<html><body bgcolor='#ffffff' style='margin-left:0px; font-size:9pt; margin:0px; font-family:Verdana; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family: Verdana' ><BR><P>For me, it also had to be a Macallan. I opened the GRAN RESERVA 1980 bottled 1999.</P><P>I know, it is the only GRAN RESERVA which was NOT rated in his Companion, but nevertheless it was great, great stuff, a sherried Macallan at its best, full and elegant at the same time, wonderfully balanced with a long lingering finish - a truly great Macallan in the classical sherry style so much appreciated by Michael. In a way I found it particularly apt because in sipping that dram from haven I felt a sadness, not only because of the loss of the great man but also for a whisky which will no more be avalaible in this quality for a long time. We will miss them...</P><P>Slainte!</P><P>Nico from Brussels<BR><BR></P><TABLE id=alt style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 20px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><TBODY><TR><TD><HR><B>Von:</B> MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List <MM-MALTS-L@GRSNET.NET><BR><B>Gesendet:</B> 30.08.07 21:53:39<BR><B>An:</B> MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List <MM-MALTS-L@GRSNET.NET><BR><B>Betreff:</B> [MM-MALTS-L] The Big Toast - malts-L's tribute to Michael Jackson<BR><BR><BR>In memory of the man whose books kicked off my passion for whisky, I'll <BR>raise a glass of Longrow 11yr, Cadenhead's, 56.8%.<BR><BR>May his spirit age well.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Kraaijeveld A.R. wrote:<BR>> Dear all<BR>><BR>> I feel it would be fitting for malts-L to have its own tribute to Michael Jackson. What I thought we could do is to have as many people as possible raising a glass to his memory. Let me know which dram you've chosen and I'll collate everything for a write-up. <BR>><BR>> To kick things off, for me it had to be a Macallan. But I couldn't chose, so will be raising three glasses tonight: <BR>><BR>> Macallan 1989 (Dewar Rattray)<BR>> Macallan 1987 (Signatory)<BR>> Macallan 21 y.o. (Scott's Selection)<BR>><BR>><BR>> Come on, let's make this a really big toast!<BR>> Lex<BR>><BR>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>><BR>> Fly, you greatest fool<BR>> Why can't you say what they want you to<BR>> Why can't you do what they taught you<BR>> And show what they wanted of you <BR>> <BR>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>><BR>> Dr Alex R Kraaijeveld<BR>> School of Biological Sciences<BR>> University of Southampton<BR>> Bassett Crescent East<BR>> Southampton<BR>> SO16 7PX<BR>> United Kingdom<BR>> tel: (+44)-(0)23-80593436<BR>> fax: (+44)-(0)23-80594459<BR>> http://www.sbs.soton.ac.uk/staff/ark/ark.php<BR>><BR>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: mm-malts-l-bounces@grsnet.net on behalf of Michel van Meersbergen<BR>> Sent: Thu 30/08/2007 18:24<BR>> To: MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List<BR>> Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] CELP & seaweed<BR>> <BR>> Hi Brian,<BR>><BR>> Just two things, and as a Dutchmen I have to do this... ;-)<BR>><BR>> The 'Fishky' is from Berlin, Germany and it's a Bruichladdich... Irony in<BR>> it's most perfect form...<BR>><BR>> Cheers!<BR>><BR>> Michel<BR>><BR>><BR>> op 30-08-2007 19:15 schreef professormalt@comcast.net op<BR>> professormalt@comcast.net:<BR>><BR>> <BR>>> I am somewhat bemused by this, the longest thread so far in the fledgling<BR>>> MALTS-L Mk..II. I can attest to the integrity of the Van Wees clan and the<BR>>> fact that they did not expect people to take any of this seriously. I guess<BR>>> you have to understand Dutch humor a little bit. The whole thing, the weed,<BR>>> the "seaweed experience" the little lore on the label, its all a farce, or as<BR>>> the Brits put it, a piss take on the whole trend to produce an "altered"<BR>>> whisky. <BR>>><BR>>> The last time I was in the shop they had a new one "Fishky Whisky" to<BR>>> celebrate that most Dutch of all celebrations, the new Herring harvest. A<BR>>> perfectly good Bunna "finished" in a herring barrel, brilliant!<BR>>><BR>>> I thought they had somewhat cleverly gotten around the SWA, by not uttering<BR>>> "Scotch Whisky" nor mentioning "Scotland" anywhere on the label "distilled and<BR>>> bottled in the EU". Does the SWA hold the cards to any appelation of "single<BR>>> malt......whisky"? To me, the most disreputable thing about the whole kit and<BR>>> kaboodle is the price that these are pulling down at the auctions!<BR>>><BR>>> Sláinte,<BR>>> Brian<BR>>><BR>>> -------------- Original message --------------<BR>>> From: Paul Dejong <Paul_Dejong@telenet.be><BR>>> Hi Lex and all,<BR>>><BR>>> Celp indeed contains a fresh-water plant called elodia, but don,t go down the<BR>>> path of a "conspiracy theory?<BR>>> The whole thing started of more or less as a joke, and Van Wees had no idea<BR>>> the thing would be so succesfull. The first batch was indeed labelled<BR>>> "whisky?, but the SWA had their say about it, and they had to change it into<BR>>> scottish spirit.<BR>>><BR>>> Expect it to taste like a young islay should, an islay that is maybe a little<BR>>> "green? because of it,s youth. ;-)<BR>>> And I,m sure they were not trying to hoodwink the customer! I think they saw<BR>>> it as a fun way of riding the wave of the "finishes?!<BR>>><BR>>> My 2p,<BR>>> Paul<BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> MM-MALTS-L mailing list<BR>>> MM-MALTS-L@grsnet.net<BR>>> http://lists.grsnet.net/mailman/listinfo/mm-malts-l<BR>>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> MM-MALTS-L mailing list<BR>> MM-MALTS-L@grsnet.net<BR>> http://lists.grsnet.net/mailman/listinfo/mm-malts-l<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> MM-MALTS-L mailing list<BR>> MM-MALTS-L@grsnet.net<BR>> http://lists.grsnet.net/mailman/listinfo/mm-malts-l<BR>><BR>> <BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>MM-MALTS-L mailing list<BR>MM-MALTS-L@grsnet.net<BR>http://lists.grsnet.net/mailman/listinfo/mm-malts-l<BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><IMG height=1 alt="" src="https://img.web.de/ivw/CP/freemail/content/?ts=1188505296-416503" width=1 border=0><IMG height=1 alt="" src="https://webdessl.ivwbox.de/cgi-bin/ivw/CP/97;sc%3Dfreemail/content%26uq%3Dac1403a8-1415-1173880930-3?r=https%3A%2F%2Ffreemailng5601.web.de%2Fonline%2Fmsg%2Fedit.htm%3Fsi%3D2QLs.1iqOTe.1IgWOV.3r**%26rv_mid%3D902457233%26rv_mail_action%3Dremsg%26rv_folder%3D0%26indexid%3D1%26ftotal%3D5224%26rv_ismail%3Dyes%26do_switch_to_html_mail%3Dyes&d=1188505296-416503" width=1 border=0></body></html>