Latest release from Bruichladdich influenced by France’s greatest chateaux of all time

October 5, 2008

The Bruichladdich A Paulliac Cuvée 16 it the first out of totally 6 limited editions to be released under The First Growth label.
The First Growth series comprises of 6 limited edition Cuvées – labelled A to F. Each is a 16 year old Bruichladdich, American oak matured, with an additional cask evolution in French oak [...]

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Interview with the august 2008 commenting winner

September 15, 2008

Last month we ran a competition on Whiskygrotto.com. The purpose was to increase the commenting on the posts. Traffic on Whiskygrotto.com is quite high, but it’s a quite traffic. So, a bottle of Auchentoshan, sponsored by the same awaited the top commentator and community poster.
The winner was Matt Henry from Arizona, USA under the nickname [...]

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Ardbeg Blasda available now!

September 15, 2008

Earlier today we wrote about the new Ardbeg Blasda. 
Since then Ardbeg has taken down the site I linked to. But instead, they’ve placed the Blasda as well as a Blasda Peatbox in the shop.
I of course threw my self in there and bought myself a bottle. So, now I’m eagerly standing by the mailbox awaiting [...]

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Details of Ardbeg Blasda is sipping out

September 15, 2008

 On september 28th Ardbeg are about to release a new bottling called Ardbeg Blasda.
Ardbeg will launch a digital drive some time the coming weeks to promote the new expression. The campaign, created by Story, will target Ardbeg customers to create a buzz around the new drink, Blasda, which is means ‘sweet and delicious’, in Gaelic [...]

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The August Challenge Winner

September 7, 2008

Dear visitors. It gives me great pleasure to present the winner of the August Comment and Community Challenge 2008 – Orangedotofglory aka Matthew Henry.
Matthew wins the prize because of the way he’s actively has kept the community alive as well as posted relevant comments over the last month. It was not an easy decision as [...]

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BenRiach acquires Glendronach

August 29, 2008

BenRiach Distillery Company Ltd, one of the country’s leading independents, has made its first acquisition with the purchase of the Glendronach Distillery from Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard.
The acquisition of the Highland malt distillery, one of Scotland’s oldest, for an undisclosed sum, will complement the award-winning BenRiach brand as a superb [...]

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Whisky Chef – Martine Nouet shows why an Islay whisky is different

August 17, 2008

Well, I’m not 100% sure it’s only the weather. But this wonderful video from SingleMaltTV on YouTube that features Whisky Chef – Martine Nouet challenging a force 9 gale on Port Charlotte pier in the name of her favorite winter malts at least makes me wanna go Islay hopping.
Enjoy!

 
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The making a bottle of Lagavulin 16 yrs in mosaic

August 17, 2008

Santi. Artist, freak, lover and friend according to his YouTube profile had a client coming into his studio. The order? A bottle of Lagavulin Single Malt Whisky 16 yrs made purely in mosaic.
In a series of 5 videos on YouTube we get to follow how Santi (who by the way thinks lagavulin is a [...]

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Oloroso and Manzanilla in Bruichladdich latest whisky comparison experiment

August 14, 2008

Bruichladdich has released two bottlings of the same vintage to compare and contrast.
In July 1998, identically distilled whisky was filled in to Sherry casks for full term maturation. Recent tastings proved that unexpectedly two types of casks were used.
One cask type had contained Oloroso, a dark, sweet, fortified wine, the backbone of ‘cream’ sherry. The [...]

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More whisky in the tank

August 12, 2008

I wrote yesterday about Lagavulin being used as fuel. Well, didn’t take long before I had another strange whisky fuel experiment in my inbox. This time it involved Bruichladdich.

BBC filmed an unusual biofuel experiment on the whisky island of Islay.
The experiment involved TV’s wine expert Oz Clarke and Top Gear’s James May attempting to run [...]

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Glenlivet XXV launches in the US this autumn

August 12, 2008

Last week, Pernod Ricard, owners of the Glenlivet scotch whisky brand, unveiled an addition to The Glenlivet portfolio in the US. Named The Glenlivet XXV, it represents the oldest permanent release in the brand’s range, and will be available in the country in a limited quantity.

It’s made from hand-selected vintage that has been finished in [...]

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A local of Islay pour Lagavulin whisky into his 1978 Rolls Royce

August 11, 2008

 

Newstrack India got a little post about a different (and quite stupid) way to beat fuel costs.

With the cost of fuel going up day-by-day, crafty islanders have discovered a unique way to keep their wheels running – fuelling cars with whisky.
The locals of Islay have been running their cars on nothing but whisky, a fine [...]

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