[lit-ideas] Re: Saturday Poem for Walter, who loves verse so
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Eric Dean <ecdean99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:18:50 -0330
I don't think Bruichladich has a 12 yr. old. There is a 10, 15, 17 and 20 yr.
old. I've savoured them all and imht, the 15 yr. old is the finest.
According to the Jackson Bible (the equivalent in the world of malt to the
Oxford Companion series in academia):
Colour: Bright yellow
Nose: Sea air. Perfumy. Slightly sharp.
Body: Firm, cracker-like, malt background.
Palate: Starts with a clean, grassy sweetness, then manifests an astonishingly
long, lively series of small explosions. Peppery.
Finish: Underlying iron. Savoury. Appetizing.
Who ever said that matters of taste were personal and did not admit of
universalization?
Walter O
The Skye is the Limit
Quoting Eric Dean <ecdean99@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Anyone else ever try 12-year (I believe it was, or maybe 14?) Bruichladdich?
> (I think I've spelled that right). The first time I ate at the Tabbard Inn
> here in DC they had just added it to their single-malt scotch menu had
> therefore highlighted it, so I tried it, if only because the name was so
> great -- and now it's my favorite...
>
> Regards to one and all
> Eric Dean
> Washington DC
>
> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:39:57 -0330
> > From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
> > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Saturday Poem for Walter, who loves verse so
> >
> > I thank David for his gift of poetry but I feel compelled to publicly
> state
> > that
> > I am happily married, and have been for 29 years. I do not engage in
> romantic
> > interludes with males, even if they do share my tastes in single malt.
> >
> > Also for the record: Laphroaig is a vile malt indeed. A very salient
> tasting
> > note is diesel oil. (Although it works wonders if poured liberally over a
> > recalcitrant rusty screw in your floorboards.)
> >
> > John McC's malt of choice, the 15 yr. Talisker I believe it is, is a more
> > civilized and refined libation, though still overly-peaty to my mind.
> Oban,
> > Glenmorangie and Cragganmore remain the most universalizable of all the
> malts I
> > have savoured. Phil's "Glenn's liver" refers, of course to a lovely,
> deeply
> > golden coloured, sherry-oak and peach tasting 18 yr. old Glenlivet.
> >
> > Useful websites:
> >
> > 1. www.malts.com
> >
> > 2. An Quaich: The Scotch Malt Whiskey Society of Canada: www.anquaich.ca
> >
> > Esteriness forever,
> >
> > Walter O
> >
> > P.S. Walter tries his hand at poetry, not yet wishing to face Eric Dean's
> long
> > and complex post on Kant's moral theory. OK, here goes (with apologies to
> the
> > poets in residence):
> >
> > Ode to Daphne Aberfeldy
> >
> > How can I forget her?
> > A medium bodied nose,
> > gentle and creamy.
> > Perhaps a slight cherry fruitiness
> > and a hint of a floral edge.
> >
> > I recall well the salience of her palate:
> > round, full-bodied, assertive and unintentionally sultry.
> > With a tangy cocoa peat character to her style and ambience.
> >
> > Alas, it's over now.
> > The finish was poignant.
> > Long, smooth and creamy,
> > and to this day
> > I cherish her touch,
> > yes though only a fleeting touch
> > of milk chocolate on the tail.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > it's a spry puppy of a whisky with a sly hint of old socks
> > >
> > > my best bottle of laphroaig is nigh gone
> > > my one bottle of laphroaig is done
> > > at the last drop
> > > a squeeze and a hop
> > > prove that all proof
> > > like our tonic the sun
> > > slips into an ocean of one
> > > and then what you do
> > > as that nip drips through
> > > is surrender yourself to P
> > > and a casual touch of brythonic
> > >
> > > David Ritchie,
> > > Portland, Oregon
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