Celebrate in Style

Finally the day had arrived. The day to celebrate. The day for which we had come all the way from India with a precious bottle of Gold - The Black Dog Reserve. Let me just remind you why this scotch is so precious. As they say it is a little science, a little art and a snifter full of magic! Black Dog’s master blenders have used all their talents and wizardry to perfect this label. The Highland malts lend Black Dog 12 year old their dry character. The Speyside malts add their complexity and refined smoothness while the Islay whiskies contribute their typical peaty character and the Lowland malts bring in their full bodied sweet character. These are carefully married together in the time honoured art of blending so that the older whiskies dominate!
As the tag line says - Let the World Wait! 

It was time to bring out the cherished Black Dog to celebrate. And celebrate we did! As the amber liquid with golden highlights was sipped and relished, the warmth of the relationships were enhanced and a feeling of cheer spread into the room.

The Black Dog Reserve was the perfect accompaniment to the Paneer Kadai and the British national 

dish, the Chicken tikka masala.

Undoubtedly a great time was had by all, thanks to the wonderful food accompanied by the finest scotch - Black Dog.

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Black Dog - A winner!

Over the past one hundred and thirty years Black Dog has established itself beyond doubt as one of the finest Scotch whiskies. It is distilled, matured and blended in the lowlands of Scotland and even now every time honoured process is followed to produce an impeccable blend of robust yet smooth Scotch that is celebrated as an intricate fusion of delicate tones and gentle aromas.

Black Dog today is an International Luxury Brand and that is proved by the number of International awards it has won for itself. The twelve year old Black Dog has won a Gold medal in 2006 from Monde Selection.

Monde selection is an international institute for quality selection found in 1961 in Brussels and are currently the oldest and most reputed organization in the field of quality selection worldwide. Monde selection distinguishes not only by its experience but also by panel of long term partners and experts who have provided the customers with value added service of quality selection. Monde selection has been recognized officially by the commission of the European Union for conferring awards to wines in the framework of community laws. The products are examined by scientific board who determine its acceptability as well as the informative nature of the label. The products that comply with the criteria of acceptability are submitted to the committee of juries for sensorial analysis. On the basis of comments recorded from the sensorial panel the standing organizing committee then instructs the scientific board to carry out the chemical and bacteriological analysis etc. Monde selection jury comprises of prominent professionals of all whom are eminencies in their fields. For the spirits and liquor selection they are separated by numerous oenologist, sommeliers, professional tasters, professors, specialty judges and chemists from a diversity of countries.

Over the coming days, we will see what other awards BlackDog has won in the International arena to endear itself as one of the world’s finest!

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Celebrate the Black Dog!

I dedicate this post and the next twenty nine posts to the Grand Old Man of Scotch – Black Dog! The occasion? Well, yes, the coveted Black Dog is brought out from the bar only on special occasions as we all know! And what better occasion could there be than celebrating one hundred and thirty years of this celebrated Scotch! Yes! You got it right! Black Dog celebrates a hundred and thirty years of giving people an occasion to celebrate!

Black Dog is indeed one of the world’s finest Scotch whisky. It has a fascinating history. As per the brewers of this fine Scotch - In the year 1883 Walter Millard, a Scot from the British East India Company came searching for the perfect Scotch and eventually discovered the great taste of this whisky in these misty shores of Scotland. Being a keen angler, Walter Millard named the whisky Black Dog in honour of his favourite salmon fishing fly used in the Spey and Tay rivers of Scotland since the early 19th century. 
So, now we know that Black Dog has nothing to do with the canines and everything to do with angling and relaxing!

Do check out this short three minute video for the wonderful history of this legendary Scotch.

Over the coming days, we shall delve into what has made Black Dog an International Luxury Brand that it is today and how it has become a symbol of absolute fine taste and luxury.

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