Water opens it up
This happened in a discussion I had with a bartender of a well-known pub in the NCR. I asked him, ‘What is more important to a whisky blend, the way the nose sensors behave or the way the taste buds respond?’ The bartender thought for a while and then replied, ‘What is more important to...
WHIZky – A crossword for whisky lovers
Yes, WHIZky is indeed a crossword for whisky lovers. Though you may need to take a print of the grid that I have added to this post as an image. The clues are given just below the grid image… and the answers? Well, the answers too are right on this page and you just need to...
The invasion of slogans
We all live our lives surrounded by slogans, captions, and taglines, don’t we? Switch on the telly and they’re there. Open your newspaper and they hound you. Go to the market place and you read them everywhere. Try and relax on the social media and all you notice are slogans. They’re there, for sure. Life...
Ageing in a cask
‘A whisky gets its ageing and maturation in a cask?’ Specky asked in a tone replete with incredulity. I didn’t answer and so after a while, he went on, ‘I wish we could put all our immature professionals in a cask and let them out only once they were of the right blend and delicacy...
Four Seasons: Reflecting a new-age idiom
What happens when some of the best Four Seasons wines, wine-makers like Abhay Kewadkar, chefs like Raman, and venues like the Cheri come together? Well, add a bit of rain here, a dash of some really zesty blogger smiles, an ambiance that transports you into the cobbled courtyards with a Parisian charm, food that goes...
