Six months ago, I celebrated a remarkable milestone – 100 whisk(e)y posts with 100 whiskies!
I enthusiastically listed all 100 whiskies reviewed and couldn’t stop doing a jig of celebration!
Fast forward and today marks 200 whisky posts… a double accomplishment!
However nothing is achieved without help! So I thought it high time to recognise all the fabulous folks that made it possible….
Most importantly, our Mumbai based whisky groups! Our shared journey and tasting sessions gave birth to this blog:
- Our original tasting group in Mumbai… now in its 5th year!
- From 2015, the fabulous and fantastic all female whisky gathering of the “Whisky Ladies of Mumbai“
- And from 2016, the cigar chomping, primo whisky swirling gentlemen of the Bombay Cigar & Malt club
Plus very special tastings thanks to:
- India’s very own Malt Maniac Krishna Nakula with some exceptional rare malts, not once but twice!
- Fort Frances Ontario Whisky Club with samples courtesy of key members (aka Carissa’s aunt & uncle!)
- LVMH with Master Distiller Bill Lumsden (Glenmorangie & Ardbeg)
- Inver House with Master Distiller Stuart Harvey & Global Marketing Head Karen Walker (AnCnoc, Balblair, Old Pulteney, Speyburn)
- India’s own Paul John samples compliments of Master Distiller Michael John
Most importantly, many anonymous friends and fellow bloggers who bravely court liver failure in the quest to find that special dram! Be it sending a sample or sharing an evening… an amusing quip or shared opinion, you know who you are!!
I raise a dram to you all in salut!
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Congratulations!
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Thank you Keshav!! You have and remain a very central part of this journey. 🙂
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Awesome! 🙂 It’s amazing how the blogs tally up but that’s whisky for you – the taste inspires the words and a dram is for company and sharing.
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Isn’t it just! 😉
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I’ll let you know when I get to 1000. 😉
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Goodness! Are you getting close to 1,000?? That seems years and years and years away for me… if ever!
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Only about 550 and I’m finally slowing down but if I start focusing my collection on miniatures I could accelerate if I get job-lots at auction.
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Wow! I’m still mighty impressed with 550!! I have a ways to go til I slow down… what helps is being part of 3 tasting groups so all the sourcing isn’t on my shoulders. I’m also hoping to persuade my aunt n uncle to again share samples from their collection (they run a whisky tasting group in Fort Frances, Canada). Just imagine customs inspecting my box with jelly jars of jams and whisky! Hmm…. 🙂 Haven’t tried getting miniatures through auction… rather wary of importing anything via post into India with precious whisky lying cooking in the heat waiting months to clear customs!
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Tasting groups are definitely very useful! There is one local to me but unfortunately I work in the evenings when they meet. But if you can get your aunt and uncle to do that it would be great! And amusing for customs! 🙂 You do need to consider that heat though. I know whisky is robust stuff but I’ve wondered about that before, and if it’s a bad idea to order whisky at certain times of the year when temperatures can be quite extreme.
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Part of why I always personally bring in my whisky is to avoid whisky roasting at bulk customs. Baked whisky can’t be a good thing!
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