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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 3998414, member: 2500"] While I'm flattered [USER=93]@8893[/USER] would think I know the answer, I haven't really got a clue. "Smooth is just the absence of bold"... I wouldn't go there, but that's my coffee experience talking. In coffee, "bold" typically means "overroasted", and while that's a profile sought by many, it's not seen as a positive by those within the industry, or serious coffee consumers. In coffee, "smooth" is usually a function of expert blending in addition to expert roasting, although there are certain beans (Jamaica Blue Mountain, Kona, Bali Blue Moon) that offer a much "smoother" profile than most other single origins. But there, the lack of acidity in those beans is often viewed by connoisseurs as a negative. I'd add that phenols are always present in coffee, but need to be modulated, as phenolic flavors are very undesirable, which obviously isn't the same in scotch (see Laphroaig). So whenever I try to understand scotch using what I know about chemistry and physics in coffee, I simply get more confused. Age certainly plays a role, but I'm hesitant to suggest how much as that's an area I truly don't understand as [URL='https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/whisky/age/16-year-old-whisky']prices also indicate that aging after bottling plays a role in flavor development.[/URL] Anyway, I dislike any suggestion that "bold" is necessarily a good thing, while "smooth" seems to be leaving something on the table because "smooth" is in the eye of the beholder - tons of scotch drinkers wouldn't consider Laga 16 as "smooth". But fans of peat might. I think the answer is as simple as "distilling is an art as much as a science". More than any other booze category, it's a rabbit hole that's too deep for me to deal with beyond, "I like this and I don't like that as much". That seemingly every distiller has numerous expressions of its whisky would indicate distillers can obviously control pretty much everything in the process to create whatever they want. So if there's a market for the various expressions, why not? Best I can tell, it all gets sold eventually. [/QUOTE]

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