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Subject: [Leica] World Water Day
From: nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts)
Date: Wed Mar 22 06:16:15 2006

P.S. Traditionally, there's a "silent" period in
whisky producation in the summer because even in
Scotland there's simply not enough water for the
process!

Nick

--- Nick Roberts <nickbroberts@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> You ARE kidding, aren't you? Making malt whisky
> requires FAR more water than making beer. Firstly,
> you
> start with, er, to all intents and purposes, beer
> without the hops. Then you distil it, and cool the
> distillate with water. Then you stick the stuff in
> casks until it's time to bottle it - diluted by, er,
> more water. There are many fine reasons to drink
> single malts, but water saving compared to beer
> isn't
> one of them!
> 
> Nick
> 
> --- "R. Clayton McKee" <leica@rcmckee.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 22 Mar 2006 at 7:37, Ric Carter wrote:
> > 
> > > Just to show my enthusiastic support, I will add
> > tomorrow also!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Uh... you guys ARE aware that the making of beer
> > involves the use of a fair bit of water, right?
> > 
> > MUCH more water than, say, Single Malt Scotch.
> > 
> > Think these things through.--
> > 
> > 
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