http://www.connosr.com Latest posts from the Whisky Connosr blog en-uk Symphony http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/TRsoCe3oYdA/ Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:00 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/new-feature-on-connosr-whisky-lists/ We've developed a new area of functionality on Connosr which, it's fair to say, has been in the pipeline for a while. So it is with great pleasure that we announce the beta (that means the phase where you all get play with it) of 'Whisky Lists' a new tool that allows users to create, customise and share lists based around whisky. At Connosr HQ we love making lists - Jean-Luc's desk is covered with… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/new-feature-on-connosr-whisky-lists/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/ElIOIq1LeFk/ Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:29 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/connosr-sells-its-50-stake-in-whisky-and-music/ As many of you will be aware Connosr co-founded an exciting new 'Music & Whisky' festival in 2011 which took place across two days in September and brought together some of the finest bands and whiskies known to man. The event, which took place in London, was a great success garnering praise from the press, whisky industry and festival goers alike (and we were even nominated for Best New Festival… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/connosr-sells-its-50-stake-in-whisky-and-music/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/vmSzTWcuxT4/ Thu, 10 May 2012 15:45 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/whisky-news/whisky-marketplace-expands-to-international-market/ Our whisky search and price comparison engine Whisky Marketplace is expanding to reach international markets with a series of new localised sites now launched. The beta which was released late last year allowed users to search all the top UK whisky retailers from one place, however, we have now opened the doors for international whisky retailers to get listed. The new localised sites deliver results… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/whisky-news/whisky-marketplace-expands-to-international-market/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/YlfAtJQiSFI/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:02 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/free-americana-music-event-in-london-this-weekend/ Our good friends at Clubhouse Records - the UK's leading Americana label - are holding their Christmas shindig over at Proud Camden, London, on Sunday 11th December. It's a free event with some fantastic bands and to top it all Connosr's Pierre Thiebaut will be there pouring whisky samples. Free music and free whisky - what's not to like? Bands include Two Fingers Of Firewater // The Cedars // B… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/free-americana-music-event-in-london-this-weekend/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/Oj41tq87HGw/ Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:44 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/connosr-and-dominic-roskrow-launch-world-whisky-re/ Edited by Dominic Roskrow World Whisky Review is a new bi-monthly online magazine dedicated entirely to the people, whiskies and distilleries from countries outside the traditional whisky producing nations of Scotland, Ireland, Japan, the United States and Canada. Dominic says, "This magazine is a labour of love and stems from the extensive work I've done first as Editor of Whisky Magazine and then… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/connosr-and-dominic-roskrow-launch-world-whisky-re/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/SgRdC__6MNc/ Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:42 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/whisky-marketplace-our-new-whisky-search-and-price/ We recently launched a public beta for the latest addition to the Connosr family, Whisky Marketplace, a whisky search and price comparison tool. The idea is simple - search for a whisky on one easy to use website and get results from all the top online retailers. The 'beta' version (which means we are still actively testing and developing it) includes results from 10 trusted UK retailers, all being… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/whisky-marketplace-our-new-whisky-search-and-price/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/LnSK3oDGER0/ Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/announcing-pure-the-music-and-whisky-festival/ Here at Connosr we are on a mission to bring whisky to a wider audience and so we are proud to announce our new whisky and music event - Pure Festival 2011 - at the Relentless Garage in Islington, London, on the 24th and 25th September. One of the best, small festival line ups 2011 has to offer; entrance, two rooms of bands and whisky are all included in the ticket price. Musical highlights across… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/announcing-pure-the-music-and-whisky-festival/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/CrCkEwNJpJE/ Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:42 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/mixing-it-up-in-the-whiskypod/ The WhiskyPod hits the road again this week and we're heading to The Black Bottle Merchant City Cocktail Challenge in Merchant City Square Glasgow. If you live in or around Glasgow why not join us at this free event? Black Bottle Blended Scotch Whisky will be hosting the first ever Merchant City Festival Cocktail Challenge presented by BBC’s River City’s Reanne Farley.  