Ralfy heads south of the Scottish-English border to review St. Georges English Whisky (Chapter 6) in review number 147(!) from the comfort of his studio.
How times flies when you’re nosing whisky. Visit Ralfy at www.ralfy.com
Women are discovering whisky and other brown spirits at record levels, and dispelling the old myth that whisky is a “man’s drink.” Meghan Leary is the author of “Whiskey for Women” and the website of the same name, and is on the forefront of teaching women about whisky. She’ll share her insights with us on this week’s episode. In the news, Scotland’s government plans to impose minimum pricing over industry objections, Colum Egan of Bushmills picks his apprentice, and the “Water of Life Drive” reaches its goal for Charity: Water!
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From Stuart Nickerson;
We have also just published a newsletter which you can read on line at http://www.glenglassaugh.com/newsletter/
… fresh at www.ralfy.com you will find a two part Interview ” Raymond & Bladnoch” featuring a frank talk with Raymond Armstrong, owner of Bladnoch Distillery. This follows the very successful e-bay sale of a Raymond/ralfy signed bottle of Inchgower for fund raising towards a local Pensioner Events.
After a two year absence Tom Lipka has returned to the Malt Maniacs. Welcome back Thomas or as one Maniac said “Oh no, not you again … 🙂 ”
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The Scots Magazine has a new whisky columnist, she is Penny Ellis and she’s a director of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival ( http://www.spiritofspeyside.com/ ) She also runs the Knockomie Hotel ( http://www.knockomie.co.uk/ ) in Forres with her husband Gavin.
The Knockomie Hotel
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Grant’s blends have recently scooped some top prizes at three major wine and spirit competitions.
Golds at the International Wine and Spirit Competition, 2010
This is the oldest and most prestigious competition of its kind. There were entries from over 150 countries and with blind tasting, judges chose purely on merit. Our awards included:
Grant’s Ale Cask – Gold Best In Class
Grant’s 12 Year Old – Gold
Grant’s 18 Year Old – Gold
Golds at the Scotch Whisky Masters, 2010
With over 150 top Scotch whiskies battling it out for honours, we were especially pleased to come away with 15 major medals including:
Grant’s 12 Year Old – Gold
Grant’s 18 Year Old – Gold
Golds at the International Spirits Challenge 2010
This massive contest attracted over 1,000 contenders from all over the world. We were very proud to win 5 medals including:
Grant’s Sherry Cask – Gold
Grant’s 18 Year Old – Gold
These awards are a real tribute to our craftsmen. Brian Kinsman, our Master Blender, puts it perfectly:
“The skills and dedication that go into the making of our whiskies is reflected in the medals won. We still use some of the same techniques as William Grant did when he first started the company back in 1886.”
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The Spirit Drinks – “A Recipe for Success?”
The new Glenglassaugh Spirit Drinks were officially launched at Bramble Bar in Edinburgh on Thursday August 26th, 2010.
These drinks are truly innovative, demonstrating how colour, nose and taste all develop as spirit matures in cask. However their real difference is that each one is a fantastic drink in its own right and can be drunk straight or long with a mixer and ice or as a cocktail.
Bramble Bar has been voted one of the top cocktail bars in the world and the team are extremely creative, having developed a number of cocktails in past years. Last year they created “The New Yorker Re-visted” using “The Spirit Drink that dare not speak its name”, which is featured on their exclusive cocktail list. This year they surpassed themselves and they created a signature cocktail for each of the four Spirit Drinks.
Each of the cocktails are different and builds upon the base flavours in the specific Spirit Drink to create a unique drink, the list includes “Peated Julep”, “Fledgling Sour”, “Clearac Manhattan” and “New Yorker Revisited” . Having tried them all I find it hard to say which is my favourite, but to allow you the opportunity to try them as well, and to form your own opinion, we will be making the recipes available shortly.
A number of well kent faces were in attendance and I can confirm that they all left with big smiles on their faces.
Slange
Stuart
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It has been a lovely summer, indeed, one which has given our team ample relaxation to recharge our internal batteries as well as our psyches for a busy and exciting fall season to come. We are very excited about the upcoming Single Malt and Scotch Whisky Extravaganza fall tour, and hope to see you at one of these events. We are also pleased to announce that several members’ tastings are being scheduled in other cites around the country. Please look for forthcoming date announcements on our website and invitations in the mail so that you can enjoy Society whiskies and a guest distillery in these member gatherings.
We’ve selected five diverse Society whiskies for you in this Outturn, our last issue for the summer. These selections from the Highlands, Speyside and Campbeltown will delight your palate. From the Highlands, we offer Society Cask No. 59.39, a 16 year old aged in a refill hogshead and filled with treacle toffee and hot fudge sundae flavours. Also available is Society Cask No. 39.75 which matured 13 years in a first fill sherry butt. Its flavours include Cuban coffee, cedar cigar boxes, limes and barbequed pork with a pineapple glaze. Society Cask No. 37.46, one of the Classic Malts, is a 10 year old from a refill hogshead and bursts with banana, caramel and sherbet. It is a delightful aperitif. Lastly, from Campbeltown’s most well known and respected distillery is Society Cask No. 27.79 which matured for 19 years in a refill Bourbon barrel. Presenting an unusual cherry nose and chocolate covered cherries with Milky Ways bars on the palate, this whisky is “yummy!”
The President’s Choice for this Outturn is Society Cask No. 2.77. Having spent 21 years in a refill sherry butt, its initial flavours are fruity & citrus. The finish combines deep rich dark chocolate and zesty grapefruit.
Enjoy your Society whiskies this summer in good health and moderation.
Best regards,
Alan Shayne, President
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America, Ltd.
