Malts-L

[Kraaijeveld A.R.]

Hi all

First of all, thanks to Frank for all his efforts hosting the list over the years.

I think there are two quite separate issues. Of course I do agree with Davin and others that he archives are a very valuable resource and ought to be preserved in some way or another.

Then the active list itself. Clearly, there has been very minimal activity the last year or so. I guess all good things have a limited life span, but I do feel sad about a vibrant, knowledgeable and often opinionated (and I mean that in a positive way) whisky community slip into oblivion. So I think we need to consider whether there is enough interest remaining to set up Malts-L as an active list somewhere else. If no more than a handful of people feel that way, setting up a new Malts-L somewhere else, only to see it remain silent, is probably a waste of time. A lot of us are probably active on other whisky fora scattered across the internet, but do we want Malts-L to remain as a separate entity?

Personally, my answer to this is a clear 'yes', given how special and unique (to me) Malts-L has always been compared to virtually all other whisky e-fora I've been active in. So .... other who feel the same as I do and want to try and breathe new life into Malts-L?

Bit of news (at least it was news to me): Duncan Taylor has plans to build its own distillery.


Slainte
Lex

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