Glasgow’s Whisky Club
Committee Meeting
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Macsorley’s then Crystal Palace!!
Attending: Bill Mackintosh, Tam Gardiner, Julie Hamilton, Peter Allen, Bobby Banford and Alan Hall
Apologies: Mark Connelly and Ian Black
1. Election Feedback
Nobody had anything to report – everyone seems happy with the results.
2. Increase to Charges
Barrel night charges to £10 per head.
For £10 the members will get 6 drams with the guarantee that there will be at least one
exceptional one each time.
Tasting night charges to £15 per head.
3. Society Memberships
Committee will take steps to join societies etc on behalf of the club to take advantage of special
bottlings, offers etc. For future reference any member of committee visiting a distillery/duty
free/event/etc should try to source a bottle for the club.
4. Club trips
Look at a variety of options for trips – see action points.
5. Club Glencairns
Glasses ordered have not been delivered to Good Spirits. Offer to sell to the club at £3 for 1 or
£5 for 2.
6. Barrel Night Plan
July – Spririt of Unity Bottle + component drams
1. Feis Ile Kilchoman
2. Glengyle
3. Arran
4. Glendronach
5. BenRiach
6. Bladnoch
7. Springbank
8. Spirit of Unity
We’ll cost this evening at £15 per head with £5 per head going to the Spirit of Unity charity.
July
1. Feis Ile Caol Ila
2. Ardbeg Alligator
3. Hammer Head
4. Lagavulin 2010 Distillery
5. Bruichladdich Links
6. Bunnahabhain 18
August – November barrel will be discussed at July Committee Meeting.
7. Potential future tastings
13th or 20th September – Adelphi
11th or 12th October – Glenmorangie
8th or 9th November – Glenfarclas
TBC December – John Lamond – Japanese Cask Night
9, 10 or 11th January – Ardmore & Laphroaig
Can offer up to £300 budget if required to ensure good drams.
8. Suggestions for future tastings – to be further discussed at July Committee
Highland Park – Julie – Gerry Tosh
Glengoyne – Julie – Danielle
Suntory – Bill
Ardbeg – Bill
BenRiach & Glendronach – Bill – Billy Walker
Gordon & Macphail – Julie – Stephen
Cadenhead – Peter – Mark Davidson
Edradour
Old Pultney
Glenglasshaugh
9. AOCB
Business cards – Mark any further forward? If not Tam has the contact from the ones he had
done for the shop.
Xmas (but not Xmas) Night Out – possibly look at a night out in February – consider somewhere like
La Mora or Pelican.
Survey Monkey – Offer details of Islay trip and also an option to opt out of advertising non club
stuff.
Next Committee Meeting will be Monday 11 July – Bon Accord
Action Points to be taken forward:
Agenda Item 3
Bill will act on behalf of the club to join any societies that we’re not a member of already.
Peter to purchase SWS Mortlach and Highland Park
Agenda Item 4
Julie to contact Danielle at Glengoyne to cost out trip
Julie to contact Glenturret and Deanston for dates in July
Julie & Bill to cost out potential trip to Islay
Agenda Item 6
Tam will source bottles for June Barrel night
Bill will check out Ardbeg Alligator
Agenda Item 7
Peter to contact Alex Bruce at Adelphi for September tasting – either 13th or 20th
Bill to contact Glenmorangie for 11th or 12th October and Glenfarclas for 8th or 9th November.
