Archive for May, 2009
A Challenge
In: General
25 May 2009I just watched a classic old Scottish movie who’s main character was . . . you guessed it . . . whisky. The name of the film is Whisky Galore! and it was filmed in 1949 on the Scottish Isle of Barra at the southern end of the Outer Hebrides.
Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_Galore!_(film) to go to [...]
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- Tags: movies, Whisky
Meeting Minutes Archive
In: General
24 May 2009For those of you interested, or if you suffer from insomnia, or if you’re trying to find your way to the end of the internet, all of the past minutes of The Old SNOTS (the ones I could find) are now uploaded on the site. You’ll be able to see that we’ve come a long way, [...]
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- Tags: Humor, Minutes, Tasting, Whisky
Tasting Note
In: General
22 May 2009Among the things that I find most fascinating about those who write single malt whisky tasting notes is their ability to use the most descriptive and beautiful language to capture the taste of the whisky. In most cases, I have no idea if they captured it accurately. Sometimes the descriptions defy description. But in nearly [...]
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- Tags: Poem, Tasting, Whisky
World Whiskies Awards 2009
In: News
20 May 2009My issue of Whisky Magazine arrived today (Issue 79) and the cover article is the announcement of the World Whiskies Awards for 2009. The 16 judges hailed from Europe, USA, Canada and Japan. The big announcement was that for 2009 the best single malt whisky in the world is (is that a pin drop I [...]
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- Tags: Awards, Whisky, Whisky Magazine
June Gathering
In: Events
18 May 2009Title: June Gathering
Location: Don Lustig’s
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-06-19
End Time: 22:00
Don’t forget, the theme for this meeting is whiskies from the Highlands. See you there!
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- Tags: Gathering, Meeting, Tasting, Whisky
Inauguration
In: General
17 May 2009
Welcome to the inauguration of the website introducing a small group of people known as The Old SNOTS, men and women who appreciate the national product of Scotland–single malt whisky. In case you’re wondering, SNOTS stands for Scotch Nosing Or Tasting Society. We used the conjunction “Or” instead of “And” because SNATS doesn’t have the same [...]
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- Tags: Scotland, Whisky
About the Old SNOTS
SNOTS = Scotch Nosing Or Tasting SocietyA group of men and women from all walks of life and all parts of the globe who, when the situation permits, warrants or demands, succumb to the reverence of Scotland’s most distinctive product—uisghe beatha, water of life, single malt whisky—and firmly of the conviction that “Whisky may not cure the common cold, but it fails more agreeably than most other things.”
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