14-09-2011, 12:48 PM
(14-09-2011, 12:10 PM)karen Wrote: I think one of my most favorites was a "Talisker Distiller's Edition Single Malt Whisky" that my cousin had bougth me as a 60th Birthday present. It was one of the Late 90 editions
That was the smoothest, nicest tasting that I had ever had. No ice, no nothing, just two fingers in a wide mouth short tumbler and sip it till it was time for refill.
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Living only a couple of hundred miles from most distilleries, I have visited quite a few of them. Many distillery managers will tell you that neat whisky is too strong for the palette. If you want to pick out the tones and flavours either train your nose or cut the whisky half with water to taste.
Try it. Pour a neat one, another diluted half with water and another dliuted 3/4 with water. Get two or three whiskys and do it and compare each whisky with the others. You will notice massive differences in taste and flavour. It is a great experiment to try.
*hic!*
Bevrelye