Happy Diwali and Hallowe’en everyone!!!

As the lights glow, firecrackers pop and people get dressed up in silly costumes, time for my monthly Whisky Lady round up! Even being away in Jakarta for a good part of September and early October did not deter sampling adventures….

Nor an opportunity to share an extract of an interview with Inver House (AnCnoc, Balblair, Old Pulteney, Speyburn, Hanky Bannister, Caorunn) Master Distiller Stuart Harvey on whether “Single Malt drinkers are promiscuous.”

All three Mumbai tasting groups packed their sessions into less than a week:

• BMC Blind Surprise – Old Pulteney 17 year 46%, Westland Sherry 46%, Amrut Bourbon 62.8%
• Whisky ladies go west! A.D. Laws Four Grain Straight Bourbon (Batch 8) 47.5%, Stranahan’s (Batch 182) 47%, Pine Barrens Single Malt (Batch 13) 47.5%, Westland Sherry 46% and Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine 50%*
• Original – Mixes things up! – Connemara NAS 40%, Glengoyne…