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Scotch and St.Andrews
Mar. 19th, 2011 12:13 amLast week, my dad and I drove down to the Union House to try to get some planning done for our upcoming Scotch tasting. Didn't get much done, but we got the ball rolling with Curt, the owner. I had a glass of Inchmurrin, which wasn't very good. I should have had another glass of something else, but I didn't.
Monday night, My dad and his cohort, Larry, were running a tasting for his St. Andrew's Society, so I went to that. I sat with my dad's Scotch-drinking friend Tony (one of the two guys who he started drinking the stuff with) and two of his friends, Pat and... somebody.
The six whiskies were all independent bottlings, so it was interesting to compare them to the distillers' own offerings. We had a Signatory Glenlivet 15y (46%, first-fill sherry cask #144361). Even aside from the sherry, which wasn't as obvious as sherry usually is, and the extreme cloudiness from it being unchillfiltered (most of these were cloudy), it was very different than normal Glenlivet. I would never have recognized it. Mainly because there was no oak. Duncan Taylor's Ben Nevis 1990 19y NC2 (46%). Most people didn't care for this one. Vinegar? I got peanut out of it more than once. Odd stuff. Signatory Highland Park 1991 18y (46%, sherry cask 15110). HP is unique stuff. I have a bottle of 18 at home right now, and this was not much like it. This was slightly sweeter, and much more like a "normal" Scotch whisky. Duncan Taylor's Bunnahabhain 1997 12y NC2 (46%). Good stuff. Smoky, Christmas spices, light, slightly salty and sea-breezy. Signatory Laphroig 2000 9y (46%, hogshead #4138). Not bad, but disappointingly light. Chieftain's Cigar Malt 1995 15y (46%). This is undoubtedly The Dalmore. Very good. Sweet. Orange and sweet chocolate.
Afterwards, I stayed and talked with various members. Every time I hang around, I meet more of them, and they're all nice people. I guess it's about time I join. I would have joined that night, but my dad was busy running the tasting (he wanted to make sure he was there at the time), and also they didn't have much time for it, since they needed to start the tasting. I'll miss April's meeting, but I'll join in May. They're off for the summer (no meetings, anyway), so that'll be my last chance for a while. It should be fun. Not like I really need more things to do...
Monday night, My dad and his cohort, Larry, were running a tasting for his St. Andrew's Society, so I went to that. I sat with my dad's Scotch-drinking friend Tony (one of the two guys who he started drinking the stuff with) and two of his friends, Pat and... somebody.
The six whiskies were all independent bottlings, so it was interesting to compare them to the distillers' own offerings. We had a Signatory Glenlivet 15y (46%, first-fill sherry cask #144361). Even aside from the sherry, which wasn't as obvious as sherry usually is, and the extreme cloudiness from it being unchillfiltered (most of these were cloudy), it was very different than normal Glenlivet. I would never have recognized it. Mainly because there was no oak. Duncan Taylor's Ben Nevis 1990 19y NC2 (46%). Most people didn't care for this one. Vinegar? I got peanut out of it more than once. Odd stuff. Signatory Highland Park 1991 18y (46%, sherry cask 15110). HP is unique stuff. I have a bottle of 18 at home right now, and this was not much like it. This was slightly sweeter, and much more like a "normal" Scotch whisky. Duncan Taylor's Bunnahabhain 1997 12y NC2 (46%). Good stuff. Smoky, Christmas spices, light, slightly salty and sea-breezy. Signatory Laphroig 2000 9y (46%, hogshead #4138). Not bad, but disappointingly light. Chieftain's Cigar Malt 1995 15y (46%). This is undoubtedly The Dalmore. Very good. Sweet. Orange and sweet chocolate.
Afterwards, I stayed and talked with various members. Every time I hang around, I meet more of them, and they're all nice people. I guess it's about time I join. I would have joined that night, but my dad was busy running the tasting (he wanted to make sure he was there at the time), and also they didn't have much time for it, since they needed to start the tasting. I'll miss April's meeting, but I'll join in May. They're off for the summer (no meetings, anyway), so that'll be my last chance for a while. It should be fun. Not like I really need more things to do...
