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Falklands' Scot Guards veterans donate a priceless crafted whiskey bottle
Two 1982 Falkland Islands conflict veteran Scots Guards and the brother of the last man to be killed in action just 30 minutes before the surrender of the Argentine invaders on June 14 visited the Islands last week and made valuable donations to the Museum and the Cubs and Scout groups. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesMercopress: Please note that Scotch comes from Scotland and it is spelt “SCOTCH WHISKY ” as opposed to “ IRISH WHISKEY ” which is spelt with an “ E ”. Glad I cleared that up.
Jan 13th, 2014 - 10:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0So is that the difference then? Thanks- I never knew that... you learn something new every day.
Jan 13th, 2014 - 11:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0Scotch is the whisky, it can also describe the people which is a matter of choice, read it in Ian Flemings Bond books.
Jan 13th, 2014 - 12:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@2 No, it's not the “only” difference. Irish whiskey is “smoother”. If you research, you will find that “Scotch” can apply to anything originating in Scotland. Including people. And there is no reason to distinguish between “whisky” and “whiskey”. Anybody think that an “e” makes a difference to the product? It's a marketing ploy. “Whisky”, “whiskey”, who cares? You buy the product, not the “description”.
Jan 13th, 2014 - 12:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The BASTARDS! They're intoxicating the South Atlantic! Next thing they'll do is start a Hash House Harriers chapter. The escalation and provocations to peace and teetotalism in the southern cone must be discussed in the security council and Cr24. By goerge, they may even take it to the ICJ this time!
Jan 13th, 2014 - 02:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'll have to resort to Mutual-Assured-P*ssing-Everyone Else-Off and open my Makers Mark, because nothing says freedom like drinking something that's illegal in the next county.
For starters...nowhere in the article does it say the contents of the bottle is Scotch..the Ardagh Group is a glass factory based in Luxembourg and started out as an Irish bottle company...the blend is unknown and could therefore be “whiskey”
Jan 13th, 2014 - 02:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 03
Only friggin idiots and English use Scotch to refer to people....Ian Fleming???..an Englishman....
You??...both....
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Another friggin idiot.....the only difference is an E...is it?
Scotch Whisky can only be Scotch Whisky if it's made in Scotland, that's the difference...
It's typical to hear stupid English thinking they are an authority on Scottish products....you have obviously not tasted single malts and blends...smoother indeed...
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Jan 13th, 2014 - 02:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You really are an odeous little toad aren't you!
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Jan 13th, 2014 - 03:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It could be worse...I could be a frog...
Toad or frog....but still observant...don't worry I'll keep you right...
...for instance...did you mean odious?...thicko...;-)))
Wait... isn't the main difference between Irish Whiskey and Scotch Whisky, other than the location of the distillery, the fact that Whiskey is triple distilled and Scotch is mostly only distilled twice? I went to a distillery in Pitlochry and I'm sure that's what they said.
Jan 13th, 2014 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#7 Whatever it is its croaking not any sort of voice, and it is reminiscent of something nasty. And it regards English people separate from idiots and not idiots - WTF?
Jan 13th, 2014 - 03:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 010 Loadsamoney...
Jan 13th, 2014 - 04:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0....there's nothing like a bit of wit..
...damn it, I can't resist.....and that was nothing like a bit of wit....;-))
English are separate alrighty...in a class of their own....
11 A_Voice
Jan 13th, 2014 - 04:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, yes, yes......ha, ha,ha.... tis a good job I am wearing my corset today otherwise I fear I would have split my sides with laughter at your last comment.
Truely you are someone with a rare wit and without a doubt, your place should be on a stage.......
....sweeping the f**ker.
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Jan 13th, 2014 - 04:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'll not give up my day job then?
@ 11 A_Voice
Jan 13th, 2014 - 04:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“....there's nothing like a bit of wit..
...damn it, I can't resist.....and that was nothing like a bit of wit....;-))
English are separate alrighty...in a class of their own....”
You are falling into the “Lunatic of Chew Butt” mode don’t you know?
“alrighty” which ‘dick’tionary did you find that in?
I don’t think even the Lunatic would fall so low as to question a fellow Brit about the correct spelling of the word that describes that that is hateful or extremely unpleasant, because after all, he is just an arsehole.
Glad to be of help. Even the best of us can descend to your level.
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Jan 13th, 2014 - 05:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Don't pick on my English...I like alrighty....it's from Clockwork Orange...
Some phrases stick in the mind and feel comfortable to use...and that's one, so it's staying....besides it rhymes with Blighty...
The English are comfortable in Blighty alrighty....well maybe not you....
Most of the Scotch speak a form of English. On the islands they speak a form of the Gaelic. Most Scotch can't understand it. I often watch BBC Alba they have some great music (except bagpipes). Glaswegian is particularly hard to understand. In 1960 I visited most of the bigger distileries and sampled many excellent whiskeys. The customs men were scary. I have booted quite a few Irish distilleries too. Some Irish malts are just as good as the Scotch.
