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From: Justin C on 12 Apr 2008 09:41
On 2008-04-12, Daniel James <wastebasket(a)nospam.aaisp.org> wrote:
> In article news:<slrnfvvpr4.673.justin.0804(a)stigmata.purestblue.com>,
> Justin C wrote:
>
>> ... why aren't you emailing me and asking me for my address so you
>> can send me a bottle?
>
> I'll send you an application form for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, if
> you like ... but you'll never want to drink that cheap watered-down
> commercially bottled stuff again!

That might be interesting, maybe just a URL? Are you referring to "cask
strength" stuff? Had some once... 48% didn't *sound* a lot different to
40%... I couldn't move the next morning, I thought I'd died.

Justin.

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Justin C, by the sea.
From: Will Kemp on 12 Apr 2008 14:37
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:41:00 +0000, Justin C wrote:

> On 2008-04-12, Daniel James <wastebasket(a)nospam.aaisp.org> wrote:
>> In article news:<slrnfvvpr4.673.justin.0804(a)stigmata.purestblue.com>,
>> Justin C wrote:
>>
>>> ... why aren't you emailing me and asking me for my address so you can
>>> send me a bottle?
>>
>> I'll send you an application form for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
>> if you like ... but you'll never want to drink that cheap watered-down
>> commercially bottled stuff again!
>
> That might be interesting, maybe just a URL? Are you referring to "cask
> strength" stuff? Had some once... 48% didn't *sound* a lot different to
> 40%... I couldn't move the next morning, I thought I'd died.

*Wished* you had, you mean?! ;-)



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From: Daniel James on 13 Apr 2008 05:12
In article news:<slrng01evc.osf.justin.0804(a)stigmata.purestblue.com>,
Justin C wrote:
> That might be interesting, maybe just a URL?

Oh, all right then: http://www.smws.co.uk/ (but you could have googled).

Just don't go buying the last bottle of anything I had my eye on!

> Are you referring to "cask strength" stuff?

I'm referring to "single cask" stuff. Yes, bottled at cask strength.

> Had some once... 48% didn't *sound* a lot different to 40%... I
> couldn't move the next morning, I thought I'd died.

... and gone to heaven? You're supposed to water it, to taste, you know!

Some of the Society's bottles are well over 50% (generally the younger
ones, some alcohol evaporates from the cask during maturation (they call
it "the Angels' portion")).

Cheers,
Daniel.



From: Will Kemp on 13 Apr 2008 09:15
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:12:03 +0100, Daniel James wrote:

>> Had some once... 48% didn't *sound* a lot different to 40%... I
>> couldn't move the next morning, I thought I'd died.
>
> .. and gone to heaven? You're supposed to water it, to taste, you know!

Yuk! It's sacrilege to add water (or anything else) to spirits, i
reckon! ;-)

But you should certainly be guzzling loads of water alongside the whisky!
Unless you actually *want* to die, of course! ;-)



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From: Justin C on 13 Apr 2008 14:32
On 2008-04-13, Daniel James <wastebasket(a)nospam.aaisp.org> wrote:
> In article news:<slrng01evc.osf.justin.0804(a)stigmata.purestblue.com>,
> Justin C wrote:
>> That might be interesting, maybe just a URL?
>
> Oh, all right then: http://www.smws.co.uk/ (but you could have googled).
>
> Just don't go buying the last bottle of anything I had my eye on!
>
>> Are you referring to "cask strength" stuff?
>
> I'm referring to "single cask" stuff. Yes, bottled at cask strength.
>
>> Had some once... 48% didn't *sound* a lot different to 40%... I
>> couldn't move the next morning, I thought I'd died.
>
> .. and gone to heaven? You're supposed to water it, to taste, you know!

I *did* water it! My palate is educated to a point where I won't touch
stuff like Grouse, or Glenfiddich. But it's not educated enough for
those prices!

I've book-marked it anyway, for future reference - should my palate
develop further .... and my wallet.

> Some of the Society's bottles are well over 50% (generally the younger
> ones, some alcohol evaporates from the cask during maturation (they call
> it "the Angels' portion")).

You're not kidding, I saw 57% on one... that's almost surgical spirit!

I think part of my trouble is that I don't "do" moderation.

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.
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