(From John Campbell at Laphroaig in a message to the Friends of Laphroaig)

Thank you for all of your interest in this year’s Laphroaig Live. I’ve received several emails asking which expressions will be tasted during this year’s live show.

We’ll be tasting the famous Quarter Cask. We’ll also taste another expression that spends part of its maturation in a Quarter Cask; as well as in American Oak ex-bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks, hence its name: Triple Wood. Having been met with huge acclaim in duty free it is now being rolled out on general release.

We’ll also be reunited with a very old member of the Laphroaig family, not seen for over 50 years…

During this year’s live show we will be opening and tasting a truly historic Laphroaig 10 year old, distilled way back in the 1950s in one of the last batches ever to be bottled by Lin Johnston’s ancestors. Only one or two of these bottles remain today, and those that do are collectors’ items, so tasting this ancient liquid really will be a momentous occasion.

Of course a visit to Australia wouldn’t be complete without a barbeque, and what better whisky to complement the smokiness of barbequed food than Laphroaig! We’ve developed our very own Laphroaig barbeque sauce and our Australian FOLs have suggested a selection of barbeque dishes to go with it. We’ve compiled a list of the most popular suggestions for you to vote on and we will be cooking the top 5 dishes live on the night!

You can vote for your favourite dishes now on the Laphroaig Live page, where you will also find our panelist biographies and a countdown to the live show: www.laphroaig.com/live

Slàinte,

John Campbell

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Ralfy shows you how to have endless joy with a miniture of Whisky at  Whisky Review 219 – Whisky Miniatures.

Visit Ralfy at www.ralfy.com

In our final episode from Whisky Live Paris, we’ll get updates on the process of exporting Nikka’s Japanese whiskies to the U.S. for the first time, along with the latest on new releases from Kilchoman, Compass Box, Glen Grant, Aberlour, and a host of other distillers. In the news, a 19th century bottle of The Glenlivet will go on the auction block at Bonham’s next month, Vijay Mallya sets his sights on Beam, and much, much more!

Visit WhiskyCast at www.whiskycast.com

Cask End Parcels Dwindling: Get YOURS now
Although our Cask Ends Sale doesn’t end until Fri 30 Sept, our parcels have been so popular the sale may end early – once these parcels are gone, they are gone (no more parcels to be added).

If you haven’t got your parcel yet or you’re thinking of another, get ordering now to avoid any disappointment…

94 Parcels to go…
Cask Ends Parcel A: Ex-bourbon casks
3 x Highland & Speyside (10-21YO, guaranteed one 13YO)
£99 inc. free p&p

73 Parcels to go…
Cask Ends Parcel B: Ex-sherry & bourbon mix
3 x Highland & Speyside (10-23YO, guaranteed one 23YO)
£105 inc. p&p

DANGER, DANGER…42 Parcels to go…
Cask Ends Parcel C: Ex-sherry casks
3 x Highland & Speyside (10-18YO, guaranteed one 26YO)
£115 inc free p&p

Parcel numbers at the time of email – now counting down fast!

ADDITIONAL Bottle Offer: Buy 50.42 for only £43.50 (save £17) *with ANY Cask Ends Parcel…

50.42 Pass the Flapjacks
Lowland
WAS £60.10..NOW * £43.50 inc. free p&p
Immediate sweet, apple scents – some said Granny Smith, some Coxes, some dried– backed by All-Bran and a clean laundry scent. A mellow aroma, slightly nose-drying

Limited number of MYSTERY Cask Ends Parcels available. An alternative bottle will be offered if 50.42 runs out.

Cask Ends Sale

Society September Tastings & Events

From Leith to Bavaria – The Vaults, from Mon 26 Sept
New Outturn for the Cheese Lover – Queen Street, Tue 27
New Outturn for the Meat Lover – Queen Street, Wed 28
All things Bavarian – The Vaults, Wed 28 Sept

October Outturn Preview Tastings:
Dunfermline – Garvock House Hotel, Thu 29 Sept
Brighton – Hotel du Vin, Fri 30 Sept
Manchester – Malmaison, Fri 30 Sept

More Society tastings

Whisky Magazine’s 2012 Independent Bottler of the Year www.whiskymag.com/awards/ibc/2011/ 

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ
Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm).

Visit the Society at http://www.smws.co.uk/memberships for your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers.

ANGELS WHISKY CLUB GERMANY – Tram Drams!

We recently took part in a special event; Laphroaig Tasting on a tram with distillery manager John Campbell.
Location; Frankfurt’s historic “whisky tram”.

German Angels along with John Campbell. We’ve to mention that the tasting was really, really, really great! John dinnee like to lecture in front of the crowd with a mike. Instead he walked thru the Tram having face to face conversations with the guests!

Stories and pics are online

Angels website; Scotland
www.angelswhiskyclub.com

The Top 10 Whisky Markets (2010)

Good afternoon,

A topic which always generates debate is the league table of Scotch whisky’s most important markets. There are many different ways to look at sales numbers. For instance, does one look at sales value or volume per market? The Scotch Whisky Association asks companies to voluntarily disclose its shipment figures, while The International Wine…(…please click on the link below to read the remainder of the article…)

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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…

This is the first of two episodes from Whisky Live Paris, and we’ll hear from some of the distillers who have traveled from around the world for one of the world’s top whisky festivals, including Japan’s Ichiro Akuto and Mark Littler of Australia’s Hellyers Road. In the news, the final bottle of The Dalmore 64 sells for a new record retail price, Redbreast 12 goes cask-strength, and WhiskyCast welcomes a new sponsor.

Visit WhiskyCast at www.whiskycast.com

Blended Scotch Whisky

Compass Box Great King Street Artist’s Blended Whisky 375ml – 2 available ($21.99)

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

Loch Fyne Whiskies ‘New Collectors’ Loft’

A new edition of the Collectors’ Loft has gone online today featuring old and discontinued bottlings.

You may view the latest rare bottlings at https://www.lfw.co.uk/blog/2011/09/22/new-collectors-loft-5/

Condition is ‘as good as new’ unless otherwise stated. The quantities available can be assumed to be one and are sold on a first-come – first-served allocation. Items listed will be withdrawn and replaced on a regular basis.

Prices are determined by many factors including those realised at auctions.

Buyer beware!

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