Not recommendable

I completely agree with you. It's the only single malt I ever bought that ended up in cola. The smell of this whisky was most unpleasant (like rubber as I recall it correctly).

R.

I thank you for the post .. currently I have Littlemill (1) listed as my least favorite scotch.. I don't ever want it to climb in the rankings..

(1) Almost, but not quite, totally unlike scotch .. a heavily fortified Chardonay with a touch of sugar is the only way I can describe it.. one of the whisky books I have mentions marshmallow ..I would agree except I kind of like marshmallow.

I have a bottle of the sherry finished Ledaig - not great but quite drinkable.

Worst whisky I've personally had was a supermarket Auchentoshan. The stuff had a diesel aftertaste that was frankly foul.

Jim

Gunnar, Although I found it (Ledaig) pretty nasty, it didn't make it to "abomination"! As far as I am concerned, there is only one dram that gets that title, and it's name is Glen Ord. Tastes like ca and no matter how much is consumed, the imbiber winds up with a splitting headache. I've tried this with several other people and the results are always the same. Maybe it's the bottle I have, who knows?! I keep it in he garage and use it as my personal gom jabbar for when folks ask "How bad could it be?"!

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Now, that was a bit surprising. I had it in Glasgow last year and did not find it bad at all. Nose: Oak wood and coal. Palate: Slightly perfumed, very smooth, dry, some honey and heather. Amusing. Ranked above Old Pulteney and Ardbeg 10 that night (close race, however). Guess I'll have to retaste :-) Anders

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Hm. And it wasn't the sherry finished one or something? Strange. Serious batch variations then maybe. I really can't imagine you not finding the bottle I have here bad. If in Trondheim, come visit and have mine for free :^)

Gunnar

Gunnar,

Are you anywhere near Aasen, or are you in Trondheim itself? This is for an entirely off-topic, not-scotch-related, looking for contact with a specific relative type question. My email address is real.

Thanks, Dave Hinz

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Dave Hinz

I've sent you an email, but just in case my adress didn't show up, it's thormodATbroadpark.no. I live in the city of Trondheim, but if there's anything I might help you with, please ask! At least I know where Aasen is..

Gunnar

doesnt this just reinforce that different people like different malts?

i dont mind old pulteney - but ardbeg and the like :( yuk

isnt that why some people agree with certain peoples tasting notes whilst others (ard)beg to differ. :)

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That is of course a possabilty. But seriously I doubt it in this case since what each of us found in both nose and palate are so dramatically different. (Even if it goes without saying that every one persons notes represent a subjective viewpoint to some extent).

With opinions like "yuk" and such it's harder to tell! ;^)

It can often be. We can't establish with full certainty that it isn't so in this case unless we sit at the same table and share the same bottles of course. So Anders is invited, but I believe we live some 500 kilometers apart...

Gunnar

Exactly! The ONLY copy of Whisky Magazine I read had parallel tastings by Michael Jackson and somebody else and they didn't seem to be talking about the same thing. In fact, at points I wondered if MJ was actually talking about whisky "remeniscent of distant thunder" or some such. What the dickens does that mean?

It can be handy if you find a "nose" who seems to like the stuff you do, but mostly I reckon it's just best to suck it and see.

As an aside, I like Old Pulteney too (on offer in Morrisons lately for those in UK), in fact there aren't many malts I don't like. Being easily pleased isn't very sophisticated but it means I spend most of my drinking time happy.

Wow, I really liked the Glen Ord I tried, it was different but not in a bad way. Maybe you should try a different bottle just to be sure - and if you really can't stomach it I'll get rid of it for you ;-)

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This discussion very much comes down to what kind of words people use in their notes. Certainly, when a taste is described as "remeniscent of distant thunder" , or just "fabulous" or even "yuk", this has very little information value. On the other hand, words like "peaty" or "phenolic", "woody", "sweet", "salty" etc. are much more objective.

A simple example: I happen to like the smell of exhaust from diesel engines. Most people don't. If one who doesn't like that smell and I stood behind a diesel truck, engine running, and were to describe what we smelled, I could perhaps say "Ahh, I love this, it brings back good memories from 20 years back when I was a sailor". The other person might say "A terrible smell that makes me feel sick". So we disagree it seems. But we could instead both simply say "This smells like diesel" and agree on that. And THEN perhaps add if we personally like that or not.

Gunnar

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Please name the "salty" malts. I'd like to try them.

Many thanks.

Gloria

IMHO Oban destillers edition is a good example of a salty malt (and most of the costal malts do have some salty notes (e.g. Clynelish, Highland Park).

urs

I find the standard Talisker to have a whiff of salt about it.

Jim

I agree. And I would add Ardbeg, Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Bruichladdich. And two that I haven't had myself but heard described as salty: Glen Scotia and Bunnahabhain.

But like Jim says: "..a whiff of salt about it". It's not a dominant element.

Gunnar

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Oh, and Old Pulteney!

Gunnar