Port Askaig Tweet Tasting

Continuing our hugely successful triumphant teeming thong of Twitter trending Tweet Tastings, we’re dramspankingly delighted to announce that on Friday September 30th, we’ll be teaming up with the mighty Port Askaig, for an evening of all things Islay.

Details of the evenings dramfotainment are hush, hush and under wraps for the moment, but if you fancy finding out more about the Islay brand that has been developed to appeal to the novice whisky drinker, whilst meeting the demands of the most discerning of whisky connoisseurs, keep ‘em peeled!

What we can say and let out of the bag at the moment, is that that night will involve pouring and exploring a duo of Port Askaig expressions. Also if you’re a fan of pairing amazing whisky with equally amazing chocolate, you won’t be disappointed!

If you fancy taking part in an evening that 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 #PortAskaigWhisky

The closing date to register is September 16th, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on the evening of Friday, September 30th 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 September 30th at 7pm BST via #PortAskaigWhisky

Registration open to over 18's only!

For more information on Port Askaig, visit: portaskaig.com

@TheWhiskyWire

@PortAskaigMalt

Quick Fire Whisky Tasting Notes

Loch Lomond Single Grain

 

 

Nose: A slightly charred pineapple upside down cake covered in cold Ambrosia Devon custard – iced raisin Danishes – Hovis digestive biscuits - lemon sherbet – orange oil - banana skin – poached pears - Mackies Scottish three berry preserve - sugared almonds – coconut ice - caramelised fennel fronds and an all-round reassuring nasal hug of all things gloriously grainy.

 

Palate: Grilled pineapple rings - pear drops - orange oil - hot buttered granary toast – Sainsbury’s tropical fruit granola – baked spiced apples, covered in more of that cold Ambrosia Devon custard – youthful oak - caramelised fennel fronds – toasted walnuts - mixed spice – white pepper and the subtlest wisp-ette of cardamom.

 

Finish: A fresh, fruity and lip-smackingly sweet, long linger-ette of a finish.

 

Summary: Some superb whiskies bolting out of the Loch Lomond stable at the moment, and this is most certainly one of them. Even though I’m a huge fan of deep, dark and decadent single grain bottlings, it’s refreshing to see a bottling that is as fresh and fruity as it is rich and ravishing.
 

 

 

 

'The Exceptional' Tweet Tasting

Continuing our hugely successful triumphant teeming thong of Twitter trending Tweet Tastings, we’re thrilled to announce that on October 5th, we’ll be pouring and exploring a trio of whisky wares from US based Sutcliffe & Son’s ‘The Exceptional’ range of Scotch whiskies.

The Exceptional, is a series of three small batch malt, grain and blended Scotch whiskies, which have been finished in first-fill Oloroso sherry casks, selected from several different Scotch distilleries, including a number of rare casks from distilleries which are now closed.

More details to follow soon but if you fancy taking part in a truly ‘Exceptional’ and epic evening of dramspankery click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle. Please also remember to mark the subject line of the email: #TheExceptional

The closing date to register is September 9th, 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 October 5th at 7pm BST via hashtag #TheExceptional

Registration open to over 18's only!

@TheWhiskyWire

@TweetTastings

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Quick Fire Whisky Tasting Notes

Prometheus 27 Year Old

Nose: Sumptuous sherry soaked sultanas, dates and cherries - blackberry and plum crumble covered in a glorious glug of Waitrose Madagascan vanilla custard – baked spiced apples – a slightly under baked pear tart tatin – Willies Cacao Colombian Gold dark chocolate - smoked walnuts – charred oak – dusty old book shelves - poly cement (Airfix) glue – a spent match without the sulphured edge - fresh mint and something rather grain whisky-esque.

Palate: An 'Old Fashioned' infusion of orange peel, maraschino cherries and wood bitters - bergamot oil – grilled peaches - Cadbury’s Old Jamaica chocolate bar – aniseed twists – spiced malt loaf - Twinings green tea and oodles of opulent oak.

Finish: A sassy, smoky and spiced lingering finish, that eventually becomes as fresh as it is feisty!

