When the Fine & Rare Collection from The Macallan entered the market we thought we would save up a bit of money to buy our own collection with one bottle from each of the years that we were born and then we would have ourselves a really nice tasting!! We still haven’t gone in to “buy mode” but we found this article about two guys that definitely appreciate the finer things in life. Imagine the kind of whisky room they could set up after this! Not that we think it was that empty before, but if any of you two whisky lovers want to invite us over for a private tasting please let us know! We simply love people that can make us dream even more about that perfect whisky cabinet….
Read the full story at www.stomp.com
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Ulf Buxrud, a Scandinavian keeper of the Quaich and a Malt Maniac, has released the Rare Malts, Facts, Figures and Taste.
The book is an endeavor to document the facts and figures of a formative and exciting segment of whisky history. It is also an attempt to mirror the arduous work and joy surrounding the rise of cottage trade that became an industry.
Rare Malts portrays all the distilleries involved in the compilation of the Rare Malts Selection series; a collection of outstanding examples of the makes of thirty-six legendary distilleries. Each portrait contains histories and technical data, some never published before. The portraits include flavour profiles, tasting notes and comments. A special segment deals with tasting methodology; another gives a deeper insight into whisky nomenclature. In addition the full story of the Rare Malts Selection series is told in detail.
The book retails for 30£
Get the book here
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If you’re into whisky, why not tag along for a boat ride.
On the 26th of May Whiskyschool.com will arrange it’s first cruise around the islands of Islay. You guide will be Gordon Wright, one of the co-founders of the Islay distillery Bruichladdich and owner of family distillery Springbank.
For the cruises Gordon and James (who runs Whiskyschool.com with Gordon) have located a newly refurbished 6 cabin boat that fits the bill. The boat is recently refurbished, solid and comfortable, with a full compliment of crew to look after you.
The cruise is an all-inclusive for the cost of UK £ 895 per person sharing a twin or double cabin.
The planned schedule looks like this:
Accommodation in twin or double berth with ensuite facilities for 3 nights, All Food & Beverages (Afternoon Tea x 3, Cooked or continental breakfast x 3, 2-course lunch x 3, 3-course dinner x 3) and transfers from Glasgow to Whisky School Vessel and return transfer to Glasgow after 3 night cruise.
Day 1 – Pick up from meeting point in central Glasgow (Saturday or Wednesday shortly after noon) and driven to embarkation point in mini-bus
Day 1 – Afternoon tea on board and meet the crew (the boat carries a maximum of 10 guests with a crew of 5; Whisky Cruise Director, Captain, Cook, Engineer & Deckhand). safety briefing.
Day 1 – Set sail, pre-dinner drinks, 3 course dinner, after-dinner tutored tasting. All food & beverages are included.
Day 2 – Cooked or continental breakfast. Briefing on land and seas options for the day. Shore excursion, distillery visit, option of lunch aboard (included) or lunch ashore (not included).
Day 2 – Afternoon cruise and shore excursion. Afternoon tea on board, pre-dinner drinks, 3 course dinner. All food & beverages are included.
Day 3 – Cooked or continental breakfast. Briefing on land and seas options for the day. Shore excursion, distillery visit, option of lunch aboard (included) or lunch ashore (not included).
Day 3 – Afternoon cruise and shore excursion. Afternoon tea on board, pre-dinner drinks, 3 course dinner, after-dinner tutored tasting. All food & beverages are included.
Day 4 – Cooked or continental breakfast. Final disembarkation and return transfer by mini-bus to central Glasgow arriving shortly after noon.
The first sailing will be Saturday 26th May and the itinerary is open here and being planned as we “speakâ€.
Pirates Ahoy!
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One of the striking things about the whisky industry is that although they seem to have a global presence, 
consumers that are younger than 30 among their target and have a great story to tell most of them suck at communication and use of new media. Trust us, getting information out of whisky brands is like finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq…impossible.
However, some of the classic single malts has got it. Bruichladdich are amongst them. So, now you can enjoy the latest news from Bruichladdich including Master Distiller Jim McEwan discussing their new releases in your Mp3 player. Head over to their pod-cast section and sign up.
Good work there Bruich!
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