[MM-MALTS-L] Good & Bad whisky

[Lewis Cook]

i have to agree with peter.  i was the proud purchaser of two bottles of the
godawful undrinkable cadenhead talisker.  rather than bemoan my fate i was
so impressed that i gave one of the bottles to bev so he could share.  i
still bring mine out from time to time to show to people who are curious.
it is useful to show to those who think me obsessed.  as i prattle on about
the joys of single malt, occasionally someone will try to side track me with
a comment about whether i had ever had a bad whisky.

like the old saw that the exception proves the rule, this whisky illustrates
that whisky making is an art with only a small amount of science behind it.
and while the search is certainly for excellence these little bumps in the
road serve to heighten the joy when you come across the exceptional one.

and peter, if you want to sample the talisker, let me know.  i'm sure we can
dredge up a sample to send you.

On Nov 13, 2007 12:46 AM, Peter Wood <st.peter at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> When any discussion turns on what is the best or worst malt whisky ever
> bottled, the arguments about which are the best are legion. Applying
> reductionist principles, the definition of the worst usually oscillates
> between the infamous Talisker and the FWP Bowmore. I take it we are all
> old
> enough to understand FWP, if not in practice, then by association (think
> Newquay, Grimsby, Peterhead)? I was unfortunate never to have had the
> Talisker, and have led a pure enough life not to have fully appreciated
> the
> Bowmore perfume. But the great range of bottlings that lie within the
> reach
> of normal people (those that spend less than 35% of their disposable
> income
> on malt whisky) are acceptable.
>
> I respect the Cadenhead attitude of "if we bought it we bottle it" because
> that increases the available range of maturations in varied casks of
> varied
> ages. Maybe most people wish to find the perfect malt and stick with it,
> but I would have hoped that those on a list such as this would think
> beyond
> the trivialities of perfection, and take pleasure in the endless
> variabilty
> that single cask bottlings provide - crap to sublime. Anything beyond that
> and we are engaging in religious sophistry.
>
> Peter Wood
>
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