-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 16-Nov-2017 04:03 <=-   
      
    NB>> Can't tell you on the Balvenie.... that's not one I've paid   
    NB>> attention to... :)   
    MK> I don't have any advantage there given that it was late 1997 when I   
    MK> tasted it for the first and last time.  That was almost exactly 20   
    MK> years ago.  The cheapest one I can find today is more than 200 CAD.    
    MK> Also I saw two down in the States, both bottled in 1980, that they are   
    MK> asking over 400 USD for.  At those prices I doubt either of us is   
    MK> going to take the plunge to find out whether or not they are worth it.   
    MK> Speaking for myself I am guessing they aren't but are probably   
    MK> fantastic if someone else is buying and sharing.    
      
   Way too dear for my buying, too....  But, like you, wouldn't mind   
   sharing someone else's buy...  ;)   
      
    NB>> Not that wikipedia is always right, of course   
      
    MK> I haven't seen any confirmation or dispute by anyone 'in the know'.  I   
    MK> am content it is accurate enough for the discussion at hand.    
      
   Ah, but I do have more information that I've learned over the years...   
   and a book about single malt Scotch varieties....   
      
    NB>> The latter, of course, being a known quantity for less... ;)   
    NB>> You'll note that the Canadian distilleries produce Canadian malt   
    NB>> whisky, not Scotch, though...  ;)   
    MK> According to the schpeil, if it was Scotch then it wouldn't be   
    MK> Canadian.  From my understanding it *must* be distilled in Scotland to   
    MK> carry the word 'Scotch' on the label, else it is whisky which happens   
    MK> to be the case with Canadian single malts.  Likewise that Canadian   
    MK> single malts aren't restricted to barley which in the case of Scotch   
    MK> it is.    
      
   Exactly what I said except for the Canadian not being restricted to   
   barley....     
      
    NB>> Out of sight, more likely out of mind   
      
    MK> Not if we keep posting about it.  ;-)   
       
   Not for you... but the other suspects don't read here, do they...?   
      
    NB>> Now you have a purpose for the imbibing...   
      
    MK> Exactly.  Before the 20xx-01-01 cybertoasts became officially   
    MK> sanctioned the odds of there being anything to imbibe with were next   
    MK> to, if not exactly, nil. Same with Nov. 5th not counting the practice   
    MK> round in 2016 and this year's triad thinga-ma-jigger.  If things go   
    MK> according to plan then it won't be until 2024 ... not counting the   
    MK> 20xx-01-01 cybertoasts of course.    
      
   I'd've still had the anything to imbibe with, just not be imbibing....   
   otherwise, quite similar...   ;)   
      
    NB>> And a reason to give for upping the ante a bit when the   
    NB>> opportunity presents itself...  ;)   
    MK> Maybe an 18yo Glenlivet for 2024-11-05 and carry it over for at least   
    MK> the following 2025-01-01 cybertoast.  I seriously doubt the 15yo will   
    MK> survive until then, as well as the 18yo surviving until 2034-11-05.    
    MK> Whatever will more than likely get used up on 20xx-01-01 cybertoasts   
    MK> ... barring any unforseen additional cybertoasts of course.    
      
   Around here, I'd put good odds on things lasting that long.... unless my   
   brother actually came for a visit and sat down with me to imbibe.... ;)   
      
   ttyl        neb   
      
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