Glen Spey 25 y.o. Archives 1988 – 2014, Bourbon Hogshead 356079, 163 btl., 47,3%

Comment: On the nose the motto is ‚white oak meets fruit basket‘ filled with apple, pineapple and peaches (also like Haribo sweets). Turkish delight, hazelbush branches and creamy vanilla (like a pudding) join in. It is very mild and balanced on the palate, the oak is less loud than expected. Berries and peaches display maturity and lead the way towards a medium length finish.

Score: 89

Glen Keith 21 y.o. Archives 1992 – 2014, Bourbon Barrel 120599, 218 btl., 51,5%

Comment: This one holds back at first, but after a little time it unfolds. It seems a bit reduced at first, but the quality of this creme brulee dram is high – as always with Glen Keith. No other distillate translates Bourbon cask aromas so well into the Scottish realm these days. Over all, a typical but shy Glen Keith (compare to our other reviews) with a long finish.

Score: 89

Bunnahabhain 23 y.o. Archives 1990 – 2014, Sherry butt 52, 201 btl., 47,9%

Comment: My favourite dram of the bunch and a real stunner. Archives had great releases of Bunnahabhain so far but this one beats them easily – not another raisiny over-sherried Bunna from treated casks, this one stands out! In general, Bunnahabhain still is an underrated distillery with many great affordable bottlings around – and this release is the perfect example: It reminds me a bit of old Macallan with mahogany wood, maraschino cherry, orange zest, Christmas cake with rum and port, traces of leather, ginger bread and spices. It is sweet but not dull, juicy, complex (more in the nose than on the palate) and well-balanced. The finish is endless and makes you pour another one. One of my highlights this year in terms of new releases and a bang for your buck!

Score: 92

Three Archives Littlemill in comparison: 1988 (51,9%) – 1989 (53,0%) – 1990 (47,8%)

As these are as wonderful as so many others we reviewed here (thyme, fruits, dried hay, malty sweetness), I limit myself to key words:

1988: Loads of berries, flawless balance, maturity, understatement – holy crab! – 91 points

1989: More oak than usual, a typical example, complex – 90 points

1990: Spicy elements like a rye whisky with a wonderful finish, but a bit atypical – 89 points

Glentauchers 7 y.o. Archives 2005, Sherry Butt, 52,5%

Comment: Off to a flowery and malty start, green grapes too, quite enticing, I must say. Gingerbread, marzipan bar in chocolate, bark, honey, honeysuckle, dried fruits and orange peel join the nose. It tastes surprisingly raisiny and grapey at first, then becoming dry, malty and honeyed. The long finish is sweet and full of reminiscenses of a fine Chardonnay. Give this one time!

Score: 87+

Deanston 15 y.o. Archives 1997, 55,8%

Comment: I find Deanston a totally underrated distillery, and this dram proves it again – the nose offers loads of peach core aromas and apricot marmelade, a real fruit basket for its age, canned milk, white chocolate, saw dust, vanilla and a discrete smokiness. The greatness, however, is on the palate: great balance of fruit, some Sauternes-like sweetness and the wood. Wow. This loveable Speysider finishes on the sweeter side of life. Moreish!

Score: 89+

Glenrothes 25 y.o. Archives 1988, Refill Sherry Hogshead, 53,0%

Comment: Pot Still Rum?! Could be, but turns into a whisky now: lemon freshness, herbal tea, bergamotte, fruits (apple, apricots) and vanilla on the nose. Nice spices like ginger and chili come in, and quinces, honeysuckle and jasmin. It tastes baroque, full and mature with the spicy edge to keep it interesting. A spicy tail too.

Score: 88+

Glendronach 11 y.o. Archives 2002, Oloroso Sherry Butt 2751, 57,2%

Comment: Dry and spicy Oloroso nose, very nutty. I am getting aromas of pepper, leather, coffee beans, wheatfields, peach liqueur/syrup, canned milk and vanilla. It tastes like a classic Glendronach, altogether more on the spicy side of things without too much sherry domination. Dry oats, crispy malt. It finishes great and sweeter than expected on maraschino cherries and exotic spices. Gimme more!

Score: 89

Bunnahabhain 26 y.o. Archives 1987, Sherry Cask, 50,2%

Comment: Probably my favourite out of this release – big stuff, maraschino cherries, port, cooked raisins, dark chocolate, leather and salt plus that maritime and freshness. In second row there is some white pepper and even more dark fruit. Not overly complex, but soooo nice altogether. On the palate it jumps back and forth between fruity sweetness and spice elements, leaving you with the dark cherry fruit to win, and even more chocolate. Christmas dram!

