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In a burst of energy Ralfy is dashing around Scotland; “just recorded a three-part at Daftmill with Francis to go on-line later this year, included a warehouse nosing review! … interesting stuff !” and “New this week at www.ralfy.com  …whisky review #146 – Penderyn Welsh Whisky“. (Yes, we know Penderyn is not in Scotland).

“Also look out for three Flash-Vlogs relating to the unique Bladnoch Forum Inchgower on e-bay ! (This is part of the ‘Scotland dashing’).

Blended Scotch Whisky On Sale

J & B Rare 70cl Save £3 Was £16.99  Now £13.99
Monkey Shoulder 70cl Save £3 Was £22.99 Now £19.99

Scotch Whisky MALTS On Sale

Malt of the Month (when it’s gone, it’s gone…)
Aberlour 10yo 70cl Save £7 Was £26.99 Now £19.99

Cragganmore 12yo 70cl Save £5 £29.99 £24.99
Glenkinchie 12yo 70cl Save £6 £32.99 £26.99
Talisker 10yo 70cl Save £5 £33.99 £28.99
Singleton Dufftown 12yo 70cl Save £6 £33.99 £27.99

Information below about some of the tastings going on in the Edinburgh stores as part of the Edinburgh festival.

(From Rebecca at Oddbins);

Our Royal Mile store will be holding in-branch tastings, which are free of charge. Malt suppliers will be coming to each of the tastings and showing their malts, so do feel free to pop along and sample. The store is having malt tastings every day except Sundays, until the 5th of September. They take place in the afternoons between 1 and 5pm. I have included their address and phone number; do feel free to contact them (or Annabelle and I) with any questions::

Royal Mile Store
223 High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1PE
0131 220 3516

In addition, our Queensferry Street store is holding a paid malt tasting tomorrow at 7:30pm (August 25th). It takes place at the address below and the tickets are £15:

The Magnum
1 Albany Street
EH1 3PY

For any any further details, please feel free to call the store on 01312267589.

Finally, please see below a selection of additional malts on promotion for the Edinburgh festival. This promotion will run until the 12th of September and will apply to all Scottish stores.

Caol Ila 12yo, £26.99, reduced from £31.99, save £5

AnCnoc 16yo, £32.99, reduced from £42.99, save £10

Old Pulteney 17yo, £39.99, reduced from £49.99, save £10

Macallan Fine Oak 10yo, £24.99, reduced from £29.99, save £5

AnCnoc 12yo, £22.99, reduced from £27.99, save £5

Benriach 15yo, £31.99, reduced from £36.99, save £5

Dalwhinnie 15yo, £28.99, reduced from £33.99, save £5

Glenkinchie 12yo, £26.99, reduced from £32.99, save £6

Ever have one of those conversations that seems like just a few minutes, until you look at the clock and realize it’s gone on for a long time? That sums up my chat this week with Robin Blackadder, the “nom du whisky” for Blackadder bottler Robin Toucek. We discussed everything from how he picks single casks to whisky festivals, politics, and small animals, and you’ll hear our chat in this week’s episode. In the news, Dr. Martin Tangney of Edinburgh Napier University explains his new technique for turning distillery waste into usable biofuel, along with details on new whiskies and auction results for old ones.

Visit WhiskyCast at www.whiskycast.com

So the secret is out! We are broadcasting our fourth web show live from inside the Harvey’s Bodegas in Jerez, Andalusia, Spain on Thursday 23rd September 2010 at 20:00 Eastern Central Time(ECT). Please bookmark it in your diaries as it really will be our best show yet.

As you all know last year’s show was broadcast live from the Makers Mark distillery in Kentucky. This was because our two best selling expressions, 10 year old and Quarter Cask are matured exclusively in Bourbon casks. However this is only part of the Laphroaig story. We have been using the finest Sherry casks from Spain since our inception nearly 200 years ago and still use them to this day as they impart a completely different flavour to our spirit.

During the show we will be comparing classic bourbon matured Laphroaig –in this case Quarter Cask, with three other Laphroaig expressions. Our new Triple Wood which enjoys its third maturation in Spanish Oak, our cask strength 25 year old which uses both Fino and Oloroso sherry Butts in its maturation and a very special third, exclusively Oloroso matured expression – but you will have to watch the programme to find out more about this one!

