Tuesday, February 4, 2020

An American Girl sends me Rare Scotch

Old Flame, Yet Not so Old

Friends on Wiki and my blog will recollect a memoir I had written of a romantic interlude when I was the project director of the UN Tribal welfare project at Palghar under the aegis of the WHO. the result? a  tempestuous affair with a young doctor, an American.
 She rang me up the other day and told me that as I liked good scotch she was presenting me with 2 bottles of Single Malt rare scotch.  but the gift came the other day by courier and I was thrilled to open the package.

The Ardberg

Two bottles emerged from the package. The first was Ardbeg, which is advertised as the ultimate Islay Single Malt Scotch whiskey. It is guaranteed as 10 years old and distilled at the Arbeg Distellery at the Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland. The Arberg distillery lies on the most southerly part of Islay and situated right on the rugged shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Arberg whiskey is non-chill-filtered and has a strength of 46%., thus retaining maximum flavor. This is supposed to be the ultimate single malt whiskey which all other whiskeys aspire to be. Its a great drink, but I have drunk it very seldom.

The Duthac


The second bottle was Glenmorangie's special brand the Duthac. This whiskey is supposed to be inspired by King James IV who made an annual visit to the distillery and the inventor of this concoction Dr. Bill Lumsden set out and created this whiskey for the king.

The whiskey I am told has a special taste, but I will confess that I have never tasted it earlier. What a girl, to pick up a rare scotch that I had never tasted earlier. The whiskey is around for long years and is marketed only in limited quantities to the elite.

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