Cadenhead’s are just about to release some special Christmas bottlings, bottled under the Cadenhead Bond Reserve label which are bottled EXCLUSIVELY for the Cadenhead shops...
If you are looking for a a perfect Christmas gift for someone special or you just want to treat yourself, why not pop along to one of the Cadenhead Tastingrooms:
Also note the London & Campbeltown shops can do tutored Tastings on any of the Cadenhead range.... an ideal gift for Christmas.

Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop & Tasting Room
26 Chiltern Street
London
W1U 7QF Tel: 0044 (0) 207 935 6999

Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop & Tasting Room
7 Bolgam Street
Campbeltown
Argyll
PA28 6HZ Tel: 0044 (0) 1586 551710 (Option 1)

Or pop in and see Mark or Alan in Edinburgh

Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop
172 Canongate
Royal Mile
Edinburgh
EH8 8BN Tel: 0044 (0) 131 556 5864

CHRISTMAS 2008 BOTTLING

BOND RESERVE

CAMPBELTOWN

GLEN SCOTIA DISTILLERY 1999 9Y/O 59.5% RED WINE CASK
Nose: Rich fruity sweetness with wine notes and hints of syrup.
Palate: Oaky; very sweet vanilla. Rose wine characteristics;wine gums. The finish lingers on.

HAZELBURN (DISTILLED AT SPRINGBANK DISTILLERY) 2001 7Y/O 49.4% SMALL CASKS (4)
Nose: Very fruity - apples & peaches. Sweet - marshmallows; pine nuts and hints of treacle.
Palate: Very smooth with a full bodied sweetness. Hints of cloves and treacle. A sweet malty luxurious finish. Much more mature than the age suggests due to the result of maturing in small casks

ISLAY

ARDBEG DISTILLERY 1993 15Y/O 57%
Nose: Vanilla; dry peat; soft burning smoke; sea salt.
Palate: Initial salty sweetness then peat and smoke come through

LAPHROAIG DISTILLERY 1991 17Y/O 52.7%
Nose: Burnt embers; hints of salt. Sweet smoke and hints of Iodine.
Palate: Malty sweetness; smoke and peat (phenolic). An excellent Laphroaig.

ISLAND

HIGHLAND PARK DISTILLERY 1990 18Y/O 53.5%
Nose: Malty; hints of pepper; vanilla pod; cooking apples; caramel sweetness.
Palate: Wow! Malty sweetness; coconut and limes. Very smooth, sweet and very enjoyable.

CLOSED DISTILLERIES

LOWLAND

ST. MAGDALENE (LINLITHGOW) DISTILLERY 1982 26Y/O 52.7%
Nose: Vanilla, almonds, rose petals and marzipan
Palate: Sweet with more marzipan, honey and malt. Well balanced

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Cadenhead’s recently won 5 awards from the Independent Bottlers Challenge 2008. 3 Gold, 1 Bronze and the overall winner from the Islands (non Islay) category. These whiskies should be still available from our Cadenhead shops, so catch them while you can!

Cadenhead’s Campbeltown Whisky Shop 01586 551710 (option 1)
Cadenhead’s London Whisky Shop 0207 935 6999
Cadenhead’s Edinburgh Whisky Shop 0131 556 5864

HIGHLAND PARK DISTILLERY 1985 23Y/O 50.1% GOLD AWARD
Nose: Aromatic, almost perfumed,, orange marmalade and malty.
Palate: Everything you would expect from Highland Park. Oily, rich, slight pepper and spice.

ROYAL BRACKLA DISTILLERY (RUM) 1992 15Y/O 57.3%Vol GOLD AWARD
Nose: A huge rum influence. Marzipan; tropical fruits and brown sugar.
Palate: An excellent balance of whisky and rum. Demerara sugar and hints of spice, Rum notes in the finish.

TOBERMORY DISTILLERY (S) 1994 13Y/O 59.6%Vol GOLD AWARD
Nose: Cocoa; dark chocolate; Oloroso sherry; vanilla fudge; coconut flakes.
Palate: Very well balanced with a good rich oily sweetness. Sea salt turning to tropical fruits and marzipan.

