Whisky Tasting and Food: 3 enjoyable suggestions for the feast
🥃 “So what food should we put out at our whisky tasting event?” When it comes to whisky, I often advise the host to keep it simple – with bland foods to maintain a fresh palate. 🍏🥕 Common choices include: – Cut-up fruits and veggies – Simple biscuits and light cakes – High-cocoa content dark […]
Whisky Tasting Review 11: Special, unique dram
Last Friday night, I drank a very rare dram. So rare, that you cannot buy it. This is how the whisky tasting panned out over supper. For entrée, I started with Orchard House from Compass Box. At 46%, it is a blend of single malts from 5 distilleries. Light, fruity and moreish. Real favourite of […]
Whisky Tasting Review 9: anCnoc 14 Year Old Single Cask
I read a lot of whisky tasting reviews. There is so much ‘good stuff out there, but I also have to pay my respects to my bank manager. It is a fine balance. Before continuing, I have a confession to make. I have been ‘chasing’ anCnoc for several years. Pronounced “ah – noc”, I had […]
Whisky tasting – The experience, the fun, the connections
Whisky tasting events are all about bringing people together. The history, the smells, the flavours, the anecdotes and ……………… well, so much more. Whisky tasting evenings are oodles of fun. As I explained to one new member, all I know is that about 15 years ago, I suddenly realised that I was hooked on to […]
Whisky tasting from a barrel, but would you buy a barrel?
Whisky tasting straight from a barrel? My first experience was back in 2015. My wife and I toured The Balvenie in the heart of Speyside. It was a brilliant 3 hours. Towards the end, and before we entered the tasting room, we were treated to two barrels. They were called “the members’ drams”. The first […]
Whisky Review 6: M&H Dead Sea from Apex Series
Israel’s M&H distillery in Tel Aviv are about to release their third bottling of the Dead Sea maturation. I was fortunate to be gifted a bottle from the first round. What makes this so unique? In Scotland, where maturation is relatively slow, the “angel’s share” or evaporation rate is around 2% annually. In Tel Aviv […]
Whisky Review: Speyburn 15
One of my favourite vloggers is Roy Duff. He consistently puts out excellent material under Aquavitae. For the couple of years ago, Roy has been raving about Speyburn 15 – a wonderful dram at an affordable price. So when I saw it on special at Whisky Live Tel Aviv back in September 2023 – seems […]
Everyone seems to be talking about Glenfarclas
For the first time in a long while, I chose a bottle of Glenfarclas 12 for a whisky tasting evening. Coincidence? Within a few days, I noticed that I was being bombarded by reports about the distillery. In no specific order of importance: – Ralfy review no’ 981 featured the 15 year old. It is […]