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JW Double Black arrives, officially

December 13th, 2011 · No Comments · ~ Booze news / new products ~, ~ Liquor ~

Johnnie Walker’s limited edition Double Black blend that has taken the travel retail market by storm launched in Malaysia Thursday at 21, BSC. It’s been available since Nov last year at duty-free, and was meant to be exclusive to that segment, but not anymore. “Overwhelming demand dictated that it should be introduced to a wider [...]

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Sneak Peek @ Tate

December 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · ~ Bars / Clubs / Restaurants ~, ~ Booze news / new products ~

Checked out Tate at Intermark in KL. This is a bar modeled after a speakeasy – which is an establishment that illegally sells alcohol. Speakeasies flourished during Prohibition in the US, between 1920 and 1933, when alcohol was illegal in the US. Whose stupid idea was dat?? Obviously the policy failed. And created mobsters, like [...]

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With the Blue Man

November 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · ~ Booze news / new products ~, ~ Personalities / Mixologists / Them experts ~

The Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ambassador is Jonathan Driver. Blue Label. Nice job. Met up with him when he hit town recently – he was around to launch the brand new Blue Label bottle. He’s a travelling man, on da road for most of the year. Jonathan sure loves his job. His enthusiasm when talking [...]

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Whisky Bible 2012 selects Old Pulteney..

October 31st, 2011 · 5 Comments · ~ Booze news / new products ~, ~ Liquor ~, ~ Trade ~

..as the world’s best. Jim Murray’s annual publication named Old Pulteney 21 Years as the champ. The single malt Scotch  created in Wick, in the Highlands, scored 97.5 out of 100, which is a record. Old Pulteney is not a common Scotch over here. However, a company called Interbev brings them in, and according to [...]

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