Ha! I thought that would get your attention. As with most things, I am cyclical inmy scotch drinking. And right now I am definitely in an upswing (or is it downward spiral?). The last couple of weeks have seen an upswing in my drinking of scotch and interest in reading about it. This dates back to my trip to Chicago and the great selection of scotch at Sam's Liquors. Since the, I have discovered a great website called
Malt Madness (which links to the newer website, Malt Maniacs). It's run by a Dutchman who took it upon himself in 1996 to establish for all time the best single malt scotch whisky ever (hat tip to the
Scotch Blog for bringing this great adventure to my attention). Since then, Johannes van den Heuvel has taken it upon himself to try hundreds, if not thousands, of scotches from active distilleries and closed.
I doubt my wife would let me go so far, and judging by some of Johannes's shopping sprees, I don't have the discretionary income to come close. I have, though, done some justice to my own collection in the last couple of weeks by finishing bottles of:
- Laphroaig 10 yo official bottling
- Talisker 10 yo official bottling
- Bowmore 15 yo (Cooper's Choice, 1990/2005)
- Glenfiddich 18 yo official bottling
And buying the following:
- Mortlach 15 yo (Gordon and McPhail)
- Old Pulteney 15 yo (Gordon and McPhail)
- Lagavulin 16 yo official bottling
- Longmore 15 yo official bottling
- Glenmorangie Madiera Finish
- Bushmills 10 yo (this is, of course, an Irish whisky, not scotch).
I will have some impressions of the first two in the coming weeks. For now, slainte!
