Sir Charles Maclean has released a third offering of The Macphunn, another super-top quality Sherry matured Speyside Single malt at cask strength.

 The MacPhunn 18yo [November 08]
 57.1% abv
 £65.90 inc vat
 £57.30 ex vat

 Tullibardine Sherry Wood Finish OB
 46% abv
 £36.90 inc vat
 £32.09 ex vat

Arran St Emilion Finish OB 20cl
50% abv
£14.00 inc vat
£12.17 ex vat

Arran Madeira Wood Finish OB 20cl
50% abv
£14.00 inc vat
£12.17 ex vat

Appended to the top of this listing is a new feature, LFW’s Chewn of the Moment, in which we will highlight a random tune from the shop’s playlist. By clicking on the link you will be transported to the specific chewn in iTunes listed within its album, so look for the highlighted (highlit?) item, clicking on that will give you a 30 second sample. We hope you enjoy this considerably advanced feature.
Now here’s the clever bit, if you choose to download the tune we get 4%, of 79p! That should pay for our habits…
(Have you noticed how the price of music on iTunes didn’t go down with the change in VAT?).

Today we have added bottlings by BBR of:

 Bowmore BBR 1994
 40% abv
 £46.00 inc vat
 £40.00 ex vat
 limited stock availability

 Caol Ila BBR 1995
 58.9% abv
 £41.90 inc vat
 £36.43 ex vat

 Craigellachie BBR 1994
 57.4% abv
 £38.00 inc vat
 £33.04 ex vat

 Dailuaine BBR 1974
 46% abv
 £67.50 inc vat
 £58.69 ex vat

 Truths About Whisky (Book)
 £50.00

 Royal Salute 3x5cl Pack
 £49.90 inc vat
 £43.39 ex vat
 a limited number back in stock

 Macallan Replica 1841
 41.7% abv
 £130.00 inc vat
 £113.14 ex vat
 a limited number back in stock

 Girvan OB 1964 37yo Single Grain
 48% abv
 £310.00 inc vat
 £269.59 ex vat
 a limited number back in stock

Sunday 25th January is Robert Burns’ birthday and also this time, his 250th Birthday, Happy Birthday to you, happy etc…! It also marks the start of “HOMECOMING SCOTLAND” year in which all of you of Scots decent are especially welcome back to take part in a massive nationwide programme of festivities. Included in which is The Whisky Coast’s two day “Spirit of the West Festival” here in Inveraray in mid-May.

However the point of this announcement is to point out that we have two very relevant bottlings for the 25th, Gordon & MacPhail’s excellent blend ‘Immortal Memory’ and Arran’s super value (at £44.50) limited, collectable, single malt beautifully presented to mark the 250th Anniversary.

We have now added a Miniature ‘Collectors’ Loft’ to list old and discontinued miniatures.

We will only be listing a small number of miniatures at a time and the selection will change regularly.

Kilchoman New Spirit pack containing one 5cl bottle of: one month old, one year old and two year old spirit.

 Kilchoman New Spirit 3x5cl Pack
 £19.90 inc vat
 £17.30 ex vat

(not that we think you need lessons, many of you have realised this already…)

A less attractive pound in various other markets means you can buy from us for considerably less than before, the Bank of England’s new rate announced today should mean the pound stays good value for a while longer.

For example if you bought a £30 bottle from us in July:
It would have cost you  38 EURO, at the recent low it cost 30 EURO – Euro customers will also benefit from the reduced VAT rate in the UK.
In American Dollars: July’s $60 fell to $44 (!) a saving of 25%
A Yen from Japan in July 6467.58Y fell to 3902.64Y a drop of 40%

The pound has strengthened a bit since these lows but it is still a good time to buy if yours is one of these currencies.