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General Category => General Scottish => Topic started by: Graham Thompson on April 11, 2008, 02:23:00 PM
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Hello everyone, I was wondering if some had connections with someone in scotland who can ship me a bottle of Scotch. Ill pay for shipping and everything. Im looking at McTavish ;)
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Im hoping everyone know that im not just looking at McTavish for info on this anyone can participate.
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Graham, it might be easier to go to the distillery's website and buy directly.
I was looking at Glenfiddich.com. When you buy one of theirs, it comes packaged in a nice box with 2 tasting glasses. I buy a lot of stuff directly from Scotland or Ireland. Not too bad delivery time.
Just an idea.
Slàinte
Paula
http://uk.glenfiddich.com/
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Ok ill take a look thanks
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What year do you recomend
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Graham, I am told that there is NOT a bad year of Glenfiddich.
Just depends on what your preference is.
anywhere from age 15 up is good.
Enjoy.
Paula
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Sorry - can't help. I drink wine.
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I was looking at the site, I cant seem to find out how to order a bottle
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Hi Graham
Do you live in Canada? if so just hope down to your local Liquor store they sell a wide variety of Scotch. The best are single malt's 12 yrs old and up. The older the more expensive. bLended Scotches are good also. I like Glenfiddich which is a single malt. There are also Scotch Societies in canada and around the world. Good luck in finding your favorite Scotch and enjoy. below is one of the societies in Canada.
http://www.thequaich.com/industrylinks.php
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I do live in Canada but I wanted a bottle straight from the land where its made. Maybe someone will send me one for a wedding present??? ;D
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Gee Graham..........sorry, but I went to the Glenfiddich home site and went through the online store - when you get to a certain point, you get this:
Due to current export regulations, we are unable to deliver any whisky to certain addresses outwith the UK. Please remove any whisky you may have in your Basket and continue shopping.
Sooooooooooooo......no Glenfiddich from UK. :'( Oh well...... guess you'll have to get it from the import store in Canada! and I was so hoping...... ::) (yeah, right! at the cost of the stuff PLUS shipping from the UK??? But I did check it out!)
Mary
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WILL YOU GUYS PLEASE DROP THIS FASCINATION WITH GLENFIDDICH; ITS OK BUT A LITTLE HARSH ON THE THROAT, IT IS WHAT WE SCOTS HAVE IN THE CUPBOARD FOR GENERAL VISITORS- NOT FOR FRIENDS AND OURSELVES!
YOU WANT WHISKY- THE BEST(BELIEVE ME I KNOW, IM A CAREER SOLDIER!)=GLENMORANGIE, PRONOUNCED 'KLEN- MORE-UNJIE'. THEN THERE'S TOMATIN PRONOUNCED 'TAWM-UH-JIN'
. YOU NEVER KNOW GRAHAM, INVITE ME TO THE WEDDING AND I MAY JUST TURN UP WITH A BOTTLE-AND HELP YOU DRINK IT! I HAVENT BEEN TO CANADA FOR A WHILE(I WAS AT EDMONTON FOR A WHILE........
BY THE BY; WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE THE QUEEN MOTHER ALWAYS SENT A CRATE OF WHISKY DOWN TO OUR MESS AT HOGMANAY,'FOR HER BLUE EYED BOYS.'
IF YOU LIKE IRISH WHISKEY TRY JAMIESSONS(KNOWN AS 'JIMMYS' OR BUSHMILL.
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G'day Stevie et al,
Which Glenmorangie do you recommend.
We have it stocked at our local bottle-o and it ranges from about $50 up to $200.
Tell me the cheap one is worth trying???
Ern Downunder
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well ern; all glenmorangie is good ....i actually prefer the cheaper one.the more expensive ones are for the show offs and whiskey buffs...enjoy mate,its 'the squaddies tipple' in scotland. hope you 2 are fine stevie
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Well I will definitly have to look into that. Thanks everyone
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Thanks mate. I'm on my way to the pub and I'll let you know what my taste buds reaction is.
Ern
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Stevie, thank you so musch.
Glenmorangie could only be made in the "Valley of Tranquility".
The rest of you Clansmen should try it and at the next meeting a vote should be taken to class GLENMORANGIE as the official repast of the Clan Thompson.
Believe me guys, if they had this stuff at Gatlinburg it certainly would have been worth getting stuck in the lift.
HERES LOOKING UP YA KILT.
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PLEASED YOU LIKE IT ERNIE, I KNEW YOU WOULD! YOU ANTIPIDEANS KNOW ABOUT GOOD BEER BUT IM PLEASED TO ADVISE YOUON WHISKY. I HAVE TASTED MOST WHISKYS AS A SQUADDIE AND HAVE PERFECTED THE ART .......GLENMORANGIE IS OUR NECTAR! GOOD HEALTH!
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This is one for the experts.
The attached photo shows a label from a bottle of Scotch Whisky the likes of which I have not seen before.
At $25 a bottle it's taste is relevant to it's cost and was acquired from a lonely bush pub in outback Quensland.
The most interesting thing is the badge at the top of the label and maybe Stevie can answer this.
Was there ever a McTavish known as the Black Scot?
If there wasn't then there is now!!
(http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/5743/36098409ic4.th.jpg) (http://img384.imageshack.us/my.php?image=36098409ic4.jpg)
Hope y'all enjoy.
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Sorry! If you click on the photo it will enlarge and you will see what I mean about the badge at the top.
