What’s that I hear you say? Isn’t this supposed to be a place for savoring whisky in all its forms and glory? Of course it is, but we do like to sip on other things as well, and in the spirit of all things summer, our next tasting will be focused on the destroyer aka […]
The May 29th meeting of the Virtual Whisky Tasting group savored that iconic spirit – Bourbon American Whiskey. Also known as Kentucky Straight Bourbon, it actually originated further North in Maryland and Pennsylvania, but high taxes drove the farmers producing their whisky to Kentucky and that’s where they began to use corn as the key […]
The meeting of the Virtual Whisky Tasting group on May 15th centered on whisky from Japan. Japan is one of the countries that doesn’t have an “e” in their whisky, and they have a strong recent history of producing some outstanding spirits, including awards for Best Malt Whisky of the year. About Japanese Whisky The […]
The fifth meeting of the Virtual Whisky Tasting group took place on Friday, May 1st at 9pm ET. This meeting focused on something that doesn’t get as much press – blended whisky. While aficionados talk about single malt and the exclusivity surrounding it, blended whisky still makes up the lion’s share of sales globally, and […]
The fourth meeting of the Virtual Whisky tasting group took place on Friday April 24th at 9pm ET. The focus was on whiskies from the Islands region of Scotland. With many hundreds of islands, the range of whiskies ranges from light to peaty, and all varieties in between. As many islands are uninhabited, there are […]
We will be taking a break this week for Spring Break. We will be back on Friday 24th April looking at whisky from the Islands (Tobermory, Talisker, Highland Park, Jura, Ledaig etc.)
The third meeting of the Virtual Whisky tasting group took place on Friday, April 10th at 9pm ET. The focus was on Irish Whiskey. About Irish Whiskey Unlike Scottish, Japanese and Canadian whisky, there is an ‘e’ in the Irish variety, and the word comes from the Gaelic uisce beatha, meaning water of life. Historically extremely popular, […]
The second meeting of the Virtual Whisky tasting group took place on Friday, April 3rd at 9pm ET. Again, we focused on Scottish malt Whisky, with the spotlight this time being on the Speyside region. There is a lot to be said about Speyside, so please read on below. About Speyside The Strathspey region of […]
Our inaugural meeting was hosted on Friday, March 27th at 9pm ET. For the first session, we focused on Scottish Malt whisky, and specifically the island of Islay. About Islay Islay (pronounced Eye-lah) is an island off the West Coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Many whiskies from Islay are renowned for their peaty, […]
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