TWE Whisky Show Masterclass: The Gordon & Macphail Timeline

This is just a quick post to point you to a more in depth post, but following on from the announcement of our first masterclass at this year’s Whisky Exchange Whisky Show we are proud to announce our second – The Gordon & Macphail timeline. The title doesn’t tell you all that much, but we ..…(please click on the link below to read the remainder of the article)…

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Kilchoman

Anthony Wills, Managing Director and founder of Kilchoman Distillery had a dream that he could produce a single malt whisky crafted soley from Kilchoman Distillery. His dream came to fruition this year with this limited edition 100% Islay bottling. Every part of crafting this very special malt; the barley growing, distillation, maturation to bottling was completed at Kilchoman Distillery, Islay.

Two bottles were released in celebration. A limited edition Inaugural 100% Islay at 50% ABV, and also a beautiful cask strength version that is presented in a hand crafted American white oak box, which was only released at the distillery in very limited numbers.

100% Islay Cask Strength

£295

Kilchoman Spring 2011 Release

£79

Abbey Whisky
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As distilleries replace old equipment with new, the old stuff winds up on the scrap heap most of the time. Not so at Knockdhu Distillery in Scotland. Whether by coincidence, planning, or sheer luck, many of the distillery’s artifacts have been preserved for decades after they were replaced by modern equipment. Knockdhu manager Gordon Bruce gives us a tour of his “museum” in this week’s episode. In the news, plans for a new distillery in Louisville, management moves at Pernod Ricard, and plenty of new whiskies!

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July Outturn UPDATE: HOT Picks

Around a week after its release we look at the single casks from July Outturn that are hotfooting out the door

1) 29.101 Tarred, feathered and set on fire
2) 125.45 Complex and thought-provoking
3) 26.79 Coming into harbour
4) 53.151 Perfect simplicity
5) 36.53 Syrupy zestiness

SOCIETY SUMMER SIPPING SUGGESTIONS:

SPORTY PAIR: 1.158 & 76.83 only £89.90 (save £10)
1.158 Cricketer’s Dram
76.83 Cocktails after rugby

Za Za Zoom Trio:
125.45, 36.53 & 29.101 for £135.40 (save £15)
125.45 Complex and thought-provoking
36.53 Syrupy zestiness
29.101 Tarred, feathered and set on fire

Harmonious six: All of the above PLUS 7.66 for
£283.70 (save £30)
7.66 Harmonious co-existence of flavour

Society Tastings & Events (66 Society tastings online)

New Members’ Tasting – London, Thu 14 July
Steak & Chips Tasting – The Vaults, Fri 15 July
Wokingham Preview Tasting – Cantley House, Fri 22 July
Falkirk Wheel Tasting – Queen Street, Thu 28 July
New Members Tasting – London, Thu 28 July
Greenock Prevew Tasting – The Tontine Hotel, Fri 29 July
Tunbridge Wells Preview Tasting – Hotel du Vin, Fri 29 July
Stirling Preview Tasting – Golden Lion Hotel, Fri 29 July
Blind Man Bluff – The Vaults, Fri 29 July

More Society tastings

Edinburgh Festival Fever
For those who are planning to indulge in this year’s Edinburgh Festival, the Society is holding a series of Tutored Tastings at The Vaults and 28 Queen Street. We still have tickets left for our tasting with Big Malt Hitter John Campbell, Distillery Manager at Laphroaig.  More 

Whisky For A Year: Free Tasting Glasses

Get whiskyed away on a tide of ultimate single cask single malt Society bottlings..

Over the course of the year we’ll send you bottlings, hand-picked by The Tasting Panel, of the highest quality and intrigue.

Sign-up before Fri 15 July and we’ll include a pair of free tasting glasses with your first bottling (77.25 Notes of floral & tobacco)   More

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. 

… need to know more about your nose ? Whisky Review 209 (3/7) – Whisky Masterclass (Nosing) … another flawed nugget from www.ralfy.com

True Tales In Toronto

Hello everyone,

True Tales events are proving increasingly popular around the globe. After Bulgaria, Portugal, South Africa, Russia and the US, Canada was the latest country to host an evening of whisky tasting and storytelling.

The format for the evening was similar to our event in Philadelphia as around 60 people joined us for dinner in Toronto.

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http://blog.grantswhisky.com/2011/07/true-tales-in-toronto/

Kind regards,
Ludo

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.

