Dr. Bill Lumsden has been on quite a run. Named Master Distiller of the year for 2016 by the International Whisky Competition on the strength of the magnificent Glenmorangie Signet (97 points) and he repeated again in 2017 by winning whisky of the year for his Ardbeg Kelpie Committee Exclusive. It is an amazing feat to blend incredible unpeated whisky as well as deliciously balanced heavily peated whisky. His whiskies do great credit to the distilleries of both Islay and the Northern Highlands.
Kelpie is this year’s limited release from Ardbeg. In 2004 Ardbeg began producing limited distiller’s editions. The Committee Exclusives are only for the Ardbeg Committee club members, but Ardbeg is releasing a version of the Kelpie to the general public. Both versions are non-chill filtered but the Committee Exclusive is bottled at 51.7% ABV, but the public release is blended at 46%. Both will be heavily peated in the finest Ardbeg tradition. Get your bottles soon. All of the limited editions from Arbeg always sell out and are highly sought after under normal circumstances. Now that it has been named the best whisky in the world from IWC, expect this whisky to evaporate quickly.
I actually appeared on an episode of Brew Dogs, and got a chance to meet the founders. A really good time all around, and I like that they really push the boundaries having topped their own world record for alcohol content several times, but it has been a bad week for brew dogs. They have been taking a beating in the press this week over lack of profitability and disgruntled shareholders. They really did not need this latest news.
Brewdog worker prints ‘Mother ——‘ on cans
Source: the drinks business
by Neal Baker
14th April, 2016
A brewery worker at craft beer brand Brewdog has been given Employee of the Month after printing ‘Mother —— Day’ on a batch of its most popular beer without telling company bosses.
The batch of 200,000 cans of Punk IPA had to be recalled after Brewdog management were made aware when customers uploaded images of the cans on to social media.
Graeme Wallace, a packing manager at the Scotland-based company, was annoyed at bosses demanding employees “be more punk”, and decided to print the swear on the bottom of the beer cans.
Pictures of the cans have emerged from across the UK.
Confused customers then contacted Brewdog, alerting bosses to the prank. All remaining cans from the batch then had to be recalled at the expense of the brewery, according to reports.
However, the company seems to have found the funny side, awarding Wallace Employee of the Month.
A Brewdog spokesperson said: “At another company, someone responsible for a prank like this might have been given the heave ho. At BrewDog, Graeme was awarded Employee of the Month”.
