Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
Of course the alcohol boils off before the water so you're actually diluting the stuff. Call yourself hard ;) Nick -Original Message- From: Cotty[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24/02/04 15:17:50 Dahhh. You're all a bunch of wusses. I take a glass, boil the rest of the water out until there's a skanky crisp lining of essence of Scotch, collect buckets of the stuff, mash it into shape with a pestle and mortar, cram it into a syringe and inject straight into the jugular! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
RE: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
On 26/2/04, SNAKESKIN disgorged: Maybe you can convince me to make the trip across the pond during GFMtn... You better believe it! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk
Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
Hi, I would suggest a West London venue, perhaps starting at the pubs by Hammersmith Bridge and heading west along the river. Especially on a late spring or early summer evening. -- Cheers, Bob Monday, February 23, 2004, 10:12:14 PM, Cotty wrote: On 23/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I can see we're going to have to meet up for a drink sometime! You in Bob? there's clearly a need for a research plan. We will have to identify a statistically significant number of pubs in reasonable proximity, serving different types of fine beers, and carry out a large-scale consumer taste test. I'll drink to that. Mini PDML in a London Pub? Any other partakers?
Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
Hi, A question for the well-informed: how comes that in Edinburgh the price for a bottle of Lagavulin 16 years was roughly 6 times the price here? Do they produce a different export version? absurd tax rates. -- Cheers, Bob
RE: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
-Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:17 PM On 24/2/04, CESAR AND HIS AMAZING SNAKESKINS disgorged: -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 4:00 AM On 23/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I'm only in London half the time right now, but if you happen to hit the right half then I'd be interested. (Well, I'd be interested anyway but you know what I mean...) Late May (as suggested by Keith elsewhere) would probably be good. If you want suggestions, I know a number of good real-ale pubs in West London... :-) Late May sounds fine. Cotty, Will you have recovered from GFMtn by then? Hmmm, maybe I can take the trip over for this one... Looks like I will not be able to make it across the pond before then. Cesar Panama City, Florida Now look here my lad. I know that time may have a habit if seeming to stand still in the sleepy burbs of Florida, but it looks like it's actually going in reverse! End of May pub meet London Beginning of June NPW When I was younger, I could do anything to excess. Through years of patience and self-sacrifice, I have finally put the brakes on, throttled back, dug my heals in. The only thing I do to excess now is spend money that I don't have... I'll have a couple a beers, a few glasses of wine. I'm much more of a listener than the talker I used to be. If you say, ' What you having?' in the bar, I'll listen! Cheers, Cotty Oops! It just goes to show what happens when I spend too much time at work. It has gotten to the point that I no longer have a personal life and have totally lost the sense of time. Is it really the end of February??? This just means that I cannot make the pub meet in London :-( I really have to make it out there sometime... Maybe this year is not it? Though I did want to make it ere my cousin leaves London. I try to travel on the cheap, it allows me to make it out internationally... Maybe you can convince me to make the trip across the pond during GFMtn... Actually relaxing reading the PDML, Cesar Panama City, Florida
Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
On 23/2/04, STAN's ULCER disgorged: I did just read the User's Manual and found the following: To help awaken the bouquet of Laphroaig whisky and bring out the aromatics, add a few drops of water. Hold your glass towards the light and observe how the water swirls in the golden liquid. Nose the glass deeply for a hint of... So, a few drops of water recommended. Dahhh. You're all a bunch of wusses. I take a glass, boil the rest of the water out until there's a skanky crisp lining of essence of Scotch, collect buckets of the stuff, mash it into shape with a pestle and mortar, cram it into a syringe and inject straight into the jugular! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
On 23/2/04, STAN THE POET disgorged: Laphroaig anyone? In honor of this thread I have opened a bottle which I am sipping neat, of course. The only water in my Whisky are the tears I shed as this golden sunshine warms my frozen heart... violins Where's my hanky? :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
RE: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
Cotty, Will you have recovered from GFMtn by then? Hmmm, maybe I can take the trip over for this one... Looks like I will not be able to make it across the pond before then. Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 4:00 AM On 23/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I'm only in London half the time right now, but if you happen to hit the right half then I'd be interested. (Well, I'd be interested anyway but you know what I mean...) Late May (as suggested by Keith elsewhere) would probably be good. If you want suggestions, I know a number of good real-ale pubs in West London... :-) Late May sounds fine. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
It is the Irish in me. Which is more evident when I have Scotch in me. Cheers! stan Cotty wrote: On 23/2/04, STAN THE POET disgorged: Laphroaig anyone? In honor of this thread I have opened a bottle which I am sipping neat, of course. The only water in my Whisky are the tears I shed as this golden sunshine warms my frozen heart... violins Where's my hanky? :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