Macallan Lalique 55 Year Old Crystal Decanter

Macallan Lalique 55 year old is an exceptional malt whisky that has matured for 55 years in Spanish oak, Sherry casks.

This beautiful Lalique decanter draws its inspiration from Macallan’s natural colour, with the design based on a perfume bottle design by René Lalique from the early 1900’s.

Only 420 crystal decanters of this exceptionally rare malt have ever been released.

£15,000

www.abbeywhisky.com

enquiries@abbeywhisky.com

07890 983 844

Royal Mile Whiskies Smokin’ New Whiskies!

We think it’s great what Kilchoman has achieved so far. Considering that it is already producing fantastic whiskies at just 3 years old makes it exciting to think about what is coming in the future. Kilchoman 100% Islay 

This peaty wonder from Campbeltown is released under strict and severely limited allocation. It is unlikely this will change until 2015 at the earliest, as there is simply not enough aged stock to add it permanently to the Longrow range. Longrow 18 Year Old

Still a work in progress and progressing well. The third bottling from Springbank’s most recent distillery, Glengyle, shows much promise and bodes very well for the future. Kilkerran – Work In Progress 3

Signatory continue to out do some of the Islay distilleries at their own game, by releasing these great value, ‘does exactly what it says on the tin’ type peaty drams. Laphroaig 1999 Signatory

There is something in the water and it will soon be making it’s way over from Islay…

Never cry over spilt milk. It could’ve been whiskey.

~ “Pappy” Maverick, in Maverick (the TV series)

Slainte!
Royal Mile Whiskies
Whisky Magazine’s ‘Retailer of the Year 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011’

FOR ALL ENQUIRIES PLEASE CALL 0131 524 9380

or email contact@royalmilewhiskies.com

Edinburgh Shop:
379 Royal Mile
Edinburgh EH1 1PW
Tel: 0131 225 3383

London Shop:
3 Bloomsbury Street
London WC1B 3QE
Tel: 0207 436 4763

*All bottlings subject to availability, prices inclusive of VAT and subject to change.

Hello Fellow Scotch Lovers –

If you’re reading this email, then you deserve a hearty slap on your sunburned back for having successfully navigated your way through a weekends worth of explosives, missiles and drunk boaters. I commend each and every one of you.

This weeks Whisky Wednesday email takes us on a trip to the far east…Japan to be precise….where they are producing what is generally regarded as some of the finest whiskies in the world. “They”, of course, are Suntory…the Japanese distiller that has been producing amazing spirits since 1899. In 1989, Suntory launched Hibiki, their premium line of blended whisky.

If you think the Japanese know how to make a car, you ought to try their whisky. And if you have been wanting to try a great Japanese whisky, there is no time like the present. Our normal retail price for a bottle of Hibiki 12 Year Old blended Japanese Whisky is $63.85…not a bad price if you look around. But Niki-the-Neck, who dabbles in the art of Sumo Wrestling when he isn’t shaking down liquor distributors, was able to parlay his contacts in the Japanese Underground to get us a great price on the whisky, which allows us to offer it to you foronly $57.85/ bottle.

I hope you will take advantage of this great offer, and try a whisky from the other side of the world. Your perception will definitely be turned upside down.

Doug Stone

Founder

www.ForScotchLovers.com

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SUNTORY HIBIKI 12 YEAR OLD BLENDED JAPANESE WHISKY

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HIBIKI 12 YO BLENDED JAPANESE WHISKY – TASTING NOTES

A wonder of fruity, clean, rich, pure taste.

Color: shiny amber

Nose: pineapple, plum, raspberry, honey, custard

Palate: soft, mellow and smooth, sweet

Finish: long and sweet, spicy-fruity, hint of sourness

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ABOUT SUNTORY HIBIKI

The legendary Hibiki represents true harmony. The enigma of perfection, the paragon of the art of whisky and the art of Japan’s artisans. Hibiki, meaning resonance in Japanese, speaks to the soul and emotions of the most discerning whisky lover.

Hibiki resonates from nature, and all the subtleties found from the twenty four seasons of the old Japanese lunar calendar. Numerous types of pure single malt whiskies ageing in various types of casks, including Mizunara, a very rare Japanese oak, all combine to create a full orchestra of flavors and aromas.

Seductive, blossoming and enigmatic, Hibiki celebrates the unrivaled art of blending, fine craftsmanship, and sense of luxury of the House.