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Near Patras in Greece is a wine bottling factory.
http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone...rs/Ahaia.shtml
Inside there is a 1870 German built still, out of this still pours a
liquid that is better than any single malt. This liquid is diluted and
stuff is added to make it into a bog standard Greek drink.

I think (as a lover of good malts) that an 'IMO' is called for somewhere
in the above.

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What a waste I have friends in Bosnia. There is a village still and all
the farmers take turns to make their plum brandy (slivovice)

Hmmmm. I have a fiend in Croatia - I'll have to see if the stuff's
easily obtainable....

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from "Ophelia" contains these words:

What a waste I have friends in Bosnia. There is a village still and
all
the farmers take turns to make their plum brandy (slivovice)

Hmmmm. I have a fiend in Croatia - I'll have to see if the stuff's
easily obtainable....

Yes friends near Zagreb had their own still too

O

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:05:41 +0100, Rusty Hinge
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from martin contains these words:

Near Patras in Greece is a wine bottling factory.
http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone...rs/Ahaia.shtml
Inside there is a 1870 German built still, out of this still pours a
liquid that is better than any single malt. This liquid is diluted and
stuff is added to make it into a bog standard Greek drink.

I think (as a lover of good malts) that an 'IMO' is called for somewhere
in the above.

and in your sentence too :-)

I am sure that whisky stills also produce a liquid, that is better
than the final diluted oak flavoured product..
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"Ophelia" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 11:12:17 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message

No. I have never managed to reach that level. I would compare
it
more
to
a
sherry or a vermouth in alcoholic content. (But not in taste!)

Sorry I ought to have specified... I meant taste
O

My understanding of vodka is that it is essentially diluted ethyl
alcohol,
and has no taste other than that of alcohol. My "fortified wines"
did
retain a fair amount of the flavour of the original wine.

That does sound nice thanks

Near Patras in Greece is a wine bottling factory.
http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone...rs/Ahaia.shtml
Inside there is a 1870 German built still, out of this still pours a
liquid that is better than any single malt. This liquid is diluted and
stuff is added

What a waste I have friends in Bosnia. There is a village still and
all
the farmers take turns to make their plum brandy (slivovice)

Canton Vaud in Switzerland (and maybe other cantons too) have a small
itinerant still on wheels which they cart around to any folk who wanted to
distill their home made wine. A friend of mine lived there for a few years
in a rented house with an orchard. He had a practically infinite supply of
various fruit brandies.

[Franz Heymann]

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On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 11:12:17 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message

No. I have never managed to reach that level. I would compare it
more
to
a
sherry or a vermouth in alcoholic content. (But not in taste!)

Sorry I ought to have specified... I meant taste
O

My understanding of vodka is that it is essentially diluted ethyl
alcohol,
and has no taste other than that of alcohol. My "fortified wines" did
retain a fair amount of the flavour of the original wine.

That does sound nice thanks

Near Patras in Greece is a wine bottling factory.
http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone...rs/Ahaia.shtml
Inside there is a 1870 German built still, out of this still pours a
liquid that is better than any single malt.

Martin, you should choose your words with greater care. {:-))
Without belittling that liquor, it is safe to say that what you claim is a
physical impossibility.

[snip]

[Franz Heymann]

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Unfortunately, here in the UK it is illegal to concentrate alcohol by
any means without a licence, so don't try this at home folks - if
anyone's watching.

You surprise me. I have always assumed that it was only concentration
by
distillation which was prohibited, since at the time the law came into
being
nobody knew of any other means of concentrating alcohol.

They've been making applejack since time immemorial in climates like
Canada, Russia, etc., and the principle is used in antifreeze, for a
start.

It would seem to be the most unenforcable law ever dreamt up.

Parliament isn't too bothered if it's enforceable. It kept HM Costumes
and Exercise happy.

If you're really into it in a big way, thoroughly clean a spin dryer.
Put into it a pillowslip or clean woven sack with the mouth ready to
accept your ice.

You have, of course, put several gallons of cider or wine in the
freezer. If it has a decent strength it will freeze down into slush
which you can ladle or shovel into the pillowslip/sack.

Tie the top of the sack and start the spin dryer. Depending on how
cold
you can get your freezer to go, you should have a product at about 30%
abv.

Don't try it with beer, as the hops' bitterness comes off with the
alcohol. :-·

There speaks the man with the experience.

blush

Is that how some of the Islays get their soapy flavour?

Soapy? *SOAPY!?* All the Islay malts except Bunnahabhain have a peaty,
smoky flavour, with overtones of sea and Heaven.

I agree with the sentiment in the last sentence.
Laphroig and Lagavulin are my most favoured malts. It is precisely that
soapy flavour, plus the peat, which attracts me to them. That, and the
alcohol, of course.

Some of the reek
(smoke) from the peat used for drying the malt is allowed to flavour the
grains. I would guess that other local plants are added to give a
particular character. Laphroaig, for instance, has a distinct nuance of
TCP: I wouldn't mind betting that some bog myrtle is burnt with the
peat.

I have a feeling that what you call TCP-flavoured is what I call soapy.

The mash is made, rather like smoky ale, and the flavours come over with
the distillation.

