What whisk(e)y are we drinking? (Part 2)
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Whiskey Live…
In at 12pm for the Buffalo Trace vintage collection masterclass.
A “bonus” 40% BT to start everyone off, and probably one put aside really, as there was an endless amount of more interesting whiskies ahead. I don’t think anyone did, though.
The antique collection were as expected, all exceptional to taste at this price point. I have a bottle of the Weller Larue but great to have the crack at the others… I’m unlikely to get bottles of them. The Eagle Rare 17 was a bit of a standout.
There was one person present who decanted his samples into bottles he’d brought.
The presentation from the reps was what I expected, some interesting chat about plans to end the “rolling blackouts” of BT in the US and then some beginner / intermediate bourbon 101 talk.
At one point early on things got a little hairy when some North American guy (Possibly a blogger, he was marching around with a big tripod later) interjected to correct the reps on something they said. Essentially, it related to how bourbon was defined.
He was technically correct … probably.
However, he did it in a really rude manner. Mainly the tone.
What had been a very laid back affair suddenly had this whisky neckbeard holding court about how the reps needed to change a slide or they would be misleading the consumer. There was a long silence and I think all of us Irish attendees were thinking “FFS, there’s always one”. I don’t know if the guy though he had masterfully revealed his knowledge and simultaneously punched a big producer’s idiot reps in the proverbial dick, but I think we were all just mortified for him.
In fairness, the reps smoothed it over and he remained mercifully silent for the rest of the masterclass (Although I can’t understand how someone could drink amazing bourbon at a negligible price and yet look so angry?).
I didn’t taste a huge amount after that actually. It was a day time session and I was a bit picky.
Did the Michters stand and had some 10 year old 100 proof rye from under the table that was smashing.
Probably the weirdest and most amazing thing I had was a bottle of Dingle peated cask strength that was the most peated Irish whisky I have ever had. This thing could have been a Kilchoman or Lagavulin in terms of the phenols. Full on bonfire. I gather a distiller’s pet project unlikely to see the light of day.
Well run show, good atmosphere bar the neckbeard in the masterclass. I’m an enthusiast and a bit of a whisky nerd, but happy to sit much closer to the mainstream than the neckbeard deep end. I wish I could “talk neckbeard” and make them understand that the point-scoring and the gatekeeping just turns so many people off the community.
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