Talking about Whisky

[Beef Oven!]

but they do go for well north of £100 .

Blimey!

anyway, its jolly nice, and my offer is good.

( How on earth do you collect whisky? surely you just drink it ?)

I’ve never mastered that one, either!

[umslopogaas]

Thanks ferney, I completely agree!

It's terribly dangerous stuff, this whisky, it makes you put unnecessary punctuation marks all over the place! I'm thinking of launching a new brand, "Loch Reduntastrophe" Better offers welcome, I'm a bit too pissed to be original.

[P. G. Tipps]

Damn ... I missed it ... what a quite extraordinary bargain!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38616674

Stlll, I'm happy with my Bell's ... and it's proper whisky not like those foreign poisons such as that Welsh stuff.

[Beef Oven!]

Damn ... I missed it ... what a quite extraordinary bargain!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38616674

Stlll, I'm happy with my Bell's ... and it's proper whisky not like those foreign poisons such as that Welsh stuff.

Quasimodo

[ahinton]

proper whisky not like those foreign poisons such as that Welsh stuff

Well, if ever we meet, I'll remember not to serve you any Penderyn (or any other whisky, come to that); seriously, have you ever tasted Penderyn?

[ahinton]

Quasimodo

Quasi something, that's for sure!

[P. G. Tipps]

Well, if ever we meet, I'll remember not to serve you any Penderyn (or any other whisky, come to that); seriously, have you ever tasted Penderyn?

Nah ... never touch foreign hooch, ahinton.

I'll most graciously permit you to serve me a double Scotch of your very own choice if we ever do meet, though ...

[ahinton]

Nah ... never touch foreign hooch, ahinton.

Really? So whenever you go anywhere outside our native Scotland, you don't touch a drop of any non-Scottish liquor. And even when in Scotland, should I take it that you never drink wine? (or does that not qualify as "hooch"?). Do you likewise eschew all gin other than that made in Scotland?

I'll most graciously permit you to serve me a double Scotch of your very own choice if we ever do meet, though

But I did write that, "if ever we meet, I'll remember not to serve you any Penderyn (or any other whisky, come to that)", so I rather suspect that your "permission", however "graciously" dispensed, would seem to count for little. Seriously, though, I asked you if you've ever tasted Penderyn and you un"graciously" (or perhaps just plain lazily, or maybe both) omitted to answer; that said, you have no business to pass "judgement" upon Penderyn if you have never tasted it, especially if you do so purely on the grounds that it's not Scotch.

[P. G. Tipps]

Really? So whenever you go anywhere outside our native Scotland, you don't touch a drop of any non-Scottish liquor. And even when in Scotland, should I take it that you never drink wine? (or does that not qualify as "hooch"?). Do you likewise eschew all gin other than that made in Scotland?


But I did write that, "if ever we meet, I'll remember not to serve you any Penderyn (or any other whisky, come to that)", so I rather suspect that your "permission", however "graciously" dispensed, would seem to count for little. Seriously, though, I asked you if you've ever tasted Penderyn and you un"graciously" (or perhaps just plain lazily, or maybe both) omitted to answer; that said, you have no business to pass "judgement" upon Penderyn if you have never tasted it, especially if you do so purely on the grounds that it's not Scotch.

Actually, 'nah' was an 'urban-dictionary' sort of response to your question. 'Nah' is generally understood to mean 'no' ?.

[umslopogaas]

I assure you, as one non-celtish person to another possibly celtish person, that Penderyn is a very fine drink, and the fact that it is made in Wales rather than Scotland does not diminish its quality in the least. I speak no Welsh, but Yakie Dah might mean something if a Welsh speaker would step forward and translate.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I assure you, as one non-celtish person to another possibly celtish person, that Penderyn is a very fine drink, and the fact that it is made in Wales rather than Scotland does not diminish its quality in the least. I speak no Welsh, but Yakie Dah might mean something if a Welsh speaker would step forward and translate.

Iach y da = "good health to you"

[Vox Humana]

It sometimes seems that there are few countries that don't make whisk(e)y. The Welsh, the Irish, the Japanese (particularly the Japanese), the Indians, the Austrians, Swiss, Germans, French, Danes, Czechs, Swedes, Finns, Belgians: they're all at it - and that list is by no means exhaustive. I had an excellent English single malt for Christmas from the St George's distillery in Norfolk. I might tell you which expression - after I've ordered a couple more bottles. :)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ah - I saw English Whisky for the first time a couple of years ago (in Stamford Bridge - the village/battlefield, not the soccer stadium - appropriately!); I was intrigued, but rather pricey and no miniature bottle to test taste (which is how I sampled Penderyn). Even more intrigued now, VH - slainte/iach y da/cheers

[Vox Humana]

I wonder whether that might have been from the same distillery. It's a fairly new venture. The malt I had is only a five-year-old one and that's the oldest expression they have. Two years ago, at three years old, the spirit would have been at the youngest that it can legally be marketed as whisky. There's also a Cornish distillery which has had some very warm reviews, but, in true Cornish fashion, the price is way over the top so I've not tried any of that.

[Vox Humana]

I had an excellent English single malt for Christmas from the St George's distillery in Norfolk. I might tell you which expression - after I've ordered a couple more bottles. :)

Having done the deed I can now reveal that the said malt was the English Whisky Co. Chapter 15. It's un-chillfiltered and natural colour, as all the best malts are. Rather like Aberlour A'bunadh, which varies (alarmingly) from batch to batch, it seems that Chapter 15 also varies a tad depending on what combination of casks has been used in compiling your bottle. All part of the fun, I suppose. From what I can gather, and from my limited personal experience, if you are lucky enough to receive a bottle compiled from casks 145-148 you have hit gold - and if you have the cask strength version of that combination (as I now have) the gold is 24 carat. My cask strength bottle came accompanied with a 46% abv version compiled from casks 170-172. This is subtly different from the 46% casks 145-148 I had for Christmas: it has a stronger nose, but a thinner taste - but it's still the same top quality and dangerously moreish. This is a malt quite unique in my experience. The first impressions are underwhelming, especially regarding the nose, which is frankly disappointing - it's pleasant, but too faint to make much impression (although at cask strength it's fabulous). The taste also seems disappointingly faint at first, but as you roll the malt around your mouth it suddenly explodes into an almost unbearably vibrant panoply of flavours. Amazing. I've never experienced anything like it.