On Sunday evening, chum and whisky-pusher Billy held a whisky-tasting at his flat. I took some notes, so here they are: #1: Compass Box Hedonism grain whisky. This one started with a vanilla nose, and smelled quite young initially, but the nose become smoother and rounder the longer it was in the glass. Being a [...]
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belated whisky tasting notes
I went to a whisky-tasting at Vinopolis about three weeks ago, and it occurred to me people might be interested in my tasting notes. So here they are, as written on my phone (but edited for ridiculous typos). Glenmorangie tasting notes Vinopolis 26 Jan 2010 1- 10yr old The "original" but has evolved. Fruity [...]
whisky a-go-go
Whisky1 is a funny drink. I don't mean funny ha-ha, more funny odd. And I don't mean the taste of it (well, not entirely), but the attitude towards it. There's this attitude towards good whisky which definitely makes it "a man's drink" — especially if the whisky in question is a single malt, rather than [...]
