Personal Age Statement

sorry, I was talking about bicycles ... @Torojima But to please you, I'll get a motorbike in the future. What do you think of a Triumph Bonneville T100?

@JoeVelo oops :) jep, I got you completely wrong there :D Bonneville, naked bike :D love it. As in spirits, good choice :D I had a Transalp. Not so naked, but a very nice enduro :)

btw, sorry for hijacking the thread :D

To quote Hank Williams, "I saw the light I saw the light No more darkness no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light."

I saw the light at 41. I've know salvation for 4 years.

I am 29 now and I started drinking whisky at 18. But drinking the good stuff is only since two years.

I started drinking Bourbon at 48 and have expanded it to Rye Whiskeyand Irish Whiskey just starting to get into Scotch, I am now 51.

46 years old. Been serious about Scotch for 3.5 years now. Tasted my first single malt (Glenlivet 12) in 2005 (a Christmas present from my Father-in-law) but didn't start enjoy Scotch until the following Christmas when my Father-in-law gave me a bottle of McCallan cask strength. Tasted my first Islay (Laphroaig 10) shortly there after. It was the vast contrast in taste between those 3 Whiskies that hooked me.

@bwmccoy - must be getting late; Make that 4.5 years, not 3.5. Oops!

Turned 50 this year, been drinking Famous Grouse on and off for years but only got interested in other (better) blends and single malts during the past 12 months.

41 tomorrow and started enjoying scotch about a year and a half ago.

I'm 49. I drank some JW Red and some Irish Whiskey in Ginger Ale in college, but pretty much stopped from 1994-2008, when I discovered single malts. For the last year I have also been discovering Bourbon.

I´m 32 and started drinking whisky when I was 20...it was a bottle of Glenfiddich 12 and it got pretty series at once.

I turned 23 couple of days ago. Discovered the marvelous world of single malt whisky this summer. Thanks to the recent birthday, this student will be adding a bottle or 2 to his starting collection very soon. Already a big thanks to all the reviewers and connaisseurs here for the valuable information!

Wanted to add: probably would have started earlier if it weren't for the endless choice in Belgian beers.

Another question because I can't start a new topic as new member: I am currently making Port from red wine in a new oak barrel of 5l. In the future, is it worth looking for a whisky to put in the barrel to get a port wood finish?

@Wodha I'm 59. I started drinking bourbon & rye at 17. In my early 50's I shifted my focus to the Irish and then I discovered the single malts about 2 years ago.

I was first improperly introduced to whisk(e)y in my 20's and reintroduced to it in a proper manner in my early 50's. Now at the "mature age" of 53, I'm enjoying this new found passion of the whisk(e)y journey.

Who I envy are the people who have been properly introduced to this wonderful libation at an early age. What a lifetime journey of exploration to look forward to!

27; first started trying many whiskys 2 years ago. Before that I only had some sporadic Irish whiskys.

@JoeVelo You are one bike ahead of me. I will be buying my third though next week for my touring trip.

30, and I started appreciating single malt whisky when I was 29 years old.

As of today, I can now be considered a 35 year old 'bottling', though I can't qualify as a Scotch whisky as my first 11 years were spent on US shores. Just before becoming 'shelf ready' as a 12 year old, my warehouse was moved to Southern Ontario where I have been aging ever since.

My whisky journey began in earnest in August 2010, with a trip to the Glenora Distillery (home of Glen Breton single malt Canadian whisky...don't worry SWA, it's not Scotch), with bottle acquisition/tasting/in-depth research beginning at Christmas of last year.

Looking forward to this evening to a tasting of 'birthday bottles' of Glengoyne 10, Te Bheag, and Parker's Heritage Collection 4th edition (10 yo wheated) bourbon. I have also been pleasantly suprised with a bottle of Lagavulin 16, and have been able to acquire a Bowmore Tempest that will be opened in the near future.

23 in Nov. Matured in Malaysia, and finished in Sydney and North Carolina. Started at 19, palate still developing.

Im 39 , like many I drank Jack Daniels in my early twenties, I got married at 24 and my wife bought me a bottle of Glenfiddich for fathers day when I was 26. Hated it at first , started with Irish whiskey then scottish blends then became hooked with a bottle of laphroaig 10 year old ,then Highland Park 12 and Macallan 12 exposed me to sherry cask.

Started collecting at age 29 , never looked back. I found whisky flavors opened up to me when i got away from ice in the drink. It like clicked for me. I dont drink whisky everyday but its a love and passion.

I wish I had the first bottle of blue label back I drank completely with ice , arrgh

The older you get the more you want to experience and the more mature my palate becomes , Great topic.

I am 27 and started drinking whisky with 25.

I may have tasted a single malt twice before 2011, maybe 3 times

Now I'm 44 and I've been part of a whisky tasting club for about 2 and a half years. My book knowledge and my tasting skills (to a lesser extent) have taken off exponentially in that time.

Although I'd have tasted a lot more malts by now if I'd started earlier, my liver thanks me....

@Wodha I'm a blend of two Michigan expressions bottled and released in Maryland 1968 vintage. Been blending since late 80's and vatting since the 90's. :)

'Had my first seriously good Malt in 1960; a 15yo. Millburn That made me sit up and take notice. It took quite a while to come up with anything half so good. I 'bumbled' along, clueless for the most part, for years. My enlightenment was at the hands of a helpful Bottle Shop manager who was also a huge fan of Malt Whisky - I don't think he gave me a single 'bum steer'!

Connosr is such a valuable site! All that info. at your fingertips. Me, I was in the dark for years!

Slainte!

I'm 40. Before age 28 I was mostly doing shots and drinking jack and cokes. At age 28 I started drinking scotch and water (JW Red or Black) and thought it was the greatest drink on earth. I still drink JW Black on the rocks regularly. Then at about 35 I really started to appreciate and enjoy single malt whisky. No turning back now.

1977...began drinking whisky in 2006 or so, really went all in around 2008. I've been stumbling downhill ever since :-)

1. Been drinking single malts for about 10 years, but I only moved beyond the entry-level Speysides about two years ago. Had my first Islay malt about 18 months ago, and it changed my life.

30 now, enjoying good whisk(e)y since 22. I hope to enjoy another 70 years of great whisk(e)y.. so many whiskies, so little time..

1. Started drinking Lagavulin when I was 29. In my 20's, I was mainly exposed to whiskies like Wild Turkey and they just did not sit well, so it took me a few more years to experiment and discover that there is more to whisky than I had thought.

I have branched out considerably over the past few years. I don't know what happened when I hit my mid 40's. Single malt scotch just started to really hit the spot.

I used to like bourbon more than I do now. I just don't find that the expensive bourbons resonate like the expensive scotches. To me, bourbons seem more similar across the board, whereas scotches really demonstrate a wide range of characteristics and qualities by comparison. I find more variety in scotches than in any other liquor.

I am 37 and only started drinking Whisky when I was 35. I had a bottle of Laphroaig 10 which got me hooked. I then tried other expressions from Laphroaig before stumbling across Connosr whilst looking for reviews on new Whiskies to try.