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Glenmorangie Lasanta 12 year 46% @TheGlenmorangie

After The Original, our Glenmorangie tasting continued with the Lasanta – a word that derives from the Gaelic for warmth and passion.

We were lead through the experience by Dr Bill Lumsden and Brendan McCarron who shared their insights into the whisky…

They shared how the Lasanta first spent 10 years in ex-bourbon casks, much like The Original, followed by 18 – 36 months in ex Olorosso and PX…

Glenmorangie The Original 10 year 40% with Bill and Brendan @TheGlenmorangie

Our Glenmorangie Bacalta Launch tasting linked Dr Bill Lumsden and Brendan McCarron in Scotland with whisky afficianados in Mumbai, Sydney and Seoul. It began with the foundation of all Glenmorangies… The Original 10 year:

“We’ve found there are 140 different flavours in our Original” — Bill Lumsden

An appropriate place to start, we sniffed, sipped, swished and savoured…

As we sipped, Bill and…

Glenmorangie's Bacalta Launch... @TheGlenmorangie

Many months ago, on a Wednesday afternoon, I found myself at the Four Seasons hotel lured by whisky. Up on the screen was Dr Bill Lumsden and Brendan McCarron in Scotland, us in Mumbai, others in Seoul and Sydney…

We were all there to be introduced to the latest experiment producing the 8th release in Glenmorangie‘s annual Private Edition series – Bacalta.

However this being Luis Vitton Moet…

An Evening With The Blenders 2017 @ScotchWhiskyExp & @the_nose ‏ #whisky #whiskey

Last night I attended the 20th annual #MeetThe Blenders or ‘An Evening With The Blenders’ as it is more formally known, hosted at The Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh.

Every year some of the top and longest serving Blenders in the whisky industry gather for a week or so to sample their way through the entrants of the International Spirits ChallengeWhisky Categories. As a part of this…

Bring on the peat! @Ardbeg_com Corryvreckan 57.1% #whisky review

There are times when you crave full-on peat. Over the years, we’ve explored many whiskies with varying levels of peat.

And in the peat department? Ardbeg always delivers.

Ardbeg – Corryvreckan 57.1%

Colour – Deep ruby colour

Nose – “Good evening madame, we’d like to present peat, peat and oh… more peat!”

Palate – Sweet sour peat chewy, a bit of licorice

Finish– Kick ass finish, don’t let the…

Whisky Lady – May merriment

Welcome to Whisky Lady‘s 5th instalment summarising May’s whisky tasting adventures. Finally after a two month hiatus, our merry malt tasting group had our ‘proper’ session. We sampled blind whiskies from three countries:

USA (NY) – Hudson Single Malt NAS 46% – Something ‘different’ in a small barrel, hand crafting, unusual 375 ml bottle… doesn’t mean the whisky is any good. Just skip it! 

Scotla…

Celebrating 200 years of Ardbeg - Interview with Bill Lumsden

May around the world was full of official “Ardbeg Day” celebrations commemorating 200 years of Ardbeg.

Fans of peaty Islay whiskies at some point or the other find their way to Ardbeg. Many keep coming back. You can usually spot an Ardbeg poking around in my whisky cabinet – currently it is the Uigeadail.

I thought what better timing to share a short extract from an interview with Dr Bill…

It is finally out!! Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr Bill Lumsden, Director of Distilling, Whisky Creation and Whisky Stock for The Glenmorangie Company in Delhi for Man’s World. There is a certain delicious irony about a “Whisky Lady” invading a “Man’s World.”

We had a one-on-one and covered oodles of topics. The published interview touched on:

30 year perspective on the industry