Jan 13th, 2014 - 07:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Whiskey vs. Whisky: What's the Difference?
Jan 13th, 2014 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Whiskey/whisky nmemonics:
Here’s a quick way to remember how some of the world’s biggest producers spell their products:
• Countries that have E’s in their names (UnitEd StatEs and IrEland) tend to spell it whiskEy (plural whiskeys)
• Countries without E’s in their names (Canada, Scotland, and Japan) spell it whisky (plural whiskies)
Whew! Time for a drink.
http://www.thekitchn.com/whiskey-vs-whisky-whats-the-di-100476
cold lager for me ,lolol.
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Scotch whiskey is generally great, but the beer is awful. Glad they didn't take that - horsepiss!
Jan 13th, 2014 - 08:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#16
Jan 14th, 2014 - 11:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0I would point out that most English speak a form of the language !
Legal definition of Scotch Whisky--- note the spelling.
The SWR define “Scotch whisky” as whisky that is:[Produced at a distillery in Scotland from water and malted barley (to which only whole grains of other cereals may be added) all of which have been:
Processed at that distillery into a mash
Converted at that distillery to a fermentable substrate only by endogenous enzyme systems
Fermented at that distillery only by adding yeast
Distilled at an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 94.8% (190 US proof)
Wholly matured in an excise warehouse in Scotland in oak casks of a capacity not exceeding 700 litres (185 US gal; 154 imp gal) for at least three years...USA requires 4 years.
( Before maturity it is referred to as Plain British Spirits )
Retaining the colour, aroma, and taste of the raw materials used in, and the method of, its production and maturation
Containing no added substances, other than water and plain (E150A) caramel colouring
Comprising a minimum alcoholic strength by volume of 40% (80 US proof)
Malt whisky is produced from malted barley distilled in pot stills.
Grain whisky is produced from various grains in a Coffey type still.
In the old proof system absolute alcohol was 175 in the proof scale.
Before modern science and hydrometers, the method of “proving” spirit was to soak gunpowder with the liquid and “fire” it. If the ratio of water to Alc. was 60% or greater it would burn, below this it would not.
Somewhat hit and miss. Hence “proving the spirit” . In my day-pre -history - 70 proof would now be 40%.
“The customs men were scary” ? I could not even scare my kids !
Actually the Officers at distilleries or bonds -were Excisemen and held a commission. Mines was signed by Imms, Blake and Pepper- quite Dickensian. Our powers were much greater than the police.
Our nominal ranks were Captain, Lieutenant. and Flt. Lt. when in military camps or RN establishments
Irish whisky has all the flavour distilled out of it.
Jan 14th, 2014 - 11:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0#20
Jan 14th, 2014 - 12:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Like most food and drink, it is a matter of taste.
I was and am not a whisky drinker - a few of my colleagues who were did not live beyond their early 40's
Basically, the higher the alcoholic content from a still, the less “flavour” comes through. It's the “impurities” that carry the flavour.
Industrial alcohol and grain “whisky” start as the same process in a patent (Coffey) still. However, industrial, (ethyl alcohol) is further distilled to a greater strength and is practically tasteless. Gin goes through the same process called rectification and then has aromatics added to it as flavouring. Because of the impurities being remove in distillation, it requires no maturation process and can be drunk the next day.
Scotch whisky requires 3 years in oak for the harmful substances to be absorbed and further complex chemical reactions to take place.
I remember being told that whisky should not remain in a cask for more than 12 years as the maturation progress could be reversed and the undesirable esters absorbed in the wood could be released back into the whisky.. Once in a sealed bottle, then it will stay the same indefinitely.
More bullshit has been talked by spirit and wine producers trying to “mystify” their products.
Single malts are produced by pot stills. Because they are inefficient, they cannot produce high strength alcohol so the impurities brought over and the maturation process give the flavour. It is said that the Islay malts have a smell of the sea about them as they are warehoused about 20 yards from the sea. As alcohol is a solvent and oak is porous any air borne smalls could enter the casks over time.
As the distilled “whisky” is straw coloured, the colouring of the final malt whisky depends on the casks in which they were matured. Old sherry casks give a golden brown sheen and new casks impart little colour.
Many people equate dark colour with strength....not so.
The bottom line is Irish, Rye, Bourbon or Scotch, drink what you like.
@A_Voice
Jan 14th, 2014 - 04:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Another friggin idiot.....the only difference is an E...is it?”
“Toad or frog....but still observant...don't worry I'll keep you right...”
Reread it, he said it's Not the only difference.
Powers of observation failing lad?
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Jan 14th, 2014 - 05:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“any air borne smalls could enter the casks over time”. Spelling or Freudian slip ? Should be aromas although the airborne “smalls” could add a je ne sais quoi or piquancy to the nose of the spirits.
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