Spirit of Unity - Blended Malt Whisky voor Japan

[Jock]

Beste Forumleden hieronder een copy and paste job. In een notendop gaat het over een blended malt van 7 verschillende Scotch whiskies. De opbrengst is om te doneren aan de slachtoffers in Japan en deels ook voor New Zeeland. Lees verder in Engels:

Craft Distillers support Japan
A group of independent Scottish Distilleries have agreed to collaborate to produce a unique whisky and donate all proceeds to the disaster relief effort in Japan.

Each of the seven distilleries, representing the best craft producers in the Scotch whisky business, will donate a cask of their single malt that will be expertly blended to create a limited edition whisky, appropriately called the Spirit of Unity, which will never be produced again.

The connections between the malt whisky industry and Japan are strong as few consumers are as passionate about malt whisky as the Japanese and it has been a major export market for many years.
The idea came from Euan Mitchell, managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers. Mitchell explained: “Many in our industry, like me, travel regularly to Japan and have made friends and contacts with Japanese whisky enthusiasts.
“On seeing the scale and horror of the problems they are facing we were moved to help and other craft distillers immediately came onboard.”

The distillers are Arran, BenRiach, Bladnoch, GlenDronach, Mitchell’s Glengyle, Kilchoman and Springbank. Each of them is a multiple award-winning independent business. They have never collaborated in this way and are never likely to again.
The combined contribution will produce approximately 2,000 bottles with 1,200 available in the UK. The remainder will be shipped to Japan with some being donated for sale in New Zealand to assist with relief in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake.

It is expected that the release will be oversubscribed as soon as it is made available.
With the support of suppliers and partners, including retailers, a conservative estimate is that at least £50,000 will be donated to the relief effort.

Independent whisky expert David Broom comments: “This is a marvellous and compassionate response to the dreadful tragedy which has befallen Japan and is a beautifully symbolic gesture of how the craft distillers of Scotland are working together to help their friends in that country.
“What's more, with the pedigree of the distilleries involved I know that this will be a superb whisky.
“Nothing like this has been produced before and whisky lovers around the world will be clamouring to own and taste this one-off bottling. In doing so, they will be helping aid the Japanese people."
For whisky fans the leading producers each represent acclaimed malt whisky regions in Islands, Speyside, Highland, Islay, Campbeltown and Lowland.

The producers will offer the limited bottling available through two leading online whisky retailers; Royal Mile Whiskies and Loch Fyne Whiskies, and in their respective shops in Edinburgh & London and Inveraray.
Euan Mitchell: “Not a penny of profit will be taken from this project by any of the parties involved with the packaging being donated free of charge by Chesapeake Branded Packaging.
“The Spirit of Unity will be available in store and for despatch by the end of April with details being posted on the websites of the distillers and retailers.”
Pre-orders at £59 per bottle (+p&p) are now being taken at http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com and http://www.LFW.co.uk

Let's all buy one!

[MadMaster]

Een uur geleden ontving ik een berichtje via Twitter van Serge Valentin over een unieke botteling, waarbij samengewerkt wordt door Arran, BenRiach, Bladnoch, GlenDronach, Mitchell’s Glengyle, Kilchoman en Springbank welke de 'Spirit Of Unity' gaat heten.

De opbrengst (minus de in de UK af te dragen belasting) van deze zeer gelimiteerde botteling (2000 flessen, waarvan er 1200 in de UK verkocht worden) gaat naar de fondsen voor de slachtoffers van de aardbevingen in Japan en Nieuw Zeeland.



Persbericht:

Craft Distillers support Japan

A group of independent Scottish Distilleries have agreed to collaborate to produce a unique whisky and donate all proceeds to the disaster relief effort in Japan.

Each of the seven distilleries, representing the best craft producers in the Scotch whisky business, will donate a cask of their single malt that will be expertly blended to create a limited edition whisky, appropriately called the Spirit of Unity, which will never be produced again.

The connections between the malt whisky industry and Japan are strong as few consumers are as passionate about malt whisky as the Japanese and it has been a major export market for many years.

