2011 Tastings - European Whiskey

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Ok everyone, we will be having a European tasting later this year, so just want a quick check to see what people may have in their cabinets, looking for offers before we select our shortlist.

Offered so far:

Penderyn (Wales) Stephen L
Braunstein (Denmark) Stephen L can get this through a friend
Mackmyra (Sweden) Stephen Y
????? (Czech) Peter
???? (Belgian) Liam S
Swissky? (Switzerland) Liam S
DKY? (Spain) Liam S

if you have already offered bottles can you provide more detail.... regards TWB

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

I have a Millstone 5yo Dutch Single Malt Whisky.



Zuidam Distillers

Milstone Single Malt Whiskey

700ml - 40%

Bottle No : 487
Cask No : 1048 & 1049
Date Dist : Jan 2005
Date Bott : 25/3/2010

Official tasting notes.

Nose: Delicate tones of fruit and honey combined with vanilla and wood and a hint of coconut.
Taste: Rich honey sweetness, delicate spicy notes and a long vanilla oak finish

[Willie JJ]

Definitely worth putting that in Adrian. Millstone is one of the better Euro whiskies that I have tried.

[Willie JJ]

I meant to also say that of you can lay hands on a bottle of this stuff at a reasonable price it would be worth inclusion:



I tried their first release last year and was impressed by how good it was for a 3 year old whisky. Really well crafted I thought.

[rathbeggan]

Whiskey Bro et al:

My bottles are:

DYC 8 year old (Spanish)
Swissky (Swiss) [not sure of spelling - Jim Murray spells it Swissky but I've a feeling the box says "Swhisky"]
Goldly's 10 year old (Belgian)

All unopened and untasted.

Swissky is a single malt, others are blends.

[Willie JJ]

I've tried the DYC and its half decent.

[varizoltan]

how about this Chech 20 years old

http://www.worldofwhiskies.com/Other/Cz ... E-70CL.php

i am sure some fly to London and pick up one

[Michael Foggarty]

I have a bottle of it in the bar, you can have it, infact i will pay you to take it away!

[varizoltan]

I have a bottle of it in the bar, you can have it, infact i will pay you to take it away!

i take your word for that!

i need to talk to you anyway

[uncle fester]

Got an email from a mate at work, who got this email from a Belgian colleague:

Dear xxxxx,

the world's best whiskey comes from .....

...... comes from Belgium. Check it out:

http://www.belgianwhisky.com/start.php?lang=en

The company plans to export soon to Scotland. You could maybe be the Irish importer.

Belgian's have no whiskey tradition? We Belgians are raised with the stuff and drink it with yoghurt at breakfast.

[rathbeggan]

Everyone,

This is the line up:

DYC 8 year old (Spain)
Goldlys 10 year old Double Still (Belgium)
Mackmyra Single Malt First Edition (Sweden)
Frysk Hynder Single Malt Sherry cask (Netherlands)
Penderyn Single Malt release July 09 Madeira cask (Wales)
Swhisky Skipper Glen Vignettes Single Malt Burgundy cask (Switzerland)

I may move these around but I'll keep roughly this order. Thanks to everyone who provided bottles.

I also have a surprise bottle (not necessarily European) which I will ask people to guess! I'll give marks for continent, country, region, style, age, ABV, maturation, etc. It's for fun, but the winner (whoever gets closest) can have what's left in the bottle after we give out the samples.

Liam

[gandalf]

Looking forward to meeting you all. Booked this and my membership the other day

[varizoltan]

Looking forward to meeting you all. Booked this and my membership the other day

Fair play to you

[DavidH]

I've put up some pics (thanks for those, Zoltan!) and bottle details:
http://www.irishwhiskeysociety.com/events/2011/2011-03-31

Some gaps to be filled in yet, including the voting results (someone want to send me those?).

I'm really sorry I missed trying all of these unusual whiskeys. It was a bad week to catch a virus.

[John]

Thanks for putting up the presentation David. It's great to have the tasting info so close to hand!
Atb,
John.