Did copy this one from the China Post – but you can find it elsewhere on the net. <\/p>\n
LONDON — A Taiwanese whisky beat a trio of top Scottish blends in a connoisseurs’ blind taste test organized to mark Scotland’s annual Burn’s Night festivities, the Times reported yesterday.<\/p>\n
The Taiwan-distilled Kavalan brand, described as a \u201cFar Eastern incomer\u201d\u009d, came top in a test against three Scottish and one English whisky in an historic hostelry in Leith, north of Edinburgh, said the paper.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh my God,\u201d\u009d author and whisky connoisseur Charles MacLean told the paper when the unexpected result was confirmed.<\/p>\n
The newspaper organized the test itself, in what it called a \u201cpiece of mischief-making\u201d\u009d inspired by the launch of an English whisky, \u201cSt. George’s\u201d\u009d last November.<\/p>\n
Its hope was to catch the experts out with the tipple from Scotland’s traditional \u201cSassenach\u201d\u009d English rivals \u00e2\u201d\u20ac but to their surprise it was the Asian whisky which came up trumps.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s tropical fruits. Tropical fruit jam,\u201d\u009d said MacLean, chairman of the panel, after Kavalan \u00e2\u201d\u20ac which is not marketed in Britain \u00e2\u201d\u20ac came out top with 27.5 points out of a possible 40 maximum.<\/p>\n
Langs, a three-year-old Scottish premium blend, scored 22 points, followed by King Robert \u00e2\u201d\u20ac also from north of the border \u00e2\u201d\u20ac on 20 and the English three-year-old malt on 15.5.<\/p>\n
Last came quadruple-distilled Scottish blend Bruichladdich X4+3, on only 4.5 points, described by MacLean as \u201cnot cooking oil. Not diesel oil. Sewing machine oil.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
In a commentary the Times noted: \u201cAsians are not only some of the world’s most sophisticated consumers of Scotch, but have begun distilling malts that compete with the best Scottish distilleries.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Burns Night, named after 18th century poet Robert \u201cRabbie\u201d\u009d Burns, competes with St. Andrew’s Day as a focus for traditionally whisky-fueled celebrations in Scotland and by Scots around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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