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Skriven 2012-10-09 15:50:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: Penn Scotch 359
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 10-04-12  06:47 <=-

 ML>> How about Lapsang Souchong? I have this fond notion that
 ML>> people who like Lapsang Souchong are going to be favorably
 ML>> inclined toward peaty smoky malts. 
 NB>> Not something I've had recently (it sounds familiar, but I don't
 NB>> remember for sure if I've had it knowingly)...
 ML> I used to think it tasted like Smithfield ham broth, only
 ML> not salty.
 NB>> I do enjoy Earl Grey once in a while.

 ML> The distinguishing flavors are bergamot (sort of citrus floral)
 ML> and lapsang. Various formulations of course differ in emphasis
 ML> - I like more bergamot and less smoke, but then I haven't had
 ML> any since I acquired the taste for Scotchy Scotch.
 
Looks like I should look up some lapsang souchong, and give it a taste
test soon... I do know, though, that I'm not at all fond of peaty
Scotches... 

 ML>> A little raw sometimes. On the other hand there's a Time article
 ML>> from a few years back that claimed that unaged white whiskeys
 ML>> tended to rate higher in blind tastings than aged dark ones.
 ML>> I've not done the obvious experiment but would be interested
 ML>> to do so.
 NB>> Would be interesting...  :)  Of course the actual picks could make a
 NB>> difference in the outcome, too.

 ML> Indeed, and I wish I remembered the particulars (I guess I could
 ML> go to time.com and check).

You could that.  :)
 
 NB>> Well, one difference is that the MD store was going to have the booze
 NB>> part as something actually in the same store premises, and the one I
 NB>> visited is next-door in the strip mall, no indoor access between them
 NB>> as far as I am aware

 ML> So the question regarding the Columbia store is why were the
 ML> Wegmans people so lacking in foresight as not to have such as
 ML> an alternate plan.

They might be thinking of trying something more like the (necessary in)
NY style, but waiting for the furor to die down before they present it
without so much prior fanfare...  it might have been somewhat of a
sacrificial lamb to draw the vitriol away from the store itself, which
was also being perceived as a threat to some...
 
 NB>> question is how badly I want either to try something new (like
 NB>> bourbon, rye, or Irish whiskey) or to put something else into stock
 NB>> (like the barenjager or liqueurs that I've enjoyed elsewhere but
 NB>> never stocked). And the purse is tight (or should I say, light),
 NB>> unfortunately... 

 ML> Rye is relatively cheap. Irish, I never quite saw the point.
 ML> Maker's Mark represents a pretty good value in the Bourbon
 ML> department.

As in, good taste for not too much cost..?  :)  I'll have to put
together enough to get the $50 to get the coupon used, that in itself
can be a challenge... up to $50 and then not go over (at least by much).
I'm sure the store would be happy to have me go way over, but the purse
wouldn't be...  ;)

ttyl            neb

... Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it.

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