Re: [Leica] OT: Scotch

["Julian Thomas" <mimesis@btinternet.com>]

I think it is partly taxes and partly common usage. A bottle of Llaphraoig
in Spain is 12GBP. Triumph motorcycles made in the UK are cheaper to buy in
mainland Europs and import!

Julian
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Scotch


> I've often wondered about that- the prices I mean.
> A driend went there and in the UK, he paid more for a pint of Guiness than
> we do for a 20 oz draw at Laddie and Dukes down the road! Is it the taxes?
> or is it that much better when drunk on the Auld Sod?
> Dan (Bring me a straw, Love- I got tendonitis in me elbow!) POst
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Julian Thomas <mimesis@btinternet.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 2:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Scotch
>
>
> > Well, there was one pub where the landlord was a real whisky expert, so
> > every night I'd let him select whiskeys for me - he never told me the
> names
> > and I really enjoyed the experience. But if I'm buying for home I always
> buy
> > the Llaphraoig. Now here in the UK alcohol, even if it is made in the
UK,
> is
> > about twice the price anywhere else in Europe - so my 15 year Llaphraoig
> is
> > nearly 30GBP. Some of the stuff I tried in Scotland is way over my
means!
> > BTW always drank the whiskey with a guiness chaser!
> >
> > Julian
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 8:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Scotch
> >
> >
> > > Thomas, me lad-
> > > When ye wander inta a pub, for a wee dram or a wee doch an' doris
afore
> ye
> > > gang awa', do ye ask for any particular one, or do they give ye what
is
> > the
> > > local favourite?
> > >
> > > Dan ( Celtic blood afire with wonder) Post
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Julian Thomas <Mimesis@btinternet.com>
> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 2:15 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Scotch
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > sludge alone and go for some REAL stuff.  Try Laphroaig, Caol Ila,
> > > Ardbeg,
> > > > > Bruichladdich, or Bowmore 12yo.  Or sip an 18yo (12?) Talisker,
the
> > 21yo
> > > > > Springbank,
> > > >
> > > > I spent 6 months on  a small Scotish island called South Uist. It
was
> > the
> > > > island where 'Whisky Galore' happened. Local legend has it that the
> > whisky
> > > > is still buried somewhere. Llaphraoig is my fave - smokey and
peatey.
> > > > Julian
> > > >
> > >
> >
>