Douglas Laing & Co bottling Exclusively bottled for Finland

[ancc]

Hejsan på er!

Jag har fått en fråga från en kille i Finland om det skulle finnas något intresse här för en flaska från Douglas Laing & Co som är Exklusivt släppt bara i Finland, Jag vet inte vilket "märke" det kommer att bli, men dom hoppades det skulle bli en Port Ellen, till ett pris runt 100-150 Eur.

Så jag undrar om det skulle vara någon här som skulle vara intresserad av en sådan flaska?

""I was meaning to ask for a big favour from you - please let me know asap if you could assist with this. Fact is, this fall, maybe in September - November, Finland will for the fist time EVER get an exclusive bottling only to be available here! This bottling comes from Douglas Laing & Co. What whisky this will be, is still open - they are sending us cask samples etc which will be tasted by a panel of judges, who then choose the final bottling. I hope personally it will be a Port Ellen. This "Exclusively bottled for Finland" bottle actually coinsides with Finland celebrating 90 years of independence 1917 - 2007. So it is a special thing here I feel.

I have been the spokesperson for this project.

I have collected a lot of responses from Finnish hobbyists, and all have been positive.

Now I would ask you, could you please write to any / all Swedish whisky discussions, and mention that there will be a special bottling for Finland in this coming fall. I am hoping that not only Finnish hobbyists would be interested in this, but that also Swedish whisky aficionados would like to purchase such a "First-ever whisky exclusively bottled for Finland, to commemorate 90 years of Finnish Indapendence" bottle.""

Skulle ni vilja vara med eller har några frågor så maila mej!

Mvh,

Christer Nyström, Umeå

Mail: claschrister@telia.com eller ardbeg.1@hotmail.com

[BosseK]

En Port Ellen för 100 Euro är ju ett bra pris oavsett (nästan) hur bra den är. Närmar den sig 150 får man nog kräva att det är en bra och/eller äldre tunna.

[mosson]

Märkligt sammanträffande

Sitter just nu på Scandic Rovaniemi (har aldrig varit norr om Umeå förut) och var på Alko tidigare idag för att se om de hade ngn intressant, "Finlandsunik" whisky (vilket de ju inte alls hade)

Skulle definitivt ha köpt en sådan om den kostade runt 100?.

mvh

Mats

[Bunkermania]

Superintressant om det blir Port Ellen. Blir det en DL Platinum buteljering på fatstyrka så är 150 Euro inte för mycket. Jag köper!

[perand]

Superintressant om det blir Port Ellen. Blir det en DL Platinum buteljering på fatstyrka så är 150 Euro inte för mycket. Jag köper!

Ja, upp till 150 rakt upp och ner, om det är en Ellen. Över det vill man nog ha omdöme från nån man litar på innan.....

Det finns så många bra Ellen för 100-150 som man saknar så....

[Benke Olsson]

Vi skulle ju kunna boka upp en flaska för att ha som andelswhisky.

Man vill ju inte gärna köpa "grisen i säcken" om den kostar runt 150?.

[Per Eriksson]

Visst sjutton är jag intresserad av denna. Dock vill jag veta vad det är innan jag pungar ut med 150 pengar. Men en hundring kan man stå ut med.

Hur får vi den hit ?

[JaRiMi]

Hej på er,

Förlåt jag vill skriva här in engelska, för min svensk är mycket dålig

Very pleased to meet you all!

I am the "spokesperson" in Finland spearheading this project. Over the years, I have followed the Swedish whisky scene with much delight (and admittedly some envy). I truly admire the enthusiasm and determination of whisky aficionados in Sweden - it is this kind of good pioneering attitude and actions taken by individuals and companies alike that have brought the whisky hobby to the high level where it is today in your country.

Unlike in Sweden, sadly there have been no Finland-specific whisky bottlings in the past. I truly hope to change this with some assistance from people in the right positions in the whisky industry.

As a first-ever, we are now trying to get a fine Douglas Laing & Co. bottling released exclusively for Finland markets only. This would also coinside with the celebration of Finland's 90 years of Independence, 1917 - 2007. For this special event, I am very much hoping that a suitably dignified and rare cask is selected and bottled.

As mentioned up in the original message for this discussion (thanks very much C!!!), the importer's here have taken the idea with some scepticism in regards to successful sales of such a bottling. You see, unlike in Sweden, we whisky people in Finland are still very much struggling with getting recognition. Common misguided views amongst the Finnish importers and our very own "systembologet" ALKO are that A) whisky hobbyists are but a handful of people, they only buy cheap bottlings, C) there's no real reason to improve things because of A and B. What they totally ignore and fail to see is that every year individuals like myself spend literally thousands of euros abroad, buying the whiskies I want to get - and many of these are far from cheap.

I am delighted to see the interest here towards such a bottling! Thanks very much for the support. There is little more I can tell you at this point, but I shall keep you posted as to the progress of this project. Similarly if I can assist in getting any bottles to you, I will do my best.

Lets please all hope that this will turn into a great success, because for us in Finland, this would be whisky history in the making and it might encourage other importers to go for similar projects and special releases also. It is not easy to do something for the very first time, but nothing will ever change without trying.

Mika Jansson

Chairman, MSP Whisky Society

Member, Finnish Malt Whisky Society

[Per Eriksson]

I hope you can get success in this project. If you work hard enough and dont give up you move even the giants such as Alko and Systembolaget.

[JaRiMi]

Thanks for the thumbs up Sir!

Everything starts from somewhere, so we are trying here in Finland - anyways, we have a good "role-model" next doors One day we will get there too!

Mika Jansson