[Drinking] Whiskey that smells and tastes of TCP - WTF is it?

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Not Laphroaig. I have some and I like it, but it isn't TCPee enough.

I visited a distillery up from Inverness 20 years ago and bought some of this nectar but can't remember what it was.

Help gratefully appreciated.

 

[Superphil]

Up from Inverness is Glenmorangie is it not? And not one I’d describe as TCP. Others from Islay that have that similar flavour characteristic to Laphroig include Lagavulin, Port Ellen, Caol Isla, Ardbeg and possibly Bunnahabhain.

 

[shingle]

Could be Tomatin or Singleton. My favourite is Talisker from Skye.

 

[Superphil]

Could be Clynleish, that’s quite an interesting flavour, Brora also from the same town, or perhaps from right up top Highland Park.

 

[shingle]

and Bowmore on Islay, also v.nice, a bit peaty like Laphroaig

 

[cloud]

This one maybe?

Bruichladdich Waves Islay Single Malt (46%) – Whisky Times | Whisky Reviews & News

whiskytimes.co.uk

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This one maybe?

Bruichladdich Waves Islay Single Malt (46%) – Whisky Times | Whisky Reviews & News

whiskytimes.co.uk

Thanks. Yes I was looking at that review earlier. But on the seller page they seem to go out of their way to not say 'TCP'. That may explain why I can't bring up a single hit other than pejoratively in reviews....

 

[knocky1]

Could be Clynleish, that’s quite an interesting flavour, Brora also from the same town, or perhaps from right up top Highland Park.

Orkneys for Highland Park. On holiday up here now and put this on ice Wednesday gone and it also has nearly gone.

 

[chickens]

With all these helpful suggestions the OP will

1. Stop caring if the whisky is the one he was thinking of, and then
2. Won’t remember why he was drinking them at all.

So, should he return to this thread tomorrow in a “what did I do/retracing my steps” spirit of enquiry, your wife (probably) hasn’t left you, and as far as we know, nobody died.

 

[GT49er]

Up from Inverness is Glenmorangie is it not? And not one I’d describe as TCP. Others from Islay that have that similar flavour characteristic to Laphroig include Lagavulin, Port Ellen, Caol Isla, Ardbeg and possibly Bunnahabhain.

Yep, that's just about nailed it (although I've not come across Port Ellen myself), but all the rest, fine.

 

[Doonhamer7]

If north of Inverness may be Clynleesh

 

[Stato]

A lot of the peaty malts have a slightly antiseptic taste to me. I don't think its true for everybody. I stick to the Speyside ones that tend to have less peat.

 

[hart's shirt]

My ex-girlfriend made excellent whiskey.

We broke up over 10 years ago, but I love her still.

 

[Doonhamer7]

The TCP is the phenol’s, So any whisky that dry’s its barley using peat smoke has the TCP / medicinal flavour, I don’t really like smokey whisky but if you do then there is a new distillery on Skye called Torabhaig which has >75pppm of phenols which is well above the Islay monsters

 

[Doonhamer7]

Up from Inverness is Glenmorangie is it not? And not one I’d describe as TCP. Others from Islay that have that similar flavour characteristic to Laphroig include Lagavulin, Port Ellen, Caol Isla, Ardbeg and possibly Bunnahabhain.

There is about 8 distilleries just north of Inverness - Dalmore, Glenmorangie, Clynleish, Brora, Balbair, Glen Ord, Pulteney (well north of Inverness) i can’t remember the other one

 

[LamieRobertson]

Mmmmmm TCP

 

[Me and my Monkey]

When I was a little girl, my parents used to give me a cough medicine which, in retrospect, I can say smelled SUSPICIOUSLY like whisky.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

This one?

 

[zefarelly]

Invergordon . . . . Single grain . . .nothing like TCP and one of few sweaty waters I'll drink.

It's easier to find unicorn piss though as they stopped making it 17 or so years ago.

 

[Doonhamer7]

Invergordon . . . . Single grain . . .nothing like TCP and one of few sweaty waters I'll drink.

It's easier to find unicorn piss though as they stopped making it 17 or so years ago.

Only £65 for a 25yr old on masterofmalt