The Connoisseurs Club – advanced tasting session 20 April 2010
£30 per person, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Tues 20 Apr 2010The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
London Members’ Rooms, 19 Greville Street, London, EC1N 8SQ
Chocolate making stages
The Connoisseurs Club is our new series of fine chocolate appreciation sessions for more advanced chocolate enthusiasts. These new events will give you a chance to share your passion for fine and origin chocolate with fellow enthusiasts and guests such as our official reviewers or industry specialists.
The event will be led by Seventypercent, the format though will be more informal than our regular tastings. We will be providing a selection of the best and most interesting chocolate at each event, but you will also be welcome to bring along any samples you have found for group discussion and tasting – no matter the quality.
Connoisseurs Club tastings will be a chance to try some of the latest samples from new and established chocolate makers – including works in progress, source ingredients like cacao, and will be an opportunity to experience the weird and wonderful in fine chocolate.
This month’s featured topics will include:
- New US artisans – samples from new ‘micro-batch’ US chocolate makers
- Green & Black’s 70% – has it got better?
- Madagascar field trip – Jennifer Earle of Chocolate Ecstasy Tours gives us an update
- Early preview of bean samples soon to be made into chocolate by a top maker
While beginners are welcome, we will be giving only the briefest of introductions into how to taste chocolate and will be going straight into tasting and comparing this month’s samples. As usual, there will also be a chance for a whisky and chocolate match at the end of the event.
(Please note: if you are bringing your own samples along for the event, please ensure they are fit for retail consumption and commercially available, unless otherwise agreed in advance. In general, unflavoured dark bars will be of the most interest).
Info
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7.30pm-9.30pm, Thurs 20 Apr 2010
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
London Members’ Rooms
19 Greville Street
London
EC1N 8SQ
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