Joining me on the panel this year are three good friends. Firstly, someone who will need no introduction to our American Friends of Laphroaig: Simon Brooking, our American Ambassador. I am also delighted to say that Jose Antonio Souto my opposite number, in charge of all Domecq and Harvey’s Sherries has agreed to join us. There is nothing Jose does not know about sherry, but he is also a keen whisky enthusiast –so who better to taste Laphroaig that has been sleeping in his very own barrels! Finally – one of you, a Friend of Laphroaig! He is from Italy and his name is Diego Sandrin. I have known Diego many years. He is famous for his music both as a singer and a songwriter indeed he has even co-written songs with Lisa Marie Presley. What people may not know is that he is an avid whisky enthusiast and has even blended some very fine expressions of Laphroaig himself.

Many of you wrote in saying how much you enjoyed our special food recipes on last year’s broadcast so we are delighted that one of Jerez’s finest chefs will be preparing some brand new tapas recipes especially designed to go with Laphroaig and Sherries. It’s going to be a fun evening I am certain.

Would you like to join us? Of course I understand that the vast majority of our 400,000 friends are spread around the Globe and will watch the show via the website, but, I will be holding our second official “Laphroaig Gathering” with a little “Ceilidh” (party) right after the broadcast. If you are in the area or can make the journey to Jerez, please let us know by e mail by September 5th 2010 as we will be preparing tapas (and whisky of course) and need to know rough numbers. We will then send you the exact address.

The broadcast on September 23rd will be 7.00PM UK time, which is 8.00PM Central European time. The website link for the Laphroaig live webcast will be www.laphroaig.com/live.  I have added a link on this page to a site where you can check what time that is in your country.

If you have any questions about the event just post them to either the chat site on our website or on our official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/laphroaig) and I will try to answer them all. I will write again closer to the time with more details, but look forward to joining with you all on this very special “Spanish” evening.

Slàinte,

John Campbell

Friends of Laphroaig web site

To access the private Friends of Laphroaig web site, use the link below:
http://www.laphroaig.com/friends

Laphroaig Distillery, Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, Argyll, PA42 7DU, Tel. 01496 302418

Enjoy responsibly – http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/

D Johnston & Company (Laphroaig) Ltd, 310 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, registered in the United Kingdom, registration number SC028072

(Some news from Balblair);

For the perfect vintage timing is everything
 
Good timing is the essence of Balblair. That’s why we only contact you when the time is right. We thought that you may like to know that Balblair has a new website.
 
The website tells the story of Balblair, its long and rich history, and our unique approach to whisky creation and dedication to only ever releasing the best vintage Single Highland Malt.
 
It also features Balblair news and our Distillery Manager, John MacDonald, with a lifetime of experience in creating unique whiskies, gives an insight into his world through the Manager’s Blog. 
 
Visit www.balblair.com 
 
The latest addition to our range . . .

 
Superbly well balanced, full-bodied malt with hints of honey and vanilla from the long years of maturation in American ex bourbon oak barrels. 
 
Read Balblair 2000 tasting notes at http://www.balblair.com/exclusive-vintages/

Balblair Vintages
 
Every Balblair Vintage is strongly individual. Each one is a unique essence of a year, captured in a bottle. Balblair only ever produces Vintages timed to perfection. 
 
Discover our vintages http://www.balblair.com/exclusive-vintages/

The Manager’s blog
 
Judging a Vintage, measuring the exact point of perfect aging, takes considerable skill and many years of experience. It can’t be taught overnight. Understanding the alchemy of process and environment takes dedicated craftsmanship. 
 
This is the craft of John MacDonald. John is a patient man. But he doesn’t stand by a clock, he waits. And waits. Until the whisky says it’s ready. Until it’s perfect. When it represents the best we have to offer.
 
Read about Distillery manager, John MacDonald’s day-to-day life at Balblair in the Manager’s Blog. http://www.balblair.com/about/managers-blog/

September Outturn On-sale NOW

September Outturn: Hot stone therapy?

We’re releasing September Outturn a little earlier than usual – we’re moving our duty paid cellars and need to close our dispatch from Mon 6-Fri 17 Sept.  We won’t be sending out any bottles during this time so please place your orders NO LATER than Fri 3 Sept so we can get your whisky to you toot-sweet. 

We’ll still be taking orders after Fri 3 Sept; it just means we won’t be able to deliver them until after 17 Sept.  But please let us have you order as soon as possible so we can avoid any disappointment, stocks of our single casks are limited.