This sounds like a recipe for disaster, whisky and high performance automobiles... At 02:11 AM 2/24/04, you wrote: John Forbes a écrit: We could, except that mine's an Alfa Romeo, and it is already too well known to the speed cameras. Pentax, Alfa-Romeo and Lagavulin, I agree I drink to make other people interesting. -- George Jean Nathan
OT: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
I have to disagree there - as an Englishman with a large number of Scottish friends and whisky-snob acquaintances, I can assure you that the idea of drinking single malts with ice is widely (although not universally) regarded as heresy over here. :-) The optional addition of a small quantity of water is generally accepted though. S Paul Stenquist wrote: I frequently drink single malts with ice, so do some of my Scottish friends. Drinking single malts neat is largely an American pretension. Paul Steve Jolly wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: What kind of whisky ... a nice single malt, perhaps? A single malt with *ICE* in?! Let's just hope there aren't any scots on the list... ;-) S
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Steven Desjardins opined: You know, whenever I go to the UK I usually beer at every meal (just for cultural reasons) and I've never really found it to be warm. It's usually cold, just not ice cold like they tend to serve it in the US. As any good barman (barperson? bartender?) will tell you, draught bitter (and most other draught beers) is best served at cellar temperature, roughly 50 degrees F (10 degrees C). Most bottled beers should be served at around the same temperature. The major exception is Guinness, which should be served cooler (40F, 5C). As for the ice in Malt whisky snobbery: given the choice of drinking a single malt undiluted at tropical room temperature, an inferior blended scotch with ice, or a single malt with a small amount of ice in it, I'll happily drink the good stuff with ice. Perhaps better still would be to dilute the whisky with chilled water, but guess what happens very soon after you drop the ice in the glass? As an aside: I've noticed that when the Scots migrate abroad to places with wonderful climates (New Zealand, California, ...) many choose the most inhospitable parts of the region. Here in the San Francisco bay area many Scots settled in Ben Lomond, So instead of the warmth and sunshine available ten or twenty miles away, they get rain, fog, and precipitous slopes. Sheer masochism.
Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
It's a question of what they're designed for. :-) British beers are brewed using different processes and yeasts from the lighter, fizzier beers that are more common in the rest of Europe and in America. The bigger brands of American beer have gained some popularity over here in recent years, and I can assure you that nobody drinks them warm. :-) S Bill Owens wrote: You guys are also the ones that drink warm beer, a heresy here in the US. However this may be due to the fact that all our beers are weak and taste pretty much the same. Bill - Original Message - From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:03 PM Subject: OT: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast) I have to disagree there - as an Englishman with a large number of Scottish friends and whisky-snob acquaintances, I can assure you that the idea of drinking single malts with ice is widely (although not universally) regarded as heresy over here. :-) The optional addition of a small quantity of water is generally accepted though. S Paul Stenquist wrote: I frequently drink single malts with ice, so do some of my Scottish friends. Drinking single malts neat is largely an American pretension. Paul Steve Jolly wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: What kind of whisky ... a nice single malt, perhaps? A single malt with *ICE* in?! Let's just hope there aren't any scots on the list... ;-) S
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Hi, Monday, February 23, 2004, 5:44:37 PM, Steve wrote: You know, whenever I go to the UK I usually beer at every meal (just for cultural reasons) and I've never really found it to be warm. It's usually cold, just not ice cold like they tend to serve it in the US. last week, partly out of curiosity because I'd heard them mentioned here, I bought some imported US beers: Sam Adams and Brooklyn Beer, which I've never tried before. In deference to US tastes I stuck them in the fridge before drinking them. Normally I prefer decent beer at room temperature. These 2 beers were very good, but were considerably better after they'd warmed up a bit. They have a good, full and round flavour. Very enjoyable indeed. Chilling any beer of that type just kills the flavour. You ight as well drink foul swill like Budweiser if you're going to do that. Whisky: cask-strength single malt (preferably Islay), with room temperature spring water, 1:1. :o) -- Cheers, Bob
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It's all a matter of the temperature of the liquid. Once whatever liquid there is warms up to room temp, you can't tell if the water came from an ice cube or a splash from the tap. . . keith Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Adding a little water (about half the volume of the whiskey) seems, for some odd reason, to enhance the flavor of the whiskey instead of diluting it. Ice definiely dull both the flavor and the aroma. Dan Steve Jolly wrote: I have to disagree there - as an Englishman with a large number of Scottish friends and whisky-snob acquaintances, I can assure you that the idea of drinking single malts with ice is widely (although not universally) regarded as heresy over here. :-) The optional addition of a small quantity of water is generally accepted though.
