Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-12
- Enjoying a birthday cigar with my friends. Comacho Legend Ario (@ Straus Tobbaconist) http://t.co/yXrXs1v9 #
- John McDougall- A living History of Scotch Whisky, April 21 @vineandtable in Carmel, IN sign up http://t.co/TlGybCpP more dates to come! #
- Hmmm….pizza (@ LaRosa's Pizzeria) http://t.co/cR98wG2z #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05
- Pouring a few drams of my new Buna 38yr and North Islay 21yr at the Union League club in Chicago. #
- Great show! Now heading to Smith & Wollensky chicago for steak! #
- Hmmm. Coffee! (@ Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea) http://t.co/wkLyd9SJ #
- Pouring a few drams (@ Union League Club Of Chicago) http://t.co/MuTzBZVd #
- Enjoying a few wine drams with my friends at La Storia with their 2010 Zinfandel Estate bottling http://t.co/BJtE3LPW #
- Enjoying the Divergence paso robles 2009 with the blender. Very nice http://t.co/jNoLjISU #
- Having a coffee after dropping off new Wild Scotsman 21&38yr single cask single malt scotch whisky to my I'll whole… http://t.co/r0BcOt7s #
- Many thanks and drams to everyone sending me DM Happy Birthday wishes. my box is a wee bit full but replies in due time. Slainte #
- Alas, I am the last man standing from the B-day fest. Empty bottles and empty cigar boxes are all that's left. Here's ta' us!.whose like us #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29
- Got my sack, rope, cigars, and Scotch. Ready to hunt down a Haggis For Rabbies Birthday. If all else fails I have cigars and scotch #
- Having a pint to rabbie burns! (@ Nicholson's Tavern & Pub w/ 2 others) http://t.co/LBPyzvGc #
- Everything is tickety boo with rabbie Burns #
- Metallica, Rabbie Burns, Haggis,Diamond Crown Maximus, and Metallica Fckn priceless! http://t.co/UvFpHZ9T #
- Enjoying a Diamond Crown Maximus cigar with my cup of Joe in one hand and my wellies on my feet. Raining cats and dogs today #
- Gearing. Up for my chicago trip on Saturday. Let's hope I do not get snowed in again #
Happy Birthday Robert Burns!
Happy Birthday Robert Burns!
by Jeffrey Topping
For those of you who do not know this is Robert Burn’s month. Burns is the National Poet of Scotland who wrote in the dialect of the working Scot and not English. If you have never been to a Burn’s dinner to here is address to the Haggis you might recall a tune called, “Auld Lang Syne” on New Years Eve which was written by Burn’s.
So grab some Haggis and a wee dram of Wild Scotsman and salute o’l Robert Burns.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22
- It's a nice 27 F this morning. Looks like it's going to be a nice morning for a coffe and a fuente short story cigar #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15
- It January and time once again for Robert Burns to be celebrated by millions of people across the globe. Here is my Address to a Haggis,… #
- Here is my Address to a Haggis in honor of Robert Burns, http://t.co/qsn1tgXP #
- My empty Scotch Casks have arrived for a lucky Craft Beer Maker http://t.co/wKcENt71 #
- Brand new Wild Scotsman Single Cask Single Malt bottlings. A 38yr and 21yr! http://t.co/l2R80GLg #
- Many FF Thanks to @grd400 @spiceboxWhisky @twlJoe @patsWineWhisky @kintrawhisky Have a great Weekend! #
- Enjoying a Liga Privada #9 with an ardbeg 17yr in the wonderfully chilly night air. @JonathanDrew1 #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08
- Happy New Year and Hogmanay! #
- RT @ScotchHunter: The Angel's Share is out! http://t.co/LibWVaJn ? Top stories today via @wildscotsman #
- A bit of snow happening today. It is time to break out the cold weather whisky #
- Snow, whisky, the Rose Bowl Parade, and spending the day watching collage bowl games. Just another great New Year #
The State of Scotch a 2011 Year end Review
I am pleased to announce that according to the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) latest news bulletin, NEW CHAIRMAN FOR SCOTCH WHISKY ASSOCIATION AS EXPORTS BREAK RECORDS posted in December of 2012 that Scotch whisky is, “earning £125 every second for the UK balance of payments. The value of exports over the nine month period totalled almost £3billion – an increase of 23% on the same period of 2010.” The United States led the way with £430.7m in export value and France led consumption (USA 2nd)with 39,409,542 Liters of Pure Alcohol (LPA) exported.
