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  1. #2701
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    Quote Originally Posted by marco View Post
    nice t-shirt, mate.... Looks kinda khaki. Was your frock in the wash?

    marco.
    yup in my sands... Rather nice drop of rye
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    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

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    Lidl bargain alert!

    Just got in having finally drained an old oil tank in my garden and thought that I deserved a beer.

    St Austel "proper job" £1.49 a bottle:

    pale golden IPA - at first glance I thought it looked a bit like a lager, perhaps more golden.
    Very light malt/creamy scent with a touch of citrus.
    It doesn't look very fizzy/carbonated but when it gets in the mouth a very fine expansion of bubbles, lovely mousse.
    Taste, surprising - light malt/toffee, nettles/grass? some citrus but not over the top grapefruit like some.

    Must be careful with this - 5.5% and doesn't feel like it, I could end up drinking it like a session beer and fall over when I go to pour myself my fifth or sixth bottle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    yup in my sands... Rather nice drop of rye
    Looks good. Quite sherry-like in appearance, or is that a misleading image, due to the camera?

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    Quote Originally Posted by guy View Post
    Lidl bargain alert!

    Just got in having finally drained an old oil tank in my garden and thought that I deserved a beer.

    St Austel "proper job" £1.49 a bottle:

    pale golden IPA - at first glance I thought it looked a bit like a lager, perhaps more golden.
    Very light malt/creamy scent with a touch of citrus.
    It doesn't look very fizzy/carbonated but when it gets in the mouth a very fine expansion of bubbles, lovely mousse.
    Taste, surprising - light malt/toffee, nettles/grass? some citrus but not over the top grapefruit like some.

    Must be careful with this - 5.5% and doesn't feel like it, I could end up drinking it like a session beer and fall over when I go to pour myself my fifth or sixth bottle.
    Noted! Sounds good. Did you find the Loch Lomond stuff?

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


  5. #2705
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Looks good. Quite sherry-like in appearance, or is that a misleading image, due to the camera?

    Marco.
    its a fair representation i think. good colour, but 6 years for a american rye is quite long
    Regards,
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Noted! Sounds good. Did you find the Loch Lomond stuff?

    Marco.
    Unfortunately not - see post 2698.

    Bit disappointed about that, but very pleased with the "proper job" - will need to find an excuse to go back for more.
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    My understanding for Rye is the first 6 weeks of barrel aging is the spirit taking on the sugars and tannins of the chard wood and the next 4 years of the aging proses is those same sugars and tannins being broken down.
    The latter part just can't be rushed and very little occurs after 6 years so for Rye 6 years is a good time to bottle it. Some even argue there is a point that Rye breaks down so much you start to loose some of the flavor.
    Grant, may be able to touch more on this,I am sure he knows more about whiskey than the well known ascot waring reviewer. Sorry, but if you are waring an ascot in the 21st century you probably ware long over coats at kids play grounds in the summer too.
    Last edited by goraman; 13-05-2020 at 00:10.
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    More Irish tonight (think I preferred the Bushmills).


  9. #2709
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    Quote Originally Posted by goraman View Post
    My understanding for Rye is the first 6 weeks of barrel aging is the spirit taking on the sugars and tannins of the chard wood and the next 4 years of the aging proses is those same sugars and tannins being broken down.
    The latter part just can't be rushed and very little occurs after 6 years so for Rye 6 years is a good time to bottle it. Some even argue there is a point that Rye breaks down so much you start to loose some of the flavor.
    Grant, may be able to touch more on this,I am sure he knows more about whiskey than the well known ascot waring reviewer. Sorry, but if you are waring an ascot in the 21st century you probably ware long over coats at kids play grounds in the summer too.
    Rye is same as bourbon regs in many ways. It you want to call it straight rye it has to be aged min 2 years. Under 4 it has to have an age statement.
    Traditionally rye had 100% rye content and was called the Monongahela style. Most rye now don't go that far but mid West rye like templeton use the 95% rye, 5 % barley mash Bill which is made in Indiana by mgp. It is the same base stuff that many other brands use. In fact templeton got done for label irregularities a few years ago. They are distilling their own now but it won't be sold til 2022.
    Templeton was said to be Al Capone's fav and they try to achieve the same taste by adding a flavour addition.
    Redemption is the same distill base. The use of new char oak, like bourbon and level of char impacts on the flavour and colour. So if there is no age statement on rye it's over 4.

    Forgot re your point on tannins. Yes tannins come from the oak and give both, an astringincy and colour, a bit like it does in tea.
    Tanin helps get rid of sulphur present in the mashbill and lingins in the oak, and produce those lively vanillas etc.
    That's about all I know
    Last edited by struth; 13-05-2020 at 01:13.
    Regards,
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    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roy S View Post
    More Irish tonight (think I preferred the Bushmills).

    Ah tullamore. It was a recent new distillery built by William Grants of Scotch whisky fame.
    Think it is only 6 years old. Not tried it tbh Roy. I will likely not either going with your recommendation that Bushmills is better.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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