BALLANTINE'S TRUE MUSIC
When an invitation comes and it says join us for a drink, and the date places it on Thursday evening, you start evaluating your priorities and responsibilities, luckily I do not have such a responsibility and burden on my shoulders because me and sleep had a very messy divorce, so I gladly accepted when Ballantine’s made a date with me for a Thursday evening out in the ever lively Braamfontein for the launch of 2019 Boilerroom & Ballantine’s True Music Experience.
I don’t even want to get into how my day had been leading up to that evening because I would end up writing a book, I will concentrate on the good night, or should I say the FINEST night presented by Ballantine’s.
Let’s get a few quick things out of the way first… Guys I had a long day and you gave us tall tables that got us standing throughout the night, and I’m… (okay, truth is I did not find a chair fast because I ran for the whisky first), then the other part you won without much effort, having meat in your menu was a victory I just had to mention quick.
Your cocktails where great, though I stopped drinking the other ginger cocktail because I felt like I was just drinking ice and just a touch of the actual drink. I loved the variety of cocktails that were presented, from watermelon to parmogrenate to ginger flavoured cocktails that had that Ballantine’s kick.
Now on to the part of the event where I still say I may be right for believing what I believe. Ballantine’s has a quick experiment, which I don’t mind learning new things. The goal here was to pair a certain sound, or should I say certain music with the taste of whisky. When I tasted the first whisky I found it a bit heavy on the heat, and not going down that smooth. The second whisky was also a bit hard on the heat, but a little easier tasting than the first glass. Mind you I was not drinking the full glasses because I wanted to be capable to identify the different tastes, which I actually did because the third whisky was smoother and went down way easier than the first two glasses, and I picked up a few different notes from the first two glasses.
Now on to the part of the event where I still say I may be right
for believing what I
believe. Ballantine’s
has a quick experiment,
which I don’t mind learning
new things. The goal here
was to pair a certain
sound, or should I
say certain music
with the taste of
whisky. When I
tasted the first
whisky I found it a
bit heavy on the
heat, and not going
down that smooth.
The second whisky
was also a bit hard
on the heat, but a
little easier tasting
than the first glass.
Mind you I was
not drinking the
full glasses
because I wanted
to be capable to identify the different tastes, which I actually did because the third whisky was smoother and went down way easier than the first two glasses, and I picked up a few different notes from the first two glasses.
A the end of this experiment, we were told that all the whisky from those three different glasses were the same, which I disputed, and still dispute because I still say those three glasses were not the, maybe the first two might have been, but the third glass was a different somehow. I am even willing to retake this test and have different glasses put in front of me and the whisky be poured and I be given the different songs/sounds to influence, I can bet I will taste the same whisky, unless something is wrong with my wiring when it comes being influenced by certain things.