Whisky Comedian Alan Anderson (far right) takes Glasgow Triathlon Club for a mid ride dram to Arran Distillery.

Whisky For Dafties @ Ardbeg Distillery, Port Ellen  Islay Feis - Friday 24th May 2013 8pm £15 Show is followed by acoustic session & ceilidh   The good people of the Islay Whisky Festival …

Whisky For Dafties @ Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown Springbank Open Day - Thursday 23rd May 2013 6.30pm £6.50  

Ardbeg Distillery Whisky For Dafties

Whisky For Dafties @ Ardbeg Distillery, Port Ellen 

Islay Feis – Friday 24th May 2013

8pm £15

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Springbank Open Day

Whisky For Dafties @ Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown

Springbank Open Day – Thursday 23rd May 2013

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Whiskey Club Belfast presents Whisky For Dafties.

Whisky For Dafties. The Whiskey Club, Hudson’s Bar, Belfast

10-12 Gresham St, Belfast BT1 1JN

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Whisky għall Manikinis - Malta 6 & 7 April 2013

Il juru b’togħma wiski ma ‘differenza. Sitt wiskijiet malt li għandhom tasted, laughs ħafna li jiġu kkonsidrati. Ha’e a deram, xi banter cheeky u jitgħallmu dwar l-esportazzjonijiet akbar Iskozja bi Iskozja l-aktar fl-domanda compere.

X’inhu l-istampa jgħid:

”, Gost Creative, b’mod lighthearted biex jitgħallmu dwar whisky” (Il-Scotsman).

“Mercifully, Anderson mhix biss xi Scotsman li jixtiequ jiksbu tinxtorob miegħek, hu enthusiast whisky passjonat li assolutament jeħtieġ udjenza tiegħu biex jitgħallmu dwar il-likwidu ambra maġika.

Huwa mhux tant jduq bħala priedka fi żminijiet ħafna umoristiku dwar l-oriġini tal-whisky, il-ħruġ ta ‘whisky, l-togħma ta’ whiskey, il-mod li tixrob whisky u whiskey, għaliex Skoċċiż huwa l-aħjar ta ‘kollha.

Anderson tagħti sajjetti fast tweġibiet għall-membri hapless udjenza li huma kkurati għal togħma tax-xarba tant imfaħħrin u, bejn tastings, huwa regales-udjenza ma ‘one-liners u l-osservazzjonijiet acerbic dwar il-ħajja.

U allura, huwa sweetens l-ftehim fl-għeluq ta ‘l-ispettaklu, doling li b’togħma ħafna wiegħed li kulħadd. A definit għandu għal min iħobb whisky u bil-lejl tajba barra għal kulmin huwa ma jibżgħux ta ‘tipple. “**** (Adelaide jirreklama)

“Ħafna umoristiċi u ġenwinament informattivi juru. Anderson teduka udjenza tiegħu fuq l-wonders ta ‘l-esportazzjoni ifjen Iskozja waqt fl-istess ħin jżommu l-laughs ġejjin ma’ xi nuqqas ta ‘PC, Humer quintessentially Skoċċiż, u billi mercilessly ripping l barra proverbial ta’ dawk fil-filliera ta ‘quddiem. Huwa irvell (u) inti se tikseb lottijiet ta ‘laughs “**** (Tliet Ġimgħat)

“A soundtrack Skoċċiż ippumpjar u mantelpiece ampju invitingly ma ‘fliexken whisky tistabbilixxi tone pjaċir għal siegħa jassorbu ta’ apprezzament whisky. Scotsman Alan Anderson ebda espert qxur minn trab, klabb whisky moffa, aktar hu enthusiast regolari fuq missjoni waħda bniedem li jikkonvertu udjenza lesti li l-għażla tiegħu ta ‘tipple u, franchement, xi ħadd hija milqugħa. Il Anderson enerġetika hija inklussiva u edukattivi, ta ‘gwida tat-turs affaxxinanti li ġamm fl-ammont sorprendenti ta’ fatti istorja u l-ġeografija - li huma qatt dry - madwar noti b’togħma, a Debunking ta ‘tattiċi marketing, u l-parteċipazzjoni udjenza, kollha bi twist comedic. Kulħadd gets biex tipprova xi whisky, anke jekk membri tal-udjenza diversi għandek jaqilgħu deram wee tagħhom. Anderson kultant strays madwar il-linja multa ta ‘aċċettabbli bil banter udjenza tiegħu - definittivament mhux meħtieġa fi juru xort’oħra divertenti. Umoristiċi, fattwali u whisky ħielsa? I ser xarba din. “(Ripitup.com.au)

“Il-blurb programm festival tagħti l-impressjoni ta ‘juru istejjer dwar l-imġiba drunken debauched, iżda r-realtà hija xi ħaġa Intriguingly differenti. Alan Anderson jippreżenta tliet elementi marbuta ma ‘xulxin li jedukaw udjenza tiegħu kif ukoll jinżammu rolling mal-daħk.

