TRULY SINGAPOREAN MAKAN & WHISKY SERIES
Aberfeldy’s Golden Dram Pairing Lunch
Known as the Golden Dram, Aberfeldy Highland Single Malt is a classic fruity whisky with a honeyed richness and smooth approachable taste.
New Ubin Seafood is known for our colourful and intoxicating local food culture. There’s just something about being able to savour fresh, authentic and delicious local food with your friends.
When it comes to local food fare, there’s a mind-boggling variety of dishes to suit different tastes; from sweet to savoury and smoky to spicy, which makes local Asian-fusion food ideal to pair with good single malt whiskies. Discover the gold in Aberfeldy as it exfoliates complex tastes by the layers and bring you on a sensory ride.
Experience the Gold standard in Aberfeldy single malt pairing the Truly Singaporean way.
New Ubin Seafood X Bacardi Limited
For this edition, we partner the brand owner Bacardi Limited to bring you Aberfeldy.
The single malt brand of ABERFELDY is part of the portfolio of Bacardi Limited, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited.
About Bacardi Limited
Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, produces and markets internationally recognized spirits and wines. The Bacardi brand portfolio comprises more than 200 brands and labels, including BACARDÍ® rum, GREY GOOSE® vodka, PATRÓN® tequila, DEWAR'S® Blended Scotch whisky, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, MARTINI® vermouth and sparkling wines, CAZADORES® 100% blue agave tequila, and other leading and emerging brands including WILLIAM LAWSON'S® Scotch whisky, ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur, and ERISTOFF® vodka.
Founded more than 158 years ago, in Santiago de Cuba on February 4, 1862, family-owned Bacardi currently employs nearly 7,000, operates more than 20 production facilities, including bottling, distilling and manufacturing sites in 11 countries, and sells its brands in more than 170 countries. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited. Visit www.bacardilimited.com or follow @BacardiLimited.
The Golden Dram
The Golden Dram
ABERFELDY’S LIFELINE
IT'S NOT JUST THE WATER SOURCE THAT'S LACED WITH GOLD
Aberfeldy uses water from the Pitilie Burn (or small river) which runs past the distillery into The River Tay, is known to contain deposits of alluvial gold; perhaps this is why the Aberfeldy Scotch whisky continues to be awarded Gold Medals for its Golden Dram. While inside the stills, time-honoured techniques like long fermentation, which conjures rare honeyed notes, safeguard the whisky’s flavour profile, renowned for its rich, sweet, smooth taste.
ABERFELDY distillery was founded in 1898 by the dynamic Dewar brothers, John Alexander and Tommy. They built on a site just a stone’s throw from the birthplace of their father, the pioneering blender and founder, John Dewar. The Distillery is set in the heart of the scenic Perthshire countryside and nestled within a lush valley in the foothills of the Centrals Highlands of Scotland, in the village of Aberfeldy. It was here that their pursuit of Scotch whisky perfection began in 1898, when their stills first produced the beautifully balanced single malt whisky at the heart of the Dewar’s blend.
Aberfeldy is drenched in sweet honey richness. Scottish malted barley and longer fermentation times – which create more flavour-bearing esters – trigger the hallmark honey notes of Aberfeldy Single Malt. They then slowly distil in Alembic copper pot stills and age to perfection in the finest oak casks – a combination of barrels, hogsheads and butts.
AUREATE GOLD AWARD WINNING MASTER BLENDER
Stephanie Macleod, Master Blender
STEPHANIE MACLEOD
In 1998, Macleod joined Dewar’s in the spirit‐quality laboratories at the firm’s head office in Glasgow. “Bacardi had just acquired the Dewar’s brand at that point, so it was an exciting time to join,” she notes.
Speaking of being one of the few women master blenders, she says: “I must say, when I was given the position of master blender, a lot of people were surprised when I told them what I did because the perception back then was that the master blender had to be a man,” Macleod recalls.
But she insists she never found it hard, or felt daunted, by the male‐dominated landscape. “It was very strange for a woman to be doing that type of job. And it’s not as if it’s a manual job, or something that requires greater strength, it’s just that it has perceptions. Even now, people are still surprised – but it’s less than it was.”
“Women have always played a key part in Scotch whisky, right from when Scotch whisky began to be more commercial,” says Macleod. “It is good to see that there is now a deliberate focus being placed on women in the whisky industry because that means young women coming through secondary school, going into further education, now see this positive communication around women in whisky, then perhaps see the whisky industry as being a place where they can work and develop a career. If it’s not in view, if it’s not visible, then you don’t consider it.”
Credit : The Spirits Business
Malt Master Stephanie MacLeod gives an overview of ABERFELDY Single Malts and their Highland Distillery.
In 2019, Stephanie was the first woman to receive the award of “Master Blender of the Year” from the International Whisky Competition(IWC). In 2020, she received this award again for the second year in a row.
THE GOLDEN RANGE
THE ‘GOLDELICIOUS’ PAIRING MENU
Book for the Aberfeldy’s Golden Dram tasting lunch and get access to special exclusive prices available only on Event day:
Aberfeldy 12 Years Old: $ 108.00 (U.P: $ 136.96)
Aberfeldy 16 Years Old(1 Litre): $ 178.00 (U.P: $ 211.86)
Aberfeldy 18 Years Old: $ 208.00 (U.P: $ 243.96) - Rare Limited Stock.
Aberfeldy 21 Years Old: $ 398.00 (U.P: $ 457.96)
*Prices quoted are per bottle of 700ml (unless otherwise stated) and are NETT including GST.
📅 SATURDAY, 4th of June 2022 12.00pm
📍 New Ubin Seafood CHIJMES
💵 Early bird price (till 28 May): $85++ pp (U.P: $95++ per pax)
Additional 10% off the published seat price if you are a member of Frenz of Ubin or the Singapore Press Club!
Seats are limited, so reserve yours today!
Min 2 pax to book. Please indicate seating preference as food may be communally shared in a table of up to 12pax.
*Please note dine-in is only allowed for fully vaccinated individuals.
RSVP at makan@newubinseafood.com or call/whatsapp +65 9740 6870