exclusive to Glengoyne Distillery.

If you feel like a tipple then find out more on the Glengoyne website.

Hello Fellow WhiskeyLovers – 

Few things seem more absurd-yet-exciting to me than watching a 1,000+ pound animal race around an oval track with a pint-sized person straddling its back. Yet that is exactly what millions of American’s will be watching on May 5th, when the 138th running of the Kentucky Derbytakes place at Churchill Downs in ten (10!) days. 

And what better way to watch the derby, either at the race or on TV, and kick-off the rights of spring than with a exquisite Mint Julep cradled in your hand.  It’s the quintessential southern cocktail, and the official beverage of the race, made with bourbon, sugar and a mint leaf.  Yum! 

As any mixologist worth their tip will tell you, the sum quality of a cocktail is only as good as the individual ingredients used.  Sugar is easy…fresh mint can be found at most supermarkets…but the bourbon is the detail we all too often skimp on. 

But not this year… 

This weeks Whiskey Wednesday featured whisky is one of the finest bourbons available, Woodford Reserve Distillers Select Single Barrel Small Batch Bourbon in a 1-liter Kentucky Derby commemorative bottle designed by one of America’s most recognized and beloved illustrators, Michael Schwab. 

Born in Oklahoma, Michel Schwab now lives and works in Northern California.  From his studio in Marin County, he has established a reputation as one of America’s most recognized and best-loved graphic artists.

Having attended school in Texas, New York, and California, Michael has a broad array of visual, cultural, and geographic references to which he regularly turns for ideas. His work is easily recognized by his signature use of large, flat areas of color, dramatic perspectives, and bold, graphic portraits often communicating a message of ecological and historic preservation.

Additionally, his work is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress and the National Portrait Gallery.  

This is a limited production bottle only available for another 10 days.  Fortunately for us, our man Nicky “The Neck” avidly “plays the ponies”, and has connections throughout the racing world. So of course we have secured more than our fair share of this phenomenal whiskey, in this beautiful and collectable bottle.  

And so we’re “champing at the bit” to offer you a bottle of this 1-liter Kentucky Derby Commemorative Bottle of Woodford Reserve Distillers Select Single Barrel Small Batch Bourbon for $49.95/ bottle    

I hope you will use your horse-sense, and take advantage of the opportunity to purchase this amazing whisky while it’s still available…because once it’s gone… 

And until next week…have fun!

Doug Stone

Founder

ForWhiskeyLovers.com 

Glengoyne Distillery appears in new Ken Loach Movie

Glengoyne Distillery was used as one of the filming locations in an upcoming movie from Ken Loach. The movie is released in the UK on the 1st June. See if you can spot the distillery in the trailer which has just been released.

Watch Trailer on Youtube

Grant’s in Taiwan

Hello,

Last week I found myself in Taiwan where the Grant’s team out there had organised for me to meet with journalists, whisky enthusiasts and many of our loyal customers. As always (and as you’ll see in the pictures below), I was kept very busy but well looked after. Taiwan is famous for its love for Scotch…(please click on the link below to read the remainder of the article)…

THE LINK

Kind regards,
Ludo

I hope this letter finds you well; we’ve had a very momentous landmark here at Laphroaig recently – we have reached over 500,000 Friends of Laphroaig.

A special hello to Jarmo Maenpaa from Finland who is our 500,000th Friend of Laphroaig!  We started our “little” club of followers 18 years ago, with the first friends braving the weather to plant their country flags on their square foot plot of land. We certainly had no idea back then that it would embrace lovers of Laphroaig from over 180 countries around the World. We are marking this momentous occasion with a special square foot of copper, made from an old still which we replaced last year. Once laid, I will post a photo of us placing the copper plaque on the exact square foot on Facebook. It will then be engraved and placed on the wall in our new museum for all to see.

We have also used this occasion to expand the original area for plots, as we were running out of land! The last time we had to expand our space was into a wooded area, which was not ideal. So, we now have an expanded area to be used for the Friends plots, which will allow us to move some friends out of the woods, so everybody now has an accessible plot. Furthermore, it has allowed us to take exact coordinates of every single plot. This means (with the help of a hand held GPS device we have bought) that when you visit us, you will be able to stand on your exact piece of Laphroaig land and perhaps enjoy your “rent” of a dram of our finest!

If you go to our website http://laphroaig.createsend1.com/t/r-l-dkmhyy-miyuyjjhk-j/ you will be able to see the new plot area and the exact location of your plot with coordinates.

FOL 18th Birthday

I mentioned that this year is our 18th Year of Friends of Laphroaig. We are celebrating this special birthday in a way that we hope will involve all of you, I will be writing to you about this in more detail in a few weeks. In the meantime, in preparation for our birthday celebrations I’d like to ask any of you who have any photos of the distillery from over the last 18 years to send them into us at info@laphroaig.com as we want to use some of them as part of our Friends of Laphroaig display. Be sure to include your full name and plot number so we can add that too.

