#BlindTasting Series 3 - Review

Series 3 of #BlindTasting has recently finished and as usual I'll post a summary. Following on from fantastic Series 1 & 2 - this one was brought up a few surprised with the five of us trying to identify 15 mystery drams through smell and taste, having #NoPreconceivedIdeas or #MarketingBullshit to sway our opinions.

Tamdhu 120th Anniversary @TweetTastings

As part of their 120th Anniversary celebrations and the Spirit Of Speyside festival Tamdhu held a tasting in the filling store of the distillery broadcast live on Facebook. Thanks to Steve @TweetTastings a number of us were also able to join it at home, following along online and sharing our thoughts on twitter.

As usual with these things a parcel arrived a few days before the tasting...

Benromach 20th Anniversary @TweetTastings

This week I was pleased to be included in the @TweetTasting to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the restart of production at @Benromach after the distillery was taken over in 1993 by  Gordon & MacPhail, refurbished and re-opened in 1998.

As is usual with these things a few days before the tasting a parcel arrived...

Three samples were enclosed including the Benromach 10yo, 15yo and newly launched 20th Anniversary Bottling.

#BlindTasting Series 3 - Part 3

The final part of Series 3 of #BlindTasting took place last week and it turned out to be one of our more interesting sessions with a few differences of opinion on the drams we were tasting. That was great because that's what #BlindTasting is all about #NoPreconceivedIdeas #EveryPalateIsDifferent

Brian's Birthday Bash

50 not out and the only way to celebrate was to share a dram with a few friends!

I'd made up my mind last year that I wanted a bottle of 50yo whisky to celebrate my birthday, unfortunately when I started looking at single malts there were none within my price range...

@BoutiqueyWhisky came to my rescue with the Batch 5 release of their 50yo Blended Scotch Whisky.

Distillery Visit - Arran

I visited the Arran distillery in April '18, this was my first time!

Arran is just outside Lochranza at the northern end of the Isle Of Arran, you'll need to catch a ferry to get there, which is exactly what we did from Claonaig on Kintyre.

Distillery Visit - Glen Scotia

I visited the Glen Scotia distillery in April '18, this was my first time!

Glen Scotia is in Campbeltown at the bottom of the Kintyre Peninsula, about 3 hours drive from Glasgow.

Distillery Visit - Glengyle (Kilkerran)

I visited the Glengyle distillery in April '18, this was my first time!

Glengyle is in Campbeltown at the bottom of the Kintyre Peninsula, about 3 hours drive from Glasgow.

Distillery Visit - Springbank

I visited the Springbank distillery in April '18, around 12 years since my previous visit - not much had changed!

Springbank is in Campbeltown at the bottom of the Kintyre Peninsula, about 3 hours drive from Glasgow.

#BlindTasting Series 3 - Part 2 (for Charlotte Victoria)

This is the second part of Series 3 of #BlindTasting, with the extra special bonus of being a celebration of the safe arrival of some Port Charlotte and Glen Scotia Victoriana drams!