Are we finished with "finishes"?

[Rob Stevens]

Is it just me personally who had it with whisky finishes or ...?
In the past there were sometimes some great whisky finishes. Nothing wrong,
some good excitement in tastes. Followed by a lot of so called
"marketing-finishes", nowadays called "enhanced". Interesting for sales,
only in the beginning, but don't taste them. Interested consumers are left
with a "Is that all"?
I feel that nowadays consumers/customers seems to go back to whisky in its
origin. Whenever a new normal release comes on the market, which tastes like
old fashioned whisky, you see the traditional consumers come back for it.
And so called finishes are left aside, just a one-off.
Is it just coincidental that old time whisky drinkers/lovers from the past
tend to dive into the older bottlings? That they even appreciate
old-fashioned blends more the the currents malts?
I always wondered why the old-fashioned whiskies weren't finished, in the
real meaning of that word, if they were that good. And I wonder, am I the
only one with these thoughts?
But then, I really appreciate the new Clynelish Distillers Edition. I hope
that this one isn't finished to fast...
Rob

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