{"id":10486,"date":"2018-10-01T10:25:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T15:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/?p=10486"},"modified":"2019-07-18T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:20:00","slug":"whiskey-tasting-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/whiskey-tasting-in-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiskey Tasting in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">I recently was invited to attend a whiskey tasting in Austin Texas sponsored by Whiskies of the World. <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskiesoftheworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Whiskies of the World<\/a> sponsors six whiskey tasting events throughout the year in California, Texas and Georgia and showcases what else but whiskies from around the world along with local distillers from the surrounding area where the events take place.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10492\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lone-Elm-Small-Batch-Texas-Whiskey-667x890.jpg\" alt=\"Lone Elm Small Batch Texas Whiskey\" width=\"667\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lone-Elm-Small-Batch-Texas-Whiskey-667x890.jpg 667w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lone-Elm-Small-Batch-Texas-Whiskey-427x570.jpg 427w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lone-Elm-Small-Batch-Texas-Whiskey-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lone-Elm-Small-Batch-Texas-Whiskey.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">For those that have never been to a whiskey tasting event, you might think it is full of a bunch of guys throwing back shots and getting drunk but it is far from that. What you will find is men and women from all walks of life that enjoy whiskies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10493\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Whiskey-Tasting-667x890.jpg\" alt=\"Whiskey Tasting\" width=\"667\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Whiskey-Tasting-667x890.jpg 667w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Whiskey-Tasting-427x570.jpg 427w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Whiskey-Tasting-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Whiskey-Tasting.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Having been invited as part of the press, I was allowed to enter the event an hour early along with those that had bought a VIP ticket. VIP ticket holders are given a head start on the events and several of the exhibitors bring out their best spirits for tastings. At each booth someone is there to explain about the distillery, the whiskies they produce and what makes them unique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10494\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Laphroaig-Scotch-667x890.jpg\" alt=\"Laphroaig Scotch\" width=\"667\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Laphroaig-Scotch-667x890.jpg 667w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Laphroaig-Scotch-427x570.jpg 427w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Laphroaig-Scotch-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Laphroaig-Scotch.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">What would a whiskey tasting be without a good cigar and I had the pleasure of meeting Troy Lawrence, owner, founder, all around good guy and the man behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorcigars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Honor Cigars.<\/a> I also had one of his great cigars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10495\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Smoking-Cigars.jpg\" alt=\"Smoking Cigars\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Smoking-Cigars.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Smoking-Cigars-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Smoking-Cigars-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Troy\u2019s family was in the coffee business in the Dominican Republic and he had a lot of friends that enjoyed cigars. The Dominican Republic produces a lot of the tobacco used in fine cigars and Troy decided to enter the game but instead of competing with the well established brands he went the boutique cigar route.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10496\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Honor-Cigars-boxed-667x890.jpg\" alt=\"Honor Cigars boxed\" width=\"667\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Honor-Cigars-boxed-667x890.jpg 667w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Honor-Cigars-boxed-427x570.jpg 427w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Honor-Cigars-boxed-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Honor-Cigars-boxed.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"> Honor cigars is based out of Atlanta Georgia\u00a0 and employs Cuban cigar rollers and blenders with years of experience to create a unique cigar experience for their clients. Honor Cigars works with corporate clients to offer cigar bars, cigar rolling classes and demonstrations as well as presentations on pairing cigars with various drinks. Honor Cigars has done over 70 events in 2017 alone and partnered with Delta Airlines, W Hotels, Porsche, Capitol One and Microsoft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10497\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woody-Creek-Colorado-Bourbon-667x890.jpg\" alt=\"Woody Creek Colorado Bourbon\" width=\"667\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woody-Creek-Colorado-Bourbon-667x890.jpg 667w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woody-Creek-Colorado-Bourbon-427x570.jpg 427w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woody-Creek-Colorado-Bourbon-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woody-Creek-Colorado-Bourbon.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">In the main tasting area I found several whiskey distillers from Texas, some I had not previously heard of, along with the old guard like Jack Daniels, Bulleit, Crown Royal and Knob Creek. There were also distilleries represented from Scotland, Japan, Ireland, France, Canada and India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><strong><em>Whiskey from India?<\/em><\/strong> One of the highlights of my whiskey tasting night was discovering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amrutdistilleries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Amrut Distilleries<\/a>. The name Amrut in Sanskrit means \u201cnectar of the gods\u201d. Amrut began in 1948 distilling IMFL, which is Indian Made Foreign Liquor, the official term used by governments, businesses and media in India\u00a0to refer to all types of hard\u00a0liquor\u00a0manufactured in the country other than indigenous alcoholic beverages. The company quickly gained success and became the main supplier of liquor to the Indian Army.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10498\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Amrut-Distilleries-Whiskies.jpg\" alt=\"Amrut Distilleries Whiskies\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Amrut-Distilleries-Whiskies.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Amrut-Distilleries-Whiskies-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Amrut-Distilleries-Whiskies-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">In 2004 the company decided to launch the first ever single malt whiskey in India and launch it they did. Instead of meekly entering the market, Amrut went straight for the jugular vein and launched in Glasgow Scotland. For you non whiskey drinkers that is like opening a theme park next to Disney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">I had the opportunity to meet and talk whiskey with Ashok Chokalingam, Amrut\u2019s Global Brand Ambassador and assistant to the Master Distiller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10499\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ashok-667x890.jpg\" alt=\"ASHOK CHOKALINGAM \" width=\"667\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ashok-667x890.jpg 667w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ashok-427x570.jpg 427w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ashok-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ashok.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Ashok started with the company in 2004 after he \u00a0received his MBA in England and was a classmate of Rakshit Jagdale, the owner of Amrut Distilleries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">According to Ashok , the pot stills used by Amrut are unique in style and the Indian 6 row malted barley is unique in character as it has more protein continent.\u00a0More importantly, the single malts are distinctively different when it comes to ageing the whisky. Because of the heat and low humidity in Bangalore, they only lose 10-12% of whisky as an angel\u2019s share. Ashok likes to tell people that they are the missing link between Scotland and Kentucky. As a result of the climate, Amrut whisky is fully aged in 5 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Amrut came to the world\u2019s attention in 2005 after famous whisky connoisseur\u00a0Jim Murray\u00a0gave it a rating of 82 out of 100 and in 2010 Murray named it the third best whiskey in the world. Amrut has won numerous awards in the industry including a Gold Award in Jim Murray\u2019s 2014 Whiskey Bible, a Gold Award for Asian Whiskey in the 2014 Wizards of Whiskey and in 2016 Amrut Spectrum Single Malt won World Whiskey of the Year by Whiskey Advocate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Amrut Spectrum Single Malt conveys a whisky with five flavors from American oak, French oak, Spanish oak,\u00a0<em>oloroso<\/em>, and Pedro Xim\u00e9nez wood in a single vessel. And we can thank Ashok for coming up with this concept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">What is the future of Amrut? I don\u2019t know but it is certainly going to be a good one. As far as Ashok\u00a0 Chokalingam is concerned, his next step is to eventually assume the responsibility for total production and head of International sales. I say Amrut\u2019s future looks bright.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">If you have never been to a whiskey tasting you should go. They are fun, informative, full of interesting people and a great way to sample some of the best whiskey in the world.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently was invited to attend a whiskey tasting in Austin Texas sponsored by Whiskies of the World. 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