[TheForge] OT: Goats and Uisge

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

Save that well  aged "peat- and burned-wood-flavored ethanol" along with 
the haggis
for me please.
I already had cancer, so i must be immune now...right?


On 10/27/2010 5:32 AM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
> Try http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=cardhu+whisky&spell=1&oi=spellfor
> your next religious experience.
>
> I chuckle at that phrase being applied to Scotch Whisky.  Crucifixion is a
> religious experience too, but I ain't gonna run right out to try it!  Stick
> with Irish Whiskey -- less likely to cause cancer.  These peat- and
>   concoctions are rather low on my list of where
> to spend my money.  By contrast, honest beer or wine (NOT aged in oak) are
> pleasurable.
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:16 AM, John McPherson<trollworks at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Since we have gotten off track, and on to something my wastrel mind has
>> fastened upon:
>>
>> Single malt is Uisge Beatha, or Water of Life, usually shortened to Uisge.
>> Spelled whisky, whiskey with an "e" is anything other than Scotch.***
>> Good single malt sipping is a religious experience. Currently working on a
>> bottle of Dalwhinnie 15, also have a bottle of Glenmorangie and Jura around.
>> Some of the double-casked varieties have been interesting. But I can't find
>> my old favorite Cardhu anymore. :^(
>>
>> Bad Scotch is also a religious experiece, like a hair shirt or maybe a
>> scourge. The standard Cluny of my namesake is suitable only for mixing with
>> Amaretto to make Godfathers. And anything that does not list an age is
>> probably only three years old, and  only good for cleaning paint brushes.
>> Loch Dhu is what you get by cleaning ashtrays and chimneys with it, and then
>> selling the residue instead of paying the HazMat disposal fee.
>>
>> Andy: get a cattle prod and a bottle of Loch Dhu. With the cattle prod you
>> can teach the buck who is boss, and if you drink the whole bottle of Loch
>> Dhu and live, you will RULE the post-nuclear world.
>>
>>
>>
>> ***They say that Haggis and Whisky go together, but there is some
>> disagreement over which was invented first.
>> Some say that you had to have whisky to be brave enough to eat haggis after
>> you knew what was in it.
>> Others say it was the only thing strong enough to get the taste out of your
>> mouth.
>>
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