Il juru jibda bħala straight stand-up, ma ‘Anderson tgħidilna kollha dwar lilu nnifsu, il-familja tiegħu u l-avventura Awstraljana tiegħu, li hija mogħtija b’mod boisterous u friendly. Huwa biss talludi għall-escapades drunken li aħna qed jistennew, filwaqt li l-osservazzjonijiet tiegħu ta ‘Adelaide huma aktar infurmati minn “viżitaturi aktar, grazzi għall-mara Awstraljana tiegħu. Huwa materjal solidu li jilgħab fuq l-isterjotipi Skoċċiżi kif ukoll tipprovdi opinjoni condescending ta Skoċċiż dwar l-bqija tad-dinja. Huwa endears lilu nnifsu lill-udjenza bħala buddy tax-xorb familjari.

Il-qalba ta ‘l juru jibda meta l-fliexken whisky huma miftuħa. Hija dawriet fi lecture umoristiku dwar l-industrija whisky Skoċċiż li hija ‘l bogħod milli niexef u misdud. Jikkombinaw ħafna opinjonijiet personali mal-fatti, huwa jipprovdi informazzjoni dwar il-distilleriji differenti u l-proċessi waqt li ddaħħal ċajt f’kull opportunità

States Anderson mill-bidu li huwa tipprova tneħħi l-isterjotip tal-Skoċċiż irħas mill tagħti bogħod booze. Matul il-prestazzjoni, huwa tiddispensa kampjuni ta ‘wiskijiet varji biex l-udjenza, iżda biss fuq il-kondizzjoni li jaqilgħu dan. Dan mhux permezz embarrassing jew jikkonfrontaw parteċipazzjoni udjenza, minflok sempliċiment chat ħbiberija dwar l-isfond tagħhom qabel tistaqsi għal evalwazzjoni tal-kampjun permezz kriterji personalment mfassla.

Matul l-interazzjonijiet Anderson huwa ta ‘malajr fuq saqajh b’ħafna quips, ħila honed fuq il Skoċċiż stand-up ċirkwit. Huwa għandu mod effortless ta b’ġentilezza prizing aktar informazzjoni minn ta ‘punter li ma jkunx thedded l-inqas, ħila handy minħabba l-kamra żgħira ifisser kważi kulħadd se jiġu indirizzati. Ħafna jirrispondu għall approachability tiegħu billi jibqa ‘wara tmiem uffiċjali l-ispettaklu li chat dwar whisky, l-Iskozja u suġġetti oħra

Huwa jiskopri karattri colorful ħafna tul it-triq, it-tweġibiet divertenti cheeky tagħhom ma jeħtieġu ebda elaborazzjoni, jagħmlu xogħol tiegħu aktar faċli u tikkonferma li l-udjenza li huma parti vitali ta ‘l-ispettaklu. Anderson u whiskey tiegħu ċertament jgħinu biex iressqu l-Joker fil-punter aktar vokali. Din hija sħuna u hilarious nikseb-flimkien. “(Au.Chortle.com)

“A bniedem fi dublett waslet għall Adelaide, kellu sporran tiegħu ikkonfiskati u spiċċa fuq stadju li jittrattaw l shots ta ‘whisky b’xejn. Iva, li whisky ebda “e” - il Skoċċiż jħallu l-“e” għall-ġirien Irlandiż tagħhom. Whisky manikini żnuber ma verament ikollhom struttura, jew lott ta ‘qabel bil-miktub ċajt, imma hija xhieda Anderson bħala kummidjant li jista’ jiġbed mill-folla u mqiegħda fuq juru ferm divertenti. Parteċipanti ppremjati bi booze huwa dejjem se jkun rebbieħ - folol sakra huma loud u umoristiku - u fuq dan il-lejl il-backpackers fl-udjenza definittivament għen. Nagħmlu l-żfin verifikatur fuq il-palk seta ‘kien downfall tiegħu, imma kelli laughs xierqa taħt iċ-ċinturin li nahfru. Dan juri probabbilment jistħoqqilha punters aktar minn lokalità tagħha hija li tippermetti, u fil biss $ 10 tagħtiha spin. “(Ripitup.com.au)

“Kummiedja Skoċċiż veteran.” (Record Kuljum)

“A juru ferm divertenti” (Reviżjoni Fringe Adelaide).

