To mark the start of Fèis Ìle 2017, we’re giving away a bottle of Port Askaig 45 Year Old Islay single malt worth £1,200!
Fèis Ìle, the yearly festival of music and malt on the Isle of Islay, kicks off today! To those of you taking part in this year’s festival – we hope you have a smashing time (which we say jealously through gritted teeth while we sit at our desks many miles away from where all the fun is happening). If you’re not going to be on the Hebridean island this year, there’s nothing stopping you from enjoying some cracking Islay whisky at home – and doing so could net you a bottle of whisky worth £1,200!
Purchase any full bottle of Port Askaig from now until the end of Father’s Day and you’ll be automagically entered into our draw to win a bottle of Port Askaig 45 Year Old Islay single malt! (No purchase necessary – see Terms & Conditions below.)
Update: Our lucky winner was Ian Hickman! Congratulations and enjoy, Ian!
Port Askaig 45 Year Old. Oooh… Shiny…
The Port Askaig selection is jam-packed with excellent single malt whiskies from undisclosed Islay distilleries – originally, they all came from one distillery, but since then Port Askaig has bottled single malts from a range of distilleries on the island (for those trying to work out). To get a little more insight, we hand over to Port Askaig’s very own Business Manager Oliver Chilton:
“Port Askaig is an independent bottling range of Islay single malt created for Islay whisky fans by Islay whisky lovers. The village of Port Askaig is one of the two gateways to Islay and that is how we like to see our whisky, a perfect place to discover Islay malt. We work with all the distillers on Islay to find great casks of whisky and bottle them without declaring the distillery. We are always looking to bottle whisky that is indicative of the island and most importantly, enjoyable to drink.”
On the prize, Ollie noted: “Port Askaig 45 Year old is a bottling from 5 refill Sherry butts distilled in 1968. It is classic 1960s Islay whisky, with all the tropical fruit character that many whisky fans now obsess over. Though the long maturation plays a part in developing subtle flavours of dried fruit and mint, it is the spirit of old Islay whisky that shines through. Some of the last casks of this style, Port Askaig 45 year old is a rare treat and definitely one to be enjoyed rather than hidden away in a dusty cellar or warehouse.” Sounds ace to us!
Want a recommendation? Well, why not try the full-bodied Port Askaig 100° Proof, or one of the newest additions to the range – Port Askaig 8 Year Old.
Tasting Note for Port Askaig 100° Proof
Nose: Earthy smoke rises first, shortly followed by smoked meats, citrus peels and a heaped spoonful of brown sugar.
Palate: Zesty lemon and lime, paired with ground cumin, Smiths Bacon Fries and a touch of apple juice.
Finish: Rather long and enjoyably soot-y.
Tasting Note for Port Askaig 8 Year Old
Nose: Charcoal, salted crisps and a good squeeze of lemon.
Palate: Soft salted caramel brings a sweetness to the palate, with waves of coastal peat smoke crashing underneath.
Finish: Medium length, with a hot kick of peppercorn.
Enjoy and good luck, everybody!
The Chaps at Master of Malt
Terms & Conditions
Terms & Conditions
The competition is not open to any employees or affiliates of Atom Supplies Limited or any other company in the same group of companies, their family members or friends. The competition is open to private individuals only.
The prize comprises a 70cl bottle of Port Askaig 45 Year Old, including packaging and carriage to any address to which we can ship. See here for guidance regarding the destinations to which we can ship.
If we ship the prize to a destination outside of Great Britain, the prize may be subject to import duties and taxes which are applied when the delivery reaches that destination. There may also be administration charges imposed by foreign customs authorities or by our delivery agents. Please note that we have no control over these charges and we cannot predict their amount. The prize winner will be responsible for payment of the import duties, taxes and charges referred to in this paragraph.
Subject to these terms, each person who completes the purchase of any 70cl bottle of single malt Scotch whisky from the Port Askaig range from the Master of Malt website in accordance with Master of Malt’s normal terms of business during the period which commences at 12:00:01pm on 26 May 2017, and which expires at 23:59:59pm on 18 June 2017 (such times inclusive) (such period being the Competition Period) (such purchase being a Qualifying Purchase) shall be automatically entered into the competition. Multiple entries are permitted, encouraged even!
References in these terms to the completion of the purchase of a product shall be construed as a reference to the time at which the purchaser receives an email from Master of Malt which confirms that we have dispatched the order. Any person who cancels a Qualifying Purchase, by any method whatsoever and whether before or after dispatch, shall be disqualified. Any person whose Qualifying Purchase is not made in accordance with Master of Malt’s terms of business shall be disqualified. Any person whose Qualifying Purchase is cancelled by Master of Malt owing to factors outside of Master of Malt’s control (including import restrictions) shall be disqualified. Disqualification may take place outside of the Competition Period. Nothing in these terms shall prevent any disqualified person from making a separate Qualifying Purchase.
No purchase is necessary. Any person who sends a postcard or letter to Master of Malt, First Floor Offices, Unit 5, Chapman Way, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3EF (marked for the attention of the Marketing Team) casually mentioning the fact that they wish to enter the Port Askaig Giveaway Competition 2017 and setting out their name and contact details shall be entered into the competition, provided that the postcard or letter is received prior to the expiry of the Competition Period. By entering the competition in this way, the sender confirms that he or she is eligible to do so. We do not accept any responsibility for any entries which are lost or delayed in transit, regardless of cause including, for example, as a result of any failure of any postal system of any kind. We will not accept proof of posting as proof of receipt of entry to the competition. Postcards and letters will not be returned.
Competition entrants must be 18 years old or older (and of legal age to purchase alcohol in their country of residence) in order to participate. Ineligible entries (howsoever received) and illegible entries will be discarded.
The winner will be selected at random by Master of Malt, in Master of Malt’s absolute discretion. The selection made will be final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
The winner will be announced on the Master of Malt Blog as soon as practicable after the end of the Competition Period. We will make reasonable efforts to contact the winner. If the winner cannot be contacted or is not available or has not claimed the prize within five days of the announcement date, we reserve the right to offer the prize to another eligible entrant. We cannot accept any responsibility if any winner is unable to take up the prize.
The prize is supplied by Master of Malt, and cannot be exchanged for the equivalent cash value or for other items. The prize is not negotiable or transferable.
In order to accept the prize, the winner shall be required to agree that we can use his or her name and county, state or region of residence (as applicable) when announcing the winner of the competition and for other reasonable and related promotional purposes (nothing sinister, and we won’t sell the winner’s or any other entrants’ details to anybody else – we promise). We may contact the winner for feedback in respect of the competition and may use any feedback provided when announcing the results and promoting the competition or subsequent competitions.
We reserve the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the competition where it becomes necessary to do so. If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms or any attempt to circumvent or to frustrate them we may, in our sole discretion, exclude any person from participating in the competition.
These terms shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
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