Non-Profit Organizations off to an Amazing Start with Help of Buffalo Trace Millennium Barrel

With Over Two Months to Go, Chances Still Available to Win this Collector’s Edition Bottle!

FRANKFORT, Franklin County, Ky (Oct. 2011) – Nearly $50,000 has been raised for charity to date through Buffalo Trace Distillery Millennium Barrel auctions. With more than two months and 100 non-profit fundraising events to go, the Distillery hopes to reach its goal of raising $200,000 for charity.

The Millennium Barrel bourbon was the last bourbon barrel of the twentieth century Buffalo Trace Distillery filled on Dec. 31, 1999 and set to age in the Distillery’s warehouse V, the world’s only bonded single barrel aging warehouse.

In June of 2011, the company bottled this single barrel of whiskey, which yielded 174 handwritten and individually numbered bottles. Each Millennium Barrel bottle was packaged in a numbered hardwood showcase box that includes a piece of the historic barrel’s charred oak stave.

Buffalo Trace Distillery then offered all 174 bottles to non-profit organizations wishing to raise funds for their charity. The only caveat was that the bottles had to be auctioned off by Dec. 31, 2011. Interested parties can check on upcoming charity fundraisers for their chance to win this piece of history at http://buffalotracemillennium.com/charities.html

“Some of these non-profits have found some really creative ways to raise money for their organizations. We’re excited so many people are supporting such worthwhile causes and encourage bourbon fans everywhere to go to the Buffalo Trace Millennium Barrel website to help support these groups,” said Kris Comstock, Buffalo Trace Bourbon brand manager.

Comstock referred to the New York Cares non-profit organization that raised $6,255 for their organization by creating it as a special prize offer only premier ticket holders to the event were eligible to win. There have been several other organizations across the country that have upped their dollars raised through other creative ways, such as combining the collector’s edition bourbon with other upscale prizes.

“With more than 100 non-profits events still scheduled before the end of the year, we hope to reach our goal of $200,000 for these worthwhile causes,” Comstock added.

About Buffalo Trace Distillery

Buffalo Trace Distillery is a family-owned company based in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky. The distillery’s rich distilling tradition dates back to 1787 and includes such legends as E.H. Taylor, Jr., George T. Stagg, Albert B. Blanton, Orville Schupp, and Elmer T. Lee. Buffalo Trace Distillery is a fully operational distillery producing bourbon, rye and vodka on site and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Distillery has won seven distillery titles since 2000 from such notable publications as Whisky Magazine, Malt Advocate Magazine and Wine Enthusiast Magazine. It was named Whisky Magazine 2010 World Icons of Whisky “Whisky Visitor Attraction of the Year.” Buffalo Trace Distillery has also garnered more than 200 awards for its wide range of premium whiskies. To learn more about Buffalo Trace Distillery visit www.buffalotrace.com .

Grant’s 25 Years Old in the 2012 Whisky Bible

Good afternoon,

You may recall this time last year when I wrote about how Grant’s 25 Year Old had been named ‘Best Blended Scotch Whisky, 19 Years and Over’ by Jim Murray of Whisky Bible fame. Well, I’m pleased to say we have been honoured with this most coveted title for the second year running.

For…(please click on the link below to read the remainder of the article)…

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Kind regards,
Ludo

Loch Fyne Whiskies has stocked a new item, ‘Malt Whisky Yearbook 2012’

Malt Whisky Yearbook 2012

An enthusiast’s yearbook, by an enthusiast, for an enthusiast. This latest version is so bang up to date Ingvar must have perfected some form of time travel! Remarkable.

298 pages

£13.95

https://www.lfw.co.uk/blog/2011/10/18/malt-whisky-yearbook-2012/

Best regards,
Loch Fyne Whiskies
david@lfw.co.uk

A rather iconic modern Malt gets a mention at www.ralfy.com with Whisky Review 225 – Amrut ‘Fusion’ Whisky.

Today is Whisky Wednesday!!
Come along to the St Machar Bar!!

10% off all drams!!!*
*with Whisky Society membership card!

MISS IT. MISS OUT.

