Tag Archives: Blind Tasting Competition
BTC: Sample 15 (Talisker 10, 58.1%)
A somewhat educated guess was what I did yesterday with this Talisker. The recently released OMC bottling with the name of the distillery on it was something that came to mind. Not that I have tasted that one, but I … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 14 (Glenallachie 12, 48%)
What I know now, is that I am getting worse at this everyday, and apparently, I am better when I have a cold! We’re over 2/3 of the competition, only four samples left, but I haven’t even gotten a fifth … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 13 (Longmorn 25, 50%)
To continue my flow down the charts (not up, unfortunately), I decided to taste two samples in one sitting yesterday. That way, I don’t necessarily have to taste one tonight, and that might be practical with my planning. We’re up … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Famous Grouse, Glenturret, Highlands, Longmorn, Speyside, Usquebaugh Society
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BTC: Sample 12 (Ben Nevis)
Another ‘educated’ guess. Another sample that I could not pinpoint to a distillery, not even to a region. I started to get specifics from what I smelled and tasted to try and deduce a distillery, region or anything. Considering specific … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 11 (absolutely no clue)
Yesterday I was initially planning to co-host a whisky tasting for my previous job at Interactive Studios. But halfway through the week with many deadlines and two days of working 12 hours I didn’t really feel like going at all … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 10 (Caol Ila Unpeated 12, 64%)
We’re more than half way and although I am still not in the top 15 of the competition, I think it is a bit of consolidation that the number one on the list only has 416 points of a possible … Continue reading
Posted in Old Pulteney
Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Caol Ila, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Usquebaugh Society
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BTC: Sample 9 (Isle of Arran 12, 60%)
I’m still having a massive cold so if my guesses and taste descriptions below are way off, you know how it happened! This whisky was a cask strength one, that I got straigt away but apart from that I coulnd’t … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 8 (Longmorn 16, 60%)
A nice sherry cask coming up again! Quite recognizable by the color in this case, which of course influences what you’re tasting. Hoping to get more points this time than a few other times (again) to get at least a … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Glenfarclas, Longmorn, Speyside, Usquebaugh Society
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BTC: Sample 7 (GlenDronach 18, 46%)
And with that, I don’t necessarily mean THE GlenDronach 18, but just some bottling around that age not at cask strength. And again, I was failing big time. I guessed GlenDronach because it was a sherry bottling and the Highlands … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 6 (BenRiach 15, 50%)
This time, my guess was almost as random as it could be. I didn’t expect to be able to taste the sample yesterday evening, so I tasted it the night before. Only I forgot to remember facts about ABV and … Continue reading
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