Learning to drink whiskey, ... is it an aging thing

Two winters ago my partner & I went to Tasmania (southern Australia) in our winter for the winter solstice, our shortest day, the longest day in the northern hemisphere. Anyway I did the nude winter solstice swim but we also enjoyed a great winter festival which show-cased produce from Tasmania including the whiskey. They have good rainfall down there and beautiful / pure water which I assume is why the whiskey is so good. We both fell in love with the whiskey down there and I have enjoyed since. The only trouble is that it is expensive so drinking ordinary whiskey is challenging.

My mum's dad loved a whiskey, was not a beer drinker except on a hot day after harvesting. He was not a drinker (German heritage, go figure) but enjoyed a whiskey before bed. My dad was a beer drinker but enjoyed a whiskey in the winter. I have found as I age I have found the enjoyment of whiskey.

Have others found this? Is it aging? Or have I finally matured? (I turn 64 tomorrow ..... haha)

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