Tasting notes: Bumblebees By the Sea (SMWS) Bumblebees by the sea from Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Distilled Nov 28th 1984. 29 YO 57.6% abv (alcohol by volume) 1/548Wednesday 25th Novemeber 2015. Pitch dark, squalls earlier in the day, not too cold outside. Fire...
Tasting notes: Springbank 10 year old Tuesday 24th November 2015. 6 pm-ish. Pitch dark, bloody freezing, wild, wet, windy day on Wild and Magic Islay. No fire on yet in the house.As the dram is poured into the glass there are a few cheeky wee bubbles which quickly...
The Week That Was: Whisky Course Islay Pt II Wednesday afternoon, saw us leaving Kilchoman Distillery and heading to Port Ellen for the SECOND whisky tasting of the day ~ an exclusive Scotch Malt Whisky Society Tasting hosted by John McCheyne. Our guest for the...
The Week that was: Whisky Course Islay Part I What a full on, fun filled, fact saturated, whisky flowing, friend making week. WHISKY COURSE ISLAY from 26 – 30 October 2015 inclusive, brought people from all corners of this round earth to Wild and Magic Islay. We...
Tasting notes: Springbank 15 year old SPRINGBANK 15 YO 46% abv.9 Nov 2015. About 2 pm ish. 55.7570 N, 6.2870 W It’s a wet, misty calm day. Loch Indaal is as flat as the mercury in an unused thermometer.Plain, no-nonsense label. Unfussy, timeless.Four colours;...
