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For modern gentlemen who live life with chivalry
Chivas 18
Every taste a new experience
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“The best way to drink Chivas is with good friends”
Colin Scott, Chivas Master Blender
[Product description]
Chivas is blended from whiskies matured for at least 12 years. Its
rich, smooth blend balances style with substance, tradition with a
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modern twist. A whisky for sociable gentlemen with stories to
share.
[Awards]
2003
Gold medal winner, Chivas Highland Jewel category, International
Spirits Competition Cocktail Awards.
2003
Gold award, International Spirits Competition Cocktail Awards.
2002
Gold award, Best Brown Spirit in the 'classic' sector, The Chivas
Mystique International Spirits Competition Cocktail Awards.
1997
Gold award, International Spirits Challenge.
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Here’s to real friends
The worst of times bring out the best of friendships. Two short
films directed by Academy Award® winning short filmmaker
Joachim Back >
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Made for Gentlemen
The classic brogue mixes style, heritage and craft. So who better to
inspire our limited edition gift pack than luxury shoemaker Tim
Little?
Colour
Radiant, warm amber.
Nose
An aromatic infusion of wild herbs, heather, honey and orchard
fruits.
Taste
Round and creamy on the palate, Chivas bursts with the rich taste
of ripe, honeyed apples, and notes of vanilla, hazelnut and
butterscotch.
Finish
Enjoy the generous lingering finish.
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Speyside Highball
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A tall, cool, refreshing drink that can be prepared in seconds – not
that you need to tell anyone that. Ideal if you’ve got the boys over
and you don’t want to miss out on the conversation.
[How to make it]
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Shake all the ingredients and
strain into the glass. Garnish with an orange wheel and a piece of
candied pineapple.
[Drink ingredients]
2 parts Chivas
1.5 parts fresh pineapple juice
0.5 part fresh lemon juice
0.5 part simple syrup
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
2 parts soda water
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Tales of real friendships
Have you noticed how real friendships thrive when they’re put to
the test? How some of the best stories and funniest moments have
come out of the break-ups and breakdowns?
To celebrate real friends, and the stories that bind them forever,
we’ve teamed up with Academy Award® winning short filmmaker,
Joachim Back, and created two cinematic films – Here’s to Big Bear
and Here’s to Twinkle.
Here’s to Big Bear
In Here’s to Big Bear we find our four friends stranded at a train
station in the middle of nowhere. Suited, booted and stranded in
the desert in black tie, they begin an interesting journey that finally
leads them to an awkward moment with Big Bear.
Here’s to Twinkle
The second film, Here’s to Twinkle, tells of the time when the
friends came together to support Sammy during a bad break-up.
They share stories, reflect on the good times and, to their surprise,
toast the arrival of Twinkle.
Discover the full story online on YouTube.
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Here’s to Big Bear
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Here’s to Twinkle
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"Blended Scotch does not get any better than this"
F. Paul Pacult, Author of “Kindred Spirits 2”
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[Product description]
Chivas 18 is a uniquely rich and multi-layered blend that includes
over 20 of Scotland’s rarest single malt whiskies. With 85 flavour
notes in every drop, each sip is a new discovery.
[Awards]
2012
Gold award, San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
2011
Gold award, San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
2010
Gold award, International Wine & Spirit Competition
2009
Gold award, International Spirits Challenge.
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Colour
Intense, dark amber.
Nose
Rich, indulgent, multi-layered aromas with hints of dried fruits,
buttery toffee and dark chocolate.
Taste
A velvety, dark chocolate palate yields to elegant floral notes, and a
wisp of sweet, mellow smokiness.
Finish
Extremely warm long finish.
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The perfect start to an evening of fine dining, the Dunmore Sour is a
beautiful cocktail to make for friends – it’s light, has a perfect
balance of sweet and sour, and looks fantastic.
[How to make it]
Add all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker – with no ice – and
shake for 15 seconds. Then fill the shaker with ice and give it
another vigorous shake. Finally strain over ice into an old
fashioned glass.
[Drink ingredients]
2 parts Chivas 18
1 part freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 part home-made pineapple syrup*
0.5 parts egg white
* To make the pineapple syrup, bring 200gm white sugar and
200ml freshly pressed pineapple juice to the boil. Strain through a
muslin cloth then leave it to chill in the fridge.
