Lately I have embarked on a journey through tastings of most of the peaty distilleries in Scotland, with many highlights, Ardmore was a great surprise, Laphroaig did well in the first tasting, while Bruichladdich, Talisker and Lagavulin were right on the money. Others such as Bowmore, Caol Ila, Port Ellen and Ardbeg didn't perform up to my expectations this time. This streak will continue throughout February with some Highland Park tonight, followed by some Port Ellen before rounding it all off with some peated Highland malt from Benromach.
But then what?
It's not more than about half a year back that I decided to do mostly verticals instead of just putting together random sessions with random whiskies. And it has been a pleasant change as I now feel that I get a much better understanding of what "style" each distillery contributes. Doing verticals is recommended, so I'll continue down that road. But having done so much peaty stuff, its now time for a change. And moving forward after the peaty sessions are done, there will be tasted 10 different distilleries that I will for now call the "Off the Beaten Path"-Sessions. Sláinte!
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