Archives for May 2011

Forthcoming Events Update

May 24, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Just a quick update from our events diary page regarding some forthcoming whisky tasting events organised by The Whisky Lounge.

Berry Brothers & Rudd
Friday 17th. June 2011 (7:30pm) The Britons Protection, Manchester

Tuesday 21st. June 2011 (7:30pm) The Red Lion, Crown Passage, London SW1

Tickets £22.00

Berry Brothers and Rudd have long been associated with fine wine and their shop in St. James’, London is a real experience and akin to stepping back in time to Dickensian Britain. For some years now they have also been developing a formidable reputation for bottling fine whiskies.
These normally take the form of single cask, single malt and bottled at no less than 46% ABV. Join us on this fantastic evening when Eddie Ludlow will be showing off some of the latest and greatest additions from this most incredible independent bottler. Due to the sheer breadth of what they bottle, this tasting really is suitable for all tastes and we believe your breath will be taken away by the quality on offer!

For more information: Berry Brothers & Rudd

Bluffer’s Guide to Whisky
Monday 22nd. August 2011 (7:30pm)The Red Lion, Crown Passage, London SW1

Friday 26th. August 2011 (7:30pm) The Britons Protection, Manchester

Saturday 27th. August 2011 (7:30pm) Blackfriars, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Tickets £10.00

For those who “.. always wanted to know about whisky, but were afraid to ask”…
We recognize that not everyone knows their Peat from their Pot Stills or their Glenlivet from their Glenmorangie, so this series has been put together with these poor, misguided individuals in mind!
Six whiskies from the various whisky-making regions of Scotland in a tasting designed to get the learning juices flowing.

For more information: Bluffer’s Guide to Whisky

The Macallan – Rare And Increasing In Price

May 24, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Macallan 1950 / 52 Year Old / Fine & Rare #598

The Macallan malt whisky has seen a steep increase in retail prices in it’s highly collectable ‘Fine & Rare’ range in the past week with prices rising by between 2% and a whopping 59%. Though the average was a much more sedate 10%.

So it can only be concluded that these malts are becoming rarer and more sought after. Low stocks with high demand and price increases are inevitable and they certainly seem to be out-stripping the rate of inflation and the general increases in the cost of living.

The 59% increase goes to the Macallan 1950 / 52 Year Old / Fine & Rare – (Increase: £2,751.45 Percentage Rise: 59% Now: £7,450.00 Was: £4,698.55 )

If you’re looking into collecting then maybe The Macallans are worth investigating. With dwindling supplies and no forseeable decrease in demand, prices are set to increase further.

The full details are shown below:-

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Results with Increases greater than 1% (74 Items):-

Macallan 1953 / 49 Year Old / Fine & Rare – Now: £10,300.00 Was: £10,136.92 Increase: £163.08 Percentage Rise: 2%

Macallan 1938 / 31 Year Old / Fine & Rare – Now: £10,700.00 Was: £10,136.79 Increase: £563.21 Percentage Rise: 6%

Macallan 1938 / 35 Year Old / Fine & Rare – Now: £10,700.00 Was: £10,136.79 Increase: £563.21 Percentage Rise: 6%

Macallan 1937 / 37 Year Old / Fine & Rare – Now: £10,700.00 Was: £10,136.79 Increase: £563.21 Percentage Rise: 6%

Macallan 1959 / 43 Year Old – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Now: £10,375.00 Was: £10,009.19 Increase: £365.81 Percentage Rise: 4%

Macallan 1949 / 53 Year Old / Fine & Rare – Now: £7,800.00 Was: £6,741.63 Increase: £1,058.37 Percentage Rise: 16%

Macallan 1946 / 56 Year Old / Fine & Rare – Now: £6,600.00 Was: £6,383.62 Increase: £216.38 Percentage Rise: 3%

Macallan 1949 / 52 Year Old / Fine & Rare – Now: £6,600.00 Was: £6,327.48 Increase: £272.52 Percentage Rise: 4%

Macallan 1950 / 52 Year Old / Fine & Rare – Now: £7,450.00 Was: £4,698.55 Increase: £2,751.45 Percentage Rise: 59%

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Dalmore 18 Year Old – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

May 24, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Dalmore 18 Year Old - Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – The latest expression of Dalmore is an 18yo, and it’s just as smooth, spicy and sweet as fans of this distillery would hope. Bottled at 43%, which is a great step forward for owners W&M, but we can’t help thinking this would be even better at 46%..

Price: £ 85.75 BUY IT NOW

You can buy it here: Dalmore 18 Year Old – Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.

Master Of Malt New Stock Bonanza

May 23, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Master of Malt has a bumper 67 New additions to it’s stock this week with whiskies from the Highland, Island, Islay, Lowland & Speyside regions as well as Australian / Kiwi, Canadian, Irish and Japanese malts.

The brands include Aberlour, Balblair, Balvenie, Banff, Benriach, Bladnoch, Bowmore, Brora, Bruichladdich, Caol Ila, Convalmore, Dalmore, Glen Grant, Glencadam, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, Glenury Royal, Highland Park, Isle Of Jura, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Macallan, Mannochmore, North Port, Oban, Old Pulteney, Port Ellen, Rosebank & Strathisla.

The ages of the new whiskies range from 10 to 40 Year Old malts.

