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Spot the parachute-jumping whisky barrel on Islay

August 10, 2008

Local charities on Argyll’s Isle of Islay are going to drop a whisky barrel on a parachute from a plane. Choose the position where the barrel will end up on our chart and YOU COULD WIN up to £250,000 cash!
Spot the Whisky Barrel is a unique fund raising competition from the Scottish whisky Island of Islay.
The rules are [...]

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Read the feed from WhiskyGrotto.com in any language (almost)

August 6, 2008

Hey whisky lovers. I just wanted to let you guys who doesn’t enjoy reading the WhiskyGrotto blog in English that I’ve added the possibility to read my feed in any preferred language.
Look for the MLOOVI banner to the right. It contains our feed in Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, [...]

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The new single malt range from Tullibardine might be the perfect gift…to yourselves

August 5, 2008

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The Highland whisky distillery Tullibardine has unveiled a range of personalised whisky bottles.
This new range includes a personalised whisky bottle containing the 1993 single malt whisky and a personalised cask of Tullibardine single malt whisky, the independently-owned company said late last week according to Just Drinks
The limited edition cask is available in either a Sherry or Bourbon [...]

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Make your voice heard and you might be the lucky winner of a bottle of Auchentoshan

August 4, 2008

This is a blog and blog-owners love when people leave comment on posts. On top of that I launched a small community the other week and I’d love to have more people giving recommendations on whisky, destinations, whiskyclubs, websites and more.
So, in order for something to happen I’ve decided to launch a competition that I [...]

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The greeener Macallan Whisky

August 4, 2008

The Edrington Group has launched an environmentally friendly, limited edition extension to its The Macallan Single Malt Scotch brand. It’s called The Macallan Estate.
The Estate Oak, introduced exclusively for global duty free airports, has been rolled out to support ongoing woodland regeneration in Scotland. For each bottle sold, The Macallan will plant an oak tree on The Macallan Estate [...]

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The Queen Mother’s favorite whisky blend gets dressed up

July 31, 2008

Ian Macleod Distillers has re-packaged and re-positioned Langs Supreme for its re-launch.

he new bottle design, developed by the award winning Graphic Partners Ltd, updates the current traditional Langs Supreme packaging, to create a far more premium design, in keeping with the award winning quality of the blend inside. 
The Langs name is a traditional, independent, long [...]

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The latest BenRiach addition has spent 2 1/2 years in Chateau D’Yquem Premier Cru Superior Sauternes wine barrels

July 30, 2008

The BenRiach distillery are adding a number of new expressions to their whisky range. The first one to see the light is the BenRiach 16 years old Sauternes Finish.
Matured in the traditional style in American bourbon barrels, this Single Malt whisky is then finished in Chateau D’Yquem Premier Cru Superior Sauternes wine barrels (sourced from [...]

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Matt Mullenweg featured on Single Malt Scotch Episode

July 28, 2008

Who?
I think many of you might wonder, who the hell is Matt Mullenweg. Well, he’s actually the reason why this blog exists. In a far far way that is. Matt is the founding developer of Wordpress, the technical platform loved by thousands of bloggers around the world – me included.
So, when I noted that [...]

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A new whisky community inside WhiskyGrotto.com

July 25, 2008

Yesterday I pressed the ‘publish’ button and launched the new WhiskyGrotto community – devoted to thoughts on the world of Whisky and Whiskey. And now there’s a new menu option reading Community up to the right on this blog.
I’ve started the whole thing quite simple and used a tool called BBpress. This means no fancy [...]

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Re-branding of Tomatin sneak-previewed as 30 and 40 year old limited editions are added to whisky portfolio

July 24, 2008

This latest release from Tomatin let’s us know how the 2009 range will be dressed when introduced early next year.
Tomatin follows the trend lead by Auchentoshan, Glenmorangie, Highland Park and others, with more sophisticated and simplistic design and classic typography as the new bottles will be dressed in white, black, silver and red. Personally [...]

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Ulf Buxrud’s Japanese Whisky is now available

July 21, 2008

In January I wrote a short piece on Ulf Buxrud’s new book – Japanese Whisky – Facts, Figures and Taste. Now ulf has published more information on how to get the book. So if you’re into Japanese Whisky or wan’t to get into it. Head over to his site for more information.
Listen to this [...]

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From the Alps to the Pyrennees – The Hills are Alive

July 18, 2008

The second edition bottling of 18 year old of Bruichladdich Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky has just been bottled and is leaving Islay for the first time.
It was designed to compliment the original 18 year old bottling matured in American oak then refined in Willi Opitz’s Austrian sweet wine casks – which too [...]

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