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Belated greetings from Graaf-Reinet, the Cornwall of the Eastern Cape. Except no sea, no cliffs, and no water. But they speak incomprehensible here too.
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Cheers once again....

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Happy Birthday, Taff!
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Have a great year, and hope your family is soon reunited!

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Happy birthday, you geezer. Oh look, it's Monday!

GAH!

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Cheers for an enjoyable celebration of another trip around the sun.  Send the barmaid over to see me; I'll stand you the first pint.

62 years old.
How much is that in metric?
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What everyone else said and more.

Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.


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Bicycle Bill wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:18 am
62 years old.
How much is that in metric?
If it's anything like MPH vs KPH, that's 100.
Happy birthday youngin'.
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Happy Birthday!

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MGMcAnick wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:15 am
Bicycle Bill wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:18 am
62 years old.
How much is that in metric?
If it's anything like MPH vs KPH, that's 100.
Happy birthday youngin'.
But if it's like Fahrenheit vs Celsius, then it's only about 16 and a half.
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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Many thanks all! A very quiet birthday was enjoyed, thanks in part to a rather gorgeous botte of 15 year old Tamdhu sent by my lovely daughter.
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15 year old? I envy you; I've had the 12 year old aged in sherry casks and have enjoyed, but imagine the 15 is better. Is it aged in sherry barrels as well?

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It is that. Lovely rich flavour. I've never been a fan of Speyside malts, but this may convert me.

This may be worth investing in, 28 year old Tamdhu.
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It looks interesting; I used to love the smoky/ peaty whiskeys (I drank Laphroaig and Talisker (because they were available in the US), and other similar spirits not usually available in the US when I traveled to the UK), but over the years I have moved more towards the less smoky/peaty ones which give a more balanced palate. As for the Spyesides, I've used Glenlivet as a good middle of the road scotch (at parties, etc.), but the sherry aging of Tamdhu produces a very interesting character. I'll try to start with the 15 year old one some time in the future.

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£203 for a 50 cL bottle! Typical scotch and other spirits are a 75 cL bottle. That price makes it c. $400 for a 75 cL bottle. Although I was born in Scotland I have never been a fan of blended scotch or the malts (much to my father's and brother's disgust) but I can get a 75 cL Glenmorangie single malt for $80. (I picked them because I've been around the distillery.)

Must be something special.

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$80for Genmorangie? Around here it's more like $60 for the basic (I think 7 year old) and it goes up from there. The $300 for the 28 year old Tamdhu is probably not that out of line, as there are few scotches that old; the Chivas Royal Salute is around $200 for a 21 year old blended scotch, and I would bet the Tamdhu is a lot more limited in its bottling.

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Big RR wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:29 pm
It looks interesting; I used to love the smoky/ peaty whiskeys (I drank Laphroaig and Talisker (because they were available in the US), and other similar spirits not usually available in the US when I traveled to the UK), but over the years I have moved more towards the less smoky/peaty ones which give a more balanced palate. As for the Spyesides, I've used Glenlivet as a good middle of the road scotch (at parties, etc.), but the sherry aging of Tamdhu produces a very interesting character. I'll try to start with the 15 year old one some time in the future.

Very similar to me, though I must admit my fave is now Lagavuin. (When I can afford it!)
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