[MM-MALTS-L] Eddu - opinions?

[john marrinan]

...and it's also possible to make bad whisky almost anywhere, of course.

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:59 AM, john marrinan <john.marrinan at gmail.com>wrote:

> My point is that it's possible to make whiskey almost anywhere. A
> distillery in Mongolia has just as good a chance of making good whisky as
> one in Scotland, Ireland, America, Japan, Canada etc if the people and
> equipment and ingredients are right. It's not like wine. I don't think
> there'll ever be a good Islay wine.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Bernhard Schäfer <bernd at die-klausur.de>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
>>
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>>
>> 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
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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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