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Category Archives: Whisky Competitions
Win Tickets for The Whisky Show!!
It’s that time of year again…The Whisky Show, the world’s finest festival of the distiller’s art, is almost upon us – next week in fact! Tickets are still selling fast, but the good news is that I’ve been able to scrounge up ten pairs … Continue reading
Glenfiddich Explorers Competition
All kinds of cloak-and-dagger skullduggery from Glenfiddich in the last few weeks, clearly designed to engage the whisky blog community: Part 1 - A cryptic email on 19th July from a PR flunkey, enquiring about our address and promising a ‘rather valuable’ … Continue reading
Bourbon Competition Closed
Yes, folks – the bourbon competition is now closed, so please don’t send in any more entries! It’s fair to say that SBL have been overwhelmed by the response to the competition. With over 2000 entries, whittling the wheat from the chaff has … Continue reading
Bourbon Competition: Keep ‘Em Coming!
Well, I have to say a big thank you for all your entries into our Bourbon Competition! We’ve been inundated with suggestions over the last week. I stopped counting after the first couple of hundred, but the Word document that I carefully cut … Continue reading
Bourbon Competition: Win £500 credit at TWE!
Yes, it’s competition time again – and this time we’re upping the stakes with a truly fantastic prize: £500 credit at The Whisky Exchange!! Our sister company Speciality Drinks Ltd are going to launch a new premium bourbon soon – and they … Continue reading
Another Whisky Show Ticket Prize Draw!!
Well, after the success of the last prize draw for The Whisky Show, I felt kind of bad for all the unlucky applicants – so I asked for more tickets and they said Yes! This time the tickets are for SATURDAY … Continue reading
Whisky Show Prize Draw Winners!
Thank you all for entering the prize draw for The Whisky Show tickets! I was shocked with the number of entries received. More importantly, I only had two numpties who couldn’t follow the instructions, so my faith in your intelligence … Continue reading
The Whisky Show Tickets Prize Draw !
Yes indeed, I’ve got TEN PAIRS of tickets for The Whisky Show to give away!! This is what you get – the tickets are for FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER and the Show is on from 4pm-10pm: To enter, all you have to … Continue reading


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