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Ed Case
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PostPosted: 21:16 - 25 Dec 2012    Post subject: Latvian Whisky. Reply with quote
For some years now a good friend of mine presents me with a bottle of "LB" Latvia Whisky at Crimbo.....what's that all about ?.....whisky from Latvia ?. Question
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PostPosted: 22:05 - 25 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why don't you ask him?

If it's drinkable, drink it otherwise use it to light fires.
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PostPosted: 22:12 - 25 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, it's whisky from Latvia. No law against it. The Japanese are getting increasingly good at whisky by all accounts.

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Latvia’s only whisky-producing distillery is Riga’s Latvijas Balzams. The two Latvian ‘viskijs’ produced there are “LB” and “Aleksandrs”. Both are said to be distilled from Latvian rye in 1993. “LB” is light, grainy, spirity, with an odd almost creamy kind of sweetness. “Aleksandrs” has a quite unusual, but not unpleasant, nose, reminding me of a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. It’s an extremely light whisky, but clearly comes from the same stable as “LB”. Again, repeated attempts to contact the company for more information on their whiskies and distilling methods were all met with silence.
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PostPosted: 10:56 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is where the haggis shaggers have conned the world by making people think only Scotchland makes whiskey.
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PostPosted: 11:10 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Skudd wrote:
This is where the haggis shaggers have conned the world by making people think only Scotchland makes whisky.


Wink

From what I've heard, the Japanese have been buying up Scottish distilleries, distilling the wort and then maturing it in casks in Japan so that it is then a Japanese whisky.
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PostPosted: 11:12 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Skudd wrote:
This is where the haggis shaggers have conned the world by making people think only Scotchland makes whiskey.


others try to copy our Whisky but can't quite match it
the water quality and source plays a major factor in the final product
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PostPosted: 11:43 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
oldpink wrote:

others try to copy our Whisky but can't quite match it
the water quality and source plays a major factor in the final product


Yes it needs to be filtered through sheep and cow shit first then left for the rotten vegitation to get at it, then and only then is it ready to be pulled out of the local salmon shit filled loch/ puddle/ stream. Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:51 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
james1988 wrote:
Skudd wrote:
This is where the haggis shaggers have conned the world by making people think only Scotchland makes whisky.


Wink


With or without an e depends on where it is from. US and Ireland tend to use an E, most other countries don't. Possibly originally the US used an E and the Irish distillers went with that spelling to differentiate their products from what were very poor whiskies produced in Scotland at the time.

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PostPosted: 11:54 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kickstart wrote:


With or without an e depends on where it is from. US and Ireland tend to use an E, most other countries don't. Possibly originally the US used an E and the Irish distillers went with that spelling to differentiate their products from what were very poor whiskies produced in Scotland at the time.

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Putting an CH in Scotchland is just to piss the Scotch off and the E is there to mess with their heads too.
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PostPosted: 11:57 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Skudd wrote:

Putting an CH in Scotchland is just to piss the Scotch off and the E is there to mess with their heads too.


Well if they can't even be bothered to put all the letters in Whiskey it makes you wonder what else they don't bother with when making the stuff Wink .

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PostPosted: 12:04 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kickstart wrote:
Skudd wrote:

Putting an CH in Scotchland is just to piss the Scotch off and the E is there to mess with their heads too.


Well if they can't even be bothered to put all the letters in Whiskey it makes you wonder what else they don't bother with when making the stuff Wink .

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I bet they keep the VAT when selling the stuff too.
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PostPosted: 12:08 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vat 69?

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PostPosted: 12:09 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kickstart wrote:
Vat 69?

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Now I know who writes the Xmas Cracker jokes.
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PostPosted: 12:16 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Now I know who writes the Xmas Cracker jokes.


No, I just test them. And which don't result in a severe beating pass the test.

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PostPosted: 15:35 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Even the Taffs got in on the game - Penderyn - not a bad drop.
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PostPosted: 19:19 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cunnington wrote:
Even the Taffs got in on the game - Penderyn - not a bad drop.


Penderyn is one of my favourites. The peated malt is get very good. It's matured in Laphroaig casks.

The distillery is well worth a visit too. They're very generous with their measures.
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PostPosted: 22:57 - 26 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fuck it, I'll just drink the stuff and think of England. Must admit that it has the appearance of a gigantic 'sample'.
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