Score: 90

Ledaig 7 y.o. Archives 2005, Hogshead, 62,8%

Comment: Our friends know what I think of Ledaig 2005 (we bottled one for our club) – and this is a classic example, even one of the better ones. Mustard seeds, polished shoes, apples, iodine  and big flinty aromas. Daddy like!

Score: 90-

Bowmore 23 y.o. The Whisky Agency ‚Fights‘ 1989 – 2012, ex-sherry butt, 341 btl., 53,1%

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Comment: This one is quite sherried, a raisiny and slightly sulphury sweetness is primary here which overrides the more subtle 1989 Bowmore character too much for my personal taste – a bit like prune jam on toasted bread with a little peat. I am also getting roots, maraschino cherries, lilacs, pepper, hazelnuts, chocolate, leather and earth. The palate is very similar to the nose and not among the best balanced or complex drams out there, it reminds me of a cough drop. The finish, however, is nice on sherry, elegant dark wood and peat. In a nutshell: Some might like this but I find it a bit weird and not very Bowmore. Again, just a personal opinion.

Score: 77

Bunnahabhain 43 y.o. The Whisky Agency ‚Sea Life‘ 1968 – 2012, refill sherry butt, 498 btl., 47,0%

Comment: Excellent right from the start! It posesses a hugely fruity nose (this tropical and sour fruitiness I adore – passion fruit, melon, guava, grapefruit, kiwi, etc.) with maritime elements in the background and quite a combo of caramel and vanilla. A cookie-like and rather discrete oakiness is kept at bay by the ever-present fruits and whiffs of coconuts, almonds, late-harvest Riesling, heather honey, marshmallows and spring flowers. A really complex dram yet easy to like. On the palate it has more power and spice than one would expect, somehow not as well integrated as its nose – so let’s add water: yes, that was the key, now the beautiful aroma is translated all the way into the finish. A wonderful oldie, absolutely worth the 225.- Euro.

Score: 90-

Bunnahabhain 21 y.o. Archives 12.1990 – 03.2012, fresh sherry cask #14, 62 btl., 52,3%

Comment: This one is clearly sherried and comes from a good cask. Aside from the salt and parma ham, I am getting notes of morello cherries, plums, raisins and marzipan – yep, Christmas cake-like. Pepper and beef jerky complete the nose. On the palate it is less complex and the raisins and the marzipan take the lead along with wet dark wood planks. Then the dram turns dry towards a sherry- and cherry-laden finish. Water brings out even more raisins (some love that), which dominate the finale. The other aromas are there but more in the background. Very drinkable and suitable as a X-mas dram for sure.

Score: 88

Bunnahabhain 21 y.o. TheWhiskyCask 1990 – 2012, sherry butt, 54,0%

Comment: At first nosing, this darker Bunnie is very similar to the Archive bottling above but it is a bit more closed and dry, spicier (pepper, chili), less fruity overall. Prunes and plums, freshly ground Sicilian coffee, dark chocolate filled with cherry schnaps (Mon Cheri), Vintage Port wine and dark wood are the main elements. In the mouth it is even closer to its sibling from above, but it is more restrained with bigger coffee notes and a drier finish. Water helps a lot here and makes it much more enjoyable and complex. For sherry-heads, though.

Score: 88

These collectable pieces always look nice, and some of them contain different versions of Jack Daniel’s Whisky. I remember the fantastic Barrelhouse No. 1, an amazing Tennessee dram.

It is available soon (Sept. 1st in Germany, and in the USA already), go get one if you are into this stuff.

The Label

Macallan 21 y.o. Malts of Scotland 24.01.1990 – 27.05.2011, MoS Fino Sherry Hogshead 1135, 51,5%

Comment: It starts with the typical Macallan balance, this is fab. I find this dram to be quite typical in other aspects too: We got a decent sweetness (from malt and a little from the sherry), crystallized oranges, cherry jam in chocolate-covered gingerbread (Christmas hearts), apple kirsch liqueur, ripe plums, apples, tobacco and a hint of smoke from earthy peat. All these aromas appear in good Macs regularly. In addition to that there are black pepper elements and caramelized lemon skins with a chemical touch. The palate is very smooth despite 51,5% abv. Great balance again and pretty similar to its nose with discrete oakiness. Water isn’t necessary but doesn’t hurt the dram either, but I couldn’t find improvement – so better leave it. The finish is lovely and long, full of gingerbread, cherry pie, sweet malt, chocolate and  Fino sherry. What’s not to like here? But never forget, taste is personal.

