A cause for celebration. | Jewmalt Whisky Reviews

Ok, before I get started, I know there are a few things I owe you:

More blended whisky reviews (including some Douglas Laing Double Barrel, Compass Box and Eades Double Malt expressions)
A follow up to my Skyped-in Balvenie tasting with the London Jewish Chaplaincy.
Reviews on the Master of Malt 30, 40 & 50 year expressions
Anything else?

So, this is what I owe you and I will get to that. Promise.

Before I do, however, I thought I’d do a quick post which actually is a follow up to the first contest I ever did. I gave you a chance to taste a sample of the Ardbeg Rollercoaster if you gave me a good reason to crack open my Glenmorangie Margaux Cask.

I am happy to announce that I have finally opened the Margaux Cask Glenmo! And though I am still striving for the goal and main reason I chose to open this bottle, I have made some headway. So, you might ask “why, if you haven’t reached you goal, did you open up that beauty?” Well, I’ll tell you.

Reason number 1 –

As you may know, before I started this blog, I ran a whisky society by the same name. I still do.

Recently we enjoyed our largest tasting event hosted by Mr. Sam Simmons (with proceeds going to my synagogue’s social justice fund). You guessed it, Dr. Whisky. We had just over 30 people at the event and it was a total blast! Sam did a fantastic job!

So, are we celebrating this big tasting? Yes.

Is it enough for “Reason number 1“? Almost. However, I needed more.

What better component to “Reason number 1” than to celebrate Sam’s promotion to The Balvenie’s Global Ambassador!?

Sam, congrats! After attending your tasting event, and seeing how you wowed and taught my group about The Balvenie and Scotch whisky in general, it’s quite apparent that your promotion is a well deserved one. Cheers brotha!

Reason number 2 –

Dag nambit, if I don’t LOVE the internets!!

Over a year ago I started chatting it up with Jason of guidscotchdrink.com (for those not familiar, formally WHISKYhost). We would twitter quite a lot and I was, and continue to be an avid reader of Jason’s blog. Heck, I’ve even done a couple of guest posts on his blog where I reviewed whisk(e)y infused chocolate bars: Talisker Scotch Bonbon Bars — George T Stagg Bourbon Bonbon Bars.

Recently, and for a variety of reasons (Sam’s Balvenie Tasting being one of them), Jason took many-many hours out of his life to fly out to Connecticut for a visit.

Even though I’ve hung out with Sam before, this statement goes for both Sam and Jason: How cool it was to finally meet someone you’ve been interwebbing with for so long!?

Jason, it was great having you as a guest and hanging out with you! Sam, see above. 🙂

Reason number 3 –

Well, I still can not give this away but I will be sure to announce what this reason is when that time comes.

So, how’d the stuff taste??

Looks like I owe one more thing – tasting notes!

When we opened it, we drank to enjoy and celebrate ! Tasting notes to follow. However, as a preview, I can tell you that it is some amazing fluid!