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Now I've a bit of an admission to make.. I started by putting this wonderful single malt scotch whisky in hot chocolate with marshmallows..
As someone to whom spirits meant 'Glens' Vodka (a particularly vile brand of Scottish Vodka) I was not at all accustomed to drinking anything anywhere near 40% alcohol.
So without further wait here are my initial tasting notes:
No nose/palate/finish or sip/smell/swallow.
Phwoarr... Christ. What do I do with this stuff?!
You might laugh or be mortally offended at the idea of using good whisky in hot chocolate, but that's beside the point. Half a bottle later I was tentatively taking my first sips of the Laphroaig straight, ok with a wee dash of water. I don't feel like I wasted half the bottle, if I hadn't of used it that way it would have just have got given away!
Alas my initial bottle is long gone and I've not managed to buy another.
Still from a recent trip for a bar I managed to put together some slightly more errm.. useful tasting notes!
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Smell - Smoulding wood and peat fire with a wee hint of salt
Taste - Sweet oaky smoky!
Finish - Spicy, sweet and ashy.
It might sound odd, but it's a real experience. Most people love it or hate it and even then most hate it.. Still if you find you enjoy these flavours you'll really be hooked!
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Other people talk of TCP and medicinal smells, but I'm too young to know TCP.. so any negative connotations escape me and I can just enjoy the great whisky :)
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