Water of Life - aka Whisky

Last week Luke and I joined the university Water of Life Society (WOLS).  WOLS is a group of about 120 students (and spouses) that meets every other week to drink whisky.  It's a great place to hang out, chat, learn about whisky and drink.  Who wouldn't want to join?!?!?!  

As soon as we found out that we would be moving to Scotland, Luke started researching whisky so that we could start preparing ourselves.  (Please note that I'm not calling it Scotch - it's Whisky.)  I will have to admit that it took me a few drams before I was able to drink it "neat" but I'm glad that I did.  

Since last week was the first meeting of the semester they did a tasting of the 6 different whisky regions in Scotland.  To rephrase that - we had 6 drams of whisky in about 2 1/2 hours.  (Fortunately for me I had a Nalgene with me and they have pictures of water on the table.)  About half of the ones we tasted we had actually had before but there were a few new ones.  Below is a list of what we tried and the region:

Glenkinchie 12 - Lowland

Glenmorangie 10 - Highland

Glenlivet 15 - Speyside - Luke's favorite

Highland Park 12 - Islands

Springbank 12 Cask Strength - Campbeltown - Aub's favorite

Kilchoman Machir Bay - Islay

The whiskies listed above are lined up from left to right behind Lucas.

We're excited to keep learning about whisky and we'll be sure to pass everything along.  We're also really hoping to visit a few distilleries while we're here.  Got to take advantage of the things around us while we're here, right?

Love you & miss you,

Aubs, Luke & Luther