[BlueYonder]

>>I love the smokey, peaty islay scotches....LOVE Lagaluvin (sp), Laphroaig, Arbegs, etc.<<

Last Christmas my SIL gave me a bottle of Laphroaig which, I confess, I’d never had before and haven’t yet opened. But while out to dinner a few weeks ago, I ordered a Laphroaig on the rocks.

My wife looked at me and asked, “How do you like it?”

I said, “They must have thrown some dirty sneakers in the mixture and let them age with the malt.”

An acquired taste indeed. Is the sneaker taste the peat or the smokiness? LOL. I will acquire the taste before the bottle runs dry.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

That’s ok, you can send the leftover to me.

I hated Scotch too when I was young, then I won a bottle in a contest. It was cheap crap. my buddy and I polished it off one night while playing pinball and I was hooked from then on.

[JohnyBoy]

>An acquired taste indeed. Is the sneaker taste the peat or the smokiness? LOL. I will acquire the taste before the bottle runs dry.

Don’t feel bad. I can’t stand that stuff and I’ve been drinking scotch for 15 years now.

[RegulatorCountry]

Laphroaig is heavy on the smoke and peat, it’s a bit of an outlier, a love it or hate it proposition even among longtime Scotch drinkers. Rocks tames it but it’s still very earthy.

[Svartalfiar]

I said, “They must have thrown some dirty sneakers in the mixture and let them age with the malt.”

So, my post #148 above was supposed to reply to you, but somehow that got a bit mixed up!