GLEN GARIOCH SHERRY CASK MATURED

Some less favourite bottles might move to the back of the shelf, or, worse case, to the “to be used for cocktails” pile, while the ones down to the dregs will be lined up to provide their final drams of joy and saluted for their service to whisky enjoyment.

Alright Hughie, you may be thinking, cut the crap: you are just reorganising your whisky collection. No need to wax on about it. 

First of all, I am not a big fan of the term ‘collection’: these bottles are for drinking, not for keeping so that term just doesn’t sit right in my head. But, apart from this wee nomenclature disagreement, you have a point. And yet, that does not diminish the value that the mere reshuffling of bottles has. It is a moment to take stock of the whisky journey, changing personal taste and even my own whisky perspectives and prejudices. 

Sorting through those bottles I can clearly identify the early forays in whisky. The few left-over bottles mostly being the ones that after an initial interest quickly failed to excite me. I have kept them nonetheless, as serviceable introductory drams for novice whisky guests