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Oct. 10th, 2003 10:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
angledgeLast night Heather convinced me to go with her to a VERY important student society meeting ... the Whiskey Society! Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like: a student society that meets to try different whiskeys. What it boiled down to was, you pay £5.00 at the door & then you get served five doubles in two hours & go home completely pie-eyed.
At first, the whole group of neophyte whiskey-tasters (this was the Society's first meeting this term) seemed to be having trouble with the concept of liking the taste of the stuff. When the head taster asked us to say out loud the tastes we detected in the whiskey, the returning society members were saying things like, "Vanilla!" or "Fruit!" & us newbies were shouting out things like "Smoke!", "Pain!", or "Poison!" But in truth, the meeting was very informative. I discovered that I can actually tell the difference between Lowland, Highland, Speyside, & Island whiskeys. I found a couple of whiskeys that I even enjoyed. So while I'm not ready to join the society, I may just venture back for their special events, like a Christmas feast or the Robert Burns dinner.
At first, the whole group of neophyte whiskey-tasters (this was the Society's first meeting this term) seemed to be having trouble with the concept of liking the taste of the stuff. When the head taster asked us to say out loud the tastes we detected in the whiskey, the returning society members were saying things like, "Vanilla!" or "Fruit!" & us newbies were shouting out things like "Smoke!", "Pain!", or "Poison!" But in truth, the meeting was very informative. I discovered that I can actually tell the difference between Lowland, Highland, Speyside, & Island whiskeys. I found a couple of whiskeys that I even enjoyed. So while I'm not ready to join the society, I may just venture back for their special events, like a Christmas feast or the Robert Burns dinner.