[Franz Heymann] Friend of Laphroig Distillery
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This sort of reply is a pain.:-
"anne" wrote in message
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Franz Heymann wrote in message
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"anne" wrote in message
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"anne" wrote in message
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Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, but top-posters are.

[Franz Heymann]

[snip]

Sorry Franz my mistake,

You are forgiven. My memory is even ropier than yours.

Excellent, we'll be shaking hands next.


I have started to bottom post recently but forgot in
this particular instance. By the way, do you realise that you cross
posted
your reply to no less than seven newsgroups? Tut tut.

I promise you that I did nothing to cause that top posting. If you look
at
the birth of the thread, you will notice that it was the initiator, RR,
who
did it. Most of the subsequent correspondents like me, and, of course
you
as well (twice on 07/08, tut,tut) just continued without looking at the
crossposting list.
The trouble with *not* following on with crossposting after an initially
crossposted note is that you don't know which of the ng's the oribinator
actually reads. As sure as I am sitting here, he/she does *not* read
all
the ng's to which he/she has crossposted. However, I agree entirely
with
you that it is a lousy habit.

[Franz Heymann]



Yes, I'm guilty again I'm afraid re "(twice on 07/08, tut,tut)" and to be
honest I would have continued cross posting, but I didn't because I wanted
to point out that you had committed a terrible sin and I would have looked
silly if I had committed the same sin in my post that was pointing this
out.

I agree that not cross posting after a cross post could lead to people in
the other newsgroups missing out, but in this case I'm here and you're
here
and you made your complaint to me only. Therefore, I thought your cross
posting wasn't necessary and it was fun pointing this out. Hope this makes
sense :-)

Not yet, but it will do so after I have drunk a small whisky to your health.
Here goes.
{;-))


A Hell of a lot of repitition and then .................?????????

Why cant people Edit.?????????

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Hmmmm. I have a fiend in Croatia - I'll have to see if the stuff's
easily obtainable....

Yes friends near Zagreb had their own still too

Hmmm. Since he commutes between Zagreb and London, things are looking up!

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from "Ophelia" contains these words:

Hmmmm. I have a fiend in Croatia - I'll have to see if the stuff's
easily obtainable....

Yes friends near Zagreb had their own still too

Hmmm. Since he commutes between Zagreb and London, things are looking up!

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from martin contains these words:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:05:41 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:
The message
from martin contains these words:

Near Patras in Greece is a wine bottling factory.
http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone...rs/Ahaia.shtml
Inside there is a 1870 German built still, out of this still pours a
liquid that is better than any single malt. This liquid is diluted and
stuff is added to make it into a bog standard Greek drink.

I think (as a lover of good malts) that an 'IMO' is called for somewhere
in the above.

and in your sentence too :-)

I am sure that whisky stills also produce a liquid, that is better
than the final diluted oak flavoured product..

You don't have to buy the diluted product: many malts are sold
cask-strength. The maturation in oak removes higher alcohols (headache
molishers) and adds flavour. I have tried malt whisky straight from the
still, and it was 'interesting'.

I shouldn't think anyone would prefer it raw though.

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The message
from martin contains these words:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:05:41 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:
The message
from martin contains these words:

Near Patras in Greece is a wine bottling factory.
http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone...rs/Ahaia.shtml
Inside there is a 1870 German built still, out of this still pours a
liquid that is better than any single malt. This liquid is diluted and
stuff is added to make it into a bog standard Greek drink.

I think (as a lover of good malts) that an 'IMO' is called for somewhere
in the above.

and in your sentence too :-)

I am sure that whisky stills also produce a liquid, that is better
than the final diluted oak flavoured product..

You don't have to buy the diluted product: many malts are sold
cask-strength. The maturation in oak removes higher alcohols (headache
molishers) and adds flavour. I have tried malt whisky straight from the
still, and it was 'interesting'.

I shouldn't think anyone would prefer it raw though.

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from "Ophelia" contains these words:

Hmmmm. I have a fiend in Croatia - I'll have to see if the stuff's
easily obtainable....

Yes friends near Zagreb had their own still too

Hmmm. Since he commutes between Zagreb and London, things are looking up!

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from martin contains these words:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:05:41 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:
The message
from martin contains these words:

Near Patras in Greece is a wine bottling factory.
http://www.greekwinemakers.com/czone...rs/Ahaia.shtml
Inside there is a 1870 German built still, out of this still pours a
liquid that is better than any single malt. This liquid is diluted and
stuff is added to make it into a bog standard Greek drink.

I think (as a lover of good malts) that an 'IMO' is called for somewhere
in the above.

and in your sentence too :-)

I am sure that whisky stills also produce a liquid, that is better
than the final diluted oak flavoured product..

You don't have to buy the diluted product: many malts are sold
cask-strength. The maturation in oak removes higher alcohols (headache
molishers) and adds flavour. I have tried malt whisky straight from the
still, and it was 'interesting'.

I shouldn't think anyone would prefer it raw though.

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Let's all promise one another that the silly season will end as soon as the
heat wave is over, so that we can revert to talking about gardening.

[Franz Heymann]


I`ll have a pint of orange and lemonade and drink to that one. 8-)

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