The Wife's Pour

[Enoch]

most night I allow my wife to pour me a glass of whiskey and I have to guess what it is. I have approximately 150 open bottles right now (all whiskies). It is VERY humbling. Any similar experiences.

[Enoch]

Tonight she brought me Charter Oaks. Didn't even come close.

[clingman71]

No way I have the palate or memory to try that! I readily admit that my wife has a better palate, she almost always tastes my pours and I ask what she thinks of it.

[kjbeggs]

My wife just wrinkles up her nose at ny of my Bourbons (or Scotch for that matter).

She sticks mainly to her mixed drinks or Sweet Tea Vodka.

I suppose that's a good thing, since she works from home, and would have all-day access to my good stuff.

[tigerlam92]

I'm just jealous your wife pours you a glass most nights. Mine would just pour it down the sink thinking I'm drinking too much which is 2-4 pour a night. . Luckily she is just joking for now.

When I did my tasting notes with pen and paper, she just think I'm out of my mind and just laugh at me.

[TXLandman]

I'll often have mine pour me two, unknown to me, and decide which of the two I like more. I've yet to begin a log to keep track of my preferences but it's still fun and sometimes surprising.

[gooneygoogoo]

most night I allow my wife to pour me a glass of whiskey and I have to guess what it is. I have approximately 150 open bottles right now (all whiskies). It is VERY humbling. Any similar experiences.

I get my wife to do this too. I only have about 25 bottles open at a time so it's much easier for me but I'd say I can pick it about 75% of the time.

[GaryT]

My dad and I have swapped "mystery samples" in the past, where we tried to study the sample against others in our collection to figure out what it was (and when a guess was correct to some point, such as it being a wheater, we would affirm that fact). That was a lot of fun, and challenging. I can't imagine though trying to take a single, solitary glass and try to nail it. I imagine I might guess right 40% of the time (and probably get in the ballpark in terms of mashbill, maybe distiller - another 40% of the times). Without some control or basis of comparison - that's tough! I won't have my wife do this, as I hope she doesn't open that cabinet (which has no windows) and notice that is has swelled since the last time she saw it

[Scotch Neat]

Last week my older son poured me 3 glasses of bourbon to pick the correct one, Fail Fail Fail.

[ramblinman]

I get my wife to do this too. I only have about 25 bottles open at a time so it's much easier for me but I'd say I can pick it about 75% of the time.

Very similar here. I'm probably under 75%, but I'm pretty happy if I can get close on proof and pick the right distillery. With as many HH bottle as I open at any given time it's pretty tough to get right on

[TunnelTiger]

Haven't tried a blind test like this yet but MrsTT pours at least half of my drinks.

[Quantum]

Mrs Q is more concerned with clearing some shelf space than she is for my liver, so I am afraid she would pull out the pint glasses if I asked her to pour anything.

[kcgumbohead]

My wife is content to be the "nose" suits me fine as its still a team sport

[Flyfish]

Haven't tried a blind test like this yet but MrsTT pours at least half of my drinks.

Mrs. Fish and I regularly pour each other bourbon for blind tasting. But it is never a contest to see who can identify what. The object is always to identify what we taste without the prejudicial clues that come with seeing the bottles. It's amazing what you discover that you really like when you don't know what it is. Recently, for example, I have come back to WT101 after concluding a year ago that I didn't like it anymore.