Sharon Seibt was the host for the September meeting of our For Peat’s Sake Whisky Club. As we have found at many previous meetings, one of the scotches was favoured over the other. The preferred drop was: Benriach 10 yr old Curiositas – 46 % – 700ml- $64 AB, $75 BC Everyone liked the wonderful peaty nose…
The theme for the July “For Peat’s Sake” meeting was Canadian Whiskies. Our national whisky industry has matured and grown in recent years with a high percentage of production shipped to the US in tanker cars and rebottled in the US. A new book “Canadian Whiskey… the portable expert” by Davin de Kergommeaux was published in 2012. At the Victoria…
The Northwest Bay PROBUS Whisky Club completed its first year of tastings in June at the home of Robert Grose. The club welcomed new member Norm Kilarski, our 9th member. We have room for one more. After sampling two drams of lighter Whiskies for the summer we did a draw for the heels from the…
The Whisky Club (For Peat’s Sake) sampled two so different bourbons on January 29th at Pam and Joe Straka’s house; one ‘oh so smooth’, the other with lots of kick! Bourbon is a straight whiskey (note U.S. spelling) distilled from a mash having at least 51% corn in addition to malt and rye. It originated…
Sharon Seibt hosted the final For Peat’s Sake meeting of 2013 and all agreed that the two whiskies tasted were the best of the year. Information provided by Sharon and her husband, Diet, helped us understand the history of the two whiskies: Aberfeldy 12 and Bunnahabhain – Cruach-MHona. The Aberfeldy 12 is a wonderful, light and…