I went thru a phase a few years back, gathering up whiskeys from different countries.
Irish and Canadian were quite good.
As to Dufftown from my previous post, I've been there twice - the 1st time around 2000 & again about 8yrs back.
The first time was surprising, it was a small "quaint" town with ancient stone houses. The 2nd time was even more surprising - bugger all had changed. From time to time I would explore with Google earth. It would seem the town is trapped in a time capsule.
However, killer whiskey tours from the town.
I was given a 25yr old reserve bottle from Glenfiddich. It was all a little odd, almost creepy. The guest house I was staying in let the distillery know I was joining one of the tours (everyone and there dog in the town is somehow connected to one of the distillerys).
We're all in the tasting room and their PR person appears, announcing "we have a special guest today". I'm looking round expecting someone like Brad Pitt to emerge from the shadows.
Turns out it was me that was the special guest. A whole history was trotted out for the tour group & I'm "presented" with the reserve bottle.
It was a social ambush.
Socially, I've always preferred to lay low, fly beneath the radar & and enter thru the back door - I generally prefer to enjoy life by observing the goings on from the periphery of society.
The bottle travelled by train from Scotland to London. Then by air from London to Berlin. From Berlin to Johannesburg, then on to Cape Town.
Baggage handlers in Cape Town finally managed to break it.
www.glenscotia.com
