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Dear Malt Messenger Subscribers,
I thought I should take one more crack at selling out Thursday night's Whisky Festival Fundraiser, or WhiFF.
The event runs for 3 hours, from 6-9 PM on Thursday, January 15th. The idea of this longer than usual event is to give our guests more time to engage with the Brand Ambassadors and other presenters on hand, while raising funds for some worthy charities:
- The Calgary Food Bank
- The Brenda Strafford Foundation
- The MS Society of Canada
Participants will be given a cut crystal Glencairn glass, which we are buying back from the MS Society, with which they will have the opportunity to sample from more than 80 premium products.
WhiFF will have elevated food and whisky experience from a typical KWM Whisky Festival. We are looking to do some good, but also want you to leave feeling like you got you money's worth.
Want some specifics on what we have planned? This Malt Messenger Bulletin is has all the FOMO inducing details you are looking for.
Hope to see you here on Thursday night.
Sincerely,
Andrew Ferguson
PS - As always, in the event of a price discrepancy, the point of sale at KWM will be taken as correct.
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8 Brand Ambassadors
In addition to other offerings, each of our partners is featuring a VIP Special Pour or Two. And as everyone is a VIP this night you won't feel rushed to try the mall. Some of these are no longer available for sale, others are previews of products coming soon, and few of them are available for sale by ballot!
- Andrew Mustard from GlenAllachie Distillery
- GlenAllachie 21 Year Cask Strength Batch 6
- Meikle Toir Turbo
- Meikle Toir Single Cask
- Bry Simpson - Ardbeg
- Ardbeg Anthology 15 Year
- Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19 Year Batch 5
- Calumn Leslie - Living Souls Whisky
- Living Souls 40 Year Blended Scotch Batch 2
- Living Souls 19 Year Kildalton Blended Malt
- Emiko Kaji - Nikka Whisky
- Nikka Miyagikyo 15 Year
- Nikka Yoichi 15 Year
- Gordon Dundas - Glengoyne & Tamdhu
- Glengoyne 21 Year
- Tamdhu Cigar Malt
- Igor Kossov - Heads & Tails
- Decadent Drams Sideburn 31 Year 53.6%
- Old Orkney Malt 19 Year Heads & Tails
- Karina Mair - Michter's Whiskey
- Michter's US*1 10 Year Old Rye
- Shenk's Homestead Bourbon 2025
- Scott Adamson - Tomatin
- Cu Bocan 15 Year
- Tomatin 2006 Madeira Cask
- Pacific Wine & Spirits
- Macbeth Act 2 Highland Park 18 Year
- Glenfarclas 25 Year
- Glenfarclas 30 Year
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Other Special Pours
- Berry's Glen Keith 1995 21 Year
- Berry's Glenburgie 1989 29 Year
- Berry's Linkwood 1993 19 Year
- Berry's Sutherland 2000 24 Year - Coming Soon!
- Berry's Undisclosed Islay 2007 18 Year - Coming Soon!
- Cadenhead Burnside 28 Year
- Glengoyne 30 Year
- Macbeth BenRiach 31 Year
- Macbeth Glen Garioch 31 Year
- Macbeth Linkwood 31 Year
- SMWS 5.125 IF I WERE A LADY AND YOU WERE A CARPENTER
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New KWM Casks - Launching This Week & Next
You will be among the first to sample 4 new KWM Casks which we are launching this week and next.
- Daftmill 2011 KWM Cask #101
- G&M CC Glenburgie 2003 KWM Cask #3397
- G&M CC Miltonduff 2007 KWM Cask
- SCN Williamson 9 Year KWM Cask
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Special Deals, Purchase & Ballot Opportunities
- Bomberger's Declaration Bourbon - Ballot
- Bowmore 22 Year Aston Martin Ed. 3 - Special Price
- Bowmore 21 Year Aston Martin Ed. 4 - Special Price
- Ichiro's Malt Chichibu Alberta Cask - Ballot
- Meikle Toir Turbo - Ballot
- Michter's 10 Year Bourbon - Ballot
- Michter's 10 Year Old Rye - Ballot
- Shenk's Homestead Bourbon Whiskey - Ballot
- Springbank 10 Year - Ballot
- Alberta Premium 20 Year - Ballot
The whiskies highlighted above are not the full list of what we are offering, just some of the highlights.
