Last Friday was the date that I finally hosted a home tasting again. It had been ages and I wanted to do a Bottoms Up or left over tasting for quite a while to get through some almost empty bottles and lower the levels in some bottles that weren’t going fast.

My pre selection was some 30+ bottles to which I added and removed some before the date was finally upon us. In the end there was a good variety of ages and ABVs with some nice cask strength bottles and such. Of the people coming to the tasting, I believe that about half brought some bottles as well so during the night there were over 40 expressions to taste.

Martin, from the Usquebaugh Society brought a bottle of Coleburn 1972 which, apart from being the most luxurious bottle on the table also was my favourite. This was mostly due to its old fashioned style of whisky. A Highland Park 17 by Adelphi was the runner up. Highland Park was a theme on the table for some reason with there being 5 or 6 different ones available.

In the end I think I had about 15 whiskies and I wasn’t drunk. That was a relief, especially in the morning when our new dining table arrived at 10 AM. I don’t know how everybody else fared, but regarding how some of the guys left my place, I can only guess (and chuckle).