Location: St Machar Bar (next to Blackwells bookshop!), High Street, Old Aberdeen
(click here for map)
Time and Date: 7pm – Wednesday 19th October 2011
What to Bring: Membership Card (for discount) + money + friends!!

and don’t forget to…and bring your friends

University of Aberdeen Malt Whisky Society
The Butchart Centre
University Road
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB24 3UT

Lutwyche launches first luxury men’s shoe in partnership with The Dalmore

Lutwyche, Britain’s leading men’s tailor, has taken its first step into men’s luxury shoe market with the production of its first shoe bearing the Lutwyche brand.

The Dalmore brogue is the product of an innovative collaboration with luxury single malt The Dalmore. Reflecting the Dalmore’s affiliation with the stag, whose head adorns every bottle of single malt whisky, the benchmade shoe is made from sustainably sourced deerskin and branded with the regal Dalmore stag’s head crest. Upon purchase, each shoe will be personalised with the customer’s name and each customer will also receive a bottle of The Dalmore’s award-winning King Alexander III single malt whisky.

For Lutwyche, famous for its tailor made suits, the collaboration with The Dalmore marks the brand’s introduction to the luxury men’s shoe market, having previously produced and marketed shoes bearing the Lodger brand.

The new Lutwyche shoes will continue to carry the same qualities of custom-fit and near bespoke comfort and quality, that differentiated the Lodger from the rest of the benchmade market. Central to the production process is the use of the latest cutting edge technology that sits alongside traditional craftmanship in the creation of each and every shoe. Exceptionally soft, supple and luxurious, deerskin leather is unparalleled in its ability to mould to the foot with repeated wear.

The Dalmore Lutwyche will only be available to buy from Thursday October 27th for one month only through Lutwyche’s Clifford Street store. The shoes cost £550, including a bottle of King Alexander III single malt whisky worth RRP£150.

The Dalmore
The Dalmore is the third fastest growing malt in the world, and the distillery owns some of the rarest and oldest stocks in Scotland.

A bottle of The Dalmore 62 Sinclair recently sold in Changi Airport, Singapore, for £125,000, making it the most expensive bottle very sold outside of auction. The first whisky to break the six figure barrier, The Dalmore Trinitas was bought in Harrods for £120,000.

In the last two years The Dalmore has sold a number of rare and expensive whiskies in record time. Dalmore’s Sirius peaked at £10,000 a bottle, and with only 10 available worldwide, the bottles sold out in four days and now change hands for twice that price.

The global whisky market is currently undergoing a significant boom in sales and as part of this growth Dalmore is seeing a real appetite for rare, luxury stocks.

Lutwyche
An established name within the luxury market, the celebrated tailor and Lutwyche founder, Tony Lutwyche, is internationally renowned for his ready-to-wear, made-to-measure and bespoke suits.

By taking on board the very best in luxury fabrics and the finest English tailoring skills, Tony Lutwyche has been described by FT How to Spend It as ‘The most important figure in English tailoring’. Having built up a formidable reputation over the last 10 years, Lutwyche has become the suit of choice amongst leading elite.

Lutwyche irrevocably changed the fate of English tailoring when, in 2006, he acquired England’s last remaining tailoring workshop in Crewe; placing him in the enviable position of making the only ‘Made in England’ suits available internationally. The exclusive ‘Lutwyche Collection’ is available in the US through Saks 5th Avenue, New York and Beverley Hills stores.

The Lutwyche store opened in London’s Mayfair (15 Clifford Street, London, W1S 4JZ) in November 2010, marking the UK launch of Lutwyche’s elegant hand-finished ready-to-wear suit range, now sold alongside its bespoke and made-to-measure services.

Dalmore King Alexander III
This release takes its name from the fact that in 1263 an ancestor of the Clan Mackenzie, later owners of Dalmore distillery for many years, saved King Alexander III from being gored by a stag.

Having made the maturation journey through no less than 6 different casks; French wine barriques, Madeira drums, Sherry butts from Jerez, Sicilian Marsala barrels, port pipes from the Douro and Bourbon barrels from Kentucky, the whisky was expertly brought together and harmonised by Master Blender Richard Paterson to create this complex malt.

