Hats off for drinking Laphroaig :). I don´t like that one. In my humble opinion it tastes like some very bad medicine ;).
Love the picture of the Glencairn glasses. Bought myself some of these while being in Scotland.
So did I (though not the ones pictured -- those contained a 17yo Glenlivet and IIRC a 10yo Tobermory.)
If you don't like Laphroaig, you probably won't care for Bowmore (or any of the Islay whiskies), either. That's OK, peat smoke isn't for everybody! :) And FWIW, though I like Gunpowder and Russian Caravan teas (which are sort of the tea equivalent of Islay whiskies), I can't drink those just any ordinary day of the week, either ... those definitely call for the right kind of mood.
You like Lagavulin but not Laphroaig??! [TA faints.] Now that one is inconceivable. Utterly and completely ... as you can tell, Lagavulin is one of the few Islay whiskies I have serious problems with, taste-wise. To me, *that's* the one that tastes like medicine. Or actually, medicine crossed and blended with mud and crude oil ... :P
Bowmore is moderately peaty (more so than Laphroaig, less so than Lagavulin or Caol Ila). The 12yo is a bit bland to my tastes -- it's peat all the way up front, but not much of a lingering aroma once swallowed -- but the 18yo is a quantum leap to a whole different stratosphere. A friend gave me a bottle last year and we killed about half of it together one evening last fall (alternating with a bottle of 18yo Glenlivet he'd brought from his own collection and a special edition 21yo Laphroaig from mine) ... on a week night, too, but with virtually no effects lasting all the way to the next morning. (Which I can say of both of us, because we were working together on a case at the time and had an all day work-related meeting the next day.) That's one of the reasons I like whisky -- it's one of the few kinds of alcohol I can drink without being close to a headache within minutes of my first sip. Must be the water ... well, they *do* call it "water of life", after all! :D
My taste is apparently corrupted when it comes to Islay Whiskys ;). Actually the peaty ones are not my favorites. And I only tasted the 10year old Laphroaig. I just have to believe that a 21yo is a complete different tasty experience.
Sounds like you had a fun night with all the Whiskys :D.
The 21yo is definitely different from the 10yo Laproaig. Though I became a fan of the brand after my first sip of regular 10yo, tasted at the Horseshoe in Glasgow. We'd had a bit of a rough day that day, and this was the perfect answer! :D
My posts on these things always run rampant in terms of length, that's why. :D (Try and stop a lawyer from talking once you've put a bunch of questions to them ...)
Isn't he?! A brother of his ended up accompanying me home at the end of my last visit to Scotland (not the one when this photo was taken, but the one after that ... ever since I'd met the li'l guy in the photo, I'd determined I wanted one of my own).
They didn't chart as consistently or as often in the US as the UK, but yes, I remember Hot Chocolate as well. Their other big hit over here that I remember, Batgrl, is You Sexy Thing.
Love the picture of the Glencairn glasses. Bought myself some of these while being in Scotland.
If you don't like Laphroaig, you probably won't care for Bowmore (or any of the Islay whiskies), either. That's OK, peat smoke isn't for everybody! :) And FWIW, though I like Gunpowder and Russian Caravan teas (which are sort of the tea equivalent of Islay whiskies), I can't drink those just any ordinary day of the week, either ... those definitely call for the right kind of mood.
Bowmore is moderately peaty (more so than Laphroaig, less so than Lagavulin or Caol Ila). The 12yo is a bit bland to my tastes -- it's peat all the way up front, but not much of a lingering aroma once swallowed -- but the 18yo is a quantum leap to a whole different stratosphere. A friend gave me a bottle last year and we killed about half of it together one evening last fall (alternating with a bottle of 18yo Glenlivet he'd brought from his own collection and a special edition 21yo Laphroaig from mine) ... on a week night, too, but with virtually no effects lasting all the way to the next morning. (Which I can say of both of us, because we were working together on a case at the time and had an all day work-related meeting the next day.) That's one of the reasons I like whisky -- it's one of the few kinds of alcohol I can drink without being close to a headache within minutes of my first sip. Must be the water ... well, they *do* call it "water of life", after all! :D
Sounds like you had a fun night with all the Whiskys :D.
https://youtu.be/NRCKztaMmMY
Though I have to admit I don't know any other their other songs, sadly.
Also I now want tea with a roll and butter! Yum.