Monthly PDML OT Beer Thread; Was Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
Just thought the subject line needed fixing. Carry on! grins ERN Steve Jolly posted: It's a question of what they're designed for. :-) British beers are brewed using different processes and yeasts from the lighter, fizzier beers that are more common in the rest of Europe and in America. The bigger brands of American beer have gained some popularity over here in recent years, and I can assure you that nobody drinks them warm. :-) S Bill Owens wrote: You guys are also the ones that drink warm beer, a heresy here in the US. However this may be due to the fact that all our beers are weak and taste pretty much the same. Bill - Original Message - From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:03 PM Subject: OT: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast) I have to disagree there - as an Englishman with a large number of Scottish friends and whisky-snob acquaintances, I can assure you that the idea of drinking single malts with ice is widely (although not universally) regarded as heresy over here. :-) The optional addition of a small quantity of water is generally accepted though. S Paul Stenquist wrote: I frequently drink single malts with ice, so do some of my Scottish friends. Drinking single malts neat is largely an American pretension. Paul Steve Jolly wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: What kind of whisky ... a nice single malt, perhaps? A single malt with *ICE* in?! Let's just hope there aren't any scots on the list... ;-) S
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But, Ben Lomond (and nearby Loch Lomond) is beautiful in it's own way, and the Scots recognized early on that similarity to some places back home. Today they do have some nice pub-style bar/lounges here and there, and some fine, down to earth individuals, just like they do back home. keith whaley John Francis wrote: Steven Desjardins opined: [. . .] As an aside: I've noticed that when the Scots migrate abroad to places with wonderful climates (New Zealand, California, ...) many choose the most inhospitable parts of the region. Here in the San Francisco bay area many Scots settled in Ben Lomond, So instead of the warmth and sunshine available ten or twenty miles away, they get rain, fog, and precipitous slopes. Sheer masochism.
Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)
On 23/2/04, STEVE OF THE GARDENS disgorged: You know, whenever I go to the UK I usually beer at every meal (just for cultural reasons) and I've never really found it to be warm. It's usually cold, just not ice cold like they tend to serve it in the US. Depends. Lager is usually served pretty cold. Colder the better in fact. Bitter is enjoyed at room temperature - that is British room temperature ;-) say 68 deg f or less Aside from Wychwood's finest, any visitor here can expect Fuller's London Pride. I dranl the4 E.S.B. as a lad, but I can't now - just too much! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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On 23/2/04, FORBES, JOHN disgorged: Sometimes you will get beer in wooden casks, kept in the bar or just outside it. These beers will obviously be at room temperature. This treatment is usually reserved for the best beers, like Fullers ESB in my neck of the woods, although it is generally only country pubs that will serve it from the wood. John I can see we're going to have to meet up for a drink sometime! You in Bob? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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An Islay (Lagavulin) is just a wee bit intense for me. I'll have a Dalwhinnie or maybe an Oban, if you please. Or, if you still have that bottle of 18-year-old Glenmorangie hidden under the counter, a dash of that, please! g keith whaley Bob W wrote: Hi, Monday, February 23, 2004, 5:44:37 PM, Steve wrote: You know, whenever I go to the UK I usually beer at every meal (just for cultural reasons) and I've never really found it to be warm. It's usually cold, just not ice cold like they tend to serve it in the US. last week, partly out of curiosity because I'd heard them mentioned here, I bought some imported US beers: Sam Adams and Brooklyn Beer, which I've never tried before. In deference to US tastes I stuck them in the fridge before drinking them. Normally I prefer decent beer at room temperature. These 2 beers were very good, but were considerably better after they'd warmed up a bit. They have a good, full and round flavour. Very enjoyable indeed. Chilling any beer of that type just kills the flavour. You ight as well drink foul swill like Budweiser if you're going to do that. Whisky: cask-strength single malt (preferably Islay), with room temperature spring water, 1:1. :o) -- Cheers, Bob
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O! I like Glenmorangie, and also Springbank 21 or 25. Yu! Keith Whaley wrote: An Islay (Lagavulin) is just a wee bit intense for me. I'll have a Dalwhinnie or maybe an Oban, if you please. Or, if you still have that bottle of 18-year-old Glenmorangie hidden under the counter, a dash of that, please! g
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Hi, I can see we're going to have to meet up for a drink sometime! You in Bob? there's clearly a need for a research plan. We will have to identify a statistically significant number of pubs in reasonable proximity, serving different types of fine beers, and carry out a large-scale consumer taste test. -- Cheers, Bob
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All this is very interesting. While I like a wee bit of Irish, or Bourbon once in a while, I equate drinking Scotch with proving my manhood. Can I just stick my hand in a fire or something instead? -- Steve Jolly wrote: I have to disagree there - as an Englishman with a large number of Scottish friends and whisky-snob acquaintances, I can assure you that the idea of drinking single malts with ice is widely (although not universally) regarded as heresy over here. :-) The optional addition of a small quantity of water is generally accepted though. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway.
