[MM-MALTS-L] List Administrator Query

Paul Dejong Paul_Dejong at telenet.be
Tue Jun 23 16:04:32 CEST 2009 

On 23-06-2009 15:17, "Konstantin Grigoriadis" <konstgrs at gmail.com> wrote:

what example No2, what do you mean ?


Examples of knowledge!
Ex .1) Luc knows the 105 is from 1968
Ex .2) Dominiek elaborates on how the 40yo Œ105¹ is brought out to
commemorate that fact!

Nowhere else would this be so easily explained!

;-)

Paul

On 23-06-2009 15:17, "Konstantin Grigoriadis" <konstgrs at gmail.com> wrote:

> what example No2, what do you mean ?
>  
>>  
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>  
>> From:  Paul  Dejong <mailto:Paul_Dejong at telenet.be>
>>  
>> To: malts-L MM <mailto:mm-malts-l at grsnet.net>
>>  
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:54 PM
>>  
>> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] List  Administrator Query
>>  
>> 
>> Hi Dominiek,
>> 
>> Like you point out, I could/should  have known that! However, to my own
>> defense I should remark that I have never  been that interested in the
>> history / provenance  of different  bottles...I am no collectable-collector,
>> but a drinking fellow, as you very  well know! ;-)
>> But thanks for the enlightnement (?) anyway!   ;-)
>> 
>> See, example nr. 2! Konstantin!
>> 
>> Paul 
>> 
>> On  23-06-2009 14:31, "Dominiek Bouckaert (LWS)"
>> <dominiek.bouckaert at lindores.be> wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Lurking for years, so please, Konstantin, be the  host everyone wants you to
>>> be :-).
>>> 
>>> Paul, the 40yo 105 was a sort of a  hint. As I recall it was bottle to
>>> commemorate the 40th anniversary of the  105.
>>> 
>>> Greetz,
>>> Dominiek
>>> 
>>> 2009/6/23 Paul Dejong  <Paul_Dejong at telenet.be>
>>>  
>>>> There you have it...
>>>> I don¹t even qualify for a  Œnear miss¹ here!  ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks Luc,  I knew you¹d  know!
>>>> See, this is the perfect example of the kind of knowledge  available here!!
>>>> I doubt very much you would get an correct answer,  this fast, anywhere
>>>> else!
>>>> 
>>>> Paul
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 23-06-2009 12:50, "Luc  Timmermans (LWS)" <luc.timmermans at lindores.be>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>> hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> The first Glenfarclas 105 was  released in 1968.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Luc
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2009/6/23 Paul  Dejong <Paul_Dejong at telenet.be>
>>>>>  
>>>>>> Hey Peter, and everybody else...
>>>>>> Yes I  agree with the majority of the old warhorses on here: Let it
>>>>>> remain
>>>>>> the parent of all...even if it is rarely used.
>>>>>> It is  still a very valuable knowledge-base  to me, and even if we do
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> post so often, that does not mean it is forgotten.
>>>>>> I still  would rather ask a question that I have here, then  anywhere
>>>>>> else...thing is, not as many questions arise these days  anymore. A
>>>>>> direct
>>>>>> consequence of the enthousiasm and knowledge once  instilled with the
>>>>>> help of
>>>>>> this list! Let it live and  prosper!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> To Peter,
>>>>>> I am pretty sure the 105 was around  before 1993...If memory serves me (a
>>>>>> bit
>>>>>> less then it used to!)   I first bought one in 1991...and I guess they
>>>>>> were
>>>>>> available  from the mid-eighties onwards...
>>>>>> Luc Timmermans 'mr. Glenfarclas'  may know the exact period of
>>>>>> introduction
>>>>>> better, Luc??
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 23-06-2009 09:31, "Peter  Wood" <st.peter at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> >> And who  else is as knowledgeablre as this list?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Ralph you  drunken bum - it is spelt knowlegdreabel
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I was a  prolific (wearily so to many I'm sure) contributor to the old
>>>>>>> >  Malts-L and have been very remiss in not contributing to the  current
>>>>>>> > apparition (?). Be that as it may, Benhard's points -  repeated below
>>>>>>> - are
>>>>>>> > valid for me:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > 1. It is  nice nostalgia.
>>>>>>> > 2. It is the father (or and mother) of all  this modern things.
>>>>>>> > 3. It will regain popularitiy as a niche,  not to be used by every
>>>>>>> moron
>>>>>>> > that can klick with a  mouse.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Yeah - let it be so.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > And as I  have a large drachma of something very tasty in my (nah,
>>>>>>> can't  be
>>>>>>> > - the only Greek thingie I have in the house is a sponge  bought on
>>>>>>> Piraeus
>>>>>>> > wharf in 1967) hand I shall revert to  matters more consequential.
>>>>>>> > Glenfarclas 105. I hang my head in  shame - all these years I have
>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>> > snootily avoiding the  stuff as mass market kitsch and finally I
>>>>>>> bottle the
>>>>>>> > stuff -  it's bloody lovely. When did it first appear? Charlie Mac has
>>>>>>> it  in
>>>>>>> > his 1993 volume (you there Charles? can you confirm a prior
>>>>>>> apparition?).
>>>>>>> > It is a real sweety speyside slurper with abv  boots on.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > And on a slightly controversial note,  Glenfarclas can claim the
>>>>>>> record as
>>>>>>> > the malt with the highest  NaCl content of any - far from the tide
>>>>>>> tho' it
>>>>>>> > may  be.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > May the current list prosper.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >  Peter Wood
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
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