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March 2011 Newsletter

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

The WSD Newsletter – March 2011
Afternoon all from Dufftown where it’s beginning to look like winter is finally over and the snow is now well and truly retreating from the hills – at least we hope it’s over.
New Releases

Adelphi Distillery
We have a gaggle of new releases from Adelphi:
Adelphi Ardmore 2003 8 Years Old – [...]

Whisky Festivals – Maltstock

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Maltstock – the Whisky Gathering
Maltstock is a non-commercial, unique and relaxed whisky weekend. It’s gathering for all whisky clubs and whisky enthusiasts in the world. Everybody is welcome at Maltstock! A weekend of relaxed whisky fun for everyone! Organized by and for whisky enthusiasts.
9 & 10 & 11 September 2011

The Whisky Shop Dufftown is now selling tickets on behlaf of [...]

The Whisky Experiments

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

By Mike Lord
During the Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival I ran a tasting looking at some of the perceived wisdom about whisky drinking.  Here’s what happened.
Does the glass matter?

For this test we matched a wide mouthed tumbler against a copita (a sherry tasting glass).  From both glasses a sample of Mackillop’s Choice Imperial 1990 was [...]