Three years ago I was introduced to Westland and went from curious and cautiously impressed, to “This really is very good”, to wow and fan status. Til now… Westland Cask No 395 54.6% – June 2015 We found the hand filled Cask … Continue reading
We had another type of evening planned but with our original contributor unwell, decided to shift gears completely and crack open our respective bars to pull out an open bottle or two. What did we decide to try / revisit? … Continue reading
Our Bombay Malt & Cigar club’s 2nd July session featured a Westland trio – with a rather interesting order…. starting 1st with the Peated, then their flagship American Oak followed by this – the Sherry Wood. We sampled blind, with … Continue reading
Our Bombay Malt & Cigar club’s 2nd July session featured a Westland trio – currently my favourite American distillery, with this my favourite of the three standard official bottlings. We began with the Westland Peated – an interesting choice as … Continue reading
Our Bombay Malt & Cigar club’s 2nd July session featured a Westland trio – currently my favourite American distillery. Our whisky and cigar curator for the evening obscured each bottles so we could have a fully blind tasting experience. What … Continue reading
Our Bombay Malt & Cigar club try to meet every month or two… however sometimes busy schedules get in the way and derail our best intentions. For example, our February session was postponed to May (Undisclosed Distillery Drams). Our June … Continue reading
Next in our “out of the ordinary” North American evening was another offering from Westland. Westland distillery is based in Seattle, Washington and I’ve tried their Hand Filled and more recently their Sherry Wood. In both cases, I was quite impressed with the quality … Continue reading
Our Whisky Ladies of Mumbai are no strangers to North American whiskey… we’ve had other evenings checking out offerings from both Canada and the US. What distinguished this evening is that we eschewed big brands to opt for newer players… What did … Continue reading
Next up in our Bombay Malt & Cigar club’s blind tasting surprise evening was a brilliant example of what attention to detail, quality, marriage of art and science can produce. With an old world aesthetic but new world know how, Matt and the folks over … Continue reading
Til date, our Bombay Malt & Cigar (BMC) gents have proudly shown off their bottles. And who wouldn’t? We’ve had some rare treats like the Balblair 38 year or whiskies all filled by hand. However sometimes half the fun of a … Continue reading
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