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Whisky Ballot for New Limited Releases

by WhiskyBrother Marc

Whisky Ballot

For better or worse, we'd like to welcome you to our very first whisky ballot (and the first for SA); an approach that has been adopted internationally with retailers facing the challenge of miniscule supply versus massive demand. We have too few bottles of a particular whisky that everybody wants, so no matter how we try to determine who the few lucky customers are that can purchase it, it has come to the point where drawing randomly from an interested pool is more equitable.

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Tags: Compass Box | Limited Edition | Springbank | Whisky Ballot

Meet Me at the River

by WB Guest

Whisky and Vanilla Custard
In my first article for WhiskyBrother I chuckled at how whisky drinkers are a sentimental bunch who love to wax lyrical about casks and flavours in their favourite amber coloured liquor. I left out that I understand their ways because we chefs are equally as soppy about life and our food, heck, I wrote a whole bestselling book based purely on my childhood and my hometown. We are a nostalgic and overly sentimental lot and it is exactly why I think Marc from WhiskyBrother felt the synergy between what I do for a living, and what he is so passionate about. 

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Tags: Compass Box | Opinion | Whisky Recipes

Whisky Competition (Vol.2)

by WhiskyBrother Marc

The only thing better than whisky, is free whisky! And with that in mind, we're giving you a chance to win plenty of free whisky, including a main prize worth over R10,000, for your drinking pleasure. To stand a chance to win is fairly simple; review us, review a whisky or share the competition love. The more you review and share the better your chances. Each action will enter you into the ballot and increase your chances of winning. 

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Tags: anCnoc | Ardbeg | Auchentoshan | Balblair | Compass Box | Competition | Glen Scotia | Glenmorangie | Kavalan | Old Pulteney | Sazerac Rye | Speyburn

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