LIVING CASK THE ICONIC HIDDEN GEM
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the living cask the iconic hidden gem
back in July 1920 the noted literary critic and oenophile professor George Saintsbury published
"the more excellent way ( to store whisky at home) …… is to establish a cask of wathever size your purse and cellar will admitt, from a "butt" to an "octave" or an "anker"
but it must be admitted, hardly a realistic one in today's home even if your partner would agree.a whisky that's different every time you drink it, carefully chosen Scottish single malt whiskies are topped up and then left to mary.
his " Notes on a Cellar - Book".
in those war - weary days it was an immediate success, being reprinted four times by 1923.he devoted a scant eight pages to whisky, but what pages !
in them we find this trenchant vieuws (' I had never cared, and do not to this day care, much for the advertised blends, which, for this or that reason the public likes, or thinks it likes') and the following magnificently impractical recommendation:
in those war - weary days it was an immediate success, being reprinted four times by 1923.he devoted a scant eight pages to whisky, but what pages !
in them we find this trenchant vieuws (' I had never cared, and do not to this day care, much for the advertised blends, which, for this or that reason the public likes, or thinks it likes') and the following magnificently impractical recommendation:
"the more excellent way ( to store whisky at home) …… is to establish a cask of wathever size your purse and cellar will admitt, from a "butt" to an "octave" or an "anker"
or even less:fill it up with good and drinkable whisky from six to eight years old, stand it up on end, tapit half - way down or even a little higher and, when you get to or near the tap, fill it up again with whisky
fit to drink, but not to old ! ".
what a splendid proposition, and what a splendid prospect such a cask would present!
what a splendid proposition, and what a splendid prospect such a cask would present!
but it must be admitted, hardly a realistic one in today's home even if your partner would agree.a whisky that's different every time you drink it, carefully chosen Scottish single malt whiskies are topped up and then left to mary.
single malt whiskies in this cask among others:
Ardmore 1977 43 %, Glen Grant 1980 55,1 %, The BenRiach Heart of Speyside 40 %,
Speyburn 10 year 40 %, The Glenlivet 15 year 43 %, Ben Nevis 1998 43 %,
Glencadam 15 year 40 %, Glengoyne 1971 57.0 %, Dallas Dhu 1978 43 %, Imperial 1989 43 %,
Royal Lochnagar 12 year 40 %, Rosebank 1991 46 %, Strathisla 25 year 40 %,
Pittyvaich 12 year 57 %, Mannochmore 1984 40 %, Longmorn 29 year 45 %, Lochside 1966
40 %, Littlemill 1989 43 %, Glenfarclas 105 60 %, Linkwood 1967 40 %, The Macallan 1974
54.1 %, Mortlach 1989 46 %, Inverleven 1984 40 %, Inchgower 1979 43 %, Knockando 1980
43 %, The Tormore 10 year 43 %, Springbank 1991 46 %, Ardmore 1987 40 %, Balmenach
1981 63.3 %, Aultmore 1989 50 %, Ben Nevis 1966 59 %, Benriach 1982 62,4 %, Benromach
12 year 40 %, Glendronach 1987 43 %, Glen Elgin 18 year 46 %, Glen Spey 21 year 55,4 %,
Glentauchers 14 year 58,5 %, Glenmorangie Port Wood Finish 43 %, Braes of Glenlivet 1979
43 %, Caperdonich 1977 60,5 %, Dalmore 1986 43 %, Glenesk 1982 40 %, Glenlossie 1971
40 %, Glenrothes 1973 43 %, Glencadam 15 year 40 %, Glen Grant 10 year 40 %,
Auchentoshan 1992 46 %, Allt - A - Bhainne 12 year 43 %, An Cnoc 1991 46 %,
Cragganmore 1984 DE 40 %, Glengoyne 1968 Vintage Reserve 50,3 %, Burn of Speyside 46 %,
The Singleton of Dufftown Speyside Cascade 40 %, The Singleton fo Dufftown
Sunray 40 %, Clynelish 12 years 59,9 %, Rosebank 1990 46 % Murray McDavid, Mortlach
12 years 1989 46 % Unchill -Filtered Collection, Sherry Butt, Macallan 1978 43 %,
Glendullan 22 years 62.6 % Rare Malts Selection, The BenRiach Aged 10 years 46 %
Curiositas, The BenRiach Heart of Speyside 40 %, Ben Nevis 7 years 43n % Battle Hill,
and more.....
Ardmore 1977 43 %, Glen Grant 1980 55,1 %, The BenRiach Heart of Speyside 40 %,
Speyburn 10 year 40 %, The Glenlivet 15 year 43 %, Ben Nevis 1998 43 %,
Glencadam 15 year 40 %, Glengoyne 1971 57.0 %, Dallas Dhu 1978 43 %, Imperial 1989 43 %,
Royal Lochnagar 12 year 40 %, Rosebank 1991 46 %, Strathisla 25 year 40 %,
Pittyvaich 12 year 57 %, Mannochmore 1984 40 %, Longmorn 29 year 45 %, Lochside 1966
40 %, Littlemill 1989 43 %, Glenfarclas 105 60 %, Linkwood 1967 40 %, The Macallan 1974
54.1 %, Mortlach 1989 46 %, Inverleven 1984 40 %, Inchgower 1979 43 %, Knockando 1980
43 %, The Tormore 10 year 43 %, Springbank 1991 46 %, Ardmore 1987 40 %, Balmenach
1981 63.3 %, Aultmore 1989 50 %, Ben Nevis 1966 59 %, Benriach 1982 62,4 %, Benromach
12 year 40 %, Glendronach 1987 43 %, Glen Elgin 18 year 46 %, Glen Spey 21 year 55,4 %,
Glentauchers 14 year 58,5 %, Glenmorangie Port Wood Finish 43 %, Braes of Glenlivet 1979
43 %, Caperdonich 1977 60,5 %, Dalmore 1986 43 %, Glenesk 1982 40 %, Glenlossie 1971
40 %, Glenrothes 1973 43 %, Glencadam 15 year 40 %, Glen Grant 10 year 40 %,
Auchentoshan 1992 46 %, Allt - A - Bhainne 12 year 43 %, An Cnoc 1991 46 %,
Cragganmore 1984 DE 40 %, Glengoyne 1968 Vintage Reserve 50,3 %, Burn of Speyside 46 %,
The Singleton of Dufftown Speyside Cascade 40 %, The Singleton fo Dufftown
Sunray 40 %, Clynelish 12 years 59,9 %, Rosebank 1990 46 % Murray McDavid, Mortlach
12 years 1989 46 % Unchill -Filtered Collection, Sherry Butt, Macallan 1978 43 %,
Glendullan 22 years 62.6 % Rare Malts Selection, The BenRiach Aged 10 years 46 %
Curiositas, The BenRiach Heart of Speyside 40 %, Ben Nevis 7 years 43n % Battle Hill,
and more.....
Over 100 different Scotch Single Malt whiskies vatted in one glass 2 cl = 15,00
a whisky that’s different every time you drink it, carefully chosen Scotch Single Malt
Whiskies are topped up and then left to mary.
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