Tag: Whisky Collector

Single Malt Cask Club – New for 2017 – Edition 1

Join our Single Cask Club by buying a 50cl bottle of an old and rare Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

The whisky on offer to start you off on a great Scotch Whisky adventure, is a 19 year old Single Malt, Cask Number 1112, from the Ben Nevis distillery located on the West coast of Scotland at the town of Fort William.

The list price of this whisky is £70 for a 50cl bottle, 461% Alcohol by Volume. The whisky is unchill filtered which means that you will be tasting the whisky as it comes from the cask. The special offer price to you is £50 including VAT, Duty and delivery.

Call 01436-679935 to secure your purchase – maximum 2 bottles per househould. This offer is not on our Website.

There are less than 50 bottles left from this cask so call now to secure your starter Club whisky.

You will be offered the opportunity to purchase other single cask whiskies throughout the year. Many of the whiskies scheduled for bottling for the Single Cask Club would retail for over £100 a bottle so not only will you be getting first dibs on terrific malts but also paying much less than the going rate.

Cheers!

Roy Lewis, Managing Director

Hebridean Spirits & Liqueurs

 

 

 

Kent Show calendar – Hugh & Nancy, Show Distributors

Kent Show Distributor upcoming events

Our Kent Show Distributor has posted their Show schedule for the next few months. Here are all the details;

Distributors : Hugh and Nancy – Tel: +44(0)1737 832880
Email : topdrinkskent@gmail.com

SOME VENUES MAY CHARGE AN ENTRANCE FEE

  1. April 1/2  The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TD
  2. April 15/16 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TD
  3. Apr 29/1 May Morden Hall Country Fair, Morden SM4 5JD
  4. May 5/7 Sevenoaks Food & Drink Festival, Sevenoaks Vine Gardens TN13 3UH
  5. May 13/14 Sandwich Food & Drink Festival
  6. June 2/4 Mote Park, Maidstone Food & Drink Festival ME15 7RN
  7. June 10/11 Walmer Castle, Kingsdown Rd, Walmer, Deal CT14 7LJ – TBConfirmed
  8. June 17/18 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TD
  9. June 24/25 The Nonsuch Town & Country Show, London Road KT17 2DL
  10. July 1/2 Danson Park Country Fair, Danson Park, Bexleyheath DA15 9PW
  11. July 7/9 Kent County Show, Kent Showground, Detling, Maidstone ME14 3JF
  12. July 15 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TD
  13. July 21/23 Hythe Food & Drink Festival, Hythe, Nr Folkstone, Kent
  14. August  5 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TD
  15. August 19/20 Biddenden Tractorfest & Country Fair, Beech Lane Field  TN27 8EX
  16. Aug 26/28 Wimbledon Park, Bowling Green, Wimbledon SW19 7HX
  17. Sept 2 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TD
  18. Sept 8/10 Leeds Castle, Maidstone ME17 1PL
  19. Oct 7/8 Polesden Lacey, Polesden Road, Great Bookham RH5 6BDIF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE UPDATED ON THE EVENTS WE ARE ATTENDING THROUGHOUT 2017, PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL – topdrinkskent@gmail.com AND WE WILL ADD YOU TO OUR MAILING LIST.

Shows in North West and The Lakes coming up

Show coming up in North West England

Here are some of the events that John and Margaret Fullalove, Show Distributors for Cumbria and Lancashire, are attending over the next month or so;

30 April/1 May, Morecambe Festival.

15 May, Hoghton Tower Farmers Market, south of Preston.

21 May, Otley Show, Yorkshire.

28/ 29/ 30 May, Chipping Steam Fair, east of Preston.

4/5  June, Country Fest on The Westmorland County Showground, south of Kendal.

18/19 June, Scorton Steam Fair, south of Lancaster.

25/26 June, Fylde Farm and Vintage Show, not far from Blackpool.

If you would like to know other events they are doing, please call them on; 07985 924782

New show team and their first event this weekend-Hannah’s at Seale-Hayne, Newton Abbot

New Show Distributor and their first event this weekend

Don Davies-Evans is just starting doing shows with our spirits and liqueurs in Cornwall, Devon and Dorset alongside our existing Show Distributor Cliff West.

Don has previously worked with brian and mary Gleeson in the North east and was a publican in the past – this means that he is a specialist in malt whiskies. Don is attending his first event this weekend – here it is;

Christmas Fayre

Friday 13 November 2015 – Saturday 14 November 2015
Boasting over 90 speciality stalls selling the likes of crafts, hand painted ceramics, cards, jewellery, homeware, textiles, toys, art, a new food produce marquee, and for the first time an area dedicated to local crafters ‘Creative Indie’, our annual Christmas Fayre is the perfect place to get Christmas wrapped up nice and early.

There will be live entertainment, while children can hunt down the 12 Doors of Christmas before enjoying a story on the giant bed and a visit from Santa himself. There will also be 25 Christmas trees on display, all kindly donated by Cotley Farm Christmas Shop and decorated by local schoolchildren and groups. We are also delighted to announce we will also have two real reindeer “flying” over on the Saturday morning from 10am – 1pm, so don’t miss the chance to meet Dancer and Prancer.