Auld
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Auld Alliance
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[How to make it]
Pack an old-fashioned glass with crushed ice and leave to chill. In a
second glass stir the sugar syrup with the bitters, add the Chivas 18
and Martell and stir again. Throw the ice away from glass one and
swirl enough Absinthe round the insides to coat the glass. Pour the
contents of glass two into glass one. Garnish with lemon and
orange twists.
[Drink ingredients]
1 part Chivas 18
0.75 part Martell Cordon Bleu
Pernod Absinthe Rinse
0.2 parts sugar syrup
0.1 parts Peychaud’s Bitters
0.1 parts Fee Brothers’ Old Fashioned Bitters
Lemon and orange twist
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Rebellion
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Start by crushing the cloves and pour them into the bottom of a tall
Boston glass. Add all the remaining ingredients, plus ice, and stir
for two minutes. Finally, strain the liquid into a chilled Martini glass
and garnish with a blood orange twist.
[Drink ingredients]
2 parts Chivas 18
0.75 parts Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
0.5 parts freshly pressed blood-orange juice
3 whole cloves
0.1 parts Fee Brothers’ Aztec Chocolate Bitters
Aberdeen
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Aberdeen Flip
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A wonderfully rich cocktail with hints of spice and fruit that will
warm any gathering.
[How to make it]
Add all the ingredients into a dry cocktail shaker (no ice) and shake
for 30 seconds. Fill the shaker with ice and shake for a further
minute. Finally strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
[Drink ingredients]
2 parts Chivas 18
1 part 12 year-old Oloroso sherry
1 whole egg
0.25 parts honeyed spice syrup*
0.1 parts Fee Brothers’ Aztec Chocolate Bitters
2tsp black cherry jam
* To make your own honeyed spice syrup bring 200g white sugar,
200ml water, 3 tsp honey, 0.5tsp ground cinnamon, three whole
star anise and half a vanilla pod to the boil. Simmer for five
minutes. Strain and leave to chill in the fridge.
Chivas No.
2 Cup
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Fill a tall glass with ice and add the sliced cucumber, strawberries
and bruised mint. Then top up with all the remaining ingredients
and stir. Garnish with an orange twist and a sprig of mint.
[Drink ingredients]
2 parts Chivas 18
1 part Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
0.2 parts sugar syrup
0.1 parts Fee Brothers’ Aztec Orange Bitters
2 parts ginger beer
3 wheels cucumber
5 leaves mint
1 whole strawberry
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Garrick Punch
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[How to make it]
Fill a punch bowl or large jug with chunks of cracked ice. Add the
Chivas 18, spiced Plymouth liqueur and lemon juice. Gently top
with Perrier-Jouët Rosé Champagne, stirring as you go. Twist the
lemon peels over the punch, extracting all the oils from within the
skin, then add to the mix.
[Drink ingredients]
24 parts Chivas 18
16 parts spiced Plymouth liqueur*
10 long lemon twists (for the oils)
8 parts lemon juice
10 parts Perrier-Jouët Rosé Champagne
* To make spiced Plymouth liqueur mix 300ml Plymouth Gin, 75gm
dried cherries, 8 spoons of black cherry jam, 0.5 tsp ground
nutmeg, 0.5 tsp ground allspice, four whole star anise and 100 gm
white sugar in an airtight container, seal and leave to infuse for 24
hours. Shake occasionally and strain before adding it to the punch.
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Every taste a new experience
Chivas 18 is so much more than a drink. It’s a multi-sensorial,
multi-faceted blend that stands out from the crowd. Not only is it
aesthetically beautiful but it’s modern, edgy and luxuriously
complex.
Its unique flavours, meticulously blended by Master Blender Colin
Scott, reward the senses with 85 flavour notes in every drop.
Experience the elegance and depths of flavour >
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“A rare and limited blend of unsurpassed excellence”.
Colin Scott, Chivas Master Blender
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Chivas Regal 25 Year Old Original is a rare and exclusive blend of
the finest Scotch whiskies, available only as a strictly limited
release in individually numbered bottles.
