Last week we continued our mission of spreading the good
word of the dram, with yet more dramspanking dramfotainment in the form of one
of our Twitter trending Tweet Tastings.
Following the huge success of our first Wemyss Malts Tweet Tasting
back in November last year, we thought a second was well over due, so last Wednesday
we were absolutely thrilled to bring you another evening full of their wondrous
whisky wares.
In the good company of our teaming throng of Tweet Tasters we sampled their; Spice King 12 Year Old, Ginger Spice (1988 Glenrothes), Peat Chimney 12 Year Old and Chocolate
Honeycomb (2001 Bunnahabhain) expressions.
Here are a few of the tweeted tasted highlights from the
night:
Spice King 12 Year Old
@BeersIveKnow
Werther’s Originals, cardamom and floral pipe smoke on the nose.
@SajyBaby Woodward’s
gripe water, dill, fennel & a touch of ginger.
@KirstyChant
I initially got pears and nutmeg. Going back I'm getting sweet honey & orange
with pepper.
@KirstyPryde1
Picking up the honeyed orange but more cloves than ginger for me.
Ginger Spice
@AliceLascelles
Apple juice, apple turnover, warm pastry and clove/ginger - a whole lotta apple.
@mattveira Something
I never thought I'd say "Ginger Spice is incredibly seductive & arousing".
@LRWhisky The ginger seems a little tempered by the complexity of the
other spices.
@GeorgeHHutton
Not as gingery as expected on the palate, more dry & spicy.
Peat Chimney 12 Year Old
@rodbodtoo
Earthy peat, rather than smoke from a bonfire. Under that there's savoury salty
notes.
@WhiskyDiscovery
Sweet gentle medicinal notes, charcoal right at the back, a little coal tar,
some germoline & menthol.
@chrismiles303
Peat Chimney should be called "Eating Highland Toffee on Bonfire
Night".
@TheWhiskyWire
Smoke infused Millionaire' shortbread on the palate.
Chocolate Honeycomb
@whiskyrepublic
The chocolate rises from the
glass like a Phoenix Crunchie!
@whiskylassie
Chocolate Honeycomb evolving into a Terry's chocolate orange! I'm loving this.
@WhiskyDiscovKat
Am now getting black pepper & peppery extra virgin olive oil. There's an
oily silk quality to it.
@dvdbloke Very
creamy finish, drying with honied wood spices and a little dusting of cocoa.
As ever these are only a mere flirting flurry of the tasting notes from last week’s tweet tastery. For a full lowdown head over to Twitter and search hashtag #WemyssTT2
All of the
whiskies we sampled on the night are available from good specialist retailers
including: Master of Malt and Whisky Shop Dufftown.
A huge
thanks to everyone who took part and followed last week’s Twitter trending (9th
in the UK) tweet tastery. There are plenty more branded and themed Tweet
Tastings to come, so if you would like to be one of our tasters, keep your eyes
peeled on the website and on our Twitter handles @TheWhiskyWire &
@TweetTastings for details.
For more information
on Wemyss Malts visit: wemyssmalts.com
Until next
time Happy Dramlaxing!