NEW WHISKY ARRIVALS, SPECIAL OFFERS AND FORTHCOMING LADIES ONLY WHISKY TASTING

There’s been a steady trickle of some great new whiskies arriving at Arkwrights over the last few weeks – including some very special bottlings from Douglas Laing, a selection of Carn Mor single cask bottlings, two very affordable 40 year old whiskies and one ludicrously affordable 50 year old whisky. Also for your delectation, we have the Talisker 10 year old on special offer at £22 and the Bowmore 12 year old at £23.99.

Due to a gremlin in the system, some of you (notably anyone with an AOL address) may not have received our newsletter about the forthcoming Ladies only whisky tasting with Zoran Peric of Suntory. Our apologies for this, and as we don’t want you to miss out we are including the details again on this newsletter.

You can see all the latest whiskies that have arrived in our New Products section and if you need any advice just contact us.

Sláinte!
Fran and Ken
www.whiskyandwines.com

NEW PRODUCTS

LADIES ONLY WHISKY TASTING WITH ZORAN PERIC OF SUNTORY – WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY

We are delighted that Zoran Peric will be coming along in May to present some of the distinctively elegant Japanese whiskies from the Suntory range. These sophisticated whiskies are perfect for an early summer evening and will be enjoyed by both whisky novices and more experienced whisky drinkers. Click here for full details but just to whet your appetite, as Zoran is a top mixologist you will be greeted with one of his renowned whisky cocktails before moving on to taste through 5 or 6 drams of these fragrant whiskies .

Buy Online: £ 12.50

NORTH BRITISH 1961 50 YEAR OLD SINGLE GRAIN WHISKY

In our opinion, single grain whiskies should be getting more limelight. Tending to be at their best when they are older, they have a beguiling charm all of their own. Elegant yet characterful they are amazing value for money.

This Douglas Laing Director’s Cut 50 year old North British grain is a stunning example of how well priced these old grain whiskies are. Only 123 bottles came from the single 1st fill Hogshead cask that it was matured in so this is a pretty rare whisky.

Buy Online: £349.99

SPRINGBANK 1999 12 YEAR OLD SINGLE CASK SINGLE MALT WHISKY

Truly scrumptious, this Springer’s truly scrumptious – scrumptious as the breeze across the (Campbeltown) bay. Apologies for the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang style lyrics but this is one of the best Springbanks we’ve ever tasted.

The cask it came from was owned by a syndicate and we were extremely lucky to be offered some bottles so we are sharing that good fortune by letting you have a chance to own one too!

Buy Online: £55.00

MACALLAN 1965 43 YEAR OLD SINGLE MALT WHISKY

After Peter MacKay from the Scottish Liqueur Centre visited us and let us try some samples from their Carn Mor single cask whisky range we just had to stock them.

The range is small but varied and you can view the bottlings we have in stock by clicking here. They are all non chill filtered and, without exception, those we tasted were top quality. This Macallan 1965 43 year old was matured in a Fino Sherry Butt and is fabulous. The presentation matches the quality of the whisky with the boxes being made from cask staves. A treat worth saving up for.

Buy Online: £1000

AWARDED WHISKY MAGAZINE’S RETAILER OF THE YEAR FOR 2011

Arkwrights Whisky & Wines. Phone No. 01793 765071 Fax No. 01793 764860  The Dormers, Highworth, Wiltshire, SN6 7PE

Very sporting…. The Glengoyne Auld Enemy

In celebration of the world’s oldest international rugby fixture – The Calcutta Cup – Glengoyne hosted a new sporting event: The Glengoyne Auld Enemy Dinner. The dinner brought together an array of rugby legends, including Scott Hastings, Finlay Calder, Gavin Hastings, Peter Winterbottom and Matt Dawson, along with many other Calcutta Cup ex-internationals.

Glengoyne also honoured the occasion by releasing a limited edition – ‘The Auld Enemy Dram’. All proceeds from this Glengoyne 1990 Single Cask bottling will go to two chosen charities – Help For Heroes and The Bill McLaren Foundation.

Glengoyne’s Neil Boyd, who was there at the event, commented: “Glengoyne is equally proud to have teamed up with Scotland rugby legend, Scott Hastings, to support both Help for Heroes and The Bill McLaren Foundation through the release of our new limited edition ‘Auld Enemy Dram’. They are both excellent charities which were perfect partners for the great occasion. We at Glengoyne look forward to a long association with the Auld Enemy Dinner in years to come.”

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Naked Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky

The Edrington Group has recently launched a new addition to The Famous Grouse’s range of blended Scotch whiskies, The Naked Grouse, in an elegant and beautifully crafted white flint bottle manufactured by Allied Glass Containers in 70cl and comes at … Continue reading →

Distillery Manager

Tullibardine Distillery, based in Blackford, Perthshire are seeking to appoint an experienced Distillery Manager to head up all aspects of spirit production.

This exciting opportunity has arisen following the recent acquisition of the business by the French based Picard family and the desire to invest in the distillery to take advantage of the continued growth in popularity of Scotch Whisky around the world.

