http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk Scottish whisky inspiration Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:58:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tasting time again for the bloggers, this time at the Scottish Malt Whisky Society's original home at the Vaults in Leith. While Queen St is a fine venue, particularly the boardroom with its views over the New Town, the Vaults have an atmosphere all their own that Mike and I ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2010/07/04/the-smws-july-2010-bottlings/ I would generally avoid a blended whisky at all costs, too many Christmas and New Years where I’ve been offered a whisky of generally suspect vintage which has been lying at the back of a cupboard for longer than the owner cares to remember and I have to sit and ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2010/05/27/black-bull-12-year-old-blended-whisky-50/ I love being able to try before you buy. It's one of the reasons why places like the SMWS and other great whisky bars are some of my favourite places. You can have a dram of a whisky you've never tried from a distillery you like or even try a ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2010/05/25/small-tasters-of-whisky/ In recent weeks we have been having a complete disaster with the site which has led to an almost complete loss of all our content in recent week - did anyone ever tell you that you need to take a back up of your site on a regular basis incase ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2010/05/12/getting-back-to-getting-discover-whisky-live/ Hardly seems any time at all since the last Scotch Malt Whisky Society tasting at Queen St. but here we are again. Sadly Mike got sent off to London on business at the last minute - he missed at least two cracking malts. Now before we go any further I’m going ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2010/02/12/smws-february-tasting-olaf-excels-himself-with-5-fascinating-single-malts/ I am standing in my kitchen having just got round to opening todays mail - cheers to Michelle for letting me know I had some just after 11 o’clock at night - and I find a brown package. And inside is the strangest bubbliest air inflated packaging I have seen. ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2010/02/02/19-year-old-tomatin-from-master-of-malt/ 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 ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2009/11/27/balvenie-sweepstake-and-madeira-cask-launch/ 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 ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2009/11/08/smws-november-tasting-part-2/ 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 ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2009/11/07/smws-november-tasting-part-1/ But not a Scottish island. This one lies off the coast of Africa but is part of Europe and run by Portugal. The delightful island of Madeira is famous for its mild climate, excellent seafood and the wine which takes its name. I was there myself over New Year and ... http://www.discoverwhisky.co.uk/2009/08/16/speyside-classic-benefits-from-an-island-connection/