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Glenmorangie is great among the smoother ones, but usually I prefer Lagavulin. DagT På 23. feb. 2004 kl. 20.51 skrev Shel Belinkoff: O! I like Glenmorangie, and also Springbank 21 or 25. Yu! Keith Whaley wrote: An Islay (Lagavulin) is just a wee bit intense for me. I'll have a Dalwhinnie or maybe an Oban, if you please. Or, if you still have that bottle of 18-year-old Glenmorangie hidden under the counter, a dash of that, please! g
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I'm an Islay fan, too. Bowmore in my case. For those planning a trip to Scotland, you need to practice how to drink, if you are to establish any credibility. First, you down your pint of heavy (bitter) in one long draught, then chase it down with a glass of whisky, again in one gulp. This is done in turn around the table until nobody is left alive. Sassenachs need to know that in Scottish bars a glass of whisky is a double measure. If you only want a single, you ask for a half, thus announcing to the world that you are a big girl's blowse. Across the border, a half refers to half a pint of bitter. John On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 19:01:31 +, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Monday, February 23, 2004, 5:44:37 PM, Steve wrote: You know, whenever I go to the UK I usually beer at every meal (just for cultural reasons) and I've never really found it to be warm. It's usually cold, just not ice cold like they tend to serve it in the US. last week, partly out of curiosity because I'd heard them mentioned here, I bought some imported US beers: Sam Adams and Brooklyn Beer, which I've never tried before. In deference to US tastes I stuck them in the fridge before drinking them. Normally I prefer decent beer at room temperature. These 2 beers were very good, but were considerably better after they'd warmed up a bit. They have a good, full and round flavour. Very enjoyable indeed. Chilling any beer of that type just kills the flavour. You ight as well drink foul swill like Budweiser if you're going to do that. Whisky: cask-strength single malt (preferably Islay), with room temperature spring water, 1:1. :o) -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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That's fine. If everybody liked it, there wouldn't be enough to go round. John On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:37:50 -0500, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All this is very interesting. While I like a wee bit of Irish, or Bourbon once in a while, I equate drinking Scotch with proving my manhood. Can I just stick my hand in a fire or something instead? -- Steve Jolly wrote: I have to disagree there - as an Englishman with a large number of Scottish friends and whisky-snob acquaintances, I can assure you that the idea of drinking single malts with ice is widely (although not universally) regarded as heresy over here. :-) The optional addition of a small quantity of water is generally accepted though. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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I never say no - to a drink. John On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 19:31:21 +, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/2/04, FORBES, JOHN disgorged: Sometimes you will get beer in wooden casks, kept in the bar or just outside it. These beers will obviously be at room temperature. This treatment is usually reserved for the best beers, like Fullers ESB in my neck of the woods, although it is generally only country pubs that will serve it from the wood. John I can see we're going to have to meet up for a drink sometime! You in Bob? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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I have to agree about ESB. It's just too strong for me nowadays, so I stick to London Pride if I'm drinking Fullers - which I usually do as I'm only a mile from the brewery. John On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 19:29:27 +, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/2/04, STEVE OF THE GARDENS disgorged: You know, whenever I go to the UK I usually beer at every meal (just for cultural reasons) and I've never really found it to be warm. It's usually cold, just not ice cold like they tend to serve it in the US. Depends. Lager is usually served pretty cold. Colder the better in fact. Bitter is enjoyed at room temperature - that is British room temperature ;-) say 68 deg f or less Aside from Wychwood's finest, any visitor here can expect Fuller's London Pride. I dranl the4 E.S.B. as a lad, but I can't now - just too much! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll drink to that. Mini PDML in a London Pub? Any other partakers? If I can take a cheap flight and spend this way a Saturday night, why not? :-) Gianfranco (the flight better be veeery cheap, tho) = To read is to travel without all the hassles of luggage. ---Emilio Salgari (1863-1911) __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools
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I'll take that as a compliment! John PS: I hope one day to get onto the subject of photography. On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:16:01 +, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forbes, you're so fulla shite! My kinda guy. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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Hi, I never say no - to a drink. we could drive from pub to pub in our classic English sports cars, drinking warm beer washed down with single malt, and throwing the empties at the speed cameras. -- Cheers, Bob
