Day of shame for Scotland!

[Skybird]

This year, it was no Scottish single malt that got elected "best single malt of the world", like in the years before (last time it was the 18 year old Talisker from the island of Skye). In blind tests, 18 experts voted a - Japanese single malt as the best of the year. "Yoichi", that is the name of the liquid, is accompanied by a Japanese blended malt being voted as best blend in the world, Suntory Hikibi, making Scotland's defeat complete.

The "championship" is organized by the British "Whisky Magazine", which is considered to be the bible for whisky lovers.

for insiders, this is not really surprising, since the climate on Hokkaido is very much in favour of whisky-production, and Japanese destilleries stick to old, traditional methods of prodcution that even in Scotland are becoming rare these days.

The conclusion of it all? Skybird will never remember wether to write "whisky" with or without an "e". :lol:

Rest in peace, Scotty. Glad to know you did not have to see this day... :-j I for myself, no matter Talisker or Yoichi, will stick with Dalwhinnie anyway.

[Jimbuna]

Next year sushi will probably beat haggis in the class 'most revolting dish' :o

[McBeck]

Next year sushi will probably beat haggis in the class 'most revolting dish' :oMmmmmm....sushiiiii:up:

[joegrundman]

Sushi is awesome! On this matter naysayers are simply wrong, but i'll be generous and suggest you just haven't tried the good stuff.

If you are in London, the best sushi may well be at Sushi-say in Willesden Green:up:

And I've been drinking quite a bit of Suntory whisky lately :D

[bradclark1]

I don't like scotch. I've been told you have to aquire a taste. Thats one of the stupidest things I've heard. Drink it till you like it??? I guess I could eat brussel sprouts till I like them too.:shifty:

[DeepIron]

I don't like scotch. I've been told you have to aquire a taste. Thats one of the stupidest things I've heard. Drink it till you like it??? I guess I could eat brussel sprouts till I like them too.:shifty:

Sushi = Good
Brussel Sprouts = Evil

[Tchocky]

Sushi is awesome! On this matter naysayers are simply wrong, but i'll be generous and suggest you just haven't tried the good stuff.

:yep::yep:

[Skybird]

I don't like scotch. I've been told you have to aquire a taste. Thats one of the stupidest things I've heard. Drink it till you like it??? I guess I could eat brussel sprouts till I like them too.:shifty:I can understand you. I - also do not like Scotch 29 out of 30 days. but on this 30th day - for whatever the reason is, I suddenly like the taste of it for a short while, one or two glasses, and then really appreciate the slow unfolding of the many aromes that i usually do not like at all. So, I have a drink once a month, or more rarely, but when i have it on these rare occasions, I really like it. On all other opportunities, on all the 29 out of 30 days, it makes me wanting to spit it out.

That hardly makes me the usual whiskey lover, I suppose. :D For more regular drinking, I prefer a mild red vine (shame on me: I prefer vine to be served COLD, all of them :lol: ), and in summer occasionally an ice-cold beer, but not as often anymore as in past years. Whisky just fascinates me since it is surprisingly rich and diverse in aromes beyond the surface of hot alcohol and bitter taste - if only you let your tongue meet it with an open, unprejudiced set of nerves - and this is the case for me only every couple of weeks.

The most delicious thing to drink is cold, clear sweetwater anyway. ;)

Sushi, on the other hand, is something that makes me run away, yelling.

[DeepIron]

I don't like scotch. I've been told you have to aquire a taste. Thats one of the stupidest things I've heard. Drink it till you like it??? I guess I could eat brussel sprouts till I like them too.:shifty:I can understand you. I - also do not like Scotch 29 out of 30 days. but on this 30th day - for whatever the reason is, I suddenly like the taste of it for a short while, one or two glasses, and then really appreciate the slow unfolding of the many aromes that i usually do not like at all. So, I have a drink once a month, or more rarely, but when i have it on these rare occasions, I really like it. On all other opportunities, on all the 29 out of 30 days, it makes me wanting to spit it out.

That hardly makes me the usual whiskey lover, I suppose. :D For more regular drinking, I prefer a mild red vine, and in summer occasionally an ice-cold beer, but not as often anymore as in past years. Whisky just fascinates me since it is surprisingly rich and diverse in aromes beyond the surface of hot alcohol and bitter taste - if only you let your tongue meet it with an open, unprejudiced set of nerves - and this is the case for me only every couple of weeks.

The most delicious thing to drink is cold, clear sweetwater anyway. ;)I think appreciating fine whiskey is akin to really enjoying a fine cigar. Years ago, my friends and I would go scuba diving for a weekend. On Sunday, before we left to go back to Anchorage, we would stop at a local restaurant for a fine meal. And we always ended up with a good cigar and a shot of single malt whiskey to celebrate life. :up:

While I don't smoke the cigars anymore, the occasional shot of whiskey is doing just fine.

