scotch whiskey
So, I was bored tonight and remembered that I bought a bunch of soda water the other day (it was on special...) so I decided to have a little more of the Glenfiddich I got for my birthday.
It's the basic model, 12 year old single malt scotch whiskey.
I like scotch (with soda, clearly I am not classy enough to have it straight) and this is still the best one I've had... not that I know what's "good" scotch, just that it is the tastiest.
I like it because it makes me feel classy, it comes in a box, and it has a cork instead of a screw top.
After a couple and some minor research, I dug up this gem describing the 40 year old Glenfiddich - tasting notes:
COLOUR
Garnet. Dark marble.
NOSE
Floral. Herbaceous borders. A rose garden. Fragrant. Honeyed. Then beeswax. Polished oak and leather armchairs.
TASTE
Oily, then creamy and sweet, arousing delicious expectations of the white chocolate notes that can occur in a long-matured Glenfiddich. The promise is realised, in ascending layers of flavour. After mocha coffee and pain au chocolat, boxes of dates. Then a teasing, bittersweet, moment; something dark, crazy and Belgian. Chocolate truffles in crème Anglaise. Raspberries and redcurrants with a malt-doused vanilla ice cream.
FINISH
For all the sweet and creamy suggestions, this single malt Scotch whisky is balanced by fruitiness and acidity. Finally, a late, long, restrained dryness. Bitter chocolate pralines with root ginger, burnt-tasting caramels in front of a smoky, aromatic log fire.
Clearly I don't know shit about how to taste things...
It's the basic model, 12 year old single malt scotch whiskey.
I like scotch (with soda, clearly I am not classy enough to have it straight) and this is still the best one I've had... not that I know what's "good" scotch, just that it is the tastiest.
I like it because it makes me feel classy, it comes in a box, and it has a cork instead of a screw top.
After a couple and some minor research, I dug up this gem describing the 40 year old Glenfiddich - tasting notes:
COLOUR
Garnet. Dark marble.
NOSE
Floral. Herbaceous borders. A rose garden. Fragrant. Honeyed. Then beeswax. Polished oak and leather armchairs.
TASTE
Oily, then creamy and sweet, arousing delicious expectations of the white chocolate notes that can occur in a long-matured Glenfiddich. The promise is realised, in ascending layers of flavour. After mocha coffee and pain au chocolat, boxes of dates. Then a teasing, bittersweet, moment; something dark, crazy and Belgian. Chocolate truffles in crème Anglaise. Raspberries and redcurrants with a malt-doused vanilla ice cream.
FINISH
For all the sweet and creamy suggestions, this single malt Scotch whisky is balanced by fruitiness and acidity. Finally, a late, long, restrained dryness. Bitter chocolate pralines with root ginger, burnt-tasting caramels in front of a smoky, aromatic log fire.
Clearly I don't know shit about how to taste things...