Bowmore More More!

Our whiskey guide last night was Andrew Torrence, he took us to the Isle of Islay for two different types of single malt. On this tour was myself, Zhenzhi, her friend, Volker and about 10 others.  All in all we had 6 different whiskeys. The line up:

Auchentoshan - 10 year old

Auchentoshan - Three Wood

Bowmore - 12 year old

Bowmore - 15 year old

Bowmore - 18 year old

and the mystery guest: Bowmore 25 year old.

My favourite was the 18 year old, quite sweet -evident from the sherry cask, with a strong peaty after taste.

Zhenzhi liked the 25 year old, the only noticeable improvement in this whiskey was the length of the after taste and at £250 pounds a bottle I was not prepared to buy that! Maybe when I'm richer.

==The Good Tasting Guide - 6 Steps==

1. Look at the colour of the whiskey- indication of the cask its been in.

2. Swirl the whiskey in the glass, see how wide and long the legs are (the wider and longer, the older the whiskey).

3. Take a small sip on your tongue, let it evaporate, the length of time it takes to evaporate is a measure of the alcohol content.

4. Smell the whiskey.

5. Drink the whiskey - initial reaction on tasting / swallowing.

6. The after taste in your mouth.

Zhenzhi and I then ended up a Club Salsa for some dancing, which given the fact we had that much whiskey, I think we did quite well.