4.143 Honey on hot stones
Highland Island
£81.10 inc. Free P&P
Rich toffees, hot coffee, buttered toast with acacia honey and syrup; then it changed to cotton and eiderdown, wallpaper paste, stripped floors and ink in an old house

29.86 When the locket bursts
Islay
£60.50 inc. Free P&P
Immense with a burst of honey and lemon lockets, baked apple, becoming savoury with smoked German sausage, tarragon and dill

Sept Pair Recommendation: Buy 4.143 with 29.86 for £89 (save £12)

121.37 Very tasty Danish pastry
Highland Island
£45.70 inc. Free P&P
Grass, coriander, white grape and felt tip pens, then tinned fruit, Victoria sponge, Danish pastries with apricots and marzipan and Lockets (menthol and honey).

9.53 A peppery explosion
Speyside Spey
£57.30 inc. Free P&P
The initial nose was stimulating, with orange, chocolate limes and sweet chilli. Once settled, its richness (Ambrosia custard, Werther’s Originals, caramel, toffee) was more calming.

Don’t forget our August Recommendations, available until Tue 31 Aug

Pair Recommendation: Buy 125.39 with 35.39 for £97 (save£12.60)

Trio Recommendations: Buy 48.23 with 76.71 & 27.82 for £138 (save £17.70)

September Outturn at http://tinyurl.com/27a3358
Browse all bottlings at http://tinyurl.com/2bbqckk
(73 different bottlings!)

SMWS Whisky Tasting & Events

New Outturn Tasting – 19 Greville Street, Sat 4 Sept
Highland Connoisseur Tour – 28 Queen Street, Sun 5 Sept
New Outturn & Sunday Roast – The Vaults, Sun 5 Sept
Fire, smoke and earth! Arbeg Tasting – 28 Queen Street, Tue 7 Sept
Innis & Gunn Tasting – 19 Greville Street, Thu 9 Sept
The Ultimate No 1 Tasting – 28 Queen Street, Fri 10 Sept
Glenkinchie Tour with bowls & BBQ – 28 Queen Street, Sun 12 Sept
Islay Tasting – Subterranean Vaults, Wed 15 Sept
Glasgow Preview Tasting – One Devonshire Gardens, Thu 16 Sept
Mix it up! (Whisky Cocktails) – 28 Queen Street, Fri 17 Sept

Visit www.smws.co.uk to join the Society

Single Malts Newsletter
Laphroaig, Bunnahabhain, Glenfiddich and more on offer this week
Week of 20th August 2010
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Ardmore Traditional

Special Offer Price

Only£21.49 Inc Vat£18.29 Ex Vat Saving of £10.00 (RRP £31.49 inc Vat)

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

Special Offer Price

Only £26.99 Inc Vat £22.97 Ex Vat  Saving of £7.00 (RRP £33.99 inc Vat)

Dalmore 12 Year Old

Special Offer Price

Only £29.99 Inc Vat £25.52 Ex Vat Saving of £9.00 (RRP £38.99 inc Vat)

Glenfiddich 18 Year Old

Special Offer Price

Only £37.49 Inc Vat £31.91 Ex Vat Saving of £11.50 (RRP £48.99 inc Vat)

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

Special Offer Price

Only £22.49 Inc Vat £19.14 Ex Vat Saving of £8.50 (RRP £30.99 inc Vat)

Old Pulteney 17 Year Old

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www.ralfy.com has been busy with the wee local Distillery at Wigtown, Scotland.

Whisky review whatever ! – Bladnoch Forum Bottling Factory & Collectable One-off !

… reach for your charitable purses Malt-mates.

ONLINE WHISKY SHOP & EDINBURGH FRINGE NOW LIVE
 
At long last out online whisky shop finally went live in time for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Stocking most of the WHISKI bar’s malt whiskies and over the following months we will be adding to the range so that it exceeds what we can offer in the bar due to space constraints.

So check it out here at www.thewhiskystill.com and if anything takes your fancy, then enter code TWR-0810 at the checkout for  5% off your total order until the end of August 2010.
 
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL

We are festival venue number 246 this year with FREE live Scottich music every night from 10PM so come on down to the WHISKI bar for the ultimate Scottish experience.

Thanks for all you support and hope to see you again soon,
 
Best Regards,
The WHISKI Team 
 
WHISKI Bar & Restaurant, 119 High Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1SG
www.whiskibar.co.uk  | info@whiskibar.co.uk