[Leica] Global Scotch shortage looms - for Ted

[leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)]

Here are some to contemplate:
http://www.irelandwhiskeytrail.com/irish_whiskey_brands.php

Jay


On 4/25/2016 9:05 AM, Ted Grant 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