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From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 17:22:17 +1000
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Umm Henning I will be arriving in two days. Can you book a restaurant for
dinner first?

2009/5/11 Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>

> I like the 10yo Laphroaig quite a bit. The 15yo one I can pass on. The
> quarter cask is also very nice, but I think I still prefer the 10yo. I also
> have a bottle of 'Old Malt Cask' 18yo on hand that I haven't cracked.
>
> Lagavulin 16yo is the pinnacle, as far as I'm concerned, at least as far as
>  Islay bottlings are concerned. And Islay whiskies are my favourites. The
> 12yo cask strength, as well as the older ones I've tried don't measure up.
>
> Caol Ila is one I usually pass on, no matter which bottling. I like
> Talisker 17yo quite a bit, with Ardbegs further on down.
>
> I've had a couple of Port Ellens, but they seem to go up in price
> exponentially now, and I'm unlikely to get another. They were quite nice,
> but not up to Laphroaig or Lagavulin.
>
> End of the month we're going to Edmonton for a couple of days, and since
> the prices there are in the 60-70% range of what they are here, I'll
> probably come back with something new (plus a Lagavulin).
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Geoff
> 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends'
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>


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