[Leica] Global Scotch shortage loomsyear year

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Ted,
Try one of these if they are cheaper. You might find one of them a very
acceptable substitute for Lagavulin 16. Generally world whiskies are very
expensive as they run only small batches. The last on the list is an
exception, though, costs under US$45 here in India. Except the first, the
last four are NAS:

1. Ardbeg 10 (Light and very Peaty, as opposed to Lagavulin's Rich and
Peaty)
2. Ardbeg Corryvreckan (as good as Lagavulin, IMHO and bottled at 61%)
3. Ardbeg Uigeadail (Sweeter and less peaty than Corry, and bottled at 54%)
4. Talisker 57 North (Pepper and Peat, bottled at 57%)
5. Amrut Fusion - Indian Single Malt, and the best bang for the buck in the
world today. Has peat and sweet.

Cheers
Jayanand


On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Herb,
> No question Lagavullin is my drink of first choice. HOWEVER????????
> In the liquor stores of Victoria, Canada where I live.
> A bottle of ordinary size cost in Cdn. dollars????  $140.oo.
> If and when I have a bottle in my home? It's because very very good hearted
> friends have presented one as a gift.
> So maybe an "Irish Scotch?" may fit the taste buds at half that price?
> cheers,
> Dr. ted  OC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of
> Herbert Kanner
> Sent: April-25-16 9:43 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Global Scotch shortage loomsyear year
>
> This is probably bad news.  I bought a fifth of sixteen
> year old Bushmills twenty
> years ago and it's still going strong. By contrast, my wife and I almost
> finished a fifth of Lavguvilin in a couple of months.
>
> Herb
>
>
>
> Slid on keyboard using Swype
>
> Herbert Kanner
> Kanner at acm.org
> If you question authority the authorities will question you.
>
> > On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
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