15 June 2017

Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival Tweet Tasting II


More social media based dramfotainment you say? Well allow us to gladly oblige with something splendorous of the Speyside variety.

Continuing our triumphant teeming throng of Twitter trending Tweet Tastings, we’re absolutely thrilled to announce that on July 12th, we’ll be teaming up again with our good friends at the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, for an evening pouring and exploring some of the finalist and winning drams from this year’s festival awards.

On the night we’ll also be revealing more details about their second annual Distilled event in September, which not only champions the regions whiskies, but also its award-winning brewers, gin makers and food producers.

Full details to follow soon, but if you would like to take part in an evening of splendorous Speyside sips, click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle, remembering to mark the subject line of the email: #dram17

The closing date to register is June 26th, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on the night!!!

Even if you're not one of the selected Tweet Tasters, it'd be great to have you following the evening’s dramfotainment. So we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on July 12th at 7pm BST via hashtag #dram17

Registration open to over 18’s only!
 
@TheWhiskyWire
 
@Spirit_Speyside
 
For more information on the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, visit: spiritofspeyside.com
 

14 June 2017

Wild Turkey National Bourbon Day Competition


Wham bam thankyou dram! May we be the first to wish you a very happy National Bourbon Day! Not only is it the day to share and celebrate all that is great about this bountiful and belting style of liquid Americana, it also just happens to be Whisky Wednesday!

So what better day to team up with our good friends at Wild Turkey, to give away a bottle of their big bang for buck 101 Kentucky Straight bourbon. Not just any bottle, one signed by their Master Distiller Eddie Russell.

To be in with a chance of winning click here and email us your contact details along with the phrase that dramming pays:
 
I’d love to sip and savour a wild and
wonderful liquid Americana libation,
that’s definitely no turkey!”
 
*Remember to mark the subject line of your email with: Wild Turkey NBD
 
If you’re on Twitter you can also follow us via @TheWhiskyWire and RT one of our related competition tweets for another chance to win!
 
For more information on Wild Turkey’s Master Distiller Eddie Russell, you can check out our recent Whisky Insiders Interview by clicking here
 
For more information on Wild Turkey click here
 
Competition closes at 11:59 BST on June 21st. You have to be aged 18 years or over to enter.
 
#WildTurkeyNBD
 

2 June 2017

Heaven Hill Tweet Tasting


Continuing our hugely successful triumphant teeming thong of Twitter trending Tweet Tastings, we’re absolutely thrilled to announce that on July 4th we’re teaming up with our friends at Marussia Beverages UK, to not only celebrate American Independence Day, but doing so in fine style by pouring and exploring a gaggle of glorious liquid americana releases from Heaven Hill.

On the night we’ll be sharing, sipping and savouring multi award-winning expressions from Heaven Hill’s Evan Williams, Larceny, Bernheim and Rittenhouse brands.

Full details to follow soon, but if you would like to take part in an epic evening of bountiful bourbons and righteous rye’s, click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle, remembering to mark the subject line #HeavenHillUK

The closing date to register is June 15th, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on the evening of July 4th to take part!

Even if you're not one of the selected Tweet Tasters, it'd be great to have you following all the evenings dramfotainment. So we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on July 4th at 19:00 BST via #HeavenHillUK

Registration open to over 18's only!

For more info on Heaven Hill and Marussia Beverages UK, visit: marussiabeverages.co.uk
 
#HeavenHillUK
 
Be part of the dramfotainment!

30 May 2017

Ardbeg Day 2017 Competition


Ardbeg has announced that it will be paying homage to the sea surrounding its home island of Islay and the mythical sea creatures that live beneath, as part of its annual Ardbeg Day celebrations in London.

Taking place at Greenwich Yacht Club on Saturday June 3rd, whisky loving attendees will be invited to celebrate all things Ardbeg, with a day filled with mystery, food, games... and of course, whisky!

Guests will also have the chance to join in an Ardbeggian boat race, followed by a tasting of new Ardbeg limited edition; Kelpie, alongside seafood pairings and a pub quiz on the history of Islay and Ardbeg.

We’re thrilled to announce that were teaming up with our good friends at Ardbeg, to not only offer one of our followers the chance of winning a pair of tickets for the Ardbeg Day celebrations in London, but also a bottle of their cracking core range 10 Year Old single malt Scotch whisky.

To be in with a chance of winning click here and email us your contact details along with the phrase that dramming pays:

“Sip sip, hooray! I’d love to
celebrate with something suitably celebratory on the annual day
of all things awesomely Ardbegian!”
 
*Remember to mark the subject line of your email with: Ardbeg Day comp

If you’re on Twitter you can also follow us via @TheWhiskyWire and RT one of our related competition tweets for another chance to win!

Should you just be plain old eager to buy tickets for this year’s event, and why wouldn’t you. Tickets priced £40 are still available by clicking here.
 
#ArdbegDayComp

For more information on Ardbeg, visit: ardbeg.com

Competition closes at 8am BST on June 2nd. You have to be aged 18 years or over to enter. The Ardbeg Day event in London competition element, consists of entry only and does not include travel or accommodation.