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Ulf Buxrud
19-04-1942 ~ 30-12-2022
Author, Malt Maniac, Keeper of the Quaich, collector, connoisseur and Bon vivant.
Books by Ulf
Whisky – the final release, 2020
Rare Malts, 2006.
Japanese whisky, 2008.
A SMOOTHLY COMPLEX FLORAL EXPRESSION
Bohemian Blossom is a small batch, hand-crafted Scotch whisky made using a selection of sweet single malts, inspired by the Speyside region, combined to create a smoothly complex floral expression. A sweet blended malt whisky with lively floral notes and a touch of spice, this exclusive Limited Release of only 4,200 bottles is a sumptuous blended Scotch malt whisky designed to be savoured and enjoyed.
Palate: Zesty clementine, golden sultanas and the warmth of freshly grated ginger
Finish: Complex spices with a whisper of dry wood smoke
ABV: 45.4%
Chill filtration: Non-chill filtered
BRAW BURNS BOTTLINGS
We love to wax lyrical about Rabbie Burns…a true maverick with a playful mischievous streak and a glint in the eye that you can’t help but admire. We’re letting the party play on this month as we look forward to celebrating our National Bard on Wednesday, 25 January. Get involved in the Society action, get along to one of our Burns Night Sippers and Suppers events or make sure you’ve got the very best whisky in your glass for a toast.
We’ve just released a NEW selection of Braw Burns Bottlings, click over to our website to discover the release or keep on scrolling for a cast of colourful characters not to be missed.
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
KENTUCKY DISTILLERS’ ASSOCIATION WELCOMES
FRESH BOURBON DISTILLERY AS NEWEST CRAFT MEMBER
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced that Fresh Bourbon Distillery in downtown Lexington is the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry.
Founded by Sean and Tia Edwards in 2017, Fresh launched its first Bourbon in 2020 in partnership with Hartfield & Co. Distillery in Bourbon County. Fresh opened a boutique distillery, tasting room and cocktail experience at 377 East Main Street in Lexington earlier this year.
“We’re thrilled and honored to be accepted to join the prestigious collection of distilleries in the KDA,” Sean Edwards said. “Since we started our journey to produce a new Bourbon brand, we’ve been amazed and humbled by the support of people all across the industry who have helped us through numerous challenges.”
Tia Edwards said, “Becoming a KDA member is a milestone achievement and marks the beginning of the next chapter for us. We’re delighted to be participants in this community, and we look forward to an expanded role in giving back and helping support the Kentucky Bourbon industry as a whole.”
A Class B distiller, Fresh Bourbon is a Craft-level member at KDA, aging less than 10,000 barrels a year, and joins an impressive list of distilleries in Fayette County, including Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co., Bluegrass Distillers, James E. Pepper Distillery, RD1 Distillery and Barrel House Distilling Co.
“Sean and Tia have poured their hearts into developing a contemporary concept built on Kentucky’s rich Bourbon heritage,” Gregory said. “We are inspired by their passion, vision and commitment, and proudly welcome them to the KDA and our family of Kentucky’s finest distillers.”
Fresh Bourbon uses a unique four-grain recipe in its flagship brand incorporating honey malt, a rarely used grain in distilling which produces a distinctive sweet and floral character. Sean Edwards said he anticipates releasing single barrel expressions and new products over the next several years.
Learn more at https://freshbourbon.com.
Fresh also is now eligible to apply to join the KDA’s Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour®, which the association created in 2012 as the nation’s first and only tourism attraction to showcase the flourishing artisan distilling movement.
Founded in 1880, the KDA is the voice for Bourbon and spirits issues. Its diverse membership produces the overwhelming majority of the world’s Bourbon, from legendary, global brands to emerging micro distilleries that are building the next generation of the timeless craft.
Bourbon is one of Kentucky’s most treasured industries, a booming $9 billion economic and tourism engine that sustains more than 22,500 jobs with an annual payroll topping $1.23 billion each year, and pays over $285 million in local and state taxes and $1.8 billion in federal alcohol taxes, more than any other state.
A key export, distilling has the state’s highest job spin-off factor among top manufacturers; buys at least 17 million bushels of corn and other grains every year, mostly from Kentucky farm families; and is currently investing more than $5.2 billion in new stills, warehouses, bottling lines, tourism experiences and more.
