A historic half and half

I spent yesterday at the Holyrood Park Education Centre, getting educated on whisky and beer pairings as part of Historic Scotland’s inaugural “Half and Half” event. The afternoon’s class was put together by The Scotch Whisky Experience and Stewart’s Brewing, and was fantastic!

I went along for the day as part of my desire to get out of the house more for adventuring. And, of course, it was an opportunity to learn something new. Or, more importantly, sample some new malts and brews!

We started with a wee “sensory perception” exercise where we smelled 10 different aromas common to whisky and beer. We then enjoyed whiskies from four regions: Lowlands, Highlands, Speyside, and Islay. Each of those whiskies was paired with samples of four different beer styles from Stewart’s Brewing.

It was a fun session with my friends, and I even made a new friend along the way – an American woman who is here for a few weeks visiting her son who is here on a study abroad stint.

Anyhow, it’s a short post, I know. But it’s really to show that I’ve been getting out and about and to help get me back on track for regular blogging. (Something I know I need to get better at!) So … whisky and beer. Yum.