Yeah! This is officially the beginning of “Year 2” since I started sharing a monthly round-up of Whisky Lady sampling adventures!
January started off slow… then picked up pace to cover 25 whiskies – including back-to-back whisky tastings last night and the night before!
Light, bright, delight and woah!
Our original group had a light sprightly feel to the evening with:
- Tyrconnell 10 year 40% – Light Irish offering
- Clynelish 14 year 46% – Delicate sweet spice
- Speyburn 10 year 43% – Pleasant drinkable dram (3rd time in less than a year!)
- Then purely for contrast a Wasmund’s 12 month 48% – because we all need a little ‘bad boy’ to spice things up once n awhile!
Whiskies Ladies go American!!
And The Whisky Ladies of Mumbai?
We went full-on all-out American! We were joined by a special guest – Shatbhi Basu – bartender, cocktail creator and Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) whiskey Ambassador to India.
- Jack Daniels Old No 7 40% – Banana cream pie nose, benign palate
- Hudson Single Malt 46% – Umm… not quite sure what to make of this one!
- Jim Beam 40% – Happy feel good whiskey that is a little too easy to drink
- Knobs Creek 9 year 50% – Now we are talking whiskey!
- Plus three delicious cocktails
However sampling adventures didn’t stop there! Nope! Read on…
- Welcome to Ballantine’s Signature Distillery Collection 17 year
- Ballantine’s 17 year – Miltonduff 40%
- Ballantine’s 17 year – Glenburgie 40%
- Ballantine’s 17 year – Scapa 40%
- Ballentine’s 17 year – Glentauchers 40%
Canada gift! (Whisky Lady)
My personal whisky tasting was a quick nip and dive into samples from the Canadian Score with:
- BenRiach 16 year 40% – Speyside classic
- BenRiach 17 year Septendecim 46% – A peaty, rich & robust dram
- Bruichladdich Octomore 5 169ppm 59.5% – Remarkable turbo charged peated whisky
- Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Islay Barley 50% – Minty, malty, sea salt, citrus sweet
Also shared notes from a very merry Whisky Ladies evening from September 2015 with Global Marketing Head, Scottish Brands Karen Walker:
- Caorunn Gin – A refreshingly civilised start to the eve!
- Balblair 03 – Modern historical romance
- Speyburn 10 year – With bonus distillery fashion footwear advice
- Old Pulteney 12 year – Ever wonder what Prince Charles wears beneath his kilt?
- AnCnoc 12 and 22 year – Close on a playful note!
From the archives, I also brushed off and re-visited notes for:
- Irish Eyes – Green Spot, Yellow Spot & Redbreast – Hello pot still whiskies!!
- Glenturret 10 year 40% – What hides inside Famous Grouse
- Kilchoman Machir Bay 46% – Challenges notions of what is possible in a younger Islay
Curious to know more? Check out Whisky Lady’s monthly missives:
- Whisky Lady – December delights
- Whisky Lady – November novelties
- Whisky Lady – October offerings
- Whisky Lady – Sulty September
- Whisky Lady – Awesome August
- Whisky Lady – July journeys
- Whisky Lady – June joy
- Whisky Lady – May merriment
- Whisky Lady – April adventures
- Whisky Lady – March madness
- Whisky Lady – February fun
- Whisky Lady – January journal
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- Twitter @WhiskyLadyIN
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25 whiskies in one month….*and* reflections on fashion — a prodigious achievement. I mustn’t ever let my (whisky-loving) wife ever find this blog! 😉
Hahaha! I think I might like to meet her. 😉 Not all that crazy when you realise some whiskies were sampled earlier with tasting notes finally published or ‘refreshed’.
I was looking around Bookmyshow the other day and couldn’t help but think of you when I saw an event displayed which was all about whisky. Tasting. Explanations. It might be too introductory for you, since you seem like an expert already, but you still…. might want to have a look. Cheers!
New event to me. But at Rs 11,000 to 85,000 it would need to feature outstanding whiskies!! Which is simply not possible in this city with the kind of liquor that makes it through customs and excise duty. By contrast, was at a private tasting last night which featured the remarkable Balblair 38 year, bottled Sept 2004. Heaven!!
Ahh… looked further… that’s Rs 11,000 for a group of 10. Who knows what exactly would be the experience for Rs 1,100/person. A decent Scotch in this city would set you back nearly that for a dram!
I thought so. I’m no expert at all, but the prices sounded quite extravagant to me too.
Turns out it is for groups… individual price is Rs 1,100 = crap whisky. 😉