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My #drams have arrived for #BlindDrams next Saturday with some extras 🥃🥳 #whisky #onlinetasting #enjoylife #whiskytasting #whiskymates #blindisbest #whiskyfun

I get the feeling this is going to be a very special evening. #BlindDrams #BTC57 I feel very honoured to be involved. Thank you

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Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service and have a clear objective in life outside of themselves and their personal happiness. -Leo Tolstoy

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These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 56th #BlindDrams evening. The drams were picked by Duncan @socialdrammer.bsky.social & featured 5 bottles from Phil & Simon Thompson (Thompson Bros.) @dornochdistillery.bsky.social malt-musings.blogspot.com/2025/08/btc5...

Next month we have @fi-renton.bsky.social, Callum & Jamie picking the #BlindDrams for #BTC57 with their theme #WeeRentonsTriumvirateTridecadalParty

Here is the lineup in full #BlindDrams massive thanks to @dornochdistillery.bsky.social for helping set this up

Final dram on #BlindDrams Williamson 12yr 50% refill butt £105

Dram no 4 #BlindDrams Torabhaig 57.1 1st fill bourbon £70

Third dram of #BlindDrams Bruichladdich 11yr 55.3 latour HHD cask £100

Second dram on #BlindDrams 40yr Blend 40.4% £165 refill butt

First up tonight on #BlindDrams was Glen Scotia 11yr 1st fill bourbon £70 a bottle, and it is still available from @dornochdistillery.bsky.social

#BlindDrams Before the reveal - I have to say that this was a fascinating set of drams - thanks @socialdrammer.bsky.social - a really enjoyable selection - can't wait to see what we've had tonight

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 I have a cracking idea for the next time @maltmusings.bsky.social lets me loose on picking the drams - it'll be the first time the theme actually means something but also probably be the last time I'm allowed to do it 😆

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 5 - Finish - A little bit watery on the finish but otherwise follows through with the peat and citrus. Makes it less of a doubt that a 4 is as high as this one goes, despite previous comments

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 5 Palate - dirty funky peaty everything that you shouldn't like in your mouth and yet somehow works quite well.

It makes sense if it’s a Lindores joke that goes over your head. 🤣

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 5 - First sip, first impression this is probably going to end up a 4. Why? Because I'm enjoying it and it can't go higher because of @maltmusings.bsky.social foot fetish.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 5 Nose - Peat, citrus, lemon, vegetal hints. Just ooft.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 I assume we are on Dram 5 now Nose - ooo peaty peat - Caol Ila peat? - Or just peaty peat. At which point I'm thinking it probably isn't peated......

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#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 I'm seeing the 'bacon' references quite a bit this evening and not getting them and then remembering I've been vegetarian for nearly half of my life so maybe I don't readily go to bacon as a descriptor anymore 😆

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 4 I want this to be more than it is, it's still intriguing and offering more each time I sip, peaty sweet salty smoky hints of bitter but not quite marinating together for me to go higher than a 3

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 4 - so just before I go to drink it, I start to get some of those peaty notes through on the nose. Do any of my tasting commentaries have any legitimacy to them? Probably not - Anyway on the palate this is where it is at funky, touch of peat smoke with fruity spice

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 4 - Nose Ooft in your face floral is the first impression, lavender, rose, something softer behind it maybe chamomile? Intriguing, one to spend time with.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 3 - Finish - The nose was promising, the palate less so and the finish is too salty for me with more bitter notes than sweet. I think this is a 2 for me. Sorry. 🫥 No idea what that emoji is but was a bit different so you know...It's probably offensive with my luck

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 3 Palate - Wood varnish, salty, a modicum of oil to coat the mouth but a bitterness coming through just taking away from the other flavours and unbalancing it for me.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 3. Nose - This is more in my wheelhouse, softer, rich dried fruits, some wood varnish, nothing too pungent but intriguing and drawing you in. Hints of ginger, cinnamon pencil shavings. Feels safer to dive into than the previous too - I'm sure it won't be 😆

2 Score: 1, it’s horrible but still not the worst we’ve ever had on these tastings #BlindDrams

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 I know whisky tasting is subjective, but if anyone scores these different to me, they are quite clearly wrong.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 2 - Score 1 Not enjoying this as much as Dram 1 so where that had potential for a 3 this is struggling to have potential for a 2 for me. I know I'm wrong but convinced it has seen a rum cask at some point as well.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 2 Palate / Finish - It was also a little watery on the palate, and there were hints of charcoal smoke - don't think this is peated. Finish is waspy thin, mix of astringent spice grass and some sweet aspartame.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 2 Palate - Grassy, herbal, pepper spice, something artificially sweet like some cheap strawberry sweet. Still getting something gluey at the back.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 2 Nose - I'm going to stick with my first experience and the gluey rummy hit it then opened up to more citrus, lemon notes and herbal

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 2 - My senses are shot, the number of times I nose something and all I can get is an overwhelming hit of one thing - then go back and nose it again and can't get that thing ever again.....I should quit while I'm behind.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 2 - Nose. -RUM Eek.....

#BTC56 #BlindDrams #Imposter2 Dram 1 - Score 2 for me - a little unbalanced between the spice and the sweetness for me otherwise a nice dram.

#BTC56 #BlindDrams Dram 1 Nose - Sweet, fruity, icing sugar, woody notes Palate - punchy, spicy, want to say sherry sweetness but second fill or short finish (extra maturation) Finish - white pepper spice with a sweet dark fruits coating

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Huge thanks to John @jwbassman.bsky.social for tonight's #BTC55 #BlindDrams selection! Next up is Duncan @socialdrammer.bsky.social with his theme #Imposter2

#BlindDrams #BTC55 #FiveDot - And for the final crescendo, we’re back up in the west highlands of Scotland (via Islay and the Friends of Bruichladdich) for an exclusive FOB Single Cask Ardnamurchan, AD/09.17 CK.677, 6yo, Peated 1st Fill Spanish Oak Ex-PX Hogshead, 60.2%, 314 Bottles.

#BlindDrams #BTC55 #FourDot - Heading further south for dram four, all the way down to London in fact! For a Peated Cask Batch 1 Bimber matured in 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrels and Ex-Peated Quarter Casks, NAS, 54.1%, 1,750 Bottles.

#BlindDrams #BTC55 #ThreeDot - Back on the mainland and we’re on the same site as one of the largest grain distilleries in Scotland… Girvan. However, this is no Single Grain, it’s Ailsa Bay. Sweet (SPPM) Peat (PPM) with a magnificent granite stopper! NAS, 48.9%.

#BlindDrams #BTC55 #TwoDot - We then headed over the water to Islay for a rather unusual unpeated Caol Ila… A Diageo Special Release, 12yo, First Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrels, at a whopping 64.0%.

#BlindDrams #BTC55 #OneDot - The first stop on our musical journey was Campbeltown (via Southport) with a single cask Glen Scotia bottled exclusively for Southport Whisky Club, Cask #33, 9yo, First Fill Ex-Bourbon, 57.1%, 230 Bottles.