[MM-MALTS-L] CELP & seaweed

[Michel van Meersbergen]

Hi Brian,

Just two things, and as a Dutchmen I have to do this... ;-)

The 'Fishky' is from Berlin, Germany and it's a Bruichladdich... Irony in
it's most perfect form...

Cheers!

Michel


op 30-08-2007 19:15 schreef professormalt at comcast.net op
professormalt at comcast.net:

> I am somewhat bemused by this, the longest thread so far in the fledgling
> MALTS-L Mk..II.  I can attest to the integrity of the Van Wees clan and the
> fact that they did not expect people to take any of this seriously. I guess
> you have to understand Dutch humor a little bit.  The whole thing, the weed,
> the "seaweed experience" the little lore on the label, its all a farce, or as
> the Brits put it, a piss take on the whole trend to produce an "altered"
> whisky.  
> 
> The last time I was in the shop they had a new one "Fishky Whisky" to
> celebrate that most Dutch of all celebrations, the new Herring harvest.  A
> perfectly good Bunna "finished" in a herring barrel, brilliant!
> 
> I thought they had somewhat cleverly gotten around the SWA, by not uttering
> "Scotch Whisky" nor mentioning "Scotland" anywhere on the label "distilled and
> bottled in the EU".  Does the SWA hold the cards to any appelation of "single
> malt......whisky"?  To me, the most disreputable thing about the whole kit and
> kaboodle is the price that these are pulling down at the auctions!
> 
> Sláinte,
> Brian
> 
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Paul Dejong <Paul_Dejong at telenet.be>
> Hi Lex and all,
> 
> Celp indeed contains a fresh-water plant called elodia, but don‚t go down the
> path of a „conspiracy theory‰
> The whole thing started of more or less as a joke, and Van Wees had no idea
> the thing would be so succesfull. The first batch was indeed labelled
> „whisky‰, but the SWA had their say about it, and they had to change it into
> scottish spirit.
> 
> Expect it to taste like a young islay should, an islay that is maybe a little
> „green‰ because of it‚s youth. ;-)
> And I‚m sure they were not trying to hoodwink the customer! I think they saw
> it as a fun way of riding the wave of the „finishes‰!
> 
> My 2p,
> Paul
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