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Ardbeg Alligator / Untamed Release Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
70cl / 51.2% / Distillery Bottling – The general release of 2011’s much anticipated Ardbeg Committee Release – Alligator. It’s named for the high level of char on the inside of some of the casks used for maturation, which makes the wood look like alligator skin.
Price: £ 175.00 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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Ballantine’s 12 Gift Tin
Ballantines 12 Year Old has an clever new gift pack for the Christmas season.
The limited edition pack – which contains a bottle of Ballantines 12 – invites whisky enthusiasts to celebrate the iconic brand and have something nice to put on their bookshelf as well!
Peter Moore, Global Brand Director for Ballantines said: “This year, we have created a limited edition for Ballantines 12 that echoes the authenticity and originality of the whisky blend inside.”
The creative design has already started winning awards for Ballantines 12, with a Gold Award recently achieved at The Canmaker Magazine Cans of the Year Awards; internationally renowned for celebrating, promoting and rewarding the huge amount of innovative work that takes place within the metal packaging industry each year.
Benriach 1976 / 35 Year Old / Cask #6967 Speyside Whisky
70cl / 59% / Distillery Bottling – This whisky was distilled in 1976 and has spent 35 long years aging in an oak butt. This limited release is bottled at cask strength and is said to taste of “Lashings of raisins and sultanas, dancing with spices, pineapples and cedar wood”.
Price: £ 325.00 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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Jameson 18 Year Old Blended Irish Whiskey
70cl / 40% – The superlative Jameson 18yo has long been considered one of the brightest stars of the range. This blend of two potstill whiskies and a single grain is matured in Oloroso sherry casks and finished in bourbon wood for 6 months for a brilliantly complex potstill character.
Price: £ 74.95 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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Jameson Original
Jameson Original has been crowned ‘Irish Blend of the Year’ for the third year running in the recently-released 2014 edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible.
Murray gave Jameson Original an impressive 95/100 points, remarking that he was “blown away as usual” and that “this very special whiskey remains in truly wondrous form”.
In further good news for Irish Distillers, Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength whiskey was once again named both ‘Irish Whiskey of the Year’ and ‘Irish Pot Still of the Year’, with a record score for an Irish whiskey of 97/100 points, reinforcing Irish Distillers’ reputation for crafted excellence across all areas of the Irish Whiskey category.
Brian Nation, Irish Distiller’s Master Distiller, said: “We’re over the moon that so many of our whiskeys have been recognized for their high quality by Jim Murray. Plaudits like this mean a lot to all of us at the Midleton Distillery; we take great pride in ensuring the consistency and high standards that whiskey fans have come to expect from our whiskeys, so to receive this recognition from such an eminent figure in the whiskey world as Jim Murray is a great honour.”
The success in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible follows a momentous year for Irish Distillers, which saw the company unveil a host of new initiatives – including its new Garden Stillhouse and the first-ever Irish Whiskey Academy – as it aims to continue the Irish whiskey category’s consistently strong growth.
Win a Whisky Advent Calendar with Drinks by the Dram!
There is still a chance for whisky lovers to win a Whisky Advent Calendar!
The Whisky Advent Calendar Twitter competition will run until the 29th of November 2013 with a total of 12 calendars to be won.
The competition days fall on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays of each week
@DrinksbytheDram will post a trivia question on Twitter. Entrants must answer the question correctly and follow @DrinksbytheDram & retweet for a chance to win a Whisky Advent Calendar.
The Whisky Advent Calendar and The Premium Whisky Advent Calendar each contain 24 drams of delicious whisky sourced from all over the world.
The Whisky Advent Calendar and The Premium Whisky Advent Calendar have been redesigned for the 2013 Christmas season in visually striking packaging that, with various tasting and nosing notes, showcases the variety of flavours held within.
The back of each calendar displays detailed information about various cask sizes, allowing whisky enthusiasts to expand their whisky knowledge while they explore the 24 different drams within the calendar.
Benriach Curiositas 10 Year Old / Peated Speyside Whisky
70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – Curiositas is the hugely popular 10 year-old peated malt from the recently-revitalised Benriach distillery. One of the few overtly peated Speyside malts, and definitely one to try for phenol fans.
Price: £ 28.35 BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange
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Edencroft – New 30YO Caperdonich & Paul John Indian Malts!
