St George's Day tasting with The English Whisky Company
A run through some of their whiskies with owner Andrew Nelstrop and online contributions from their distiller, David Fitt (@distiller)
"@WhiskyExchange: #twetasting supping @englishwhisky. Loving the smokier + peatier whiskies. Bloody good stuff. #rainyMondayeve'Whisky' #1 - Chapter 1
- Our first glass of the night is Chapter 1 - the @englishwhisky new make. Coppery, according to Jim Murray #twetasting twitpic.com/9d7dvl
Whisky #2 - Chapter 6
- Next is Chapter 6 - 3yo from bourbon casks. Fresh nose with soured lemon cream and spiced sponge cake #twetasting twitpic.com/9d7f5e
#twetasting The original plan was to have a distillery in a shed to keep Andrew's dad out of trouble in retirement. But that's illegal, so..- ...they built a whole distillery for him to play in.
- #twetasting At first @englishwhisky were going to call themselves The Norfolk Whisky Company, but changed their minds.
- When talking to people about advertising their distillery they received a proposal from a PR agency with a whole plan on how to promote the new venture - The Norfolk Whisky Company, Virginia, USA.They went with The English Whisky Company instead...
- #twetasting Andrew reckons that about 50% of the limited @englishwhisky bottlings are sitting in collections rather than being drunk...
Whisky #3 - Chapter 7
- Whisky #3, Chapter 7: 1.5 years in bourbon, 1.5 in rum. Andrew used to be rude about finishes. No longer. #twetasting twitpic.com/9d7jk2
- And then David Fitt, the English Whisky master distiller, joined in on Twitter:
@WhiskyExchange my personal favourite...love the rum with our spirit...really works well...- Whisky #3, @englishwhisky Chapter 7: 'finished' in Guyanan and Jamaican rum casks - spicy rum 'n raisin ice cream #twetasting
- #twetasting @englishwhisky ferment for a whopping 90hrs - almost double most distilleries. No more alcohol, but a more complex wash.
Whisky #4 - Diamond Jubilee
- Whisky #4: The Diamond Jubilee bottling. Unpeated bourbon cask and a little bit of peated red wine cask... #twetasting twitpic.com/9d7n84
- #twetasting There's only about 3000 bottles of the Diamond Jubilee - the distillery is already sold out...
- We still have a few left...
