Det går godt for skotsk whisky

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... s-17522644

Steffen

Beslutningen vedr. Adelphi's destilleri er blevet udskudt til 17 April, da the Highland Council vil have et besøg 'on site' inden de giver deres svar... Hurra for bureaukratiet!

Men al held og lykke herfra til Alex of Co.!!

BigMac wrote:

Hurra for bureaukratiet!

Jeg kender intet til den konkrete sag, men de Skotske (og i øvrigt også de Australske) myndigheder er meget beskyttende overfor deres unikke natur. Måske kan de være en af årsagerne?

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Targeting 1-Million-Case Mark, William Grant Backs Tullamore Dew With $50 Million Distillery

With competition heating up in Irish whiskey"”one of the global spirits market's hottest categories"”William Grant & Sons is making a major play to ramp up and gain greater control of production for its Tullamore Dew brand. The company is set to invest €35 million ($47m) in a new distillery for Tullamore Dew, the second-leading Irish whiskey in the world after Pernod Ricard's Jameson. The state-of-the-art pot still and malt whiskey distillery will be located on a 58-acre site on the outskirts of the town of Tullamore, where the original Tullamore Dew distillery closed in 1954.

William Grant & Sons, which currently contracts Tullamore Dew's production out to Pernod's Irish Distillers unit, said the investment would meet long-term production demands for the brand.

William Grant acquired Tullamore Dew from C&C Group in 2010. The brand's global sales have been growing at around 15% annually, reaching just under 700,000 cases in 2011"”nearly double the volume it sold in 2005. Tullamore Dew is projected to reach 1 million cases globally within the next three years.

In the U.S., by far the world's largest Irish whiskey market, Tullamore Dew sells over 70,000 cases and has shown steady growth. It ranks third among Irish whiskies behind Jameson and Diageo's Bushmills. (The U.S. accounts for around 30% of global Irish whiskey sales, and both Jameson and Bushmills do 30%-35% of their business in the United States.) Given that Irish whiskey's annual growth rate in the U.S. market is now at around 20%, Tullamore Dew appears to have plenty of upside. William Grant & Sons recently unveiled a new TV and print campaign for the brand under the tagline "Irish True,"

Laphroaig Triple Wood forsvinder nu fra duty-free handelen og bliver en del af det normale detail-sortiment.

Den erstattes af en Laphroaig NAS PX-Cask

/c

Whiskyfun.com er netop blevet hacket af "The Anonymous International Temperance Revival Vigilantes"
www.whiskyfun.com/temperance.html

Ja, der er mange mere eller mindre gode forsøg på sådan en 1. April
Link: nonjatta.blogspot.jp/2012/03/yam ... n-can.html
Link: www.dramming.com/2012/04/01/havi ... loved-one/
Link: www.whisky-emporium.com/Blogs/20 ... htm#NoMore

Jeg kunne godt lide den her fra Dram per Day :

Steffen

Fra Ian Grays profil.
Døm selv om den er god nok - eller det er 1 April

Oldest Whisky Ever - via Serge Valentin

The GlenWonka had a repilica - Via Serge Valentin

Duffer wrote:

Ja, der er mange mere eller mindre gode forsøg på sådan en 1. April
Link: www.dramming.com/2012/04/01/havi ... loved-one/

Denne er nog ingen spøg. Postet selv om den på G+ tidligere i uken .

arvele wrote:

Denne er nog ingen spøg

Nej - absolut ikke

Davin De Kergommeaux har forfattet den første dybdegående bog om canadisk whisky

www.canadianwhisky.org/news-view ... -book.html

Den skulle snart være på trapperne, men den kommer nok ikke på hylderne i Danmark

Steffen

Så er der kommet en tegning af hvordandet nye Tullamore kan komme til at se ud



Steffen

Ardbeg in Space - Galileo

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-g ... t-17657804

Steffen

Ændringer hos Edrington Group

The Edrington Group has announced two significant changes in personnel for its single malt brands with the appointment of new distillery managers for both Highland Park and The Macallan.
Long serving Highland Park distillery manager Russell Anderson, is set to take the reins at The Macallan, after a total of 15 years in Orkney. After two stints at the home of the Best Spirit in the World, Russell has handed the role of manager over to Graham Manson, a former engineering manager at North British Distillery.
Russell Anderson makes a return to Speyside, where he previously worked as production manager from 1998 until 2000, to work alongside the production and warehousing teams as The Macallan looks to maximise the opportunities presented by the growth of single malt whisky around the world.
Graham Manson brings over 25 years of experience in the Scotch Whisky industry within the specific areas of engineering and production, working for Bell's, Diageo and latterly North British Distillery, where he was engineering manager from 1997 until joining The Edrington Group.
Commenting on his new role, Graham said, "Having worked for North British for the past 15 years, I was seeking a fresh challenge where I could put all my skills into practice whilst genuinely making my mark on a business. The Highland Park role presented the perfect combination for me."