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Supplier	Brand	Bottle Size	Price
Master of Malt	Caol Ila 12 Year Old (Alchemist) 3cl Sample Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 46.00% Summary: The malt whisky is 12 Year Old.	3cl	£ 3.45 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Cloudy Bay Pelorus Brut Single Malt Country: Australia and New Zealand Region: Australian and Kiwi Age: Strength: 12.50%	75cl	£ 16.95 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Canadian Club Single Malt Whisky Country: Canada Region: Canadian Age: Strength: 40.00%	70cl	£ 18.01 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Isle of Jura 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 10 Year Old Strength: 40.00% Summary: The malt whisky is 10 Year Old.	70cl	£ 22.27 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Old Pulteney 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 40.00% Summary: The malt whisky is 12 Year Old.	70cl	£ 24.80 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Bushmills 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Country: Ireland Region: Irish Age: 10 Year Old Strength: 40.00% Summary: The malt whisky is 10 Year Old.	70cl	£ 25.99 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Glenmorangie 10 Year Old Original Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 10 Year Old Strength: 40.00% Summary: The malt whisky is 10 Year Old.	70cl	£ 26.48 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Matisse 15 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Scotch Age: 15 Year Old Strength: 40.00% Summary: The malt whisky is 15 Year Old.	70cl	£ 29.95 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Caol Ila 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 43.00% Summary: The malt whisky is 12 Year Old.	70cl	£ 29.95 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Oban 14 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 14 Year Old Strength: 43.00% Summary: The malt whisky is 14 Year Old.	70cl	£ 34.40 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Aberlour aBunadh Batch 35 Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 60.30%	70cl	£ 34.95 BUY NOW
Master of Malt	Old Elgin 15 Year Old Single Malt Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Other Scotch Age: 15 Year Old Strength: 40.00% Summary: The malt whisky is 15 Year Old.	70cl	£ 35.78 BUY NOW

Glenfiddich 18 Year Old / Ancient Reserve / Black – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

May 23, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Glenfiddich 18 Year Old / Ancient Reserve / Black - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling.

Price: £ 175.00 BUY IT NOW

You can buy it here: Glenfiddich 18 Year Old / Ancient Reserve / Black – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.

Macallan 12 Year Old / Fine Oak – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

May 22, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Macallan 12 Year Old / Fine Oak - Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – Matured in Bourbon & Sherry Oak Casks..

Price: £ 43.75 BUY IT NOW

You can buy it here: Macallan 12 Year Old / Fine Oak – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.

Lagavulin 16 Year Old Miniature – Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky Miniature

May 21, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Lagavulin 16 Year Old Miniature - Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky Miniature

5cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling -.

Price: £ 9.95 BUY IT NOW

You can buy it here: Lagavulin 16 Year Old Miniature – Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky Miniature

Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.

Glenrothes 1990 / 18 Year Old / Sherry Cask – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

May 20, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Glenrothes 1990 / 18 Year Old / Sherry Cask - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 50.5% / Speciality Drinks Ltd – Bottled from a small batch of sherry hogsheads, this cask strength Glenrothes 1990 shows less overt sherried influence than many of the distilleries official output, while retaining the naturally sweet, clean distillery character..

Price: £ 47.95 BUY IT NOW

You can buy it here: Glenrothes 1990 / 18 Year Old / Sherry Cask – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.

Master Of Malt – The Glenfarclas Countdown Continues

May 19, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Go to Master of Malt for details

The competition to win a £4,000 (well £3,995 actually), 50 year old Glenfarclas (see: this entry) from the Master of Malt has now entered it’s 3rd. day and of the 500 bottles that could be bought to be eligible for entry into the draw, that number (at time of writing) is already down to 381.

We popped a little widget to keep track of the dwindling number of available entries onto our blog, you can see it above and to the right of the page and it’s been going down at a fair rate of knots.

As you would expect, the cheaper Glenfarclas brands have been selling the most, the Glenfarclas 15 Year Old and Glenfarclas 105, which were originally part of the list people could buy from to be eligible to enter the competition, have now sold out.

The cheapest malt to be had now is the Glenfarclas 10 Year Old at £27.97 followed by the Glenfarclas 21 Year Old priced at £60.15, the Glenfarclas 1987 Single Oloroso Cask (£66.45) and lastly the Glenfarclas 175th Anniversary retailing for £74.33.

If the peeps at Master of Malt haven’t got plenty of the above in stock and the un-thinkable happens and they run out then you’re starting to head towards malts costing £100 and considerably more.

So, if you’re tempted it might be wise to buy now or run the risk of digging deeper into your pockets a little later on if you want to enter the competition and be in with a chance to bag that gorgeous Glenfarclas.

There is a chance that if the cheaper stocks all sell out the more expensive malts might put people off and they won’t sell the allotted amount of 500.
In that case you’ll have a greater chance of winning as the odds will be more in your favour. 1 in 400 is better than 1 in 500!

Only time … and the counting down widget will tell …

Brora 30 Year Old / Bot. 2005 – Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky

May 19, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Brora 30 Year Old / Bot. 2005 - Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 56.3% / Distillery Bottling – Gold Medal Winner (The Malt Maniacs Awards 2007) One of only ten Gold Medal-winners at the Malt Maniacs Awards 2007, this is an absolute belter..

Price: £ 360.00 BUY IT NOW

You can buy it here: Brora 30 Year Old / Bot. 2005 – Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky

Or you can compare prices from a selection of suppliers here.