Let’s be honest folks, we are influenced by brand, by past experience… our brains like putting things into easy-to-interpret boxes. Take the packaging and pre-conceived notions away, and one has to work all that much harder to understand – in this case – what lies in our whisky glass.

This was the genesis of our first session Nurnberg’s International Whisky of 2024 with a fun approach – called “Surprise me!” so named as participants brought a covered bottle, revealing the details only after trying. We had no guidelines, no theme, no notion of what would show up!

So what did we try?

• Scottish Lowland’s Auchentoshan 12 year 40% ~Eur 24 – A good place to begin, however perhaps not one we will run out to acquire!
• Ireland’s Green Spot 40% for ~Eur 52 – A wonderful reminder a might fine dram
• Ireland’s Tullamore D.E.W. 40% for ~Eur 14 – Made us a wee curious why this could possibly be the #2 most popular Irish whiskey in the world?
• Scottish Highland’s Glendronach 12 year (2018) 43% for ~Eur 37 for current editions, more via auctions for earlier like this one – Utter indulgence in a glass
• Scottish Campbeltown’s Glen Scotia 10 year (2013-2023) 1st fill Ruby Port 46% (Whisky.de Clubflasche) ~Eur 60 – An interesting expression 

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Without any planning, it was interesting to see how there was nary a Scottish Speyside or Islay in the mix!

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