The Whisky Exchange BLOG

First things first: a hearty hug to my good friend Dr. Whisky, who is marrying his gal K on this coming Burns Night!  Can’t wait to see you guys – but I warn you, this blogger Strips the Willow for no man (nor even his wife!).

Now, to business.  Well, we’ve been having a grand old natter in the comments section of  last week’s post about all manner of nerdy stuff - and long may that continue - but in the meantime I thought I should say a few words about the hot topic on the forums.  No, not Oz & James’s Drink to Britain (although more on that later if I can muster the will to live), something much more exciting – It’s Ardbeg’s mega-peated answer to Octomore: Ardbeg Supernova!!

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Crikey!  That’s been a quick fortnight – apologies for the temporary interruption in the blog, it’s all been pretty hectic here.

Last week flew by so quickly everyone at TWE was struggling to keep up with it – what with the huge demand for Port Ellen 8th Release and plenty of interest in the other newbies it was always going to be busy - but we also had to get ready for the epic messiness that is London’s Rumfest (of which more later).  

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So, it’s finally here.   1800 bottles for the UK market, malt peated to 25 ppm, giving 8ppm in the bottle, no age statement, chill-filtered and bottled at 40% abv.  An ongoing product scheduled to have a three-year lifespan.

Ardbeg Blasda

It’s Ardbeg Blasda.

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Well, a day late, here’s the new post - for which delay, my apologies: it’s going crazy here.  Honestly, as soon as the weather turns people start buying whisky to keep them warm.  Either that or it’s the very, very organised people buying their C*r*s*m*s pressies early to get it out of the way. 

But anyway, mustn’t grumble, it keeps me busy.  On with the show – here’s the official photos and tasting notes for the forthcoming Diageo Special Releases, due to arrive imminently at TWE Towers.  I was going to include the press release, but it’s somewhat long-winded and, dare I say it, a tad self-satisfied, so I’ll skip it for now. 

There’s a lot of info here, so to make it a bit easier to digest, I’m going to break it up into two parts.  More tomorrow.  All that follows below is from the Diageo marketing dept and does not necessarily reflect the views of myself or TWE (as we haven’t tried them yet!).  I’ve been lucky enough to get an invite to the launch of these in a few weeks time, so will report back in full after that.

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