Soapy Edradour - was Cadenhead Edradour 19 yr

[Ralph Katzenell]

Thats an optimistic outlook.
It could be that the problem is not in production, but at bottling.
There was some discussion a few years ago that recognized the soapy situation but pointed a wobbly fingure of suspicion at the bottling line.


It would be nice if someone could point to a few good E-bottlings, so that we can try out stuff with confidence. Otherwise, its a shame, but there is too much other good stuff out there, and too little time, to get my knickers in a twist about Edradour.

(And Yea! - I got 4 of the Malt Maniac Adelphi Gold Medal 30 yo Macallans. Two down, two to shlurp!)

And for those of you wondering where their "Breath of Speyside" came from, I'll ***grant*** you that its a puzzle inside a mystery wrapped in a 4-wheel enigma.

Ralph

----- Original Message -----
From: Fredrika Gross <fredrika at PACBELL.NET>
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 5:59 am
Subject: Re: Soapy Edradour - was Cadenhead Edradour 19 yr

> I'm disappointed Signatory would release something that bad.
> 
> Not to excuse Signatory, but the spirit would have been from the 
> PR days,
> would it not?
> 
> I'm hoping an expression that's Signatory from start to finish (so 
> to speak)
> will be better.  We'll have to wait for that.
> 
> Brian
> 
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> From: MALTS-L at RZ.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE [MALTS-L at RZ.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE] On
> Behalf Of Ralph Katzenell
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 7:12 AM
> To: MALTS-L at LISTS.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE
> Subject: Re: Soapy Edradour - was Cadenhead Edradour 19 yr
> 
> I think some of the best of the regular Edradours were produced by 
> Signatoryin the pre-ownership days, the ones in the all blue tin tube.
> I've had the 1st batch of the post-Signatory purchase, and two of 
> the 2nd
> batch. Awful. Undrinkable. I keep a sample just to see how people 
> react. I
> haven't bought since, but have tried out some when the company was 
> paying.Still awful.
> There's something not nice going on at Edradour.
> 
> (Any collector want Bottle No. 1 of the Sig?)
> 
> Uncle (soon to be gran'dad) Ralph  
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Davis <mldavis2 at SBCGLOBAL.NET>
> Date: Monday, December 4, 2006 4:40 pm
> Subject: Re: Cadenhead Edradour 19 yr
> 
> > Well, yes, maybe soapy, but to me the overwhelming and 
> > objectionable taste
> > is the perfume (typical of some soaps perhaps that I don't 
> > purchase) that
> > stays on the palate for hours.  I truly cannot believe that 
> anyone at
> > Cadenhead ever tasted this stuff and put their label on it.  
> > Either that or
> > their taste buds are burned off and it isn't objectionable to 
> > their "master
> > tasters."
> > 
> > On the other hand, I have a bottle of Edradour 10 (OB) that is 
> > quite nice.
> > 
> > Mike Davis
> > mldavis2 AT sbcglobal DOT net
> > 
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