Inbox - August 30, 2013

Welcome to this week's Inbox.  For those that have recently discovered us, Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

New release - Arran Devil's Punchbowl Chapter II

This whisky is the latest limited edition single malt from the independent and award winning Isle of Arran Distillers. The Devil's Punch Bowl Chapter II follows in the footsteps of the original Devil's Punch Bowl, which was released last year and received much acclaim.  The release is named after a spectacular local geological site on the isle of Arran, which sees a waterfall plunge into a turbulent cauldron shaped pool.  The second expression is subtitled Angels & Devil.

Inbox - August 23, 2013

Welcome to this week's Inbox.  For those that have recently discovered us, Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

New release - Bowmore 23 years old Port Cask Matured

This new whisky from the oldest single malt distillery on the famous whisky island of Islay offers something a little unusual and intriguing. The spirit was laid down to mature in 1989 and has spent its full life in ex-Port wine casks - these types of casks are more commonly used for finishing (the process where nearly fully matured whisky is placed in a different cask for a short period of time) and rarely for a full period of maturation.

New release - Imperial 18 years old from Hunter Laing

This whisky forms part of the first set of bottlings from the newly formed independent bottling company of Hunter Laing & Co. The company was formed in May after the owners of Douglas Laing, brothers Fred and Stewart Laing, decided to go their separate ways earlier this year.  Stewart has formed Hunter Laing & Co along with his two sons (Andrew and Scott) while Fred has taken full control of Douglas Laing, which is one of the oldest and biggest independent bottling companies in the Scotch whisky industry.

Inbox - August 16, 2013

Welcome to this week's Inbox.  For those that have recently discovered us, Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

Have just tried - Taketsuru Pure Malt 12 years old

This is a whisky that is produced by the Nikka Whisky Distilling Company in Japan and is the entry level product in their Taketsuru Pure Malt range.  Nikka own two single malt distilleries - Miyakigyo (pronounced mee-yag-ik-yo) and Yoichi (pronounced yo-ee-chee)- and both are included in this whisky.  The term Pure Malt is used as there is no grain whisky in the product, just single malts.  This 12 years old expression is joined by two others in the Taketsuru Pure Malt range, which have age statements of 17 and 21 years of age.

New release - Ardbeg 19 years old from Cadenhead's

It’s very unusual for a new Ardbeg to come onto the market without the whole whisky world knowing about it, but here’s one recent release that’s slipped under the radar. No big fanfare for this new Ardbeg, no ruminant based activities were involved in the launching of this bottling from independent bottlers and retailers Cadenhead's. Having just stumbled upon this bottling online I decided to hop over to the Cadenhead's London store and buy a bottle.

Cadenhead's are Scotland’s oldest independent bottler having been established in Aberdeen in 1842 by George Duncan. Now run by J&A Mitchell company, owners of Springbank, Cadenheads have several shops dotted all around Scotland and Europe selling single cask, cask strength bottlings alongside Rums, Cognacs and Gins.

Inbox - August 9, 2013

Welcome to this week's Inbox.  For those that have recently discovered us, Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.

Have just tried - Islay Mist Peated Reserve

Islay Mist is a blended whisky brand which is owned by MacDuff International Limited.  They also own the Cumbrae Castle, Grand Macnish, Lauder's, Regent and Strathbeag blended whisky brands. The Peated Reserve is the newest addition to the core range - which includes the Deluxe plus 8, 12 and 17 years old versions - and was introduced in January of this year.  This newest expression has been created by Gilmour Burnett, MacDuff International's Master Blender, and is designed to add more smokiness than is present in the rest of the range.

Inbox - August 2, 2013

Welcome to this week's Inbox.  For those that have recently discovered us, Inbox is our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our email inbox. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday.