[Miscellaneous]

I thought I should try out this new forum to establish how useful it may be.

As declared above, I just need advice, specifically on where to start. In which order? I do not, I say again, I do NOT need any help in drinking them.

[T6Harvard]

Oh they bring back happy memories. Driving to 'Bunnahaven' to watch the sunset. Running across the road, slipping and the strongest memory of all? The whiff of TCP.
Or was that a good peaty malt??

[TheKentishFledgling]

In the absence of my favourite (Lagavulin) then I reckon the Caol Ila looks pretty damned good (and peaty)

(Now off to explore the Scotch shelf.)

[Trent772]

If Talisker is in the line up, where is the lemon.....

[Bill Haddow]

You've set them up just fine. Start at the extreme right, and progress left one at a time; have a large glass of natural spring water between each dram, then (most importantly!) SPIT OUT the water.

Bill H

[riverrock]

That does appear to be a good right to left order - this is reminding me that my current stocks are getting a bit low!

[Bill McCarthy]

I won a half bottle of Talisker in a raffle - I didn’t pour it down my throat - it went down the sink. It was that bad.

[G-BLEW]

Sell them and buy a good Armagnac.

Ian

[Flying_john]

Sell them - BUY AVGAS !

[Charles Hunt]

Isn't ageing supposed to be good? Drink the youngest one first, and then the oldest will be even older and better by the time you reach it.

[PeteSpencer]

The peaty ones, Cardhu, Lagavulin, Laphroaig and the like are undrinkable.............

Never could understand the desire to take a perfectly good whisky and make it taste like creosote............

Must be a macho thing : a bit like the Engerlaaaand mob necking retsina by the gallon in Aya Nipple to impress Tracey.

Peter

[Propwash]

The peaty ones, Cardhu, Lagavulin, Laphroaig and the like are undrinkable.............

And there was I previously thinking you were a man of taste and discernment, Peter.

My favourite single malts by some distance are Islay: Lagavulin, Laphroaig etc. Nothing to touch them on a winter's night in front of a log fire.

And I have never been to Ayia Napa

Edit to add: the singular piece of advice I recall as a young man receiving from my late great uncle, a brawny highland ex-fisherman, was: there are no bad single malts; some are just more enjoyable than others.

PW

[Miscellaneous]

All too little to late with the advice, I'm afraid. I had to decided for myself and funnily enough try as I may I cannot recall in which order I drank them.

[Charles Hunt]

Edit to add: the singular piece of advice I recall as a young man receiving from my late great uncle, a brawny highland ex-fisherman, was: there are no bad single malts; some are just more enjoyable than others.

PW

Similar advice from my Malster Grandfather. 'There's no such thing as bad beer.........'

I have to disagree with him there, I'm old enough to remember Watney's Red.

[skydriller]

The peaty ones, Cardhu

Not the last time I had it it wasnt...its a speyside malt... sure, there's a touch, a hint even...but its not exactly Laphroaig...

Regards, SD..