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

[David]

I already had plans to attend a tasting this evening
but I will make sure to bring two drams to toast to
Michael: 

Macallan Travel Series Twenties and Thirties

Sláinte, 

David
--- "Kraaijeveld A.R." <A.R.Kraaijeveld at soton.ac.uk>
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
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----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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