FOUR CANADIAN WHISKIES FROM SAZERAC AWARDED SILVER MEDALS AT NEW YORK WORLD WINE & SPIRITS COMPETITION 

Montreal, Canada (Jan. 8, 2019) – Judges awarded four Canadian whiskies from the Sazerac Company with Silver medals at the eighth annual New York World Wine & Spirits Competition, labeling them as outstanding spirits that show “refinement, finesse, and complexity.”

            Silver Medal Winners:

• Caribou Crossing Single Barrel Canadian Whisky
• Royal Canadian Small Batch Canadian Whisky
• Rich & Rare Reserve Canadian Whisky
• High River Canadian Whisky

The New York World Wine & Spirits Competition consisted of a panel of renowned judges from the New York area that assessed over 340 spirits in the 2018 competition. This two-day event included a blind tasting of participating spirits followed by awards ranging from Double Gold to Bronze.

Complete results of the 2018 New York World Wine & Spirits Competition can be found at https://www.nywscomp.com/results/.

About Sazerac

Sazerac is one of America’s oldest family owned, privately held distillers with operations in the United States in Louisiana, Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Maryland, California, and global operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, India, Australia and Canada. For more information on Sazerac, please visit www.sazerac.com.

ABV:51.8%  AGE:26 Year Old VINTAGE:1992 CASK TYPE:Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon CASK #:#8315 BOTTLER: Distillery REGION: Highland TYPE:Single Malt Scotch

GlenDronach 26 Year Old 1992 vintage Highland single malt Scotch whisky. Single cask Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon #8315 bottled June 2018. Specially selected and bottled exclusively for The Whisky Barrel. 720 numbered bottles. Nose: Toffee popcorn and chocolate covered caramel nuts. Cantaloupe melon. Palate: Marzipan and sticky toffee. Grass, pineapple skin and hints of freshly ground rose pepper.

Glendronach Malt Whiskey Distillery was established north east of Huntley in the Highland whiskey region by James Allardice in 1826. The malting floors at Glendronach Distillery closed in 1996 and it was the last distillery in Scotland to heat its stills directly with flames from a coal-fired furnace, until it had to comply with new regulations in 2005. Glendronach Distillery is resplendent with a traditional cask iron mash tun, wooden washbacks, four stills. Famous for its well-aged and top quality sherried single malt, for example Glendronach 21 Year Old Parliament, and single cask releases. The distillery is now owned by Brown Forman of America.

Whiski Rooms 0131-225-7224

So 2019 is finally here and we have lots going on with our 2/3 set lunch menu back on for £12/£15 and our whisky tastings are back in force with a range of tastings to suit all palates.

Let us not forget Burns Night where we will have a special set menu available all week to toast our bard, Robert Burns

Set 2/3 Course Lunch Offer

Join us on weekdays for our special lunch offer – choose from 2 courses at £12 or 3 courses for £15.  Fresh Scottish produce is our speciality and with the best views over Edinburgh, it will be feast for the senses.

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Whisky Tastings Galore

We host numerous whisky tastings throughout the week and feature INtroduction to Whisky as well as our delightful Whisky & Cheese and Whisky & Chocolate tastings – all bookable online so treat yourself to some delicious fun.

View our tastings here

BURNS WEEK

Burns Night is 25th Jan as normal however this year we will have a special Burns Menu available in addition to our a la carte menu from 21st – 27th Jan 2019 at £29.95 for 3 courses with a free nip of whisky.

View WHISKI Rooms Burns Supper here

Call us on 0131-225-7224 to book 

WHISKI ROOMS
4-7 NORTH BANK STREET
EDINBURGH, EH1 2LP

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WE’RE HERE! Whisky of the Year! If you don’t want spoilers, don’t expand this box.

So many great whiskies to choose from in 2018. Scotch, Bourbon, Irish, Indian, Taiwanese, the list is endless. But one thing is for sure, we’ve got four unbelievable examples of the best of the best above.