Score: 89+

Port Ellen 12 y.o. James MacArthur ‚Fine Malt Selection‘ 62,7% (released around 1985)

Photo: Langer (thanks!)

Comment: Holy yodeling Wolpertinger! Right from the start this intense yet balanced bottling has everything that makes (young) Port Ellen great – ahh, this maltiness in an antiseptic surrounding, just awesome. It is not as pale as I would have expected (hard to see through the green glass). The lead notes aside from the ones mentioned are soot, glowing embers, dirty tires,

Some Younger Port Ellen Bottlings

ropes and big peat but there also are tar, resin, bonfire smoke, herbs, salt, brine, pepper, green apples, lemons, diesel, honey, heather and sponge cake. A true monster in the nose. The palate shows brutal power and concentration with tingling spice (salt, chili), the aromas from above, sulphur and iodine. Needless to add that the finish is endless in length and complexity. What I personally adore is that it is becoming even sootier in the end. In a nutshell, one of the finest peat monsters I know.

Score: 94

Young PE Minis

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However, I won’t push a wheelbarrow with peat to apply for the purchase of a young bottle, neither will I welcome a ship in a port with its peaty load nor am I becoming a rocketman – I am simply going to taste two exceptional drams from there just as the Gods of Ardbeg wanted it. This is how I obey, that’s my way of creating cult. But thanks for the invitation, guys.

My friend Michael – who deserves knighthood for this – gave me two samples of Ardbeg Single Casks that still mature at the distillery in Sherry Hoggies: a 1975 and a 1998. Something special already. As I own the empty sister, Sherry Cask #4716 bottled for Germany in 2002 (this cask sits in my cellar and was used for an Ardbeg rematuration), this is even more special to me. Let’s taste:

Ardbeg 1975 Refill Sherry Hogshead #4714 (sampled 27.09.2011, 45,3%)

Nose: Wow, what a great start for Ardbeg Day – it has the perfect balance and smell of good old Ardbeg from sherry

Photo: The Wine and Cheese Place

casks with enough power. I love the deep peaty tones, the soot and the iodine along with notes of chalk, sulphur, tires, overheated power transformator, herbs, tealeafs, camphor, cocoa, milk coffee, plums, pepper, oyster, sea air, lemon zest and other citrus components, also only a little wood (dark plank). Close to perfect, I would say.

Palate: Very similar to its nose, but milder, not a powerhouse – it could be a bit heavier for my taste. This also translates into the mouthfeel which also is a bit thin. However, the finish brings a growth of flavours again.

Finish: Now we’re talking! The magic is back, consisting of iodine, soot, sulphur, deep-toned peat, tires and plums. Nothing but great.

Comment: This work in progress should be taken out soon, but it also won’t suffer from becoming a 40 y.o., who knows what is planned with it. Some people say it won’t be bottled at all. Why that is, I don’t know. The old showcase cask? Whatever will happen, I wanna be part of its future .

Score: 93+

Ardbeg 1998 Refill Sherry Hogshead #2722 (sampled 27.09.2011, 53,9%)

Nose: Altogether the same DNA (deep peaty aromas, soot and put-out campfire, dirty tires, lemon zest, camphor), but with the usual hints of post-1997

Photo: The Wine and Cheese Place

elements like aloe vera, agave and other cactus’s juice. I am also getting aromas of Pu-Erh tea and pine resin. The sherry is very discrete but helps in terms of complexity.

Palate: Displays a good balance, this is not a wild beast yet it retains good power of spice and peat and the aromas mentioned. I can taste its potential.

Finish: Mainly on soot, peat, matchstick sulphur and tires but the complete nose appears in the distance after a while. And here it is, late but there: Chocolate and French roast coffee. Aaaaahhhhh.

Comment: This cask is pretty close to the old style, especially in the finish. I am quite convinced that it will come close to the old Ardbeg quality when it is over 20 years old – if they let it sleep.

Photo: The Wine and Cheese Place

With some patience, we will get wonderful old Islay drams like the 1975 from above again. Along with Port Charlotte and Kilchoman, Ardbeg will be stellar when it becomes older. The future is bright. Aside from that I think that inactive refill sherry is just the perfect wood to age Ardbeg for more than 15 years.

