Whisky Live New York 2015

February 25th, 2015 5:30pm-10:00pm

Location: Chelsea Piers 23rd Street and 12th Avenue, Pier 60, New York, NY 10011 Website and Ticket Booking: https://www.whiskylivena.com/event/whisky-live-new-york-2015/

VIP Tickets are $149, and include entrance to Whisky Live New York at 5:30pm plus Glencairn souvenir tasting glass, show guide, full dinner buffet, and live entertainment.

Whisky Live is the international celebration of whisky, bringing all the whiskies of the world together under one roof.  Whisky Live prides itself on bringing together the finest whiskies, great food and a range of education and entertainment to make learning about whisky both fun and stimulating.  Whether you are a whisky enthusiast, an uninitiated newcomer or just looking for a day out that offers you something different, Whisky Live has something for everyone.

Whisky Live gives you the unique opportunity to sample the greatest whiskies in the world, whilst mingling with the producers and distillers, marketers and visitor center staff, all under one roof.  In addition to learning about the world of whisky, you will be able to sample rare and sought-after whiskies and meet the stars of the industry.

This week Joe Ellis begins his vertical tasting of the Springbank whiskies and reviews Springbank CV.

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Introducing Glenmorangie Dornoch

With all the winners of the regional rounds of the Icons of Whisky Awards announced, the issue published May 8 lets the world know the Global Icons of Whisky winners, following the presentation dinner in London. It is in this issue that we also celebrate the World Whiskies Awards, presented at the dinner.

We review the second round of the ‘Battle of the Blends’ between Neil Ridley and Dave Broom and the travel focus takes us to The Lowlands of Scotland, highlighting whiskies from this region with Davin de Kergommeaux reporting from the Alberta Distillers. Seaneen Sullivan visits the island of Skye and gives readers whisky and food combinations to enjoy.

Speyside is the cover story for the issue published June 12. Annabel Meikel visits a number of distilleries in the Speyside region and previews their involvement with The Speyside Festival in April. Staying in Speyside we report on the influence of railways on the whisky industry in Speyside. Our travels also take us to the state of Kentucky to review the Bourbon Visitor Centers.

 To further maximize circulation of this issue, we are distributing this issue of Whisky Magazine with the next issue of Scotland Magazine sent to over 30,000 readers globally.

Editorial Features
Issue No.126
Special Features

Whisky Focus: The Lowlands of Scotland
Feature articles: Alberta Distilleries, Whisky Auctions
Global Icons of Whisky and World Whiskies Award winners announced
Publication Date: May 8
Copy Deadline: February 20

Issue No.127
Special Features

Whisky Focus: Speyside
Feature articles: Bourbon Visitor Centers
Special distribution: TFWA Asia Pacific and this issue is also sent with Scotland Magazine
Publication Date: June 12
Copy Deadline: March 16

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Highland Queen 1561 30 Year Old Blended Whisky

Save over 40% (RRP £120.00)

IWSC Gold Medal Winner 2014

Highland Queen 1561 has been produced using traditional cask maturation, where the malt and grain whiskies are blended together and then recasked into barrels for further maturation for a period of at least six months.

This allows the whiskies to marry together perfectly to give us an incredibly smooth blended whisky. This is a superb example of a vintage, traditionally produced super premium Scotch whisky.

“The result we leave, with confidence to your judgement”

Tasting Notes

The sweetness from the sherry cask comes through on the nose, together with notes of butterscotch, leather and spices. We can also detect hints of cinnamon and apple. In the mouth the whisky is exceptionally smooth and elegant, there are hints of smoke and an underlying flavor of cinnamon apple crumble. The finish is long and elegant.

Price:£58.33 ex VAT
£70.00 inc VAT
ABV:40%

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www.ralfy.com examines average quality in a good presentation with  Whisky Review 513 – Tamnavulin 21yo @ 48.2%vol (TSMOS)

Happy New Year from Mulberry Bank Auctions!

There are exciting changes afoot in the Whisky Auction!  In March we will be launching our new Timed Online Auction.  In addition we are happy to announce that our Commission Rates in our Whisky Auctions will be reduced to 10% for both buyers & vendors… making Mulberry Bank the only traditional auction house to offer the same commission rates as online auctions. The difference is that you now have two platforms on which to sell your bottles which attract different clientele. So you pay less for the largest exposure and achieve the best prices.

Our traditional Whisky auction will still take place on Tuesday (next auction 3^rd March) but will then be followed on the Thursday (5^th March) by our Timed Auction which will run for 1 week – finishing on the following Thursday(12^th March). 