The idea came from Euan Michell, managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers. Mitchell explained 'Many in our industry, like me, travel regularly to Japan and have made friends and contacts with Japanese whisky enthusiasts.

'On seeing the scale and horror of the problems they are facing we were moved to help and other craft distillers immediately came onboard.'

The distillers are Arran, BenRiach, Bladnoch, GlenDronach, Mitchell’s Glengyle, Kilchoman and Springbank. Each of them is a multiple award-winning independent business. They have never collaborated in this way and are never likely to again.

The combined contribution will produce approximately 2,000 bottles with 1,200 available in the UK. The remainder will be shipped to Japan with some being donated for sale in New Zealand to assist with relief in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake.

It is expected that the release will be oversubscribed as soon as it is made available.

With the support of suppliers and partners, including retailers, a conservative estimate is that at least £50,000 will be donated to the relief effort.

Independent whisky expert David Broom comments 'This is a marvellous and compassionate response to the dreadful tragedy which has befallen Japan and is a beautifully symbolic gesture of how the craft distillers of Scotland are working together to help their friends in that country.

'What's more, with the pedigree of the distilleries involved I know that this will be a superb whisky.

'Nothing like this has been produced before and whisky lovers around the world will be clamouring to own and taste this one-off bottling. In doing so, they will be helping aid the Japanese people.'
For whisky fans the leading producers each represent acclaimed malt whisky regions in Islands, Speyside, Highland, Islay, Campbeltown and Lowland.

The producers will offer the limited bottling available through two leading online whisky retailers; Royal Mile Whiskies and Loch Fyne Whiskies, and in their respective shops in Edinburgh & London and Inveraray.

Euan Mitchell - 'Not a penny of profit will be taken from this project by any of the parties involved with the packaging being donated free of charge by Chesapeake Branded Packaging.
'The Spirit of Unity will be available in store and for despatch by the end of April with details being posted on the websites of the distillers and retailers.'

Pre-orders at £59 per bottle (not including postage and packaging) are now being taken at http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com

For more information: contact Dafne Alonso or Simon Russell of Inside Media on 01179 066 570

NOTES
Dave Broom is Editor-in-Chief of Whisky Magazine Japan
For more information on each producer visit their websites...

Link naar Serge Valentin's artikel: http://www.whiskyfun.com/#040411

Bestellen kan via Royal Mile Whiskies: http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/produc ... 0000000164

[Joep]

Meh, wilde er net twee bestellen. De ene verzendt niet naar Nederland, de andere accepteert alleen credit cards, en die heb ik niet. Als iemand ook bestelt, kan ik dan met die persoon meebestellen?

Alvast bedankt.

[Machinist]

Ze zijn net gearriveerd, de Spirit of Unity!
Net te laat voor onze proeverij van afgelopen week. Maar op 28 september gaan we ze open maken.

[semtex]

Ik heb er al eentje open gemaakt.
Tja...een dubbeltje op z'n kant.
De neus is prima, en de smaak is zeker niet slecht. Maar nogal uit balans.
Het beste bewijs dat whisky blenden net iets meer is dan wat vaten samengieten.

[Piet]

Het beste bewijs dat whisky blenden net iets meer is dan wat vaten samengieten.

Zojuist het lezen van 101 Whiskies to try.... weer hervat en lees toevallig net, over nummer 31:

The art of combining meticulously selected, mature, high quality whiskies, each with its own flavour and other characteristics, with such skill that the whole is better than the sum of its parts, so that each makes its contribution to the finished blend without any predominating

Mooi gezegd en hier kennelijk weer eens bewezen ! Maar ja, dit was dan ook voor het goede doel !
Een paar regels verder schrijft Ian ook:

It is an idealistic view, ignoring as it does the economic pressure behind many of the cheaper blends that we see on our shelves

Geldt voor vattet-malt natuurlijk net zo als voor blends.

[JayDie]

Review van Ralfy

[Piet]

Tsja, Ralfy's review gezien hebbende ga ik voorlopig toch maar uit van de notitie van Stijn

[semtex]

92

Als dat 92 is, heb ik thuis whisky's staan die 115 op 100 krijgen