A few years ago when my kiddo nephew graduated from university, my hubby introduced him to the world of whisky. Now, whenever kiddo visits, he always gets to try some of his uncles (hubby and our brother in laws) collections. Last summer when he came to visit, he offered to bring a bottle, joking it was his membership fee to join the family whisky club. The guys were happy to accept his membership 😄
Kiddo is still a bit inexperience and didn't know which was a good buy and asked hubby for some recommendations. One of them was the Ledaig 18. I didn't realize I hadn't posted about this before. When hubby bought this out after dinner last week, I notice they've already drank half a bottle already!!! Better post about it before they drink it all.
Before we look at the whisky, let's have a little gaelic lesson - not that I know, I'm just repeating what I learnt off the internet. The name Ledaig isn't pronounced Le-dag or Led-ache or however you think it may be pronounced. You'd probably only get it right if you know gaelic. According to the internet, it is pronounced Le-chig where the d sound becomes ch. Now you know!
Back to the whisky itself. The Ledaig distillery is from the Isle of Mull, one of the outlying islands west of the Scottish mainland. The distillery is located at a place called Tobermory at north east side of the island. I love how they have literally stamped the island on the bottle, by adding the outline of the island on the top of the bottle stopper. Again I've had to resort to the internet to make sure I got the island the right way round.
You'll see the location is also printed on the label, along with 1798, the year the distillery was established. This is a 46.3% non chilled filtered 18 year old single malt scotch. I found it rather pleasant on the nose when I took a sniff. Unlike other whiskies that whacks me across ahead like gasoline, this had a pleasant citrus note. I'm told by hubby this is because it was finished in a sherry cask. Nice, for a change. I don't normally like the smell of whiskies.
Here are the other aromas one is supposed to get, sweet, peppery, over ripened apricots, toasted nuts and shery. That's a lot going on! I can never work out how people can taste so many notes in a little sip. I took a little sip, and got the citrus hint again. Hubby's verdict on this was smooth, smokey, and complex, and yes he liked it. I remember a few years ago, he said he didn't like smokey whisky. When I asked him about it, he said his palate may have changed over the years, but given the choice, he still prefers non smokey whisky. Well, I guess at least it's good that his palate has broadened.
Have a great weekend. Cheers!
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I hope you enjoyed the whiskey. Sometimes a drink goes down very well. Well, from what's left in the bottle, her husband did like it.
It's an 18 year old, so they're taking their time to enjoy it, don't want to drink it all too quick
Well, sometimes we need a drink to clear our heads or to share, but it is not essential in life. In fact, for many it has become a problem. So it is good that there is a responsible person with the drink that can guide you. 💪
After one glass of this whisky, I would not be able to talk at all, not to mention the right pronunciation of its name 😁
Some people talk a lot more fluent when they've had a free drinks, you never know, maybe you might b3 really good at Chinese once you've had a few 😉
Hehehe I guess it is the same as with, that you can have so many different tastes in there. Supposedly it comes from the quality of the barrel where the taste comes from.
whisky aint my friend I must admit, but love reading these stories!
Whisky isn't my cup of tea either, luckily my husband and my brother in law all have quite a collection that allows me to write about
Hi how are things. Good thing they remembered to post before the bottle was gone. It strikes me that they can also talk about history, about the island on the bottle cap. In particular, the different types of drinks were not differentiated. I became a Christian about 23 years ago. But your publication is interesting. I remember two years ago they served a drink at a wedding and I couldn't tell which one it was. I thought it was something he consumed when he sang at night. I thought it was anise. But it was actually Rum with guava juice. So I'm a bad taster. Thank you for sharing your experience, and I congratulate you because your publications are of very good quality, good photographs, and a very good way of telling us the story.
Thanks for your comment. Rum and guava juice sounds like a very refreshing drink, I imagine it would be perfect for summer
Perfect. I saw the outline of Hive on the bottle cap, an opportunity we shouldn't miss to toast to this rise... don't you think? Le-chig - Hive and...
🙃 Cheers!
Cheers! This bottle looks beautiful and it's great that you were able to take a photo before the whiskey was finished. I've never seen an 18 year old whisky before, I know there are much older ones but I'm referring to personal experience 😅
I always enjoy reading in your liquor publications how expert you and your husband are in recognizing the quality of the drinks. Good thing you found the bottle in time hahaha, a few more days and we wouldn't have read this post 😅
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I think it's interesting that 12 to 18 years is kind of the baseline for most whisky over there. Here in the US bourbons and whiskies that old are usually quite expensive. I guess those folks got a bit of a head start on us though! This sounds like a really interesting bottle. I like whiskey, but I can't ever really taste all the flavors either.
Looks like a nice one. I'm getting into the more interesting flavours of whisky, but am still a novice at tasting. I'd better have more practice!