Jura Féis Íle 2022 Distillery Exclusive Bottle Competition

If you were unable to make this year’s first in-person Fèis Ìle (Islay festival), since the start of the you know what, and were unable to pick up one of the much sought after distillery exclusive limited-edition bottlings, have we got a real treat for you!

 

We’re delighted to announce that we’re teaming up again with our very good friends at the Jura Distillery, to give one of our followers the chance of winning a bottle of their 2022 Fèis Ìle Distillery Exclusive, which launched as part of their official day of the festival on June 3rd.

Limited to just 700 bottles, Jura 2022 Fèis Ìle Distillery Exclusive (57.2% ABV) is a 14 Year Old cask strength, single malt Scotch whisky, matured in a hand-selected Sherry butt from Jerez in Southern Spain.

 

Commenting on this year’s limited-edition release, Joe Ricketts, Lead Whisky Maker for Jura, said: “The distillery team had earmarked this cask as a potential island exclusive and it was easy to see why. The fruity, aromatic qualities we’ve found around the 2007 vintage, combined with the rich, warming notes from its time in a single Sherry butt make for a compelling expression of Jura’s distinct character. Trying it with Mark and the team on the island, we quickly realised it would be the ideal candidate for 2022’s Fèis Ìle Distillery Cask, celebrating the return of this great festival.”

 

For your chance to win a bottle of Jura 2022 Fèis Ìle Distillery Exclusive click here to email us with your contact details and date of birth, along with the following phrase that dramming pays:

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

this latest jubilantly joyous drop of Jura”

 

*Mark the subject line of your email with: Jura Fèis 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!

 

In addition to being available directly from distillery, a small allocation of the Jura 2022 Fèis Ìle Distillery Exclusive, will be available directly from jurawhisky.com for a RRP of £120.00.

 

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Competition closes at 23:59 on June 30th 2022. You must be aged 21 years or over to enter!

 

Good Luck!

Kerr's Gin Tweet Tasting

Gin ginery, gin ginery, gin, gin, geree! In addition to our teeming throng of industry leading whisky-based Tweet Tastings, we love nothing more than being able to pour and explore our way through some of our other favourite spirits and sips. So we’re absolutely delighted to announce that on June 29th, we’re partnering up with our pals at The Borders Distillery for some Kerr’s Gin fuelled ginfotainment!

On the night, not only will be sipping and savouring their multi-award-winning, Scottish Borders barley made Kerr’s Gin, we’ll also be uncovering and discovering another sensory story, in the form of something very exciting and new! More details about that during the tasting, so keep em’ peeled!

If you fancy taking part in what promises to be a full flavour driven and glorious evening of gin exploration click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address, date of birth, mobile number and Twitter handle. Please also remember to mark the subject line of the email: #KerrsGin

The closing date to register is June 10th, 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 our lucky selected Tweet Tasters, it'd be great to have you following the evening’s ginfotainment. So we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on June 29th from 19:00 BST via hashtag #KerrsGin

Registration open to over 21's only!

For more information on Kerr’s Gin, visit: thebordersdistillery.com

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Craigellachie 13 Year Old Armagnac Cask Finish

Single Malt Scotch Whisky

46% ABV / RRP: £52.99

Having been passionately inspired by all things whisky for well over a decade, it’s only natural to have developed an affinity for other belting barrel based beverages. Afterall the likes of Sherry, Port and Rum play such an important influencing roll during the maturation and finishing processes of whisky.

As part of my continuing course of cask appreciation, I’ve developed a real Rum passion and an ever-growing curiosity for all things Cognac. It’s on the latter that I’ve also found a fondness for its much underrated, but in my opinion the just as sensational sipping sibling on the Brandy front – Armagnac!

Now the question is, what do you get when you combine one of Speyside’s most robust and richly rewarding single malts, with a feisty, fruity and as equally fabulous Armagnac? Well the answer is Craigellachie Distillery’s new 13 Year Old Armagnac Cask Finish.

The Nose dishes up and delivers a fabulous five-a-day of Bramley apples, Conference pears, grilled pineapple rings, Armagnac steeped sultanas and a gooseberry fool served with a few shortbread fingers on the side.

The nasal niceties continue with a good drizzle of caramel sauce, mixed citrus peel, anise, ground cinnamon, freshly washed cotton sheets, tobacco leaves and subtle sweet wood smoke.

The Palate kicks off with spiced baked apples, vanilla poached pears, more of those Armagnac steeped sultanas, lemon Swiss roll, Tunnock's caramel wafers and a generous dollop of Chantilly cream.

The palatable pleasures continue to delight with pineapple jelly babies, mixed fruit boiled travel sweets, slices of buttered malt loaf, anise, ground pimento, mixed spice and oodles of opulent oak.

The Finish is as long as it is fabulous, and all the fruity sweet treats that this first release in brands new Cask Collection series has to offer, are balanced out beautifully by the addition of something dry and vinous.

Being a rarity on the Armagnac finishing front, not only does this latest release demonstrate the excellence of Craigellachie’s superb spirt, it also highlights their dedication to top notch cask management. All in all, it’s rather craigelacking good!