tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105273362008-05-13T02:40:40.660+02:00daavidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-50073069288148568002008-04-21T23:01:00.002+02:002008-04-21T23:20:39.306+02:00

Finally, it is running for more than a month. Web 2.0 is 'ante portas' in the whisky/whiskey industry. 'forscotchlovers' is a community portal for all the whisky fans. The site itself roots back to the US. Okay, okay ... I have to admit that I write about it, because I shall be one of the 'engine-bloggers'. Shall be, because I didn't have time to write my first long post about 'unique finished

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-42818492554925638582008-04-03T23:02:00.002+02:002008-04-03T23:25:22.927+02:00

Finally, the owners of the Jack Daniel's Distillery made their decision naming the 41 one year old Jeff Arnett as the new (7th) Master Distiller in the history of the company. He replaces the well-known and popular Jimmy Bedford, who retired at the end of March this year. Mr. Arnett and his family is also living in Lynchburg, Tennessee. The company has just sent out the announcement yesterday.

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No, I'm not crazy. I'm still passionate about whisky. Therefore, I joinded the petition 'Say No! to Blended Malt Scotch Whisky!'. What it is about? The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has made an effort to help limit consumer confusion in the labelling of Scotch whisky, but unfortunately a key aspect of their proposal will make matters far worse. The Scotch whisky industry is using some category

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The company was first established by William Lawson in Dundee in 1849, but it became bankrupt in a very short time. It took almost hundred years to re-start the company and produce blended whisky again. And what a surprise, the new William Lawson established its business not in Scotland, but near Liverpool right after the Second World War, when the ban on using grain for producing whisky was

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-4674238922614919382008-02-29T22:14:00.004+01:002008-02-29T22:54:31.832+01:00

I heard this rumour for couple of months already, but didn't believe it. Then I have seen the news published on John Hansell's blog and I started to worry. If John writes it, it must be true. And it is. After working 40 years at the Jack Daniel's distillery (including the last 20 years as master distiller), Jimmy Bedford will retire effective end of March 2008. When he started in 1968, Jack

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I held recently a short presentation about the whiskies of the world when I had to explain the difference between Single Malt Scotch and Blended whiskies. At our last Whisky Club we have tasted four Scotch Blended whiskies which are not so popular and widely available in Hungary. When I was preparing for the tasting, I have just recognized that the Blended whiskies are somehow scorned by the

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-68553388324260822552008-01-29T22:05:00.000+01:002008-01-29T22:50:53.774+01:00

I've got the message from Serge who is the famous author of whiskyfun.com. He and many others had some bad experiences with whiskies bought on eBay, therefore he put together a useful subpage about fake whiskies. "My aim is to make sure that nobody ever buys a fake bottle of whiskyon eBay or elsewhere anymore unknowingly. There has been fakes since a long time and we already saw some cops,

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Along the Orinoco river that borders Brazil and Venezuela, the Yanomamö people are living (hunter-gatherers) whose average annual income is estimated at the equivalent of $90 per person. Living along the Hudson river that borders New York City and New Jersey are the Manhattan people (consumer-traders) whose average annual income is around $36,000 per person. That dramatic difference of 400 times

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As I have some urgent parties to visit, I'll be quick: here's my recommendation which has some tie to my home-country and therefore is worth to start 2008 with. The Arran Malt finished in the finest Tokaji Aszu wine cask sourced directly from Hungary. Slainte & Happy New Year! Mivel sürgősen meg kell látogatnom egy szilveszteri partit, ez alkalommal rövid leszek: itt van ezévi utolsó ajánlott

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-43051147769696125222007-12-07T21:40:00.000+01:002007-12-07T22:35:49.610+01:00

Jameson seems reconsidering its future. Started with a new, fancy and unusual advertising campaign last year, continued by the re-thinking of its whiskey range this year. The producer of Jameson, Irish Distillers has a throughout and deep knowledge of how to make best quality Irish whiskey. Lately, Irish Distillers is adding a vintage variant to its Jameson whiskey portfolio. The brand's vision

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-83249691411964738692007-12-03T23:43:00.000+01:002007-12-04T00:47:30.136+01:00

The Macallan and the French crystal house Lalique launched a limited edition decanter this November. The first Lalique decanter within The Macallan 50 yo single malt was launched two years ago. The new "The Natural Colour" decanter is the second in what is planned to be a series of six and contains a rare The Macallan 55 yo single malt whisky. The decanter itself was created by the Lalique design

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-19767803693853427972007-11-26T23:30:00.001+01:002007-11-26T23:54:50.309+01:00

Ian Macleod Distillers launches three limited edition Glengoyne choice malts. Glengoyne's distillery manager Robert Hughes, and two of its warehousemen William Edmiston and Derrick Morrison favourite single casks are bottled and will be sold mainly at the distillery's own shop, and selected specialist retailers globally. The retail price of these single malts will be around US$500 for Hughes

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As part of its expansion plans for Dewar's, Bacardi announced to build a new Scotch whisky production plant in South Lanarkshire. The facility will be developed as a maturation, blending and storage plant with a capacity of housing almost 10 million liters of whisky. The construction is planned to begin next year and be completed in 2018, although the first phase will already set to go