Edencroft has 3 New additions to it’s range this week with some Indian and Speyside whiskies.
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Paul John – Brilliance Single Malt Country: Scotland Region: IndiaGoa Age: Strength: 46% Summary: A non-peated Indian Single Malt Whisky. Nose: a complex amalgam of nougat, spotted dog pudding (sans sultanas!) and orange blossom honey with the vanilla spinning tangled webs just beneath. Honey is captured as the bourbon element expands; a delicate gristiness ushers in a freshness to the custard tart; Taste: the mouth feel exudes star quality with the barley generating all kinds of juicy riches with the light Demerara sugars forming an elegant accompaniment. A coppery spine is soon carrying the barley in varied forms while a gorgeous cocoa sub strata heralds in the spices which buzz the taste buds at will; Finish: beautifully relaxed: a light tingle from the spices pulses contentedly, the vanillas gather in deeper intensity yet the barley and copper stretches to the end; Balance: yet another astonishing malt from India. |
1 x 70cl | £ 38.75 BUY NOW |
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Paul John – Edition Single Malt Country: Scotland Region: IndiaGoa Age: Strength: 46% Summary: Indian Single Malt whisky, with a hint of peat. Nose: chocolate mint evolves from the delicate peats which sit beautifully with the lesser oaky theme; a comfortable, yet always complex, nose with the smoke soft and relaxed and refusing to bully the juicier barley; Taste: grassy barley shows first, but then slowly gives way as those most gentle peat notes dissolve onto the palate and begins to build momentum and intensity. Again there is a chocolate mint/mocha theme, as well as a sublime mollassed note which injects all the sweetness required; Finish: long, helped by to-die-for oils, some hints of spice and now some tannins, plus the vanilla. But all is beautifully weighted, patient and poised; Oh, and did I mention the chocolate mint…? Balance: a new Indian classic: a sublime malt from the subcontinent. To be more precise: a world classic! Think of Ardmore at its most alluring: one of Scotland’s finest and most complex single malts, yet somehow possessing a saltiness and depth more befitting Islay. Then stir in a small degree of Ulmo honey and bourbon-style hickory and liquorice. Plus subtle chocolate mint. And there you have it…the smoke drifting around stirring up spicy tales of the east. A world class whisky to be talked about with reverence without doubt. |
1 x 70cl | £ 42.50 BUY NOW |
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Caperdonich – 30 Year Old Directors Cut (douglas Laing) Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 30 Year Old Strength: 50.9% Summary: Nose: Fresh & spicy – carrying a hard boiled sweets style with macerated oranges, bees wax and polished wood. Palate: Mouth coating – richly spiced character developing to a gentle oak quality with a touch of dry smoke. Finish: Long, still spicy – now running drier – still oaky with dried orange pith and dark chocolate. |
1 x 70cl | £ 160.00 BUY NOW |
Royal Salute Launches Its First-Ever World Polo Limited Edition
Royal Salute, the world’s leading luxury Scotch whisky, is launching its first-ever World Polo Limited Edition in celebration of its shared values and intrinsic links with polo, the ‘sport of kings’.
The striking new bottle celebrates the international footprint of polo, featuring the names and locations of various Royal Salute World Polo events, including: The Royal Salute Polo Cup in Jeju, Korea; The Maharaja of Jodhpur Golden Jubilee Cup in Jodphur, India; The Royal Salute China Open in Bejing, China; and The Royal Salute Jubilee Cup in Greenwich, USA.
Neil Macdonald, Royal Salute Global Brand Director said: “With the expansion of the Royal Salute World Polo Series and with Facundo Pieres, the world’s No.1 polo player joining the team as our global brand ambassador, Royal Salute’s links with polo are now stronger than ever.”
Royal Salute World Polo Limited Edition will be available from December 2013.
Whisky Online has 10 New additions to it’s range this week with whiskies from the Highland, Islay, Speyside and Welsh regions.
The brands include Aberlour 2000 | 12 Year Old | Cask 9340, Ardmore 1996 | 16 Year Old | Cask 8020, Ben Nevis 1996 | 16 Year Old | Cask 8228, Dailuaine 1983 | 27 Year Old | Cask 5809, Dailuaine 1997 | 14 Year Old | Cask 6995, Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 3, Glenglassaugh 1984 | 25 Year Old | Cask 5362, Laphroaig 1989 | 20 Year Old | Cask 5699, Penderyn | Madeira Welsh Whisky & Tamdhu 1998 14 Year Old | Cask 9076 | Old Malt Cask.
