6/16/2023 0 Comments Macallan whiskey tastingBuy a vintage bottle produced in the 80's or 90's and compare it with a modern day expression. Here's my thoughts and I do have interests in the Scotch and Japanese whisky industries. Well, Papa I hope you will be around for such a long time that I do not have to worry about inheriting them, we can enjoy all along!!! LOL Oh, and 18 year old Glenmorangie is really nice on a Monday evening. But if it's a wine tasting onboard, for instance, I can pretty much guarantee I'll go insane and head straight for the nearest bar with a good Pinot Noir (oops, the good ones are only by the bottle.)! But if your experience level is no more than medium, then these type events are probably worth the time. A lot of it depends on your previous experience and interest. It's like asking about a Mondavi tasting. I think that's the problem when someone asks this sort of question. No need to pay for a whisky tasting event! □ By the way the liquor shops have open bottles of some brands and you can ask to try them ( for free). A good marketing strategy but not really for whisky experts. But these events get money from curious customers and also funnel them back to the shop for purchases. You certainly would have known more than him from what I have seen of your posts here. It was run by the guy who was the cashier in the on board liquor shop. Not an expert. Mark I attended a whiskey/whisky tasting event I think on Silhouette a couple of years ago. If you're into whisky, but don't have a lot of experience with Macallan, it could still be nice as it's something of a vertical tasting with small enough pours that you can still taste the last whisky. Which you really couldn't do with an ounce of each at the bar! And I think there's some variability in the event. I don't remember what it cost, and I did enjoy it, but if there are 3-5 whiskies, you're paying $35-40 for the event, and 3 of the whiskies are available in your premium package, then you're counting on the event itself being worth the cost. But the ship is largely all things to all people, and the product is the product they normally carry. And you can do that even if you're doing a single distillery, like Macallan, or a conglomerate like Diageo. And you'd steer your tasting in that direction. If you were going to a serious whisky tasting on land, odds are that everyone (or 90%+) in attendance would be a serious whisky fan. I think they did all the usual tricks (coffee beans, chocolate, etc.) to get people to look for aroma and flavor notes. ![]() It sounds like Bo had a smallish group that was into whisky I'm pretty sure my group was larger, and some had never really done a whisky tasting. The size and honestly interest/experience of the group will effect your tasting, but those are pretty much out of your control on a ship. Hopefully you get someone with some taste for whisky. Obviously you're not getting a distillery rep or even a distributor's rep doing the tastings. If one were to ask who was doing the presentation, what clues might one use to know? Not expecting a distillery rep (that would be sweet), but ? I can grab a good pour somewhere aboard and enjoy it, but a good presenter could add a lot. ![]() Who typically runs these events, and typically, do they really have a clue about the goods? If I'm not going to learn anything, there's not much point in attending. Had given passing thought to this event, but you're both bringing up questions that I'd had, and for which there's apparently no good answer.
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