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Whisky Tastings £25

The Scottish spirit or the uisge beatha, the water of life, is a wonderful spirit with a charasmatic and absorbing past. The lengths and methods a distiller pursues incorporating the long-maturation periods (10, 12, 15, 18 years old etc) defines whisky, especially single malt whisky, as a high and wonderful quality product. Where as some spirits have little flavour compounds (e.g. vodkas), others gain flavour from their distillation period (e.g. Cognacs) whilst others will gain additional flavour from maturation in oak casks. Malt Whisky gains flavour from both the distillation method and maturation producing a complex and flavoursome spirit. Truly one of a kind.

But it's not a simple as that. There is detailed variation throughout regional Scotland, from the fruity and elegant Speyside, to the peaty and smoky Islay and from the delicate Lowlands to the robust and spicy Highlands. Then there's Ireland, America and Canada too.

In our whisky tastings you will:

• learn how to taste high-strength spirits through the art of 'cutting'
• learn the definitions of differing alcohol strengths, e.g. 'cask strength'
• taste a blended Scotch whisky, the most popular part of the industry, and how it's produced
• taste an example from each of the four regional parts of Scotland; Speyside, Islay, Highlands, Lowlands
• learn an overview on the detailed production methods and maturation types/lengths for malt whisky
• taste an example from across the Big Pond, an American Bourbon whiskey
• Learn some simple cocktail recipes

An exciting tasting designed as an introduction to possibly the world's greatest spirit. Enjoy!

Why not buy a whisky tasting as a perfect gift.

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