2/24/12
In true President of a Whisky Club fashion, our fearless leader, Todd, cracked open a bottle of some stuff we had not tried to get us going before the evening's tasting at the Hill Top Restaurant. Like a true Club taster I left my tasting note book at home and was forced to write my notes on hotel stationary. Yes the stupid little square pads of paper. They do fit in a sporran rather nicely though. Here's what I wrote:
Glenmorangie Artein Private Edition 15 yr 46% ABV
Aged in Tuscany wine casks
Smells sweet like a pastry
Very Dry!
Can taste the wine.
Trails off like red table wine.
Didn't taste as good as it smelled (Aly and Donna might say I likes this - less.)
Aly and I brought a Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 yr 40% ABV
Stronger alcohol smell, slightly woody
No strong flavor
Trails alcohol and stays in your mouth.
I thought the rum would have made it sweeter. Rather bland.
Scottish Highland Games Whisky Tasting at the Hill Top Restaurant
It was hosted by some Scottish guy whose name I have forgotten. He talked way too much about nothing and much too little about the whisky. It felt like a two hour sitcom on the radio. The framed artwork that Aly won has already fallen off the wall and scared the crap out of us one night. I was ready to kill a burglar but it was broken picture frame glass and not the window. That was a tangent much like the host of the tasting.
Anyway, we tasted a flight of Glefiddichs. It is apparently William Grant and Sons' 125th Anniversary.
Glenfiddich 12 yr
Slightly floral with a staleness and a pear smell. I actually sensed the pear before it
was mentioned.
Taste- Very light!! Wood/oak taste.
Trails faintly sweet.
Much weaker with water.
Glenfiddich 15 yr Solera Vat
Strong alcohol with very little flavor
Water added- No flavor!
Finished off for a few months in a barrel not previously used. (Is my note right?)
[ask for Bryan in the distillery - stick head in vat] this was written on my note not
by me (Was I drunk at this point?)
Glenfiddich 18 yr
Faintly floral/sweet
Sweet at first with strong alcohol
Added water - lighter wood
Bitter wood with sweetness
Trails almost rubber {hint for Aly and Donna: Not fond of rubber in my whysky}
Glenfiddich 15 yr old Limited Release 51% ABV
Not being sold in US anymore
90% of time in American Oak/10% of time in Sherry casks
Strong alcohol taste/peppery
Creamy wood with water
Trails wet
There may have been a fifth whisky that I have lost my notes for or I have forgotten and there were only four. I must have been drinking..........
In true President of a Whisky Club fashion, our fearless leader, Todd, cracked open a bottle of some stuff we had not tried to get us going before the evening's tasting at the Hill Top Restaurant. Like a true Club taster I left my tasting note book at home and was forced to write my notes on hotel stationary. Yes the stupid little square pads of paper. They do fit in a sporran rather nicely though. Here's what I wrote:
Glenmorangie Artein Private Edition 15 yr 46% ABV
Aged in Tuscany wine casks
Smells sweet like a pastry
Very Dry!
Can taste the wine.
Trails off like red table wine.
Didn't taste as good as it smelled (Aly and Donna might say I likes this - less.)
Aly and I brought a Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 yr 40% ABV
Stronger alcohol smell, slightly woody
No strong flavor
Trails alcohol and stays in your mouth.
I thought the rum would have made it sweeter. Rather bland.
Scottish Highland Games Whisky Tasting at the Hill Top Restaurant
It was hosted by some Scottish guy whose name I have forgotten. He talked way too much about nothing and much too little about the whisky. It felt like a two hour sitcom on the radio. The framed artwork that Aly won has already fallen off the wall and scared the crap out of us one night. I was ready to kill a burglar but it was broken picture frame glass and not the window. That was a tangent much like the host of the tasting.
Anyway, we tasted a flight of Glefiddichs. It is apparently William Grant and Sons' 125th Anniversary.
Glenfiddich 12 yr
Slightly floral with a staleness and a pear smell. I actually sensed the pear before it
was mentioned.
Taste- Very light!! Wood/oak taste.
Trails faintly sweet.
Much weaker with water.
Glenfiddich 15 yr Solera Vat
Strong alcohol with very little flavor
Water added- No flavor!
Finished off for a few months in a barrel not previously used. (Is my note right?)
[ask for Bryan in the distillery - stick head in vat] this was written on my note not
by me (Was I drunk at this point?)
Glenfiddich 18 yr
Faintly floral/sweet
Sweet at first with strong alcohol
Added water - lighter wood
Bitter wood with sweetness
Trails almost rubber {hint for Aly and Donna: Not fond of rubber in my whysky}
Glenfiddich 15 yr old Limited Release 51% ABV
Not being sold in US anymore
90% of time in American Oak/10% of time in Sherry casks
Strong alcohol taste/peppery
Creamy wood with water
Trails wet
There may have been a fifth whisky that I have lost my notes for or I have forgotten and there were only four. I must have been drinking..........
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