What : Whisky Tasting - Dramfest Islay
When : Wednesday 26th August 2009
Where : Regional Wines and Spirits, Wellington
Who : 27 crazed Whisky fans including my friends, Ian and Donna and of course, yours truly
Why : To sample some of the finest Islay whiskies ever made.
Dramfest Islay, mmmm.. makes me thirsty just saying those words. As you will recall, in May we attended 'Dramfest Obscura'. Dramfest Obscura celebrated some of the standout non-Islay whiskies from the Bi-yearly 'Dramfest' whisky festival in Christchurch New Zealand.
As you have no doubt already deduced, this followup tasting includes the standout ISLAY whiskies from that glorious event. Why would you dedicate a "Dramfest tasting" to single region like Islay??? SHUT UP!! The best whiskies in the whole world are made on that small island off the west coast of Scotland. There are none better!
Possibly why am travelling there on the 13th of September to work at a distillery for a week.
As per usual it was a blind tasting, with 7 whiskies including one mystery malt.
The Malts were as follows:
Malt : Bruichladdich Octomore 01.1, 63.5% ABV, 131ppm peat, (6000 bottles) , 5yo
Score: 8.13
Malt : Port Charlotte PC7, bottle 12460 of 24000, 61% ABV, 7yo, non chill filtered or coloured
Score: 9.16
Malt : Bruichladdich 2001, bottle 5223 of 24000, 46% ABV, non chill filtered or coloured
Score : 7.18
Malt : Kilchoman New Spirit, 61% ABV, 50ppm peat, 2yo, sherry cask, Optic barley
Score : 8.65
Malt : Ardbeg Supernova, 58.9% ABV, 100ppm peat, non chill filtered, Limited release
Score : 8.44
Malt : Duncan Taylor - Bowmore 25yo, 55.8% ABV, cask 85063, bottle 88 of 166
Score : 7.94
Malt : Lagavulin 16yo, 43% ABV, MYSTERY
Score : 8.51
Highs and Lows
Find of the night - Kilchoman, New Spirit. So tasty at only two years old! Beautiful!
Surprise of the night - Not picking the Lagavulin as the mystery.
I picked well on the evening, getting 5/7 correct, especially since Ian only picked 1/7. And I must say I was feeling somewhat superior until Donna picked 7/7. Ok, yes my ego was a little bruised given all the research hours I have put in tasting whisky but I think I'm just about over it (maybe). As the only attendee to pick 7/7 she won the remainder of the bottle of Octomore. Great prize!
All in all a damn good whisky related activity.
Roll on Best of the Best in November!
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