Whisky Forum - Forum Live Dramming

albo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1888

Morning all,

I was reading on twitter some of the live dramming notes from one of the many live dramming sessions that have happened of late. And it kind of got me to thinking, perhaps we should have a forum live dramming?

Just a standard easy to get hold of bottle of something that perhaps a few of us on here might have, then a wee gathering one evening to bring together the forums collective thoughts.

Who's game?

bifter · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:58 pm Post subject:

Sounds great. How about Glenlivet 18 to start? I know a lot of us took advantage of the recent discounts on that. Laphroaig QC seems to be another common one.
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Innes · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:20 pm Post subject:

I tried to follow a few of the twitter live tastings gave up in the end it was just too hard to follow when the tweets came flooding in.

albo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1888

I'm thinking it would be easier in here if we open a dedicated topic for the tasting and to be fair there are not that many of us who will take part here. Worth a try me thinks. If it's rubbish . Don't need to do so again.

I like the idea of the livet 18.

Quaich1 · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:06 pm Post subject:

albo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1888

I'm not wedded to the livet 18 and im sure I can twist bifters arm into helping me out with a sample of the QC Fir these purposes.

So who's in?

James T · Master Of Malts Joined: 05 Feb 2011 Posts: 2970

I do enjoy reading others tasting notes and opinions on here and i do find them a great guide but i have never really been one for sitting down and writing a colourful tasting note myself but when i have done i would take my time over it, even sitting for a few hours with a few pours of the same dram before declaring my opinion.

My thought is does it really need to be a live tasting, how about choosing a SMW forum members malt of the month and members can submit their tasting note, opinion and mark out of 100 at their leisure and the results can be assembled and posted on the site an average score added. Perhaps sticking to drams which are affordable to all

Quaich1 · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:30 pm Post subject:

I'm in for the Forum Live Dramming. I do understand James' point . However, a live dynamic feedback tasting experience would be quite interesting to me as well as others. I am quite used to taste notes "on the fly" and it hones one's tasting skills IMO. I really like Albo's notion. James, perhaps what you suggest can also be done as a separate undertaking.

If we do go ahead with the Live Dramming, please note those of us across the pond are of course 5 hours earlier here. If the event was held let's say on a Sunday at 2pm here which is 7pm in U.K., it sounds quite credible. Of course, Alun it's your show so you call the "shots".

Very Happy

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Genuine Risk · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:33 pm Post subject:

These are great I really enjoy doing things like this, find it really helps develop tasting ability.

It might be worth contacting Tomatin for a samples of the new peated whisky they have coming out, you would have to limit it to people that have over x number of posts to stop the lurkers joining in for a free dram.

Just throwing another idea in, but original idea would probably work.

When i did the twitter tastings i had notes from the night before as quick fire tasting is not what i wanted to do to review a product, but doing it along with others did throw up some interesting things.
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Quaich1 · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:44 pm Post subject:

Alexppp · Master Of Malts Joined: 16 Jul 2010 Posts: 1791

I'm in, though not for the next couple of weeks since I'm going away. But after that, definitely! I don't have a Glenlivet 18 but I have a Laphroaig QC.

Genuine Risk · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:27 pm Post subject:

Alembic comms has managed to get samples to Canada, would be interesting to know how he managed it.
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rlemkin · Single Malt Member Joined: 09 Sep 2012 Posts: 71

I think the trick is just not saying anything...
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albo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1888

Right, seems to me like we're getting some interest in this. Excellent!

William, do you think with your contacts you could possibly look into getting samples for the 'forum stallwarts'? Something worth looking into at least.

Anyway, as a wee trial run, Bifter and I had a chat today and thought we would give it a go.

We're going to try with a Whisky Broker Longmorn 20yo, I know very little more about it that the above and it's botteled at 55.5% abv.

It's going to break down like this...

1st up Nose the Whisky neat, then report back what we get
2nd Taste neat, again try it, think, report back
3rd Nose with water
4th Taste with water.

We were at an SMWS tasting event the other day and this seemed to work quite well, so let's give that a go and see how it all works out on line.

Should be kicking off in 10 mins or so.

bifter · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:56 pm Post subject:

OK, first up nosing neat. I left the glass sit for 20 mins, covered. I'll go first then, with a little trepidation...

The first whiff was a little prickly and spirity, a fairly high abv being cask strength - albo has the details of the cask, percentage? Strong oak wood notes with a bit of polish. Something herby or grassy in there too, a little eucalyptus or menthol?
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