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Kingsbarns Distillery and Visitor Centre officially opens its doors!!

The Kingsbarns Distillery and Visitor Centre officially opened its doors to the public on Monday December 1st. Located in The East Neuk of Fife and overlooking the world-renowned Kingsbarns Championship Golf Course, the arrival of this single malt distillery to the area officially marries together two of Scotland’s finest exports, golf and whisky and is …

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10 Culinary Delights Proving Tasmania Is A Foodie’s Haven

Note: Three of them will get you drunk http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessematheson/10-culinary-delights-which-prove-tasmania-is-a-foo-14ye1

Ex-Bruichladdich CEO Reynier speaks out over new Irish whiskey venture

Former Bruichladdich head Mark Reynier has said he will apply the lessons he learned reviving the Islay distillery to his new Irish whiskey project. Reynier’s company, Renegade Spirits, today announced it has bought Diageo’s former Guinness site in Waterford, Ireland and plans to turn it into a distillery. It marks Reynier’s return to spirits after …

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Firms unveil whisky-flavoured tweed fabric

IT really is a dram fine tweed. For two of Scotland’s iconic brands – Johnnie Walker Black Label and Harris Tweed Hebrides – have collaborated to create a “fabric of flavour”, with the aroma of whisky ingredients able to withstand dry cleaning infused in the cloth. The tweed, which will be launched in Berlin tonight, …

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Glenmorangie Dornoch arrives in travel retail

The Glenmorangie single malt whisky expression Glenmorangie Dornoch is to be available as a worldwide exclusive to World Duty Free Group (WDFG) from November 26 for a two month period, before being released to the wider travel retail sector. Glenmorangie is Gaelic for ‘the glen of tranquility’ and the Dornoch expression was inspired by the …

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Tassie whisky named world’s best single malt

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Tasmanian distillery Sullivan’s Cove has been named the world’s best single malt whisky at the World Whiskies Award held on Thursday night in London. Sullivan’s Cove’s French Oak Cask variety was judged the global winner, as well as Australia’s best, from a high-quality pool of single malt entries. They included Scotland’s Bunnahabain, Aberfeldy, Glenkinchie and …

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Old Hobart Distillery & Lark Distillery Join Forces

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Old Hobart Distillery & Lark Distillery Join Forces As of Friday 17 January 2014 Lark Distillery Pty Ltd will acquire Old Hobart Distillery and the Overeem brand. Both companies will remain as separate brands and entities, with Old Hobart Distillery/Overeem’s new legal entity becoming Overeem Whisky Pty Ltd (trading as Old Hobart Distillery). Overeem is …

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Announcing Douglas Laing’s Old Particular

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Distillers Douglas Laing & Co has released a core single malt, single cask Scotch whisky range called Old Particular. Each bottling in the range is selected from a single cask at one of several distilleries in Laing’s portfolio Each non-chill filtered bottling is selected from one of several barrels at distilleries including Bowmore, Caperdonich and …

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The Glenrothes releases ‘Manse Brae’ range

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Berry Bros. & Rudd Spirits has for the first time unveiled a series of whiskies exclusively for the international travel retail channel. The expressions celebrate the spiritual home of The Glenrothes: named after the street on which Rothes House, stands, the Manse Brae range comprises Manse Reserve, Elders’ Reserve and Minister’s Reserve. Rothes House was …

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The Balvenie to Release DoubleWood 17 Year Old

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In celebration of The Balvenie’s David Stewart, the longest serving Malt Master in the business and who has worked at The Balvenie since 1962, The Balvenie is releasing The Balvenie DoubleWood 17 Year Old. David Stewart has been credited with creating the first whisky to be finished in a barrel other than the one it …

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