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1 –> New Release: Highland Park officially launched its 17yo Ice Edition!<\/strong> Aged predominantly in ex-Bourbon casks, Highland Park Ice Edition is intended to celebrate \u201cNorse myths, legends and [Highland Park\u2019s] Viking roots<\/em>\u201d and will be followed by Fire Edition in 2017. The expression is said to offer fresh pineapple, ripe mango sorbet, smoke, and root ginger on the nose, with peat smoke, vanilla seeds and orris root on the palate, followed by\u00a0a \u201ccreamy, rich, oily\u201d finish.<\/p>\n Encased in a mountain-shaped wooden cradle with accompanying wooden stopper, the whisky\u00a0is presented with an accompanying booklet recounting the mythical legend of the realm of the Ice Giants. (Read more)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n 2 –> New opening: Hawick Distillery (Borders – Scotland) plans lodged.<\/strong> A planning application has been lodged to build a whisky distillery – the first in the Borders for nearly 180 years – on a former industrial site. The Three Stills Company announced last year it had secured funding of \u00a310m to support its plans in Hawick. It has now submitted a planning application to Scottish Borders Council for the Commercial Road scheme. The company said the distillery and visitor centre could create 20 jobs. (Read more)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n 3 –> Business: Family firm Angels\u2019 Share Glass has joined forces with German-based specialist importer A Wee Taste of Scotland<\/strong> who will distribute their handmade gifts throughout Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland.<\/p>\n \u201cThe partnership is a perfect fit because \u2013 like us \u2013 A Wee Taste of Scotland specialises exclusively in high quality Scottish products and is enthusiastic about the goods it sells. We\u2019re really excited about this new venture and are looking forward to finding out what the people of Central Europe think about our gifts.\u201d The company is also currently organising a crowdfunding campaign<\/a> to increae its production capacity.<\/p>\n 4 –> Another recent release: a new Laphroaig kid on the block!<\/strong> The new expression, bottled at 48% abv and available from 18 March with a UK RRP of \u00a375, aims to celebrate the cult Islay distillery\u2019s 200 years of whisky-making knowledge and tradition. Laphroaig Lore includes whiskies matured in a variety of cask types, including first-fill Bourbon barrels, quarter casks and Oloroso Sherry hogsheads, and has been created by Laphroaig distillery manager John Campbell. (Read more)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n 5 –> Travel: European Waterways has announced a new Whisky Trail cruise<\/strong> for single malt lovers in Scotland.\u00a0 Sailing onboard the hotel barge Scottish Highlander<\/em>, guests travel along the Caledonian Canal between Fort William and Inverness, visiting at least three historic distilleries along the way. The barge will also travel across scenic deep water lakes, including Loch Ness, and visit famous castles and historic sites. I don’t know you… But I’m ready to pack! (Read more)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n 1 –> New Release: Highland Park officially launched its 17yo Ice Edition! Aged predominantly in ex-Bourbon casks, Highland Park Ice Edition is intended to celebrate \u201cNorse myths, legends and [Highland Park\u2019s] Viking roots\u201d and will be followed by Fire Edition in 2017. The expression is said to offer fresh pineapple, ripe mango sorbet, smoke, and root ginger on the nose, with peat smoke, vanilla …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[434],"tags":[550,552,551,547,548,549,463,36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4325"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4328,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325\/revisions\/4328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"See](\"http:\/\/www.finest-spirits.com\/fileadmin\/_processed_\/csm_hpee_da7ac7ece0.jpg\")
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