The Distillery Manager will be responsible for the operational and efficient day-to-day running of the distillery incorporating all aspects of sourcing, production, supply and warehousing. The Distillery Manager will work as part of a small team based at the distillery focused on the continued growth and development of the business and will have the opportunity to work alongside John Black, the incumbent Manager, on various strategic projects. The individual will be required to liaise directly with all regulatory bodies ensuring that the Company remains fully compliant while also managing and developing the in-house H&S requirements. The Company may also, from time to time, require the individual to undertake brand presentations and represent the company which may necessitate overseas travel.

Applications are invited from suitably experienced candidates by sending a CV with covering letter and two references either by email to christine.barnes@tullibardine.com or by post to Christine Barnes, Tullibardine Distillery, Stirling Street, Blackford, Perthshire, PH4 1QG.

The closing dates for applications is Friday 27th April, 2012.

Whisky Intelligence has added a new category called ‘Vignettes – Moments in Whisky’ which will feature whisky moments as experienced by the readership. If you have a whisky moment please feel free to submit your moment and we’ll do our best to publish it.

Go on; you know you want to be famous…

I’m Beggin for a Kilbeggan

[A post today from Chris, shop assistant manager and tastings overlord. What follows is the outcome of allowing him to travel the country by train, giving him all that time to sit and think as the countryside rushes by…] Amidst … Continue reading >>

Please find the latest headlines from The Whisky Shop.

Highland Park and Isle Of Jura Limited releases now in stock… – 20 April 2012 The Whisky shop has added to the Glenkeir Treasure…

Link to full article: http://www.whiskyshop.com/News/?id=10079

Balvenie 1978 Only Two bottles left in stock – 20 April 2012 Only two bottles of this left in stock. 

Link to full article: http://www.whiskyshop.com/News/?id=10080

Kind Regards

The Whisky Shop
www.whiskyshop.com

Hello Fellow WhiskeyLovers –

Forgive me for not writing last week. I was trapped aboard a cruise ship with my family and 2400 other raving lunatics from the greater NYC area. Despite assurances from the cruise operator that there would be high-speed Wifi available everywhere on-board, the internet access took me back to the days of my 56k baud modem…it was essentially non existent.

Nevertheless you all kept the FWL flame hot by burning up the voting for the winners of the 2012 Drammie Awards. In the final voting round we received votes from over 7,000 unique visitors from 16 different countries…providing a loud and clear “voice of WhiskeyLovers everywhere”.

So who won?

Well..for starts…we had one double winner for two categories.

Best Distillery Tour 2012; Distillery of the Year 2012: Laphroaig.

To see the complete list of 2012 Drammie Awards winners, click here.

So what better way to congratulate the distillery on their double-win, than to feature my favorite Laphroaig expression in this weeks letter: Laphroaig 18 YO Islay Single Malt Whisky.

Laphroaig 18 YO is made in limited quantities each year and savoured by a fortunate few. There is a soft, sweet and spicy Islay peat smoke that greets you when you first open the bottle. The immediate taste is an oak sweetness, from 18 long and lovley years in the barrel. Thereafter a faint hint of the sea can be detected, which bears testimony to its time maturing on the remote island of Islay. The whisky is bottled at 48% ABV and non-chill filtered for a depth of taste and texture.

My friend John Hansell, in his Whisky Advocate blog, described Laphroag 18 as “Very smooth for Laphroaig-the extra aging has mellowed this whisky. Soothing honeyed malt, creamy vanilla and toffee provide a bed for peat smoke, charcoal, tar, along with more subtle brine, smoked seaweed, anise, ginger and citrus. A, gentler, creamier, more tactile, less medicinal Laphroaig when compared to some of its siblings …The higher strength (and no chill-filtering) of the 18 is certainly a bonus….”

As mentioned, this is a limited production whisky…but as always, one phone call to our man Nickey “the Neck” and. voila, our distribution center now has more than our fair share. Which means we can offer you a bottle of Laphroaig 18 YO Islay Single Malt for $94.75/ bottle (limit 2-bottles each please).

I hope you will 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

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LAPHROAIG 18YO ISLAY SINGLE MALT WHISKY

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DISTILLERS’ TASTING NOTES

COLOUR: Bright Gold

NOSE: At bottling strength, a soft toffee sweet but faintly spicy flavour counterbalances the trace of delicate phenols and fruit. An all encompassing smoothness brings these together. A touch of water allows the seaweed and salt to come through but not enough to overpower the vanilla and honey sweetness with just a trace of new mown hay and peat at the finish.

BODY: An intense depth that is exceptionally balanced and warming.

TASTE: An instant warming tang of smoke fades into smooth floral scents, which blends seamlessly into an oaky nuttiness and leaves a lasting sweetness on the taste. With a touch of water, the peaty warmth fills the mouth but does not overshadow the sweet chocolate smoothness. This is balanced by the rich toffee taste and slowly fades into a delicate hint of heather and peat smoke.

FINISH: Full bodied, long with a luxurious oily smoothness.

Loch Fyne Whiskies Issues Warning, ‘WATCH OUT… ‘

It’s now a whole year since we decided it’s time we had a ‘proper’ website; rather than this that grew from a homepage cobbled in 1998. The last known glitches in the new LFW.co.uk have been frowned into submission and we expect to go live during next week…

Brace yourselves…

Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk