Whisky Galore

Whisky Galore

It was our first tasting evening and what fun! Over a lovely themed five course meal and an evening amongst serious enthusiasts, and great company, we tasted Old Pulteney, Ben Raich, Sheep Dip and Glen Parker single malts and a mystery whisky that turned out to be oriental in origin rather than from the glens. Known as Yamazaki from Japan it nearly turned the seasoned Scots tasters Kamikaze! This was the Sixth Tasters of Tatamagouche single malt tasting experience and there will be many more but perhaps none so surprising. I can’t wait!

Last November the group tasted a whisky from the only single malt whisky producer in North America , which just happens to be right here in Nova Scotia. Glenora Distillery at Glenville, Inverness County, Nova Scotia was established in 1990 on a 300 acre site. It produces over 250,000 litres of whisky using the traditional copper pot stills and only three ingredients: Barley, Yeast and Water to make their rare single malt whisky. It cannot be called 'Scotch' unless it is produced in Scotland, hence here in New Scotland it can only be called Canadian Single Malt Whisky.

It was our first tasting evening and what fun! Over a lo