USA Tour

I have just returned from my tour of the USA. Over the 2 weeks I had the pleasure to meet many Friends of Laphroaig. May I take this opportunity to thank all of you for the fantastic kindness and hospitality I received everywhere I went.

Feis Ile

Many of you have been asking about this year’s Laphroaig Open Day. It is to be held on 29th May. We have a full schedule of events taking place and will be posting as much as we can on our Facebook site during the whole week. Full details of this year’s events are on the website and also on Facebook. I am afraid most of our special events are now sold out. However, some of our new expanded distillery tours will continue throughout the year, so if you are planning to come and visit us do check them out.

That’s all my news for now. I will write to you shortly concerning our special 18th Birthday competition.

Slàinte,

John Campbell
Distillery Manager, Laphroaig

For more information about becoming a Friend of Laphroaig visit www.laphroaig.com

Scotland – Single Malt Scotch

1998 Aberfeldy 13 Year Chieftain’s Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 3 available ($75.99)

1994 Ardbeg 17 Year Old Chieftain’s Barolo Finish Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 12 available ($159.99)

Arran Machrie Moor Peated Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 10 available ($69.99)

1997 Bunnahabhain 14 Year Old Peated Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 4 available ($82.99)

1997 Caol Ila 14 Year Old Chieftain’s Rum Finish Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 6 available ($89.99)

Highland Park “Thor” 16 Year Old, Isle of Orkney Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 8 available ($189.99)

Kilchoman Single Sherry Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 3 available ($115.99)

United States – Bourbon and Rye

Old Weller Antique 107 proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey 1L (ships as 1.5L) – 4 available ($25.99)

Back in Stock

Scotland Blended Scotch

Johnnie Walker Black Blended Scotch Whisky 750ml ($29.99)

K&L Wine Merchants
http://www.klwines.com
Phone: 877-KLWines (toll free 877-559-4637)
Email: wine@klwines.com
San Francisco, Redwood City, Hollywood CA

Hi folks. We’re almost ready to go live, but as usual, here is a peek at our new front page

http://www.scotchwhiskyauctions.com/

Regards from Glasgow,

Bill, Tam and Mick

The end is near!

First of all, a big thank you to everyone!

The Aberdeen Whisky Festival 2012 was a huge success, attracting over 300 people, and raising £1,000 for Childreach International! Thanks to this, a yearly festival celebrating the “Water of Life” in Aberdeen is now a reality, and we promise to be back, bigger and better next year. You can still take part in the celebration, by getting a bottle of Aberdeen Whisky Festival 2012 Whisky. This is an exclusive, limited bottling, offered by Single Malts Direct. It is a 14yo Mortlach, bottled at cask strenght. A real bargain at £50! They ship worldwide as well, so everyone can enjoy it!

Find it here: http://www.singlemaltsdirect.com/aberdeen-whisky-festival-2012.html

Photos of the Festival will be up soon, on Facebook and on www.aberdeenwhiskyfestival.com

Jura Tasting!
Tickets for sale at the Societies Reception in Butchart (ask for Laura, from 10am to 2pm)
Wednesday 2nd May 7pm @ Butchart Centre:

Prices are £5 for members, £6 for non-members.
This will be another great tasting, conducted by the distillery manager himself!
This distillery tasting will be limited to 50 people, so act fast!

Please note, to attend this event, please register at www.isleofjura.com and become a Diurach. Bring along a copy of your certificate to the tasting.

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In Other News:

Thursday 26th – Sunday 29th April: ISLAY TRIP
This will be 4 days of pure, unchill-filtered, uncoloured epicness.
Prepare to hear all about it when we get back!

Wednesday 9th May: AUMWS AGM (7pm in Bookends)
Are you interested in joining one of the most fun committees on campus next year? Do you want to take part in organising some of the best events? You can be on the committee next year, and take the Society to a new dimension! It looks amazing on your CV!! If you feel you have what it takes, get in touch, the usual positions will be open (President, Secretary, Treasurer, H&S Officer) and more can be created! In order for the Society to continue as strongly as it has been these past few years, we need all the help we can get! Even if you are not sure about what you can do, please come along, it will be a good laugh!

The above tastings start at 7pm sharp in the Butchart Centre – details below…

Location: BookEnds (top floor), Butchart Centre, University Road, Old Aberdeen
(click here for map)
Time: 7pm sharp
What to Bring: £3/£5 for entry + Membership Card + money for raffle

join our Facebook group!
follow us on twitter!
and bring your friends!

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In Support of Childreach International

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Our mailing address is:

University of Aberdeen Malt Whisky Society
The Butchart Centre
University Road
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB24 3UT
United Kingdom

aberdeenwhisky@googlemail.com