validate me! or not.

[fox]

Dear friends, back in the mists of time when I was a callow undergraduate studying abroad (and occasionally wearing exactly the same shirt I am wearing today, now that I think about it, which wasn't new even then - in another year, my clothes will be eligible to vote), my friends and I came across a product called Heather Cream. It was - in fact, it apparently markets itself as - essentially Baileys, but made with Scotch instead of Irish whiskey. And we loved it! It was delicious! And I've never seen it since then, not even when I was living in England, which is much nearer Scotland than I live now.

So I may be inflating the marvelousness of this stuff in my mind. Please understand that I'm assuming for the sake of this argument that Baileys is good. :-) If you don't like Baileys, the odds are decent that you won't care for Heather. But if you do like Baileys, at least in concept, doesn't it stand to reason that as Scotch is better than Irish whiskey, Heather will be better than Baileys? Or am I bound to be disappointed if I ever do manage to get my hands on a bottle, and discover that when I was twenty years old I didn't know a damn thing, and tasting it now will ruin what was a perfectly good and tranquil memory?

Thoughts?

Comments

[kaalee]

I have no idea what it is and have never heard of it -- but I approve heartily!

[insptr_penguin]

I do like Baileys and think that Heather Cream does sound good. I disagree with your postulate that Scotch is necessarily better than Irish whiskey. I think both can be very good and that someone can certainly prefer one over the other, but they have different flavor profiles. If you like Scotch better than Irish whiskey, Heather Cream may very well taste better to you. Or not. I would certainly try it at least.

Regarding your memory of tasting it at 20, it may have been colored by inexperience (or not) but does that really matter? I believe that the time, place, and the people you drink with do shape the experience of drinking x alcohol. Nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia as an element in your drinking preferences. I think it's to be desired even. I know I often reach for alcohol that I first drank in good company.

[fox]

I should maybe have found a way to spell it with Deliberate Capital Letters, like, scotch is better than other kinds of whiskey, As All The World Knows - by which I mean, it's better because I said so. ;-) They do both have their uses, of course.

[insptr_penguin]

Ah, that makes more sense and is perfectly fair. ;) Neither are useless in the least.