Awards >
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2012
San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC)
Double Gold
2011
San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC)
Double Gold
2009
Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible Awards
Scotch Blended Scotch Whisky of the Year (18 years and over) 2010 book
2008
Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible Awards
Scotch Blended Whisky of the Year (Over 12 Years)
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A legend reborn
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Colour
Rich gold
Nose
Enticing fruity aromas of sweet orange and peach, followed by
notes of marzipan and nuts.
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Hints of rich, mild, chocolate orange, and a fondant creaminess.
Finish
Smooth, rounded and luxuriously long.
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A legend reborn
The world’s first luxury whisky was born in New York in 1909. It
was a time of boom. Of prosperity. Chivas 25 was the toast of
Manhattan, the choice of film stars and millionaires. But all that
changed on January 16 1920 with US Prohibition, followed by the
Depression. In the 1920s the final bottle of Chivas 25 was corked.
Or was it?
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The newest member of the Chivas family, The Chivas Brothers’
Blend includes higher proportions of Strathisla and Longmorn
Speyside malts to create an ultra smooth, sweet and elegant whisky
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with a lasting finish. Available exclusively in Global Travel Retail.
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Colour
Rich amber.
Nose
Bursting with ripe soft fruit flavours, including peach and pear, and
accented with runny honey, marmalade and soft candy.
Taste
Rich taste of fresh soft fruit flavours echoing the nose, giving way to
fantastic sweet, creamy texture.
Finish
Creamy, round and smooth.
Tasting
Best tasted with equal parts water.
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Brothers’ Blend Fizz
A tall, long drink with a citrus twist. The Brothers' Blend Fizz
combines the sweetness of honey with the sharpness of lemon - the
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perfect choice for long summer evenings.
Ingredients:
2 parts The Chivas Brothers' Blend
1 part freshly squeezed lemon juice
0.75 parts honey
Dash of orange bitters
Soda water
How to make:
Shake all the ingredients with ice and strain into a highball glass.
Garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry.
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The Brothers’ Blend story
The newest member of the Chivas family – Chivas Brothers’ Blend –
is a luxury blend inspired by revivalism; celebrating the past but
making it relevant for today and into the future.
It pays homage to the smooth style of blending our founding
brothers pioneered then brings it firmly into the 21st century with
blending and design that appeals to today’s modern gentleman.
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Welcome to our spiritual home
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Strathisla was built in Speyside in 1786, in the broad valley plains
of the River Spey. It’s set in a beautiful, wild place with a unique
micro-climate.
The pure, natural Spey spring water is an essential ingredient in
the smooth, rich and mellow single malts that are produced at
Strathisla while the sea air enhances the conditions of the spirits as
they mature.
At the heart of Chivas Regal lies a Speyside Pure Highland Malt,
described by Colin Scott as "an extraordinary whisky with a mature
and balanced character, with good heavy flavours, a complex array
of hay-like aromas and a slightly dry oakiness. The finish has a
smooth mellowness and pleasant nuttiness."
This is blended with hand-selected Scottish malt and grain
whiskies to give Chivas its unique, generous taste.
Visit Strathisla
Come and join us at Strathisla. We’ll show you round our
distilleries, tell you all about the art of blending and, needless to
say, we’ll round off the visit with a wee dram of Chivas.
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The art of blending
Chivas, Chivas Regal 18 Year Old, Chival Regal 25 Year Old and
Chivas Brothers’ Blend each has its own unique combination of
whiskies, giving every blend its own distinct flavour.
For whisky to legally become Scotch, its spirits must be matured for
at least three years. Not ours. To create the complex, smooth Scotch
Whisky in every bottle of Chivas Regal, we mature our spirits for at
least twelve.
Once matured, the Master Blender’s skill is in harmonising the
characters and flavours of selected malt and grain Scotch whiskies
to produce blended Scotch whiskies of the highest possible quality.
As Colin Scott describes it, "The art of blending whisky is like the
work of a composer: not only do you need to completely understand
the musical characteristics of every instrument, but you must also
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understand how to combine them to build an unforgettable,
spellbinding symphony."
When selecting individual whiskies Colin doesn’t just look for their
own unique characters and flavours, but also whether they have
been matured in Sherry casks or American oak barrels, each of
which influences the character and colour of the spirit.
The craft of blending ensures the same high quality and consistency
of character and flavour today and for many generations to come.
Colin Scott
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Colin Scott has a job most whisky lovers could only dream of. As
our Master Blender he has ultimate responsibility for the world's
most prestigious whisky.