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The owner of Wild Turkey Bourbon whiskey, Pernod Ricard, has recently announced that it is to expand the production of Wild Turkey in Kentucky. The reason is that the annual sales volume of Wild Turkey reached the 1 million case mark (9 million liters worldwide) for the first time ever. It seems that the demand is higher than the supply. Do not worry, there will be enough Wild Turkey for every

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Burn Stewart Distillers has posted a strong results for 2006 ... sales grew by 33% compared to 2005. According to the company, the successful performance was coming from a sustained marketing investment put behind its core brands of Scottish Leader, Black Bottle and Bunnahabhain. Some other Scotch Malt whiskies like Deanston, Ledaig and Tobermory also owned by Burn Stewart. Scottish Leader was

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-91310512695995596082007-10-28T21:03:00.000+01:002007-10-28T21:33:09.094+01:00

Teacher's Highland Cream is a very unique blend as it is probably the smokiest blended Scotch among the well-know international whisky brands. The characteristic smoky flavour is coming from the guaranteed 45% malt whisky content which is one of the highest among the blended sctoch brands. The two fingerprint malt whiskies of Teacher's are Glendronach and Ardmore. The first gives its spicey

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-86822040783665944802007-10-16T22:11:00.000+02:002007-10-16T23:14:10.468+02:00

Pernod Ricard took over the Ballantine's range from Allied Domecq in 2005. Since then Chivas Brothers cares about the Ballantine's age variants. It was more than self-explanatory that the Chivas marketing team re-considered the brand positioning of Ballantine's Finest as soon as it was possible. They did the job in less than a year finding 'Leave Your Mark' as the essence of the brand. They might

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-13403193378101675522007-09-24T23:38:00.000+02:002007-09-25T00:31:04.087+02:00

I have just recently discovered the following headline in a webmagazin: "Pocket Shot Introduces New Packaging Category For the Alcohol Industry". Whereelse can it happen than in California. Pocket Shot offers to consumers a unique single serve whiskey product, sort of a "grab & go". They say it's an easy pouring, high quality transparent pouch which fits an active and on-the-go lifestyle. They

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-34636385784812832432007-09-12T21:52:00.000+02:002007-09-12T22:23:37.961+02:00

Biggest loss of the world of whisky this year: Michael Jackson, the worldwide famous whisky and beer expert and writer passed away. He was 65 years old. He died on the 30th of August, after suffering several years of Parkinson's disease. He wrote some of the best whisky books. His most popular books were the 'Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch' and the 'Malt Whisky Companion'. Now, he might

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-89172709538136326612007-09-11T23:52:00.000+02:002007-09-12T00:36:12.716+02:00

Two events took place last week: the Whisky Club of the Whisky Society of Hungary, and the quarterly tasting session of SMWS Hungary. There was a nice series of Single Malt Scotch whiskies in the past two club evenings of the Whisky Society. A month ago, we tasted Benriach 12 yo Dark Jamaican Rum Finish, Bruichladdich Infinity with its cask strength abv of 55.5%, and Stronachie 12 yo from Dewar

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-12980374912348303782007-08-31T00:39:00.000+02:002007-08-31T00:51:55.376+02:00

Summer is over. I'm back in town. Working hard again. BUT. September will come with several whisky events. Whisky Club on Sep 3; going to taste Benromach 19yo, Edradour and Littlemill. SMWS quarterly tasting on Sep 7; it's always a good fun to survive the tasting of plenty of cask strength malt whiskies. The Glenfiddich Brand Ambassador visit Budapest end of September, and I'm invited for the

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-65353991486440124372007-06-25T18:32:00.000+02:002007-06-25T18:50:52.524+02:00

I am very proud that the editors of the Whisky Magazine selected my 'whiskynews' among the top 5 whisky blogs! I am happy that they appreciate my efforts I have put in to this whisky education in the past 2 and a half years. And thanks for all my readers who come back time to time to check what happens in the world of whiskies. There are two other blogs - clearly better than my one - among the

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World WHisky Conference took place at the end of April in order to discuss the issues and challenges the whisky industry is about to face in the near future. I have just recently read some of the strangest statements which were agreed on the conference: - Get rid of regionality! Make it possible to produce whisky anywhere around the world without any restrictions on where it can officially be

daavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10527336.post-86150828348691159822007-04-17T00:21:00.000+02:002007-04-17T00:50:08.172+02:00

I visited the WhiskyMesse in Vienna on the weekend. Together with some enthusiastic members of our Whisky Klub we hit the road Saturday and in the afternoon we already tasted the whiskies in the city center of Vienna. I do not mention now each and everyone of the exhibitors (you can find them on the WhiskyMesse webpage), but I want to share with you the list of those whiskies I tasted on the

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This is the 100th post on this blog. It would be great to write about something important or exciting. But the only thing happened in my "whisky-world" is that I am very much disappointed about the results of the two whisky tests I attended recently. First there was this Scotch test held by Decanter. Then a month later came the second round with Bourbons, Irish and Canadian whiskies. Although

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