Last weekend, Elizabeth and I took all 28 students to Edinburgh for the weekend. Pictures will be forthcoming soon. However, those of you who know me, will understand when I tell that some time was spent in "The Whisky Experience" and various bars experimenting with the national drink. Some of it came home with me.
So, I've decided that a way to make the trouble of finding the good stuff, buying it, toting around town and, then on the train back to East Finchley worth something, I'm going to blog what I think bout each to the little sample (airplane sized) bottles I brought back. I'm no expert in scotch whisky but I know what I like. So let's start.
The first tasting is of Tomatin aged over 12 years in Spanish sherry casks. The name rhymes with 'satin' and is from the name of the town in Scottish Gaelic: Tom Aitinn. It is a small village on the River Findhorn in Strathdearn in the Scottish Highlands about 16 miles (26 km) south of the city of Inverness. This has a clean taste. The alcohol comes through but it is not a sharp bite nor is it overpowering. All in all, it is a smooth drink. I can't really tell that it was aged in a sherry cask, that addition to the taste is subtle. It is a pleasant drink but does not strike as special.Nevertheless, I'd certainly buy a bottle to have some more. I have a feeling that I'll be saying this a lot as I move through the samples.
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