Club Championship 2015

Daniel Longstaff April 29, 2015

The club championship will be held in May and the list of 10 malts are as follows:

  1. Balvenie 12 yo Double Wood
  2. Glenlivet Nadurra 16 yo
  3. Glenfiddich 15 yo
  4. Ardmore Traditional Cask Peated
  5. Highland Park 12 yo
  6. Oban 14 yo
  7. Edradour 10 yo
  8. Auchentoshan Triple Wood
  9. Glengoyne Cask Strength
  10. Clynelish 14 yo

On the night you will be given 4 malts with 6 names. The maltster who picks the most correct will be crowned the club champion. If there is more than one person who picks correctly, there will be a taste off in June. If more than one person picks all 4 malts correctly the club championship will be shared.

Annandale Distillery

Daniel Longstaff July 30, 2014

Established 1836, Reborn 2014.

Annandale distillery was established in 1835 and is due to re-open late 2014, after a 90 year sleep. In April 2007, David Thomson and Teresa Church formed the Annandale Distillery Company Ltd and bought the land and buildings associated with Annandale Distillery from a local farmer.

Prior to 2007 there had been four eras in the life of Annandale Distillery:

  • 1st Whisky Era:  George Donald (1830-1883)
  • 2nd Whisky Era:  John Gardner (1883-1893)
  • 3rd Whisky Era:  Johnnie Walker (1893-1924)
  • 1st Farming Era: Robinson Family (1924-2007)

The distillery is starting to build a register for people that may be interested in buying a cask of our 2015 productions, joining this register will mean you are kept up to date about cask sales and latest information.

Michael Hanratty
Whisky Experience Manager
Annandale Distillery

http://www.annandaledistillery.co.uk/

MWSoA Winter Solstice Dinner 2014

Daniel Longstaff June 8, 2014

The Malt Whisky Society of Australia (MWSoA) is holding our first ever Winter Solstice Dinner on 26 June 2014 at the Rob Roy Hotel, featuring 6 great Glenfarclas whiskies including three bottled exclusively for the Australian market plus the original bottlings of the 25yo, 30yo and 40yo. The Winter Solstice Dinner is sure to become an instant classic on the malt calendar in Adelaide.

Every year the MWSoA committee shall select a distillery of distinction and excellence and feature an exceptional line-up of both stellar and rare malts. Our inaugural distillery is Glenfarclas, a distillery we are proud to be associated with. Please follow the links below for further details:

All bookings must be made direct to the Rob Roy Hotel on (08) 8223 5391.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has his Day in Islay

Daniel Longstaff April 28, 2014

White Hart HotelIt was a cold and bleak frosty morning in early September 2012 when we boarded the MV Finlaggan on route from Kennacraig on West Loch Tarbert to Port Ellen. Kennacraig is located just south of the pretty fishing village of Tarbert on the Kintyre Peninsula. Two and a half hours later we disembarked at Port Ellen. With a hire car (Volvo 4 Wheel Drive) we headed to the White Hart Hotel situated right on the misty sea to drop off our bags. Known as the “hidden treasure” with a most rustic restaurant with a roaring open fire and a bar which boasted virtually every single malt release from each of Islay’s 8 distilleries. Right opposite the closed Port Ellen Distillery. (more…)

Club Championship 2014

Daniel Longstaff April 15, 2014

The club championship will be held in May and the list of 10 malts are as follows:

  1. Ardbeg 10 yo
  2. Cragganmore 12 yo
  3. Dalmore 12 yo
  4. Dalwhinnie 15 yo
  5. Glenfarclas 8 yo
  6. Glenfiddich 14 yo (Rich Oak)
  7. Glenlivet 12 yo
  8. Glenmorangie Nector D’or
  9. Laphroaig 10 yo
  10. Talisker 10 yo

On the night you will be given 4 malts with 6 names. The maltster who picks the most correct will be crowned the club champion. If there is more than one person who picks correctly, there will be a taste off in June. If more than one person picks all 4 malts correctly the club championship will be shared.