Best SMS to clear a cold?

Stig,

I believe in the currative properties of Green Spot Irish (that menthol quality). Laphroaig 10 also seems to work for me. In any event, feel better soon.

Mark K

If the snot is covering the postage stamp in the brain described here: "Humans can discriminate between thousands of different odorant molecules, each with its own structure. .... Smell depends on sensory receptors that respond to airborne chemicals. In humans, these chemoreceptors are located in the olfactory epithelium - a patch of tissue about the size of a postage stamp located high in the nasal cavity."

Then you are left with the problem described here: "Our taste buds provide only four distinct sensations: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Other flavors come from smell, and when the nose is blocked by a cold, most foods seem bland or tasteless."

And if this is the case, I recommend something cheap so that you don't waste your Lagavulin 16. A young no-name Islay might be nice. Well, it might not be all THAT nice because you STILL won't be tasting most anything of it. Maybe a sweet, salty, sour, bitter whisky on the rocks would be the best thing.

Earlier this year I had a rather serious case of flew. Somehow my smell senses were irritated and therefore extremely sensitive. For a few days, I noted smells in my whisky that I never smelled before (or after)! It was an amazing experience: feeling to sick to drink whisky that smelled deeper and better than ever before...

Raymond.

Thanks for your advice. I did'nt make it to the liquerstore within opening hours, so I'll have to dig in to my stash. I have a Lagavulin 16yo, which I've had for 1 year now.....might be time to crack it open before it looses its "oomph".

Regards,

Stig

The Ileach would be a good candidate, I think. Anders

Stig,

Have you tried Ileach? It's an Islay malt from an undisclosed distillery. It's fiercely peaty and very in-your-face.

Regards,

r0b

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Hmm.. .if you're having a cold then your smelling and tasing isn't that good.

So then just any scotch would do ;-) I always says that scotch is the medicine ever!!! (not that it helps but makes it a whole lot funnier to be sick) :-)

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Lagavulin seems to be the favourite source!

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