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Last bottle of world's oldest single malt whisky leaves Scotland
AFP ^ | 2-25-05

Posted on 02/25/2005 5:36:40 PM PST by Dan from Michigan

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1 posted on 02/25/2005 5:36:42 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
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To: Dan from Michigan

Any scotch over 30 years old taste poor, IMO.


2 posted on 02/25/2005 5:39:32 PM PST by pissant
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To: Dan from Michigan

Jeez really ? I thought that the Kennedy drunk had finished them all.


3 posted on 02/25/2005 5:39:44 PM PST by Fast1 (Destroy America buy Chinese goods.)
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To: Dan from Michigan

They Better Hope Ted Kennedy gets no where near that Prized bottle of Scotch!!!


4 posted on 02/25/2005 5:40:01 PM PST by AmericanMade1776 ( The Year of Freeping Dangerously)
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To: Dan from Michigan

Mmm, chocolate and treacle, my favorite.

I've given up scotch for Lent anyway, so this means nothing to me.


5 posted on 02/25/2005 5:40:40 PM PST by Argus (My tagline wishes it was as good as your tagline)
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To: Dan from Michigan

Little steep for my pocket.. but I'd sure like a dram of that...


6 posted on 02/25/2005 5:41:43 PM PST by tje
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To: Dan from Michigan
Previous bottles sold direct by the family-owned Glenfiddich Distillery fetched 10,000 pounds (14,500 euros, 19,000 dollars) each, but the price levied by the airport is expected to be higher still.

A $19,000 bottle of whiskey. I think I've found what it means to have too much money.

7 posted on 02/25/2005 5:42:20 PM PST by Huntress (Possession really is nine tenths of the law.)
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To: Dan from Michigan

Chocolate and treacle? Hmm...a shot of that stuff ought to taste right nice in a Pepsi with plenty of ice...


8 posted on 02/25/2005 5:44:10 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Dan from Michigan
Just 61 bottles, described as having "chocolate and treacle" flavours, were produced from the single cask and first released in 2001.

A tear rose to my jaded eye - until I read the chocolate and treacle part.:)

9 posted on 02/25/2005 5:44:31 PM PST by xJones
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... described as having "chocolate and treacle" flavours ....

Well, you can have your chocolate and treacle. I prefer scotch.

10 posted on 02/25/2005 5:47:20 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Dan from Michigan

The alcohol I make will get you there for %.0001 of the price. OMGI hope they have one hell of a good time.


11 posted on 02/25/2005 5:47:33 PM PST by pennyfarmer (Shiite Muslim named Bob.)
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To: pissant
Any scotch over 30 years old taste poor, IMO.

You wouldn't say that if you'd just spent $19,000 on that bottle, lol.

12 posted on 02/25/2005 5:47:36 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: pissant

A guy who works for a distillery over there told me that after 15 years it dos not do anything more for the stuff.

That I dont know about but what I do know is some of that stuff is vile tasting. Then some of the better stuff is as smooth as can be.


13 posted on 02/25/2005 5:48:24 PM PST by crz
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To: xJones

I suspect they meant molasses.


4 entries found for treacle.
trea·cle ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trkl)
n.
Cloying speech or sentiment.
Chiefly British. Molasses.
A medicinal compound formerly used as an antidote for poison.



14 posted on 02/25/2005 5:51:05 PM PST by Arkie2
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To: pissant

I have a bottle of Royal Salute, purchased in 1981.
I realize that aging in the bottle doesn't count, but....
21 + 24 means that the scotch is 45 years old.
Had to buy a bottle of 18 yr. old Chivas to keep me out of the Royal Salute.


15 posted on 02/25/2005 5:51:32 PM PST by G Larry (Aggressively promote conservative judges!)
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To: Dan from Michigan
Hong Kong's Chep Lap Kok Airport,

I wonder who the brain was that picked that name for the airport.

16 posted on 02/25/2005 5:51:56 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Someday I will fondly look back on the day Hillary's career ended. Starting tomorrow, I hope.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I guess I would lie to prevent myself from looking like a complete idiot.


17 posted on 02/25/2005 5:52:04 PM PST by pissant
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To: Michael.SF.

Named after a catfish?

Chek Lap Kok island is located north of Lantau Island off Ma Wan Chung and got its name from the fact that the red perch (³à÷v fish with whiskers) was once abundant in its vicinity.


18 posted on 02/25/2005 5:54:20 PM PST by Arkie2
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To: G Larry

Let me know when you crack the 45 yo bottle; I'll need to taste it for posterity's sake.


19 posted on 02/25/2005 5:54:21 PM PST by pissant
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To: Dan from Michigan
One mile from here in McNairy County, Tennessee, a whiskey is aged if its older than thirty minutes.
20 posted on 02/25/2005 5:55:01 PM PST by vetvetdoug (Just when one thinks life is strange, it gets stranger.)
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