[Leica] Global Scotch shortage looms

Jayanand Govindaraj jayanand at gmail.com
Sun Apr 24 23:44:28 PDT 2016


Nathan,
That is true, but other than a couple of Japanese expressions, most world whiskies belong to the floral/fruity type, hardly any peaty expressions are available. For that we are dependent on Scotland, I am afraid!
Cheers
Jayanand

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> On 25-Apr-2016, at 10:21, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> Indeed. There is also increasingly good whiskey available from non-Scotland sources. Different styles, lots of variety, but often excellent.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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>> On 25 Apr 2016, at 05:35, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Actually not quite true - there is only a shortage of Scotch from 10 - 18
>> years ago. There fore the shortage is of Scotch with an Age Statement,
>> which are being replaced by NAS (No Age Statement) releases, so that
>> younger scotch can be added to the mix. Some of these are sensational, like
>> Ardbeg Corryvreckan or Talisker 57 North - both ultra peaty and a good fit
>> for Lagavulin lovers on our list!
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
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>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:
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>>> An on-topic off-topic post, of interest to many here:
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>>> http://www.eater.com/2016/3/7/11172452/scotch-single-malt-shortage-price-surge
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>>> --Peter, dictating to my iPad
>>> (If it misconstrues, please excuse)
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