More preliminary drinking thoughts on the scotch.
I suspect that the order of trying them affects how I feel about them, judging from my reaction to additional taste testing. This is not unlike how some wines do not follow certain other wines well (i.e., when one has been drinking one wine, and one switches to a different wine that one knows from previous experience that one normally likes, but does not like it after the first wine). And tasting five at once seems problematic.
All of the scotches mentioned above are quite drinkable; I would not refuse any of them as a guest in someone's home.
For a couple of more specific comments, I am thinking I was a little harsh on The Glenlivet, and am confident that it is better than the Bowmore Islay. I also was a bit harsh in my description of Glenfiddich. And the overall differences are less dramatic than my previous post seems to imply.
If I have any further thoughts that I wish to share from further testing, I will post updates.
I suspect that the order of trying them affects how I feel about them, judging from my reaction to additional taste testing. This is not unlike how some wines do not follow certain other wines well (i.e., when one has been drinking one wine, and one switches to a different wine that one knows from previous experience that one normally likes, but does not like it after the first wine). And tasting five at once seems problematic.
All of the scotches mentioned above are quite drinkable; I would not refuse any of them as a guest in someone's home.
For a couple of more specific comments, I am thinking I was a little harsh on The Glenlivet, and am confident that it is better than the Bowmore Islay. I also was a bit harsh in my description of Glenfiddich. And the overall differences are less dramatic than my previous post seems to imply.
If I have any further thoughts that I wish to share from further testing, I will post updates.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
