Ardbeg is the necter of the gods

id rather drink urine. what you want is a nice fruity number - glenrothes.

1. I love Ardbeg.
2. I'm interested in Glenrothes but I've never tried one. How is their current distillery bottling? I think it is 1992 if memory serves me.

Am I the only one who thinks this stuff tastes like turpentine?

For a good Islay I'll take Caol Ila anytime, thanks.

HS

Pardon me for being a curmudgeon, folks, but this is a perfect example of how this group is jumping the shark.

You don't insult other people's tastes by saying a malt they like tastes like turpentine or you'd rather drink urine. Respect the other guy's taste, and he'll probably respect yours.

I've been here for six or seven years, and I think I'm about done. The noise/signal ratio is getting a little high.

bill

Bill Van wrote: > I've been here for six or seven years, and I think I'm about done. The

Yup, I agree. Civilized though is no longer possible.

Is there a moderated version of this newsgroup??

I agree, just a few months ago this was a pleasant and fun place to visit for a good talk about scotch.

Now, twits show up to every conversation making it much less pleasant. Twits who are bored and have nothing better to do than talk about subjects about which they obviously have no knowledge or real interest.

From: "Robert Anderson" Newsgroups: alt.drinks.scotch-whisky Sent: 13 July 2005 04:31 Subject: Ardbeg is the necter of the gods

Then you assume wrongly for two reasons, but I defend your right to make your incorrect assertion.

Firstly, not everyone prefers Islay malts to the exclusion of all else, and not all Islay devotees prefer Ardbeg.

As I've stated here before, it depends on my mood on a particular day, some days I will prefer Islay, some days a whisky from other regions. There are still over 100 malt-producing Scottish distilleries.

And secondly the word is "nectar" not necter as any half decent dictionary will show.

Roger

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I agree. I've been posting here now and again for about two years now, and lurking a bit longer. And I think I'm about done too.

One thing is the disrespect and arrogance some posters show. This group used to be exceptional because of the polite and respectful tone here.

Another thing that made this group exceptional was the quality of the postings. The posters that used to dominate this group showed a high level of knowledge, and their postings usually had a general information value. For one thing it was common to exchange tasting notes, not only exclaim something like "Glen Yawn 12 is the best whisky in the universe" without justification. (What value does it have for a reader to be informed that somone somewhere likes a particular whisky, period?)

Don't get me wrong, it's perfectly allright to be a newbe, and it's perfectly allright to ask simple questions - but the attitude and ignorance some display!

I still consider myself a beginner when it comes to SMSW. Actually I was a bit reluctant to post anything here in the beginning, feeling that I coldn't contribute with much. But just lurking was really interesting and I learned quite a lot from that. Nowadays ignorant, uninformative and often offending postings seem to dominate. The general level has become so low even the earlier ever reaccuring (and boring) glassware-discussions have gone!

It's sad to see such a fine NG slowly deteriorate. Is this what we want?

Gunnar

No.. Whilst I am not slow to criticise, I try to do so constructively, and usually have regard for the other person's viewpoint. I am sorely stretched sometimes by those who wish to desecrate good Scotch. I think that if the distillers go to the trouble of making good malt for us to drink, then we owe them a duty of respect to drink it in the way it was intended.

But I do think that we all can at least try to make our postings literate and instructive. There is too much "slagging off" going on. Also people need to understand the fact that we all have our opinions, many of which others may think wrong.

Let's be a little less pejorative in our postings. We are after all trying to enjoy the finest spirit put on this planet. If we didn't believe that, we probably wouldn't be posting in this newsgroup.

"climbs off soapbox and awaits responses"

Roger

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I've been posting here for a few, too, and have generally enjoyed the more-informed, more technically balanced reviews and articles that have come across. I've also seen some of the more-prolific posturing posers use their vaunted ignorance to drive the higher-quality participants away. I first practiced filtering particular posters in this 'group but OE doesn't handle morphing addresses easily.

It's too bad, too, because this is a valuable resource for those that understand SMS and those that are JUST entering into this hobby.