Timed Auction – This auction will consist of bottles exclusive to this auction alongside unsold bottles from previous traditional auctions. The auction will begin at 12 Noon on Thursday and finish at 7pm the following Thursday.  Unlike other timed online auctions we will not require a payment for bidder registration.

So if you have any whiskies that you would like to enter into our auction give us a call/ e-mail/ pop in for a valuation.

I will also be out and about on valuation days over the next few weeks in Ayr; Dunbar; Aberdeen & Fort William.  So, if you are in these areas and want whisky valued/ entered into our sale call us for details of these valuation days or watch local press for details.

Please note that the last day for entries into our next auction is Friday 20^th February.

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Glasgow

G3 8LH

T: 0141 225 8181

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CELEBRATE BURNS AT 28 QUEEN STREET

We present this relaxed Burns tasting and dinner where the whisky will take centre stage. There will be a mix of traditional Burns elements, Society drams and fine food when we match three drams to a three course dinner. Entertainment will be interspersed throughout the evening…

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Scotland – Single Malt Scotch

• Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #3 Single Malt Whisky 750ml (Elsewhere $1700) – 1 available ($1,499.99) Named for the marrying 2000 liter tun where these 10 casks were mingled before bottling. Very rare and highly allocated. Pretty much the only option to taste small batch Balvenie. A definite throwback to an older style. The barrels in questions were all layed down by Master Blender David Stewart and their marriage is designed to capture the unusual and mystical atmosphere in Balvenie’s famous Warehouse #24. In all, 7 bourbon casks and 3 sherry butts went into batch three. The oldest dating to 1967 and the youngest from 1989, the majority of the whisky comes from the 70s and early 80s. Cask strength and true to form, this is the Balvenie at its best. -David Girard, K&L Spirits Buyer

• Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #6 Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 1 available ($799.99) Here is the new batch of Balvenie’s well received NAS small production vatting: nine casks–seven traditional whisky cask (perhaps they mean hoggies?) and two sherry butts–from various vintages, all finished in the Tun 1401, a traditional marrying vessel. Some are close to 30 years old. This limited release will not be around for long. The distillery describes it as “fragrant and fruity with barley sugar sweetness and soft vanilla. The liquid is sweet at the start, followed by a luscious explosion of tangy citrus and gentle spices. Notes of honey combined with rich vanilla syrup and hints of oak tannin give a rich finish with a lingering sweetness.”

• 2001 PC6 – Port Charlotte 6 year old “Cuairt-Beatha” Islay Single Malt Whisky 750ml (Elsewhere 600) – 1 available ($400.00) Best New Whisky and Best Whisky 12 Years and Under (Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible, 2009) The Port Charlotte 6 Year is a thoroughly original, heavily peated whisky (40ppm) distilled, matured and bottled at Bruichladdich Distillery. It is the same whisky as the PC-5, just a year older, a little mellower and a little lower in alcohol (2%). Called Cuairt Beatha, which translates to “Walk of Life,” the name was given to represent the spiritual journey of both the whisky and the men who made it. Distiller Jim McEwan says: “Opens beautifully balanced on malt, peat and young spirit. The youth and strenght of the spirit infusing the aromas of green apple, mild mint, clove, bayleaf and forest greenwood. Given a dash of water and time little notes of meadowsweet, iris and honeysuckle…as the next wave of bracken and smoke with a slipstream of vanilla is about to overload the olfactory senses. The Madeira cask influence lies deep in the glass and brings the rich notes of syrupy dates and raisins…it’s got an effervescence of spindrift and smoke, sweet citrus–the texture of the spirit is awesome due to trickle distillation. It’s the integration of all the characters of this island…that gives this spirit a 100% Islay DNA.”

United States – Bourbon and Rye

• High West Bourye Bourbon/Rye Whiskey 750ml ($79.99)

K&L Wine Merchants
http://www.klwines.com
Phone: 877-KLWines (toll free 877-559-4637)
Email: wine@klwines.com
San Francisco, Redwood City, Hollywood CA

January 2015 15% Off Sale

Someone said to me that it’s been a long time since The Whisky Shop Dufftown had a January sale.  Having done our stocktake we can change that and we certainly need the room.  There’s just nowhere else we can put another shelf.  So we have decided to put over 100 different products on sale with at least 15% off to mark the start of 2015.  The full list is below.   We have also kept some of our festive offers on for January.  All our sale items are listed on the SPECIAL OFFERS page.

These are all limited stock so do not delay if you are interested.

The Whisky Shop Dufftown Ltd

1 Fife Street, Dufftown, Keith, Scotland AB55 4AL

Telephone: +44 (0)1340 821097