Glasgow Distillery Tweet Tasting

Dram roll please! We’re thrilled to announce our 200th Tweet Tasting!

Continuing our teeming throng of industry leading Twitter trending Tweet Tastings (the original series of virtual tastings) we’re absolutely delighted to announce that on April 14th, we’ll be teaming up again with our friends at The Glasgow Distillery Company, to pour and explore some stunning sensory stories from their spirits portfolio.

On the night we’ll be sipping and mixing our way through their 1770 Peated Rich & Smoky Single Malt Whisky, Banditti Club Rum, Makar Original Gin and G52 Fresh Citrus Botanical Vodka.

Full details to follow, but if fancy sharing, sipping and savouring some distilled delights from the Glasgow based and namesake, contemporary urban distiller click here to register your interest, by emailing your name, address, phone number, date of birth and Twitter handle. Please remember to mark the subject line of your email: #GlasgowDistillery

The closing date to register is March 31st, and if you are registering, please make sure that you will actually be free on the night 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 April 14th from 7pm BST via #GlasgowDistillery

Registrations open to over 21's only!

For more info on The Glasgow Distillery’s entire spirits portfolio visit: glasgowdistillery.com

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Quick Fire Rum Tasting Notes

Appleton Estate 12 Year Old Rare Casks

Jamaican Single Traditional Blended Rum

43% ABV

Nose: Raucously ripe bananas, grilled peaches, prunes, dates, sultanas, dried sour cherries, Frank Coopers original Oxford marmalade, vanilla fudge, buttered sweet and salted popcorn and toasted hazelnuts. Followed by more nasal niceties in the form of McVitie's digestive biscuits, chocolate covered coffee beans, Waitrose treacle tart, molasses, aniseed twists, freshly polished oak, pimento seeds and a good pinch of mixed spice.

Palate: Oodles of opulent oak, spiced banana bread, orange marmalade, prunes, sultanas, Werther’s Original creamy toffees, Cadbury Dairy Milk whole nut and Lotus Biscoff biscuits. The palatable pleasures continue with black treacle, Green & Blacks cocoa, espresso coffee, tobacco leaf, pimento seeds, mixed spice, anise and something mentholy fresh.

Finish: A full on, right rollicking rum rollercoaster ride of a finish, that just keeps on delivering and highlighting all of the notes that have harmoniously delighted and seduced the senses!

Summary: We’re just as passionate about rum as we are whisky - particularly those that hail from Jamaica, and in our opinion Appleton 12 Year Old is one of the best, if not "the best" rum all-rounders on the market. Not only does its gloriously garish and richly rewarding balance make for a solo sipping superstar, it’s an absolute boss on the cocktail front. It also just happens to be the perfect bridging rum to and from the world of whisky!

The Whisky Cellar Tweet Tasting II

Continuing our sensory story led, teeming throng of industry leading Tweet Tastings, we’re absolutely thrilled to announce that on March 31st, we’ll be teaming up again with our very good friends at The Whisky Cellar, to pour and explore our way through the much anticipated second batch of their Private Cellars Selection bottlings.

As part of the launch of the second batch of Private Cellars Selection bottlings, from the Edinburgh based independent Scotch whisky bottler, founded by Keith Bonnington, we’ll be sharing, sipping and savouring their new Jura 30 Year Old, Caol Ila 8 Year Old, Benrinnes 13 Year Old, Balmenach 7 Year Old and Speyside 22 Year Old single malts, along with their latest House Blended Malt.

As per the first batch of releases of The Whisky Cellar Private Cellars Selection, each of the new bottlings have been bottled based on quality, rather than price point, age, colour or distillery name.

Full details to follow, but if you fancy taking part in what promises to be an epic evening of dramming discovery click here to register your interest, by emailing your name, address, phone number, date of birth and Twitter handle. Please remember to mark the subject line of your email: #TheWhiskyCellar

The closing date to register is March 17th, 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 March 31st from 19:00 BST via #TheWhiskyCellar

Registrations open to over 21's only!

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107th Whisky Insiders Interview - David Turner

Company:

Beam Suntory

Job:

Bowmore Distillery Manager

Website:

bowmore.com

How long have you been working in the whisky industry?

It’s been 30 years now. I began working at Bowmore on June 4th 1990, straight from school at the age of 16. I started off in the warehouse, then moved to the malt barns, mashing and then onto distilling. So I have worked my way up through all the production departments.

What has been your biggest career highlight to date?

Being the Distillery Manager when the Black Bowmore 1964 50 Year Old was released. My Grandfather worked in the malt barns and warehouses back then, so he would have been one of the warehouse operators who laid that cask down to mature. 

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

All distillery employees were gifted a bottle of Bowmore Bicentenary in 1979. My late Grandfathers wish was to have his bottle opened on the day he was buried. When that day came I was just 8 years old, but I remember it being opened and shared to celebrate his life. I also remember smelling all of its tropical fruit notes.

What does whisky mean to you?

Everything! I live and breath whisky, it’s my world!

Where would you like to see yourself in five years’ time?

Nothing would make me happier than continuing my role as Distillery Manager, and hopefully being able to travel the world again, to spread the love for Bowmore.

What was your last dram?

My last dram was a Bowmore 1996 single cask, which I was tasting as part of work on a future project.

Do you have a favourite whisky and food pairing combination?

One of my favourites is dumplings made with Bowmore 12 year old.

What’s your favourite time and place to enjoy a dram?

Nothing beats a winters night beside the fire, enjoying a Bowmore 15 year old.

What do you think is going to be the next big thing on the whisky horizon?

There are going to be more and more small craft distilleries popping up.

What’s the one dram you couldn’t live without?

That’s easy, a Bowmore 15 year old!

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