Thread: 50 year old single malt Genfiddich

One of the problems facing all the whisky/whiskey distillers is just like this....

I have an old mate... an old bastard in fact , who distills his own.

I have a quite wealthy old mate who is also friends with the old bastard......and me.

Often when I'm away on my SA desert trips . Hobbsy, the old bastard opens a bottle of his "hooch" Glenfiddich, and Roger the wealthy old mate will open a bottle of his "price undisclosed price single malt Glenfiddich" and we will do taste comparisons......you know how it goes...."pour me another , I haven't quite got the taste"....into the night.....most enjoyable past time.

The problem is the taste is not discernible between the hooch and the real McCoy.

Now I'm starting to wonder if the distillers know this and are just marketing flavoured alcohol.

Not long ago , I was in Tennessee, and went to Lychburg (what a fantastic time halted place) to Jack Daniels Distillery where I spent a day and toured the distillery and saw and smelt and tasted and touched everything Jack Daniels.........

....but I have read recently where some of the major distllers cannot...I say again....cannot themselves discern the difference between their genuine distllled and aged product and a clean flavoured alcohol of the same name.

simply spoken it is just chemistry, the same taste can be achieved chemically as it can over years of ageing and all the process involved....

I can tell a similar story about a famous Australian wine making company as well.

Originally Posted by Gordie

I love peat and smoke...so in that case you recommend Laphroig? I have never tried it.

Get the 10 year old Laphroag; it's smokier and peatier.

I rate The Famous Grouse as the pinacle of blended Scotches.