Regards
Ern
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That's interesting Ern, I can see the name MacTavish but can't make out the rest of it.
Barb
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For those who can't enlarge the photo, the badge at the top of the label states
"The House of McTavish".
Ern
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Hi all -
Found this info online: Media release: Minister for Primary Industries, Minister for Energy, Minister for Mineral Resources, Minister for State Development
Media release: Wednesday 4 July 2007 New South Wales http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/mr-04-07-07-liquor-wholesaler-fined-bogus-booze.asp
Liquor wholesaler fined for bogus booze scam
A liquor wholesaler has been ordered to pay $110,000 in the Supreme Court for selling fake Scotch whisky with a lower alcohol content than real Scotch, Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said today.
Fernbrew Pty Ltd supplies liquor products to a number of retailers across NSW, including to D’Aquino Bros Pty Ltd retail outlet in Orange.
Mr Macdonald said the NSW Food Authority seized 294 bottles of bogus whisky labelled as “Old McTavish Scotch Whisky” from the Orange store.
“The State Government will not tolerate these or any other type of rip-offs where consumers are cheated out of their hard-earned money,” Mr Macdonald said.
“It is also unfair to other businesses. “Firstly, Scotch whisky must have a minimum of 40 % alcohol by volume – this particular whisky being sold by Fernbrew only had 38.6 %.
“Secondly, under labelling laws, whisky sold as “Scotch whisky” must be produced in Scotland, whereas this whisky by Fernbrew was produced by an unknown manufacturer.”
Fernbrew, trading as D’Aquino Bond Wholesalers, was ordered to pay a $30,000 fine and $80,000 in costs, after the proprietors pleaded guilty to selling bogus Scotch liquor.
Mr Macdonald said the Food Authority first began its investigations in May 2004, following complaints from the Liquor Merchants’ Association and the Scotch Whisky Association.
“Any retailer who thinks they can get away with selling bogus booze like this is on notice that the Iemma Government will do everything in its power to protect consumers in NSW,” he said.
“Scotch whisky often sells for a premium and consumers have a right to know that they’re getting what they are paying for.”
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Thats funny.
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After reading all the expert remarks posted about which is the best whiskey. Of course you also confirmed my thoughts that anything made by the House of MacTavish had to be the absolute bottom of the scale. I stopped by the local cork and bottle to check out this "Glenmorangie" but they didn't have any and furthermore never had carried it. The closest thing I could find to any of your recommended labels was a single bottle of "Jamiessons" I am sorry to report that I didn't even try it. Wasn't sure I could finish a bottle; after all I still have a half full bottle of "Old Overholt" that I bought back in 1965 when I finished Flight school. Maybe someday when we all get together You will bring your bottle of Glenmorangie and I will bring my old bottle of Ole Overholt and we will share a shot together. I am afraid I will look more toward to the getting together than to the hosting a shot.
Just as a passing thought. At Old Cheeef's memorial service I was given a bottle of "fine" Dutch Whiskey by a member of the darkside. After the AGM I thought it would be fitting if we used it for a toast in memory of his passing. If my memory is right no one got more than their lips wet before they began to cough and sputter, it was so bad it became a standing joke. Perhaps the same distilery made both Black Scot and the dutch whiskey??
Tom
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Well Tom,
When you come to Knoxville, stop by at the Cedar Bluff exit, at McScrooge's. They have Glenmorangie, and a lot of the finer (and not so finer) scotches. Jim does like the Glenmorangie, but he has also enjoyed various other single malts I have picked out for him. Give us call when you get that close. It's right down the street from us.
Paula
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I'm not sure if anyone is following this thread anymore, but this is a subject that I don't mind bringing back to life. I am fairly new when it comes to Scottish Whisky however I have had the pleasure of enjoying a few different types. The age old quest for finding the "best Scotch" has probably been pursued by many, and I think what's best is only to be determined by the individual. Of the few types I have tried one of my personal favorites is Oban. If your familiar with a flavor chart, Oban is nicely situated almost center, it has a nice balance and very easy to enjoy. On the extreme side I have tried Lagavulin which is a very nice Scotch as well, however it is very peaty, so if you dont like a smokey Scotch, you may not enjoy it. For a cheaper Scotch that easily found, I don't mind Glenlevit, it also has a nice balance and goes down quite easy. I prefer a single malt Scotch to blended, however if you like blended there's nothing wrong with that either.
My next adventure on my quest for the perfect Scotch will be one of these two, Belvinie DoubleWood 17, it is aged in an oak cask and finished in a sherry cask. The second one, Bunnahabhain,was recommended by a fellow Scotsman who I trust to be a good judge of a nice dram of whisky.
I hope to hear from some of you and hear some of your experiances with all the different types of Scotch Whisky.
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Hi Marlin, I don't have much experience with Scotch, whiskey gives me a headache....bummer, but maybe some one else in the Clan can compare fine drinks with you. :D
Barbara
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"Best Scotch" is an entirely relative thing:
(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q271/pdtj/GlenMorrainge.jpg)
For instance- on this particular day at the Rocky Mountain Scottish Festival in Highlands Ranch, CO, I was partial to Glen Morangie
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Parker
That's not fair. Your picture seems to say that you were able to attract those beautiful lasses thru your charm and good looks.
I am sure that if we knew the whole story the truth might be a bit different.
Tom
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Parker, When you say relative does that mean those lovely ladies are our relatives? You beaut.
Ern