[MM-MALTS-L] Teaspooned IB Single Casks from named distilleries

Thu Jul 10 14:48:40 CEST 2008

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On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:30 AM,  <whiskyhill at att.net> wrote:
> So Davin, what would be the percentage of orange juice in such a blend?
>
> -------------- Original message from "Davin de Kergommeaux"
> <maltmaniacsdavin at gmail.com>: --------------
>
> Hi All,
> We already have teaspooned malts here in Canada.  There is a Toronto firm -
> Premium Bottlers - that imports single casks of single malt Scotch, but the
> LCBO requires that they add about 1% Canadian single malt at bottling.  I
> have not tasted these but I understand some of them are really very good,
> which shows that the Canadian Single Malt (Glen Breton, no doubt) does not
> influence the taste.
> From their web-site:
>
> Our Pure Malt Whisky selections are all limited edition offerings. We only
> acquire one or two casks of Single Malt Scotch Whisky, to which we add a
> minute amount of Single Malt Canadian Whisky. Each offering is uniquely
> different from the others. Only a few hundred bottles exist of each release.
>
> See our range of Pure Malt Whisky products here.
>   http://www.premiumbottlers.com/products.php
>
> Davin
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Lukas Tollig <lukastollig at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> The pros of marketing a teaspoon series of malt nonwithstanding, this is
>> sad news. I doubt that Edrington will release a large number of single cask
>> bottlings as substitutes for the loss of the IB bottlings. The SC actually
>> released will probably be in the high end of the pricescale as well. Rivers
>> of milk drying up indeed...
>>
>>
>> // Lukas Tollig
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:26:41 +0100
>> From: john.marrinan at gmail.com
>> To: mm-malts-l at grsnet.net
>> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] Teaspooned IB Single Casks from named
>> distilleries
>>
>>
>> Actually, following their reasoning, it wouldn't make sober people drunk;
>> it would make drunk people sober.
>>
>> A number of years ago, I think it was Cooley who poured that one of the
>> last remaining bottle Preston Malt into a cask of Cooley single malt whiskey
>> and called it Preston Millennium Malt, Single Malt Whiskey. Of course it
>> wasn't a single malt, since the poured whiskey from another distillery into
>> it. And they wasted one of the last remaining bottle of Preston Malt.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Kraaijeveld A.R.
>> <A.R.Kraaijeveld at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry Bernhard, I ALWAYS get it wrong ..... Start at the BOTTOM of the
>> Dutch flag, NOT at the top ....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Rivers of milk are running dry
>> Can't you hear the dolphins crying?
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Dr Alex R Kraaijeveld
>> Lecturer in Ecology & Evolution
>> School of Biological Sciences
>> University of Southampton
>> Building 62, Room 4127, Boldrewood Campus
>> Southampton SO16 7PX
>> Tel: +44(0)23 80593436
>> Fax: +44(0)23 80594459
>> Email: arkraa at soton.ac.uk
>> Website: www.sbs.soton.ac.uk/staff/ark/ark.php
>> School Website: www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net]
>> On Behalf Of Bernhard Schäfer
>> Sent: 10 July 2008 09:12
>> To: 'MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List'
>> Subject: AW: [MM-MALTS-L] Teaspooned IB Single Casks from named
>> distilleries
>>
>>
>> People!
>> it are the blue pills to be taken in the morning, not the red ones!!!!
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> Von: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net]
>> Im Auftrag von Kraaijeveld A.R.
>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008 10:07
>> An: MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List
>> Betreff: RE: [MM-MALTS-L] Teaspooned IB Single Casks from named
>> distilleries
>>
>> Absolutely!
>>
>> And think of how many bottles of imprinted water you can bottle and sell
>> from this one cask ....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Rivers of milk are running dry
>> Can't you hear the dolphins crying?
