We usually can arrange for appropriate entertainment such as a bagpiper, Highland dancer, or Celtic harpist. The conductor of the tasting is dressed in kilt and formal Scottish attire. The source of the water, the quality of the air and the character of the peat used to dry the malted barley all combine to make something unique -the very essence of its environment. Malt whisky is like the Scots tongue - broadly one language yet, within that, so many different dialects, each one unique to its own distillery. It is this subtle distinction which gives every malt its unmistakable identity.
Some whiskies just happen to be better than others.