The 2nd session of the European chapter of our Whisky Ladies of Mumbai was a combo packwith a duo from Chorlton plus something I picked up from German independent bottler Whisky Warehouse No. 8.

1. Tomintoul 14 year 57.6% sherry butt, undiluted, uncoloured, unchill filtered, 1 of 455 bottles (TM 14)
2. Glencadam 8 year 61% (23 Feb 2011/6 June 2019) Bourbon Barrel Cask W8 800125 (The Whisky Warehouse No. 8. Warehouse Collection) 1 of 240 bottles
3. Mannochmore 12 year 58.7% bourbon barrel, distilled 10 Sept 2007, cask strength, natural colour, unchill filtered, 1 of 108 bottles (MN 12)

Truly, it was such a pleasure to taste whiskies again with a small group of women. A much needed moment of malty merriment!

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What a month… in Germany we are back in a period of restrictions (I wouldn’t say lockdown). What to do? Switch gears to some fabulous virtual tastings!

The month was clearly made more joyful with the launch of our European chapter of the Whisky Ladies of Mumbai…

1st session with a Chorlton Trio

• Miltonduff 11 years 62%
• Mackmyra 12 years 50.2%
• Blair Athol 12 years 56.6%

3rd session with North Star’s 

• Royal Brackla 11 year (Oct 2006 / Feb 2018) Refill Hogshead 55.2%
• Fettercairn 12 year (2006/2019) Refill Barrel 57.4%
• Inchgower 11 year (2007/2019) Refill Hogshead 52.5%

4th session with North Star’s 

• Speyside 12 year 50%
• Auchroisk 13 year (2006/2019) Oloroso Sherry Hogshead 51.2%
• Glenturret 8 year (2010/2019) Refill Hogshead 58.3%

What else?

I finished a few more tasting notes from my September Glasgow / London trip which included creation of a Glengoyne 16 year Original “Carissa” Cask Strength. And a merry evening of American minis featuring:

• Hudson Baby Bourbon 46%,
• TBWC 24 year Bourbon No 1 48%,
• Balcones Single Malt 53%, 
• Whistle Pig Rye 50%

Plus some miscellaneous malty musings with:

• Anticipating my “score” from Nurnberg’s “The Village” Fest from February 2019 – Bruichladdich, Glencadam, St Kilian
• Meandered down tasting notes from an evening in July 2019 at  Berlin’s Union Jack
• Most summers I try to fit a trip to Manitoba to see family and friends… Obviously this year was unthinkable however as the fall colours arrived, I found myself missing Canada… The solution? Order up a few Shelter Point for a mythical future trip!

It was a busy month with still more to come…

• A London evening with Sukhinder Singh, The Whisky Exchange
• Germany’s Willkommen with a weekend trip to Ziegler Distillery with a tasting tour of Aureum Whiskies together with the German Sharing Angels
• St Kilian samples

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