Our first sherry dram from the La Maison du Whisky’s Artist Series 8 was from The Glen Rothes distillery. Even our wee nip at Whisky Live Singapore 2018 was enough to establish this as a solid sherry specimen in a beautiful bottle … Continue reading
La Maison du Whisky’s Artist Series 8 has two distinctly different ranges… this one is all about the Sherry with the most gorgeous labels created by Japanese artist Takehiko Sugawara. While we followed the suggested order alternating between non-sherry and sherry, I … Continue reading
The Glenrothes is one of those distilleries that you know what you are likely to get – strong sherry influence, robust and full. It is what one of our samplers called a “Ronseal” after a well-known UK ad for varnish … Continue reading
Sometimes you just want to go classic, returning to the days of age statements… or at least an aged dram known by vintage! That is exactly what we did with our evening trio of “21s” – each whisky was matured … Continue reading
This was an evening of discovery… starting with tasting completely blind a mystery malt… which turned out to be a 20 year Glenrothes from North Star’s Cask Series 001… Glenrothes 20 year (Oct 1996/Oct 2016) 54.6% 1 of 198 bottles, … Continue reading
There is something so fabulous about being truly surprised. Which is why our original Mumbai tasting group keeps to its habit of tasting blind. Sometimes we reveal each whisky immediately after tasting, other times we wait until we have sampled … Continue reading
The whisky that ruled our Whisky Ladies “Contributors Choice” evening was The Glenrothes … A speyside distillery known for its rich, complex vintages. For some of our whisky ladies this was an introduction, for others a welcome opportunity to revisit a … Continue reading
You would think having one Whisky Ladies session in January would be sufficient… and we certainly had a merry evening combined with the gents to explore Douglas Laing blends with a bonus! However we decided to skip our February session … Continue reading
From the Highland region, our next North Star Series 5 exploring 5 regions in Scotland was from the Mac Duff distillery, best known for their Glen Deveron brand. Our guest reviewer Rekha Sharma has been part of the Whisky Ladies of … Continue reading
Next in our North Star Series 005 quintet was a whisky from Campbeltown, which was reviewed by fellow Canadian Paula McGlynn. Paula McGlynn is a CEO and Founding Director of Gulbadan Talkies and Bharatiya Digital Party (BhaDiPa). BhaDiPa is the pioneer of Marathi … Continue reading