MMM. March looks like being a mad month. After spending a month in Adelaide & a week in Mayrhofen, I’ve now been asked to take my malts to Malta for the Easter Weekend. Exciting times ahead!

The Whisky Comedian looks forward to enjoying some of Adephi’s special Maltese inspired Scotch.

Well done European Union. Down with minimum pricing!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-19757149

Europe objects to Holyrood’s minimum pricing of alcohol

Countries in the European Union object to the Scottish government’s minimum pricing for alcohol policy

Questions have been raised over whether Scottish government plans to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol are compatible with European law.

The measure was passed by MSPs earlier this year but led to a formal complaint by the Scotch Whisky Association.

Five EU countries have now raised concerns that the proposal may infringe free trade rules.

The Scottish government said it remained confident the reform was compatible with EU law.

However, the Scotch Whisky Association said the plans infringed European competition treaties.

The countries which appeared to back the group are France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Bulgaria, all of which are significant wine producers.

Each have lodged “detailed opinions” against the plans to the European Commission. Another eight counties are said to have “made comments”.

‘No surprise’

In a statement, the EU Commission said the content was confidential but “what we can say is we have a problem with the compatibility of minimum pricing plans under community law”.

The Scottish government said it was not surprised that there had been objections.

This is clearly about trade across Europe and I’m not surprised so many countries have raised concerns”

Campbell EvansScotch Whisky Association

Health Secretary Alex Neil said: “The European Commission is in favour of addressing alcohol abuse and have asked us to consider their points, which we will.

“We are confident that we can demonstrate that minimum pricing is justified on the basis of public health and social grounds and I will continue to press the case for minimum pricing in the strongest possible terms.

“We will respond to the EC by the deadline of 27 December.”

Scottish Conservative health spokesman Jackson Carlaw said it was “extremely disappointing” the Scottish government had continued to insist minimum pricing was legally competent when it seems not to be the case.

He added: “We want minimum pricing to work, and we gave our support on the condition it would be legally sound and that it could be dropped in future years if it wasn’t working.

“We await to see what will happen now, but any legal challenge in the European courts could be both costly to Holyrood and cause significant delays. But it is better to address these legal issues now than several years down the line.”

Campbell Evans, of the Scotch Whisky Association, said: “For 30 years the European Court has said minimum pricing is illegal, we are disappointed it has gone this far.

“We would like to have worked with the government to tackle alcohol misuse, and hopefully we will work together in partnership.

“This is clearly about trade across Europe and I’m not surprised so many countries have raised concerns.”

Part three of or world tour through the weird google world of whisky. You know the score by now. I type whisky and a country’s name into google and we see what whacky stuff pops up.

12. Bahamas, The

This guy is brilliant. I’d never heard of him before. He’s the Tipsy Bartender. Don’t know if he’s from The bahamas, but a lot of his tweets mention them. Check out his massive range of videos at http://www.TipsyBartender.com

13. Bahrain

For most of us the most famous thing about Bahrain is that it hosts a Formula 1 Grand Prix. Johnnie Walker sponsor the Mclaren team, here’s Jenson Button having a chat about driving fast cars.

14. Bangladesh

This comes up 2nd on the google search. No idea what it has to do with Bangaladesh. But nothing else in that search of “Whisky Bangladesh” came up with anything related to both words. Apparently if you play this backwards and watch it upside down you get same sensation as drinking a half bottle of Sainsbury’s Basics Blended Whisky.

15. Barbados

So many videos to choose from for the Caribbean’s sexiest island. The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge is a fearsome event. It’s the world’s toughest rowing race across the Atlantic. Talisker sponsor it because you must need to have drank a full bottle of the stuff when you agreed to sign up to this brutal expedition. Chapeau!!!

The World’s Toughest Rowing Race sets off from La Gomera to Barbados: The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge from Talisker Whisky Atlantic on Vimeo.

THE CORINTHIANS ARRIVE IN BARBADOS 48 Days 8 Hours 3 Minutes from Talisker Whisky on Vimeo.

