Regular readers will recall my tasting notes on the Balvenie 17 year-old Madeira Cask a little while back. This whisky has now been launched in the US with a two-night event at New York’s Eleven Madison Park Restaurant where invited guests were given tastings of the entire 17 year old range with the Madeira taking [...]
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SMWS November tasting (part 2)
November 8th, 2009 
Bill Continuing the tasting notes we come to the third (not counting the bonus one) of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s offerings.
Bottling 35.32
34 years old, 55.1%, 183 bottles
Colour
Light
Nose
Pear drops, liquorice, someone mentioned spangles - a real blast from the past. I immediately started to feel that this one would not match my preferences.
Taste
Initial taste
Complicated and confusing [...]
Tags: SMWS November tasting (part 1)
November 7th, 2009 Bill On Thursday Mike and I met up at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s rooms in Edinburgh’s Queen St for their second tasting for whisky bloggers. This matched up with their quarterly release of new bottlings - always a major event for their members. Our fellow bloggers were a mix of familiar faces and new, and [...]