Score: 91+

P.S.: In November there will be an Ardbeg Vertical Tasting in Regensburg …

Joke or not - it is cult: The Ardbeg Galileo (Photo: ardbeg-whisky.ch)

Imperial 16 y.o. Whisky-Fässle 1995 – 2011, Bourbon Hogshead, 53,9%

Comment: A very fruity start on pineapple, peaches, apricot jam and banana accompanied by loads of vanilla, almond oil and sweet malt. I am also getting notes of oak, smoke, white pepper, herbal elements (camphor, green plants) and green tea. On the palate it is creamy and shows good balance. Aside from the aromas mentioned (here mainly peaches, green elements and a nice peppery spiciness) there are ginger and licorice coming through. This imperial duck’s highlight is the finish: very long and pleasant on vanilla, peaches and almond oil. Pretty darn good.

Score: 90

Pinkelpausen sind an der Großhesseloher Brücke, der Amalienburgstraße und beim Olympiagelände vorgesehen.

Das Wetter spielt mit, die Stoffe sind fein, das wird der Hammer! CU there!

Highland Park 21 y.o. First Editions 1989, 50,9%

Comment: A round and powerful first impression with lead aromas of crystallized oranges and orange peel, fudge toffee, vanilla, discrete peat smoke, honey, white chocolate and dry malt. In the second row there are glazed doughnuts and candy floss, dusty bookshelves, leather, white pepper, ginger and peat bog notes. The fruity elements (aside from the oranges) consist of canned peaches, red currant and apple crumble. Complex, I’d say. This ‚HP sauce‘ tastes dry and malty on the mid-palate at first, then warming spices and dried fruits (mainly apples) lead into a very well-rounded finish with a mix of the aromas mentioned above. However, it is less impressive than its nose suggested – give this some time. A really good daily dram for allround purposes.

Score: 87

Talisker 18 y.o. OB 45,8% (from 2008/09)

Comment: This bottle was part of my house bar for a while, but now I am going to review the 4cl that remained of this wonderful classic more thoroughly: First, I am overwhelmed by the great balance of its seductive nose. Talisker 18 is very fresh and maritime with notes of smoked mackerel, oysters, brine and some seaspray on the shoreline. I also get just the right amount of peat for this style of whisky with discrete sulphur and chalk in the back, along with a beechwood bonfire. The complexity goes on with aromas of orange and lemon zests, baked apples, pineapple juice and an intriguing connection of plums and apricots. The typical Talisker pepper and some snus-tobacco sort of hover over the whole mix. On the palate we have the famous chili catch in a mild way, because this whisky is more on balance, austerity and finesse than on extremes due to a longer ageing process that took away some edges but added seconary and tertiary aroma components. It could have some more power, though. I would love this at cask strength even more. I consider it to be  a great daily dram and a bang for your buck (around 55.- Euro), but it is not an easy one as it takes time and some experience. Talisker rarely disappoints. Kudos!

Score: 90

This bottling is more of an exotic find for fans – Maggie sourced another nice cask back then, I think. People loved it at our stand on several whisky fairs. Here my short review taken in Munich 2011:

Tomatin 28 y.o. Scotch Single Malt Circle 12.01. 1982 – 23.02.2010, Sherry Cask 29, 574 btl., 55,3%

Comment: Sweet, deep and vanilla-laden, well-balanced between spice (white and black pepper) sherry, malt and a bowl of fruit. Nice coffee notes round off this autumnal dram.

Score: 88

Bladnoch 21 y.o. Single Cask Collection 30.1.1990, Bourbon Hogshead, 51,9%

Comment: I like Bladnoch, but recently I had some disappointingly thin and unexpressive bottlings. This one is much better and talkative right from the start with quite a potent nose. Notes of vanilla, grass, flowers, buttered toast, lemon, orange zest, peaches, malt, apples, pears, licorice and raise from the glass in oily fashion. The taste doesn’t let you down either: malt and licorice, then almonds, grass and lime plus a discrete peppery spiciness paired with a whiff of smoke. Unusual but nice. Medium length in the finish.

