Sam. wrote:I would reckon you haven't actually tasted a great home made product.
Beg Mac for a bottle to compare against :-B
And at the end of the day if your happy with it then that's all that matters :handgestures-thumbupleft:
This might well be the problem and I think it's an issue for a LOT of new people getting into this hobby. What IS a good product meant to taste like? What should a decent spirit run produce against a 1st stripping run? Part of the issue is that it's so easy to be able to get a better produce than many of the commercials, so as soon as your in front of some of them = awesome product.
I would be happy to ask this gent, if I can send a sample or two of his away to ? I would love to be able to sample something like you guys are talking about - id keep it next to the aging stock for comparisons (currently I use makers and bookers for this purpose, but even the makers has a heady taste too me now).
I will also add because I didnt(and still don't) know what an excellent produce tastes like - I did the Redlands whiskey tour only a couple of weeks ago and tasted some 7 of this states finest. This helped a little.
And WS - I didn't drink a lot, I just sampled a lot of different produce. He had many different essences - but his prime was out of a recently purchased barrell (tas cask co) that he added chips too. It was/is a very nice sipping whisky on ice, very nice. In fact - he apparently dropped a bottle from this barrell to the cask co owner for a sample and even he said the same thing - could not believe the lack of time, the perceived poor ingredients and combined process from a toy still, to get this result.
As I originally said - I'm pretty damn confused how this product is coming out so damn well. I certainly cant replicate what hes making, Maybe today, he will let the cat out and advise his barrel was actually full of Lark that he bought on the quiet...
Si.