Comments on: Very special news about Diageo’s malt whiskies

By: New Diageo whiskies: The Manager’s Choice » What Does John Know?

New Diageo whiskies: The Manager’s Choice » What Does John Know? — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:39:24 +0000

[...] of all the rumors, blog postings, etc., (including my own teaser this past week) on this subject (unauthorized, in many instances), Diageo has given me permission to [...]

By: Paolo

Paolo — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:10:34 +0000

Uhm in my humble opinion all will depend on the quality of the casks selected, if the bottling will be truly exceptional i do not care that much about the price(I mean I’ll buy just the distilleries i love)and that’s not because I’m a rich man but just because i can pay sometimes for great quality… age is not that important there are awful 40 y.o whiskies, and great ones younger…But as i told before if you ask a lot of money You’ve to offer superquality.

By: John Hansell

John Hansell — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:54:38 +0000

I’m still honoring the request by Diageo to not mention anything about Diageo’s malt whisky news until Friday. Keep reading away though at the thread here. You can learn a lot.

By: patrick

patrick — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:40:08 +0000

Indeed, this is what gathered over the last 24 h (www.whisky-news.com).

Prices are just insane. Who is going to afford a 9 YO Oban for £300?

Where is this going to stop?

And yes, the Port Ellen 30 YO is going to be priced at the same level as this Oban

Make sure that you have deep pocket if you still want to enjoy the new whisky releases….

By: Kenn

Kenn — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:16:49 +0000

http://www.themanagerschoice.com/

From whiskynotes.be:
There are interesting rumours that whisky giant Diageo will soon announce a new series of exclusive bottlings named The Manager’s Choice Single Cask Selection. They’ve selected one single cask from each of the 27 distilleries in their portfolio and the first six will be released in October 2009. A new Rare Malts series is born.

I’m not sure which distilleries will be in the first batch, but the picture shows Oban, Teaninich and Mortlach.

Also, as part of their yearly special releases, there will be a Port Ellen 30yo and probably a new Brora 30yo this year.

Prices looks to be about £200-300:
http://www.robbiesdrams.com/products.asp?id=28

By: [UPDATE] Now we know what the hype is called... | Whiskey Bros

[UPDATE] Now we know what the hype is called... | Whiskey Bros — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:35:15 +0000

[...] couple of days ago John Hansel clued us all into something special coming from Diageo regarding their malt whiskys on the 4th of [...]

By: John Hansell

John Hansell — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:59:20 +0000

Well, I am still keeping my mouth shut, as I was asked to do. But I am really enjoying everyone’s comments…

By: John Lamond

John Lamond — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:31:22 +0000

Sorry, that should read “8th largest country by GDP.”

By: John Lamond

John Lamond — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:30:12 +0000

Neil was close. They have discovered how to produce mature whisky ultra fast at Roseisle. A little loophole in the Scotch Whisky Order 1990 means that they can call it “Scotch Whisky” if it has been aged for 7 months and 3 days in a warehouse in Burghead. (Burghead was missed off the geographical boundaries in the 1990 Order by an ignorant dunderheid in the Scottish Office.)
They can now close down all their distilleries and transfer production exculsively to Roseisle, saving themselves a small fortune in production costs. In so doing, they can undercut EVERYBODY else. They are going to invest £53 million in a new deep water port on the Moray Firth, create 1250 jobs and export direct from Roseisle.
They aren’t officially telling anyone, but the long term aim is to declare independence for Roseisle. The name tells everyone that it is an island anyway. In so doing, Diageo will become the world’s 8th largest company by GDP.

By: Whiskey Bros

Whiskey Bros — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:41:47 +0000

Now we know what the hype is called……

…

By: bgulien

bgulien — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:44:48 +0000

John M.
At least that is Scottish territory, so it is conforms to the SWA rules!

By: John M

John M — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:12:36 +0000

They’re going to start making whisky in the Scottish embassy in Tiawan.

By: bgulien

bgulien — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:09:30 +0000

@Chap
Glen Wonka went out of business just a few weeks ago. Maybe the victim of their success.
Their 100yo was too low priced to make any profit.
Their last expression: “the eBay edition” went so fast, that the eBay servers had trouble to keep up with the demand of people wanting to resell it immediately.
They are sadly missed.

The new Diageo offerings are probably bottles we wish we had the money to buy them.
A while ago I made a deal with myself to only buy whisky at a sensible price and, I think, the new bottles are way beyond that.

By: Sam S.

Sam S. — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:26:46 +0000

They are going to release some young “non-age statement” expressions and charge a lot of money for them.
Wait, everyone’s already doing that.
Sorry…

By: Bomber

Bomber — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:54:14 +0000

Check out http://www.whiskynotes.be/ for a possible answer.