February was just frivolous and fun! I flew off to Delhi to co-facilitate a conference, home to Mumbai then a few days in Goa where I made a quick trip to Paul John distilleries too!

For the Whisky Lady, February had two whisky industry events:

• Glenmorangie’s 3 country introduction to Bacalta
• International Scotch Day

For our regular whisky tasting sessions, I played host to two!

• A bit cheeky, I twisted our original underground club‘s most sacred of traditions – blind tasting – by teasingly revealing the bottles from three independent bottlers… who did not disclose the distillery on their labels.
• Then even more sneaky, I planned to repeat the performance with our Bombay Malt & Cigar gents to see what they thought of the selection.

My idea was to contrast and compare tasting experiences… alas the BMC night was postponed to April however here is a sneak peak into what the original club thought!

• Sansibar Islay 8 year (2007/2015) 52.2% – Citrus spice & everything nice!
• Port Askaig 19 year 50.4% – Floral, beautifully balanced peat with a long refined finish
• Wilson & Morgan “Highland Heart” Sherry (2006/2015) 43% – A classy classic whisky – soft wine, spice and simply superb

Without  our regular ‘proper’ tasting evening, the BMC gents decided to do their version of a ‘Bar Night‘ with whiskies more accessible to us mortals – Aberlour 12 year, Lagavulin 16 year and Penderyn Madeira finish.

Our Whisky Ladies also departed convention and embraced a Sunday sundowner to sample gins made by our very own Whisky Lady – Susan Dias!

Another whisky lady and I brushed off the last Nordic whisky samples to explore:

• Iceland – Flóki Young Malt 1st Edition 47% – Barely a whisky, suggest adding a few more years… and then see what its all about 
• Finland – Teerenpeli Kaski Distiller’s Choice 43% – Loved their homage to light sherry! What a fabulous dram…
• Denmark – Stauning Young Rye (2010/2011 – Oct 2012) 49.3% Batch 5 – Can’t tell whether its because I’m not a fan of rye or… but not my whisky style but didn’t do it for me
• Denmark – Stauning Peated 4 year (2009/2013) 55% 2nd Edition – All Danish peat, grain, locally malted… not bad but…

In February, caught up with the tasting notes for earlier sessions and experiences…

Starting with our original club’s November Irish night:

• Teeling Single Grain Wine Casks 46%
• Teeling Single Malt 46%
• Teeling Small Batch 46%
• Teeling Cask Strength

(Photo: Table for One)

Then our combined Whisky Ladies / Bombay & Malt and Cigar gents “Ladies Choice” whiskies with guest posts by some of our whisky ladies:

• Japan – Akashi 40% (Nikoulina) – Appetizer whisky… 
• Sweden – Mackmyra Vinterdröm 46.1% (Susan) – Special edition
• India – Paul John Single Cask #1844 60.5% (Paula) – Unpeated single cask
• France – Kornog Taouarc’h Pempved 14 BC 46% (Pooja) – Our bras stayed on this time!
• Taiwan – Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask S090102020 57.1%  (Shruti) – What a whisky!

Followed by the Whisky Ladies “out of ordinary” North American evening:

• Shelter Point Single Malt (2016, Batch #1) 46% – Fantastic 1st foray into the world of whisky – bravo BC, Canada!!
• Westland Single Malt 46% – Continues to confirm these Seattle folks are making darn good whisky
• AD Laws Triticum Straight Wheat 2 year (Batch #1B) 50%  – The trouble with tribbles and grain experiments
• AD Laws Hordeum Straight Malt 2 year (Batch #1B) 42.5% – More grain experiments

And closing with more Whisky Live Singapore postings with:

• Dalmore – Quick nip of the 18 year

Curious to know more? Check out recent Whisky Lady’s monthly missives:

• Whisky Lady – January
• Whisky Lady – December
• Whisky Lady – November

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