New Products

Just a couple of things for you this week - but real quality, as you've no doubt come to expect. In addition to the two latest tomes from Charles Maclean, we have two very special bottlings. The first is our own Hakushu 1989 bottled from a single sherry cask at the eye-watering natural cask strength of 62%, and this is the first in a series of special TWE 10th Anniversary bottlings! We've got some really stunning malts from some of our favourite distilleries coming up between now and Christmas, so if you haven't yet subscribed to our New Products RSS feed (it's the big orange button at the top of the page), now's a good time to do it. The other special bottling this week is a serendipitous marriage from our old friend John Glaser at Compass Box. Lady Luck is an inspired combination of Caol Ila and Imperial, and when we tasted it we absoutely loved it. Once again, hats off to JG and the Compass Box team.

From Scotland, Ireland and the USA

THE SINGLE MALTS OF SCOTLAND - AUTUMN RELEASE 2009 Where to start?! We've no fewer than 16 exciting new releases to add to the range of fine single malts from our sister company Speciality Drinks Ltd. With new bottlings of old favourites such as Bunnahabhain, Longmorn and Glenlivet rubbing shoulders with debutants to the range including Tormore, Dailuaine and Braes of Glenlivet, there's surely something for everyone in this batch of autumnal goodies. Happy Dramming! ps - Don't forget that if you're reading this today (Tuesday 20th October), there's still time to enter a free prize draw to win tickets for The Whisky Show 2009! Check out the TWE Blog for details: http://blog.thewhiskyexchange.com/2009/10/the-whisky-show-tickets-prize-draw/

A mega-bumper week happening here, with the return of an old favourite from John Glaser (Spice Tree, now released from the bonds of pen-pushing halfwits at the Scotch Whisky Association) and annual staples from Ingvar Ronde and Jim Murray - essential reading. We've also got a slew of exciting new releases, with some great stuff at the top end, including the final instalment of the new 1964 Bowmore Trilogy and the award-winning Yamazaki 1984. For us mere mortals, there's the return of Glen Garioch with a couple of highly-rated vintage releases, a couple of typically-stylish Bruichladdichs, the latest in Douglas Laing's Anniversary series and a very tasty Balvenie plus a few other little gems like Auchentoshan, Tamdhu and Glen Spey. In other news, we're running a free ticket prize draw for The Whisky Show 2009! Entering the competition is very easy and you could win a pair of tickets for the event on Friday 6th November. Check out the TWE BLog for more details: http://blog.thewhiskyexchange.com/2009/10/the-whisky-show-tickets-prize-draw/

Lots more goodies for malt-lovers this week - including our Elements of Islay Pe1! This little belter is sure to go quick, but don't fret if you don't get one in time - we'll be showing it (along with forthcoming stablemates Lg1, Bn1 and Ar2) at The Whisky Show in November - scroll down for details and to buy your ticket...