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General facts and the aim of the club
Whisky tests
Members of the board
   General facts and the aim of the club
TWAANG was founded in 1993 with the aim of increasing Härnösand's citizens' knowledge about whisky. As every serious association the TWAANG has committees and members who have been entrusted with different tasks.

The committee of literature and music - LUS, deals with things like developing the club library, write out material for lectures and also answer to requests about music from the homecountries of the whisky.

The Cupbearer is responsible for the whisky tests and the purchasing of whisky.

Our materialkeeper takes care of the chairman's club, a Pot Still, although in a considerable smaller making and perhaps not entirely functional as Pot Still.

The TWAANG has taken upon itself to see that it's members and other people broaden their horizons and increase their knowledge about the whisky, manufacturing, history and geography.

We arrange studycircles, lectures and naturally, whisky tests (more about that above and below). We collect literature, pamphlets, maps and other informative things about the whisky and it's homecountries. We also try to collect different whisky oddities. Things that we have in the club store are for example whisky-mustard, whisky-candy and a drop of Georgia Moon in the original bottle, guaranteed not to have been stored more than three months. The club hands out medals of different kinds, and especially to the annual Christmas party certain members who deserve it are rewarded with medals.

Examples of medals that have been handed out are: Protokollus Twanngus, the blue ribbon, Non Electus. At every whisky test a medal is given to the member who has been able to guess the correct brand. The green ribbon is therefore worn with a certain kind of pride.

   Whisky tests
Due to the association's intention that its members with a certain pleasure should be able to distinguish between different types of whisky, it's of course necessary that a number of whisky tests are arranged. In TWAANG we have to kinds of testprocedures.

The hidden test: The Cupbearer has for the occasion bought different brands of whisky.

The drink used for the testing contains 3 CL whisky, poured in the club's own glasses, and fresh water. In accordance with a special protocol, the color, smell, taste, land of origin and brand is determined. A right answer or an educated guess gives the member the right to wear the green ribbon for the next tasting session.

The open test: The cupbearer has for the occasion bought four or five brands of whisky of great geographical and manufacturing dispersion. Every member learns which brand of whisky that are being tasted at the moment and can then give their opinion.

The whisky tasting is the point on the agenda that the members of TWAANG have the pleasure to experience repeated times every year. Perhaps because we, as opposed to wine-tasters, do not spit our the liquor after we have tasted it. That's both because of economical and purely aestetical reasons.

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   Members of the board

President Magnus Svedjemo Secretary Lennart Helsing
Accountant Tore Lindståhl Cupbearer Anders Hallberg
Session Secretary Thomas Normark Quartermaster Olav Eriksson
Deputy quartermaster Birgitta Edin Boardaid Monika Bäcklund
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Last updated: april 23, 2007.