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<P>Hi Lex - Some of the PLOWED crowd on previous trip had begun collecting those small cloth patches sold in tourist traps: we began calling them "merit badges" with the intent on if anyone had collected enough of them to actually make a tartan sash to be worn boy-scout style. I have patches from Islay, Skye and Orkney - don't know if they have them for specific counties on the "mainland" tho.</P>
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<P>On another note I picked up a bottle of Rittenhouse 100 proof rye a couple of weeks ago. WOW!</P>
<P>If you're into American rye whiskey this is one to get. Said to be six years old and bottled at 50% abv (100 US proof) it's definitely a cheap thrill! I paid $15.99 but my main connection in Chicago has it listed for $11.99 and I think I need to stash a few bottles of this one.</P>
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<P>Once again thanks to the Malt Maniacs and especially Konstantin for making the Malts-L migration go smoothly!</P>
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<P>Slainte!</P>
<P>Tom Borschel</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Among the maniacs, we’ve had a discussion this past day on the virtual ‘Barnard Belt’. It all started as a bit of a joke, but got more (semi-)serious as time went on. Just as <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region> has Munros to climb, it has Barnards to visit. Talking distilleries of course. So visiting a distillery gets you a notch on your Barnard Belt. Wistfully roaming the distillery ground without actually visiting gets you a ‘wist’ in your Barnard Belt. Visiting distilleries outside <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region> gets you a pouch on your belt for each country you’ve visited at least one distillery in (pouches are coloured in a pattern matching the national flags of course). Suggestion was als
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So .... who’s got the most notches, wists and pouches in his/her belt? How’s your Barnard Belt looking relative to the rest of malt-dom? We’re sort of half-thinking of a web-page on MM where the number of notches, wists and pouches is listed for everyone who has contributed to MM with at least one e-pistle.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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