[BITList] whisky

[HUGH]

Colin,

I am close to purchasing my annual bottle of single malt, without which Hogmanay, not to mention Ne'erday, would be unbearable - though we sometimes bring in the bells with a sherry.  Other than that it won't be Laphroig (too strong a taste for me), the jury is still out on the matter of choice.  I don't have much in the way of preferences for ordinary whiskies, since they all taste pretty much the same to me at room temperature.  Many years ago, my elder daughter (aged about 4) and I were at Cappielow Park, Greenock, sitting in the stand at a Greenock Morton game.  Why was she there?  I can't remember, but I do remember the taste of a whisky a fellow spectator offered me from his flask. It was a bitterly cold afternoon, with frost on the wooden seats, and the whisky was ice-cold. I think Morton won 8-0 that day, so it was indeed a long time ago.

On taste .... I probably lack the ability to distinguish some tastes.  My saliva lacks salivary amylase, an enzyme that plays some role in taste and the predigestion of food - I have it in common with dogs, woof, woof.  I was doing a course on control engineering and a study on feedback came up.  We were required to use our saliva along with a small bottle of a reagent, and a pen recorder we were loaned for the test.  I got a flat line and used up all the reagent.  It was then I looked at the small print and saw I lacked the amylase.  I was invited to write to a group in Edinburgh who were doing a study into it, and I did so.  I'm still waiting for a reply.  I got zero marks for the test, mainly because my written account consisted only of a complaint about salivary amylase.

Hugh.
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