BREAKING news

PvW vil aftape Bernheim destillat når de løber tør for SW juice til 20 og 23. Indtil de har nået alder og kvalitet på BT

Steffen

Nyheder fra Whiskynotes:
Feis Ile 2012 / Ardbeg Day
The yearly Islay festival Feis Ile 2012 is coming up (26th of May until 2nd of June). Here are some of the things worth looking out for.
Kilchoman will release a Feis Ile bottling at 4 years of age, 100% Islay produced, matured in first fill bourbon and finished in oloroso sherry.
Bowmore will release a limited 15 years old. Only 750 bottles. There's also a commerorative Bowmore 1985, only 200 bottles.
Ardbeg is celebrating 2nd June 2012 as the first global Ardbeg Day. People can take part in the "Islay-limpics"

Ny aftapning fra High West

Campfire

www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/ ... e.html.csp

Løse rygter siger at den skotske andel er 5% og det er en røget islay

Steffen

Scotch, Bourbon & Rye. Lyder spændende.

Ny Bog fra Cowdery om om historien bah A.H. Hirsch 16

bit.ly/JZf7DJ

Steffen

EckoVicto wrote:

Har først set den nu, ved ikke om nogen af jer har prøvet den. Loch Lomond 1966, 44yo., OB, 40%. En 44 års OB'er til £100 det er knagme billigt selvom det nok ikke er toppen af poppen.


The 1966 Loch Lomond was distilled on the 22nd of September 1966 under the watchful eye of Distillery Manager Duncan Thomas and filled into oak barrels the following day. It was then given almost 45 years to mature to perfection in the old bonded warehouses of Loch Lomond Distillery on the banks of Loch Lomond until it was bottled in June 2011. The 1966 Loch Lomond Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is the oldest existing Single Malt available from the Loch Lomond Distillery.

www.whiskybase.com/whiskies.php? ... kyid=28062

//Esben

Så kom den på WF:
Loch Lomond 1966/2011 (40%, OB, 1640 bottles) Four stars Colour: straw. Nose: as unusual as I remember. A kind of funny mixture of stewed apples with a little almond oil and something a little metallic that hints at Irish pot still. Then much more hay, gasoline, old books and then the fruits are back, rather more on greengages. The little problem is that it never stops becoming more cardboardy after a few minutes. Overripe apples. Mouth: sweet and light, sappy, oily"¦ It's extremely drinkable in truth, very easy, with more tropical fruits (papayas) and a few very soft spices. Cinnamon cake? Sadly, it becomes a little weak and the middle lacks body, although it remains pleasant. Finish: shortish but clean. Passion fruits and papayas with a little grated ginger and coconut. Comments: very quaffable, between grain and malt, and very cheap (approx 150€ if I'm not mistaken). What's very pleasant is the very discreet oakiness, we've seen many oldies that were much, much oakier. SGP:531 - 85 points.

Glenlivet begynder snart at tilbyde 'tap-selv' flasker på destilleriet...
De var ved at færdiggøre sektionen i deres visitors centre da vi var forbi i tirsdags (d. 8/5)

/claus

De fleste whisky "kampagner" er opfundne historier der påduttes diverse aftapninger eller premiumsation af diverse produkter. Efterhånden ved at være trættende men det er da dejligt befriende at se noget som det her

Elijah Craig 18yo udgår og erstattes af EC 20yo

www.bourbonblog.com/blog/2012/05 ... ment-47718

Steffen

Jenny Karlsson holder flyttedag fra Springbank til Wemyss Malts ved udgangen af Maj måned.

/claus

Kommende OB'ere

Bruichladdich 27yo 1985 49.3%

Old Pulteney 40yo 51.3%

Steffen

Nu spørger jeg nok dumt, men går ikke ud fra at en OB'er i denne verden er en fra Odense, så kunne en lige indvie mig i dette??

OB = Original Bottling, det vil sige en destilleri aftapning eller det modsatte af en IB - "Independient Bottling"
Der er nogen der mener det betyder "Own Bottling" eller "Official Bottling"