Malt Whiskey,

[stevesherratt]

Hi all you Single Malt lovers, collectors or drinkers,

Called in to my local Whisky Shop on Sunday “The Wee Dram” in Bakewell Derbyshire England.

http://www.weedram.co.uk/

Acquired my first bottle of English Whiskey to add to my collection.

Cant wait to try it but got to wait till my mates call round!!

Any more Malt Buffs out there?

Steve R770014 South Derbyshire

[jimmys]

I have been known to have a large malt or two or three.

My favourite is the Macallan a nice Speyside one. I can recommend it. It does not last long enough to collect, it might evaporate.

regards
jimmy

[Colin Hawken]

Bring it with you when you come to the Southern meet up in October Steve.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Anyone tried the revived Welsh Whisky?

Based on the ancient, real, original Celtic grog.

Welsh whisky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Penderyn Welsh Whisky Distillery History

Penderyn Single Malt Welsh Whisky was first launched on St David's Day, 1st March 2004 in the presence of HRH Prince Charles, to huge critical acclaim from both acknowledged whisky experts and "ordinary" consumers. Indeed, The Welsh Whisky Company has already won a number of prestigious awards for the quality and taste of the whisky and for its distinctive and stylish packaging.

Like the other Celtic nations, Wales has a long history of spirit distillation. It started life as far back as the 4th century, with a man known as Reaullt Hir distilling on Bardsey Island off the North Wales coast. The ingredients of this early spirit, known universally as “aqua-vitae” or gwirod in the Welsh language, was a mix of barley, yeast and honey distilled to make a basic raw spirit.

In more recent times, there was a small commercial distillery at Dale in Pembrokeshire, opened in 1705. This distillery was owned by Evan Williams's family who later emigrated to the USA and helped found the Kentucky Whiskey Industry. His name is still attached to a number of high quality bourbons to this day.

In the 19th Century a whisky distillery operated at Frongoch near Bala in North Wales under the chairmanship of a Mr Robert Willis. In the late 1800's, the “chapel building mania” in Wales with its associated temperance movement, combined with the unfortunate death of Mr Willis under the wheels of a horse and cart, conspired to put an end to distillation in Wales for more than 100 years.

K.

[Gulliver]

"I've been known to have a large malt or two or three".



Och Aye ,Jimmy,but only if somebody else is paying?


Weel noo,I saw this and thought of you,ye ken......

　
　

Oh wad some po'er the Giftie tell us
Tae get our wine bills like ither fellas
And nae brocht 'roon wae that deil McCrindle
Who tak's sich pleasure in seein' them dwindle
But, blundering, blustering lump o' man
There's unco harm in your drouthy plan
For next tae a lassie a man's best pleasure
Is tae sit with an ale the hours tae leisure
But ye maun mak' wae your bickering and prattle
And parch our throats 'till they maun rattle
Wee boys, instead of men you'd think
Who should not be permitted tae touch a drink
Jim, given a chance - aye, and we are able
Tae drink you underneath the table!!!
And tae see you run wae ilka tale
And tae the Chief our sins bewail
Aye, right enough they might be true
But Jim, tis not a thing that you should do!!

(With apologies to Rabbie Burns! )

Slainte mhath!
Gull.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Campain for real Whisky (Ammended title)
Thanks to my good friend Gulliver whom assumes he is soberer than I, Ha Ha.

The oldest claim for the existence of a distilled alcoholic spirit in the British Isles comes not from Ireland, nor from Scotland, but from another Celtic region: Wales. And the claim is quite specific as it gives a name, a place and a date: Reaullt Hir, Bardsey Island, 356 AD. A further very old claim states that distilling was known in Wales in the 6th century.

An earlier advertising campaign: C1887

And Ireland and Scotia will both cease to boast
when Welsh 'white-eye' has got them both on the toast
and this still-born idea will not perish still-born
when fame sounds Welsh Whisky's praise loud on the horn
Lloyd-Price.




K.

[Gulliver]

"Campain for real Whikey"

Now just how many have you had Keith !!

Cheers
Gull.

[Keith at Tregenna]

OK, Sussed.

Interesting topic, could run for a while, bit like a new Black Pud, mind you: must say all I have posted is based on fact.

Discuss! Ha Ha .....

August 3, 2009
Welsh Whisky; Swine Flu Antidote?
From Reuters…

Russian soccer fans have been told to drink whisky on their trip to Wales for next month’s World Cup qualifier to ward off the H1N1 swine flu virus, the head of the country’s supporter association (VOB) said Monday.
“We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whisky as a form of disinfection,” VOB head Alexander Shprygin told

“That should cure all symptoms of the disease.”

"Maybe we should have been there: RE: the 'Whisky Galore' boat, the SS Politician, which went down on 4th February 1941 with 240,000 bottles of whisky and £3m in Jamaican notes on board".

http://www.ss-tregenna.co.uk/Pdf/SS%...PART%20ONE.pdf

The Welsh 'Whisky Galore!'

As waves thundered and crashed onto the beach, women pushed bottles of whisky down the legs of their bloomers and hurried back to their houses. Children ran between the beach and the village pushing wheelbarrows full of alcohol while men battled with the waves to pull cases of liquor out of the water before the arrival of the Customs Officers.

History does not record the party that the villagers of Angle enjoyed in the wake of their Whisky Galore but scuba divers still sometimes pull up bottles from the site of the wreck. And they say it's still drinkable!

See all at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshist...ky_galore.html

+ I'm on a whisky diet. I've lost three days already.

K.

Looking forward to more banter.

A White Horse walks into a bar and asks for a whiskey

Bar person says "we have a whiskey named after you"

Horse replies, "Brian?"

or similar to:

A ghost walks into a pub and asks for a whisky.

The barman says, "Sorry, we don't serve spirits."

WELCOMED?

[jimmys]

A large proportion of the population of Glasgow were out on the streets at 0600 hrs this morning with glass in hand after the BBC weathergirl said there was to be a "nip" in the air

Just for the Welsh and English speakers a nip is a small whisky.

They say the Egyptians were at the distilling before christ was born, he was off course born in Paisley as any Buddie will tell you, whats unclear is when he left for the holy land???

regards
jimmy

[Ivan Cloherty]

Thanks Jimmy for edukatin us sassenachs and Celts

we herd the the ladi say abutt the Nip
an we fort we were be in invaded by the japanese

dis message as bin spell chequed and it past

rgds Ivan