After surviving Highway Madness™ we arrived at the airport with time to spare. A lot of time to spare as it turned out. Actually, we had a lot of time to spare with all our connections throughout the entire trip. It seemed like a good idea, but waiting around in airports, hotel lobbies, and one time waiting inside the bus while the driver inexplicably walked away for 40 minutes... it’s easy to think that maybe we should be leaving things until the last minute. Maybe we should have been running to get there on time, lungs screaming for air; living on the edge! Then again, it did leave us plenty of time to go shopping.
The first (and only) stop on our impromptu shopping tour of Coolangatta Airport was the duty free shop, and I had been looking forward to acquiring a good scotch. I know what you’re saying, and yes, I normally only blog about rum, but if there’s one thing I love more than a good rum it’s a great scotch whisky. Admittedly, I’m something of a novice where fine scotch whiskies are concerned, which is especially embarrassing because I’m a bartender. If only we had a selection of Premium Top Shelf Scotches at work… (Kat The Amazing Manager, I’m talking to you :P)
But seriously, I had to start my Scotchucation™ somewhere, and what better place than at the top end of the Johnnie Walker range! I’ve had my eye on a bottle of Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve for a little while now – I even came this close to buying a bottle during Christmas sales. I decided that the time was right. Bottle number one sorted.
Now what to do about the second bottle? There wasn’t a huge selection in the small shop. The bottles of Double Black caught my eye, but I knew better. I had bought a bottle of that for the Mauritius trip, I found the flavours overpowering and altogether too smokey – not somewhere I wanted to revisit in a hurry. I briefly contemplated a bottle of Blue Label, when suddenly I saw it, in the corner of my eye. Just a glimpse. Something new. Johnnie Walker Explorers’ Club Collection: The Spice Road.
“Exclusive to travellers,” said the shopkeeper, who had sidled up behind me, “not available in stores.” Cool, sounds exclusive. Can’t wait to try it.
“Well that settles it then,” I replied, placing both bottles on the counter. Bottle number two sorted – I foresee a scotch night in the near future J
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