Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not my experience. I've bought perhaps 25 bottles there over several years time. I travel to Scotland on business fairly regularly. It is more expensive than your run of the mill shop, but the bottlings are exclusive. Cadenhead buys selected (not all casks are created equally) entire casks from the distillers and then ages in their own facility and then bottles under their own label while crediting the original distiller. That is why the price may be higher than a standard bottle from the same distillery. Their stuff really is much better (usually) and you can get some really arcane bottles that are simply not available anywhere else. A Glenlivet from Cadenheads is NOT the same stuff as from Duty Free. I have several bottles bought there that are in the high octane catagory (>105 proof). Cadenhead never dilutes with water or enhances with grain alcohol like most major brands do regularly. You get what comes out of the cask; unfiltered, uncolored (some of the regular bottlings from major labels add color because many folks equate color with flavor), and undiluted. Cadenheads is a special place for knowlegable whisky lovers. Duty free is just the regular, available most anywhere stuff. think I'll have a wee dram this evening! cheers Jack - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] single malt-free MP owners > Jack > > I've been to that shop on the Royal Mile (while walking up to the > Castle) They have some very special bottlings too. But the prices > are much higher than US prices, and usually at a lower proof than > available in the US (70 proof, 35%, as compared with 86 proof). > > Buy at duty free airport shops. > > Jerry > > Jack McLain wrote: > > > If you want REALLY good whisky ask her to contact Wm. Cadenhead's whisky > > shop on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Ask what's on the board currently. Be > > sure to tell her what type of whisky you currently like (Islay, Spey, etc.) > > and tell her to let them recommend a selection or two. They will ship to > > her to allow her to bring to you. They will also ship to overseas > > locations, but that's a bit of a hassle and case lots are required. You wont > > be dissapointed. > > > > I've actually had to buy additional luggage on past trips to Edinburgh just > > to handle my whisky purchases... > > > > cheers > > Jack McLain > > Tucson, AZ > > http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "James Harrison" <leicajh@earthlink.net> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 1:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] single malt-free MP owners > > > > > My daughter will be visiting my next week from England. I told her to > > > bring good whiskey from the old country. She put the request in to her > > > husband since I know very little about Scotch, except what I read on the > > > LUG. Any suggestions? > > > > > > James Harrison > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~leicajh/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html