Trust us, you won't want to miss it!
Tickets are $175+gst $125 of which will be going to charity, specifically the Calgary Food Bank, Brenda Strafford Foundation (a Women's shelter), and the MS Society.
The rest of the funds will be covering the food and a couple of special bottles!
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Date: Thursday, January 15
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Time: 6-9 PM
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Cost: $175
- Festival
The MS Calgary Whisky Festival might be no more, but that doesn't mean we can't still put on a fun whisky event, all about giving back to the community. We have lined up at least 7 brand ambassadors from Scotland, the US, and Japan to headline a VIP whisky festival at KWM. The event will be 3 hours long, to give participants time to mingle and connect with our special guests. It will feature an elevated whisky and food experience, the latter from our neighbours at Peasant Cheese who always do a good job. And it will be limited to no more than 80 participants.
Our objective is to put on a fun, intimate evening of whisky, and our goal is to raise close to $8,000.00 for charity. The majority of funds raised will be split between the Calgary Food Bank and The Brenda Strafford Foundation. We are also planning to purchase leftover MS Festival glasses to give away at the event, and accordingly we will be making a contribution to the MS Society of Canada too.
I hope you'll consider joining us for the first WhiFF... all great events need a catchy name!
Thursday, January 15 @ 7 PM
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Date: Friday, January 23
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Time: 7-9 PM
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Cost: $60
- Festival
The Burns Bash is back! This year, we’re marking “the Bard's” birthday a few days early! This whisky festival will feature a mix of the latest and greatest new arrivals at KWM and some excellent deals. We’ve cut out the poetry, bagpipes and Highland dancing, but you’ll get to sample some great malts while enjoying food from our neighbour Peasant, while catching up with friends new and old... we think that Rabbie would approve of that!
Friday, January 23 from 7 PM to 9 PM
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Date: Thursday, January 29
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Time: 7 PM
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Cost: $35
- In-Store Tasting
Harmony Pollick, lead spirits buyer at KWM, and passionate whisk(e)y expert, will be your guide into the world of whisk(e)y. You can expect to learn about a range of whisky styles from around the world, while enjoying a range of 7 different whiskies.
Thursday, January 29, 7 PM
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Date: Tuesday, February 3
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Time: 7 PM
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Cost: $70
- Virtual Tasting
James Bornn and Andrew have been talking for a couple of years about the possibility of putting on a Gordon & MacPhail tasting, exclusively featuring Kensington Wine Market Casks. With two new KWM Casks arriving in January, we are finally in a position to pull this off. We will be featuring the new Glenburgie 2003 and Miltonduff 2007, along with three other currently available KWM Casks (Bladnoch 1988, Caol Ila 2002, and Glentauchers 2000) along with a pair of sold out whiskies from the Archive (Balblair 1997 and Glentauchers 2006). 156 years of G&M... bottled for KWM!
Tuesday, February 3 @ 7 PM
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Date: Tuesday, February 10
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Time: 7 PM
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Cost: $85
- Virtual Tasting
Some of the best whiskies coming out of the Orkneys in the last decade have been undisclosed single malts. They are usually from Highland Park, but some of them trace their origins back to Scapa. We have cobbled together a range of 7 Orkney Malts, 3 each from Signatory and Old Orkney (Decadent Drinks), and another from A.D. Rattray.
Tuesday, February 10 @ 7 PM
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Date: Tuesday, February 17
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Time: 7 PM
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Cost: $80
- Virtual Tasting
We will be cracking 4 Cask Strength, 2 Symington's Choice, and a Small Batch for a rather enticing smorgasbord of Signatory whiskies. The range, in alphabetical order is: Caol Ila 17 Year, Glen Spey 17 Year, Glendullan 15 Year, Glenlivet 18 Year, Ledaig 19 Year, Speyside (M) 15 Year, and Tomintoul 30 Year.
Tuesday, February 17 @ 7 PM
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