One of the most handy pieces of whisky hardware you could ever buy is now back in stock.

Also watch out for a new Collectors' Loft being announced very soon...

A new hardback edition of this comprehensive guide to Scotland's whisky distilleries.
'Covering all the working distilleries as well as many of the country's lost distilleries, Misako Udo now presents the most thorough and meticulous cataloguing of the whisky industry in Scotland.
Discover some of the trade secrets of Scotland's most famous distilleries as well as information on the history, types of whisky, blends contributed to, full range of single malts and detailed information on washes, casks, visiting hours and much more.'
Hardback 610 pages.

The Islay Whisky Festival is in full swing at Loch Fyne Whiskies with some great DEALS! announced today, including Ardbeg, Bowmore, Laphroaig and Kilchoman. Keep an eye on the DEALS! as they may change during the course of the Festival.

New out and strictly limited to 1 bottle per person is the new Mitchell's blend which contains whisky from Glengyle.
The first few have boxes signed by Frank McHardy and Stuart Robertson.

Also added today is the Auchentoshan 3 Wood miniature and a miniature Blended Malt bottled specially for the 2006 Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.

Just in time for the Islay Whisky Festival is a new young Laphroaig from Signatory.
Distilled in 2000, this is a 6 year old un-chillfiltered 46% vol. that replaces the 1999 7yo that was hugely popular with peat fans.

Today we have two new whiskies in stock for you.

Firstly a VERY peaty Benromach Peat Smoke from 1st fill Bourbon casks and with phenols of 55ppm!

And also a wonderful Glenrothes 1994 with its signature citrus notes and a little tobacco.

The new non-vintage 10 year old Longrow is now available in a mandarin orange coloured carton!
For those not familiar with this whisky it is a peaty whisky made at Springbank.

A special DEAL! on Macallan 21yo Fine Oak - was £117.50 now only £100.00 each - and look out at the end of this week for our annual Islay Festival of Deals for those not able to make it to Islay themselves (where, by the way, you will get the chance to meet Joynson who will try and force a Busty Nail on you!)

New in stock today is the blended malt Barrogill selected by Prince Charles and a 100% Oloroso Sherry cask matured Glendronach 33yo.

New in to Loch Fyne Whiskies today is a Murray McDavid Mission Gold Series bottling of St Magdalene 1982 24 years old and 58.3%alc.
This is limited to just 446 bottles in total and has had Additional Cask Enhancement in Vintage Port casks.

Our regularly updated Whisky Top 10:

1: Loch Fyne Blend - justifiably our biggest seller.
2: Loch Fyne Liqueur - our award winning whisky liqueur.
3: Talisker 18yo - recently voted the World's Best Single Malt Whisky.
4: Glencadam 15yo - Andy sells a case or 2 of this (an hour!)
5: Ardbeg Almost There - the brand new Ardbeg.
6: Lagavulin 16yo - classic Islay with an everlasting finish.
7: Linkwood G&M 15yo - a great Speysider.
8: Clynelish 14yo - the boss's fave (if there can be only one).
9: Tomintoul 16yo - our Bottling of the Year 2006.
10: Scapa 14yo - our Bottling of the Year 2005 and still going strong.

Based on sales through LFW.CO.UK and our whisky shop in Inveraray.

CAPTION COMPETITION

Glengyle, Campbeltown's newest re-distillery celebrated it's third birthday at the weekend with press tours and a big party in one of the warehouses.

Presided over by Frank McHardy and his sidekick Stuart Robertson - here posing for our caption competition.

Built by Frank for J & A Mitchell, the owners of nearby Springbank, the revived Distillery is a neat simple affair using two stills scrounged form the old Ben Wyvis Distillery.

We were offered a plethora of samples but unfortunately from an unhelpful range of wine casks so it is difficult to asses the character of the new three year old whisky. So we will pass judgement of a wee sample that was given us in our goodie-bag...

Kilkerran (for that is the trade name for the single malt from Glengyle Distillery), 3yo, 46%:
This is a big, oily and waxy spirit, uncompromising and I suspect typical of the old heavy alleged Campbeltown style. Under all the heavy, wet, coal-smoke is fruitiness, tobacco and brine. The taste reflects it's new-born infancy, with a long weighty sulphur finish.
I look forward to trying it again in a couple of years time.

For those planning ahead, Kilkerran will not be available until it is 8 years old.

Today we have received the attractively packaged presentation of Alchemist's first four bottlings in miniature.
Containing one 5cl each of:
Highland Park 15yo 46%alc
Calvados 15yo 42%alc
Macallan 14yo 46%alc
Armagnac 14yo 42%

Also a fully updated edition of David Wishart's Whisky Classified book is now available in stock.

New in today is a very pale Braes of Glenlivet 1974 32yo 55.7% bottled by Signatory out of a refill butt.

A Price Guide - 2nd Edition - Martin Green

A handy reference guide to whisky prices realised at McTear's Glasgow Auction house over the past six years. Should be used judiciously when pricing a collectable, add buyer's premium of 15% and remember it is just one auction house. We need more price info like this, anyone doing one for eBay yet?