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Wasn’t that the line-up for one of those veterans’ chases?
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A Taiwanese whisky beat a trio of top Scottish blends in a connoisseurs’ blind taste test organised to mark Scotland’s annual Burn’s Night festivities, the Times reported Monday.
The Taiwan-distilled Kavalan brand, described as a “Far Eastern incomer”, came top in a test against three Scottish and one English whisky in a historic hostelry in Leith, north of Edinburgh, said the paper.
“Oh. My. God,” author and whisky connoisseur Charles MacLean told the paper when the unexpected result was confirmed.
The newspaper organised the test itself, in what it called a “piece of mischief-making” inspired by the launch of an English whisky, “St. George’s” last November.
Its hope was to catch the experts out with the tipple from Scotland’s traditional “Sassenach” English rivals — but to their surprise it was the Asian whisky which came up trumps.
“It’s tropical fruits. Tropical fruit jam,” said MacLean, chairman of the panel, after Kavalan — which is not marketed in Britain — came out top with 27.5 points out of a possible 40 maximum.
Langs, a three-year-old Scottish premium blend, scored 22 points, followed by King Robert — also from north of the border — on 20 and the English three-year-old malt on 15.5.
Last came quadruple-distilled Scottish blend Bruichladdich X4+3, on only 4.5 points, described by MacLean as “not cooking oil. Not diesel oil. Sewing machine oil.”
In a commentary the Times noted: “Asians are not only some of the world’s most sophisticated consumers of Scotch, but have begun distilling malts that compete with the best Scottish distilleries.”
Burns Night, named after 18th century poet Robert “Rabbie” Burns, competes with St. Andrew’s Day as a focus for traditionally whisky-fuelled celebrations in Scotland and by Scots around the world.
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Funny thing about whiskey is most people wouldn’t know one from another.
Theres I was as a lad working with my ex Father-in Law a publican of 20 years. In walks old Tom bang on 9pm as per usual and orders his Bells and a half pint. Lights his pipe holds it in his left hand leaving his right free to lift the water jug and gently pours it into his whiskey. "Here’s to you laddy" takes a sip and then says "Aye I dinae have enough water in it" pours in some more takes another sip and says "Aye that’s grand"
100% true story and guess what…..we had run out of Bells the traveller hadn’t turned up so we filled a Bells bottle with Queen Ann.
If Old Tom didn’t know the difference what chance have the rest if us got?
Bells was the undisputable number 1 Whiskey in Scottish pubs then the gloag family sold Grouse Whiskey to Highland Distillars ………They had the capital to market it properly and it took off like a rocket but I’d challenge anyone to spot it out of 6 other just as smooth tasting whiskey’s.
Nowaday people stick coke in about anything and Black coke is a massive seller here but after a few, change it to 100 Pipers asnd you would get no more than a casual grunt and the addition of a bit more coke.
Of course people have their favourites and it’s a cardinal sin to put anything other than your tongue into a Bells single malt which costs 950 quid a bottle.
I’m undecided which is my favourite between Whtye and McKay’s Dalmore 12 year old single malt because I like the bottle or a slug of Barr’s Irn Bru because it’s made in Scotland from girders.
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It took me ages to get to itand suddenly a gem…
‘Theres I was as a lad working with my ex Father-in Law a publican of 20 years. In walks old Tom bang on 9pm as per usual and orders his Bells and a half pint. Lights his pipe holds it in his left hand leaving his right free to lift the water jug and gently pours it into his whiskey. “Here’s to you laddy” takes a sip and then says “Aye I dinae have enough water in it” pours in some more takes another sip and says “Aye that’s grand”‘
The lad became anonymous
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