Thursday, September 15, 2005

A Major Breakthrough

I decided to try the Hennessy. Put it in a snifter. I also poured a bit of Toom's Som Saeng ($2.68 per liter Thai whiskey) to see if I could tell the difference.

It took a couple of sips, but ya know what? There is a little bit of a difference!

Hey don't laugh: I failed a side-by-side which-is-the-red-wine and which-is-the-white-wine taste test. Well, okay... the fact that one glass was cold helped me... but if it wasn't for that...

However, I can instantly tell the difference between a German wheat beer and a Belgian wheat beer, and will recognize which is the true Trappist ale out of a choice of 6 or 7 similar-but-not-quite choices.

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