Last in our trilogy of familiar friends revisited was a whisky from Kilchoman… We sampled blind and truly struggled with this one. We should have guessed it… we really should have… but were flummoxed. What did we find? Kilchoman Machir … Continue reading
One of the things I really appreciate about our original Mumbai tasting club is that our default is to sample blind. What the means is even something we thought we knew, we have an opportunity to rediscover. Which was exactly … Continue reading
Another from the tasting archives… This time the post is truly a ‘blast from the past’ – Oct 2011. This month we were back to our standard format and blind tasted before revealing the whisky. The session featured: Glenlivet Nadurra, Scapa 16 yr, Mitcher’s Straight Rye, Kilchoman Spring release followed by … Continue reading
Imagine you are a celebrated curator of special gourmet experiences. Picture your normal metier as a sommelier is to pair food with wine. Then someone comes to you with a challenge… Craft a unique evening pairing dishes with cask strength peated whiskies … Continue reading
Back in 2015 as a tasting group, we had only explored Machir Bay and 100% Islay. Middle of last year, I acquired from Heathrow duty-free the Coull Point which quickly embraced it as my ‘go to’ daily dram whisky. So when browsing around La … Continue reading
Next up in our Kilchoman trilogy was a cask strength whisky matured exclusively in a Pedro Ximenez cask. Unlike the depth of red sherry, this white Spanish grape is dried under the sun to create a thick, dark liquid with raisins … Continue reading
The Kilchoman Trilogy from La Maison du Whisky celebrates the impact of maturing in different casks on the whisky – Bourbon, PX and sherry. As usual, we tasted blind. However, as it was a trilogy, our host kept the identity of all three … Continue reading
Patience is a virtue… and I’ve been rather impatient! Back in December 2015 I picked this Kilchoman Trilogy up for another member of our Whisky tasting group… And I have been waiting, waiting, waiting ever since to sample!! It was made … Continue reading
To say it was a special evening was an understatement! We began with three whiskies from Kilchoman having exactly the same peat level (50 ppm) yet each remarkably different. Then after the initial blind sampling, the whiskies were revealed then move on … Continue reading
Last in our Kilchoman peat explorations was the Kilchoman Sherry Single Cask matured completely in a sherry butt and bottled at cask strength. Kilchoman Sherry Cask Strength 60.6% Colour: Deep copper Nose: Again such a contrast from the previous whiskies! Initial … Continue reading
