I forgot to write about a whisky-tasting I helped run in Oxford that was organised by my good friend Graeme Coates (Astronomer extraordinaire) as a fund-raiser for his cricket club.
We had some great whiskies. I’ve probably forgotten some, but here’s what I remember:
- A regular Glenkinchie (nice soft start)
- Tesco’s new Speyside (has had fantastic reviews – we liked it a lot, though I was slightly disappointed having read all the hype)
- One of my favourites: Springbank Campbeltown (the 10 y.o.)
- Something so memorable, I can’t now remember it. It was dark and interesting…
- An SMWS Caol Ila. Beautiful.
If you want to run a whisky tasting event, we did a great job on a fun blind-tasting. We’re available for bar mitzvahs and weddings.
Also, a shout to a new contact – Steve Kirwan:
Fanfare for The Single Malt Society…
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Trackback by The Single Malt Society — April 4, 2007 @ 10:59 pm
Ah – the 4th whisky was a Mortlach 16 (the Flora and Fauna bottling series). It is possibly the darkest whisky I have seen, and was very heavily sherried.
It had an amazing nose of Christmas Pud and sherry – and was one of my favorites (though the Caol Ila was a fine drinkk).
GC
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Comment by Graeme Coates — April 5, 2007 @ 5:17 pm