Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In case you've wondered about a shortage of fine single malt scotch about the world or you find the price has sky rocketed out of reality to pleasure of a wee dram. You can blame the distillers for one, for not being more astute to world demands by countries where the sweet nectar if the Gods was really ever part of their day to day libation. However, not long ago as I complained to a chap from Scotland about the cost of a bottle of Lagavulin; @ $104.oo dollars Canadian!!! :-( That is when it is available for importing. However his comment from the mouth of one of the top folks producing Lagavulin might be interesting? .... The elite of the Asian/India/China and other countries have found the pleasant taste and are ordering and drinking single malts the likes never before imagined! The demand is greater than the availability, ERGO! Prices go up and the product becomes scarce! But really if one is an appreciator of very fine single malt, why would one ever consider drinking "oh my God that rot gut Jack Daniels!" Good only for polishing your old army boots! OK Right now I've moved into the deep side bunker! :-) I keep finding out some people do like it! But I have to say in my defense. one of the worst hang overs I've ever suffered in my life was due to the least amount of liquid intake of Jack Daniels! I felt like three Mack trucks had hit me, then backed over me to make sure they did the job right! Trust me it might have been worse!!! :-) One of those when you swear... " God let me live till noon and I swear I'll never drink again, EVER!!! That's how bad it was. :-( :-( So when I see people talking about drinking the shoe polish, my body recoils almost in anticipation of death! At the moment as I sit here and type this I'm enjoying fine Scottish single malt! What else? .. Lagavulin! :-) But at it's cost the size of the nectar poured is truly limited to a very "wee dram! :-) Cheers, ted -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 2:42 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] OT Re: macallan scotch porn, not great photos but... On demographics, in one location in Australia the Jack Daniels distillery presented some tasting sessions with some of their higher end aged products. They expected a group of the cognoscenti appreciating subtle noses, hints of honey, smooth palates, whatever. Unfortunately the normal JD product is seen there more as a working class hard drinking tipple, especially beloved by bikers and those who aspire to that image. The urbane and elegant lady visiting from Tennessee couldn't understand why the customers would treat each sample as a shot to be thrown down in a single gulp nor the repeated requests for coke and ice from the ladies attending. I would have thought that the proliferation of tatoos and piercings, leather and denim might have given her a clue. 2009/5/10 leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> > I was told that dallas is the fastest growing market for scotch. macallan > is hitting it hard, trying to pick up a new demographic. > > Leo Wesson > Photographer/Videographer > 817.733.9157 > www.leowesson.com > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Leo, > > That is extreme, even for the USA (-: Especially as nobody can afford > > it nowadays, unless they work on Wall Street (-: Finally the shortage > > of Lagavulin should ease! > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:04 PM, leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > yes, ice and sugar, you are in the usa. > > > > > > Leo Wesson > > > Photographer/Videographer > > > 817.733.9157 > > > www.leowesson.com > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > > > frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Excuse me for a minute while I go and throw up ;-) > > >> > > >> Nathan Wajsman > > >> Alicante, Spain > > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > > >> http://www.nathanfoto.com > > >> > > >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On May 9, 2009, at 2:47 PM, leo wesson wrote: > > >> > > >> so i guess that i shouldn't mention that they were serving a mixed > > drink, > > >>> 12 yr with gingerale and a slice of lime.... > > >>> > > >>> Leo Wesson > > >>> Photographer/Videographer > > >>> 817.733.9157 > > >>> www.leowesson.com > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj < > > jayanand at gmail.com > > >>> >wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Nathan, > > >>>> The event was in the USA...(-: > > >>>> Cheers > > >>>> Jayanand > > >>>> > > >>>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Nathan Wajsman > <photo at frozenlight.eu > > > > > >>>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Nice, but what are they doing putting those ice cubes/balls into > the > > >>>>> > > >>>> single > > >>>> > > >>>>> malt?? Barbarians! Philistines!!! > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Nathan > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Nathan Wajsman > > >>>>> Alicante, Spain > > >>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > > >>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu > > >>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Books: > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > > >>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > >>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On May 8, 2009, at 6:08 AM, leo wesson wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> got invited to a macallan scotch event. they were demonstrating a > > >>>>>> japanese > > >>>>>> gadget that makes a round ice ball out of an ice cube. got to > taste > > >>>>>> several > > >>>>>> yummies and walked away with a bottle of 18 yr old with a promise > of > > >>>>>> another > > >>>>>> one in the mail. > > >>>>>> nice evening all told. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> http://homepage.mac.com/leosarv/macallan/ > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Leo Wesson > > >>>>>> Photographer/Videographer > > >>>>>> 817.733.9157 > > >>>>>> www.leowesson.com > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>>> Leica Users Group. > > >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Leica Users Group. > > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Leica Users Group. > > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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