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

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Bob, if my math is correct that would make it 0.090909....% maximum. 
-------------- Original message from "Bob LeDrew" <bob.ledrew at gmail.com>: -------------- 


> I'd be offended at that question. If I weren't embarrassed by it being valid. 
> 
> BLeD 
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> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:30 AM, wrote: 
> > So Davin, what would be the percentage of orange juice in such a blend? 
> > 
> > -------------- Original message from "Davin de Kergommeaux" 
> > : -------------- 
> > 
> > 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 
> > 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. 
> >> 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. 
> >> 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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