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EVAN WILLIAMS HONEY RESERVE TO RELEASE NEW SIZES

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EVAN WILLIAMS HONEY RESERVE TO RELEASE NEW SIZES
Sales growth dri­ves addi­tion of 1.75 liter and 750ml “Carry-Pack” sizes
BARDSTOWN, KY—Heaven Hill Dis­til­leries, Inc., the country’s largest inde­pen­dent family-owned and oper­ated spir­its pro­ducer and mar­keter, announces the release of two new sizes of Evan Williams Honey Reserve Ken­tucky Liqueur, a prod­uct launched last Fall that mar­ries extra-aged […]


Scotch Malt Whisky Society August Outturn Preview — Scotch Whisky News

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August Out­turn Pre­views: 33.90 & 76.71 (save £5)
It’s almost that time again which can only mean one thing, a sneaky sam­ple of our new Out­turn.  And it’s an ample sam­ple…
33.90 Cock­tails in a chim­ney
Islay
£57.30 inc. Free P&P
Coconut, elder­flower and lime aro­mas sug­gested exotic cock­tails, but the Malt-meister was in a malt kiln; cer­tainly there was […]


Penderyn Masterclass With Gillian Howell, Distiller — Welsh Whisky News

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For the whisky enthu­si­ast a Pen­deryn Mas­ter­class is a must! You don’t need to be a whisky con­nois­seur to enjoy the expe­ri­ence. Each Mas­ter­class is con­ducted by one of our expert guides or Gillian How­ell, our Dis­tiller.
Held in small groups to ensure that each per­son gets the max­i­mum ben­e­fit from the learn­ing expe­ri­ence, a Penderyn […]


Kentucky Cooperage Tours — American Whiskey News

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Ken­tucky Cooper­age Tours
Mon.-Fri. ♥ 9:30 a.m. & 1 p.m.
712 E. Main St.
Tel. 270.692.4674
marcia.morgeson@kentuckycooperage.com for fur­ther details.
Ken­tucky Cooper­age makes the charred oak bar­rels crit­i­cal for the pro­duc­tion of bour­bon. See how “char­ring” is done, how staves are shaped, how hoops are put in place and how bar­rels are made leak proof with­out man­made sealers.


Whiskies of the World Upcoming Whisky Dinner With Ed Kohl — Scotch Whisky News

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Upcom­ing Whisky Din­ner
(From Sam at Impex) We are going to launch Chieftain’s at the San Fran­cisco City Club on August 12th.  It will be a four course din­ner fea­tur­ing the fol­low­ing:
ISLE OF SKYE 8yr
and…
“Since 1936, Ian Macleod Dis­tillers, through its ded­i­ca­tion to tra­di­tion and qual­ity, has amassed an unri­valed cask stock from Scotland’s many distilleries. […]


Noh

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I gave a five star rat­ing to the first Noh bot­tling I ever tasted and I have just given a four star rat­ing to the sec­ond one. I like this stuff a lot.

But the Noh series, the brain­child of the Num­ber One Drinks Com­pany, has a wider sig­nif­i­cance than just offer­ing some nicely pack­aged, tasty whiskies. It has, with one excep­tion, fea­tured sin­gle casks from Kirin Group’s Karuizawa dis­tillery in Nagano Pre­fec­ture. For years now, the news com­ing out of Karuizawa has been almost entirely neg­a­tive. The last time I checked with the Kirin press office, they con­firmed to me the dis­tillery had been moth­balled. The most recent offi­cial bot­tling was a 2007 12-year-old Karuizawa Wine Cask, to mark the 12th anniver­sary of the museum on the site of the distillery.


And yet, while Kirin appear to have left the dis­tillery to slowly slip into obliv­ion, Europe has been all abuzz with Karuizawa. That is largely thanks to Num­ber One Drinks. The Noh bot­tlings, which are only part of their Karuzawa offer­ings, have really added to the excite­ment. Here is a full list of the Noh series to date:
1. Karuizawa 1995 (bot­tled 2008) Cask No. 5004. 63 per­cent alco­hol. 186 bot­tles (from a Japan­ese wine cask)

2. Karuizawa 1995 (bot­tled 2008) Cask No. 5007. 63 per­cent alco­hol. 246 bot­tles (from a Japan­ese wine cask, exclu­sive to Taiwan)

3. Karuizawa 1977 (bot­tled 2008) Cask No. 7026. 62.8 per­cent alco­hol. 528 bot­tles (exclu­sive to La Mai­son du Whisky)

4. Karuizawa 1995 (bot­tled 2009) Cask No. 5039. 59.4 per­cent alco­hol. (reduced for Nor­way) 222 bot­tles (from a Japan­ese wine cask, exclu­sive to Norway)

5. Hanyu 1988 (bot­tled 2009) Cask No. 9306. 55.6 per­cent alco­hol. 625 bottles

6. Karuizawa 1976 (bot­tled 2009) Cask No. 6719. 63 per­cent alco­hol. 486 bottles

7. Karuizawa 1977 (bot­tled 2010) Cask No. 4592. 60.7 per­cent alco­hol. 190 bottles

The next release is expected to be another 1977 Karuizawa and a 1994 bot­tling (Karuizawa 1994/2010. Cask No. 270. 62.7 per cent alco­hol) is being done for La Mai­son du Whisky ready for Whisky Live Paris in September.