LEDAIG DISTILLERY 1997 11Y/O 57.7%VOL BRONZE AWARD
Nose: Initial musty off notes developing into medicinal notes (let it breathe). Peat in the background along with peanut butter.
Palate: Delicious! Sweet; smokey; oily and salty. Burning embers: wild and young,

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Whisky Live Glasgow

Stuart Robertson, Donald Brown & myself have just return from Whisky Live Glasgow (Friday 31st October/1st November) at the SECC.
There are many Whisky Live events all over the world where it is hard to participate at them all. Since Glasgow is in our homeland we attended this event to show some of the Springbank/Cadenhead products that we had to offer. The festival was well attended with many whisky enthusiasts attending to sample the our products.
I would like to thank everyone who came along to the stand, hope you all enjoyed yourself and I’m sure we will meet again at some other festival or maybe here in Campbeltown at the distillery.

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For anyone who hasn't noticed already, the online shop and the Springbank Soociety forum are now up and running. I think the new site looks great and you should find it much easier to use than the old one.

Enjoy!

Ranald

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Our franchised shop in Covent Garden (London) has recently moved.

The new shop is now capable of hosting Whisky Tastings in-house, so why not get together with a few of your friends and go along and try any of the Cadenhead or Springbank products on offer. Tastings will be offered on a regular basis, so keep in contact with the shop to see upcoming events.

The new shop address is:

Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop & Tasting Room
26 Chiltern Street
London
W1U 7QF

Tel: 0044 (0) 207 935 6999
Fax: 0044 (0) 870 056 0921

E-mail: ivers@whiskytastingroom.com

For anyone wishing to visit the new shop it is within easy walking distance from Baker Street Underground station.

We would like to wish Sean all the best in his new location and for his future endeavours.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

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Nice work this new website!!!

Any idea when the shop and society section are on line??

regards
Bram

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Cöpenicker Whiskyherbst 2008

Cadenhead’s Whisky Market, Berlin, recently attended the Whiskyherbst in Berlin. The festival was very well attended, with many whisky enthusiasts trying out the Cadenhead products on offer.

For any sales enquiries in Berlin, please contact Klaus at
www.cadenhead-berlin.de
or call +49 30 30 831 444. or why not visit:

Cadenhead's Whisky Market
Fasanenstrasse 4
10623 Berlin - Charlottenburg
Germany

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Posted by Grant (Cadenheads)

In an effort to involve more people in the selection for potential Cadenhead bottlings we have decided to have different Tasting Panels try out the selection of whiskies that have been selected. The Tasting Panels will decide if the whiskies are of a sufficiently excellent quality and make tasting notes for these whiskies.

This is our Fifth event and was held through our shop in Edinburgh and was a great success with 12 people tasting and giving their opinions on 10 products which are potentially being bottled by Cadenhead�s in October.

The Tasting panel consisted of:
Grant Macpherson
Mark Davidson
Helen McLoughlin
Hugh McGlashan
Willie Jackson
Andrew Hayes
Chris Flockhart
Martin Blenkinsop
Bruce Farquhar
Nick Brown
Paul Allison
Scott Jackson

Tasting Notes will be posted shortly:

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Posted by Grant (Cadenheads)

Cadenhead's are pleased to announce the winner for 2008:
Mr Paul Andersson
Congratulations Paul your prize will be on your way shortly.
2008 Answers
Whisky A
Region: North Highlands
Distilled at: Clynelish
Age: 15y/o
Strength: 56.4%
Wood Type: Bourbon
Whisky B
Region: Speyside
Distilled at: Inchgower
Age: 18y/o
strength: 57.6%
Wood Type: Bourbon
Whisky C
Region: Speyside
Distilled at: Mortlach
Age: 19y/o
Stength: 57.6%
Wood Type: Sherry
Whisky D
Region: Islands
Distilled at: Tobermory
Age: 13y/o
Strength: 59.6%
Wood Type: Sherry

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Posted by ranald

Work has been taking place at Springbank Disitllery recently to bring former warehouses in Glebe Street back into action. The roof at one of the old warehouses at Rieclachan is in the process of being rebuilt and a new private road linking the warehouse with Springbank has been put in place. The pictures show the demolition of the old roof at Rieclachan and the new road.

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