The down side for 2011 was the ruthless and uneducated attack on Scottish Whisky Heritage and Tradition with the full ban of the historical terms “VATTED and PURE” to describe the blending of either Single Malt or Single Grain Scotch whisky from different distilleries. Now we must use the term “BLENDED Malt Scotch whisky” or “BLENDED Grain Scotch Whisky”. If being “accurate” in describing the contents of a bottle was truly at the heart of the issue the SWA would have fully demanded the the term “SINGLE MALT and SINGLE GRAIN” be accurately changed to “Single Blended Malt and “Single Blended Grain” as ALL Single are BLENDS unless they are only bottled out of one (1) cask with the cask number duly noted on the bottle.
We here at Wild Scotsman have taken a few steps backwards over the past few years due to the ailing economy but we have been working on expanding into our new direction of providing top quality privately labeled Scotch Whisky for both “on/off” premise license holders in the USA. With every adversity there is always an opportunity if one can look and work out side the box. For us 2012 is bringing new opportunities with our Private Label Scotch Whisky, Wild Scotsman Scotch Whisky, and whisky related talks and tastings.
New Brands arriving in January 2012!
21yr North Islay is aged exclusively in a Sherry Butt (sorry cannot name this distillery) bottled at 50% alc/vol, no added colour, no chill filtration.
38yr Bunnahabhain bottled at 51% alc/vol, no added colour, no chill filtration
From our Family to yours
Happy New Year!
Who's behind your brand?
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-01
- Time to enjoy Christmas Eve with a Oliva Serie V Lancero and Cardinal Mendoza Brandy http://t.co/n0XL263c #
- Santa has finally left the residence after wine, brandy, cigars, a fine 38yr single cask of Bunna, and all the toys assembled. Now for a nap #
- Enjoying a Torano Loyals at Straus Tobacconist in cincinnati, OH #torano #cigar http://t.co/czjudcl1 #
- What's some of your favorite inexpensive bourbon and/or scotch? I like Evan Williams, Teachers, blend 888 to name a few #
- Happy New Year and Hogmanay! May the last year be the worst year and the next year the best to come. Slainte #
- Having a few bottles of wine, food, family, and fun. Happy New Year and Hogmanay (@ P.F. Chang's w/ 3 others) http://t.co/OkvdgvQG #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-25
- What Genus and species of oak represents the highest % of use in making bourbon casks? #trivia #whiskytrivia #
- RT @harrybstard @gscameraworks @specmonkey @jamerz3294 @polsevogn @2kpony: @wildscotsman Quercus Alba is the correct answer. in reply to HarryBStard #
- UK and EU get your Wild Scotsman Black Label Blended Malt from our on-line partners at the House of MacDuff http://t.co/hrHgqIWS #scotch #
- USA whisky buyers we are fully restocked with Wild Scotsman at our on-line partners @thepartysource http://t.co/3VrtSDnx #scotch #
- Let's go Steelers! #
- John McDougall- a living history of Scotch whisky events comming soon. April 18- cincinnati April 19 Columbus April 20 WPAFB more dates soon #
- Twas The Night Before Christmas (Scotch Whisky Style) by Jeffrey Topping http://t.co/qshLsP03 #scotch #Christmas #
- Scotch and cigars fully stocked. Ready for Christmas! #
- I hear Ram tastes quite nice after being cooked by hot steel. Let's Go Steelers! #
- Ready for tonights guests so it is time to enjoy my bottle of Stags Leap SLV 1997 Cab Sauv. Merry Xmas to me #