XPost: uk.politics.misc, scot.politics   
   From: joe@jretrading.com   
      
   On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:32:27 +0100   
   Ian Jackson  wrote:   
      
   > In message , JNugent   
   >  writes   
   > >On 30/07/2020 18:48, Pamela wrote:   
   > >> On 16:41  29 Jul 2020, Keema's Nan said:   
   > >>   
   > >>> On 29 Jul 2020, Incubus wrote   
   > >>> (in article ):   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> On 2020-07-29, Paul Elam  wrote:   
   > >>>>> On 29/07/2020 12:22, abelard wrote:   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> from 8 to 10   
   > >>>>> "Scotch" is a drink you moron.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> As a noun it is, although one should note that it is a shortened   
   > >>>> form of "Scotch whiskey". "Scotch" is also, and originally, an   
   > >>>> adjective that is an alternative word for "Scottish", whence the   
   > >>>> name of the drink originally was derived.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Have you typed Scotch Whiskey on purpose just to wind up the no   
   > >>> underpants brigade?   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Or had you not realised that the word with an "e" in it is used   
   > >>> for Irish Whiskey?   
   > >>>   
   > >>> The Scotch stuff is just Whisky, although anyone who drinks that   
   > >>> blended bollocks deserves to get a boot up the trossachs.   
   > >>> Although I don't profess to sampling more than a small percentage   
   > >>> of malts, I do have a taste for Laphroaig.   
   > >>  Does anyone really and truly like whisky? It tastes horrible and   
   > >>fiery to me.   
   > >   
   > >Hear, hear.   
   > >   
   > >The favourite has long been rum for me, though in recent years I   
   > >have rather taken to JD and Jim Beam.   
   >   
   > As I child, I loved port, sherry and sweet wine. I found beer   
   > revolting. Later, as I grew up, I progressed to alcoholic cider, and   
   > larger & lime. Then sweet stout & cider (50/50 mix). I was around 25   
   > that I eventually got the hang of pale ale, then beer.   
   >   
   > It was only after someone suggested I dip a stick of sugar into a   
   > glass of whisky, and suck it, that I got the hang of spirits. I now   
   > like whisky - but I definitely prefer the sweeter brands, which are   
   > Irish and American. The most horrible whisky I ever had was a   
   > much-vaunted (and highly-valued) highly-peated single malt   
   > (Talisker?).   
      
   Laphroaig is also strongly peaty, as I recall. There are a few blends   
   that are reasonably good, such as Teachers and Famous Grouse. I still   
   have a sweet tooth, but oddly, my drink of choice is the more extremely   
   bitter of unpasteurised bitters. My favourite at the moment is   
   Thornbridge Jaipur (it's an IPA, an India Pale Ale), occasionally   
   available in Wetherspoons. I also like port, but prefer the less-sweet   
   tawny to the ruby.   
      
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   Joe   
      
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