When: Monday 14th July, 2008
Time: 6.30pm
Where: Lark Distillery
Address: 14 Davey Street, Hobart
Cost: $50.00 on the night
Theme: Glenmorangie Distillery (and a surprise!)

Bookings now closed!!

^{RSVPs So Far:}

^{Richard Stewart
Jim Woodward
Daimon Hill
Jon Kudelka + One Guest
Will Skinner
Steve Townsend
Alistair King
Stan & Kay Davis}
_{Jake Davis + 2
Bill Lark
Tim Duckett
Irene Duckett
Brian Richie
Patrick Maguire
Jeremy Sullivan + Guest
Mark Packer + Guest
John Burgess + 2
Phillip Millin
Paul Monks + 1
Mark Nicholson
Brian Knowles
Michael Daly
James Mcleod
Steven Bridge
Joe and Kristy}

Total: 35 and that’s it…

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A tiny Scots brewery has developed a whisky-tinged stout that ranks among the world’s most expensive beers.

Makers BrewDog say the Paradox 1968 Islay Cask is matured in a Bowmore whisky barrel for a year, “infusing the stout with the essence and aroma” of whisky.

Two hundred bottles of the limited-edition stout are being released at £40 for 330ml.

Over half of the batch has already been pre-ordered by in-the-know beer connoisseurs from around the world.

BrewDog has been producing Paradox since the brewery launched in 2007 and the special stout has been released to mark their first birthday.

The Bowmore whisky first matured in the 1968 barrel sold for an impressive £1,500. Aberdeenshire-based BrewDog is run by lifelong friends James Watt and Martin Dickie, both 25. Managing director James said: “This beer totally rocks, it is completely unique and a world first on many levels.

“I can’t wait to raise a glass of this special batch of Paradox to toast BrewDog’s first birthday.

^{http://www.brewdog.com/} 

^{Article Courtesy of Daily and Sunday Express}

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From the “where is my bucket and straw department…”

Traffic was severely disrupted in the west end of Glasgow last night after a heavy goods vehicle carrying 15,000 litres of whisky in dozens of casks crashed shortly after leaving the Clyde Tunnel.

The east-bound carriageway of the Clydeside Expressway was closed for several hours after the vehicle toppled over as it left a slip-road at the Broomhill-Whiteinch interchange at Partick just after 6.30pm.

Three fire appliances, an ambulance and several police vehicles attended the scene. A spokesman for Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service said foam was used to treat some spillage of whisky.

The tanker driver was treated for a head injury before being taken by ambulance to the city’s Southern General Hospital. His injury was not believed to be life-threatening.

The whisky casks were being transported by a private haulage firm on behalf of Chivas Bros from its site in Dalmuir to Mulben in Speyside.

As the lorry lost its balance, the spirit that it was carrying flooded across the road, leaving firefighters the task of mopping it up.

^{Article Courtesy of The Herald}

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