Change in taste?

@666ppm I think your taste naturally changes as your palate develops and you learn to appreciate new flavours.

Mine changes all the time - at the moment I'm a big fan of floral, grassy things but give it a couple of weeks and I suspect I'll be all for peat or christmas cake.

That said, sitting in the tasting room at Glenmorangie having done a tour where we had to run between buildings due to the snow somewhat cemented Glenmorangie's whiskies in my head as some of my favourites for a couple of years. My tastes have, naturally, changed since then though :)

I was just thinking starting the exact same Discussion here, because I had a similar experience.

Picked up a Lagavulin 16yo last year. First tasting: way too medicinal for me, could't care for it much, so left it standing, just 2 or 3 drams lighter in my cabinet. During the year, I got my self a couple of other bottles, from Islay's to Highlands and tried a lot of flavours.

Last week, decided to give the Laga another chance, and what joy; I absolutely love it now. The medicinal is still there, but I seem to experience it different now. More like taste of steel, mixed with peat and smoke and so easy to drink. Great!

Taste is a strange thing.

@pr0mille I've had a similar experience with Talisker 10. My first try... Ouch! Left it for the better part of a year and only returned to it a week ago. Brilliant whisky indeed (also tried the 25yo). I guess this only means out palate is developing and it's all for the better!

@markjedi1 I had exactly your same experience with Talisker 10. A few years ago I still wasn't completely into whisky, yet I used to buy now and then a bottle of Glefiddich 12 and drink a glass of Macallan 12/15 (Fine Oak) with my father. One day, a friend of mine offered me a glass of Talisker. I accepted with curiosity, not knowing what was expecting me. At the time I had no idea there was such a thing as a smoky whisky. Needles to say, I was bewildered upon trying it. I could not "understand" the taste, as I was used to mild easy-going whiskies, and was completely put off. During the years I had the chance to try Lagavulin 16 and Laphroaig 10. While not liking them completely I was growing accustomed to the smoky/peaty taste. Only after really getting into malts (i.e. starting to build a decent cabinet and buying glencairn glasses) and after buying a bottle of Lagavulin 16 first, I collected the courage to give Talisker another chance. Bottom line, as many may predict, Talisker 10 is now one of my favourite malts. Taste does change (especially when it comes to peat and smoke).