[MM-MALTS-L] The Big Toast - malts-L's tribute to Michael Jackson

[Walt Mooroomsky]

His book was my first guide as well.  He was always such a Macallan  
fan, that must be my choice
A dram of "The 1874" from me tonight...  Maybe two, and a tear.
May the Angles deliver him his share -

Walt
in San Diego

On Aug 30, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Martijn van Aartrijk wrote:

> In memory of the man whose books kicked off my passion for whisky,  
> I'll raise a glass of Longrow 11yr, Cadenhead's, 56.8%.
>
> May his spirit age well.
>
>
>
> Kraaijeveld A.R. wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> I feel it would be fitting for malts-L to have its own tribute to  
>> Michael Jackson. What I thought we could do is to have as many  
>> people as possible raising a glass to his memory. Let me know  
>> which dram you've chosen and I'll collate everything for a write-up.
>> To kick things off, for me it had to be a Macallan. But I couldn't  
>> chose, so will be raising three glasses tonight:
>> Macallan 1989 (Dewar Rattray)
>> Macallan 1987 (Signatory)
>> Macallan 21 y.o. (Scott's Selection)
>>
>>
>> Come on, let's make this a really big toast!
>> Lex
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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 on behalf of Michel van  
>> Meersbergen
>> Sent: Thu 30/08/2007 18:24
>> To: MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List
>> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] CELP & seaweed
>>  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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