The 'Back to Lurking" Ranger

No, definately not!.

I've been lurking for....hm hm.....years, and can't even remember my last post. But giving up entirely?......no.

Usenet seems to fill up with arrogants who get a kick out of appearing more knowledgable and cleverer than others....ignore them.

As far as Howards posting goes, I do believe that his comment was made with a glimpse in the eye ;o)

/Stig

To go slightly off topic, it's nice to see here what are probably the idioms of people to whom English is a second or even third language. I assume in Stigs native language (one of the Scandinavian ones I assume) that he probably has a phrase which translates into English as "a glimpse in the eye". Sounds nice. FYI we say a "twinkle in the eye" :)

Roger

LOL...woops ;o)

/Stig

Please allow me to clarify: I meant no disrespect to Mr. Anderson. On the contrary, not only do I respect his opinion but I acknowledge that most whisky afficionados likely agree with it. I, on the other hand, was merely expressing my own. To me, Ardbeg is foul-tasting and Caol Ila is delicious. And to me, differences of opinion and of perspective are what make a newsgroup worth subscribing to.

HS

what you want is a nice fruity number - glenrothes.

the person assumed we were all in agreement. i am not. therefore i defend my right to give my opinion. i gave an example of what i like as not to make the post a negative one, it was just humour, i suppose that is a difference in demographics.

i have no idea about the recent stuff but if you like it fruity you should try 1984. if i could afford to drink it all the time i would (50 ukp), but then it would not be so special when i did. this was my first "quality" bottle of single malt and it tasted like the overtones of christmas cake. ooooohhh, now look what youve done, im going to have to get another one. :0) definately try it and if you dont like it send it this way.

I agree about not enjoying Ardbeg. I returned the first bottle I ever bought to Sainsburys because I honestly thought it had gone off. I don't know about turpentine, but I do recall using a mouthwash that had that same, medicinal taste.

But I'm not going to knock the fact that there are *plenty* of people who enjoy it, and that it is highly regarded.

I really prefer non-peaty malts like Dalwhinnie.

*And* I drink my whisky with Soda or sparkling water - I really believe the effervescence improves the taste - for me, at least - and I do take exception to those who regard me as a pleb for doing so! But equally I accept that most afficionados prefer it neat.

To each his own. If we didn't have such differing tastes, there'd probably be a far smaller selection of malts available.

Besides, if everyone tasted the same things in every product, there'd be no room for discussion, and life would be boring.

Odie

I developed over the past couple of years a liking for whiskies, although I live in Ireland, I do prefer Scottish Malts in general....

I've only been following this NG for the past few month and I've seen some really good comments and advise on new whiskies to try. Longmorn being one I've set my eyes on, and visiting Islay also.

But I must admit that some people do not like contradiction or simply a different opinion or taste. If you happen to like the wrong Malt, you'll hear about it.

What is the point of insulting someone because he likes Ardbeg more than Caol Ila or Islay more than Speyside.....

At the moment my taste is set on really peaty Islay Like Laphroaig 1/4 Cask, but I know and hope that as I carry on my discovery (endless I hope) of the world of the Single Malts my taste will evolve, change, that I'll be able to enjoy Malts that for now taste a bit blender ( I love the peat....). I would hate to have to be in a position where I have the certainty of having found the perfect Malt.... it would mean nothing else to explore.... a real sad prospect if you ask me.

And to concur with what I've read so many times here, whisky tasting is so dependent on your mood, what you've eaten that even a dram of your favorite whisky tastes real ugly some days..... that's the beauty of it, it's never quite the same experience and yet we sample again and again

BTW apologies for my english, not a native speaker.... ;)

Any suggestion to treat my peat addiction ?? Something in between, to help me cross to the other side ....

Agreed. I'm new, but I think posts like "If you like that, you'll likely like these others" are more helpful (and, more frequent here).

That's what I like about a nice Scotch - each sip is different, from beginning to end.

I've read your message twice now, and haven't seen a single error in usage, grammar, or spelling. Your english is excellent.

Dave Hinz