February 2014 Tasting

These are the whiskies we had at our February 2014 scotch tasting. I meant to take notes or everyone's thoughts and opinions however I was too busy cooking. As there is no such thing as a bad single malt scotch they were all varying degrees of good. I suppose one of the most entertaining aspects of our scotch tasting is reading from Jim Murray's Whisky Bible. If you love scotch you need a copy of this book. Most of the time he's on the money as far as his tasting notes go but the descriptions are priceless. 

So our first whisky was not even a scotch. It is a locally made and award winning Canadian whisky. 

I had to post this picture of the seal on the Macallan's bottle as we had not seen this before.

We paused to say goodbye to this good friend Ledaig. We finished the last drop. Alas we knew thee well.

We always loved the Aberlour 12 year old and the Aberlour A'bunadh so we were very excited to try this 16 year old. It did NOT disappoint.

Jim Murray rated this Arran Malt with the Amarone Cask Finish very high and considering the price we were pleasantly surprised but still surprised that Murray rated it so well.

We have had this Bruichladdich before and it's a hard one to beat.

For many of us this Lagavulin cask was the highlight of the evening.

This whisky, considering the cost (over $300) and age was disappointing. It lacked body and had almost no finish. There is a school of thought that says if you age a whisky too long you smooth the goodness and flavour right out of it. Perhaps this 32 year old Mosstowie should have been bottled 10

All in all we had a good night as usual, good food, good friends and plenty of good whisky.
Till next time!

Sláinte