Colin is the guardian of our signature Chivas Regal style - but he’s
also created compelling new expressions of the Chivas essence,
hand-selecting and hand-blending the new Chivas 18 and Chivas 25
blends.
It could be said that he was predestined for the role, having been
born into a family where three generations were involved in whisky
making. He even grew up among the Orkney distilleries.
Colin joined Chivas in 1973, learning the trade under the previous
blender Jimmy Laing and achieved the coveted post of Master
Blender in 1989.
Colin has a rare combination of experience, creativity and technical
skill – three attributes that are essential to his role as Master
Blender.
He has wide experience of the whisky industry, and is able to store
the aromas of thousands of individual spirits whiskies for decades.
He also has the imagination to conjure new expressions, and the
technical skill to know exactly when each whisky will reach its
perfect maturity.
Crucially, he has the vision to nose a new spirit, and is able to
project its character in decades to come.
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Chivas at Cannes Film Festival
The great and the glamorous, the stylish and the sophisticated all
gather in Cannes every year to celebrate cinema at an International
level. And as official partners of the world’s most prestigious film
festival, Chivas blends in seamlessly.
Our relationship with Cannes expanded in 2011 when we launched
our global brand partnership with the charity FilmAid
International.
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Charitable partnership with FilmAid
In 2011 Chivas launched its global brand partnership with the
charity FilmAid International.
FilmAid International is a non-profit organisation that uses the
power of film and media to transcend language and literacy,
bringing life-saving information, psychological relief and muchneeded hope to refugees and other communities in need.
Working in refugee camps, urban slums, disaster zones and other
communities in crisis, FilmAid’s screenings provide a vital channel
for conveying knowledge, empowerment and hope.
Follow the Chivas and FilmAid story on our blog.
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1801
James and his brother John’s food emporium in Aberdeen gains a
reputation for supplying the highest quality goods and malt
whiskies.
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1840s
1843
1850s
1860
1880
1909
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1938
1960
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1840s
James Chivas begins to lay down casks of fine Scotch whisky in the
shop's cellar to mature for his aged blends.
1843
James Chivas and his business partner Charles Stewart are
awarded the first of many Royal Warrants by Queen Victoria to
supply goods and provisions to the Royal Household.
1850s
James and John Chivas combine soft grain whisky and robust single
malts to create Blended Scotch whiskies that are smooth, rich and
generous.
1860
The Spirit Act confirms blending as an established technique, giving
credence to the quality of James’ handiwork and making blended
spirits far more commercially attractive.
1880
French vineyards are devastated by an epidemic of the phylloxera
insect, thereby crippling supplies of wine, brandy, port and sherry.
Discerning wine drinkers turn to Chivas as a high quality
alternative.
1909
Chivas Regal is launched as the world's first luxury whisky. The 25year-old luxury blend, created for the sophisticated palates of
America's East Coast high society, swiftly wins international
following and within months, demand outstripped supply.
1920
The impact of the First World War and the subsequent Prohibition
era result in Chivas Regal 25 Year Old disappearing from view, to
become a highly sought-after collectors’ item.
1938
A new premium blend is debuted - Chivas Regal 12. First shipped to
the US in 1938 it wins Americans over virtually overnight,
capturing the spirit of exuberance and renewed appetite for life at
the heart of the 'Rat Pack' era.
1960
The smooth honeyed flavours and consistently high quality of
Chivas Regal continue to win fans across the world over the next
few decades. Supported by iconic advertising in the New Yorker
magazine, Chivas is well on its way to becoming a global icon.
1997
Master Blender Colin Scott creates a multi-award-winning new
blend: Chivas Regal 18 Year Old Gold Signature. This super
premium scotch - deep, complex and exceptionally rich - is a unique
blend crafted in the Chivas Regal house style.
2001
Chivas Regal is purchased by Pernod Ricard Group but whilst
ownership changes, the Chivas Regal style, flavour, and quality
remain consistent thanks to the skill of the Master Blender, Colin
Scott, who keeps the Chivas brothers' vision alive.
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2007
2007
Nearly a century after the debut of the world's first luxury whisky,
the limited-release Chivas Regal 25 Year Old Original returns. A
credit to decades of careful maturation and the unquestionable art
of our Master Blender.
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