Our Dinner and Whisky Tasting at Chester Golf Club (Curzon Park) 23 June 2025
Well we had a great time David Murdoch surpassed himself with a fabulous talk on Whisky – Wit and Wisdom.
We now know: •
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About the link between parrots and whisky
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Why twelve immaculately dressed men asked for Buchanans
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The importance of Tommy Lipton’s tea for Tommy Dewar request six pounds of Lipton’s tea?
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And the supposed whisky called King Victoria’s Sporran?
As well as an excellent meal, there were five different malt whiskies to enjoy:
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OLD PULTENEY 12 YEAR OLD released in mid-2018 was entirely aged in bourbon casks, resulting in a heavy influence of bourbon sweetness .
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DEANSTON VIRGIN OAK made with young whisky finished in brand new oak casks from Kentucky.
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GLENFIDDICH FIRE & CANE some of the distillery's peated single malt a three-month finishing period in rum casks - but not just any old rum casks. He's selected rum casks from a variety of South American countries to finish this whisky, which ought to play nicely with the burly peat notes at its core.
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THE SEXTON SINGLE MALT The creation of master blender Alex Thomas, The Sexton Single Malt Irish whiskey is made from 100% Irish malted barley, triple distilled in copper pot stills then aged Spanish Oloroso sherry casks.
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TULIBARDINE SOVEREIGN a delicious creamy single malt which was aged in first-fill bourbon barrels before bottling.