[Leica] Global Scotch shortage loomsyear year

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Hi Herb,
No question Lagavullin is my drink of first choice. HOWEVER????????
In the liquor stores of Victoria, Canada where I live. 
A bottle of ordinary size cost in Cdn. dollars????  $140.oo. 
If and when I have a bottle in my home? It's because very very good hearted
friends have presented one as a gift.
So maybe an "Irish Scotch?" may fit the taste buds at half that price?
cheers,
Dr. ted  OC 

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Herbert Kanner
Sent: April-25-16 9:43 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Global Scotch shortage loomsyear year

This is probably bad news.  I bought a fifth of sixteen 
year old Bushmills twenty 
years ago and it's still going strong. By contrast, my wife and I almost
finished a fifth of Lavguvilin in a couple of months. 

Herb



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Herbert Kanner
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> On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi Douglas,
> Well lad, now would you please name a few of your Irish good, very good
> celebratory "as I don't re-call ever imbibing any?" Dare I say,  "IRISH
> SCOTCHES?"  :-( However I'm quite open to give it..."them a try!" :-)
> Yeah I know this has nothing to do with "LEICA" but for the moment beats
the
> heck out of that subject!  :-) :-) 
> thank you.
> cheers,
> Dr.ted  OC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf
Of
> Douglas Barry
> Sent: April-25-16 7:45 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Global Scotch shortage looms
> 
> 
> "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> warned
> 
>> An on-topic off-topic post, of interest to many here:
>
http://www.eater.com/2016/3/7/11172452/scotch-single-malt-shortage-price-sur
> ge
> 
> Peter, be reassured, Ireland still produces the finest whiskey in the
world,
> 
> and has the oldest distillery in the world too.
> 
> Scotch is a mere parvenu that only gained an entree to US palates after 
> Ireland had dominated the US whiskey market in the States. Our little
local 
> difficulties from 1916 onwards, and the poor timing for the nascent
Republic
> 
> of US prohibition, an economic war with Britain, and resultant loss of 
> export sales leading to the closure of many Irish distilleries at the
time, 
> brought the US switch to scotch.
> 
> Don't worry, there's time for you to now try our whiskey!
> 
> Douglas
> 
> 
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