Search on for nosiest New Zealander

Search on for nosiest New Zealander

Think you ‘nose’ it all? The call is out to find the most discerning olfactory glands in New Zealand!
 
Teams of three are being sought to test their sense of smell at DramFest 09’s whisky nosing competition, to be held in Christchurch later this month.
 
Entrants will have to guess the region, distillery and age of five different whiskies – not as easy as it sounds.
 
“Whisky is a very subtle drink, with many many different flavours and tastes,” says DramFest organiser Michael Fraser Milne.  “But if you can even pick up a few of these, you are in with a chance! You don’t have to be an expert to enter.”
 
Teams will be guided through the whiskies, and there will be plenty of opportunities to increase whisky skills at the festival before taking part in the competition. Over the course of the festival there will be appreciation sessions with some of the key whisky experts from Scotland, and there will be around 150 to 200 whiskies available to try.
 
Each team consists of three people, and costs $30 to enter. Each member of the winning team gets to take away a bottle of each whisky from the competition.
 
A team led by Wayne Parks of Alaska won the nosing competition last year. With five mystery drams, his team correctly identified four regions, one distillery and three ages correctly.
 
The festival is organised by Michael Fraser Milne, owner of local Christchurch whisky shop ‘Whisky Galore’. Stocking over 500 whiskies, the store opened in 2003 and is seriously dedicated to all aspects of the whisky public’s needs.
 
The festival will include tastings and appreciation classes, a whisky cocktail demonstration and sampling, a nosing/tasting competition and an evening ‘Whisky Do’.
  
DramFest 09  -   27 February – 1 March 2009 
Christchurch, New Zealand
 
www.dramfest.co.nz  
www.whiskygalore.co.nz
 

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