The Dram Team Tweet Tasting

Continuing our teeming throng of our industry renowned Tweet Tastings, we’re absolutely thrilled to announce that on June 7th we’ll be teaming up with The Dram Team and their new premium whisky tasting-by-post subscription service, for an evening of epic dramspankery.

As part of their UK launch, on the night we’ll be pouring and exploring The Dram Team’s inaugural flight of whiskies, which will give our selected tasters and followers a taste of what’s to come from this new whisky-tasting-by-post subscription and gift service.

Full details to follow soon, but if you would like to take part in what promises to be a dramming night to remember click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle, remembering to mark the subject line of the email: #TheDramTeam

The closing date to register is May 12th, 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 all the evening’s dramfotainment. So we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on June 7th at 7pm BST via hashtag #TheDramTeam

Registration open to UK residents and over 18's only

For more information on The Dram Team visit: thedramteam.co.uk

@TheWhiskyWire

@TheDramTeam

Raise a glass to London's whisky scene

 

We recently contributed to a piece for Virgin Atlantic, looking at the whisky scene in London. It also focuses on the ever growing new generation of whisky consumer, as well as including a 'whisky basics' jaunt around the whisky regions of Scotland, Ireland, England and America. Click Here to read the full article.

Girvan & Rare Cask Reserve Tweet Tasting

 

Continuing our triumphant teaming throng of Tweet Tastings, we’re thrilled to announce that on June 8th, we’ll be teaming up again with our good friends at William Grant & Sons as we share, sip and savour a wave of whisky wares from their Girvan Patent Still and Rare Cask Reserve brands.

On the night we’ll be pouring and exploring their gargantuanly glorious Girvan Patent Still Proof Strength and 25 Year Old expressions, along with their 21 and 26 Year Old Rare Cask Reserves which form two of the brands in the William Grant & Sons Ancient Reserves portfolio.

We’re also thrilled to announce that on the night we’ll be joined by Alwynne Gwilt, ‎Whisky Specialist at William Grant & Sons, who’ll not only be tweeting in on the action but on hand to answer all your Girvan based questions.

Full details to follow soon, but if you would like to take part in an evening that’s all about the glory of the grain and some remarkable rare reserves, Click Here and register your interest by emailing your name, postal address and Twitter handle, remembering to mark the subject line #AncientReserves

The closing date to register is May 2nd, 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 June 8th at 7pm BST via hashtag #AncientReserves

Until then Happy Dramlaxing!

For more information on The Girvan Patent Still visit: thegirvanpatentstill.com

 

Registration open to UK residents and over 18's only!

 

@TheWhiskyWire

 @GirvanGrain

@AncientReserves

 

Quick Fire Whisky Tasting Notes

Ailsa Bay

 

 

Nose: Bonfire ash, freshly laid tarmac, Wright’s coal tar soap, poly cement (Airfix) glue, damp hay bales, crispy smoked bacon, cayenne pepper, warm vanilla fudge, Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference lemon curd, pear drops, sugared almonds, green tea, ready rolled cake icing, Waitrose treacle tart and something rather sweet musk-esque.

 

Taste: Barbecue charred bacon rinds, coal dust, Lockets honey and lemon lozenges, linseed oil, freshly picked verbena leaves, Butterkist toffee popcorn, steamed syrup sponge pudding drenched in vanilla custard, Lindt chilli dark chocolate, mixed spice, grounds of black pepper and oodles of opulent charred oak.

 

Finish: A long, lush and lingering - sweet, smoky and spiced finish, that goes on and on and on and on…

 

Summary: A drop of pure dramming class in a glass! An outstanding very Islay-esque, cotemporary looking and traditional feeling first release from William Grant & Son’s new Lowland distillery brand. As with the Girvan and Kininvie additions to the WGS whisky portfolio over the last few years, we greatly look forward to following Ailsa Bay's progress and pouring and exploring its future whisky wares.

 

 

The Whisky Wire's 6th Birthday Competition

Today we've reached the ripe old age of six, and to help celebrate our 6th Birthday we’re giving one of our followers the chance of winning their height in whisky miniatures.

Between now and Sunday April 10th, we’re giving away a whole heaping height of delicious dramspankage, which will include a wealth of worldly whisky wares, along with a splenderous selection of some of Scotchlands finest.

To be in with a chance of winning Click Here and email us your contact details along with your height (we trust you to be honest malt mates) and the following phrase that dramming pays:

“I’d love to win The Whisky Wire’s

heaping height of whisky wares

and raise a glass to six years of

dramlaxing and dramspankery.”

*Remember to mark the subject line of your email with: 6th Birthday 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!

#TWW6

While I’m at it I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your support over the last six years, and I look forward to raising a glass of something special to you all. Happy Dramlaxing!

Competition closes at 23:59 on April 10th 2016 the winner will be announced on April 12th. You have to be aged 18 years or over to enter. Maximum height given in prize will be 6.5ft.