Whether you are new to whisky or a seasoned connoisseur, the month of May (Whisky Month) is the time to discover, taste and celebrate Scotland’s national drink. There’s a dram out there to suit everyone!
You are all invited to try ‘the water of life’ throughout the month of May, but in particular on World Whisky Day on 20th May. Across the globe celebrations will be taking place with the sole aim to make whisky fun, enjoyable and available to everyone.
Only this week, Toni and Alison have become newly qualified Whisky Ambassadors. After an intense day of training and successfully blind tasting a variety of Scottish malts it would appear they have the ‘nose’ for it. They were delighted to be presented their awards from Lee Foster of The Whisky Ambassador Training School this week.
Why not pop into the shop to test their knowledge and try something new? There’s a lovely selection from many independent distilleries across all of the regions. The long-awaited and newly released Kilkerran 8 YO Cask Strength and 12 YO whiskies are now in stock from Glengyle distillery in Campbeltown. These lightly peated whiskies are definitely worth the wait and with limited stocks available they won’t be on the shelf very long.
Also, at Largs Food Fest on 27th May, we’ll be giving you the chance to taste the creamy, award-winning Benromach 10 YO and the delicious Atholl Brose Whisky Liqueur. Jim Irvine of Gordon & Macphail, the world’s leading specialists on malt whisky, will be presenting in the seminar theatre at 5pm in the main marquee. Not to be missed if you’re a whisky fan. If you’re a newcomer to Scotland’s favourite tipple this is a perfect introduction from the man himself.
With whisky celebrations across the world, we hope you can come and raise a glass with us during the whisky month of May.
If you only try one new whisky this month why not try something different and:
‘Drink less but drink better!’
Slàinte Mhath!