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Dr Alex R Kraaijeveld
>> Lecturer in Ecology & Evolution
>> School of Biological Sciences
>> University of Southampton
>> Building 62, Room 4127, Boldrewood Campus
>> Southampton SO16 7PX
>> Tel: +44(0)23 80593436
>> Fax: +44(0)23 80594459
>> Email: arkraa at soton.ac.uk
>> Website: www.sbs.soton.ac.uk/staff/ark/ark.php
>> School Website: www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net]
>> On Behalf Of john marrinan
>> Sent: 10 July 2008 09:05
>> To: MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List
>> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] Teaspooned IB Single Casks from named
>> distilleries
>>
>>
>> ...and then dilute it one million times with water. Advocates of this
>> homeopathic whisky will still insist you can get drunk on it.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Kraaijeveld A.R.
>> <A.R.Kraaijeveld at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>> And double-teaspooning!
>>
>> First, take a cask of distillery X and teaspoon it with distillery Y. THEN
>> take a teaspoon of that and add it to a cask of distillery Z!
>>
>> And you can continue this until there basically is no molecule of the
>> first teaspoon left in the final cask, which of course means it then has the
>> strongest effect as the whisky has a memory which remembers the first
>> addition!
>>
>> Or so I'm told ....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Rivers of milk are running dry
>> Can't you hear the dolphins crying?
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Dr Alex R Kraaijeveld
>> Lecturer in Ecology & Evolution
>> School of Biological Sciences
>> University of Southampton
>> Building 62, Room 4127, Boldrewood Campus
>> Southampton SO16 7PX
>> Tel: +44(0)23 80593436
>> Fax: +44(0)23 80594459
>> Email: arkraa at soton.ac.uk
>> Website: www.sbs.soton.ac.uk/staff/ark/ark.php
>> School Website: www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net]
>> On Behalf Of msmittag at compuserve.com
>> Sent: 10 July 2008 08:55
>> To: mm-malts-l at grsnet.net
>> Subject: RE: [MM-MALTS-L] Teaspooned IB Single Casks from named
>> distilleries
>>
>> Hey Ralph,
>>
>> great idea - could be a hype like finishing !
>>
>> Macallan teaspooned with Glenlossie
>> Macallan teaspooned with Linkwood
>>
>> Premium-Teaspooning
>>
>> Highland Park teaspooned with Springbank
>>
>> Bunnahabhain teaspooned with Rosebank and finished in south hungarian
>> white
>> wine cask formerly used to mature white rum (my favourite ;-))
>>
>> Endless opportunities...
>>
>> Looking forward to it (Nah - not really...)
>> Michael
>>
>> Original Message:
>> -----------------
>> From: Ralph Katzenell ralphoosh at 012.net.il
>> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:21:28 +0300
>> To: mm-malts-l at grsnet.net
>> Subject: [MM-MALTS-L] Teaspooned IB Single Casks from named distilleries
>>
>>
>>
>> Greetings all.
>>
>> There is a story that the Edrington are intending vigorously enforce a
>> policy of not releasing attributable casks outside the group. All casks
>> will, from some time in the very near future, be "teaspooned". No more IB
>> bottlings. Suppression of trade.
>>
>> Is there a "work-around"?
>>
>> OK, so they "teaspoon" a cask. Is it a fair guess that teaspooning will
>> not
>> alter the essential characteristics in any noticeable way?
>> Suppose you were to create a new class of whisky, the Teaspoon series.
>> For example, you can get a "Pure Malt" from a teaspooned cask of Macallan,
>> 18 yo from a sherry butt. You declare the usual details, and include the
>> fact that it has been teaspooned from an unknown distillery.
>> Think of the interest that such bottlings would generate.
>> I predict the following:
>> 1) The punters will buy.
>> 2) It will establish a new category of whisky.
>> 3) Your access to potential stock is enhanced.
>> 4) Lots to gossip about, lots of interest.
>>
>> Offer me a teaspooned pure malt with semi believable tasting notes, I'll
>> give it a whirl.
>>
>> At the far reaches of wild thought, it might even generate a "spoiled cod
>> fish" trade effect!!
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>>
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