- Joined
- Apr 26, 2008
Scotch Tasting
So with my husband’s new job - he gets to host things like Scotch tastings. If people don’t show up, it also means I can buy a seat and join in despite it being a sold out tasting. Worst case, if everyone shows up - I can get kicked out without drama since I am his wife.
I got there early and took the worst seat in the house since I’m the wife. Aren’t I nice? I even didn’t eat any of the cheese they had out because if I started, I would have eaten a bit more that I should have, plus I really wanted dinner at a nearby Italian restaurant that recently opened that serves fettuccine alfredo that is tossed in a very large aged parmesan reggiano wheel. (We ate there - it was everything I hoped it to be!)
This tasting was hosted by Glemorangie and the tasting was done by a live tele-cast with the master distiller from Scotland and was occuring at a multiple classrooms at the same time around the US with the company.
Five Glass Set Up
My one complaint about the class was that the live telecast had horrible sound and one of the two presenters wasn’t there. With it being a telecast, people got really easily distracted and started talking. This isn’t the stores fault as I know that the sound was beyond their control and you can’t control rude people. People behave more if someone real is leading the charge!
So the display of the glasses had easy ways of telling which Scotch was which as they put the names on the paper, which is better than Disney has done recently with some of their tastings!
We started with The Original which is their 10 year. It was a little rough but once you added a little bit of water to it, it smoothed out and was a nice sip.
The original - 10 Year
The next Scotch was aged an additional 2 years in a sherry cask. I was not a fan of this scotch but that was my opinion. Other’s seemed to enjoy it.
La Santa - 12 year
This next scotch was aged in a port cask. I really enjoyed this one! It paired with dark chocolate wonderfully which was a nice twist to enjoying scotch as I never have really paired it with desserts before.
Quinta Ruban - 12 year
The 18 year was my favorite. It also is a really reasonably priced 18 year scotch at 109.99! I found it super smooth with no need of water being added. There wasn’t a single peaty note to it but instead was just the right amount of floral. I need to pick up a bottle of this once we either drink down our massive liquor collection or buy a full sized bar cart.
Extremely Rare 18 Year
This was the special edition of the tasting to finish it. It was also aged in a sherry cask and I discovered I really don’t like scotch that is aged in sherry. It just does something to make it a bit too rough for me! I’m glad I tried it but wouldn’t purchase it.
Spios - Private Edition
With the tasting, we also were given 5 whiskey short glasses. Score! We already have a decent amount of them but adding in 5 more is good since I could break them like my breaking of one of our Cinderella Royal Table Champagne Glasses today.
And with that, my random postings between trips are done! We leave on Thursday and I cannot wait! We’ve switched up a couple of our plans but that will be a good thing. I’m not at all trained for the 10k so that should be interesting but at least I have a cute Stitch tank top and hat and Sparkle Skirt!
So with my husband’s new job - he gets to host things like Scotch tastings. If people don’t show up, it also means I can buy a seat and join in despite it being a sold out tasting. Worst case, if everyone shows up - I can get kicked out without drama since I am his wife.
I got there early and took the worst seat in the house since I’m the wife. Aren’t I nice? I even didn’t eat any of the cheese they had out because if I started, I would have eaten a bit more that I should have, plus I really wanted dinner at a nearby Italian restaurant that recently opened that serves fettuccine alfredo that is tossed in a very large aged parmesan reggiano wheel. (We ate there - it was everything I hoped it to be!)
This tasting was hosted by Glemorangie and the tasting was done by a live tele-cast with the master distiller from Scotland and was occuring at a multiple classrooms at the same time around the US with the company.
Five Glass Set Up
My one complaint about the class was that the live telecast had horrible sound and one of the two presenters wasn’t there. With it being a telecast, people got really easily distracted and started talking. This isn’t the stores fault as I know that the sound was beyond their control and you can’t control rude people. People behave more if someone real is leading the charge!
So the display of the glasses had easy ways of telling which Scotch was which as they put the names on the paper, which is better than Disney has done recently with some of their tastings!
We started with The Original which is their 10 year. It was a little rough but once you added a little bit of water to it, it smoothed out and was a nice sip.
The original - 10 Year
The next Scotch was aged an additional 2 years in a sherry cask. I was not a fan of this scotch but that was my opinion. Other’s seemed to enjoy it.
La Santa - 12 year
This next scotch was aged in a port cask. I really enjoyed this one! It paired with dark chocolate wonderfully which was a nice twist to enjoying scotch as I never have really paired it with desserts before.
Quinta Ruban - 12 year
The 18 year was my favorite. It also is a really reasonably priced 18 year scotch at 109.99! I found it super smooth with no need of water being added. There wasn’t a single peaty note to it but instead was just the right amount of floral. I need to pick up a bottle of this once we either drink down our massive liquor collection or buy a full sized bar cart.
Extremely Rare 18 Year
This was the special edition of the tasting to finish it. It was also aged in a sherry cask and I discovered I really don’t like scotch that is aged in sherry. It just does something to make it a bit too rough for me! I’m glad I tried it but wouldn’t purchase it.
Spios - Private Edition
With the tasting, we also were given 5 whiskey short glasses. Score! We already have a decent amount of them but adding in 5 more is good since I could break them like my breaking of one of our Cinderella Royal Table Champagne Glasses today.
And with that, my random postings between trips are done! We leave on Thursday and I cannot wait! We’ve switched up a couple of our plans but that will be a good thing. I’m not at all trained for the 10k so that should be interesting but at least I have a cute Stitch tank top and hat and Sparkle Skirt!