Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, Ted, Ted, tut, tut, TUT! IRISH SCOTCHES????? We've been making whiskey longer than the Jocks, so it should really be SCOTCH IRISHES! I'd go for a simple Jameson 12 (12 years in barrel and triple distilled) and a step up from the basic Irish whiskeys. In fact, I have a bottle in the other room and must have a tincture. My typing may suffer as a result..... Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Global Scotch shortage looms > Hi Douglas, > Well lad, now would you please name a few of your Irish good, very good > celebratory "as I don't re-call ever imbibing any?" Dare I say, "IRISH > SCOTCHES?" :-( However I'm quite open to give it..."them a try!" :-) > Yeah I know this has nothing to do with "LEICA" but for the moment beats > the > heck out of that subject! :-) :-) > thank you. > cheers, > Dr.ted OC > > -----Original Message----- >>From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On >>Behalf >>Of > Douglas Barry > Sent: April-25-16 7:45 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Global Scotch shortage looms > > > "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> warned > >> An on-topic off-topic post, of interest to many here: >> > http://www.eater.com/2016/3/7/11172452/scotch-single-malt-shortage-price-sur > ge >> > > Peter, be reassured, Ireland still produces the finest whiskey in the > world, > > and has the oldest distillery in the world too. > > Scotch is a mere parvenu that only gained an entree to US palates after > Ireland had dominated the US whiskey market in the States. Our little > local > difficulties from 1916 onwards, and the poor timing for the nascent > Republic > > of US prohibition, an economic war with Britain, and resultant loss of > export sales leading to the closure of many Irish distilleries at the > time, > brought the US switch to scotch. > > Don't worry, there's time for you to now try our whiskey! > > Douglas > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >