[Leica] Non-Scotch whiskies, was: Global Scotch shortage loomsyear year

[Piers Hemy]

I have not yet sampled the Amrut, Jayanand, but I do see it in stock at MoM.
Mmm, temptation.

BUT I have been casting my net further afield, and can commend Starward, an
Australian whisky with a very satisfying, if slightly mysterious flavour
profile - a very pleasant change from the 1969 Macallan I tasted the
previous day.

AND I can even more strongly recommend a Paul John Peated Select Cask 55.5%
bottling (I think I recall seeing an almost empty bottle of Paul John in a
photo of Nathan's whisky altar a few months back). That stuff is magical,
with all the richness of flavour of, say, Talisker, without what some might
feel to be the peppery/smoky hit. And there is nothing in the mouthfeel to
suggest it's 55.5%. It surely deserves a place in your listing?

HOWEVER, I haven't been tempted to open either of my Lagavulin Feis Ile 2015
bottles yet, so the jury is still out.

Will report back when I taste the Amrut :-)

Piers

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com at leica-users.org] On
Behalf Of Jayanand Govindaraj
Sent: 26 April 2016 08:59
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Global Scotch shortage loomsyear year

Whisky Exchange or Masters of Malt have more expressions available than we
find in India. Most of the stuff is exported to the UK!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 1:25 PM, piers at hemy.org <piers.hemy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I can wholeheartedly agree with your evaluation of number 3 on your list,
> Jayanand, and number 4 is my son's beverage of choice. I will look for the
> Amrut too (having heard good things from several sources including my
> expert daughter) though it might be hard to find in the Highlands of
> Scotland!
>
> Piers
> On 26 Apr 2016 4:45 p.m., "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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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