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Using the knowledge we’ve gained from speaking to our customers for over 24 years, we’ve created a spirits-shelf staple – a whisky we like to call ‘the malt drinker’s blend’!
It’s said that you can never have too many single malts in your drinks cabinet – nonetheless, there is always room for a good blend!
We’ve tried, and very much like, many of the Scotch whisky blends on the market, but that didn’t stop us wanting to make our own. In fact, it gave us all the more reason to create The Loch Fyne Blend to help tell our story.
And so, we crafted what we consider to be the best blend around, using the knowledge we’ve gained from speaking to our customers for over 24 years. We like to call it ‘the malt drinker’s blend’.
Please note: Our Loch Fyne Whiskies products are presented in handmade glass bottles. Due to their handmade nature, these bottles can show small imperfections such as grooves and seams in the glass.
Originally trademarked in 1888, Four Roses quickly established itself as one of America’s most popular whiskey brands. The whiskies are produced at the historic Four Roses Distillery, built in 1910 in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. They create ten distinct whiskies that are blended to create a characterful yet approachable selection of fine Kentucky Bourbons. Four Roses Bourbon is a firm favourite with bartenders and consumers in the US, and across the globe.
BROWSE OUR FULL FOUR ROSES RANGE HERE
Highball Part One: HOW TO MAKE AT HOME.
In the 1950s, Shinjiro Torii, the founder of Suntory, helped cement highballs as an authentic way to enjoy whisky cocktails in Japan. The Japanese praised this simple, stylish cocktail as a refreshing way to drink whisky. Since then, Suntory has played an important role in reestablishing the highball as a popular cocktail for a new generation of whisky drinkers and today, if we were able to move out and about, you could walk into 100+ bars across the country that feature the Suntory Toki Highball Machine. Whether from the machine or made by hand, the recipe is simple:
To note – a ‘highball’ is defined as a spirit + carbonated beverage, so think of whisky & soda.
Highball Part Two: HOW TO CELEBRATE AT HOME. #SuntoryTimeAtHome
The House of Suntory is promoting a special moment of the day to ‘take a moment, take a sip, relax and enjoy.’ On Thursdays and Fridays, starting at 5pm ET, we’re asking you (and everyone!) to post a picture or video on your Instagram Story featuring a Toki Whisky or Haku Vodka Highball with #SuntoryTimeAtHome. Your post which will then be shared on the Suntory Instagram channel later that night. Our venerable Japanese colleagues have also participated – check out Shinji Fukuyo’s first toast HERE for Toki and Kazuyuki Torii’s first toast HERE for Haku.
Every Thursday starting at 5pm ET = #SuntoryTimeAtHome TOKI Highball Happy Hour
Hopefully we can get a swell of posts and encourage our fans to join in. Consider it a little morale boosting and fun way to (distantly) connect all across the globe!
Highball Part Three: HOW TO GET AT HOME.
Many acclaimed bars and restaurants across the country have shifted gears and are now offering Toki and Haku Highball Kits for takeout and/or delivery. Please inquire if you’re interested in learning more about these establishments and their offerings. The cities we currently have account lists and ‘how to buy’ info for include: New York City, Seattle and San Francisco.
We launched our fundraising initiative to support the hospitality industry just over a month ago and have been overwhelmed by the response we have received so far. Thank you to all who have donated or purchased an item. Please know that all your contributions will help to make a difference to those in need.
Our first orders have been dispatched and we would love to see photos of the items in action, so reach out to us at hello@compassboxwhisky.com or message us on our social channels.
We have also launched a dedicated European fundraising page at compass-box.teemill.com to make it even simpler to buy our limited edition Compass Box tops and totes in that region.
Our page at bonfire.com/store/compass-box is still live and welcoming support from our friends and fans within the US and the rest of the world, so please do continue to get involved.
We’re all in this together, and we’ll get through this together.
So be kind. Have hope. Look after each other.
And please support creatively.
Thank you.
John & the Compass Box team
SHARE A DRAM FOR WORLD WHISKY DAY
Saturday 16th marks World Whisky Day, and we’re inviting you to celebrate with us for a bit of an online get together. Social Media Mads will be hosting the festivities, featuring a fantastic line up of guest presenters, cocktail demonstrations and live DJ sets with DJ and Ambassador Knud Scheibelt. The party starts at 8pm over on our UK Facebook page and the SMWS Silverscreen YouTube channel. We look forward to seeing you there – and remember to bring a dram!
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 here for membership information
This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!
Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video
We really hope you and all your loved ones are staying healthy and relaxed.
One of the relaxed things to happen very soon is The Whisky Shop Dufftown Whisky quiz, hosted by Maltstock! It would be really great if many of you can join us for a bit of relaxed fun. It will be a quiz in the style of the quiz at Maltstock last year. Not über-geeky, more black cab geeky 😉
You can join either as individual of you can get a team together and play as a team. The quiz has five rounds. And there will be a winner and a prize after each round. And a very nice prize for the overall winner. Check the Facebook page of The Whisky Shop Dufftown to see some of the amazing prizes.
