Scotch? BLECH! It's like drinking the smoky tasting water used to put out a house fire.
Good riddance to it. Ray Larry C. Lyons wrote: > http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/23/WIGO6D97QU1.DTL > > On the rocks > Single-malt scotch shortage is double trouble for distillers, consumers > > Richard Carleton Hacker, Special to The Chronicle > > Thursday, June 23, 2005 > > Anyone perusing the shelves of the Bay Area's liquor emporiums or the > back bars of watering holes like the Ritz Bar at the Ritz-Carlton San > Francisco, with its more than 80 malt whiskies, might have a hard time > believing there is a shortage of single-malt scotch. > > But that is the problem facing many scotch distilleries, due to a lack > of foresight in laying down sufficient vintages in the past, coupled > with increasing demand for older single malts. So, while you may be > able to find the heavily peated Ardbeg 10-year-old, you can pretty > much forget about snagging a bottle of the more subtly smoked Ardbeg > 17-year-old scotch -- the distillery ran out of it a few years ago. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect Your PC from viruses, hackers, spam and more. Buy PC-cillin with Easy Installation & Support http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=61 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162268 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
