A mix of peat and juniper makes up the basis for the last bottling of the Preludium series from Mackmyra Svensk Whisky.
As we reported earlier this year people were queuing up for Preludium 05. Actually Swedish Systembolaget sold 11096 bottles in 8 hours. Now Systembolaget has 12000 bottles waiting to be launched the 1st of December.
The Preludium 06 is the sixth, smokiest and last edition of Mackmyra Preludium. Some time next year we can expect the second generation of Whisky from Mackmyra. What that one will be called is still kept secret.
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Christmas is getting closer and I’m planning to put together a list of gifts for whiskylovers (read…a wish-list you can give to the ones you love)
But, before the longer list is published I do have to push for the greatest gift of them all. Michael Jackson’s Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch. Michael is missed by every whisky lover out there. What better way to pay tribute to his memory than giving his book to someone you love.
You can get hold of it practially everywhere online but since I stole the image from Barnes & Noble I’m linking there.
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I browsed for some fun and ended up seeing India in my face again.
Ok, I get it. People wanna protect this and that. But can’t we move on and stop talking about anything else than the whisky war on India…
Anyway. Here’s the latest about it on The Economic Times.
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If you’re a frequent visitor to Whiskygrotto.com – which many of you are according to my stats then you probably have noted that I’ve changed to a new theme.
Hope you enjoy it.
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Today I received a mail from Laphroaig letting me know that an exclusive 27 year old bottling of Laphroaig had been made available exclusive to 80 of the Friends of Laphroaig.
Wow I thought to my self. I quickly followed the link to the special website dedicated to what Laphroaig calls “sublime expression”
A short handwritten (or at least typed) introduction makes me extra curious about this new product. The website then takes you through the story of the background of the new 27 year old. The discovery of the 27 year old. How the team at Laphroaig inspected, tasted and then took the discussion to release a new bottling for the connoisseurs out there.
A new label and packaging to put focus on the inside rather then the outside has been developed. And now the 27 year old is available for everyone to buy…well, at least if you have £500 to spend on this beauty.
As you will read on the website there are only 12 barrels of ‘the 27’. Once bottled there will be no more. The little ‘27’ there is will be scattered around the World, mainly in specialist stores. But, for the first 80 friends of Laphroaig there is more to the story.
Laphroaig thought it only fair that ‘the friends’ had the first opportunity to buy it. And for the first 80 “friends” Laphroaig has done something special. They have hand labeled the very first 80 bottles with an exclusive ‘friends’ version of the label – this has been personally signed by John Campbell and Robert Hicks and numbered. They have also produced a certificate of ownership that has been personally signed by every member of the team at the Laphroaig distillery.
If you would like to become one of ‘the 80’ then you can buy a bottle from the website now. It will be sold on a first come, first served basis.
To buy or just to read about ‘The 27’ visit: www.laphroaig.com/friends/27
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