BIG thanks to everyone who made our inaugural tasting a success, especially Jordan & Jess at Love Cheese.
As voted for by those attending, the pairing of the night was the Spirit of Yorkshire IPA Finish Batch #1 and a lovely creamy Maida Vale, cheese of the night was a tie between the Wensleydale and the Montagnolo Affine, and dram of the night was a cask-strength Spey Tenné (Batch #3). With a spirit of adventure, several attendees made their own successful pairing of red wine farmer and heavily Peated Kilkerran.
Huge thanks also to Spirit of Yorkshire for donating the IPA and a pair of distillery tour tickets, and The Angels’ Share donating a first edition of their whisky magazine for us to raffle at the end.
It was fantastic to start our club journey with a brilliant group of people keen to explore their love for whisky (+cheese)!
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- Our starter beer was paired with Swaledale Traditional, a dales cheese following the Wensleydale recipe.
- Our Whisky #1 was SPEY Tenné Cask Strength – Batch 3 (57.4%) which was paired with Affineur Walo Red Wine Farmer Cheese
- Our Whisky #2 was Spirit of York IPA Finish (46%) which was paired with Maida Vale
- Our Whisky #3 was Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength (56.9%) which was paired with Montagnolo Affine Cheese
- Our Whisky #4 was Kilkerran Heavily Peated (57.7%) which was paired with Montagnolo Affine Cheese