AW: [MM-MALTS-L] Eddu - opinions?

[Charles MacLean]

Hi Bernhard,

Just found this among my old e-mails.
Presumably they can call themselves 'whisky' because they are made from 
cereal grains and matured in oak for at least 3 years.
Do you happen to know the European definition of 'whisky'? And do these 
'non-Scotches' have to sate clearly on the label
'Austrian whisky', or Swissky' (as I think one brand was using!), etc.

I am writing about Indian whisky at the moment - few brands of which 
pass the E.C. definition (whatever it is) so can't be sold in the E.U.
I learned this morning from the SWA that in 2007 India drank 70 million 
cases of 'whisky' (all but about 2% locally made).
Compare this with (only) 90 million cases of Scotch sold worldwide and 
you get an idea of the size of the appetite for 'whisky' on
the sub-continent!

I hope all is well with you. Glorious snowy, sunny, frozen weather here 
in Edinburgh.

Best,

Charlie


On 28 Jan 2009, at 08:26, Bernhard Schäfer wrote:

> Sorry for not beeing so "tolerant",
> We did a little tasting for a German gourmet magazine the other day; 
> about
> 20 "Whiskies" from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
> I agree insofar that the disitillers know how to choose good raw 
> materials
> and that they know how to disitll.
> But why do they all call it whisky or whiskey...most of the things I 
> had
> were just too young...cereal schnaps would be a better name
> Some are fun to taste, or an interesting experiance.
>
> But I had nothing so far where I could imagine to sit back, relax, 
> read a
> good book , smoke my pipe and drink a glass of it with pleasure...
>
> Bernhard
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
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> Auftrag von Serge Valentin
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> Betreff: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] Eddu - opinions?
>
> Or Alsace, Corsica, Britanny, Lorraine, Champagne...
> Yes, all parts of France but the fact that they all stress their 
> regions
> rather than their country says long about the state of our nation.
> Santé
>
> Serge
>
> Le 28 janv. 09 à 08:27, Kraaijeveld A.R. a écrit :
>
>> Or the Netherlands ....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> 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
>>
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>> Rivers of milk are running dry
>> Can't you hear the dolphins crying?
>>
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>>
>> Dr Alex R Kraaijeveld
>> Lecturer in Ecology & Evolution
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>> ... men ought to be fully assured of the truth of the effect before
>> they venture to explicate the cause.
>> (Webster, 1677. The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft)
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>> From: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net
>> [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net
>> ] On Behalf Of john marrinan
>> Sent: 28 January 2009 00:11
>> To: MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List
>> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] Eddu - opinions?
>>
>> Or Thailand, Germany, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden,
>> Spain...
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Dave Neary <dneary at free.fr> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> john marrinan wrote:
>>> I'll have to try it too. As an aside, there's a bit of uncertainty
>>> over whether Greenspot is a pure pot still whiskey these days. It
>>> doesn't say it on the bottle and Irish Distillers aren't saying
>>> definitively for now.
>> Really? Interesting. It's still good, in any case.
>>
>>> How many times is the Breton whiskey distilled? I'd be glad to try
>> it
>>> with an open mind. Personally, I don't mind where whiskey comes
>> from,
>>> whether it's Scotland, Canada, Ireland or China. I think, in theory,
>>> anyone can make good whisk(e)y.
>> I notice you didn't mention India, Japan, France or the USA :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave.
>>
>> --
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