New Whisky Coast company unveiled

Sixteen whisky brands have joined forces to form a new company to promote the produce of coastal distilleries.
The Whisky Coast also involves three tour companies, 18 hotels, restaurants, golf courses and attractions.
The full story: BBC NEWS

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William Grant builds Ayrshire distillery

WILLIAM Grant & Sons, the family-owned distiller and one of Scotland’s biggest private companies, is to build a malt distillery in Ayrshire to meet booming demand from emerging markets.
The maker of the world’s best-selling single malt, the Glenfiddich, is understood to be investing up to £10m on its site in Girvan to expand both malt [...]

Last minutes tips for you that didn’t get tickets for the Chicago Whisky Fest

This weekend, the Chicago WhiskyFest goes of with a bang. It’s sold out.
However! If you’re in Chicago and are into Whisky, There are alternatives. Time Out wrote an article yesterday giving you some tips where the party really is. They even claim the real Fest is in the bars and not the venue. Well it’s [...]

San Fransisco Competition - Final Resuuuuuuults

The 2007 San Fransisco World Spirit Competition has ended. A long list of Whiskies and Whiskeys has achieved their awards.
Notable from this years competition was that Beam Global had it’s bests performance ever with 31 medal wins. Among Beam’s winners were Dalmore, Laphroaig, Jim Beam, Canadian Club and Baker’s.
In the Packaging Category The Glenrothes and [...]

Like Golf and Whisky?

PGATOUR.com has got it covered for you.
Yesterday they re-published a short but informative article on the subject.
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Benromach Organic Speyside Single Malt from Gordon & MacPhail has been shortlisted in the Scottish Food and Drink Excellence Awards.

Shortlisted products in the retail, foodservice and healthy eating categories from over 100 entries were assessed this week (3 April) by a panel of industry experts at Tesco’s Product Assessment Centre in Perth.
The Benromach Organic, bronze winner in the Organic Food Awards last year, was shortlisted in the categories; Retail - Drink – Alcoholic and [...]

Taiwan goes Scotch

Taiwanese bought £106.5 million (US$210 million) of Scotch whisky last year, up 4.4 percent from a year earlier to become the world’s sixth-largest consumer of the spirit.
“The local demand for whisky has been on a steady upward trend as the spirit’s image is one of quality and class, which is warmly welcomed by Taiwanese [...]

The famous Irish Kilbeggan Distillery back again after 50 years of sleep!

We’re always delighted to see that distilleries start or reopen. Because that gives us yet another opportunity to taste some new variations of this wonderful beverage called whisky.
This time it’s an Irish distillery, Kilbeggan, that’s decided to start up its engines again. We would like to send you our best and also pass the [...]

Make your Father’s day gift a Famous one

This Father’s Day, If you live in the UK, why not make your dad ‘Feel Famous’ with a personalised bottle of The Famous Grouse, Scotland’s favourite whisky.
This unique gift was first made available last Christmas, when it proved a big hit with shoppers looking for something different for their loved ones. So popular, in fact, [...]

Whiskies of the World Expo in San Fransisco. The poster is worth the visit.

Click the poster above for more info.

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Airigh Nam Beist launched at the Fisherman’s Retreat

Ardbeg made the boys and girls over at Fisherman’s Retreat proud when the picked their pub for the launch the 1990 Ardbeg whisky titled ‘Airigh Nam Beist’.

The ‘Beastie’ as it is known in the corridors of Ardbeg, was launched at a special lunch held at The Fisherman’s on Tuesday 27th March 2007.
Clients of Ardbeg were [...]

2006 - Year of the Scotch.

2006 was a record year for Scotch Whisky exports, with shipments of both Malt and Blended

Scotch Whisky increasing worldwide, according to new figures published by The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).
- Record export value and volume achieved
- £78 a second contributed to UK exports (£2.5bn in total)
- Scotch represents a quarter of all UK food and [...]

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