Marcin Miller at Num­ber One explains the con­cept behind the series:

“We feel it is impor­tant when we bot­tle a whisky in the ‘offi­cial’ Vin­tage Series that it should be true to the dis­tillery char­ac­ter. For exam­ple, the 1985 #7017 was, for me, arche­typal Karuizawa; big, bold, uncom­pro­mis­ing, com­plex and rem­i­nis­cent of an autum­nal for­est walk (pine, mush­room, truf­fle) with plenty of sherry and mixed nuts. The same applies to clas­sics like the Karuizawa 1967 and 1971.

Occa­sion­ally we come across a cask that doesn’t fit in with the tra­di­tional Karuizawa flavour pro­file; for exam­ple, we unearthed a few Japan­ese wine casks, that is to say casks for­merly used to mature Japan­ese red wine (clas­sic Bor­deaux blend in style). Obvi­ously, the whisky from these casks was dif­fer­ent to the major­ity of sherry butts we have bot­tled from that dis­tillery. We felt they needed to be pre­sented dif­fer­ently (and that is where the Noh series comes in).

In terms of a ‘theme’ to the series, I am tempted to say they are unusual whiskies which deserve eye-catching pre­sen­ta­tion. Although the major­ity of bot­tlings have been from Karuizawa, the Noh Series is not lim­ited to that dis­tillery; we bot­tled a Hanyu cask last year and there may be releases from Chichibu and other dis­til­leries in due course.”

Miller explains that the strik­ing labels come cour­tesy of an exclu­sive arrange­ment with the Kami­a­sobi Noh Troupe (www.kamiasobi.com) in Japan. They first made con­tact with Kami­a­sobi at Whisky Live! Japan 2008, where the troupe per­formed extracts from a play about the God of Whisky. Now, Num­ber One pays a roy­alty to use images of the the­atre group’s masks and fig­ures on its bottles .

“Noh is one of Japan’s old­est per­form­ing arts, dat­ing back to the 14th cen­tury; we felt that asso­ci­a­tion with clas­si­cal cul­ture and the oppor­tu­nity to cre­ate some strik­ing labels was worth pur­su­ing,” Miller says. “The util­i­tar­ian pack­ag­ing of Karuizawa’s Vin­tage Series is per­fect for our sin­gle cask selec­tions. How­ever, David Croll and I agreed that we could cre­ate a range that per­haps had greater impact, com­bin­ing stun­ning whisky with arrest­ing designs.“
What with Ichiro Akuto’s uber cool card series, Full Proof Europe’s risque butt wig­gling labels, inno­v­a­tive label­ing is noth­ing new to the indy Japan­ese whisky mak­ers. The Noh series is an inter­est­ing and classy addi­tion to this scene and the whisky inside the bot­tles is, in my expe­ri­ence so far, very good indeed.

Only 88 Chances Left To Win A Once In A Lifetime Irish Whiskey Experience — Irish Whiskey News

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Only 88 Chances Left to Win a Once in a Life­time Irish Whiskey Expe­ri­ence
Mas­ter of Malt are offer­ing a once in a life­time oppor­tu­nity to win a free trip for two to the Coo­ley dis­tillery in Ire­land. The prize includes flights; win­ing and din­ing in Dublin; and two nights stay at a lux­u­ri­ous hotel.
Fol­low­ing the […]


WhiskyFun Celebrates 8th Birthday — Whisky News

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On July 28th (yes­ter­day) Whisky­Fun cel­e­brated their 8th Birth­day.
As well as tast­ing & nos­ing an aston­ish­ing 7,000 drams!
Happy Birth­day WHISKYFUN! (and Serge).
And a mas­sive well done and THANK YOU for your lead­er­ship, encour­age­ment and friend­ship.
Visit Whisky­Fun at www.whiskyfun.com


Highland Park 15yo (43%, OB, +/-2009) — Scotch Whisky Tasting Note

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High­land Park 15yo (43%, OB, +/-2009)
On the nose there’s good depth and hon­eyed smok­i­ness along with cit­rus rind, plump raisins and hints of cocoa. Well, this is very nice. With some more time in the glass the smoke and the depth increases. The smoke is not Islay style but a wel­come addi­tion to the mix; […]


Ralfy Publishes Episode #144 — Scotch Whisky News

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.. www.ralfy.com ‘whisky reviews’ gets to num­ber 144 with a joint review of a 1960’s Haig Gold Label and a 2010 ver­sion.   What was inter­est­ing was how remark­ably sim­i­lar they both were.


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