[Sailor Steve]

I don't like scotch. I've been told you have to aquire a taste. Thats one of the stupidest things I've heard. Drink it till you like it??? I guess I could eat brussel sprouts till I like them too.:shifty:
In my case that applies to anything alcohol-based.:dead:

[antikristuseke]

This makes me want to pour myself a glass of Bushmills 12 y.o single malt, but since that bottle is unopened i guess some Bushmills 1608 will have to do.

But credit where credit is due, well done by the japanese, would love to try their whisky some day.

[XabbaRus]

It's not scotch though, it's Japanese whiskey so doesn't count....

[XabbaRus]

It's not scotch though, it's Japanese whiskey so doesn't count....

Oh as for Scottich distilleries not producing the stuff in the traditonal way is because the bloody Japanese spirits companies have bought up the whiskey distilleries in Scotland cut labour and introduced "modern methods"....pahhh

Also most of the whiskey is made for blending. Absolute attrocity.

[STEED]

It's not scotch though, it's Japanese whiskey so doesn't count....

Oh as for Scottich distilleries not producing the stuff in the traditonal way is because the bloody Japanese spirits companies have bought up the whiskey distilleries in Scotland cut labour and introduced "modern methods"....pahhh

Also most of the whiskey is made for blending. Absolute attrocity.

This could start the 3rd Jacobite rising. ;)

[Skybird]

But credit where credit is due, well done by the japanese, would love to try their whisky some day.
200 euros the bottle.

[antikristuseke]

I know what im getting myself for my 23rd birthday then. Cant for my 22nd because i'll be in the last two weeks or so of my cadet period before becoming a private :)

[AVGWarhawk]

Scotch is the only way to fly. Johnny Walker Blended Scotch Whiskey just makes my day.

[STEED]

XabbaRus if your planning the 3rd Jacobite rising good luck to you. :)

[antikristuseke]

Scotch is the only way to fly. Johnny Walker Blended Scotch Whiskey just makes my day.

Indeed, Black Label is my usualy whisky of choise, great taste for a great price. Though generaly i prefer Irish and Islay malts.

[lesrae]

Talisker or Yoichi, will stick with Dalwhinnie anyway.

Talisker for me please :up:

As for this story, after 30 years as a manager at J&B my dad will be livid.

[SUBMAN1]

Next year sushi will probably beat haggis in the class 'most revolting dish' :oMmmmmm....sushiiiii:up:I second that! Sashimi is even better!

-S

[SUBMAN1]

XabbaRus if your planning the 3rd Jacobite rising good luck to you. :)All loyalty to the King of France! Oh wait, there is no more king of france! :hmm: Uhhh.... How about all loyalty to subman1 of America??!!! Yeah, thats the ticket! :smug:

-S

[Jimbuna]

XabbaRus if your planning the 3rd Jacobite rising good luck to you. :)All loyalty to the King of France! Oh wait, there is no more king of france! :hmm: Uhhh.... How about all loyalty to subman1 of America??!!! Yeah, thats the ticket! :smug:

-S
Man, did you live in a cave for 12 months ? I can tell you we not only have a king, we also have the whole "cour du roi" with the lot of buffoons :D

An elderly English gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane.

At the French immigration desk, the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.

"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the Immigration officer asked, sarcastically.

The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.

"Then you should know well enough to have your passport ready."

The English gentleman says, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

"Impossible. All Englishmen have to show their passports on arrival in France !"

The elderly gentleman gave the French Immigration Officer a long hard look.

Then he quietly explained.

"Well, the last time I was here, I came ashore on Juno Beach on D- Day in June 1944, and I couldn't find any fecking Frenchmen to show it to"

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[Jimbuna]

F-ing great one Jim :up:

Yeah, tis good we can all have a laugh on here once in a while http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img412/4774/thumbsuplargeon1.gif

[bookworm_020]

No use to me as I don't drink!:doh:

[Graf Paper]

As for the Japanese whipping Scotland, you have to remember that "Scotch" can only be made in Scotland. It's the same as all the difference between Champagne and "sparkling wine". Champagne can only bear that name if it comes from the grapes and wineries of the Champagne region of France. So that contest was bogus! :stare:

Besides, over half the judges were probably limeys anyways. :p

[Skybird]

As for the Japanese whipping Scotland, you have to remember that "Scotch" can only be made in Scotland. It's the same as all the difference between Champagne and "sparkling wine". Champagne can only bear that name if it comes from the grapes and wineries of the Champagne region of France. So that contest was bogus! :stare:

No, the yearly contest is about "single malts", and other destillations and mixtures, note they also voted a best Blend. And that both are not exclusive Scottish labels, but simple describe the number of destillation cycles. Most Irish whiskys are destilled three times, and thus most of them are said to be much milder than Scotch. I tried only a few Irish ones, but they were much milder than any Scotch I ever had indeed. Jameson 1780 I liked best, its the only one that kept on my memory.

