tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015217478634912567.post4018557901844050980..comments2024-03-28T12:19:44.662+00:00Comments on Whisky For Everyone: Explain about ... Hosting your own whisky tastingKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641760335358932189noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015217478634912567.post-29457909652993616522013-09-25T23:49:26.758+01:002013-09-25T23:49:26.758+01:00hi,
I would say one of the key things to get corr...hi,<br /><br />I would say one of the key things to get correct is the order of whiskies. having a heavily sherried dram before a heavily smoked dram will screw up your tasting of the second dram.<br /><br />I would also suggest, and this could just be a Scottish thing, try Oakcakes and chocolate to cleanse the palate.<br /><br />I have a site with a free tasting guide http://www.themashtun.co.uk/diy-tasting steveohttp://www.themashtun.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015217478634912567.post-78962715117673255492010-05-15T07:09:38.888+01:002010-05-15T07:09:38.888+01:00A few friends and I have started doing monthly or ...A few friends and I have started doing monthly or bi-monthly tastings. A couple of us are pretty well versed in whisky and a couple of us are total novices, so it's a challenge to keep it both new and exciting for the veterans, but digestible for the newbies. Early on we did a broad tasting - a bourbon, a Scotch, a rye, a Canadian and an Irish - which really helped everyone get on the same page. With a base built, we've now been able to do a blended Scotch, an Irish and a Bourbon tasting with more in the works. We pick solid and well regarded bottlings that are more expensive than what we'd normally pick up, but still at a price where if we absolutely love it, we can justify splurging a bit to get another bottle later. We keep things under control by having a theme, but we add a bit of variety within each category. For example, for the Irish, we made sure to do a pure pot still and and peat single malt in addition to two of the more standard blended versions. One thing that has really helped us was to print off big lists of flavors and adjectives. Often someone will call out a flavor that strikes them and that gets the creative ideas flowing. It's great to hear people saying that "this" is like something we had last month or "that" has contrasting characteristics compared to something else. Everyone is learning (the new and the old) and we're developing our palettes.David McCowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749038380965646415noreply@blogger.com