Archive for September, 2009
The Ah Ha Theory and the September Gathering
In: General
27 Sep 2009You may recall from a couple posts back that the September gathering would be a blind taste testing. You may also recall that I was looking forward to it to validate my Ah Ha Theory of whisky tasting. So, here’s how last night went. While others were still gnawing on their still kicking beef, I [...]
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Old SNOTS Coins
In: General
26 Sep 2009Back in the early days of The Old SNOTS I developed the logo that we now use. It was a whim. I had a few moments, took a Scottish clan badge and did a little surgery and reconstruction on it. The result was The Old SNOTS badge you see on the gathering minutes and emblazoned [...]
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Something New for the September Gathering
In: General
16 Sep 2009Our next gathering, the first of the gatherings to sample the whiskies that have been picked as winners in previous Old SNOTS gatherings, will try something a little different. Previously, we’d always poured our samples directly from the bottle. Everyone could see what it was they were sampling (except on those evenings when we had [...]
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- Tags: Gathering, Old SNOTS, Tasting, Whisky
If you look at the top of the page, you’ll see a new tab called Whisky Brackets. These are the whisky lineups for the next few meetings. When you click on the tab, you’ll be taken to a screen where you’ll see a Google Docs window with a powerpoint slide of the whiskies to be [...]
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