On Friday we had our first 2008 whisky tasting at Kottkamp. Once again about 150 friends of this golden water of life met to select between 70 single malts of Schottland and Ireland. Many of them have been the same as always - like me - and also new guests joined and enjoyed the evening. So I've started at the Speyside bar with an extraordinary Benromach Peat Smoke. It is young (6 years), it is cheap, and it is real good. As the name already implies it has a note of peat together with the typical warm Speyside character. This one will definitely find its way into my collection.
But this time ist has been a different one. My next malt has been the Edradour "Straight from the Cask" Chardonnay Finish. And wow, it's a warm, long lasting malt. The nose contains much of the wine and the cask and the taste has notes of pepper. So this is now the second Edradour in my collection, together with an Edradour tasting glass.
The third malt this evening has been a Teaninich 1983 which is more expensive than the first ones and has also cask strength. But for me it is to mild, there's nothing noteworthy about it. So I tried my first Islay this evening, a Port Charlotte PC6. Not too bad, a cask strength with 61.6% and lots of peat and smoke. It's better than the Teaninich, but also not worth the money. In contrast to my second Islay, a Coal Ila 1995 Destillers Edition. Peat, smoke, spices, a complex malt for a fair price.
My last malt has once again been the Benromach, while standing behind the Speyside bar and talking with friends about the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Yes, as you can read this time I've had the opportunity to be part of the team behind the bar from time to time. It has really be a great fun to talk with more guests than usual and giving tips which whisky matches best to their individual preferences. Now I really look forward to the next tasting on March, 28th.
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