Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The price of malt whisky is doomed to go up for the near future. Thanks to recessionary conditions in the 1990s for Scotch, most distilleries did not distill and lay down stocks for maturation to the extent of capacity, and so there is a severe shortage of stock from that period. This can be seen most clearly from the profusion of NAS (No Age Statement) releases, which allows blending young whisky with older stock, and thus stretching out the available supplies. Added to this, there is a severe shortage, at present, of good quality barrels for maturing, exacerbating the problem further. It will take at least 5 years to get over this hump, and you can be sure that prices will stay up. The hardest hit distilleries are supposedly Macallan and Ardbeg. A bottle of 18yo Macallan Sherry Wood which cost GBP 60-70 a few years ago costs GBP 200+ today. Either we accept a drop in quality of mainstream offerings, or pay higher prices for the good stuff. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad > On 12-Sep-2014, at 10:52 pm, John Beeching <johnbeeching at gmail.com> > wrote: > > While I think it is fine to celebrate cultural diversity, I have always > considered nationalism to be at best reactionary and at worst dangerous. > With Scotland, of course my major concern what independence will do to the > price of malt whisky! > > John > >> On 12 September 2014 11:52, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: >> >> I thought it was a larger factor in Thatcher's day? >> >> john >> ________________________________________ >> >> Natan, >> Do you have any idea how UK finances will stack up without North Sea oil? >> That is what saved Blair, Brown and Cameron fiscally. >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >> >>> It certainly is getting a lot of coverage in the otherwise very >>> ethnocentric Spanish radio and TV. The obvious comparisons are being >> drawn, >>> and some commentators compare the UK (where the people decide and the >>> campaign has been peaceful) favourably with Spain (where the central >>> government denies Catalonia the right to vote). >>> >>> Having said, this I see a lot of silly nationalism both on the Scottish >>> and Catalan side. >>> >>> Incidentally, if Scotland becomes independent, it may well be Spain, not >>> the UK, that blocks its EU accession, just as Spain is one of only 5 EU >>> countries (and the only important one) that has not recognised Kosovo. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>> >>> YNWA >> >>>> On 12 Sep 2014, at 05:27, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> You must be waiting for the Scotland vote with bated breath! >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>>> >>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:00 AM, Lluis Ripoll < >>>> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Here are some shots from the Demonstration of the Catalan People for >> the >>>>> right to vote >>>>> >>>>> Pictures processed in Capture One 7Pro with only a general automatic >>>>> adjustment, all the pictures are with Leica M9, Tri Elmar 28-50-35, >>> Elmarit >>>>> 21mm, Summicron 90 AA >>>>> >>>>> < >> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/catalonia-for-the-right-to-vote-national-day-of-catalonia-2014/ >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome >>>>> >>>>> Saludos cordiales >>>>> Lluis >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > John Beeching > http://johnbeeching.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information