Whisky Lady – April to June 2023

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From April showers to June sunshine and flowers! On the personal side, it has been a busy period… with a trip to Mumbai to shift homes (bonus 2 whisky sessions!)… followed by a much overdue trip back to Canada to catch up with family and friends (another bonus sharing a few drams!)… to a whirlwind work trip to Sweden for an inspiring conference (alas no whisky!)… finally back to Deutschland.

On the whisky front, things actually got started in March with Nuremberg’s The Village whisky festival – thanks to dental surgery, I simply couldn’t taste anything til a few weeks later in April! However each mini gathered on-site was a treat to explore later….

  • Lindores Abbey MCDXCIV (1494) 46%, The Casks of Lindores Bourbon 49.4%, The Casks of Lindores Wine Barrique 49.4%, Single Cask (2018/2022) 
  • Birkenhof’s Fading Hill Rye 45% and Fading Hill Peat 46%
  • Elch Torfduett 50.6%

Back in India, The Bombay Malt & Cigar lads had a sociable evening with a Jameson’s Quartet – Distillery Edition 40%, Crested 40%, Black Barrel 40%, Caskmate Stout Edition 40%. 

Then I inaugurated our new Bombay flat with the Whisky Ladies by sharing a quartet from That Boutique-y Whisky Co. What did we try?

This was followed back in Germany with a lovely long weekend with friends where we dove into a special Whic.de set of European “Roggen (Rye) Revolution“:

Then another St Kilian tasting set (Dec 2022 release) – which featured:

  1. St Kilian Buche Meets Zeder (2017 – 2022) 57.7%, 680 bottles – A curious combination of beech and cedar, we didn’t even take much in the way of tasting notes… sorry!
  2. St Kilian Classic – Mild & Fruity 3 year 46% – Utterly delightful! I’d love to see St Kilian do more along these lines! Fruity, fun & fabulous!
  3. St Kilian Signature Edition ‘Twelve‘ (2017/18 – 2022) 50.8% – Another unpeated expression, worth trying!
  4. St Kilian Hand filled – Paelzer Eich ex Moscatel (2017) 60.2% – An experiment
  5. St Kilian Grave Digger – Fields of Blood 47% – It almost felt like we were waiting for the ‘best for (nearly) last!’ When St Kilian does smoke this way, it’s my kind of peat!
  6. St Kilian Signature Edition ‘Thirteen‘ (2016/18/19 – 2022) 53.9% – Not tried so that it could be experienced together with its deconstructed set!
  7. St Kilian Peated – Rich & Smoky 46% – Held off trying to sample together with the ‘Thirteen’
  8. St Kilian Grave Digger – Berry Metal 40% (Liqueur) – Saved to bring to Canada… described as an incredibly potent berry wow! (with a “kick”) 

As for Canada? I also brought along to Winnipeg a super extra special tasting set courtesy of St Kilian’s distillery with their Signature 13 deconstructed: into its 5 component parts.

I also planned to crack open another tasting set – a carefully selected quartet bottled by Whisky Warehouse No 8. However, instead of opening, we decided to wait for another trip. 

So whilst some whiskies came to Canada, what about Canadian whiskies coming to Germany? Look no further! Carefully acquired over a couple of years, I focused on bringing a few Shelter Point expressions back to Germany. Don’t know when or where they will be opened, however, I expect a treat!

Finally, I also kept amused with a couple ad hoc extras such as:

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