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From: zymurgy on 9 Dec 2009 16:19 On 7 Dec, 20:03, Domènec <domenec.sos.val...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "doetnietcomputeren" <doesnotcomp...(a)gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje de > noticiasnews:2009120511370591745-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom... > > > On 2009-12-05 11:20:51 +0100, Colin Irvine <l...(a)bottom.of.home.page> > > said: > > >> My current favourite is a 16-year-old Bushmills. Being whiskey it has > >> no peat at all. > > <tone of disgust> > > "Bushmills? That's protestant whisky!" > > </tod> > > (I'm expecting Champ to pick this one up.) > > Scotland <-> Kafflicks? Just don't go there [1]. Ok. Paul. [1] Subject-wise, not geographically [2] [2] Ok, that too .. ;)
From: zymurgy on 9 Dec 2009 16:26 On 5 Dec, 14:13, Pip <gingerbl...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article <vnmkh5tjpbp1sh7nj21buhb09iit2tj...(a)4ax.com>, Colin Irvine > says... > > > > > > > On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:32:38 -0000, Pip squeezed out the following: > > > >In article <9rckh5dlo3vp4c4tbqd8kfrh91vfgol...(a)4ax.com>, Colin Irvine > > >says... > > > >> My current favourite is a 16-year-old Bushmills. Being whiskey it has > > >> no peat at all. > > > >Point of order, Sir. Not /all/ whiskey is peat-free: the Connemara is > > >peated: > > > >http://www.whiskymag.com/whisky/brand/connemara/whisky282.html > > > Humph. Well I suppose my informant, at the Jameson Old Midleton > > Distillery, might not count them. > > I don't count any of those infernal distaillations, those with the > extraneous "e", myself, never having found one that I like. Well, I have several, being that i'm somewhat surrounded by the stuff :/ However, currently, i'm having my liver cauterised by the various regions Poitín, so if you get yer finger out and organise an L3 clique- fest, i'll get a couple of bottles down there ;) Paul.
From: 'Hog on 9 Dec 2009 20:53 zymurgy <zymurgy(a)technologist.com> wrote: > On 7 Dec, 20:03, Dom�nec <domenec.sos.val...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> "doetnietcomputeren" <doesnotcomp...(a)gmail.com> escribi� en el >> mensaje de >> noticiasnews:2009120511370591745-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom... >> >>> On 2009-12-05 11:20:51 +0100, Colin Irvine >>> <l...(a)bottom.of.home.page> said: >> >>>> My current favourite is a 16-year-old Bushmills. Being whiskey it >>>> has no peat at all. >>> <tone of disgust> >>> "Bushmills? That's protestant whisky!" >>> </tod> >>> (I'm expecting Champ to pick this one up.) >> >> Scotland <-> Kafflicks? > > Just don't go there [1]. Ok. > > Paul. > > [1] Subject-wise, not geographically [2] > [2] Ok, that too .. ;) <looks up> Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaants -- 'Hog CO2 - Just hot air
From: Catman on 10 Dec 2009 02:19 boots wrote: > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:06:56 +0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Catman says: > >> boots wrote: >>> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:59:10 -0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Pip says: >>> >>>> In article <4b1ebdfc$0$2480$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk>, 'Hog says... >>>> >>>>> To Pip and others I might point out that Oddbins have a rather good >>>>> Ardbeg offer on >>>>> www.oddbins.com/products/productDetail.asp?productcode=10950 >>>> Pfft. 10 y/o might be acceptable, even remarkable to the masses - but >>>> you should know that the older it gets, the better it is. Ten years >>>> ain't SFA to a good single malt. >>> Passing through a duty free I decided to take a small risk and buy the >>> 18yr old Glenfiddich, what a very different beast to the unremarkable >>> 10yr old. Shame it didn't last that long. >>> >> It's Glenfiddich, what did you expect. > > Not sure, never been that impressed with their younger ones which my > Dad used to buy. This was lovely. All that thought about whisky sent > me down to pour a dram and realise I've only got 1/3 left of my 15yr > Glenlivet. > I mis-read. Thought it *wasn't* very different from the 10yo.... -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2 GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: CT on 10 Dec 2009 04:10
Dom�nec wrote: [stuff about Scotch] We don't have to bothered with this nasty Scotch stuff anymore anyway. We have English Whisky now: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8405142.stm -- Chris |