Nice insight during a Suntory Yamazaki Distillery Tour

Found this recent blog entry where the author visited and toured the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery.

Enjoy…

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Whisky launch revives tradition

…from the bbc…

A new drink is being launched on St David’s Day to rival famous Scottish and Irish brands, more than 100 years after whisky-making ended in Wales.

Small independent firm the Welsh Whisky Company, based in the Brecon Beacons, is launching Penderyn single malt into a multi-million pound market dominated by drinks from Scotland and Ireland.

Wales once had a vibrant whisky industry which declined during the Welsh religious revival and temperance movement of the 19th Century.

The last commercial distillery, at Bala, north Wales, closed at the end of the 1800s.

But the tradition is being revived with the launch of the malt on Wales’ national day - 1 March.

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Whisky of the Month

The ‘bestofwhisky’ July Whisky of the month is… LAPHROAIG

This is truly one of the great Top Shelf Single Malts.  Laphroaig is typically loved by the seasoned whisky taster that appreciates the smokey, peaty, iodine scents of this Islay beauty.

Visit Official Laphroaig Site

You can choose any of the swatches below the site title to see different Laphroaig themed backgrounds

Enjoy, and Cheers

Regards,

Gerry

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Third high-profile exit in six months at Glenmorangie

Published Date: 08 June 2008

By William Lyons

from business.scotsman.com

GLENMORANGIE, the whisky firm owned by luxury goods firm LVMH, has lost its sales director, marking the third high-profile departure from the company in less than six months.

The departure of Simon Erlanger, who was part of the team that masterminded the takeover by the French luxury goods company in 2004, comes amid exits by distillery manager Graham Eunson and marketing chief Graeme Lindsay.

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Rare Highland Park Single Casks

This would be ’some event’ to attend…

The Brandy Library, NY, NY

An rare opportunity to sample a minimum of four Highland Park Single Cask bottlings

aged between 14 and 27 years alongside generous pours of the existing Highland Park line of award winning 12, 15, 18, 25 and 30 year old whiskies

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Win a bottle of Black Bowmore !!!

Official announcement from Bowmore…

On the 5th of november 1964 the bowmore spirit was filled into five oloroso sherry casks and left to quietly mature in the deep,dark bowmore vaults. After forty two years, the casks have produced only 827 bottles of this extremely rare malt whisky. The result is quite simply stunning, almost ebony in colour, with incredible aromas of exotic fruits,ginger and cinnamon. We now offer you the chance to win one of these exclusive bottles worth £2000

http://www.bowmore.co.uk/home.aspx

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Ardbeg Ten is announced World Whisky of the Year

from blog.islayinfo.com…

Ardbeg Ten Years Old has been awarded the ultimate accolade, as World Whisky of the Year. Internationally acclaimed whisky expert, Jim Murray, author of ‘The Whisky Bible’ has furthered the honour by making this the first single malt Scotch winner ever. Ardbeg 10 Years Old is also accorded Scotch Single Malt of the Year at the same time.

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NEW MALT WHISKY AVAILABLE AT THE LCBO

TORONTO, ON, October 1, 2007 – Premium Bottlers Inc., the first and only independent bottler of whisky in Canada is now offering their limited edition Pure Malt Whisky at LCBO locations across Ontario.Available on October 15th at LCBO stores, LINK Pure Malt Whisky is a marriage of a 10- year old Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the Linkwood Distillery in the Speyside region of Scotland and a minute amount of Canadian Single Malt Whisky.

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