Smoke your audience with a Lagavulin single malt guitar

This special edition guitar has been built by a long-established Italian bass and guitar maker and whisky lover, Andrea Ballarin, whose firm Manne Guitars was founded in 1987 in Schio, in north-eastern Italy.
The weight and rigidity of the cask oak, so different from the standard guitar materials, posed several technical challenges for Andrea and his [...]

Do it the Bowmore Way

Bowmore is inviting consumers to discover premium experiences with the launch of an extension to their website – The Bowmore Way.
 
A series of films illustrating the perfect way to make the most of experiences will feature on www.thebowmoreway.com, with an expert providing a step-by-step guide.
 
Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard, British Chess Champion shows the Bowmore way to [...]

Go get your guns to protect yourselves against this double shooter from Ardbeg

This beauty bottling of the Ardbeg 1974 is definitely something to die for.

Ardbeg Double Barrel Inspired by the tradition of a shooting party, Ardbeg have created a Double Barrel guncase, crafted by a traditional guncase maker.
The package contains:

- Two single cask bottles of Ardbeg 1974 – the oldest and rarest Ardbeg
- Eight sterling [...]

Win a bottle of Black Bowmore

In an attempt to target Whisky lovers and collectors, Digital marketing agency Chunk has launched a new campaign for Morrison Bowmore.
One lucky winner will be drawn at random to win one Black Bowmore worth £2000. The competition is a free prize draw available now at Bowmore’s website. The prize draw is also part of [...]

Bowmore Single Malt whisky targeted by thieves

A consignment of Single Malt Scotch Whisky, destined for the UK Christmas market has been stolen from an independent haulier in Hertfordshire, England.
More than 10,000 bottles of Bowmore Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky with a retail value of almost £300,000 were taken in the incident which happened around midday on Tuesday the 4 December.
The [...]

Laphroaig 27 - a special Friends of Laphroaig Single Malt Whisky.

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 [...]

The Whisky William Mutter 1851 bottling of Bowmore a FAKE?

Earlier in september WhiskyGrotto reported on a new world record. It was the 1851 William Mutter bottling of Bowmore that was auctioned at £29.400. It was being sold on behalf of a private owner during the fine and rare whisky wine and port auction held at McTears auctioneers in Glasgow.
The Islay blog reported this weekend [...]

Malt Advocate awards Bruichladdich with Pioneer of the Year

It was at a ceremony in New York last night the world’s leading whisky publication has awarded Islay’s Bruichladdich Distillery with Pioneer of the Year.
The award was made by The Malt Advocate for the innovative distillation programme, imaginative ACE maturation policy, and novel bottling concepts. The ceremony took place in Times Square’s Marriott Hotel [...]

Jim Murray awards Ardbeg

Is that some Ardbeg you’re sniffing Jim?
Ardbeg Ten Years Old has been awarded World Whisky of the Year by Jim Murray in his 2008 edition of The Whisky Bible. Ardbeg 10 Years Old is also accorded Scotch Single Malt of the Year at the same time.
Islay Weblog has got the full story
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Laphroaig aims to host the biggest online tasting in the world - live.

Laphroaig will be hosting the online tasting event on Wednesday 21st November at 20:00 (GMT).
It will last around 40 minutes and will include a live question and answer session where friends
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Ian Macleod Distillers is launching Smokehead Extra Rare

Ian Macleod Distillers is launching Smokehead Extra Rare, a new and exclusive one litre product for the global Travel Retail market. 
 
Building on the success and acclaim of Smokehead Islay Single Malt since its launch in 2006, Smokehead Extra Rare takes the brand essence to the next level, positioning it as a more exclusive and premium [...]

Islay Single Malt Whisky Chocolate Chip Shortbread

While surfing around for some whisky stuff I landed on the IslayBlog.com who had just posted a yummy recipe on Islay Single Malt Whisky Chocolate Chip Shortbread
The IslayBlog is a blog about the Isle of Islay run by Armin Grewe, a regular visitor to the Island. The blog is about anything Islay related, so it’s [...]

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