do we really want this guy to run our country?

[Ivan Cloherty]

No we have agreed on many things, the french make the best Cognac, a lot of the French can be difficult, and we share a common distrust of a certain religious group. Now just to test the waters who makes the best whiskey?

Is it the Japanese Lewis?

[cappy]

now lewis i could lose many friends scots irish of long standing by answering that question ...perhaps by answering your question in a back to front answer i would say...after fishing of the west coast of scotland in a trawler only by keeping out the cold i had no option to drink other than the famed paddy whisky ...to say it inflamed by guts would be putting it mildly ..but worse even than that the headaches given by what can only be described as the barsteward of all hangovers.....makes me tremble to this day ...hope you are not insulted by my comment...but then i expect you to agree if only on the paddy ....lol...cappy

[vic mcclymont]

No we have agreed on many things, the french make the best Cognac, a lot of the French can be difficult, and we share a common distrust of a certain religious group. Now just to test the waters who makes the best whiskey?

Obviously the best WHISKY is made in Scotland, the Irish can't spell it properly lol.
A good rich peaty Island malt, such as Talisker.
Regards
Vic

[cappy]

oh heavens what has been unleashed here i smell trouble not good whisky or whiskey..keeping out of this one cappy

[cappy]

oh heavens what has been unleashed here i smell trouble not good whisky or whiskey..keeping out of this one cappy

##ithink this is a good morning for repartee for a change ...no disssenting ...but suppose there is time yet...we appear back to the old patter etc ...cappy

[Lewis McColl]

Oh here we go world war 3, now ground rules, no biting, kicking or scratching.
Shall I just say there is no such thing as a bad whiskey, just some better than others. Cappy mentioned Paddy!!! Cappy I use that instead of Nitromors lol.
Last Sunday at my son's we compared a 10 year old Jura to this Armorik, which is distilled in Brittany. I will be truthful there is nothing to choose between them, both different but very very good.I did not know the French even made whiskey20170701_221303[1].jpg
I used to collect silent stills/ rare old malts and still have a decent selection.DSC_0016.jpg
The Bushmills is a limited bottling to celibrate the 400th anniversary , The Glen Garioch is a 16 year old bottled in 1986 @ 54.4%vol. The Benromach was laid down in 1982 and bottled in 2001 it is 59.7% vol. The dates are years of important events in my life, 1982 I got married and 1986 my son was born. I did have a 1972 bottling from Glenfarclas, that is now burried with somone who I loved dearly and never got to share with him.
I had a bottle of 19 year old Saint Magdelene.I paid £70 for that about 12 years ago and sold it to a mate two years ago for £600, there is no way I could justify ever opening that, it was fro a silent still and I got a miniture with it, no wonder it became a silent still rough as a badgers.
I have had the odd bottle of Japanese whiskies and truth be told mostly the have been very good , 12 year old Suntory Gold is excellent.
As we all know Irish whiskey is tripple distilled and that gives it the silky smooth finish over Scotch whisky which is only distilled twice. In the whisky trade there is a lot of blending goes on. In a lot of scottish blends you find they have been blended with Irish whiskey so as to smooth them out a bit. I have done several whiskey distillery tours and was told this at Bushmills.

[j.sabourn]

#78 .. As long as it is not pitter patter of tiny feet from your neighbour next door, or no absolution for you. Re Mary's supposedly stolen leg, she gave it to me as a pattern for a spare she wanted said you kept it hidden from her to stop her going out. JWS

[cappy]

###an interesting post lewis ....of course the one that got my old ticker flying was the suntory ....oh such happy memories of osaka 61 ..a bottle of suntory ...a little japanese hotel with small pool ...michiko from the happy palace bar all for about 2000 yen a 1000 yen to the pound ...no presents .....valhalla ...leaving osaka back to oz or kiwi got a letter from michico remember one line or so to this day ....dear capisan ..now you have gone my heart is cold and bare like the cherry blossom in winter please come back to sad michico i weep for your love ........jeez i thought i have surely done the biz on michico ...rushing next door to my long time mates cabin to show him the letter was totally dissapointed to see the same letter word for word from his japanese girl.....we were suckers for them little birds ..but memories like that never fade....back to the old saying ...the world was our lobster ...valhalla indeed...capisan

[j.sabourn]

#79... we"d make a good twosome Lewis you could collect them and I could drink them. If you get a Tories or Suntory whiskey of about 60 years of age be vey careful of the contents try it out on someone you don't like. Cappy was hanging around Japan in those days and the contents could be very suspicious. Even sniffing the bottle could make you blind. Cheers JWS. Just seen his post sent the same time as mine he had the advantage of having less distance to go. Her name wasn't Michico it was Sadjico and her true love was a Swiss seaman who gave her a present that was after I met her, and before Cappy got entangled with her. Was going to tell him earlier but forgot. Cheers JWS.

[cappy]

yes JS it is another thing that could affect your eyesight.....but the suntory was ok ....never liked that saki ......cappy