Big thanks to @newdramrising.bsky.social for hosting #BTC65 “Grape Expectations” - some real corkers in there! #BlindDrams

5 Score - 4/5 ✊🏼 #BlindDrams

5 Score - Dad Hard not to score it at least a 4   #BlindDrams

5F - medium, lingering smoke, slight medicinal peat, faint sweetness, watery, well balanced #BlindDrams

5F Dad Long, warming, sweet peat   #BlindDrams

5P - Dad Fire, smoke, peat, sweet, seaside, fishy, meaty   #BlindDrams

5P - peat smoke, wartime, brine, a bit watered down, jammy, horlicks, not quite as medicinal as on the nose - more fresh peat #BlindDrams

5N - Dad Deep yellow, peat, barley sugars, bourbon notes, honey, gentle bonfire   #BlindDrams

5N - barley mix, smoked salmon, mash tun, salty seaweed, birthday cake (what a mix!), muddy peat, germolene #BlindDrams

4 Score - 2/5! 🤘🏼 #BlindDrams

4 Score - Dad Too sweet for me so it’s a score of 2   #BlindDrams

4F - very short, light, doughy / starchy, wood shavings #BlindDrams

4F Dad Quite sweet, medium length, madeira   #BlindDrams

4P - Dad More juicy spiciness, white wine, starchiness, quite high abv   #BlindDrams

4P - undercooked thick chips, mild wood, watery, bit of smoke, meh, forgettable, some raw spirit coming through #BlindDrams

4N - white wine, starchiness, white carnations, a bit nothingy / closed, faint sweetness / smokiness #BlindDrams

4N - Dad Bright light brown, again quite closed similar to previous drams, honey nut cornflakes, oloroso   #BlindDrams

3 Score - 3/5 🤟🏼 #BlindDrams

3 Score - Dad Decent dram again, must be a score of 3   #BlindDrams

3F - spicy, medium length, warming, charred notes, peppery heat #BlindDrams

3F Dad Honey, spiced pears, garam masala   #BlindDrams

3P - hot honey, cinnamon, fiery, quite moreish, higher ABV than the first two?, dark toffee, quite heady #BlindDrams

3P - Dad Quite spicy and intense, spiced pears, peach skins, with water it’s garam masala, cinnamon   #BlindDrams

3N - Dad Digestive biscuits, sweet, flat and watery, gentle spices, runny honey   #BlindDrams

3N - golden syrup, flambéed pears, Chinese 5 spice, hot cross buns, rum and raisin ice cream, marmite #BlindDrams

2 Score - another 2/5 here ✌🏼 #BlindDrams

2 Score - Dad A very creditable score of 3 (at least)   #BlindDrams

2F - sour, tingly, aniseed, maybe a slight acetone note, more burnt sugar taste #BlindDrams

2F Dad Medium length, balanced, some sweetness   #BlindDrams

2P - watery, berry sweetness, chilli spice, paint stripper, old, black liquorice, chemically, marmalade is a great shout from the Zoom #BlindDrams

2P - Dad Decent initial taste, quite balanced, juicy, red fruit coulis, background sweet treacly char, black liquorice, aniseed   #BlindDrams

2N - Dad Bronze, again quite closed, white plastic Spudos box, washing basket, quite sweet   #BlindDrams

2N - Greek dessert wine, floral honey, fizzy bubblegum sweets, sherbet, a dampness, stroopwafels #BlindDrams

1 Score - 2/5 ✌🏼 #BlindDrams

1 Score - Dad Not a big fan, it’s a score of 1   #BlindDrams

1F - short, fizziness lasts for a while, sweet, drying, lingering sour cherry #BlindDrams

1F Dad Short, bitter, vinegar   #BlindDrams

1P - Dad Hefty abv, sharp, vinegar, red wine, bitter, fizzy, red liquorice, black cherry, like it’s been sitting in a plastic bottle for six months   #BlindDrams

1P - red wine, fiery irn bru, cinnamon/clove, black cherry, malbec (?), quite spirity, burnt caramel #BlindDrams

1N - light wood spices, chipboard (ikea furniture), effervescent, gingerbread, sunflower oil, twix #BlindDrams

1N - Dad Fiery orange colour, quite closed, Irn Bru, gentle red fruits, chipboard, effervescent, ginger biscuits   #BlindDrams

We’ll be doing the tasting note postings for Dad (@glenscotia.bsky.social) tonight while he is away critiquing Beethoven’s 9th by the RSNO! #BlindDrams

Contestants ready! (old pic, chocolates went within 10 mins of delivery) #BlindDrams

Thank you to @whiskypatrick.bsky.social for some brilliant drams - really enjoyed them all! #BlindDrams

5 Score - 4/5 #BlindDrams

5F - long, oily, burning, more peat #BlindDrams

5P - oily, coal mines, black smoke, industrial/post war, hay, antiseptic #BlindDrams

5N - flock of pigeons, playground bark, dirt, hospital floor, walnuts #BlindDrams

4 Score - 3/5 #BlindDrams

4F - very short, almost non-existent, pineapple, sandy #BlindDrams