For your Scotch Geek wish list
Things show up in my mailbox with increasing frequency; most of them are liquid - but more and more of it is printed material.
Like the 2008 "Malts of Scotland" Scotch Calendar.
Think of the calendar as a 12 month tasting notebook, as each month features a large shot of the featured bottle along with tasting notes, some information on the distillery, maps of the distillery and factoids. The pictures are large, clear and attractive. The layout is great and best of all it's informative.
The calendar should make the whisky geek in your life (uh, I mean you) quite happy.
One thing you may notice - the products of one large whisky producer are conspicuously missing. Let me guess - they wanted to charge a fee for the use of their products likenesses?
Bingo.
Another short sighted move from my favorite whipping boy. Rather than having a bottle of one or more of their tasty malts displayed for a month at a time all over the world, they'd rather make a quick buck. I wonder if they'll start applying that same tactic for whisky guides?
Anyway...
Suggested retail is USD $12.99 (CDN $17.99; GBP £10.99) - though of course it's available cheaper through Amazon: 2008 Scotch Calendar
Oh hold on a second, they sent 2 copies.
One of you lucky bastards gets one for free. What do you have to do? keeping with the calendar theme, be the first one to email me with MY (not your) birthday. Then you pay for shipping.
Let the googling begin.
UPDATE: PLEASE stop emailing my my birth date!
This calendar (like all TSB give-a-ways) was snatched up very soon after the story went live.
I don't always get a chance to let you know that the give-a-ways are gone. But you can pretty much rest assured that withing 1-2 hours after a story goes live, you don't have a chance!
The calendar went to Zachary V.
OK, I give up. Being new to this, I don't which company you're alluding to. Who's being stingy with the use of their whisky's bottle?
Posted by: Kevin | October 19, 2007 at 10:35 PM