A number of Merchant City … - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/mixing-it-up-in-the-whiskypod/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/BBrkCVrzayo/ Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:49 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/free-vip-distillery-visit-taste-rare-gems-from-th/ The WhiskyPod is hitting the road, heading for the picturesque Glengoyne Distillery, and we want you to join us to taste some exceptional whiskies. Connosr, in partnership with Glengoyne, are bringing the WhiskyPod to Glengoyne Distillery on Friday 1st April 2011. This will be a free event to Connosr members. A VIP tour of the distillery will be followed by a tutored tasting of the core Glengoyne … - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/free-vip-distillery-visit-taste-rare-gems-from-th/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/RqC6630H2-s/ Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:13 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/the-continuing-adventures-of-the-whiskypod/ Following the success of its debut appearance at The Whisky Show 2010 our video review booth - The WhiskyPod - is back by popular demand as we hit the road in 2011! First stop... WhiskyLive London on the 4th and 5th March. Can't make it to the London show? Well you're in luck because we'll also be at WhiskyLive in Glasgow and Dublin later in the year! Distillery WhiskyPod events As well as covering… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/events/the-continuing-adventures-of-the-whiskypod/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/o_nCIK8LdjI/ Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:00 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/new-site-search-functionality/ Site search has been high on our wish list for quite some time but, with an ever growing mass of lovely content on the site (thank you folks!), the need for a full featured search facility has never been greater. So today we launched the Public Beta of Connosr Site Search which allows you to search across all the different content categories on our site. You should now be able to see the new search… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/new-site-search-functionality/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/hZnF6Ra_C40/ Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:30 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/scoring-amnesty-details/ Following the introduction of our new scoring system we are pleased to announce the amnesty period for re-scoring your existing reviews. You will be able to edit your review for the next 30 days. What should I do now? You can change the scores of existing reviews by two methods - simple scoring and advanced scoring. For more information on this see this post. Please use this time to update your … - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/scoring-amnesty-details/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/LufES_fmcuM/ Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/new-100-point-scoring-system-on-whisky-connosr/ Your new scoring system, as previewed here a few days ago, is now live and ready for use. It has been clear for some time now that - for various reasons - the old star rating system wasn't granular enough for critiquing whisky at this level. This update has been some time in development and our final solution is the result of many "back to the drawing board" moments here at Connosr HQ - we do hope… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/new-100-point-scoring-system-on-whisky-connosr/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/aUrtK8d-2eA/ Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:00 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/a-sneak-peek-at-our-new-scoring-system/ We're very close to rolling out our new whisky scoring system here on Connosr - so we thought we'd give you a sneak peek of how it's going to work. After sharing our early thoughts with you last year we had a bit more time to consider all the options - so this solution is an evolution of our initial proposal. Try the demo You can preview the new system with this demo version, feel free to have… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/a-sneak-peek-at-our-new-scoring-system/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/-84tizx-zbc/ Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:41 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/whats-up-dock/ 2010 was a busy year for Whisky Connosr and it's fair to say that, in the second half of the year, one of our primary goals was getting Connosr Distilled off the ground. 2011 see's our focus move back to the network with a number of updates and improvements scheduled for launch over the next month, and a clear road map for development throughout the year - some small, some fairly significant. So… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/whats-up-dock/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/aIcWcn6Jkik/ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:25 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/competition-winners-announced/ Nothing cheers us up like telling someone they've just won a prize, so a week after taking the Christmas decorations down at Connosr HQ we still have good reason to be merry today. The good people at Cooley Distillery kindly put up a prize for the last issue of Connosr Distilled - where three lucky folks had the chance to win a set of bottles from the Cooley range. And the winners of the Cooley … - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/competition-winners-announced/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/7d0A_wQ6IXw/ Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:57 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/glengoyne-join-connosr/ Just in time to join in the festive fun here on Connosr - we are pleased to announce our latest distillery profile for Glengoyne. Glengoyne are one of the few Scottish distilleries to