ah laphroaig..... ...... also known as " old peaty " ..... quite distinctive peat tasting single islay malt :thumb2 ..... try a few drams of dalwhinnie or talisker too ..... nice malts :thumb2
Briggie, I am with you on that one, these lighter coloured "Highland" whiskies are the ones I prefer.
My son prefers the Islay whiskies, darker, deeper, stronger taste, some can also be confused with creosote:lol:lol
However, it's odd that I acquire the taste when he opens his bottles, rather than mine.:augie
I know he has paid £50+ for some bottles:doh
The Irish whiskies are good too. Bush mills malts, brilliant.:thumb2 similar to Highland malts.
Then there is the English whisky, made on the Borders of Norfolk.
Expensive for what appears to be a peaty malt, distilled from remotely sourced smoked malted barley.
The taste is similar to a young immature Islay.
That's because they sell them when they legally can, after so many years, and don't lay much down for later. They don't know what a 20 year old english whisky tastes like... It has all been sold and drunk.:doh
So when travelling to Norfolk on the A14, A11 drop into St Georges Distillery.
They do a tour, small cost, free coffee at start then a couple of samples, or more if you really can't make your mind up...:augie hic.. My wife can't drink whisky, so more for me... then she drove home...:thumb2
Prepare to spend £40 per bottle though.:doh
There is also a welsh whisky, similar in colour to highland malts, but more of a novelty than for serious malt drinkers, in my opinion.:augie
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