Are we finished with "finishes"?

[Paul Dejong]

My thoughts exactly, Rob...you hit the nail on the head!
Good whisky does not need finishing!!!
I do think experienced Œtasters¹ will always revert to the original taste...
Even on whisky the saying: ŒIf it ain¹t broke, don¹t fix it¹ applies!

So ³enhancement...²?  Bollocks!!!
It¹s Just a change in scenery, and one that makes you realise damned well
how good you had it before!!!!

Paul


On 07-11-2006 20:21, "Rob Stevens" <r.stevens at WHISKYKONING.NL> wrote:

> 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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