The German article where I read about it said the Japanese man producing Yoichi came to Europe and studied here, and raised a fascination for Scotch. He went to Scotland and learned and absorbed everything he could learn about Scotch. He married a Scottish girl, I think she too was from a family associated with whisky-production. He packed together all the info he could get and his wife, went back to Japan, and started to destill himself. In other words: the Scots were beaten by their own knowledge, so to speak. :lol:

Never allow Japanese to have a look inside. First they copy it - than they improve it! :lol: It was like this with cars. With cameras. With consumer electronics...

[Sonarman]

They may take our whisky, but they'll never take our Irn-Bru!

[Tchocky]

Never allow Japanese to have a look inside. First they copy it - than they improve it! :lol: It was like this with cars. With cameras. With consumer electronics...

There's a wonderful (and SUBSIM-relevant) moment in a much-maligned film, Spielberg's 1941.
A Japanese submarine officer is manhandling a large radio down the conning tower hatch, without much success. He mutters to himself, "We've got to find a way to make these things smaller.."

[Rhodes]

Next year sushi will probably beat haggis in the class 'most revolting dish' :oMmmmmm....sushiiiii:up:I second that! Sashimi is even better!

-S

Indeed!!! http://gigasmilies.googlepages.com/38.gif http://gigasmilies.googlepages.com/38.gif http://gigasmilies.googlepages.com/38.gif

And don't like whisky. I prefer brandys and conhacs!:lol:

[STEED]

XabbaRus if your planning the 3rd Jacobite rising good luck to you. :)All loyalty to the King of France! Oh wait, there is no more king of france! :hmm: Uhhh.... How about all loyalty to subman1 of America??!!! Yeah, thats the ticket! :smug:

-S

Sounds good to me. :D :cool:

[STEED]

An elderly English gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane.

At the French immigration desk, the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.

"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the Immigration officer asked, sarcastically.

The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.

"Then you should know well enough to have your passport ready."

The English gentleman says, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

"Impossible. All Englishmen have to show their passports on arrival in France !"

The elderly gentleman gave the French Immigration Officer a long hard look.

Then he quietly explained.

"Well, the last time I was here, I came ashore on Juno Beach on D- Day in June 1944, and I couldn't find any fecking Frenchmen to show it to"

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Great one jim. :cool: :up:

[Jimbuna]

Last two :lol: .....we are in dire need of another joke thread :hmm:

Let me assure everyone, I am not anti French....these jokes can be tweaked to suit a variety of countries ;)

An Englishman is having breakfast one morning (coffee, croissants, bread, butter and jam) when a Frenchman, chewing gum, sits down next to him.

The Englishman ignores the Frenchman who, nevertheless, starts a conversation.

Frenchman: "You English folk eat the whole bread??"

Englishman (in a bad mood): "Of course."

Frenchman: (after blowing a huge bubble) "We don't. In France, we only eat what's inside. The crusts we collect in a container, recycle it, transform them into croissants and sell them to the English." The Frenchman has a smirk on his face. The Englishman listens in silence.

The Frenchman persists: "Do you eat jam with the bread??"

Englishman: "Yes."

Frenchman: (cracking his gum between his teeth and chuckling). "We don't. In France we eat fresh fruit for breakfast, then we put all the peels, seeds, and leftovers in containers, recycle them, transform them into jam and sell the jam to the British."

The Englishman then asks: "Do you have sex in France?"

Frenchman: "Why of course we do", he says with a big smirk.

Englishman: "And what do you do with the condoms once you've used them?"

Frenchman: "We throw them away, of course."

Englishman: "We don't. In England, we put them in a container, recycle them, melt them down into chewing gum and sell them to France."

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Americans meanwhile are carrying out pre-emptive strikes, on all of their allies, just in case.

[Rhodes]

XabbaRus if your planning the 3rd Jacobite rising good luck to you. :)All loyalty to the King of France! Oh wait, there is no more king of france! :hmm: Uhhh.... How about all loyalty to subman1 of America??!!! Yeah, thats the ticket! :smug:

-S

Sounds good to me. :D :cool:

All hail STEED! Hail http://gigasmilies.googlepages.com/77.gif http://gigasmilies.googlepages.com/77.gif http://gigasmilies.googlepages.com/77.gif