After the last days heat wave we can definitely say: Summer is here! And that calls for summery drams. The great news is we have a taste of genuine tropical climates with our first release of whisky from the biggest distillery on the subtropical island of Taiwan. Our bottlings from distillery 139 are the first …
What I personally like best is to have my whisky in a Society glass, either straight or maybe with a few drops of water carefully added. This, combined with the brand new podcast from the Society, is a great way to spend an evening. The new Society podcast In this podcast, which you can either …
Whisky and Food Pairing As an apéritif, the cocktail created by Simon Schmidlin using PTB.M01: Peat Faerie, is just the right thing. This one is a welcome guest at any summer party and takes no time to make. Ingredients ice 1 lemon zest 2 drops of By The Dutch Classic Bitters 4 cl PTB.M01 Peat …
WHISKY WITH CHARACTER: Let’s get together, old friends and new, to celebrate the rich diversity and personality of our unique new selection of colourful casks.
It’s mission impossible to keep all of the people – or in our case, all of our members – happy all of the time, but we like to give it our best shot. That means offering up as wide a range of whiskies as we can, and using different cask types to mature it. By the most recent count, the Society’s warehouse is home to whiskies from more than 130 distilleries; these are maturing in 65 types of casks, whether that’s different species of oak, different levels of toasting, or in the different kinds of wine or spirit they previously contained – enough to provide endless choice and variety for the society’s passionate and adventurous members.
As whisky lovers, we try again and again to remember new impressions of different types of whisky. It’s not just about knowing where it comes from but about assigning individual characters. At first, such a listing might start with criteria, such as – peaty malts coming from Islay, sweet honey and vanilla coming from Speyside, …
A sensory revelation: Quench your thirst for knowledge and new discoveries, our colourful collection of single casks is a revelation for the senses.
Etwas für jeden Geschmack Es ist nicht mehr lange hin … also machen Sie sich schon einmal Gedanken, bei welchem guten Tropfen Sie es sich während der Festtage gemütlich machen wollen – oder finden Sie das perfekte Geschenk für den Whiskyliebhaber in ihrem Freundes- und Familienkreis. Nach meiner Ansicht ist bei dieser umfassenden Auswahl für …
The time has changed and we now have longer evenings ahead of us. What better way to do that than to browse through a book and enjoy a great dram to go with it. Or you can delve into the following two topics from our newsletter. In our series “Where flavour comes alive” we are …
A lifetime of Whisky adventure 35 years old? That makes the Society (slightly) older than me, but it’s an organisation that has shaped both my personal whisky journey and my life. Even as a student I was exploring the world of whisky, spending my summer holidays working in a local whisky shop and starting to …
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