Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, in case you missed the back story; Dr Ted recently had some slightly mischievous things to say regarding Ansel Adams. This post was an attempt to tease him back in a similar vein. In fact I think that Dr Ted's favourite tipple is Lagavulin but I couldn't quite bring myself to disrespect it (and my Canadian friend) ;-) I confess to preferring the Glenmorangie end of the spectrum personally but have been known to tolerate the peatier concoctions! Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman NO ARCHIVE On 7 January 2011 20:55, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > I remember my first Laphroaig, at a wonderful place called the Edinburgh > Castle in San Francisco, a bar that was I think sort of a rallying point > for > the NoCal Scottish expat community...or so my slightly juvenile soul, newly > imported from an upbringing in Ohio, wanted to think. Fish and chips > wrapped > in pages from the Examiner, and a parrot in a cage by a portrait of Winston > Churchill. Brian must know the place. I think it's defunct now. > > My Scotch experience was also at a juvenile stage at that point, and when I > sniffed the aroma of the shot of L. that a friend was urging on me with a > knowing grin, I was put in mind of summers as a kid when my playmates and I > would walk down the railroad tracks, and the fragrance of the creosote > preservative from the railroad ties baking in the hot sun would come up to > sting my nose. > > I mentally chuckled at such an improbable metaphor...until I quaffed the > brew, and stopped chuckling. It really WAS creosote. Undoubtedly the most > memorable first sip of anything, unless that title goes to my first taste > of > beer at age 10 or so (as with Laphroaig, it was a wonder to me that anyone > would electively spend money and actually enjoy drinking the stuff). Later > I > came to rather different realizations about beer. Don't think that will > happen with the L.? "strained peat bog water with paint stripper" indeed! > > Oh yeah?as of the present time, also my LAST Laphroaig. > > ?howard > > > On Jan 6, 2011, at 1:32 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > > Certainly not that Laphroaig stuff! It's time to have a dig at the > > Laphraoig cult. > > I've been an active professional consumer for more than 50 years. I've > held > > glasses of Laphraoig in my hand . It may be technically excellent but it > > doesn't move me... Well sometimes the room may move a little if I hold > > several glasses of it. > > > > Strained peat bog water with paint stripper in it is no accompaniment for > > sushi! AND it is a monotone dirty brown colour plus smells like burnt > socks. > > Real sushi eaters prefer Belgian beer even if it is made by monks (who > are > > possibly not sterile). > > Bite! Ice! feel Content! is no motto to drink by. > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >