bored? Scotch!
I've had a little craving lately.
I've been wanting a shot of Scotch. Whiskey.
I taught myself to drink Scotch a very long time ago. I was working at a job that no longer suited me and had been given a bottle of the stuff for Christmas. A fellow co-worker was also dissatisfied and we decided to learn to drink it. I had had plenty of wine or beer in my day - but not whiskey.
We practiced after hours and managed to tolerate it after a couple of months.
I hadn't had Scotch since then, I don't think - though I was tempted last January in Chicago. I sat next to a woman who was having some at a cocktail party and listened while she explained that having wine meant too many refills. I saw her point.
Anyway - I had been thinking about having some Scotch while K and I were trying to figure out what to do for New Year's Eve. We checked our liquor cabinet and discovered that we had quite a variety...
We discovered bottles of:
Chivas Regal
Cutty Sark
Johnny Walker Black
Seagrams
and two bottles of Bourbon -
Jim Beam
and Basil Hayden
The only bottles that had even been touched were the Chivas, which I'm pretty sure came from my parent's house, and the Basil Hayden, which had been given to K a long time ago.
We had our friend W over and poured out a sample of each.
We sipped
we discussed
we made notes.
Our favorite? Johnnie Walker Black and the Basil Hayden.
The worst? Jim Beam.
But, in the end, it wasn't really about the whiskey.
It really just was about sitting quietly with a friend and savoring the time...under the snowflakes.
I've been wanting a shot of Scotch. Whiskey.
I taught myself to drink Scotch a very long time ago. I was working at a job that no longer suited me and had been given a bottle of the stuff for Christmas. A fellow co-worker was also dissatisfied and we decided to learn to drink it. I had had plenty of wine or beer in my day - but not whiskey.
We practiced after hours and managed to tolerate it after a couple of months.
I hadn't had Scotch since then, I don't think - though I was tempted last January in Chicago. I sat next to a woman who was having some at a cocktail party and listened while she explained that having wine meant too many refills. I saw her point.
Anyway - I had been thinking about having some Scotch while K and I were trying to figure out what to do for New Year's Eve. We checked our liquor cabinet and discovered that we had quite a variety...
We discovered bottles of:
Chivas Regal
Cutty Sark
Johnny Walker Black
Seagrams
and two bottles of Bourbon -
Jim Beam
and Basil Hayden
The only bottles that had even been touched were the Chivas, which I'm pretty sure came from my parent's house, and the Basil Hayden, which had been given to K a long time ago.
We had our friend W over and poured out a sample of each.
We sipped
we discussed
we made notes.
Our favorite? Johnnie Walker Black and the Basil Hayden.
The worst? Jim Beam.
But, in the end, it wasn't really about the whiskey.
It really just was about sitting quietly with a friend and savoring the time...under the snowflakes.
Comments
You could have done it as a blind tasting - you know, numbered them a through f or whatever.
There's always a next time.
I can identify gin by maker through smell alone - it's a good party trick!
Basil Haydens is some good stuff. I went to a tasting when it was released with it's three other small batch bourbons (Knob Creek, Bookers, Bakers), Fun night.
The Basil Haydens is aged 8 years. and is actually made by Jim Beam.
That looks like fun.
b
I can't even get past the smell. Pass me the Amaretto or Vodka.
Hey, it was the fifties, OK?
On the other hand, I have never been able to abide scotch. Although That Stud Muffin I Married drinks Johnny Walker Black. Or single malt, when he's feeling flush.
ErinH
and yum
I never got a hangover on it. Maybe I need to go back to it..
My husband is all about the single malts. I'll stick with my faves of sparkling wine or pinot grigio, and bring on the refills!
jbhat