use completely unpeated malt at their beautiful - some say it's the most beautiful - distillery at Dumgoyne close to Glasgow. And the distillery isn't the only attractive thing about Glengoyne, the malt is pretty st… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/glengoyne-join-connosr/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/bZfkPBoNUOQ/ Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:17 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/connosr-distilled-issue-3/ As 2010 draws to a close there's just enough time to squeeze in one more dose of Connosr Distilled. The third edition 'The Christmas Issue' is now online. Top billing this time around goes to Cooley, we travelled to Ireland and a found a distillery run by a passionate and innovative team of people who have put Cooley at the heart of a renaissance in Irish Whiskey - watch the film over here. The … - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/connosr-distilled-issue-3/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/BQhvyPTOPMg/ Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:00 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/cooley-distillery-join-connosr/ Multi-award winning Irish distillery, Cooley, have launched a new profile on Whisky Connosr www.connosr.com/cooley Proudly independent and 100% Irish owned, Cooley Distillery was founded in 1987 by John Teeling & his associates. Innovative and ambitious, in a short space of time Cooley has gone on to become a great Irish success story, gaining worldwide recognition. Cooley will be the featured d… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/cooley-distillery-join-connosr/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/1wfbuIRHG3A/ Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:58 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/glenfiddich-launch-snow-phoenix/ In January 2010, after weeks of heavy snow and record low temperatures, four feet of densely compacted snow covered the Glenfiddich distillery roofs, which housed hundreds of casks of fine aged whisky, gently maturing in semi-darkness. On the evening of 7th January, in the most remote part of the distillery estate, a number of warehouse roofs dramatically collapsed under the weight, leaving the … - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/glenfiddich-launch-snow-phoenix/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/MFLBTbTNQeU/ Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:50 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/the-whiskypod-a-big-thank-you/ All the videos have now been uploaded to the WhiskyPod, so this seems like a good time to thank everyone involved. A big thank you to the organisers of The Whisky Show for inviting us to be digital partners. We'd also like to thank the distillers who drummed up support for the pod - two or three of you managed to be particularly persuasive (you know who you are!). But most of all thanks to all of… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/the-whiskypod-a-big-thank-you/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/9U-N8Fzfyio/ Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:45 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/day-one-at-the-whisky-show/ 1:30am back at Connosr HQ after a busy first day running The WhiskyPod. We're having a couple of drams and reflecting on an amazing day, during which we've caught up with some old friends and plenty of new ones. Passing through The WhiskyPod today and eclectic and enthusiastic group of whisky fans, characters and evangelists. Check out our video wall over at The WhiskyPod which includes these hig… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/day-one-at-the-whisky-show/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/KG8bujW4DDM/ Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:52 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/the-whiskypod-video-reviews-at-the-whisky-show-2/ With just a few days to go before the Whisky Show 2010 in London it's the perfect time to tell you about our digital event at show. The WhiskyPod is a video review booth where visitors to the show can review their favourite dram. Throughout the two days we'll be uploading video reviews to our WhiskyPod page over at www.connosr.com/whiskypod - as they happen - so even if you can't make it to the show… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/the-whiskypod-video-reviews-at-the-whisky-show-2/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/pBiillvlGYw/ Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:01 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/connosr-distilled-issue-2/ Following the success of the first issue of Connosr Distilled we are delighted to announce the launch of issue 2. This edition features video interviews with John Glaser of Compass Box and Jean Donnay of Glann ar Mor. Not enough for you? Then it's just as well we've got some sumptuous chocolate and whisky pairings in our food section. Furthermore, there's the first in a new series of articles on… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/features/connosr-distilled-issue-2/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/connosr-blog/~3/HxrIPrOY0PU/ Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:28 +0100 http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/welcome-glann-ar-mor/ The upcoming issue of Connosr Distilled sees us kick-off a new series of films about artisan whisky makers. First up are Breton distillery, Glann ar Mor. Jean Donnay, who has made quite an impression with his much sought after Kornog and Glann ar Mor expressions, talks about why Brittany is an ideal place to make and mature the water of life. Glann ar Mor also have a new distiller's profile on C… - www.connosr.com http://www.connosr.com/blog/connosr-updates/welcome-glann-ar-mor/