<div>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.
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<div>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.
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<div>and peter, if you want to sample the talisker, let me know. i'm sure we can dredge up a sample to send you. <br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 13, 2007 12:46 AM, Peter Wood <<a href="mailto:st.peter@paradise.net.nz">st.peter@paradise.net.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">When any discussion turns on what is the best or worst malt whisky ever<br>bottled, the arguments about which are the best are legion. Applying
<br>reductionist principles, the definition of the worst usually oscillates<br>between the infamous Talisker and the FWP Bowmore. I take it we are all old<br>enough to understand FWP, if not in practice, then by association (think
<br>Newquay, Grimsby, Peterhead)? I was unfortunate never to have had the<br>Talisker, and have led a pure enough life not to have fully appreciated the<br>Bowmore perfume. But the great range of bottlings that lie within the reach
<br>of normal people (those that spend less than 35% of their disposable income<br>on malt whisky) are acceptable.<br><br>I respect the Cadenhead attitude of "if we bought it we bottle it" because<br>that increases the available range of maturations in varied casks of varied
<br>ages. Maybe most people wish to find the perfect malt and stick with it,<br>but I would have hoped that those on a list such as this would think beyond<br>the trivialities of perfection, and take pleasure in the endless variabilty
<br>that single cask bottlings provide - crap to sublime. Anything beyond that<br>and we are engaging in religious sophistry.<br><br>Peter Wood<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>MM-MALTS-L mailing list
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