Open: Friday 11am – 4pm & Saturday 10am – 4pm. Adults £3, under 16s free. £4 for Santa’s Storytelling Experience

Call 01626 325825

PARK & RIDE

A free bus service will pick up and return visitors to the Dartmoor Halfway Inn car park, Ashburton Road, TQ12 6JW
Buses will run continuously throughout the day from 10.30-4.30 on Friday 13th Nov and 9.30-4.30 on Saturday 14th Nov

Hannahs at Seale-Hayne is situated near Newton Abbot just off the A38 and convenient to Plymouth, Torbay and Exeter. Conveniently located just off the Newton Abbot to Ashburton Road, the stunning grounds and historical buildings boast easy access to the moors and the sea and spectacular views of both.

Whisky Advent Calendar coming soon…

Whisky Advent Calendar launching soon

At last here’s a way for the whisky enthusiast to entre into the Christmas spirit. The Whisky advent calendar features 25 x 5cl (a proper miniature) of mainly single cask whiskies specially sourced and bottled for this fine offering. The cask come from five well known Independent Bottlers and most are not available in any other presentation, 70cl or 50cl.

There are two options, the standard and the Collector’s Edition in rosewood – both have the same whiskies for each day in December, including Christmas day.

More details to come with pictures.

It will be available to purchase on our website soon.

Any questions, just call Roy Lewis on 01436-679935

 

Calvay Mist sales increase – buy some before this rare blend runs out

Calvay Mist Whisky Galore style whisky sales increase

This past few weeks we have seen a big increase in the sales of the 5 year old 1940′ style Calvay Mist blend. You can buy it direct via our Amazon site of our own website too.

Here is the story that is behind it;

Calvay Mist replicates the look and style of the whisky which was the cargo on the S.S. Politician.
This is the famous ‘Whisky Galore’ ship that ran aground on the Outer Hebrides during the Second World War and is an opportunity to savour a 1940’s whisky at a reasonable cost.

On the 3rd February 1941 the freighter SS Politician sailed from Liverpool, England for Jamaica via New Orleans. Along with fur coats, Jamaican currency and material from the British War Office, 21,000 cases of Scotch Whisky nestled in her cargo hold.

Her route took her north to Scotland and there, two days out of Liverpool, her voyage ended. As she sailed into the Sound of Eriskay among the remote islands of the Outer Hebrides, the ‘Polly’ ran aground on Calvay Island. When the inhabitants of the neighbouring small islands of Barra, Eriskay and South Uist discovered the Politician’s cargo included whisky, they didn’t miss their opportunity.

The islanders proceeded to ‘rescue’ over 9,000 Cases of whisky under the very noses of His
Majesty’s Customs and Excise officials.

Sir Compton McKenzie, the writer, spent the War years on Barra. After the War he immortalized the events surrounding the shipwreck in his novel “Whisky Galore”. A Subsequent film of the same title secured a place in Scottish folklore for the “Whisky Galore” story.

Not all the whisky was recovered in 1941 and some stayed under the waters for 50 years. The Scottish company SS Politician PLC was formed to salvage the remaining
bottles.

Ancient Mariner Dailuaine 1997 now available via Show Distributors

Dailuaine 17 year old single cask Scotch Malt Whisky now in stock

This new 17 year old single cask bottling is now in stock.

Dailuaine 1997 cask number 11700 46.1% ABV 50cl in Ancient Mariner bottles – the glass cube ones.

The distillery is in the Speyside region of Scotland and is near both Macallan and Aberlour. Quite an unusual malt this one as it is rarely available as a single cask bottling.

To find out which Show Distributor could supply this to you at an event, contact Roy Lewis;

roylewis@hebridean-liqueurs.co.uk

East Anglia Forthcoming events

East Anglia events that Iain Taylor will be attending with our brands

Here are some events that our Show Distributor, Iain Taylor will be attending soon;

  • The Sandringham Show 12 – 13 September
  • The Norfolk Gift Fair 14 – 15 November

To contact Iain and find out some of the smaller shows coming up, here are his details;

Iain Taylor
 Telephone: 07983 168131
Area: East Anglia – Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire

Whisky Collections bought for cash-call now for an offer

We buy Whisky Collections – read this Blog to find out more details

If you have a Scotch Whisky collection or are in a position to sell one, call us to discuss how much it’s worth.

Before you call, prepare a list of the entire collection and if possible, email it to us on;

info@hebridean-liqueurs.co.uk

Once you have sent the Collection details and we had an opportunity to value it, we can discuss this with you. If you never ask, the Collection may end up going to auction with possibly very poor return for you.

Delivering the Collection – getting your Collection to us is your responsibility – you can either bring it to us here in Helensburgh or agree to meet somewhere convenient for the stock transfer. Sending via post is not recommended. We do not deal in miniature collections.

We have been handling the sales of the Dragon Whisky (Highland Park) for the owners for some time so are used to sorting out this type of item for collectors and sellers alike.

As we have a full Off Sales Licence, we can sell goods on Amazon too.

If in doubt, send a list and call us on 01436 679935 and ask for Roy Lewis, Managing Director