That would be a liqueur.
Can’t call it a single malt whisky unless it’s aged for a minimum of three years.
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Can’t call it a single malt whisky unless it’s aged for a minimum of three years.
For me I love the fact that every malt is different and can have a personal story attached to it , maybe it’s a Distillery I see regularly or have visited . Some of the Johnny Walker blends are pretty good but don’t have that extra panache you get from a single malt from a distinct place name - making your whisky in a lab just wouldn’t do it for me. Admittedly some of the names are marketed to perfection by the Scotch Whisky industry , but their name and story just adds to it . My mate has a big collection of whiskies from a distillery 4 miles up the road, “ Aultmore of the Foggy Moss” , it’s not easy to obtain and it’s a great whisky with an equally good name and story, thankfully you cant get that from a lab!
So some of the fathers of the students in my wife's class had a whisky tasting last night at one of the top Peruvian restaurants in the city.
Great evening. Lagavulin 16 was my favorite, but not a shock, one of my fave malts ever going in.
Great evening. Lagavulin 16 was my favorite, but not a shock, one of my fave malts ever going in.
Mrs d'indica bought me a very interesting Speyside for Christmas. Linkwood 15 year old.
Made up with this, I've drunk plenty of high end scotch in bars, but I've not had a swanky bottle to savour for myself before. Reviews on MoM sound great.
https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/linkwood-15-year-old-whisky/
Made up with this, I've drunk plenty of high end scotch in bars, but I've not had a swanky bottle to savour for myself before. Reviews on MoM sound great.
https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/linkwood-15-year-old-whisky/
kithnou
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On my way mate
gonetomorrow
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I'm a Scot but I find Whisky disgusting. I cannot understand how people love it so much. It's a funny old game.
kithnou
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You're a weird Scot.
I've had the regular Penderyn, fine whiskey.
Commercially I think it will certainly be a slow burner (if not fail in the mainstay) with the single malt market for all the reasons you highlighted.
Nonetheless, I know for a fact Diageo have already gone to great ends to research just this and are implementing it in very small stages.
Bells for example would once proudly carry the 'aged eight years' on the bottle, however without much fuss or furore it slowly disappeared.
Why? Simply because they can synthetically match the taste for the average customer's pallet in a matter of weeks - a huge reduction in costs.
They've also been able to adequately replicate many of their more 'premium' brands for all but the most experienced tasters in just the same way.
As you mentioned, the entire process and 'aurora' and 'history' of a whisky is a huge selling point and as such I doubt it'll be widespread soon.
But one day, if the needs arises for example because of the price in the market or there's a demand, then they will eventually implement it.
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