Saturday, 28 January 2012

Whisky from Semester 1

In case anyone is curious and needs a jolt to the memory, here is a quick list of the whiskies we enjoyed during the first semester:

Freshers Week Tasting:
Famous Grouse
Glenkinchie 12yo
Balvenie Doublewood 12yo
Laphroiag 10yo

Regions Tasting:
Auchentoshan 12yo
Aberfeldy 12yo
Arran 14yo
Macallen Directors
Springbank Cask Strength
Laphroiag Quarter Cask

Finishes Tasting:
Grant's Ale Cask
Macnamara Rum Finish
Glenfiddich 15yo
Glencadam Port Finish
Glen Moray Chardonnay Finish

Wemyss Tasting:
Smooth Gentleman 8yo
Spice King 8yo
Peat Chimney 8yo
Honey Harvest Single Cask 13yo
The Orange Tree 21yo
Well Mannered Mint 12yo

Smoke and Cheese Tasting:
Ardmore Cask Strength with Keen's Cheddar (newer)
Smokehead with Cropwell Bishop
Laphroaig Triple Wood with Comte
Jura Prophecy with Keen's Cheddar (older)
Ardbeg 10yo with Dunsyre Blue

Rum Tasting (small tasting):
Rum cocktail
El Dorado 12yo
Dictador 12yo
Rum Sixty Six 12yo
Pusser's 15yo "Nelsons Blood"

"Thanks for giving us bourbon casks" Tasting:
Woodford Reserve
Auchentoshan Select
Balblair 1995
Bowmore Surf
Jack Daniels Single Barrel Silver Select

WOLS Awards:
Compass Box Great King Street (best blend)
Nikka All Malt (best international)
Hazelburn 8yo Sauternes Wood (best under 10 years old)
Aberlour A'Bunadh Batch 37 (bang for your buck award)
Glendronach 1995 Single Cask PX (best sherried)
Bunnahabhain 1997 Heavily Peated Signatory (best peated)

People's choice awards:
Best Whisky Pub: The Bow Bar
Best Whisky Shop: Royal Mile Whiskies
Best WOLS tasting of Fall 2011: Smoke and Cheese
Best dram from a tasting: Springbank 12 CS
Best personal dram: Talisker 18
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Tour of trip: Oban
Dram of trip: Caol Ila 1996 GM

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