So, for my first post on this blog, I started asking myself the question of what first brought me to whisky and, just as importantly, caused me to elevate it above other drinks? I am, for example, a fully paid up member of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, and one of my great joys is a dark, full-bodied stout or porter.
Looking back, a couple of my best friends in childhood had scots ancestry. So, I came to know quite a bit about Scotland from quite an early age, and I have to admit that part of me back then wished I could uncover some hitherto unknown scottish ancestry of my own.
Then, in my teens, I saw the film Bladerunner. I loved sci-fi and the famous scene of Deckard drinking some Johnnie Walker Black Label might well have left its impression upon me.
Indeed, a couple of Yule season's ago, my wife bought me a whisky tumbler made in the same style and by the same designer as those tumblers that appeared in the film. I had intimated to her that I had always wanted a square-based whisky tumbler, just because of that scene in that film. Clearly she was listening to me.
So, now here I am a middle-aged gentleman of discerning taste, living in the north west of England and I have elected to write this blog to keep you, dear reader, updated with the whisky news that comes my way. I will also review what few whiskies I am lucky enough to sample from here on.
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