With the beginning of 2021 and the change in our membership schedule to match that of the calendar year, we at the Grand Central Sept. held our AGM and first QMWS tasting of the year. What follows will be brief points from the AGM and an overview of the tasting notes on the whiskies of…
Author: Nath Martyn
November Award Winning Whisky Tasting
As Covid restrictions ease further, we decided to start November on a strong note with an award winning selection from across Scotland. Due to another great turnout, to a sixth bottle was added to the line-up much to the pleasure of those in attendance. As things slowly return to normal for the most part, we…
October Blind Tasting
As a point of tradition, we like to do a blind tasting at least once a year to test our palates. This time, our gauger put together a line-up of drams we’d previously tasted to see if we could pick them out, and if our preferences were the same if the brand was unknown. The…
Partial Remote Peated Tasting
After missing three months of tasting due to the COVID 19 lockdown, we finally got together for our long awaited peated tasting. With half our members meeting in person at a committee member’s home, and three separate groups picking up tasting packs to join in remotely, we went through a delicious selection of smoky drams….
Australian Whiskey Tasting
With our February tasting falling just a couple of weeks after Australia day, it seemed fitting to sample a selection of Australian drams. Our Gauger put together a selection that combined some new to market, mainstays, popular and a premium whiskey new to market. Ned Australian Whisky We kicked off the night with Ned, a…
July 2019 Whisky Tasting & Club AGM
To kick off our July tasting we had to first go through the formalities of our AGM. Every year in July we renew memberships, take on new members and re-elect committee positions, and with the help of a glass of Glen Grant 10-year-old (Jim Murray’s 2018 best single malt under 10 years), we were able…
April Whisky Tasting 2019
Full house! April’s whisky tasting saw 22 attendees, joined by the society’s Laird Peter. After a brief intro by Peter, we got started on the Loch Lomond Original. Although it received mixed reviews with an average of 5.89 out of 10, it proved that there are some very reasonably priced single malts available that needn’t…
October Random Tasting
While we often have a central theme for a whisky tasting, either the cask aging, region, country etc. some thing to tie everything together, for this tasting our gauger wanted us to compare whiskies we wouldn’t normally try in a side by side tasting. The result was quite interesting as every dram was different, right…
August Blind Whisky Tasting
It had been a while since we’d done a blind tasting, so for his first selection as Gauger, Larry put together a selection that included some classic Scottish single malts, surprise blends and special editions from renowned distillers. This put our tasters to the test to see who could pick the regions, distilleries or even…