[Leica] Single Malt drinking recommendations

[woc2 at earthlink.net (Bill O'Connell)]

Mark,
  I must admit I have experienced the different taste in Tyrconnell but
never bad.  The inconsistency has never been great, in my humble opinion,
and never 'bad', just a little different.
  have not seen Forty Creek before but will look for it, thanks for yet
another tip.
  And to bring some semblance of Leica to the discussion, while all the
American's on the list are celebrating the 4th, don't have to much whisky
and blur your photos - and don't blow your fingers off playing with
firecrackers...
Happy 4th.
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From:  Mark Langer
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 10:16 AM

Bill,

I checked out the review of this on Whisky Magazine, which I've found
to be a fairly reliable (if not perfect) guide to whiskies.  They rate
Tyrconnell as being really inconsistent from bottle to bottle.

By the way, I discovered an amazing bargain whisky through their
website.  Although I live in Canada, I'm not a big fan of Canadian
whisky, but I tried Forty Creek Barrel Select, which is a single
barrel whisky at a very modest price, because Whisky Magazine gave it
a very postitive review.  I have to admit that I bought the bottle
with some scepticism.  I simply could not believe that I was drinking
a Canadian whisky, as in terms of depth and complexity, it is utterly
unlike any other Canadian I've tried.  If any whisky fans on this list
have access to Forty Creek Barrel Select, I strongly suggest trying it
-- we really are talking about something that can stand in the company
of a bottle of 12 year old The Macallan, at a fraction of the price.
I suspect once word of this gets around, the price will go up
remarkably.

Mark

On 7/3/05, Bill O'Connell <woc2@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Mark,
>   Have not had the pleasure of trying her, 'er, it.  Thanks for the tip.
>   The other one always on my shelf is Tyrconnell.
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Langer
> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 8:42 AM
>
>
> Redbreast 12 yr. old is also a very nice Irish whisky.
>
> Mark
>
> On 7/3/05, Bill O'Connell <woc2@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Joseph,
> >   I debated tossing that very same single malt in.  In my humble and
very
> > unsophisticated Scotch opinion, Midleton is superb.  Should you ever
find
> > yourself in the Phila area I would be glad to open one of the wooden
boxes
> > and share a glass while discussing various Leica topics of course.

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