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Post by sophie on Nov 8, 2018 0:16:25 GMT -5
Tonight I decided to have a scotch. I poured myself a couple of fingers of my favourite single malt, sat back and was prepared to enjoy it. Shock. I didn’t. My taste buds don’t go crazy over it any longer. Now I wonder if it is because I haven’t had any in about a year and my taste buds have changed. Anyone else have this experience?
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Post by tucano on Nov 8, 2018 3:05:40 GMT -5
In the past when I didn't drink any alcohol for a couple of months, beer would taste awful to me the first time I tried it again.
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Post by Liiisa on Nov 8, 2018 5:14:28 GMT -5
I'd better never stop drinking, that's sad!
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Post by weeg on Nov 8, 2018 15:34:45 GMT -5
Scotch is a pretty aggressive taste. It took me years to develop a love for it, so I can see a long gap being a shock. FWIW a whisky expert once told me that's it's best to finish a bottle within a year, once it's more air than liquid in the bottle, as you lose aromatics. My local has a bottle that's over £100 a shot. And is now, sadly, probably past it's best (but they have over 300 others, so)
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Post by sprite on Nov 12, 2018 11:57:56 GMT -5
suddenly i feel better about how quickly i get through my christmas scotch.
surely there's an inert gas thing, like is done for wine, that can go into the bottle?
or just decant to smaller bottles?
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Post by Phar Lap on Feb 27, 2019 4:32:45 GMT -5
In the past when I didn't drink any alcohol for a couple of months, beer would taste awful to me the first time I tried it again. Did you feel sad about that or did you look upon it as an opportunity to not start up again? I quite enjoyed a glass or two of Shiraz, but not having had any for ages, found having a glass last week wasn't the same. |
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