Archive for September, 2009

Twitter Tasting Reminder

Just to remind you that tomorrow (Wednesday, 30th September) at 7pm you can follow a live Twitter tasting we are running together with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. If you are on Twitter, simply follow us at twitter.com/EdinburghWhisky, and if you’re not, you need a free account first.
We will try four whiskies with people from [...]

John Ramsay Legacy Glenrothes anyone?

Edrington Group is giving you a rare opportunity to say “Happy Retirement” to John Ramsay* in style (for just £699). We won’t be buying a bottle out of fear of our bank managers (they are a frustrated bunch these days, no sense of humour), but maybe you want one? A press release follows.
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28 September 2009
 
The Glenrothes single [...]

Try a Manager’s Choice in Edinburgh

If just like me you can not quite afford a bottle from the Diageo’s Manager’s Choice range (first six bottlings out of 27 are out, scroll down for more info) but you are really curious to know what the fuss is all about and just how good single cask Mortlach, Cardhu or Oban can actually be, there [...]

Malt Whisky Yearbook 2010

In all fairness we have known about it for a wee while now, but due to piles over piles of other stuff to do and, to a certain (very small!) extent, our laziness, we are only letting you know now. The newest Malt Whisky Yearbook will be available from your local whisky shop and online retailers any [...]

The Boat That Rocked

Have you ever found yourself in a situation so surreal, you started wondering if you were dreaming?
As we were walking slowly and carefully down a gangplank towards a 68-foot racing yacht, in pissing rain, overshadowed by the Royal Yacht Britannia and with not a soul in sight, we were thinking that was one of those moments. [...]

Twitter tasting with the SMWS

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society and Edinburgh Whisky Blog (that’s us) are organising a panel tasting that will be fed live to you guys via Twitter.
Both Edinburgh branches (Queen Street and Leith Vaults) will host a small panel including an SMWS taster, a whisky journalist/writer and a blogger and will be tasting the same set [...]

It all went paps up for Jura… or did it?

“I will not rest until I get a Pap in my mouth” - Chris pronounced yesterday after finding out that I had had some Jura Paps action over the weekend, while he had been searching for a  pair of real ones to appreciate down in London.
Good luck mate, I hope you succeed finding someone in Edinburgh who [...]

Manager’s Choice, Executive’s Price

So… the biggest whisky news of the year has been broken. The Managers Choice selection. 27 single cask whiskies, one from each Diageo distillery, bar the behemoth that is Roseisle.
When I first got wind of this news from one of our very secretive sources, I was really excited. Not only could I try single caskings [...]

The Manager’s Choice

They are out! It’s official. There will be a total of 27 (one from each distillery) over the next year or so. The first batch of six (see the picture) should be available any day now from good retailers.
And now the funny bit. The pricing. Check out what is being asked for the first lot:
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Manager’s Choice to be announced tomorrow?

Exciting, exciting, exciting. Rumours have been kicking about for a while now that Diageo will release Manager’s Choice bottling from their distilleries, a descendant of legendary Manager’s Drams. The rumour also had it that it’s going to be single cask, un-chillfiltered, cask strength from every distillery owned by the drinks giant. Now over the last [...]