Pure Gold

Because of our work on the CK project, my flatmate and I were given a bottle of Johnny Walker Gold Label. Its a beautiful blended whisky - not quite Blue Label, but it is very nice. The problem I find with Black and Red Label, particularly the latter, is that it has lots of attack but almost no flavour. Gold Label, while still resembling a light Highland malt, has some of the woodier complexities of the Islays. Its also quite sweet. Apparently, the serving suggestion for Gold Label is to freeze it for 24 hours and serve it frozen with some dark chocolate on the side. I look forward to trying it.

I also had some 18yo the Glenlivet last night. BEAUTIFUL. Still a light Highland, but a little peatier (not by much) with some honey notes.

The problem with loving single-malt whisky is that not only is the stuff expensive, but its bloody hard to find - especially the rarer belnds. For example, I'd like to try a range of 15yo single-malts: the Macallan, Laphroaig, Laphvaulin, Talisker... but I haven't seen them anywhere. Guess I'll have to order them in and pay a bit of a premium. I've thought about opening an online single-malt whisky store in Australia but I've been told the licensing fees would be horrendous. Crap.