This is good ... the distillery assumes (in their sales projection) that all of us will indeed still be alive ten years from now, to buy their product ... that is, IF indeed, we can survive the next 1057 days, LOL :=))
~~Suz~~ Scottish Distillery Revives 184-Proof Whisky By JENNIFER PRICE, AP http://tinyurl.com/zzvxt LONDON (Feb. 27) - A Scottish distillery said Monday it was reviving a centuries-old recipe for whisky so strong that one 17th-century writer feared more than two spoonfuls could be lethal. Risk-taking whisky connoisseurs will have to wait, however - the spirit will not be ready for at least 10 years. The Bruichladdich distillery on the Isle of Islay, off Scotland's west coast, is producing the quadruple-distilled 184-proof - or 92 percent alcohol - spirit "purely for fun," managing director Mark Reynier said. Whisky usually is distilled twice and has an alcohol content of between 40 and 63.5 per cent. Bruichladdich is using a recipe for a spirit known in the Gaelic language as usquebaugh-baul, "perilous water of life." In 1695, travel writer Martin Martin described it as powerful enough to affect "all members of the body." "Two spoonfuls of this last liquor is a sufficient dose; if any man should exceed this, it would presently stop his breath, and endanger his life," Martin wrote. Reynier put Martin's test to the claim and consumed three spoonfuls. "I can tell you, I had some and it indeed did take my breath away," Reynier said. Bruichladdich, a small privately owned distillery founded in 1881, plans to make about 5,000 bottles of the whisky, which Reynier estimated would sell for about 400 pounds (US$695, euro590) per case of 12 bottles. Although whisky lovers can place their orders now, the actual spirit will not be delivered for about 10 years. "You get a better drink if you wait because of the basic oxygenation through the oak barrels," Reynier said. In the meantime, customers will be able to watch the whisky's progress on the distillery's webcams. = = = = = = = = = = = = * Only 1,057 days remaining until Inaugural Day 1/20/09 * "It is also in the interests of a tyrant to keep his people poor, so that they may not be able to afford the cost of protecting themselves by arms and be so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for rebellion."- Aristotle * "If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." George W.Bush, 43rd US President -- CNN.com, December 18, 2000 * "Hi, how ya doing, Big Brother? Nice to see you!" * http://www.toptips.com/debtclock.html * "Life begins at conception and ends at birth. That's when the poor/disenfranchised/overworked/overloaded and under/un-supported women, without access to health care, have to start raising these unplanned children. These children are primarily conceived by forced sex or rape of the woman; now the woman pays the price." * IMPORTANT!! Click here: http://tinyurl.com/cfsrc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [RobsList] A progressive group that is part of http://robwire.com You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RobsList" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Robslist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
