whiskey expo

tonight, a colleague took me to the whiskey expo here in linkoping, quite an experience. i guess there ARE nerds for just about anything that has lots of details and statistics and reasons to call yourself an expert. heh... it was kind of interesting, and i really appreciated the opportunity to taste a number of different scotches (well, since one was from sweden, i guess i have to say whiskey) that i never would have bothered to try if i had to buy a full bottle.

i was just pleasently surprised to have emerged from the event in a relatively sober state. it was fun, i tried some new stuff, but things didn't get too crazy. here are a few pictures and some commentary.

here's the sign for a swedish whiskey. they are developing this product and have even gone so far as to store casks in various parts of sweden to see which storage facility will produce the finest whiskey. it was only 5 years old and it tasted young too. smelled nice, though.


here's the coaster for an independent scotch i tried. it's a speyside, i guess i'm not sure what it's supposed to go on the palatte like, but it was enjoyable.



this is a highland style whiskey, the last i tried. it was pretty good, but it wasn't water, which was what i was craving.

and... tonight, again, proved to me that given the choice, i wouldn't choose islay scotches. i guess i just don't have that sophisticated of a palette. that's ok, though.

afterward, we ended up in a club. that's a different story for a different time. same results for me, though--relatively sober--but it was nice to be able to simply walk home when things were done.