Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. 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. Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.
Here is the round-up of the news from this week.
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Ardbeg
The Islay distillery of Ardbeg has announced details of its annual Ardbeg Day release, which celebrates the final day of the Feis Ile festival on the famous whisky island. Ardbeg Heavy Vapours is the result of an experiment conducted by Dr. Bill Lumsden, the Director of Whisky Creation at Ardbeg, several years ago. For the first time ever at Ardbeg its whisky was distilled without a purifier – the apparatus on the still responsible for maintaining balance between extreme peat and floral fruitiness at the distillery. This allows the heaviest alcohol vapours to rise up the still to be condensed back to a spirit.
Ardbeg Heavy Vapours will be available in two formats - a cask strength Ardbeg Committee version and one regular edition at 46% ABV. Both will be available in the coming weeks to celebrate Ardbeg Day on Saturday 3 June. The 46% ABV expression will be available from Ardbeg Embassies and specialist whisky retailers worldwide, plus the distillery shop. A bottle will cost £120.
"A missing purifier is unprecedented for Ardbeg. This experiment was something I’ve always imagined trying – what would happen to the flavour and character of Ardbeg by distilling in this unique way? Well, it’s now time for Ardbeg fans to find out."Dr. Bill Lumsden.
Benromach
The small independent Speyside distillery of Benromach have launched a new set of five single casks, all constructed from Polish oak. Each of the five will be available in different world markets, including two for the UK totalling 590 bottles. The five casks were all distilled and filled to cask in 2011 and then spent over a decade maturing. All are bottled at the natural cask strength and are both natural colour and non chill-filtered. The UK casks are Cask #771, which is released at 59.1% ABV, and Cask #772 at 58.6% ABV. Both will be available at the distillery in Forres and via selected specialist UK retailers. A bottle will cost £95.
"Polish oak has long been known as a fantastic quality oak for whisky maturation, due to the strength and thickness of the wood, as well as the depth of character it brings to the flavour. This is something that can be seen in abundance in our Polish Oak single cask bottlings."Keith Cruickshank / Distillery Manager at Benromach.
Cutty Sark
The popular Scotch blended brand of Cutty Sark has revealed new limited edition packaging to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The Cutty Sark Anniversary Edition is designed to show the brand's maritime legacy, named after the famous Cutty Sark tea clipper, and shows its adventurous personality. Other plans for the centenary include a forthcoming new commemorative bottling and a marketing campaign, called Never Ending Adventure, which will show Cutty Sark's craftsmanship and personality. The 100th anniversary packaging will be available in key worldwide markets.
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