Yeah, it's the taste that puts me off a lot of them. I love a really nicely aged whiskey though. My first taste of whiskey was Dimple, aged nearly 20 years. It was just warm and pleasent.

I also like Chartruse, nicknamed Green Fire. It can be wuite nice. But the last time I had some would have been about 3 years back. Still got plenty.

As to relaxing... I find you fairly relaxed as you are.