Side by side: 5 from Tobermory via Paul

The Isle of Mull is home to a couple of distilleries now, the oldest being @TobDistillery, a favourite of @pswhisky

Paul shared with us a set of 3 unpeated and 2 peated Ledaig bottlings.

#BTC26 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

  These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 26th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Paul @Newckie

#BTC25 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

 These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 25th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Billy @BillyCowan

Side by side: Four Distell Finishes

Distell own three distilleries in Scotland and four in South Africa producing whisky and brandy.

A recent sample swap delivered four cask strength drams from three of these distilleries.

BTC9 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 9th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Richard @MckWhisky

That Boutique-y Burns Night Tasting

That Boutique-y Whisky often run invite only tastings to showcase their latest batch releases. Often led by their brand ambassador Dave Worthington @BoutiqueyDave you are taken through some amazing whiskies and, this time, some poetry!

For Burn's Night 2021 a selection of 4 drams were showcased, accompanied by some unique poetry!

Southport Whisky Festival

How do you organise a Whisky Festival during Lockdown? People aren't allowed to meet in large numbers, suppliers can't or won't get onboard...

You find an enthusiastic team... maybe an existing whisky club... with a leader with strong industry links.... and put a plan together!

Side by side: Ledaig from Mull & Glasgow?

Looking at three different drams from the peated Ledaig range, one from @DouglasMcgibbon and two from @TobDistillery, the 9yo, 10yo and 18yo - what differences are there?

#BlindTasting Series 4 - Review

Series 4 of #BlindTasting has recently finished and as usual I'll post a summary. There had been a bit of a gap from Series 3 and this one extended longer than we thought it would - pressures of work!
This one, like all the rest, has brought up a few surprised with the five of us trying to identify 15 mystery drams through smell and taste, having #NoPreconceivedIdeas to sway our opinions.

#BlindTasting Series 4 - Part 2

After a really interesting Series 4 Part 1 the #BlindTasting gang were ready for some new surprises!

This is the 2nd part of our 4th series of #BlindTasting. We've each send the others 3 #dramples, mine are labelled A10, A11 & A12, John's B, Alistair's C, Grimm's D & Mike's E. Tonight we'll #BlindTasting the number 11's : 🥃A11, 🥃B11, 🥃C11, 🥃D11 & 🥃E11 but what are they?