Gardeners Rest #7 (2012)

[veggiechicken]

Do you sip it or play it?

[lottie dolly]

sounds like somat with strings,but how many,and is it strumed,plucked or a stroke with bow

[Sheneval]

I suppose you could twirl the glass round in admiration but mainly sipping as you would do with all malts - slugging would be sacrelige

[veggiechicken]

Can I make a confession now? I've never really liked whisky - of course, if there's nothing else - or the alternative is tap water.........

[Sheneval]

sounds like somat with strings,but how many,and is it strumed,plucked or a stroke with bow

I suppose Gaelic words have that quality - Cardhu (Cardoo) is another - someone spent years developing the taste so they probably took a lot of trouble with the names as well

[Potstubsdustbins]

A little peaty my god its like drinking a bog.

Now A good Speyside I'll go with that...........................

[Potstubsdustbins]

VC afraid you are a .............................bleep........................ about don't like whisky

[Sheneval]

Can I make a confession now? I've never really liked whisky - of course, if there's nothing else - or the alternative is tap water.........

Some of them are rather coarse and they can give you a terible hangover but the Gaelic word translates as 'the water of life' - Personally now I only drink whisky at New Year as I don't have the head for it.

[veggiechicken]

I gave away bottles of malts a few years ago - but my neighbour has a collection and I'm sure I could scrounge a taster if necessary

[Sheneval]

A little peaty my god its like drinking a bog.

Now A good Speyside I'll go with that...........................

BOG now Tayvallich or Laphroig perhaps, although McCallan is/was one of my favourites

[Sheneval]

I gave away bottles of malts a few years ago - but my neighbour has a collection and I'm sure I could scrounge a taster if necessary

Dalwhinnie or MCCallan don't have the peaty taste and are pleasant for a taste

[veggiechicken]

What's Isle of Jura like? There's a bottle of that in the top of the wardrobe - along with other miscellaneous bottles

[Sheneval]

I only know all this because my daughter worked for UD now Diageo after Uni for 6 months and got 2free bottles every month and others at a reduced price - I bought them all from her and still have most of them - they are everywhere in the cupboards and under the bed - if anyone finds them they will assume i am an Alki

[Potstubsdustbins]

Saying you don't like whisky is like saying you don't like tomatoes.

Until you have tasted every single variety you just don't know. I try to set a good example, every time I find a bottle I haven't tasted before I cannot resist. And of course you cannot make a judgement on a sip you have to work your way through the bottle over time to come to a considered judgement.

Potty

[Sheneval]

What's Isle of Jura like? There's a bottle of that in the top of the wardrobe - along with other miscellaneous bottles

Jura is one of the peaty ones - it's a matter of taste