Subj : Re: same as it ever was
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Jan 17 2018 19:38:41

Hi Maurice,

On 2018-01-17 17:54:14, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> There is nothing wrong with Irish whisky. You just shouldn't
 WvV>> compare it to Scotish single malts. It's apples and oranges. ;)

 MK> No, it's whisky and whisky.

Or whisky and whiskey and bourbon? ;)

 MK> Scotch is only called scotch because it is whisky made in Scotland.

"Scotch" is an American thing, we never call it that over here. ;)

 MK> In the case of the single malt scotches, I'd be inclined to compare
 MK> them to single male whisky

"male"? Is that a typo or intentional? ;)

 MK> and cited a possible contender that is made in Cape Breton, Nova
 MK> Scotia, which happens to be located on the east coast of Canada.  If
 MK> they made it in Scotland it would indeed be a single malt scotch but
 MK> instead is called a single malt whisky since it isn't made in Scotland
 MK> BUT is definetly worthy of comparison to Scotish single malts.

I don't know that one, but you are probably right. But when it comes to the 
typical Irish whiskeys (like Jamesons) I find them closer to Bourbon's than to 
the Scotish single malts, taste wise. Although does the typical Irish whiskey 
exist? I have for instance an unopened Connemara peated single malt here, that 
isn't so typical.

 WvV>> I once tasted a rye whiskey from Seagram (is that Canadian?).

 MK> It used to be.  I am not sure anymore.  Anyhow I don't believe they make,
 MK> or ever made, a single malt whisky.  As far as the 'e' in whiskey, I've
 MK> heard that the Irish added that in to spite the Scots.  ;-)

That won't surprise me at all, if true. ;)

Bye, Wilfred.

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