Summary: A superbly bountiful and balanced drop of dramspankage from The Glasgow Distillery Company, which follows on from their inaugural 26 Year Old bottling of Prometheus in 2015. In addition to their independent bottlings, we’re very much looking forward to eventually sipping and savouring their own distilled whisky delights, watch this space!

 

Lakes Distillery Tweet Tasting II

Another evening of all things dramspanking and ginspiring you say? Well allow us to gladly oblige, as on September 28th, we’ll be pouring and exploring a gaggle of glorious sips from our good friends at Cumbria’s Lakes Distillery.

There still may be a couple of years to wait before we can enjoy their English single malt whisky wares, but over the last couple of years the team at the Lakes Distillery have been busy blending and bottling their multi-award winning ‘The One’ British blended whisky and their small batch artisan ‘The Lakes Gin’.

On the night we'll be sharing, sipping and savouring their new limited edition 'The One' Tawny Port Finish, 'The Lakes Gin' Explorers Edition and a real treat in the form of their not quite whisky yet, one year old matured spirit.

Full details to follow soon, but if you fancy taking part in an evening filled with equal parts of dramspankery and gin ginery Click Here to register your interest by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle, remembering to mark the subject line #LakesDistillery

The closing date to register is September 5th, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on the evening of September 28th 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 gin and dramfotainment, so we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on September 28th at 7pm BST via #LakesDistillery

 

Registration open to over 18's only!

 

For more information on the Lakes Distillery, visit: lakesdistillery.com

 

@TheWhiskyWire

@LakesDistillery

Hyde Whiskey Tweet Tasting

Continuing our hugely successful triumphant teeming thong of Twitter trending Tweet Tastings, we’re thrilled to announce that on September 21st, we’ll pouring and exploring a duo of dramspanking Irish dramming ditties from Hyde Whiskey.

On the night we’ll be sharing, sipping and savouring the County Cork based brands, multi award winning 10 Year Old Sherry Cask Single Malt and 6 Year Old Bourbon Cask Single Grain whiskies.

More details to follow soon but if you fancy taking part in an epic evening of Irish whiskey discovery click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle. Please also remember to mark the subject line of the email: #HydeWhiskey

The closing date to register is August 22nd, 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 September 21st at 7pm BST via hashtag #HydeWhiskey

Registration open to over 18's only!

For more information on Grant's visit: hydewhiskey.ie

@TheWhiskyWire

@HydeWhiskey

Loch Lomond Single Grain Whisky Flash Blog

 

In addition to our teaming throng of Twitter trending Tweet Tastings, we’re thrilled to announce our next Whisky Flash Blog event.

Loch Lomond will soon be launching a new Single Grain, Scotch whisky expression, and we’re giving our next group of Whisky Flash Blogger’s the opportunity to be some of the first to sample and savour their latest release.

Distilled in their coffey still using only malted barley, Loch Lomond Single Grain, has been matured in American oak casks under the watchful eye of Master Distiller Michael Henry.

More details on the whisky coming soon, but if you would like to be one of our Whisky Flash Blogger’s here are all the details you need:

If you’re a blogger, tweeter or facebooker we’d love for you to write a review of the new Loch Lomond Single Grain, Scotch whisky, then on September 7th post your review on your blog, linking via social media. If you don’t have a blog but are a whisky tweeter or Facebooker we’d for you to tweet or post your tasting notes on the day using hashtag #LochLomond

We will of course get the sample to you at least one week ahead of the Whisky Flash Blog date of September 7th, so you’ll have plenty of time to sip, savour and review.

On the day and in the spirit of good Whisky Flash Bloggery, we also ask if you could share and re-tweet the reviews and posts from your fellow Whisky Flash Bloggers.

We’re looking for tasters from around the world, so for this event there is no geographical restrictions. So to register to take part click here to email your name, postal address and Twitter, Facebook and or blog details, remembering to mark the subject line #LochLomond

The closing date to register is August 12th and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free to review and post on September 7th!

For more information on Loch Lomond visit: lochlomondgroup.com

Registration open to over 18's only!

@TheWhiskyWire

@LochLomond3

#LochLomond