Eileen and I presented the classic Speyside scotches, Balvenie Doublewood 12, Glenfiddich 12, The Glenlivet 12, and Macallan 12. Bagpipes leading the opening. It is good to revisit the old war horses and see why is it that they are so popular.
Balvenie Doublewood 12 - Nose: fruit, rich, sweet. Taste: floral, dried fruit sweetness, full bodied. Finish: long sweet finish.
Glenfiddich 12 - Nose: dried fruit, figs, plum. Taste: vanilla, sweet. Finish: nice lingering finish.
The Glenlivet 12 - Nose: fresh fruit, apples, vanilla. Taste: Light, fresh apples, vanilla, toffe. Finish: medium finish, toffish.
Macallan 12 - Nose: Sweet, woody, apple, vanilla, fruity, winey, raisin. Taste: bite in the back, burnt toffee. Finish: Long, pleasant finish, taste of wood, wine.
Next month 4 Irish whiskeys and a Welsh one.
Friday, February 19, 2010
San Francisco Friday Things
King Tut!!! We took the bus to Golden Gate Park and the De Young Museum. The exhibit was amazing. It was brilliant. Of course, the biggest and coolest items do not travel but they had some very cool items. We then saw the Amish quilt exhibit was very remarkable and so cool to see textile art that was made 50 -100 years ago but so fresh as to design. I wandered around as well and saw the famous Peaceable Kingdom by Hicks.
In the park, there were statues of Robert Emmett and Robert Burns. How cool was that. We then walked to Haight Street and had lunch. We shopped along the street. Magnolia brew pub was visited and we tasted their Oyster Head Stout 4.9%(local oysters thrown into boil), Cole Porter 4.8%, and Dark Star Mild 3.6%. We then walked to the Toronado Bar and made happy hour. cash only and a great bar. We met a journalist who was interesting and convinced to try some of the local bars. We did it was okay. The great thing about it was that K and I bought some really cool hats that we not have bought had we not walked to this bar.
In the park, there were statues of Robert Emmett and Robert Burns. How cool was that. We then walked to Haight Street and had lunch. We shopped along the street. Magnolia brew pub was visited and we tasted their Oyster Head Stout 4.9%(local oysters thrown into boil), Cole Porter 4.8%, and Dark Star Mild 3.6%. We then walked to the Toronado Bar and made happy hour. cash only and a great bar. We met a journalist who was interesting and convinced to try some of the local bars. We did it was okay. The great thing about it was that K and I bought some really cool hats that we not have bought had we not walked to this bar.
Behind things
It has been awhile since I posted so here goes. We went to San Francisco for a long weekend. We visited Anchor Brewing, Muir Woods, John Muir's home, the King Tut Exhibit at the DeYoung Museum, Haight Ashbury, Toronoado bar, Magnolia Brew pub, and 21st Amendment.
Thursday, we arrived but had been delayed by fog. We made it to our hotel and then took the bus to the Anchor Brewery just making our 1:00 reservation. This brewery is old school. 100 bbl brewing kettle, open square fermenters, old style small batch conditioning tanks, and an old bottling line. Really good tour and then a tasting of everything they had on draft or bottle. So we tasted Steam, Liberty (1st IPA brewed in the U.S.), Humming, Bock, Porter (1st porter brewed in the U.S. in a long, long time), and the Old Foghorn Barleywine.
Afterwards, we walked to the 21st Amendment for a sampling and calamari. The beers we sampled were SFO organic olden ale ( crisp, clean 5.1%), Hell or Highwater Melon Wheat (refreshing 4.9%), Golden Doom (Belgian golden ale 7.5%), Holiday Spice Ale (clove, nutmeg 8.0%), Oyster Point Stout (sweet toffee, coffee, made with oysters 5.4%), Cranberry Cider (two Rivers Cider Co. Sacremento, 6.5%), and finally Old Portrero Rye whiskey made at Anchor. What a lovely dram. It was so good I had to buy me a bottle.
Thursday, we arrived but had been delayed by fog. We made it to our hotel and then took the bus to the Anchor Brewery just making our 1:00 reservation. This brewery is old school. 100 bbl brewing kettle, open square fermenters, old style small batch conditioning tanks, and an old bottling line. Really good tour and then a tasting of everything they had on draft or bottle. So we tasted Steam, Liberty (1st IPA brewed in the U.S.), Humming, Bock, Porter (1st porter brewed in the U.S. in a long, long time), and the Old Foghorn Barleywine.
Afterwards, we walked to the 21st Amendment for a sampling and calamari. The beers we sampled were SFO organic olden ale ( crisp, clean 5.1%), Hell or Highwater Melon Wheat (refreshing 4.9%), Golden Doom (Belgian golden ale 7.5%), Holiday Spice Ale (clove, nutmeg 8.0%), Oyster Point Stout (sweet toffee, coffee, made with oysters 5.4%), Cranberry Cider (two Rivers Cider Co. Sacremento, 6.5%), and finally Old Portrero Rye whiskey made at Anchor. What a lovely dram. It was so good I had to buy me a bottle.
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