16. Belarus

Hugh Lauries is at it again. This time in a slightly better shirt.

Forget Hugh, here’s a fucking nutter skulling an entire bottle of whisky in one go. I wish there was a youtube of him 30 minutes later. 

17. Belgium

After the crazy exploits of the Belarussians you’d expect the Belgian entry to be normal. Think again, they give us a dog pulling heavy weights!

Thankfully the Crazy Belgies also gave us Electronic music guru Kid Whisky. The Whisky Comedian is a BIG FAN.

18. Belize

Prince Harry went to Belize as part of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee tour. He danced and drank whisky. Good on you my son (well he’s certainly not Chucks is he?)

Continuing our trip across the globe by typing into google the word whisky then an country name….

7. Argentina

From the bottom of South America the Argentines have given the world Maradonna, steak, tango, horses and a really bad sing-a-long Madonna film. They have also given us the less intelligent half of Jeeves & Wooster aka TV’s House aka Hugh Laurie wearing a really bad shirt having a not so much a drum break as a dram break during one of his jazz concerts.

8. Armenia

The Central Asian former Soviet country of Armenia is not famous for its whisky or its cheese, however it does give us the most cheesy advert for a whisky bar ever. The Single Malt, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.

However credit where it is due, the do love music about whisky be it jazz or folk.

9. Australia

The Aussies make whisky and by jove they drink whisky. For multi award winning comedian Ro Campbell if it were not for the fact that his Great Great Great Great Grandmother attempt to purchase a bottle of whisky in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket using a fake coin he wouldn’t be Australian.

The Aussies were innovators with wine production. This made farmer is an innovator / nutter in the world of whisky production by trying to make whisky from fish and chips.

Click on the image to watch the video.

10. Austria

If we were being lazy we could insert a joke about Austrian whisky lovers having cellars filled with 14 year old.

Nothing like a bit of nepotism. The Austrian ski resort of Mayrhofen hosts a comedy festival every year. At this year’s festival BBC TV funnyman Phill Jupitus got to enjoy some Old Pultney 21 Year old as part of World Whisky Day.

11. Azerbaijan

The oil rich Central Asian country of Azertbaijan came into the spotlight this year when it hosted Eurovison. Its capital city Baku appears to be a sparkly city filled with cash rich chaps and slender ladies. An ideal place to sell whisky? Well Azerbaijan is a predominately muslim country so not really, however they are renowned for making very high quality cognac. What do you do if your country has a centuries long culture for enjoying spirits but your religion doesn’t permit it? You create Halal “Whisky”. Alcohol Free Whisky WTF?

http://en.baybak.com/worlds-first-halal-whisky-made-without-alcohol-goes-on-sale-in-time-for-party-seas.azr

Over the next few weeks, in alphabetical order, I’m going to type into google the word Whisky followed by a country and let’s see what interesting things the internet throws at us.

First up is Afganistan. Not a country renowned for its alcohol production or consumption, so we will probably start off with something mature, tasteful and responsible

Nope, think again.

2. Albania

You’d imaging that the least modernised of all the European countries would be a country filled with beard twitching, folk music loving, donkey driving, spirit drinkers. It probably is, however it also has rave culture. Ministry of Sound recently held a festival in Tirana with Armand Van Burren.  One of the few places you could purchase tickets for the gig was Tirana’s The Whisky Bar .

3. Algeria

No idea what this is all about, but here is Black Moon Algeria perfroming Whisky Wah Sekeriny

4. Andorra

It’s a small mountainous country sandwichwiched between France and Spain. All goods are duty free so you can get your whisky dirt cheap. Insteadof showing us snow capped peaks youtube gives us 4x4’s struggling up dirt tracks. Hmmm

5. Angola

Our first country that actually produces whisky is Africa’s fomer Portuguese colony of Angola. Here’s a picture of the distillery

But that’s not the interesting bit for Angola. More riveting is this tale of former British special forces and Idi Amin and Johnnie Walker Red Label.

http://www.annaraccoon.com/annas-personal-stuff/ms-raccoon-engages-in-angolan-discussions/

6. Antigua & Baruda

John Jameson the Scottish founder of Jameson’s Irish Whiskey came from a sea faring family who battled against pirates (whether they were from the Caribbean or not). I’m not sure of the connection between Jameson & Antigua & Baruda but theres a cracking little video history of Jameson’s that comes up first page on the google search.

http://www.euvs.org/en/discover/man-behind-the-bottle/jameson