Aged aromatic oloroso butts and Madeira drums provide citrus orange, spice and nuts, whilst redolent bourbon barrels deliver warm vanilla notes. Rich Port and Marsala woods add hints of wild berries and fleshy plums, enhanced with red fruits from vintage Cabernet Sauvignon barriques.

The overall result is a skilful confection that provides great harmony and sophistication, offering a very different Dalmore experience, while retaining all the malt’s core values. 40.0% ABV, 70cl, £150.00, specialist whisky merchants.

WEBSITES

www.lutwyche.co.uk/

www.thedalmore.com

Bringing in the Barley

Cask No. 22.29
Lowlands, Eastern Lowlands

Our first thoughts were of combine harvesters in golden fields of barley; sweet bails of hay, husk, meadow blossom and hessian sacks of grain. Then buttery short crust pastry, roasted chestnuts, sweet mincemeat pies and Manzanilla sherry, with raisins in a Waldorf salad. The neat palate was almost hoppy, reminiscent of a real ale IPA. The reduced nose was floral and gristy, like barley through the mill; a muesli mixture of husk and flour with nuts, raisins, papaya and dried apricots. The reduced palate was creamy with soy milk and bran flakes, muesli and beer. This Lowland whisky is brewed and distilled in the Lothians, also known as The Edinburgh Malt.

Drinking tip: Instead of a beer

Colour: Sunset on the ocean
Cask: Refill sherry butt
Age: 24 years
Date distilled: April 1987
Alcohol: 54.9%

$150

Jam making and harvested fields

Cask No. 9.60
Highlands, Speyside (Rothes)

The nose was buttery (buttered toast, croissants, bread and butter pudding) with raisins, baked apples, custard, new-made jam and mixed spice. The unreduced palate was big and full-bodied with lasting heat – the flavours included intense fruit and vanilla, poached pears with soft cinnamon spice and syrup and slightly burnt pastries with currants. Water accentuated the jam tarts (with icing sugar) on the nose and introduced an earthy note. The reduced palate, still rich and substantial, evoked a jam maker’s kitchen, fresh sourdough bread and the comforting glow of autumn sunshine on harvested fields. From the first distillery established in Rothes.

Drinking tip: A kitchen dram – or to evoke childhood autumn days

Colour: Burnished brass with beads
Cask: Refill hogshead
Age: 13 years
Date distilled: April 1997
Alcohol: 57.6%

$110

Clean smoking jackets

Cask No. 37.48
Highlands, Speyside

There was a cleanliness that suggested a doctor’s surgery or swimming pools; one Panellist found smoking jackets with the pockets stuffed full of boiled sweets, overripe squishy pears, tobacco and chocolate cake with raspberry jam. Grapefruit, empty cigar boxes and tuck shops were also mentioned. Zingy, hot, mouth-coating and thick on the palate, with tannic tobacco, bitter cocoa powder and custard apples. Water released sweetness – golden syrup (on Scottish plain bread) and tinned peaches in mango juice as well as freshness – Zoflora, lemon balm and scented candles. To taste it was soapy, soft, chewy, clean, fruity and warming. From Ballindalloch in Banffshire.

Drinking tip: In springtime while hanging out the laundry

Colour: Well-done biscuit
Cask: Second-fill hogshead
Age: 12 years
Date distilled: February 1999
Alcohol: 55.4%

$105

Medieval banquet
Cask No. 99.12
Highlands, Eastern Highlands

Weirdly complex – yeast, red grapes, linseed oil, ham & pickle crisps, winey-garlicky cheese fondue, white jasmine, strawberry shortcake fruit corner and Schweppes lemonade – everything at once like a medieval banquet. A savoury palate; brown sauce covered cold Scotch pie and more of those crisps but also lovely peachy-mango coulis, Canada Dry ginger ale and a dry peppery heat. Dry in reduction like an Oloroso sherry, wet clay, window putty, pork chops & apple sauce, Irn Bru, Wham or Refreshers bars – we couldn’t decide. To taste we thought the complexity was lost; it became dusty, with mutton, leather and starfruit. This Peterhead distillery closed in 1983.

