herringbone wrote:Reg wrote:herringbone wrote:Haig Club Single Grain.
Perhaps the most drinkable Whisky I've had the pleasure of imbibing.
I have an interesting whisky experience.
I'm listening...
Right.
Here is my story.
A long time ago I received an invitation, via work, to attend an event in London organised by a small whisky producer (from the Highlands, as far as I recall) who specialised in very expensive single malt (I think that's what it was - I know fuck all about this sort of thing).
The company had been having some building work done, and in the course of this, they had literally unearthed two bottles of whisky from the nineteenth century. I think they were well over 100 years old, might have been 150, can't remember.
They had opened one bottle and used it as an "inspiration" for a commemorative whisky, which they were selling for a lot of money. They sent me a bottle of this and it was spectacularly delicious and smoke-tastic.
Anyway, I went to the event, along with a small group of whisky writers, whisky aficionados, and whisky experts from around the world.
On the stage was a panel of several of the top experts.
They had a discussion and then opened the second found bottle and gave samples to the panel.
I was under the impression this was a very big deal, as they had said they had no idea what it would taste like after all this time, and it was a unique experience to taste something that old.
They tasted it and gave their opinions.
Then the organiser said, "Anyone like a taste?"
So I went up and had a small glass - well aware that there were probably whisky fanatics in Japan who would pay a fortune for this.
It tasted nice, but nothing like normal whisky, in case you were wondering.