Score: 88

Linkwood 27 y.o. Single Cask Collection 1984, Bourbon Hogshead, 57,0%

Comment: Linkwood is an underrated distillery, one for the second look, not so much on primary notes. There were few bottlings I didn’t like. It is essential to give these drams some time to develop. I hope this one is in line with my positive experience.  Let’s see: well-balanced, I must say. I am getting unfiltered apple juice, apricots, lemon zests, flower bouquet, spicy white oak with good Bourbon influence (e.g. vanilla, fudge, cloves, some rum notes), cinnamon, marzipan, marshmallows, smoking sticks in an Indian restaurant and sandal wood. It is becoming even more high class in the mouth, wow, this is wonderfully balanced and needs no water in general – but water helps it in terms of accessibility and more flavours come out, whatever you prefer here. Close to perfection in maturity and very complex, it is hard to nail down aromas on the mile-high-layered mid-palate, very fruity (also grapefruit, citrus fruit and white peaches), exotic spices, flavoured marzipan, white chocolate and wonderful oak. The long finish leaves you positively puzzled and demands for another sip to grasp this complexity. At a price point below 100.- Euro, this is a real steal! Please put a bottle of this on reserve for me, Roland.

Score: 91

Blair Athol 12 y.o. Single Cask Collection 4.8.1998, Bourbon Hogshead, 60,3%

Comment: A classic Highland nose with honey, malt, licorice, ginger, white pepper, heather and grass, peach, vanilla, roasted nuts and cereals. On the palate, it is hot but also fruity (peaches and pineapple) –  a real honest malt with good intensity, somehow reminding me of Lochnagar. Water helps to polish the edges. The long finish focuses on the fruity aspects and adds big vanilla. Old style, good whisky, really fair in price (below 40.-).

Score: 87

Port Dundas 37 y.o., Duncan Taylor Rare Auld, 01.1973 – 04.2010, Sherry Cask 128324, 259 btl., 56,1%

Comment: Is this an ultra-premium rum? Worlds collide here in a nice way. Fresh despite its age, like a Caribbean breeze in Key West. Sugar cane, big vanilla- and coffee-notes, tobacco, chocolate, Cointreau, limejuice, tinned pineapples, coconut, agave and mint, fudge and great oak (that doesn’t go overboard). The sherry is really discrete. Awesome all the way, if you are into mature rum or grain. The more old grain I try, the more I love them. Another quite undiscovered category…

Score: 90

Ardbeg 13 y.o. SMWS 33.102, 10.1997 – 2011, 2nd-fill Bourbon Barrel, 223 btl., 55,2%

Comment: A bit more on the spicy side than the others (white pepper, chili), also more citrus aromas (orange, lemon, lime) coming through. Oysters, chalk, rope, pine resin, camphor, big peat smoke and bonfire, later even latte macchiato coffee and minty menthol join in. It is very hot and spicy on the palate, begging for dilution. Water makes it a classic fine Ardbeg with great balance and brings out the leather.

Score: 89

Ardbeg 11 y.o. SMWS 33.104, 31.8.1999 – 2011, Refill Sherry Butt, 538 btl., 55,7%

Comment: A round and voluptous version with quite some toffee, raisins and a store full of new tires. The discrete sherry takes away the edge and some peatiness as well. Somehow winey. On the palate it is more peppery than expected, but soon the sherry’s sweet notes soften the catch a bit. It keeps jumping between these two worlds until the hot spice wins.

Score: 85

Ardbeg 11 y.o.SMWS 33.109, 8.1998 – 2011, Refill Sherry Butt, 468 btl., 55,6%

Comment: Very close to 33.104, also a load of new tires, but more herbs and camphor and a bit less toffee. Discrete sherry influence in the nose causing that rounding effect again, but this is peatier than 104 – sulphur and iodine make this one more interesting. It has a good balance in the mouth without losing character and ooommpphh. Later raisins and resin show up. I love the flinty and spicy finish. Not bad at all, I must say.

Score: 89

Dram in a Tram (Sa., 28. April 2012)

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Moderation / Whiskys: Pit Krause und evtl. Karl ‚Käfer‘ O.

Ein einmaliges Event – wir werden mit einer echten Münchener Trambahn durch München fahren und dabei Top-Whiskys verkosten. Purer Kult, bei dem Whiskygeschichte Stadtgeschichte trifft. Seid bei dieser einmaligen Tour dabei!