The ages of the new whiskies range from 12 to 27 Year Old malts.
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Aberlour 2000 | 12 Year Old | Cask 9340 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 12 Strength: 50% Vintage: 2000 Bottler: Douglas Laing Bottling Summary: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing – Old Malt Cask 70cl / 50% This should be a higher strength more distillate driven alternative to the 10 and 12 year old official Aberlours. As is often the case with Aberlour from refill wood the fruit and cereal qualities are magnified beautifully. This should be pretty tasty. |
70cl | £ 49.75 BUY NOW |
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Ardmore 1996 | 16 Year Old | Cask 8020 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 16 Strength: 50% Vintage: 1996 Bottler: Douglas Laing Bottling Summary: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing – Old Malt Cask 70cl / 50% A 1990 single malt whisky drawn from a refill hogshead matured for 16 years at Ardmore distillery bottled by Douglas Laing for their Old Malt Cask range bottled at 50% abv. |
70cl | £ 59.50 BUY NOW |
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Ben Nevis 1996 | 16 Year Old | Cask 8228 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 16 Strength: 50% Vintage: 1996 Bottler: Douglas Laing Bottling Summary: Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing 70cl / 50% |
70cl | £ 56.75 BUY NOW |
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Dailuaine 1983 | 27 Year Old | Cask 5809 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 27 Strength: 50% Vintage: 1983 Bottler: Douglas Laing Bottling Summary: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing – Old Malt Cask 70cl / 50% Dailuaine is not often seen out side its official sherry led 16yo guise so this is a rare chance to try it in a more naked and honest form. A great full bodied malt that reveals plenty of natural gutsy distillery character and industrial aspects. Delicious stuff. |
70cl | £ 100.50 BUY NOW |
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Dailuaine 1997 | 14 Year Old | Cask 6995 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 14 Strength: 50% Vintage: 1997 Bottler: Douglas Laing Bottling Summary: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing 70cl / 50% A 1997 bourbon matured Dailuaine from a single cask distilled in April 1997 aged for 14 years and bottled in April of 2011 bottled by Douglas Laing as part of their Old Malt Cask range at a strength of 50%. |
70cl | £ 55.50 BUY NOW |
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Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 3 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 54.9% Summary: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl / 54.9% |
70cl | £ 53.00 BUY NOW |
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Glenglassaugh 1984 | 25 Year Old | Cask 5362 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 25 Strength: 50% Vintage: 1984 Bottler: Douglas Laing Bottling Summary: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing – Old Malt Cask 70cl / 50% A meaty herbaceous and thickly sherried 84 Glenglassaugh from Douglas Laing. Lots of flinty sherry dense dark fruit cake and mixed nuts. A big and beefy after dinner dram. |
70cl | £ 106.00 BUY NOW |
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Laphroaig 1989 | 20 Year Old | Cask 5699 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 20 Strength: 50% Vintage: 1989 Bottler: Douglas Laing Bottling Summary: Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing 70cl / 50% This Laphroaig bottled by Douglas Laing for the Old Malt Cask series was distilled in 1989 and matured for 20 years in Cask number 5699. Bottled in December 2009 and only 286 bottles was produced at 50% Vol. |
70cl | £ 96.00 BUY NOW |
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Penderyn | Madeira Welsh Whisky Country: Welsh Region: Welsh Age: Strength: 46% Summary: Single Malt Welsh Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl / 46% matured in Bourbon casks the whisky is finished in Madeira barrels to create a distinctive golden single malt that is light on the palette and smooth to the taste. 70cl / 46% Vol |
70cl | £ 39.25 BUY NOW |
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Tamdhu 1998 14 Year Old | Cask 9076 | Old Malt Cask Country: Scotland Region: Age: 14 Strength: 50% Vintage: 1998 Bottler: Douglas Laing Summary: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing 70cl / 50% A refilled hogshead from Tamdhu this is a single cask malt whisky distilled in March 1998 aged for no less than 14 years and bottled in September 2012. with a yield of 262 bottles at 50% abv. |
70cl | £ 57.00 BUY NOW |
