Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’
On A Mission To Loch Fyne Whiskies
20 Mar 2010On the shores of Loch Fyne on the west coast of Scotland lies a small little village called Inveraray. The website “Undiscovered Scotland” describes it as “built on the site of an earlier fishing village in the mid 1700s by the 3rd Duke of Argyll, Chief of the powerful Clan Campbell. He demolished the original [...]
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Visit to Talisker
20 Mar 2010Many of you know that I recently visited Scotland and among the goals was visiting three distilleries–Edradour, Ben Nevis, and Talisker–the distillery that produced the recently determined Old SNOTS favorite whisky. I also intended to visit Loch Fyne Whiskies to present them with a signed photograph of the Old SNOTS at a recent gathering and Old [...]
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Illegal Haggis
In: News
1 Feb 2010While not strictly whisky related, the following news story from NPR.org as reported on 31 Jan 10 should be of interest to anyone of Scottish heritage or who lifts a wee dram on Robert Burns’ birthday.
It’s still illegal to import haggis from Scotland, despite reports saying otherwise. There’s been a ban on this concoction of [...]
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Robert Burns Night
In: General
23 Jan 2010Monday is Robert Burns’ birthday–the national poet and bard of Scotland. Traditionally, a Burns Night celebration involves reciting Burns poetry, piping in the haggis and toasting with single malt whisky. Some of the Old SNOTS will celebrate by gathering at a St. Louis Scottish restaurant, the Scottish Arms, for a fine meal and a toast [...]
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Whisky Vocabulary III
In: General
20 Aug 2009In Whisky Vocabulary II, we ended prior to the distillation phase of whisky making. If you recall, we’d just made the wash or beer, fermented malted barley and water that’s achieved an alcohol content of about 5 to 7 percent. Now we move on to the distillation phase.
When the wash achieves the proper alcohol content, [...]
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- Tags: Scotch, Scotland, Vocabulary, Whisky
September Gathering
7 Aug 2009If you weren’t at the last gathering of The Old SNOTS, you missed a record-setter. Not only were we treated to an amazing spread of food and outstanding hospitality by our hosts, Bruce and Anna Card, but we managed the largest attendance of any gathering I can recall. Furthermore, we inaugurated our official Old SNOTS [...]
Whisky Categories
In: General
24 Jul 2009The tradition is that whiskies made in Scotland can be lumped into regional categories. The presumption in this tradition is that the character and flavor of the whiskies produced in these regions is somehow similar. The regions with their associated distilleries are as follows:
· Highland – Aberfeldy, Allt-a-Bhainne, An Cnoc, Ardmore, Balbair, Ben Nevis, Benrinnes, [...]
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Whisky Vocabulary II
In: General
16 Jul 2009Alchemy—the pursuit of transforming common materials into gold.
Alchemy was a philosophy and practice that flourished in ancient times. At one point or another, every civilization, from Europe to China, had alchemists who attempted to manipulate readily available and inexpensive stuff into highly desirable and precious gold.
Most believe alchemy died many years ago, but, in [...]
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Whisky Vocabulary I
In: General
5 Jul 2009This will be the first in a series of vocabularies. Hopefully, it will help make sense of the myriad of terms surrounding Scotch whisky—for instance, what is the difference between a blended, vatted and single malt whisky. It will also help you to explain terms you use to the uninitiated, so when at a party [...]
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The Next Gathering
29 Jun 2009The next gathering of The Old SNOTS (July) will feature whiskies of the Islands and Campbeltown. Unlike the last gathering that featured whiskies from the Highland region which encompasses about 75% of the country’s distilleries, the whiskies from the islands are a rather small group, but not difficult to find. Here’s a list to choose [...]
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- Tags: Campbeltown, Islands, Old SNOTS, Scotch, 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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