Auch bei den Whiskys machen wir keine Kompromisse:

1. Warm-Up: 12 y.o. Single Domaine Guyana Rum (Caribbean Distillers), bottled 2004 by Rum Nation, Rossi & Rossi Imp. (Italy), 43% (Premium-Rum aus Guyana, wird Euch positiv überraschen und die Geschmacksknospen vorbereiten)
2. Glenglassaugh 22 y.o. Hart Bros., 1974, 43% (zu Recht sind derzeit alle wild auf Glenglassaugh, hier wieder eine dieser Traubenzucker-Malz-Fruchtbomben aus der besten Zeit vor der Schließung)
3. Tomatin 33 y.o. Duncan Taylor (Rare Auld), Dec. 1976 – Feb. 2010, (Sherry) Cask 6816, 264 btl., 51,6% (komplex mit sehr viel Frucht und Obst, eben ein High-End Dram aus Tomatins bestem Jahrgang, erreicht stets 90-94 Punkte)
4. Auchentoshan 29 y.o. OB, distilled 12.03.1973, Sherry Butt 793, 55,8% (Ein alter Auchie gewann zuletzt das Tasting in Regensburg, die Einzelfässer sind unschlagbar, muss man erlebt haben: „Dark-Fruit- Smoothie-Orgasm“)
5. Springbank 21 y.o. OB (Old Parchment Label, distilled in 1960ies), 75cl dumpy bottle, 46% (Legende, aus den gleichen Jahren wie die Local Barleys und co., dazu noch viel Sherryfass-Einfluss: 93+ Punkte bei Serge, Olivier und mir, Kokos, Mandelöl, Serrano-Schinken, dunkle Frucht, edle Eiche und so unendlich viel mehr – not to miss!)
6. Glendronach 1. May 1992 – 4. Feb. 2009 OB for King’s Court Society, Sherry Butt 39, 200 btl., 58,7% (Dark Sherry-Power, Blumentopferde, Kaffee, Top-Einzelfass aus der Kultbrennerei, die derzeit mit Preisen überhäuft wird)
7. Bowmore 1994 – 2008 Berry Bros. & Rudd, Cask 1681, 56,3% (so geht Bowmore: richtig gute Islay-Torf-Power ohne Einbußen in Sachen Brennereicharakter, 1993 und 1994 waren endlich wieder Topjahre bei Bowmore, weshalb die Preise für diese Jahrgangsabfüllungen explodieren)
8. Port Ellen 26 y.o. Three Rivers (Tokyo), 13. Oct. 1982 – 17. Aug. 2009, Sherry Butt 2473, 200 btl., 55,7% (ein weiterer Anwärter auf den Tagessieg: gereifter PE mit genug, aber nicht zu viel Sherry-Einfluss, genau in der Mitte zwischen Torf-Leder-Jod-Combo, dreckig-öliger Würze und fruchtigen Sekundäraromen – natürlich in Fassstärke)

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1) Eröffnung ‚Männerladen‘ in Landshut – unser neuer Partner

Slowdrink.de betreut dieses spannende Projekt mitten in der Fußgängerzone bei der großen St.-Martinskirche in Landshut (Altstadt 18 – 20) in Sachen Whisky, Liköre und co. Hier wird von der sehr freundlichen Familie Jung am 11.11.2011 Eröffnung gefeiert, zu der Ihr alle herzlich eingeladen seid.

Der Männerladen besitzt eine Gewölbebar mit Außenterasse und verkauft alles, was das Männerherz begehrt. Vielleicht braucht Ihr ja noch Geschenke für Eure Männer, Brüder, Söhne, Väter, Chefs und Freunde (neben den essentiellen Slowdrink.de-Tastinggutscheinen ). Man kann sich da auch im Saloonstil rasieren lassen, es gibt Hüte, rare Messer und selbstgefertigte Lederwaren, Gürtelschnallen sowie feinen Kaffee – und vieles mehr! Ich habe mich dort um ein vielseitiges Whiskysortiment gekümmert, das sich sehen lassen kann. Also schaut einmal im Männerladen vorbei!

Ebenso wird es im Männerladen öfter Tastings geben, womit wir am 23.11.2011 beginnen werden:

2) Whisky-Tasting im Männerladen zu Landshut

Zur Einweihung des Gewölbes gibt es natürlich ein Tasting, das ich selber moderieren werde. Es findet am 23.11.2011 um 19.00 Uhr statt (Voranmeldung, Männerladen, Altstadt 18 – 20, Landshut). Ich habe ein Line-up zusammengestellt, bei dem für jeden Whiskyfreund etwas dabei sein wird (verschiedene Regionen, Alter, Fassreifungen, etc., fast nur Einzelfass-Whiskys).