Bourbon production has skyrocketed more than 475% since the turn of the century.
Kentucky now boasts more than 11.4 million barrels of Bourbon aging in warehouses across the Bluegrass, the most in its revered distilling history. Distillers filled more than 2.6 million barrels in 2021 alone, the fourth consecutive year that production topped 2 million.
Attendance at the KDA’s Kentucky Bourbon Trail® and Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour® distilleries has surged more than 300% in the last 10 years. Total attendance in 2021 was more than 1.5 million visits, just below the pre-COVID record of 1.7 million visits in 2019.
Visit www.kybourbon.com and www.kybourbontrail.com to learn more.
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association is a 501(c)(6) non-profit trade association that passionately unites, promotes, protects and elevates the Commonwealth’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. The KDA maintains an open membership policy, champions a strong commitment to the responsible and moderate consumption of spirits, and fights to curb underage drinking and drunk driving.
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Whisky Show 2023 tickets are on sale now!
Early-bird tickets to Whisky Show are on sale now, for a limited time only. Be sure to grab a ticket before the discount ends, or why not chance your luck at our famous Burn Night Quiz and win tickets to the Sunday session of Whisky Show 2023?
Early-Bird tickets
Our special Early Bird tickets are on sale now but for a limited time only. Whisky Show 2023 tickets start at only £69 and give you the opportunity to try more than 1000 whiskies and other spirits from an amazing selection of distilleries, as well as food-pairings, cocktails, demonstrations, talks and much more. Be sure to get your hands on these great deals before they’re gone!
Exhibitors
We are excited to welcome back some of the biggest names in whisky! Meet and taste the best of the best, from Scotch to bourbon and everything in between. Keep an eye on our extensive list of exhibitors attending this year’s show which is being updated regularly.
Ezra Brooks “Cask Strength” K&L Exclusive Single Barrel #7849530 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) $49.99 View
Clyde May’s “K&L Exclusive” Batch #913 Indiana Straight Rye Whiskey (750ml) $54.99 View
Clyde May’s “K&L Exclusive” Batch #914 Indiana Straight Rye Whiskey (750ml) $54.99 View
Rebel “K&L Exclusive” Single Barrel #7755780 Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) $54.99 View
Wild Turkey “Rare Breed” Small Batch Barrel Proof Kentucky Bourbon (750ml) $59.99 View
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ONLINE RETAILER OF THE YEAR 2023
Peat’s Beast PX Sherry Wood
A ferociously full-bodied single malt whisky, packed with a big bite of untamed peatiness. Familiar hints of peppery peat smoke, damp burnt bracken and the salty notes of sea weed. But Peat’s Beast Sherry gives you more – There are subtle sweet notes of dates and figs with the sweet hues of Spanish Sherry, an absolute juxposition between dry peat smoke and rum and raisin Ice Cream, a quite sublime dram.
Nose – Damp smoke, peat, TCP, seaweed then morphing into sweet syrupy burnt sugar notes from the Sherry Cask.
Mouth – A real peat bite, but wrapped in a gorgeous warm coat of dates, figs, hints of clove and vanilla.
Finish – The peat fire stays at the back of the throat but there are strong notes of chocolate, sweet rum and raisin Ice Cream, burnt caramel. Incredible long finish.
A full-bodied sherried single malt whisky, packed with a big bite of untamed peatiness. Sherry Bomb! was £57.50 – ON OFFER at £45
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Benromach Cask Strength 2012 Vintage Batch 03
New batch from Benromach Cask Strength Series. This release balances autumnal spices with stewed fruit, Seville orange zest, toasted oak, and delicate smoke. This limited release was created by combining 21 casks, and bottled without chill-filtration or artificial colouring.
£59.99
Lexi and Josh
Toasted Maple Barrel Rye and Toasted Barrel Finished Rye are selections #8 and #9 in Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series line of experimental whiskeys available only in Tennessee
Lynchburg, Tennessee (September 7, 2022) – The Jack Daniel Distillery introduces the latest expressions in its Distillery Series line of experimental whiskeys, formerly known as the Tennessee Tasters’ Selection. Specially selected by husband and wife team Josh and Lexie Phillips, Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series selection #8 is a Toasted Maple Barrel Rye and selection #9 is a Toasted Barrel Finished Rye.
