{"id":74,"date":"2023-10-02T15:38:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T13:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsmac.co.za\/?p=74"},"modified":"2023-10-02T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T13:38:04","slug":"august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsmac.co.za\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"August 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Real Business:  with both bottles wrapped in sacculum or esikhwameni<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tasting #1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Whisky<\/td>Murray McDarid Glenburgie<\/td><\/tr>
Supplied<\/td>Stock, new distillery<\/td><\/tr>
Region<\/td>Speyside<\/td><\/tr>
Age & Distillation<\/td>13 YO, distilled 2008<\/td><\/tr>
Special Notes<\/td>Independent maturation and bottling, unusual treatment: Spanish sherry butts (500 litres) 10 years followed by 2.5 years Sauternes barique (225 litres), (delivering the fruitiness)NCF, no colour.<\/td><\/tr>
Strength<\/td>58.2% abv. (note the JT estimated to the \u2018T\u2019.<\/td><\/tr>
Price<\/td>\u00a3103 (R2,575 @25:1) source <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The opening toast to Uisge Beatha, the \u201cWater of Life\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DETAILS <\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE COLOUR ………………………Brown-tinged copper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE NOSE ……………………………Molasses, lime and lemon citrus, edged with dampness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE TASTE ………………………….White pepper start, followed with a burst of sweet light fruit; deeper shades of molasses follows on a huge raft of alcohol; then salted prunes, allspice, chilli for some, and black pepper; shifting to a sour worm layer that lingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE FINISH ………………………..Long, sweet and sour, some more salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With some water\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026The nose greatly diminished, the white pepper remains, followed by tutti fruiti, some vanilla and a long lasting sweetness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SCORE \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026The Gents: 85.3, with a range 73-91.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tasting #2<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Whisky<\/td>Waterford<\/td><\/tr>
Supplied<\/td>Host<\/td><\/tr>
Region<\/td>Ireland<\/td><\/tr>
Age & Distillation<\/td>NAS <\/td><\/tr>
Special Notes<\/td>Double distilled, great presentation in cobalt blue bottle with glass stopper, inviting a try. Emphasis on several individual farm barleys, traceable, \u2018discovery code\u2019 WILDCHI-LD at waterfordwhisky.com (note spelling); call themselves \u2018World’s biggest producers of organic & biodynamic whisky\u2019.<\/td><\/tr>
Strength<\/td>47% abv.<\/td><\/tr>
Price<\/td>Source The Tasting Room, 2023, R1,200.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The toast to \u201cThe Clark and the Jackson\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DETAILS <\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE COLOUR ………………………….Dark straw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE NOSE ………………………………Marzipan, salt, fish paste and foustie vinyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE TASTE …………………………….The vinyl becomes liwuidised plastic with copper strips down the side of the tongue, followed by preserved lemon rind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE FINISH ………………………….Short, leaves an oily (scum) layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With some water\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026No change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SCORE \u2026\u2026\u2026.The Gents: 49, All 56.1 with a range 49 – 69.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Evening: the meeting closed at 21:15 with the Close and thanks for wonderful gathering of many members.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Nothing short of diabolical<\/td>  0 \u2013 50<\/td><\/tr>
Nasty, well worth avoiding<\/td>51 \u2013 64<\/td><\/tr>
Very unimpressive indeed<\/td>65 \u2013 69<\/td><\/tr>
Usually drinkable, but don\u2019t expect the earth to move<\/td>70 \u2013 74<\/td><\/tr>
Average, usually pleasant, sometimes flawed<\/td>75 \u2013 79<\/td><\/tr>
Good, worth trying<\/td>80 \u2013 84<\/td><\/tr>
Very good to excellent<\/td>85 \u2013 89<\/td><\/tr>
Brilliant<\/td>90 \u2013 94<\/td><\/tr>
Superstar, gives a reason to live<\/td>95 \u2013 97<\/td><\/tr>
Nirvana<\/td>98 – 100<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Real Business:  with both bottles wrapped in sacculum or esikhwameni The Tasting #1 The Whisky Murray McDarid Glenburgie Supplied Stock, new distillery Region Speyside Age & Distillation 13 YO, distilled 2008 Special Notes Independent maturation and bottling, unusual treatment: Spanish sherry butts (500 litres) 10 years followed by 2.5 years Sauternes barique (225 litres), (delivering the … <\/p>\n

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