[MM-MALTS-L] CELP & seaweed

[Michel van Meersbergen]

Lex,

I'm affraid true celp wouldn't look as 'fancy' as whatever Elodea they have
put into the bottle. Just a vegetal green and rubbery 'sheet'. Celp leaves
can be quite big.

For sure Van Wees/Ultimate outweirded Blackadder when it comes to solid
additives. :-)

Michel

P.s. No offense Rob!


op 30-08-2007 11:52 schreef Kraaijeveld A.R. op A.R.Kraaijeveld at soton.ac.uk:

> Hi Michel
> 
> Yes, 'waterpest' is exactly what I mean. I don't want to get into a
> botanical discussion as to whether it's Elodea densa or Elodea
> canadensis, because the two species are not always easy to tell apart.
> What's important is that it appears that "Celp - The Seaweed Experience"
> does not contain any seaweed whatsoever.
> 
>  
> slainte, Lex
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net] On Behalf Of Michel van
> Meersbergen
> Sent: 30 August 2007 09:51
> To: MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List
> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] CELP & seaweed
> 
> Hi Lex,
> 
> I had the same reservations when I saw the bottle for the first time.
> It's
> certainly not celp inside the bottle, I have it as Elodea canadensis
> ('waterpest' as we say in Holland).
> 
> AFAIK all the celp bottles have waterweed inside them.
> 
> Best!
> 
> Michel
> 
> 
> 
> op 30-08-2007 10:31 schreef Kraaijeveld A.R. op
> A.R.Kraaijeveld at soton.ac.uk:
> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I got a bottle of "CELP - Seaweed Experience" for a tasting I'll be
>> running at the university later this year. For those who have never
>> heard of this one, it's either a young Lagavulin or a vatting of
>> Lagavulin and Laphroaig to which seaweed is added. So legally it's not
>> whisky anymore and the label doesn't claim that it is.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> The spirit is clearly greenish and there is a twig of a plant floating
>> in the bottle (bottle won't be opened until the tasting). Now as soon
> as
>> I saw the twig, I got suspicious. To me, the plant which is floating
> in
>> the bottle looks remarkably like Common or Brazilian Waterweed, which
> is
>> a very common freshwater plant. Does not grow in the sea and is not a
>> seaweed by any stretch of the (botanical) imagination. I've attached a
>> small picture of this plant and I'm asking those of you who have/had a
>> bottle of CELP to tell me whether the plant inside the bottle looks
> like
>> the plant in the picture. Just so I know whether all CELP bottles
>> contain waterweed rather than a seaweed or whether there ARE indeed
> CELP
>> bottles with (possible) seaweed.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> slainte, Lex
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
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>>  
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> Fly, you greatest fool
>> Why can't you say what they want you to
>> Why can't you do what they taught you
>> And show what they wanted of you
>>        
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Dr Alex R Kraaijeveld
>> 
>> School of Biological Sciences
>> 
>> University of Southampton
>> 
>> Bassett Crescent East
>> 
>> Southampton
>> 
>> SO16 7PX
>> 
>> United Kingdom
>> 
>> tel: (+44)-(0)23-80593436
>> 
>> fax: (+44)-(0)23-80594459
>> 
>> http://www.sbs.soton.ac.uk/staff/ark/ark.php
>> <http://www.sbs.soton.ac.uk/staff/ark/ark.php>
>> 
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