Someone explain Johnnie Walker to me
Apr 15, 2013 | 8:58 pm
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That is the allure of JW -- well priced and reliably good. Each increment in price does lead to more exclusivity and recognition of the cost. As for taste, there is a different flavour to each one, personally I prefer Green over Blue (despite being much cheaper). In some ways the Double Black is the best of all. But Glenmorangie has it beat at all levels, just much harder to acquire and not as well known, so I drink Glenmorangie for pleasure and give JW as gifts.
If label fixation is a factor and you want to go single malt, then Macallan has both class, taste, brand recognition and status. Much better regarded than Glenfiddich or The Glenlivit. While the others mentioned are fine single malts, giving them to someone who doesn't know much about whisky may not be as appreciated.
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Apr 15, 2013 | 10:02 pm
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To Peat, or not to peat.
I had something offered to me during one of the many " First footing " celebrations 2009 in Aberdeen. " A touch of the peat " was an understatement for Campbells, of Campbelltown: It wasn't quite dirt, but it went down like whiskey mixed with someone's activated water charcoal filter, broken apart.
One to five glasses of water to wash out, I thought, took care of most of the taste.
On to the next first footing, and everything ended.
I awoke the next morning not knowing where I was. White painted stone walled room, small window, clean, heated, small warm bed. Goal, jail, in custody ?
I tried the door, which opened unlocked and I went out quietly. No one. More stone walls, and after wandering around rooms and hallways, I started following a coffee aroma. Opening the door I found a small kitchen, with a couple I did not recognize looking up at me from the table. " Oh good morning: Coffee and a wee bit of breakfast ? "
I had passed out in one of the many couples houses we visited the night before, this one being a small castle with some of the original stone walls. The second or third coffee told me I still had some of the awful Campbells taste in my mouth. Back to Aberdeen that afternoon with my Physician associate, a local, who decided it was best to leave me there. Never again will I do this, especially on jet lag.
The days of " When in Rome, do as the Romans do " are finished when it comes to Whiskey: Scotch, Irish, blended, or single malt grain. I'll stick with The Glenlivet, and only on special occasions.
I had something offered to me during one of the many " First footing " celebrations 2009 in Aberdeen. " A touch of the peat " was an understatement for Campbells, of Campbelltown: It wasn't quite dirt, but it went down like whiskey mixed with someone's activated water charcoal filter, broken apart.
One to five glasses of water to wash out, I thought, took care of most of the taste.
On to the next first footing, and everything ended.
I awoke the next morning not knowing where I was. White painted stone walled room, small window, clean, heated, small warm bed. Goal, jail, in custody ?
I tried the door, which opened unlocked and I went out quietly. No one. More stone walls, and after wandering around rooms and hallways, I started following a coffee aroma. Opening the door I found a small kitchen, with a couple I did not recognize looking up at me from the table. " Oh good morning: Coffee and a wee bit of breakfast ? "
I had passed out in one of the many couples houses we visited the night before, this one being a small castle with some of the original stone walls. The second or third coffee told me I still had some of the awful Campbells taste in my mouth. Back to Aberdeen that afternoon with my Physician associate, a local, who decided it was best to leave me there. Never again will I do this, especially on jet lag.
The days of " When in Rome, do as the Romans do " are finished when it comes to Whiskey: Scotch, Irish, blended, or single malt grain. I'll stick with The Glenlivet, and only on special occasions.