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Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll drink to that. Mini PDML in a London Pub? Any other partakers? If I can take a cheap flight and spend this way a Saturday night, why not? :-) Gianfranco You serious?? Two to crash please Bob :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
OT: Beer (was Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast))
Cotty wrote: Aside from Wychwood's finest, any visitor here can expect Fuller's London Pride. I dranl the4 E.S.B. as a lad, but I can't now - just too much! Have you tried Golden Pride? Jack Frost also has a fair kick to it... IMO the finest Fuller's beer by far is their London Porter - well nigh impossible to find on tap, mind you... S
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We could, except that mine's an Alfa Romeo, and it is already too well known to the speed cameras. John On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:09:55 +, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I never say no - to a drink. we could drive from pub to pub in our classic English sports cars, drinking warm beer washed down with single malt, and throwing the empties at the speed cameras. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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I'm only in London half the time right now, but if you happen to hit the right half then I'd be interested. (Well, I'd be interested anyway but you know what I mean...) Late May (as suggested by Keith elsewhere) would probably be good. If you want suggestions, I know a number of good real-ale pubs in West London... :-) S Cotty wrote: On 23/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I can see we're going to have to meet up for a drink sometime! You in Bob? there's clearly a need for a research plan. We will have to identify a statistically significant number of pubs in reasonable proximity, serving different types of fine beers, and carry out a large-scale consumer taste test. I'll drink to that. Mini PDML in a London Pub? Any other partakers? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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I'd go with that - Lagavulin, Talisker, or Ardberg for me. Neat or with just a drop of water. In fact guess what I'm about to do! Nick -Original Message- From: Dag T[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23/02/04 20:45:34 Subject: Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast) Glenmorangie is great among the smoother ones, but usually I prefer Lagavulin. DagT
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there's a place in the Catksills that i stop by at least a couple of times a summer that usually has 240 stocked. Herb - Original Message - From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 3:18 PM Subject: Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast) I have a local that stocks, by actual count, something like 305 separate beers. Of course, you'll have to come to Marina del Rey, in Southern California, to sample them! g And, I certainly won't tell you where this place is, unless you take me along!
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Sounds like a pub crawl to me... stan Bob W wrote: Hi, I can see we're going to have to meet up for a drink sometime! You in Bob? there's clearly a need for a research plan. We will have to identify a statistically significant number of pubs in reasonable proximity, serving different types of fine beers, and carry out a large-scale consumer taste test.
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I'm rather fond of an ocassional straight up Maker's Mark, myself. -Original Message- From: Kenneth Waller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast) Knob Creek, a small batch bourbon, does it for me. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast) Laphroaig anyone? In honor of this thread I have opened a bottle which I am sipping neat, of course. The only water in my Whisky are the tears I shed as this golden sunshine warms my frozen heart... Stan (who has maybe had a wee touch too much) Nick Clark wrote: I'd go with that - Lagavulin, Talisker, or Ardberg for me. Neat or with just a drop of water. In fact guess what I'm about to do! Nick -Original Message- From: Dag T[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23/02/04 20:45:34 Subject: Re: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast) Glenmorangie is great among the smoother ones, but usually I prefer Lagavulin. DagT
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No, you'll have to ye Haggis. At 03:37 PM 2/23/04, you wrote: All this is very interesting. While I like a wee bit of Irish, or Bourbon once in a while, I equate drinking Scotch with proving my manhood. Can I just stick my hand in a fire or something instead? -- Steve Jolly wrote: I have to disagree there - as an Englishman with a large number of Scottish friends and whisky-snob acquaintances, I can assure you that the idea of drinking single malts with ice is widely (although not universally) regarded as heresy over here. :-) The optional addition of a small quantity of water is generally accepted though. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway. I drink to make other people interesting. -- George Jean Nathan