Balblair 1991 Vintage

High West Midwinter Nights Dram

Maker Mark Private Select Batch 001 TWS

Glen Scotia Ruby Port Cask – Cask Strength

My top 4 of the year! Some stunning styles, all seeing me through into the later years of my life. Thank you all for a sensational 2018, here’s to 2019 and all the booze it’s going to bring us! Cheers

SCOTLAND: Isle of Raasay Distillery’s Burns and Whisky Weekend package – £339

The Isle of Raasay Distillery is hosting a Burns and Whisky Weekend a stone’s throw away from where the poet, Sorley Maclean, was born.

The offering includes a two-night stay for two including all meals, checking in Friday 25th January and checking out Sunday 27th January 2019. Guests will dine at the distillery on Friday evening and enjoy a hearty lunch on Saturday before an exclusive whisky tasting and warehouse tour with the distillery’s co-founder, Alasdair Day.

The weekend will finish in style with a traditional Burns supper on the Saturday evening, featuring traditional Scottish dishes, from traditional haggis to rhubarb cranachan with homemade shortbread and whisky fudge.

Rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis, early bookings are advised to secure an idyllic Cuillin view. Bookings can be made here or  email: bookings@raasaydistillery.com or by calling: +44 (0) 1478 470178.

Littlemill 26 Year Old 1988 vintage Lowland single malt Scotch whisky. Single cask refill sherry hogshead distilled November 1988 and bottled March 2015 by Hunter Laing & Co. for the Old & Rare Platinum Selection. Selected and bottled Exclusively for The Whisky Barrel. Just 150 numbered bottles from this lost distillery. Nose: A light gold whisky with a nose of vanilla custard powder giving way to apples, pears and slightly leafy notes of butterscotch coming through late. Taste: On the palate it has a creamy mouthfeel with butter shortbread at the start, followed by apple skins and a cinnamon note. Finish: The finish is long, dry and slightly fruity, with a hint of oak.

Littlemill Distillery was established in 1772 to the west of Bowling by the north shore of the River Clyde and on the main road into Glasgow. Subsequent modifications during the 1930s resulted in a number of novel features including double ventilation towers which sat over a single drying kiln and pot stills with rectifiers rather than the traditional swan necks. The combination of pot and column stills in Littlemill Distillery was designed to produce malt whiskey which was expected to mature quickly. When production ceased in 1992 Littlemill Distillery was the oldest working malt whiskey distillery in Scotland. Closed in 194 and demolished in 2006 and now Littlemill is a lost Scottish distillery although the shell of the manager’s house remains.

BOOK NOW

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

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GLENDRONACH

26 YEAR OLD 1992 EXCLUSIVE #8314

£269.95

ABV: 52.0% AGE: 26 Year Old VINTAGE: 1992 CASK TYPE: Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon CASK #: #8314 BOTTLER: Distillery REGION: Highland TYPE: Single Malt Scotch

GlenDronach 26 Year Old 1992 vintage Highland single malt Scotch whiskey. Single cask Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon #8314 bottled June 2018. Specially selected and bottled exclusively for The Whisky Barrel. 706 numbered bottles. Nose: Dark chocolate, sultanas, dried apricot and figs. Palate: Roasted chestnuts with figs and Christmas spices. Apple and pear compote.

Glendronach Malt Whiskey Distillery was established north east of Huntley in the Highland whiskey region by James Allardice in 1826. The malting floors at Glendronach Distillery closed in 1996 and it was the last distillery in Scotland to heat its stills directly with flames from a coal-fired furnace, until it had to comply with new regulations in 2005. Glendronach Distillery is resplendent with a traditional cask iron mash tun, wooden washbacks, four stills. Famous for its well-aged and top quality sherried single malt, for example Glendronach 21 Year Old Parliament, and single cask releases. The distillery is now owned by Brown Forman of America.