24/05/2018 Campbeltown Festival 2018 (Day 2 -- Part 3) After-party #2

The attentive reader will notice there was no account of After-party #1. It was held last night, and I took no notes.

What a day! It takes me a few hours to recover my senses. The pours at Glen Scotia were huge, and following up with the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, full of heavy-hitters, proved challenging for the clarity of my mind. I spend the rest of the afternoon getting over the effects of alcohol, meeting friends (the Franco-Swiss contingent and others) and pouring Aberlour 23yo 1989/2013 (54.9%, Cadenhead Small Batch, Bourbon Hogsheads, 522b)
We have plans for supper, though. Last pour rings at the distillery and we head to the harbour, where the Swissky Mafia is having an apéritif. They invite us to join them. We try a very good Glendronach 1992 and an excellent Glen Grant 1960.

I wish you were whisky
Och, aye!

Then, it is time for food. And, on the Thursday at the Campbeltown festial, food means one thing: HAGGIS NACHOS, BITCH3S!

I have booked a table for six at 19:30. There are nine of us, and it is 18:50. Regardless, the staff at the Harbourview Grille accommodate us, much to our relief. JS, CD, PG, MD, CL, Bishlouk and two other Swissky Mafiosi (R and B) accompany me for a decadent supper to pump life (and thirst) back into our systems.

Haggis...

...effing nachos!

Campbeltown seafood pie

JS has a Kintyre salad...
...to eat light!

R, B and MD leave us shortly after that, broken by around twenty-four hours of driving. The rest of us retreat to our accommodation for a few drams.

Burnside 12yo (40%, Eaglesome Campbeltown Commemoration, b. ca. 1985) (me): nose: coal dust and hot sand. Mouth: hot, with green chilli, custard and caster sugar. Finish: soft, sweet, cake-y, with pudding and dried lime cubes. 7/10

Argyll 12yo (40%, Eaglesome Campbeltown Commemoration, b. ca. 1985) (me): nose: hay, caster sugar. Mouth: so sweet and almost rum-y, this is sugary. It is also big and robust, with lots of gingery heat. Finish: rough, full and sugary. Very rum-like, this one. 7/10

Glencadam 14yo 1964/1979 (45.7%, Cadenhead) (JS): someone else will observe in a couple of days that the font is closed to that of the Tintin covers. Nose: soft, delicate, with lots of flowers, jasmine, honeysuckle and yellow fruit (peach and apricot). Mouth: very fruity, it has melon, papaya, a dash of pepper. Preserved, char-grilled red peppers (sweetened by the char-grilling) and cooked courgettes. Finish: long, fresh, fruity, with lots of melon, watermelon juice, pomelo and sugar-cane juice. This is amazing! 9/10

Loch Lomond 33yo 1984/2017 (47.9%, Edition Spirits The First Editions for Belgium, Refill Hogshead, C#HL13287, 120b) (Bishlouk): nose: grassy and fruity at first, it soon becomes more leathery, only to flip back to grass and lots of citrus fruit. Mouth: yoghurt, then citrus (lime and pomelo). It has horsepower too. Finish: very fruity, acidic, again, with lime and unripe pomelo. 8/10

I suppose I am a bit pissed again.

CD: "Being pissed off is better than being pissed on."
tOMoH: "Germany produced great philosophers."

Glentauchers 41yo 1976/2017 (42%, Cadenhead Authentic Collection 175th Anniversary, Bourbon Hogshead, 126b) (Bishlouk): nose: vanilla and raspberry ice cream. Mouth: milky and acidic, full of lime and pomelo. Finish: long and lingering, it is citrus-y, with lime, pomelo and lime pith. 9/10



Others have Lochside 49yo 1964/2015 (41.2%, The Vintage Mal Whisky Co. The Cooper's Choice, Sherry Butt, C#6799, 540b) (Bishlouk). I have reached my limit, perhaps put off by CD's stroking the cock all night. :-)

I swear it made sense, on the night...