Drinking tip: Much better neat, why not try this with a cheeseboard

Colour: Coppery amber
Cask: Refill sherry butt
Age: 30 years
Date distilled: May 1980
Alcohol: 46.7%

$185

Desperate Dan whisky

Cask No. 127.9
Islay, Loch Indaal

The initial nose suggested peat smoke, tar and TCP, langoustines on beach barbeques, burnt limes, liquorice, aniseed, biltong and hay. The big, intense, smoky palate had syrupy sweetness, violets, chilli, charcoal and ash – ‘A Desperate Dan whisky!’ someone exclaimed, but no-one particularly wanted to spit it out. The reduced nose seemed colour-coded – black pudding, black pepper, blackberries and Black Jack chews were all mentioned – as were tropical fruits, burnt wood, heather and the Bowmore swimming pool sauna. The reduced palate had sweet popcorn, mint, chalk and tar – drinkable neat, but also great with water. The peated version of distillery 23.

Drinking tip: Ladies – this will definitely attract real men – pour a glass or dab it behind your ears – whichever

Colour: Chardonnay
Cask: Refill barrel
Age: 9 years
Date distilled: December 2001
Alcohol: 65.1%

$90

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Please come and join us for our upcoming Single Malt Scotch tastings / seminars; eight different rare expressions from different regions will be tasted, along with appetizers.

San Francisco

October 24th @ 6:30pm @ the City Club 155 Sansome Street , San Francisco 94104

For more information, click on the link below

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Peninsula

October 25th @ 7pm @ La Boheme 1425 Burlingame Avenue , Burlingame 94010

For more information, click on the link below

http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1077718  

East Bay

October 26th @ 6:30pm @ Club Anton 428 3rd Street , Oakland , CA 94607

For tickets and more info contact Ruby: 510-816-1562 ruby@yournpoevents.com  

Hope to see you there!!

GlenDronach 21 Year Old ‘Parliament’

Matured in a combination of the finest Oloroso and Pedro Ximinez Sherry Casks.

Tasting Notes:

Nose – A delicate mix of ripe autumnal fruits – notably blackberries and red plums. Rich Oloroso sherry and candied orange segments. Spiced oatmeal biscuits and toasted oak fragrances bring excellent weight and balance.

Palate – Resolute flavours of fine Oloroso sherry and bitter chocolate sauce, which has been spread liberally over homemade plum pudding. This is all infused with fabulous spicy notes – cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Full bodied with smooth tannins.

£69.98 inc VAT
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GlenDronach Single Cask 1995 # 4681 – UK Exclusive – Sherry Matured – 725 bottles available

Glendronach 15 Year Old (1995) Single Cask

Selected and bottled exclusively for the UK

Cask Type – Pedro Ximinez Sherry Puncheon
Cask No – 4681
Bottled – 08/11

Appearance – cherry-wood and russet mahogany.
Nose – chocolate orange and stewed plum.
Palate – delivers chocolate, toffee, spiced fruits, figs, raisins and dates.

£59.99 inc VAT

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BenRiach Limited Release 1995 cask # 7164 – UK Exclusive – PX Sherry Finish – 695 bottles available

Benriach 1995 Pedro Ximinez Sherry Finish – Limited Release

Selected and bottled exclusively for the UK.

Cask Type – Pedro Ximinez Sherry Puncheon

Cask No – 7164

Character – Juicy fruits of melons, bananas and lychee. Clean toasted oak attributes and distinctive cinnamon flavours.

£58.00 inc VAT

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Epicurean Scotch Tasting Indulgence by Universal Whisky Experience

Universal Whisky Experience, in conjunction with world-famous single malt brand, Dalmore and Sirius– a true whisky innovation, is proud to extend an exclusive invitation to savour a unique evening of epicurean indulgence.

Join us for a great evening at one of the following cities.

November 7th, 2011 CHARLIE PALMER STEAKHOUSE WASHINGTON DC
November 9th, 2011 KEENS STEAKHOUSE NEW YORK CITY
December 5th, 2011 BUCHANAN’S STEAKHOUSE CALGARY, CANADA
December 7th, 2011 BOB’S STEAK & CHOP HOUSE DALLAS, TX
December 9th, 2011 GOTHAM STEAKHOUSE MIAMI

FOR TICKETS AND OTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW

http://universalwhiskyexperience.com/events