Still haven’t been to Scottland?

Visit PeatFreak.com! This website is about Single Malt Whisky, and everything that can be associated with Single Malts in an enjoyable way.
One of the cooler things on the site is the virtual reality tours through different distilleries
Virtual Reality Distillery is a feature on PeatFreak that tries to let you explore the world of single malts [...]

Obviously something that knocks you off your feets

Picked up this one from the Scotch Blog.

A new irish whisky from William Grant & Sons that is all about manhood.
If you cant deal with it, don’t try it. The Knot will be test launched in February, in Boston, Wisconsin, Upstate New York and New Jersey; on-premise only (that means at bars & restaurants) due [...]

Hurray Malt Maniacs! 100th issue out now!

Malt Maniacs started out as a completely ‘virtual’ collective that only interacted on the world wide web. However, gradually they started to meet more often in real life - in fact, the earliest ‘maniacal’ meeting was in 1998 between Craig Daniels and yours truly in Amsterdam. All those ‘live’ dramming sessions were instructive and excellent [...]

Get your hands on some Hanyu

Hanyu distillery was founded in 1941 in Hanyu city 60 km from Tokyo. It was licensed to make whisky in 1946, 54 years later the distillery was closed. Unfortunately the distillery was dismantled right after the company was sold in 2004.
In the Spring of 2005, during a private tasting in the Highlander Inn in [...]

Suntory Torys Whisky Commercial from the 60’s

Ran in to this classic Whisky Commerical from Suntory Tory. Thought you might like it.

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Whisky is not for everyone ;)

Ran into this little episode on the wonderful liquid Whisky.
Enjoy.

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Benromach one of the Glasgow Clipper sponsors 07/08

Benromach Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky is proud to announce the sponsorship of the Glasgow Clipper during the 2007/08 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
WhiskyGrotto wish you all the best!
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Still Young from Ardbeg

When destilleries all over the world do their best to launch 30 years+ Ardbeg does the opposite. And according to themselves, it’s a hit.
“We couldn´t possibly have conceived at the time just how enthusiastically folk would embrace the idea of Very Young Ardbeg” states Ardbeg on their site.
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SWA-antastic

The SWA has launched their new website.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) promotes, protects and represents the interests of the whisky industry in Scotland and around the world.
Check it out here
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The Macallan Woodland has now sold out.

In case you missed it The Macallan distillery on Speyside offered individuals the chance to buy their own little piece of Scotland – an oak tree on the historic Macallan estate.
One thousand new oak saplings were planted in the grounds of Easter Elchies House as part of a major woodland regeneration programme involving over 4,000 [...]

Whats up in 2007

24-28 Jan
Victoria Whisky Festival, Victoria, Canada

01-03 Feb
Whisky Festival, Linköpings, Sweden

10-11 Feb
International Malt Whisky Festival, Gent, Belgium

15-17 Feb
InterWhisky, Hamburg, Germany

18 Feb
Whisky Live, Tokyo, Japan

23-25 Feb
Whiskyfestival Noord Nederland, Groningen, Netherlands

Spring
Spirit of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

02-03 Mar
Whisky Live, London, England

09-11 Mar
InterWhisky, Munich, Germany

16-18 Mar
Whisky Live, Brussels, Belgium

24 Mar
Whisky Live, Brabant, Netherlands

31 Mar
Whiskymessen, Köpenhamn, Denmark

04 Apr
Whisky Live, New York, [...]

Whyte & Mackay deal close

UNITED SPIRITS, part of Vijay Mallya’s Bangalore-based United Breweries Group, is poised to wrap up a £500m takeover of the distillers Whyte & Mackay.
Advisers from the two companies are due to meet tomorrow to thrash out the details of the transaction, with Citigroup advising Whyte & Mackay and UBS advising United Spirits.
Staff at the Glasgow-based [...]

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