Gentlemen,
Although we sorely missed both JB and AS, we gained the company of a new member whom I am assured you will all meet in time to come and are also expectant of meeting yet another new addition to our esteemed group, an acquaintance of PK's who has expressed great interest in joining us for future outings. The heartiest welcome to our newcomers, and our regrets to those who were absent.
Our tasting this month was of the Isle of Skye's Talisker 10 year old (at 45.8% ABV, our strongest dram yet). In a dramatic departure from our last two tastings, this beauty brought seaweed and spice to the nose, and a powerful mix of salt and peat and heat to the tongue. This one's sure to keep the chill out on a cold winter's night! It was such a wonderful bit of amber delight, that we gave it a well-deserved score of 8.4 …and then got another round.
For those of you who are just joining us, I will reiterate my philosophy that memories are best left in the memory, and are seldom done justice when put into writing (and, quite honestly, I'm always hard-pressed to remember all the details as well as I'd like). So I'll leave it with these two observations: First, Yorkshire, while simply outstanding as a pudding, is no where near the pleasure of Manchester. And second, a twist on the famous old adage that we'll do well to remember - "a round in the queue is outstanding after two in the hand." And if we forget, well PK has the slip to prove it.
Once again I bid you a fond farewell and the very best wishes for the holidays. Yours always,
Sláinte,