Hier die Verkostungsliste mit ein paar echten Highlights und noch geheimen Überraschungen:

1. Highland Park (Orkney) 16 years old, 1994 – 2010,
   Ex-Bourbon Hogshead, 54,6%
2. Mortlach 18 y.o., 1993 – 2011,
   Ex-Sherry Butt, 57,2%
3. Miltonduff (Elgin) 13 y.o., 1998 – 2011,
   Sherry Hogshead No. 3619, 59,9%
4. Braes of Glenlivet (Elgin) 21 y.o., 1989 – 2011,
   Hogshead Nr. 1030, 54,7%
5. Glenglassaugh (Portsoy) 28 y.o., 1983,
   Refill-Sherry Butt finished in a fresh Sauternes Cask, 49,6%
6. Clynelish (Brora) 14 y.o., 1997 – 2011
   Hogshead No. 5711, 57,9%
7. Islay Edition No.1 (Bowmore, Islay) 13 y.o.,
   Limited to 3 casks, 46%
8. Laphroaig 14 y.o. (Islay), 1997 – 2011, Bourbon Hogshead, 43,3%

Unkostenbeitrag: 39.- Euro

Anmeldung: Im Männerladen (persönlich, telefonisch unter 0871-29475 oder unter folgender Mail-Adresse: info@maennerladen.de)

Ich denke, das Dabeisein lohnt sich, gerade jetzt zu dieser Jahreszeit – für diesen geringen Preis wird da großes Whiskykino geboten. Aber beeilen, die Plätze sind limitiert! Anmerkung: Nicht kombinierbar mit einem Slowdrink-Gutschein, da es ein Partner-Event ist.

3) Whiskyverkostung in Regensburg zusammen mit dem Irish Pub ‚Murphy’s Law‘

Noch nicht ganz spruchreif, aber der Termin steht: Am 11. Dezember 2011 um ca. 18.30 Uhr werden wir eine Whiskyverkostung im Murphy’s Law (Spiegelgasse, Regensburger Altstadt) haben. Kultwirt Mike freut sich schon auf uns und wird an diesem vorweihnachtlichen Sonntag auch ein paar Drams mit uns genießen. Das Line-up kommt die kommenden Tage, der Preis wird bei ca. 35.- Euro liegen.

4) Slowdrink High-End-Minitasting

Falls einige noch Lust haben, würde ich in kleinem Kreise von ca. 12 Personen mein neues kleines Whiskyzimmer (alias The Warehouse No. 1) einweihen, wo auch Teile meiner Sammlung stehen. Dazu würde ich um die sieben High-End Whiskys und Raritäten, die keiner kennen dürfte, ausschenken und – wie immer zum Selbstkostenpreis – diese mit Euch in der schönen Atmosphäre genießen – um das Whiskyjahr ausklingen zu lassen.

Mailt an info@slowdrink.de, falls ihr im Dezember noch dazu Lust hättet. Wir bräuchten bloß 12 Freaks, die sich opfern .

5) Rudis Distillery Map nun im Handel erhältlich

Auf vielen Veranstaltungen hatte ich sie schon dabei – die Distillery-Karte unseres Mitglieds Rudi Hirst mit allen schottischen Brennereien, reißfest in Gummi und groß genug, um für einen großen Raum einsehbar zu sein. Unterstützt dieses Projekt. Hier die Infos, wir Ihr an diese herankommt – das originale Anschreiben von Rudi:

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Als Whiskyliebhaber möchte wir Euch heute die demnächst erscheinende Karte Scotland‘s Destillerie (mit  Booklet) und die damit in engen Zusammenhang stehende neu entstandene Internetpräsenz

6. Wer den Shop nicht traut, kann natürlich auch per E-Mail info@alba-collection.de bestellen
7. Die Bezahlung erfolgt durch Euch nach Erhalt der Ware auf Rechnung.

Über ein Feedback (info@alba-collection.de), Wünsche, Anregungen oder Kritik sind wir Euch jederzeit dankbar.

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So, das waren alle Neuigkeiten, mehr demnächst hier und per Newsletter.

Liebe Grüße,

Pit.

Das Line-Up des Abends

Klickt auf den folgenden Link für die Einladung und beeilt Euch, falls Ihr dabei sein wollt. Die Verkostung wird wahrscheinlich schnell ausverkauft sein.

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CU there!