NORTH SHORE HOSTS TWO DAY FEST FOR SINGLE MALT PATRONS
Lovers of single malt whiskey will be heading to Green Oaks on March 17 and 18 2017 to sample North Shore Distillery's custom blends and cocktails. The owners of North Shore Distillery, husband-wife duo Derek and Sonja Kassebaum have organized two evenings of drinks and entertainment for single malt patrons. Entry to the fest is free, but the whiskey sampling will cost about $12 per serving.
In a news release, Sonia shared that they have been organising the annual whiskey fest for the past four years. She said, "We've been making single-malt whiskey for many years, but we've not started selling it yet. Every year, we pull a sample and share it with people to see how it's doing. We're getting close to being ready to release it."
Whiskey patrons will also get to enjoy special cocktails and Irish specials and participate in the taste-discussions. The event will have a tasting room and cocktail bar for this purpose. Along with this, whiskey enthusiasts will be able to take a tour around the distillery for free. The tour will start at 4 PM on March 18.
For those who wish to stick around, the Kassebaums have organized a comedy night on March 23, when for $35, people will get to watch and listen to the stand-up comedian Jay Harris, over cocktails and light snacks. There will additionally be a charity event on March 25, where proceeds will be donated to an organization that will distribute diapers to people in need in Lake County. The fundraiser has been named Bottoms Up for Babies. For $65, people will get to enjoy live music over two cocktails, spirit tasting, distillery tour, hors d’oeuvres, and a table of sweets.
The Kassebaums began making spirits in Lake Buff, back in 2005. It was only last year in the summer that they shifted to their current address at Green Oaks.
Real Ale Introduces Whiskey And Gin
Real Spirits Distilling Co., an extension of Branco’s Real Ale Brewing, has made a debut by unveiling two new expressions of whiskey and a gin. The whiskeys, namely Texas Hill Country Single Barrel Whiskey and Texas Hill Country Signature Whiskey, have been either blended or taken from a barrel of nonage statement whiskey, roughly two years old. The ‘Grain to Glass Gin’ on the other hand, has been made from a blend of botanicals, exclusively sourced from Texas. Real Spirits has emphasized the weather and vegetation of Hill Country to develop a Texas terroir for both the offerings.
Read More
The Naked Grouse Re-launched as Blended Malt
A blended malt has been specially designed for “older millennials”. The Naked Grouse, which was initially launched in 2011 as a blended scotch, has been re-released as a blended malt for millennials. The original collection was billed as a ‘smoother, sweeter’ rendition of The Famous Grouse. The current release is a standalone offering brewed from a variety of grainless malt whiskies.
Read More
THE BEAST CHARITY WHISKY AUCTION RAISES $47,000
The whisky momentum lives on! The iconic Wood Buffalo Brewing Company hosted ‘The Beast Whisky’ auction on 25 November 2017, wherein the top bottle sold for a whopping $10,000! The second auction this year raised a generous $47,000 plus for the Fort McMurray Firefighters Charities Association, for bottles sold from #14 - #20. It beat the $28,750.00 amount raised last year in October 2016, the proceeds of which went to the same charity fund.
Read More