[MM-MALTS-L] Helloooo There!

[cdaniels]

Hi Ralph

I don't necessarily think the Glenlivet 12 is a world beater, but it is a
worthy candidate for an everyday tipple and cheaper in Australia than a lot
of equivalent quality blends.

I might buy a fight but I reckon it's better than Macallan Fine Oak 12,
Glenfiddich 12, Tamdhu NAS, Glen Moray NAS and Glenrothes Select Reserve.

I agree about Glenfarclas 12 - I think that is seriously classy and I'd rank
it with Balvenie Double Wood 12 and Strathisla 12.  The latter is a really
solid dram; you might think it bland, but it's rock solid over time and
never disintegrates in the glass.  Some of the big sellers are good for 10
minutes once poured but tend to get thin and bitter if left much longer.

Scapa 14 doesn't do much for me, I'm afraid.  I don't actively dislike it
but it doesn't push any buttons either.

Craig Daniels
Chairman
Malt Whisky Society of Australia
Organisers of Australia's Fourth Malt Whisky Convention Hobart 28-30 August
2009 


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Hi Craig.
I like the idea of a "House Malt", but just don't get through enough to make
such a thing a feature. I do have "standards" that I like to have around.
Old reliables. These are Scapa 14 and Glenfarclas 12. Both, you will note,
with an obvious, in your face, sherry component. But they have maintained
their "profile" (horrible word!) over a long time, so I know what I'm
getting.
It its interesting what you say about Glenlivet 12. I abandoned it a long
time ago as tending towards the bland. Maybe its time now to give it another
go. In fact - I shall!

Ralph

From: cdaniels 
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:46
Subject: RE: [MM-MALTS-L] Helloooo There!
To: 'MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List' 


> <BR>> 
Hi Ralph

> 
I'm still engaged, just don't
> have much to say these days. I like the way e-mails just turn up -
> I don't like logging on to fora either.

> 
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> 
> 
I've been working my way through the
> Laphroaig Quartercask as I managed to pick it up for A$85 which is good
buying
> (and I'm a big fan) (Score 86/100) and a Hart Brothers Bowmore 10 yo 46%
> Distilled April 1998 bottled June 2008 for $60 (Score 80/100). It's on
> the raw side (maybe from refill bourbon) but it has some interesting baked
> apple and smoked apple-wood cheese aromas. More tarry peat and more
> aggressive than the OB. Reminds me of the OB Cask Strength as much as
anything.

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> 
> 
I've also tried the first release of
> Limeburners from Great Southern Distillery in Western Australia. Pretty
good for a young
> whisky, (Score 81/100) but I think there were less than 300 bottles, so
too
> small a run to make the export market. It was finished in a brandy cask
and the
> grape spirit takes a while to reveal itself, but it's there after about
> 20 minutes.

> 
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> 
> 
I keep a Glenlivet 12 as my house malt
> these days. I reckon it's got better over the last six or seven
> years; has some evident sherry along with the malt and liquorice which I
like.
> It's definitely in better wood these days than around 2000.

> 
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Cheers

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Craig Daniels

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Chairman

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> 
Malt Whisky
> Society of Australia

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> 
Organisers of Australia's
> Fourth Malt Whisky Convention Hobart
> 28-30 August 2009 

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From:
> mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net] On
Behalf Of Ralph Katzenell
> 
> Sent: Saturday, 27 September 2008
> 4:00 AM
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> To: MaltManiacs
> operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List
> 
> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] Helloooo
> There!

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> 
> 
Hello All.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for your thoughtful responses.
> 
> 
> 
> I too have kept away from the community sites. At first I thought they
were
> grand, but after a while membership and signing in became tedious. There
are
> now so many of them.
> 
> Also I felt uncomfortable about leaving such a strong trail of electronic
fairy
> dust behind me.
> 
> MALTS-L discussion and points were so informative and knowledgeable, and
> as Alex says, just popped onto the screen,
> 
> no hassles.
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, I wear my "En Fuskie es nane Saat ava"
> proudly, at folk music gatherings and at Burns Suppers. Goodness me, I
even
> looked up Doric on the web and learnt what a rich history it has.
> 
> 
> 
> Here in Israel
> the whisky scene has undergone a revolution, and good quality malt is
available
> in fine selection
> 
> in every town at almost reasonable prices. There are some bars with really
good
> choices, not restricted to the common everyday malts we see in duty free.
The
> "Dov" in Haifa
> being typical of local excellence.
> 
> 
> 
> I no longer travel for my company, the overseas system maintenance work
having
> been taken over by a younger generation, but I still import. Perhaps about
8 -
> 12 bottles a year, though my consumption is going down. 
> 
> I have to report that Alex Bruce of Adelphi has been a true and constant
> connection. With nearly every purchase, he pops in a 100 ml sample.So
recently
> I got good tasters of Springbank 1969 35 yo at 58.5%, and a Glen
> Grant 1985 22 yo at 62.1%. Simply my own wee private pleasure. Wonderful.
> 
> Charlie Maclean's tasting notes border on the ridiculous, but what the
> hell!
> 
> 
> 
> I act as central drinking point for a small group of friends who have come
to
> appreciate fine malts. We sit out on the deck of a weekend, gaze at the
stars,
> (sometimes through my 8 inch Dobsonian telescope), and scoff our way
> through razor-thin onion and tomato, with local cheeses and black Russian
> bread, and discuss the problems of a crazy world.
> 
> Whisky (in slow, thoughtful moderation) is such a friendly drink. The
> bullshitting days are over, perhaps age is telling its story.
> 
> 
> 
> Some of my choices don't make the grade, and no one can be fooled. I no
longer
> horde these. They just get chucked,
> 
> and I put it down to experience, and water under the bridge.
> 
> I opened up a 1984 CC 18 yo at 40%
> abv Caol Ila recently. It had been on display as one of my prize
> classic possessions. Dreadful sour stuff. Undrinkable. Out it went on the
spot.
> 
> To be contrasted as night with day with the 7th edition Port Ellen at
> 58.something%. Fabulous. People have been talking about it for weeks. I
got a
> phone call from one mate who got home, got into bed with his snoring
missus,
> ands then called me to say it was the best experience he had for months!
> 
> 
> 
> The folk music scene here has also moved up several notches in quality. To
see
> some of the work, search YouTube for Shay Tuchner (sometimes
> Shai Tuchner) and Lilach Sheer.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm glad your still out there.
> 
> 
> 
> Respect.
> 
> 
> 
> Granpa Ralph
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