Changing tastes, changing malts
Just as a good whisky matures over the years so do our taste buds. My first experiences of single malts were at the age of 18, and thinking back to the types that I enjoyed then they were vastly different to those that I now favour. Back then I appreciated smoothness; the soft, sometimes almost honeyed flavours of the Speyside malts, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, and with Glenlivet the undoubted king. In many ways this reflected my tastes in food, which were only just branching out from a fairly bland British culinary upbringing. Just as I appreciated a good steak over a modest stew, I could recognise the quality of rich smooth malts over the rougher blends.
Bill Marshall on November 21st 2007 in Glenfarclas, Cardhu, Caol Ila, Whisky Regions, Islay, Speyside, Glenlivet, Bruichladdich, Whisky Distilleries, Malt Whisky, Glenmorangie, Talisker, Highland Park, Whisky
