My fellow Mumbai whisky aficionado and I kept up our dedication to explore the world of whiskies through miniatures… So enthusiastically did we embrace our task that we even invited another friend to join the sipping sampling fun! And what … Continue reading
A fellow whisky adventurer based in Mumbai regularly traverses the globe and has taken to picking up miniature tasting treats. More importantly, he ever so kindly has invited me to partake… We began in July with a Tomintoul Trilogy… And continued … Continue reading
Our last minis session featured That Boutique-y Whisky Co (TBWC) exploring a few distilleries we don’t often find on retail shelves like Dailuaine, Glenlossie, Strathmill, Fettercairn. And this time? We decided that we wanted to compare our “Drinks by the Drams” with a couple … Continue reading
Our explorations of Highland peaty drams led us to Edradour distillery with a full cask strength dram. Ballechin Heavily Peated 12 year (May 2017) 1st Fill ex-Bourbon Cask 330 54.5% 251 Bottles Colour – Bright gold Nose – Wow! Floral … Continue reading
After our peaty minis session, talk turned to the emerging quality of unique single rums… in part sparked by a few rum miniatures peaking amongst the whiskies and in part sparked by the availability of a few rums to run … Continue reading
One of the fabulous things about our Whisky Ladies is their adventurous spirit and itchy feet… which means any given month a few can’t make it as they are off traversing the world. For our group – this is a … Continue reading
Last in our peaty persuasion session of miniatures was the Ledaig 10 year. This certainly wasn’t my first brush with Tobermoray Distillery’s peaty product… a few years ago my 1st introduction was to a Gordon & MacPhail Ledaig 1997, then … Continue reading
Next in our miniatures sampling was a little nip from a recent trip to Canada. After some disastrous experiences with decent drams being devastated by poor storage, I was keen to shorten the gap between acquiring the sample and actually tasting … Continue reading
Up next up in our peaty miniatures sampling was an opportunity to revisit Longrow from Campbeltown. I will admit to a certain fondness for the lone Campbeltown distillery with their trio of styles: Springbank – Most enjoyable dram… including a remarkable … Continue reading
Next in our Glenfarclas minis session was the 21 year old… We first sampled it as part of a Glenfarclas evening in 2011…. and clearly a revisit was overdue! Glenfarclas 21 year 43% Nose The initial whiff was varnish… then … Continue reading
