With Fathers Day around the corner (16th. June by the way!) we’ve got a nice juicy, malty list of whiskies that have been reduced in price.
Father’s Day Whisky Gift Ideas – Be Inspired!
Father's Day Gift Ideas - Be Inspired!
| Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 12 Year Old / Port Finish One of Glenmorangie’s most popular drams. Quinta Ruban finishes it’s maturation in Port casks. |
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| Macallan Fine Oak Master Edition An amazing malt from Scotland’s most prestigious distillery. Matured in ex-sherry and ex-bourbon casks. |
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| Springbank 2001 / Rundlets & Kilderkins Experimental release matured in tiny 60 and 80 litre casks. One of the years best new arrivals! |
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| 101 Whiskies To Try Before You Die Sometimes controversial, always entertaining. This book is a must! |
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| Tomatin Decades Excellent special edition specially created to celebrate Master Distiller Douglas Campbell’s 50th. year of service. |
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| Glendronach 21 Year Old Parliament / Sherry Cask Matured exclusively in Oloroso and Pedro Ximinez casks this is an essential for all you sherryheads out there! |
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| The World Atlas of Whisky Every bookshelf should have this. As essential as the whisky itself! |
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| Suntory Yamazaki Puncheon Matured in 480 litre puncheons (large casks) and bottled at 48% gives this whisky a tasty punch! |
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| Crown Royal Special Reserve An elegant carafe style bottle containing one of Canada’s finest blends. |
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| Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Ducks Unlimited 2010 Limited edition bottling of Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel produced in conjunction with Ducks Unlimited, a US Waterfowl conservation charity. |
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| Four Roses Single Barrel Limited Edition / 2011 / 57.8% A single recipe is selected, by Master Distiller Jim Rutledge, from the 10 that are used to make Four Roses whiskeys. This is then bottled at barrel strength and released as Four Roses’s Limited Edition Single Barrel. |
Fathers Day Whiskies – Please Your Dad & Save Some Cash!
Fathers Day Goodies!
The Whisky Exchange has gathered together some great bargains for Fathers Day so we’ve dedicated a special page to Dads and what would please them most.
So, forget socks, get malts (and save yourself a few pounds in the process!)
Check out our Fathers Day Page.
Master Of Malt – The Glenfarclas Countdown Is Nearly Over!
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The competition to win the £4,000 (well £3,995 actually), 50 year old Glenfarclas (see: this entry) from the Master of Malt is nearly over with only 49 bottles left (at time of posting) to be sold to be eligible for entry into the draw.
The competition closes on June 19th. regardless.
So, if you’re tempted and have been holding back then hold-back no more or prepare to be disappointed and miss out on that chance to enter the competition and bag that gorgeous Glenfarclas.
Remember … tick-tock, tick-tock …
Father’s Day? Whisky Samples? Try Master Of Malt
Master Of Malt's Father's Day Tasting Set
Master of Malt have come up with a good alternative to the standard Father’s Day gift with their unique Father’s Day Whisky Tasting Set. It comprises 5 single malt whiskies selected for their quality and character and tastes nicer than a pair of socks!
Having launched a range of hundreds of whisky samples in practical 3cl-sized bottles, Master of Malt has also gone on to create a selection of Tasting Sets made up of five 3cl samples.
Each set is themed, from Super Peaty drams to Smooth and Supple malts, Old & Rare whiskies, and more!
Now newcomers and connoisseurs alike can sample a vast range of whiskies for a fraction of the cost of full-sized bottles.
So the motto is this: To make the right choice, a sample is ample!
Master of Malt’s unique Father’s Day Whisky Tasting Set retails for £29.95 and I reckon it’s the perfect gift for any whisky-loving dad and will appeal to all palates, be it newbies or malt connoisseurs.
And to make the sets even more special, the whiskies in each set are individually selected by Master of Malt’s expert in-house tasting team so the contents will remain a surprise until the set arrives.
One thing’s for sure: you won’t be disappointed!
Master Of Malt – The Glenfarclas Countdown Continues
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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 …
4000 Reasons To Love Master Of Malt
Glenfarclas 50 Year Old Single Malt
To celebrate Father’s Day on the 19th June, online retailer Master Of Malt is giving away a 50 year old, single cask, £4,000 bottle of Glenfarclas single malt Scotch.
This one-of-a-kind whisky has been bottled in a stunning engraved glass decanter, which celebrates the on-going partnership between Master of Malt and Glenfarclas.
The next 500 bottles of Glenfarclas sold on Master Of Malt will each come with one free entry to win this unique bottle and because it’s one entry per bottle rather than per order, if you order 10 bottles of Glenfarclas you’ll get 10 chances to win!
The competition closes either when the 500 chances to enter run out, or on Father’s Day (19th June 2011), whichever is sooner. The lucky winner will be announced by the end of June 2011.
About the whisky
– 50 Years Old
– Single Cask
– Unique, One-of-a-kind decanter – number 1 of 1
– Bottled at 50% abv
Please see here for Terms and Conditions.
Bunnahabhain – Saviour of Fathers Day
Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old
D-day, or rather F-Day i.e. Father’s Day is June 19th. and it may seem a long way off but as we well know, “It’s weeks away”, soon becomes “Oh no! It’s the day after tommorrow!”
So if you’re stuck for an idea then the good people at Bunnahabhain may well just have the answer.
The gentle taste of the Bunnahabhain 12-year old single malt could be the way to Fathers Day salvation and a serious number of brownie points!
The home of Bunnahabhain, (pronounced Bu-na-ha-venn) is the world-renowned Isle of Islay on the west-coast of Scotland. Unlike most other single malts from Islay, Bunnhabhain is known for its gentle taste profile and unique character with only a slight hint of smoke.
This is largely due to the malted barley being enhanced by the pure spring water that flows underground, untainted by the peaty moorlands.
It offers a wonderfully fresh and aromatic experience with a subtle whiff of smoke. The palate opens with notes of fruit and nuts that lead onto a malty sweetness, ending in a rich, lingering finish.
And to top it all this award-winning single malt looks rather stunning in it’s black gift tube. Perfect for Father’s Day!
The Bunnahabhain distillery produces three single malts; a 12, 18 and 25-year old. They are all crafted by master distiller Ian MacMillan, who has over 40 years experience in whisky distilling. So the only choices you may have to make are good ones!
So before you resign yourself to just buying the same old favourites (thinks: socks), spare a thought for Bunnahabhain.
He and his taste buds will love you for it!
Bunnahabhain can be bought from The Whisky Exchange and Master of Malt
Bunnahabhain 12-year old Tasting Notes
The nose offers a fresh and aromatic experience with a subtle whiff of smoke floating through the air. The taste starts with a light fruit and nut appeal that leads to a spectacular malty sweetness, finishing into a beautifully rich full-bodied, lingering experience.
Natural colour and un-chillfiltered @ 46.3%