“At Jack Daniel’s, we take pride in controlling every aspect of the whiskey making process, from cultivating our own yeast to crafting our own barrels. Having the Jack Daniel Cooperage gives us an unmatched ability to experiment with specifications to see how different materials and techniques can impart new flavors and aromas,” said Chris Fletcher, Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller. “These two barrel-finished rye whiskeys are a result of that experimentation process, and we think they stand out as truly unique offerings that reflect the spirit of craft and innovation we have here at the Jack Daniel Distillery.”
Toasted Maple Barrel Rye – Selected by Taster Josh Phillips
Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series Toasted Maple Barrel Rye is a Straight Tennessee Rye Whiskey originally barrelled in March 2017 then finished in high-toast, no char maple barrels in September 2021. Toasted Maple Barrel Rye is bottled at 101 proof (50.5% abv) and features a sweet aroma of honey and vanilla with notes of maple, raisins, pralines, and butterscotch with a lasting finish of toasted marshmallow.
Toasted Barrel Finished Rye – Selected by Assistant Distiller Lexie Phillips
Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series Toasted Barrel Finished Rye is a Straight Tennessee Rye Whiskey originally barreled Summer 2014 and then rebarreled in high-toast, no char oak barrels in October 2019. Toasted Barrel Finished Rye is bottled at 101 proof (50.5% abv) and has notes of caramel and toasted oak with layers of rye spice, molasses, and dark chocolate imparting a full body mouth feel.
Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series Toasted Maple Barrel Rye and Toasted Barrel Finished Rye will be available in 375ml bottles for a SRP of $41.99 after tax beginning in September at the White Rabbit Bottle Shop at the Jack Daniel Distillery and in select stores in Tennessee.
For more information, visit www.jackdaniels.com.
About Jack Daniel’s
Officially registered by the U.S. Government in 1866 and based in Lynchburg, Tenn., the Jack Daniel Distillery is the first registered distillery in the United States and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Jack Daniel’s is the maker of the world-famous Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey, Gentleman Jack Double Mellowed Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Apple, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Rye, Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select and Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails. Today, Jack Daniel’s is a true global icon found in more than 170 countries around the world and is the most valuable spirits brand in the world as recognized by Interbrand.
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Straight Rye Whiskey, 50.5% alc. by vol (101 proof). Jack Daniel Distillery, Lynchburg, Tennessee. JACK DANIEL’S is a registered trademark. ©2022 Jack Daniel’s. All rights reserved.
January 2023 ~ Whisky Intelligence is playing catch up……….
Introducing DC112, created using elements of ten Sullivans Cove single casks, masterfully blended by Distillery Manager, Heather Tillott. It is with a generous helping of 20 year old single cask HH0080, and a sprinkle of 7 year old TD0399, that Sullivans Cove Double Cask harnesses the incredible breadth of age and oak within our bond store. Creating something creamy, fruit forward and unmistakably Sullivans.
A gentle and deep ocean of savoury spice on sugar awaits: sandalwood incense, Lotus Biscoff, sweet cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar. Sweet grain and marshmallows then meet a medley of walnuts, hazelnut praline and apples, moving into bright lemon marmalade, lime musk and old school roses with an earthen, forest soil base.
That’s just the nose.
“An excellently structured and integrated marriage of quite diverse elements. Each variety of oak and prefill are present, not least of all the tell-tale signs of the Sullivans spirit, and together they combine to birth a wholly unique and stunning beast.” – Heather Tillott, Distillery Manager
TASTING NOTES AND CASK DETAILS
DC112 will be available to purchase via ballot on Monday 16 January 2023.
The ballot will be open for 24 hours from 10AM Hobart time on 16 January. Further details, with a link to enter the ballot will be sent via email prior to the ballot opening.
A note on our ballot system.
Our policy is one entry per person, per household. Our fraud detection algorithm detects multiple entries and removes them to ensure our whisky lands in the hands of our genuine supporters, so to ensure your entry counts, please enter once only. If you have any questions around our ballot process, you can email us at info@sullivanscove.com Successful entries will be notified shortly after the ballot closes.
