http://www.whiskyboys.com Whisky Blog by the Whisky Boys | Whisky Reviews and News from around the World Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:01:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As members ourselves we would highly recommend all our readers (worldwide) to log onto their website www.smws.co.uk and join up now to receive a fantastic Valentine’s offer. A great gift for Valentine’s day, buy a SMWS membership now on-line and receive over and above the fantastic new members package a “A ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2012/02/05/scotch-malt-whisky-society-%e2%80%93-promo-offer-for-valentine%e2%80%99s-day/ The Whisky Boys received a couple of samples from Nicol van Rijbroek a marketing executive from The BenRiach Distillery Co. Ltd. and a big thank you goes out to Nicol. As all our regular readers know, Nicola is still struggling with heavily peated single malts, so it falls to Jim to ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2012/02/02/benriach-tasting-%e2%80%93-a-double-peated-sensation/ After our successful Irish Whiskey tasting month last October we have just received a bottle of Tullamore Dew from Rik Salmon of Eulogy, London www.eulogy.co.uk which we give a BIG thanks. Tullamore Dew is produced by William Grant & Sons, an independent family-owned distiller headquartered in the United Kingdom and founded ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2012/02/02/tullamore-tasting-tullamore-dew-12-year-old-special-reserve-irish-blended-whiskey/ Following on from my post on Monday regarding the release of Highland Park's newest release "Thor".  I have received some more cryptic clues and messages in the post... see below: Day1: "In the beginning was the rain beating its relentless tune into the elemental Scottish isle. The storm that will bring ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2012/02/01/highland-park-thor-day-2-3/ Highland Park - Thor - Whisky of the Gods A very intriguing parcel arrived for the Whisky Boys this morning, and after a read through and a look at the cryptic clue, we deduced that we had in our hands some fabulously coordinated material from Highland Park (nice work). This new limited ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2012/01/30/highland-park-16-yr-old-thor-has-been-released/ This is an exceptional dram we have just received and as both Jim and Nicola have both visited this great Island and Jim has certainly enjoyed all the Jura expressions and one of his all time favourites is Superstition. Isle of Jura Distillery, Craighouse, Isle of Jura, Argyll, PA60 7XT. telephone – 01496 820385 website – www.isleofjura.com The ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2012/01/25/jura-tasting-%e2%80%93-isle-of-jura-1976/ The festive season is now at an end and it is early evening on Saturday 7th January and this is our first tasting of 2012. It could not be a better tasting than going over to the fabulous Isle of Islay for this special tasting. This distillery was founded over two centuries ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2012/01/25/bowmore-tasting-%e2%80%93-bowmore-tempest-release-no-3/ It is the few days between Christmas and New Year and Jim and Nicola have poured a wee dram each and are looking at our selections and shortlists for our 2011 Whisky Awards. It is not easy but we have chosen our favourites, hopefully they are yours also, if not let ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2012/01/10/2011-%e2%80%93-whisky-boys-awards-%e2%80%93-the-winners/ Jim was excited to receive from The Jura Team a sample of this new expression. So last night, Thursday 8th of December we managed to get round to having a wee tasting of this special malt, Nicola came round to Jim’s at around 8 pm and we both sat down and ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2011/12/14/jura-elixir-%e2%80%93-12-year-old-a-tasting-the-ultimate-water-of-life/ The Whisky Boys like the look of this new spirit, we shall try and get our hands on some and let you know our tastings, but at 65% Alc/vol it may need quite a wee bit of water to calm it down. Cooley to bring Poitín out of the Shadows Cooley ... http://www.whiskyboys.com/2011/12/05/cooley-revive-the-ancient-spirit/