The Southside Whisky Club  

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James has attended 0 of 100 meetings.
They've reviewed 15 whiskies, giving an average rating of 5.8 out of 10.
Tasting whiskies from 8 regions, most (5) have come from Speyside.
The average whisky they've tasted is 49.6%.

 
 
8.2

Apple strudel. Superglue. Molten syrup. Ail varnish remover, games workshop's own-branded superglue
7.8

I don't know what 'distilled grass' is, but if it were a real thing, it would smell like this - but also haggis.
7.2

Tastes 'de-lish' and unlike a grain. In fact, this could easily be an island dram - it's sweet and then... smoky? It's hard to categorise but it 'doesn't taste like rat piss', which is always a bonus.
7.1

You're having a porky barbecue with ribs, except that guy you didn't want to come came and the pork he brought was oldand he got some cheesy maple syrup from Pizza One Pancake Too in Norwich and insisted that everyone try his candied Kerosene and medicine-flavoured ice-cream...
7.0

6.8

6.5

6.4

6.0

There was even a suggestion of mint toffee! - the most flavourful flavour we came up with. Most agree it's better than the selection of 70s blends we sampled on the way (the names of which were fading away - Abbott's Fingers? Nun's Chuffs?).
5.9

5.0

Banana foams give us a link from fruit to toffee, with coconut and tree sap watching from the sidelines. Flying saucers too (presumably the sweets?), but also a touch of bleach and Glacier Mints - a mixed bag!
5.0

It was deemed a morning whisky, or breakfast dram, with many attendant caveats. And finally, the sense of something intangible, call it "rhrhyrhtrtgrtg", if you will.
4.3

Six billion. The population of the world if you perform a 'Chinese takeaway', that is for some inexplicable reason don't count the population of China. And round up. It tastes of Chinese takeaway, is what I'm trying to say.
3.5

1.0

There's now a herby, bitter sourness and Aquavit is the new alcohol metaphor, with toothpaste and dentist's mouthwash taking on the clinical mantle.