If it's made from grains, distilled to at least 80 proof and aged in contact with wood, let's have some!
I love Glenmorangie

And my friend, the whisky reviewer is taunting me with pictures of his latest bottle for "work". If there's a home invasion in Portland later with minimal violence and nothing taken but some Scotch, don't come looking for me.



"I just took a sip. This is pure sex."
(jerk)
Reply: "So, what about a threesome?"
Good thing I'm more of an Islay fan so the jealousy isn't that strong. Still, I'd take a sip...
Your answer is unadulterated perfection. :)
Islay huh? I'm more of a Highlands girl, but I wouldn't kick a Laphroaig 15 out of bed.
I actually had one yesterday! Brought a bottle from a visit to the Laphroaig distillery last summer.
I'm not a big Laphroaig drinker. (People who like Highland whisky rarely are.) I'm told that the 15 is a-typical by my Islay drinking friends. I'm ok with that. (I may have snuggled the bottle at our last tasting.)
Yeah, I also thought that it is quite a-typical. I became a Whisky fan when I tried Laphroaig 10 at my uncle's birthday. Everybody went like "Eww, what is this? Smells like smoked pork/leather/salami!"
But I really liked it and started to try many others whiskys too. By now I came to the conclusion that Laphroaig 10 is still by far my favourite. To the point where I am afraid that I'm not really a Single Malt Whisky fan because the only one I really "enjoy" drinking is the Laphroaig 10:D
Back to the topic: When I had the Laphroaig 15 yesterday I thought that it really is quite different from the 10 or other peaty/smoky Islay bombs like Ardbeg 10. More subtle smoke and peat and some sweetness and maybe vanilla pudding:D I'm not really good at smelling because my nose is kinda fucked up since a little football (soccer) accident (maybe that's why I prefer the more "stinky" ones) but whenI smelled it yesterday it reminded me of sauna! Sounds strange but as a kid I went to sauna with my parents/grandparents and it brought back memories of this. The smell of hot wood and pouring herbal water over heated rocks...
Nice olfactory memory! Those can have a lot of effect on our preferences. I'll pay more attention to that next time the 15 is under my nose. I agree with the vanilla pudding take. And the charcuterie flavor of the 10. I love me some Ardbeg Dark Cove and their 10 was the first Scotch I ever bought.
I'll have to set up a post asking for people's whisky origin stories. We all have them. :)
May I know what country you grew up in? I'm in the US if that isn't obvious. Originally from Wyoming, I now call the Pacific Northwest home after some time in Nebraska and Arizona.
The whisky origin stories thread is a really nice idea!
I'm from northern Germany. Grew up at the Baltic Sea and am now living in Hamburg for work. Maybe I like the Islay whiskys because we also had a rather stormy and salty climate in my youth. Still we get a lot more sun than Islay up here:)
I think the proximity of the ocean has a lot of effect, both when drinking whiskey and over a lifetime. I drank Talisker 10 like it was water when we were on a cruise, but on land I'm hardly interested in it. Something about the ocean's brine in the nostrils and on the tongue...
My father taught in Weimar for several years, but I never visited him there. (I travel poorly.) I am of good German heritage though, my grandfather speaks the language. I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance!
Haha, die Freude ist ganz meinerseits. ;-)
Damnit! There's no way to copy in the iOS. I can't just grab that and throw it into a translator. (Grandpa doesn't text.)
It just means "The pleasure is mine." :)