Balcones Tweet Tasting IIII

Continuing our hugely successful triumphant teeming thong of Twitter trending Tweet Tastings, we’re thrilled and delighted to announce that on December 19th, we’ll be teaming up once again with our very good friends at Balcones Distilling, for another epic evening of all things Texan.

Following another epic year for the Waco based distillery, who have just officially opened their new distillery, we’re very much looking forward sharing, sipping and savouring a gaggle of their glorious expressions, which will just happen to include a few brand new limited editions.

We’re not revealing the final line up just yet, but trust me when I say, it will make the perfect spirited start to the week leading up to Christmas.

We’re also delighted to announce that on the night we’ll be joined by Head Distiller Jared Himstedt and Brand & Distillery Ambassador Winston Edwards, who’ll not only be tweeting in on the action but on hand to answer all your questions on all things Balcones.

If you would like to be one of our lucky tweet tasters, pouring and exploring some of Texas’s finest, click here to register by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle, remembering to mark the subject line #BalconesWhisky

The closing date to register is December 2nd, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on the evening of December 19th 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 December 19th at 7pm GMT via #BalconesWhisky

Registration open to over 18's only!

For more information on Balcones, visit: balconesdistilling.com

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The Whisky Wire's 12 Drams of Christmas 2016

For the last six years, we’ve brought you our ’12 Drams of Christmas’ as chosen by you! So, we thought it would only be rude not to do the same again this year, and use it as a great excuse to start getting into the festive spirit.

 

Between now and Friday December 9th, we’d love to hear your nominations for your favourite festive drops of dramspankage. Then on Monday the 12th of December, we’ll publish the list of the Top 12 drams as chosen by you in ranking order. We’ll also include retail detail, so they can be enjoyed by all over the festive period and indeed beyond.

To take part click here and email us your top three favourite festive whiskies, that we’ll then use to help compile our ’12 Drams of Christmas 2016’. Please remember to mark the subject line of your email '12 Drams of Christmas’.

Everyone who enters will automatically have their name added into our virtual Santa hat, for a chance to win a bottle of last years ’12 Drams of Christmas’ number 1 dram: The Glenlivet 18 Year Old. We’ll also throw in two guaranteed spaces to any of our Tweet Tastings in 2017. The winner will be selected and notified on December 14th. Hootendrammy!

Which drams will make the final 12?

You decide!

 

t&c’s You must be over 18 years of age enter in the UK and over the legal drinking age of your respective country if entering outside the UK. Competition closes on December 9th 2016.

 

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Whisky Insiders Interview - Paul Hletko

Company:
FEW Spirits

Job:
Founder & Distiller

Website:
fewspirits.com



How long have you been working in the whisky industry?
I’ve now been working in the world of whisky now for about 6 years.

What has been your biggest career highlight to date?
The biggest highlights so far are being named Whisky Advocate Magazine’s Craft Whisky of the Year.  I’ve also managed to meet and work with amazing people, ranging from other whiskey people, to musicians, artists, craftsman, bartenders, chefs, and more.  Whisky moves across categories and brings creative people together!

Can you remember your first dram, and indeed what it was?

The first dram that I remember was Makers Mark, but the first one I truly enjoyed, which also floored me was Eagle Rare.

What does whisky mean to you?
To me whisky means friends and family. Whisky is celebration, whisky is sharing the good times, whisky is sharing the bad, whisky is art that brings people together!

Where would you like to see yourself in five years’ time?
I’d like to see myself with a great dram of whisky and a group of friends, celebrating friends’ success!

What was your last dram?
My last dram was Few Bourbon, on the rocks. Tasty!

Do you have a favourite whisky and food pairing combination?
I probably should, but it’s so mood dependent for me. I do love whisky and beef though, bourbon and BBQ are such a natural combination!

What’s your favourite time and place to enjoy a dram?
In front of a fire, with friends.

What do you think is going to be the next big thing on the whisky horizon?
The next big thing is already here, and that is the continued rise of craft whisky!

What’s the one dram you couldn’t live without?
Few, of course!

Many thanks to Paul Hletko. Who will be our next Whisky Insider? Click back soon to find out!

Our 100th Tweet Tasting - A Benromach Christmas

Hootendrammy! We’re absolutely thrilled to announce our 100th Tweet Tasting. On December 14th, we will literally be getting into the festive spirit, by teaming up again with our good friends at the Benromach distillery, for an evening of Christmas Tweet Tasting dramfotainment.

Tying in with Benromach’s #ChristmasForMe campaign, on the night we’ll not only will be sharing, sipping and savouring their multi-award winning 10 Year Old, 100 Proof and 15 Year Old expressions, but we’ll also be sampling a very special surprise dram!

If you would like to take part in our 100th tasting, and pour and explore your way through some pure Speyside splendour click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle. Also please remember to mark the subject line with the hashtag: #BenromachXmas

The closing date to register is November 28th, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on the evening of December 14th 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 December 14th at 7pm GMT via #BenromachXmas

For more information on Benromach’s #ChristmasForMe campaign, where you could win an amazing Benromach hamper, just by telling them ‘what Christmas is for you’ via the hashtag on social media, visit: benromach.com

Registration open to over 18's only!

 

 

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Win a Drinks by the Dram Whisky Advent Calendar

To help kick off the festive period in fine frolicking style, those dramineers at Drinks by the Dram, have launched their annual series of whisky and other fine spirits filled advent calendars.

Providing the perfect alternative to the more traditional chocolate based Christmas countdown, this year Drinks by the Dram have launched a whopping 23 themed calendars. From Scotch and Japanese whisky, to rum, cognac, gin and even tequila, there’s a ‘gift that keeps on giving’ in calendar form, for sippers of every spiritual persuasion.

Drinks by the Dram’s Whisky Advent Calendar, originally launched in 2012, and has since become a tradition among whisky enthusiasts. Each calendar is filled with 24 x 3cl wax-sealed drams, which feature everything from single grain and bourbon to rare Scotch worth up to £600 a bottle.

This year also marks the debut of the Drinks by the Dram Very Old & Rare Whisky Advent Calendar, which comes encased in a bespoke wooden box, which is filled with some of the world’s most sought-after whiskies, including one of worth up to £19,000 a bottle.

To help celebrate this year’s launch, we’ve teamed up with Drinks by the Dram, to offer one of our readers the chance of winning their 2016 Whisky Advent Calendar. To be in with a chance of winning click here and email us your contact details along with the following phrase that dramming pays:

“Whisk me away on a whisky winter

advent adventure, full of dramspanking

Drinks by the Dram dramspankage”

 

Remember to mark the subject line of the email with: Advent Drams

If you’re not already doing so, also remember to follow @TheWhiskyWire and @DrinksByTheDram on Twitter and RT one of our related competition tweets for another chance to win!

If you’re just too eager to get your hands on one of this year’s calendars (and who can blame you) you can order yours now via: drinksbythedram.com

Competition open to over 18’s only and closes on November 27th 2016.

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