cocostella
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My generous buddy, who happens to own three bars, is conducting a blind tasting for myself and another one of our mutual friends. I'm real excited to try and nail down the whiskeys that I truly enjoy the most, irrespective of label, hype, reviews, and even my own experiences, which were effected by ambiance, company, food, etc... He has a solid stash of quality bourbon and rye. Many I've had at one point or another. Quite a few I haven't.
The plan is to sample about ten 0.5oz pours and do them in two or three flights. We were thinking of adding in a flight of Irish, but I'm kinda' worried my palate will be wrecked if I overreach. Perhaps I should save that for another day and have a scotch and Irish whiskey tasting down the line? I think I'd rather just concentrate on bourbon and rye to start.
Does anybody have any experience with this or advice to share? I've never done a true "blind" tasting and it seems like it might be a bit tougher than the wine tastings I've done in the past, as i can't see myself spitting out mouth fulls of PVW20! The best part of this is, after I've narrowed it down to my favorite 3 or 4, he's going to hand over the bottles to me to take home! And yes, this is the result of a wager.
The plan is to sample about ten 0.5oz pours and do them in two or three flights. We were thinking of adding in a flight of Irish, but I'm kinda' worried my palate will be wrecked if I overreach. Perhaps I should save that for another day and have a scotch and Irish whiskey tasting down the line? I think I'd rather just concentrate on bourbon and rye to start.
Does anybody have any experience with this or advice to share? I've never done a true "blind" tasting and it seems like it might be a bit tougher than the wine tastings I've done in the past, as i can't see myself spitting out mouth fulls of PVW20! The best part of this is, after I've narrowed it down to my favorite 3 or 4, he's going to hand over the bottles to me to take home! And yes, this is the result of a wager.