June’s soirée was extremely well-attended and we were very pleased to welcome some new faces. For the regulars amongst us it was a great opportunity to re-try some of the most popular bottles from previous tastings; for the newcomers it was a great opportunity to venture deeper into the world of whisky trying a selection of different whiskies. As usual with this type of evening the structure was very informal and the discussions lively - getting more raucous as the evening went on and more of the amber volume juice was consumed ;-)
Interesting statistic – in the three years (nearly) that the club has been running we have tried over 100 different bottles of whisky from 17 different countries.
15 of those bottles turned up on the night and everyone was able to taste at least 5 of these. The whiskies were pooled into five groups of three bottles and everyone got to select one dram from each of the groups. There was also the opportunity towards the end of the evening to try another wee dram. Whiskies on offer were –
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
At the end of the evening a straw poll was taken and everyone asked to nominate their favourite whisky of the evening. Tying in first place were the Highland Park Dark Origins and the Lagavulin Cask Strength.
Next month’s theme will be American whiskies with some really excellent bottles on offer. Sadly, Donald Trump declined to attend, got some other commitments apparently, but we are working on a surprise. You’ll need to come along to find out.
Finally, a special mention goes to Tom, for his input to the website that stated “This is a social and informal way to try different males from around the world”. Not sure how many people turned up under a misconception;-) Tom assures us that it should have stated “malts” and he will no doubt blame his spill chocker or predictive toxt. We are not going to let him forget in a hurry!
Interesting statistic – in the three years (nearly) that the club has been running we have tried over 100 different bottles of whisky from 17 different countries.
15 of those bottles turned up on the night and everyone was able to taste at least 5 of these. The whiskies were pooled into five groups of three bottles and everyone got to select one dram from each of the groups. There was also the opportunity towards the end of the evening to try another wee dram. Whiskies on offer were –
Group 1
- Auchentoshan - American Oak
- Glenfiddich 12
- Tullibardine – Sovereign
Group 2
- Glencadam 10
- Strathmill 14
- Glenfiddich 15 (Distillers Edition)
Group 3
- Deanston 17
- Ben Nevis 22
- Mortlach 18
Group 4
- Floki (Icelandic)
- Glen Els (German)
- Glendalough (Irish)
Group 5
- Highland Park - Dark Origins
- Lagavulan 12 Cask Strength
- Oban Little Bay
At the end of the evening a straw poll was taken and everyone asked to nominate their favourite whisky of the evening. Tying in first place were the Highland Park Dark Origins and the Lagavulin Cask Strength.
Next month’s theme will be American whiskies with some really excellent bottles on offer. Sadly, Donald Trump declined to attend, got some other commitments apparently, but we are working on a surprise. You’ll need to come along to find out.
Finally, a special mention goes to Tom, for his input to the website that stated “This is a social and informal way to try different males from around the world”. Not sure how many people turned up under a misconception;-) Tom assures us that it should have stated “malts” and he will no doubt blame his spill chocker or predictive toxt. We are not going to let him forget in a hurry!
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