So the other day I was at one of our tastings and we were having a good laugh over all the information provided about any given scotch. You know what I’m talking about… things like the nose or pallet description. We were wondering how they come up with some of those descriptions or more specifically, do those flavors actually exist.
I’ll be the first to admit I really enjoy a good scotch or whiskey, but I rarely taste/smell half, or more, of those flavors/scents in a description. So it got us wondering how do people come up with things like the smelt, tasted band-aid, asphalt, cherries or any other out there idea. It led us to one possible answer and that was Mad Libs. You know what I’m talking about; that pen and paper game we all played as kids and thought was hilarious because you’d use words like boobs or whatever and make your friends laugh with stupid answers.
I know it’s highly unlikely that it’s actually the way they come up with tasting notes but, bare with me, maybe, just maybe I’ve cracked the secret wide open. I mean Master of Malt describes the Glenmorangie Signet as bread and butter pudding and Terry’s Chocolate Oranges and pleasantly rubbery. I mean, come on, fine I could possibly buy the bread and butter pudding, but Terry’s Chocolate Oranges is a very specific taste. I mean I would buy chocolate and oranges or even chocolate covered oranges but Terry’s Chocolate Oranges that’s very specific and, honestly, who the hell can tell that taste. Then we have pleasantly rubbery. When has rubbery ever been pleasant? I use the Glenmorangie Signet because it was the first that comes to mind but pick any scotch or whiskey and you will find anything from apple to raisins to dirt to asphalt to pretty much anything your mind can think up.
All this lead us to come to the conclusion that there is a secret whiskey mad lib that we want to be part of. If you have access, please send it our way.
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