The Whisky Wire's 12 Drams of Christmas 2020

"It’s beginning to look a lot like…" For the last 10 years, we’ve been bringing 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 the perfect excuse to start quite literally getting into the festive spirit!

Between now and Monday December 7th, we’d love to hear your nominations for your favourite festive drams, then on Thursday December 10th we’ll publish the Top 12 as chosen by you, in ranking order. We’ll also include retail details, so they can be enjoyed by all over the festive period and beyond.

To take part click here to email us your top three favourite festive drams, that we’ll then use to help compile this year’s list. 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 of winning a bottle of what will be a festive favourite of many; Tamdhu 12 Year Old.

 Which drams will make this year’s list? 

 You decide! 

t&c’s You must be over 21 years of age enter in the UK and over the legal drinking age of your respective country if entering from outside the UK. Competition closes on December 7th 2020.

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J. J. Corry Tweet Tasting

As we quite literally start to get into the festive spirit, we’re absolutely delighted to announce that on December 2nd, we’ll be teaming up again with our good friends at The Chapel Gate Irish Whiskey Co and their multi-award-winning J.J. Corry brand, for another of our industry leading Tweet Tasting events.

The dramming line-up which will include the launch of something rather dramspanking, is under wraps for now, but given the brands releases to date and the sips that have been shared and savoured in our previous J. J. Corry Tweet Tastings, it’s safe to say you’re in for a treat!

If you would like to take part in what promises to be an epic evening filled with a gaggle of glorious Irish dramming ditties click here to register your details by emailing your name, postal address, phone number, Twitter handle and age confirmation. Please also remember to mark the subject line: #JJCorryWhiskey

The closing date to register is November 18th, 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 tasters, it'd be great to have you following the evening’s dramfotainment. So we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on December 2nd, from 7pm GMT via #JJCorryWhiskey

Registration open to over 21's only!

For more info on JJ Corry, visit: jjcorry.com

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Speyside Distillery Tweet Tasting

As we pour and explore our way to Christmas, with our teeming throng of industry leading Twitter trending, Tweet Tastings, we’re thrilled to announce that on December 9th, we’ll be teaming up with the Speyside Distillery, to share, sip and savour some of their splendorous sips.

On the night, we’ll be uncovering and discovering five of their sensory stories, in the form of their Spey Trutina Cask Strength, Spey Tenne, Spey 12 Year Old Tawny Port, Spey Fumare and Spey Royal Choice bottlings.

If you fancy taking part in what promises to be a sipsational evening of all things Speyside click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address, phone number (for sample courier), date of birth and Twitter handle. Please remember to mark the subject line of your email: #SpeysideDistillery

The closing date to register is November 19th, and if you are registering please make sure that you will actually be free on the night of December 9th to take part!

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 December 9th from 7pm GMT via #SpeysideDistillery

Registrations open to over 21's only!

For more info on the Speyside Distillery, visit: speysidedistillery.co.uk

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The Whisky Cellar Competition

Be it for one of our Tweet Tastings or monthly bottle competitions, we love nothing more than being able to share and giveaway some of our favourite drops of dramspankage. Talking of which for November we're delighted to announce that we’re teaming up with our friends at The Whisky Cellar, to giveaway a bottle of Benriach 22 Year Old, from their recently launched Private Cellars Selection.

The Whisky Cellar Private Cellars Selection Benriach 22 Year Old (57.1% ABV) is a single cask, single malt Scotch whisky, which was initially matured in an American oak ex-bourbon barrel, before being transferred and matured for four years in a golden rum cask.

The Whisky Cellar Private Cellars Selection, is designed to offer a broader range of casks to a wider audience including whiskies and, possibly in the future, other premium dark spirits from around the world.

Each of the ten casks in the first batch of releases, are comprised of a mixture of barrels, hogsheads, butts and a quarter cask, which were carefully selected by an expert panel of assessors, headed by company founder Keith Bonnington.

In addition to the Benriach, the first batch of releases in the Private Cellars Selection is comprised of bottlings from Ardmore, Cameronbridge, Glen Moray, Glenallachie, Invergordon, Royal Brackla and Teaninich distilleries.

For your chance to win a bottle of The Whisky Cellar Private Cellars Selection Benriach 22 Year Old, which is limited to just 189 bottles click here to email us with your contact details and date of birth, along with the phrase that dramming pays:

“Sip, sip, hooray! I’d love to share, sip and

savour a bountiful and belting Benriach from

The Whisky Cellar’s dramspankingly new

Private Cellars Selection”.

*Mark the subject line of your email with: The Whisky Cellar 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!

#TheWhiskyCellarComp

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Competition closes at 23:59 on November 30th 2020. You have to be aged 21 years or over to enter!

Good Luck!