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 appreciate. Olaf told us that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Caol Ila’
SMWS February Tasting - Olaf excels himself with 5 fascinating single malts
February 12th, 2010 
Bill 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 to talk about naming, because [...]
Caol Ila - The Hidden Islay Malt
February 7th, 2008 Bill For this first survey of Islay single malts I’m sticking as much as possible to standard versions that you should be able to get from most decent off-licenses (liquor stores for our American cousins). This will give us a comparison point when we come to the more exotic versions later on and will allow our [...]
Changing tastes, changing malts
January 28th, 2008 Bill Just as a good whisky matures over the years so do our taste buds. My first experiences of single malts were at the age of 18, and thinking back to the types that I enjoyed then they were vastly different to those that I now favour. Back then I appreciated smoothness; the soft, sometimes almost [...]
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