And for a bit of extra fun, there also will be a league of professionals. They will be playing for eternal fame and honour. It will be fun to see if you can better than the professionals.
More info and signing up here: https://www.whiskyshopdufftown.com/the-whisky-shop-dufftown-relaxed-whisky-quiz/
Relaxed tip: If you like to join as team you can create a meeting at https://meet.jit.si That way you can easily chat and confer with each other and one person sends in the answering form.
Hope to see you all online Sunday 17 May!
Stay healthy stay relaxed
Annette, Bob, Klaas, Stan, Teun
Sunday May 17th, 4pm CET/ 3pm BST through the Facebook page of The Whisky Shop Dufftown.
Usually only available from the distillery, we’re delighted to have stock of the latest Glengoyne Teapot Dram. A hark back to the whisky which flowed from the copper teapot in the distillery canteen, this un-chillfiltered tribute dram was matured in first fill Oloroso Sherry casks. The whisky boasts swathes of sweet red apples, subtle Demerara sugar and tangy Seville marmalade.
Inspired by the days of tea breaks with a difference, when the workers at Glengoyne would receive a thrice-daily whisky ration, the cask strength Teapot Dram Batch No. 007 has been lovingly recreated by men with a hazy recollection of those times. And because the daily dram would never be taken from an old cask, this is a deliberately young, bold whisky.
CHECK OUR FULL RANGE OF GLENGOYNE HERE
Welcome to this weeks episode in which I’ll be looking at some new and auld releases from the independent bottling company Duncan Taylor.
Glenallachie Distillery.
IMPEX BEVERAGES WILL BRING THE GLENALLACHIE TO MORE WHISKY FANS ACROSS THE USA
The award-winning Speyside whisky company is teaming up with ImpEx Beverages to distribute its whiskies across the United States
The multi award-winning GlenAllachie Distillery is extending its reach across the USA with the news that it has appointed ImpEx Beverages as its new exclusive importer.
The appointment, which begins on May 1st, will see California-based ImpEx Beverages as the new exclusive US Importer for the brands and The GlenAllachie becoming available in more states in the US.
Through the new commercial relationship, The GlenAllachie Distillers Company core range of single malts and MacNair’s Lum Reek blended malt will be distributed into around 20 additional states including key markets such as Texas and Colorado. ImpEx has been importing and distributing whiskies and spirits across the US since 2008.
David Keir, Sales & Marketing Director at GlenAllachie, said: “We’re very excited about this partnership with ImpEx who have many years of experience building brands and I’m looking forward to working with their team growing The GlenAllachie across the USA.”
Sam Filmus, President of ImpEx Beverages, noted: “We have been following The GlenAllachie for a long time and are thrilled to now be a part of its future success in the US Market. The quality whiskies that Billy Walker and his team produce are a fantastic addition to our premium whisky portfolio.”
The news follows a sustained period of growth and success since Master Blender and entrepreneur Billy Walker and his team acquired The GlenAllachie Distillery in 2017 and formed The GlenAllachie Distillers Co
In March, Walker won the prestigious Icons of Whisky Global Master Blender / Distiller of the Year award at the Whisky Magazine Awards. At the same awards, the MacNair’s Lum Reek 21-year-old won World Whiskies Awards World’s Best Blended Malt. The GlenAllachie 10-year-old Cask Strength Batch 3 also won Best Scotch Speyside Single Malt.
In addition, The GlenAllachie also collected a remarkable hat-trick of Double Gold medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The prestigious Double Gold medals were awarded to the 12, 15, and 25-year-old Single Malts. MacNair’s Lum Reek Blended Malt Scotch 12-year-old won a Gold medal.
Prior to this, in September 2019, The GlenAllachie was voted Scottish Distillery of the Year at the inaugural Scottish Whisky Awards.
The GlenAllachie has a number of new products in the development pipeline, including a new batch of Wood Finishes, with the US release expected to be in early 2021. In May, its Visitor Centre also reaches its 1st Anniversary.
Notes
The GlenAllachie Distillery, sitting in a 20-acre site in Speyside, was designed by William Delme-Evans – the architect behind Jura, Macduff and Tullibardine – and was built in 1968. It has four stills and, unusually, two separate spirit safes, one for each set of stills.
In 2008, a new chapter began for Sam Filmus, after years in the business captaining JVS Wines Import. With ImpEx Beverages, his vision was to import premium and rare Spirits from around the world, with special emphasis on the best of what Scotland has to offer.
Further information on the distillery and company can be found at www.theglenallachie.com
Facebook – @TheGlenAllachie
Twitter – @TheGlenAllachie
Instagram – @theglenallachie_
MacNair’s Facebook – @macnairs
ImpEx Facebook – @ImpExBev
ImpEx Twitter – @ImpExBev
ImpEx Instagram – @ ImpEx_Bev
