Wines for the CC party...?

digmedia
Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:58:06 +0000

TheDad - a single-malt guy? I have spent much, much time in Scotland over the years and have come away from that experience disliking blends. There is so much variety and so many distinctive flavors in the singles. Learn to love the peat!! Single-casks have even more variety. Macallan is one of the better ones, but for a unique Scottish experience, try Laphroaig. A young waitress in Glasgow introduced me to it when I asked for a recommendation, but chewed my a** off when I then asked for it with ice: “If you’re going to ruin a good whisky,” she said, “you can kindly leave this place!”

Anyway, Lafroaig is sometimes said to have a medicinal taste (which is smoother in the older Lafroaigs, which I can’t afford), but it’s a taste that grows on you. It’s amazing though that sometimes the memory of a place may overwhelm the true taste of the whisky. I love Oban single malt, but even the mention of the name Oban instantly puts me back there, standing in a gale, anticipating the ferry to Mull, wondering “Will it really launch in weather like this?”

Note: Before someone tells me I can’t spell, “whisky” is the proper spelling for Scottish ones.