[MM-MALTS-L] CELP & seaweed
Davin de Kergommeaux
maltmaniacsdavin at gmail.com
Thu Aug 30 13:17:47 CEST 2007
Hi Lex,
Curious spelling. Kelp, the seaweed, is spelled with a "K"
The plant in the bottle looks quite like one you can buy at pet stores
for your fresh water aquarium - and yes, if memory serves, I think it
is called elodia.
Davin
On 8/30/07, Kraaijeveld A.R. <A.R.Kraaijeveld at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Hi Thomas
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> The idea behind CELP is that, allegedly, in the old days seaweed was added
> to whisky on the islands for medicinal purposes. So CELP is said to recreate
> that old tradition. If we take that tradition as a given, then my problem is
> that it is strongly suggested that the plant in the bottle is seaweed,
> whereas it actually has nothing to do with seaweed whatsoever. So marketing
> trying to fool potential customers in thinking that there really is seaweed
> in the bottle. No doubt tasting notes will mention the saltyness,
> seaweedyness, etc. If there is a strong note of seaweed, it surely can't
> come from the plant in the bottle!
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> slainte, Lex
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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
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> Dr Alex R Kraaijeveld
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> School of Biological Sciences
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> University of Southampton
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> Bassett Crescent East
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> Southampton
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> United Kingdom
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> tel: (+44)-(0)23-80593436
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> fax: (+44)-(0)23-80594459
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> http://www.sbs.soton.ac.uk/staff/ark/ark.php
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> From: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net]
> On Behalf Of Thomas Schubert
> Sent: 30 August 2007 11:22
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> To: MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List
> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] CELP & seaweed
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> Hi Lex,
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> I'm completely lost here.
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> What are the consequences of using waterweed rather than seaweed, and why
> should one add either to the liquid in the first place?
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> Thanks,
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> Thomas
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> 2007/8/30, Kraaijeveld A.R. <A.R.Kraaijeveld at soton.ac.uk>:
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> There are other species of seaweed, which are not solid sheets. So I
> guess marketing was more important than honesty in this case. Suggest
> the bottle contains seaweed and hope no one with a bit of botanical
> knowledge will notice that it what's in the bottle has nothing to do
> with seaweed ....
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> slainte, Lex
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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
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net
> [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net] On Behalf Of Michel van
> Meersbergen
> Sent: 30 August 2007 11:04
> To: MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List
> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] CELP & seaweed
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> Lex,
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> 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
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> P.s. No offense Rob!
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> op 30-08-2007 11:52 schreef Kraaijeveld A.R. op
> A.R.Kraaijeveld at soton.ac.uk:
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> > 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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> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > 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
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net
> > [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:
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> >> Hi all
> >>
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> >> 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.
> >>
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> >>
> >> 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.
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> >> 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
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> >>
> >> 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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